TBR @ BOS, Tuesday, September 9, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 85-57, 1st, ½ up	SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 11-6, 2.99) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-6) 132.1 101 46 44 60 147 14 2.99 2007 (13-9) 206.2 196 91 80 89 239 18 3.48 2006 (10-8) 144.2 132 59 52 52 163 15 3.24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 37.1 26 14 14 25 42 6 3.38 55 2008-09-04 NYY W 6 1 0 0 5 7 0 98 72 2008-08-29 BAL W 5.1 3 0 0 3 6 0 102 65 2008-08-23 @CHW ND 6 4 3 3 2 7 2 108 57 2008-08-17 @TEX W 6 4 2 2 4 7 1 114 59 2008-08-12 @OAK L 5 2 2 2 2 6 1 97 59 2008-08-06 CLE ND 4.1 9 5 5 3 4 2 97 26 2008-08-01 DET ND 4.2 3 2 2 6 5 0 110 49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-3 26.2 29 17 15 17 35 2 5.06 48 2008-07-02 BOS ND 5 7 4 4 4 3 1 107 36 2008-05-04 @BOS L 4 6 4 3 3 5 0 90 38 2007-09-21 BOS L 5 4 3 2 4 9 0 91 54 2007-09-10 @BOS W 7 5 0 0 2 10 0 118 75 2007-08-20 BOS L 5.2 7 6 6 4 8 1 108 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 53-21 Road: 32-36 ExtrInn: 8-6 vsRHP: 61-36 vsLHP: 24-21 1-Run: 26-16 vsEast: 34-26 vsCntrl:17-13 vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 142 Mon, Sep 8 @BOS L 0-3 85-57 1st 0.5 up 141 Sun, Sep 7 @TOR L 0-1 85-56 1st 1.5 up 140 Sat, Sep 6 @TOR L 4-7 (13) 85-55 1st 2.5 up 139 Fri, Sep 5 @TOR L 4-6 85-54 1st 2.5 up 138 Thu, Sep 4 NYY W 7-5 85-53 1st 3.5 up 137 Wed, Sep 3 NYY L 4-8 84-53 1st 3.0 up 136 Tue, Sep 2 NYY L 2-7 84-52 1st 4.0 up 135 Sun, Aug 31 BAL W 10-4 84-51 1st 5.5 up 134 Sat, Aug 30 BAL W 10-9 83-51 1st 4.5 up 133 Fri, Aug 29 BAL W 14-3 82-51 1st 4.5 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Boston Red Sox, 85-58, 2nd, ½ GB, 7 up in WC	SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 16-2, 2.88) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (16-2) 146.2 111 51 47 84 131 10 2.88 2007 (15-12) 204.2 191 100 100 80 201 25 4.40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-0 46 34 14 13 22 45 3 2.54 61 2008-09-03 BAL ND 6 4 4 3 4 7 0 112 53 2008-08-29 CHW W 8 2 0 0 2 7 0 104 83 2008-08-24 @TOR ND 6 8 5 5 1 8 2 105 43 2008-08-19 @BAL W 5 6 2 2 5 6 0 105 48 2008-08-14 TEX W 7 6 0 0 5 5 0 111 65 2008-08-09 @CHW W 8 4 1 1 3 4 0 106 71 2008-08-03 OAK W 6 4 2 2 2 8 1 105 62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 49-19 Road: 36-39 ExtrInn: 7-2 vsRHP: 64-47 vsLHP: 21-11 1-Run: 17-20 vsEast: 31-26 vsCntrl:21-9 vsWest: 22-16 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 143 Mon, Sep 8 TBR W 3-0 85-58 2nd 0.5 gb 142 Sun, Sep 7 @TEX W 7-2 84-58 2nd 1.5 gb 141 Sat, Sep 6 @TEX L 8-15 83-58 2nd 2.5 gb 140 Fri, Sep 5 @TEX W 8-1 83-57 2nd 2.5 gb 139 Wed, Sep 3 BAL W 5-4 82-57 2nd 3.0 gb 138 Tue, Sep 2 BAL W 14-2 81-57 2nd 4.0 gb 137 Mon, Sep 1 BAL W 7-4 80-57 2nd 5.0 gb 136 Sun, Aug 31 CHW L 2-4 79-57 2nd 5.5 gb 135 Sat, Aug 30 CHW W 8-2 79-56 2nd 4.5 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 CHW W 8-0 78-56 2nd 4.5 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:21-9
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Sep 08, 2008 BOS 3 TBR 0 W:Jon Lester (14-5), L: Edwin Jackson (11-10), S: Jonathan Papelbon (36) Wed, Jul 02, 2008 TBR 7 BOS 6 W:Gary Glover (1-2), L: Craig Hansen (1-3), S: Dan Wheeler (3) Tue, Jul 01, 2008 TBR 3 BOS 1 W:Matt Garza (7-4), L: Tim Wakefield (5-6), S: Grant Balfour (2) Mon, Jun 30, 2008 TBR 5 BOS 4 W:James Shields (6-5), L: Justin Masterson (4-2), S: J.P. Howell (2) Thu, Jun 05, 2008 BOS 7 TBR 1 W:Jon Lester (4-3), L: James Shields (4-4), S: none Wed, Jun 04, 2008 BOS 5 TBR 1 W:Josh Beckett (6-4), L: Edwin Jackson (3-5), S: none Tue, Jun 03, 2008 BOS 7 TBR 4 W:Justin Masterson (2-0), L: Matt Garza (4-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (17) Sun, May 04, 2008 BOS 7 TBR 3 W:Jon Lester (2-2), L: Scott Kazmir (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (9) Sat, May 03, 2008 BOS 12 TBR 4 W:Josh Beckett (3-2), L: James Shields (3-2), S: none Fri, May 02, 2008 BOS 7 TBR 3 W:Clay Buchholz (2-2), L: Edwin Jackson (2-3), S: none Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 7-6; 2007 - BOS won 13-5; 2006 - BOS won 10-9; All-Time - BOS leads 118-64

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2008 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.47

FLA 4.63

SDP 3.88

RA/G

TOR 3.82

CLE 4.61

TEX 5.97

R. Furcal .366

J. Dye .293

J. Towles .141

OBP

A. Pujols .466

O. Hudson .367

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .649

N. Markakis .484

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.116

B. Giles .838

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.28

M. Parra 4.03

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.19

J. Lester 6.56

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Matsuzaka
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 43.Hansack
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 63.Masterson
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 62.Pauley
G/S/vB 59.Smith
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 309/181 .253/.328/.415/.743 .833/.680 .758 107/.867 2/2 9/

5.Baldelli G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/.455 56/18 .300/.375/.560/.935 .970/.863 .826 52/.972 0/0 3/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 6/.000 8/1.292 ··· 4/1.250 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 427/296 .282/.320/.353/.673 .895/.573 .628 85/.918 18/5 1/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/5.000 242/232 .278/.355/.478/.834 .550/.845 .603 62/.964 1/0 10/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 6/1.917 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 335/271 .239/.337/.433/.770 .579/.818 .609 79/.860 4/2 12/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.333 2/1.000 5/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 15/1.067 388/334 .250/.332/.480/.812 .454/.869 .891 59/.744 9/3 19/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 20/.789 11/.808 ··· 4/.917 3/2.667 1/2.000 7/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 636/434 .279/.350/.381/.731 .682/.754 .685 115/.712 6/5 5/

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 6/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 435/314 .278/.352/.533/.885 .868/.891 .921 / 7/0 22/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 14/.528 9/.444 ··· 3/.666 6/.167 2/.000 6/.834 ··· ··· 3/1.000 405/294 .298/.353/.410/.763 .707/.793 .732 64/.684 0/4 6/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 18/1.059 4/1.750 ··· 6/1.500 6/2.267 3/.333 4/1.833 ··· 1/no AB 6/1.167 531/336 .245/.371/.487/.858 .676/.967 .850 115/.949 1/1 27/

38.Perez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/1 .100/.100/.100/.200 .222/.000 .200 10/.200 2/0 0/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 152/82 .222/.287/.407/.694 .781/.623 .737 41/.520 0/0 6/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 61/18 .186/.213/.271/.484 .519/.399 .308 28/.143 1/0 1/

2.Upton G/S/vP 15/.508 6/1.500 ··· 3/.000 7/1.429 4/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 11/.495 606/420 .274/.383/.398/.781 .779/.781 .771 111/.818 42/15 8/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 173/100 .222/.306/.405/.712 .674/.738 .713 66/.671 3/0 7/

IP 146.2 63.0 53.0 78.2 55.0 61.0 8.1 14.0 43.2 TOTAL .261/.339/.420/.759 .721/.777 .725 .790 131/47 152/73

ERA-K/9

2.88/8.0

3.86/9.1

/0.0

2.72/5.4

3.20/6.9

2.95/8.3

1.62/10.5

8.64/7.6

5.79/6.4

5.56/5.4

3.96/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (39-23-6)
Riggans (24-1-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 624/.210 266/.220 / 216/.250 327/.216 235/.230 236/.204 42/.359 56/.224 199/.295 .249 Upton
Gross
Hinske
Ruggiano
Riggans
Baldelli
Zobrist
Perez 0/134/0/12
2/17/104/8
27/0/48/3
18/5/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/4/0
10/4/1/0
3/1/1/0

OPS .643 .646 .701 .681 .656 .513 .995 .801 .865 .712

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 320/.724 119/.596 / 113/.629 162/.791 100/.573 124/.524 21/1.246 28/.345 90/1.024 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 304/.561 147/.687 / 103/.775 165/.578 135/.720 112/.501 21/.762 28/1.268 109/.730 .708

Home 356/.694 126/.559 / 126/.646 168/.738 111/.792 118/.432 30/.938 27/.379 85/.812 .723

Last 28d days 134/.637 60/.561 / 38/.515 51/.736 42/.628 42/.476 20/.926 25/1.186 52/1.059

HR/SB/CS 10/13/5 5/7/0 // 4/1/3 9/9/0 6/0/1 3/2/0 1/1/0 4/0/0 7/4/0 131/87/31

Usage ·····X·· ·X·X··o· ·oo··o·o ···X·X·· ···X···· Xo·····X ··X···X· ·oX···o· ··X·····

Boston Red Sox Batters (5.31 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 52.Salas
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

55.Bailey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/22 .303/.425/.515/.940 1.076/.807 1.119 32/1.045 0/0 2/

44.Bay G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/.000 6/1.667 1/5.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 20/.372 609/469 .290/.373/.526/.898 .839/.914 .933 103/.931 10/0 28/

54.Carter* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/3 .667/.667/.667/1.333 /1.333 1.333 / 0/0 0/

22.Casey* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.666 2/1.000 7/.629 ··· ··· 5/1.000 188/157 .345/.404/.421/.825 .971/.796 .992 24/.606 1/0 0/

30.Cash G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 139/105 .230/.295/.333/.628 .953/.527 .605 24/.619 0/0 2/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 9/.536 3/1.000 ··· 4/1.500 2/1.000 3/1.167 5/1.100 1/.000 2/2.500 151/130 .295/.387/.372/.759 .731/.764 .853 64/.814 1/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 29/.691 8/.625 6/1.467 6/.750 7/.714 5/.000 5/.000 1/.000 2/.500 365/277 .291/.349/.421/.770 .778/.766 .784 78/1.070 20/7 7/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 8/.679 5/.400 7/.762 3/.666 8/1.125 9/1.625 ··· 3/2.667 10/.200 451/358 .280/.408/.522/.930 .937/.928 .933 20/.476 4/1 19/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 12/.583 2/.000 2/1.000 3/2.000 3/.666 5/1.267 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 536/411 .263/.327/.363/.690 .702/.687 .757 97/.598 44/8 7/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 385/274 .290/.341/.425/.766 .646/.817 .844 78/.880 2/3 6/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 34/.772 6/1.500 11/.489 7/.858 3/1.667 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.667 15/.445 439/346 .275/.337/.458/.795 .891/.770 .775 17/1.099 2/2 15/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 235/166 .275/.352/.430/.782 .993/.693 .828 102/.805 0/0 2/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 42/.583 2/1.000 2/.000 8/1.625 7/.714 11/.273 13/.413 2/2.500 9/.708 424/327 .270/.380/.489/.868 .636/.938 1.019 110/1.050 1/0 18/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 25/1.619 3/.000 4/1.000 4/1.250 6/.750 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 651/498 .328/.375/.497/.873 .944/.851 .907 117/1.171 17/1 17/

28.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.667 175/95 .235/.382/.368/.750 .650/.831 .841 2/1.000 0/1 3/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 35/.640 7/.143 20/1.017 5/1.200 4/.500 8/.625 7/.810 ··· 6/.833 439/341 .227/.317/.370/.686 .839/.642 .698 78/.857 0/1 12/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 37/.591 4/1.500 8/1.071 7/.453 6/1.167 2/.500 2/1.000 3/2.667 4/1.583 549/447 .315/.386/.563/.949 1.037/.930 1.002 84/1.035 3/5 25/

IP 132.1 47.2 52.1 72.2 79.0 37.0 40.1 4.1 61.1 TOTAL .285/.362/.452/.814 .856/.802 .861 .910 110/30 155/75

ERA-K/9

2.99/10.0

1.70/13.2

2.06/2.9

4.71/5.1

2.51/9.3

4.38/9.2

4.91/8.0

10.38/14.7

2.49/7.0

3.76/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (34-15-13)
Ross (24-10-6)
Varitek (53-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 552/.210 184/.138 213/.275 325/.279 328/.200 162/.248 168/.181 19/.294 239/.177 .245 Bay
Drew
Ellsbury
Kotsay
Crisp
Carter
Bailey
Youkilis 138/0/0/6
0/1/104/6
55/57/29/4
0/84/7/3
0/102/0/3
1/0/0/0
3/0/1/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .674 .449 .640 .812 .600 .690 .712 .839 .571 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 122/.472 69/.422 68/.785 145/.867 120/.551 96/.600 82/.719 8/1.292 93/.599 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 430/.734 115/.465 145/.576 180/.768 208/.627 66/.820 86/.705 11/.545 146/.553 .702

Road 267/.743 99/.485 108/.578 188/.837 158/.679 66/.813 70/.833 4/.833 126/.639 .765

Last 28d days 115/.599 55/.641 43/.539 51/1.059 52/.591 30/.593 16/1.600 19/.839 40/.406

HR/SB/CS 14/7/2 2/2/1 2/2/3 11/10/1 6/10/2 1/0/2 9/5/1 0/0/0 8/1/1 137/67/26

Usage ····X··· ··XX·X·· ··X·oo·· ····X·X· X·oo·X·· ····o·X· ··o··X·· ·····oo· ·oo·o···

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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Game Preview: TBR @ BOS, 7:05pm, Tuesday, September 9, 2008 @Fenway Park II

SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 11-6, 2.99)

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 16-2, 2.88)

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