BOS @ CHW, Saturday, August 9, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 66-50, 2nd, 3½ GB, 1½ up in WC	SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 12-2, 3.04) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-2) 106.2 81 39 36 64 94 8 3.04 2007 (15-12) 204.2 191 100 100 80 201 25 4.40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 41.2 30 11 11 23 38 3 2.38 59 2008-08-03 OAK W 6 4 2 2 2 8 1 105 62 2008-07-28 LAA L 5 7 6 6 2 3 2 91 30 2008-07-22 @SEA W 7.1 5 2 2 3 6 0 99 63 2008-07-13 BAL W 6 4 0 0 5 7 0 115 66 2008-07-07 MIN ND 7.1 6 0 0 3 5 0 108 68 2008-07-02 @TBR ND 5 2 1 1 5 5 0 101 59 2008-06-27 @HOU W 5 2 0 0 3 4 0 87 64 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 0-1 5 2 3 3 6 6 0 5.40 51 2007-07-19 CHW L 5 2 3 3 6 6 0 109 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 40-16 Road: 26-34 ExtrInn: 6-2 vsRHP: 49-41 vsLHP: 17-9 1-Run: 15-18 vsEast: 21-21 vsCntrl:17-7 vsWest: 17-15 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 116 Fri, Aug 8 @CHW L 3-5 66-50 2nd 3.5 gb 115 Wed, Aug 6 @KCR W 8-2 66-49 2nd 3.0 gb 114 Tue, Aug 5 @KCR W 8-2 65-49 2nd 3.0 gb 113 Mon, Aug 4 @KCR L 3-4 64-49 2nd 3.0 gb 112 Sun, Aug 3 OAK W 5-2 64-48 2nd 3.0 gb 111 Sat, Aug 2 OAK W 12-2 63-48 2nd 3.0 gb 110 Fri, Aug 1 OAK W 2-1 (12) 62-48 2nd 3.0 gb 109 Wed, Jul 30 LAA L 2-9 61-48 2nd 3.0 gb 108 Tue, Jul 29 LAA L 2-6 61-47 2nd 2.0 gb 107 Mon, Jul 28 LAA L 5-7 61-46 2nd 1.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
Chicago White Sox, 64-50, 1st, ½ up	SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 7-6, 4.60) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-6) 119.1 127 64 61 35 68 12 4.60 2007 (10-17) 189 232 134 117 62 113 21 5.57 2006 (13-9) 196 194 101 93 55 134 20 4.27 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 37.2 63 38 36 14 18 9 8.60 30 2008-07-13 @TEX ND 4 10 7 7 2 2 1 90 14 2008-07-08 @KCR ND 5.2 10 5 5 1 1 0 99 29 2008-07-02 CLE ND 6 6 4 3 4 6 1 115 48 2008-06-27 CHC W 6 7 3 3 2 3 3 100 47 2008-06-21 @CHC L 3.1 10 9 9 2 1 3 72 3 2008-06-15 COL L 6.2 7 4 3 2 4 1 100 48 2008-06-10 @DET L 6 13 6 6 1 1 0 98 22 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 3-1 33 30 21 21 16 31 6 5.73 49 2007-07-20 @BOS L 7.1 10 10 10 3 2 1 103 17 2006-09-06 @BOS W 8 4 1 1 1 9 1 98 78 2006-07-09 BOS ND 6 4 3 3 5 6 1 114 53 2005-07-24 BOS W 5.2 8 3 3 2 6 2 116 45 2004-08-13 @BOS W 6 4 4 4 5 8 1 111 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-17 Road: 26-33 ExtrInn: 6-2 vsRHP: 41-36 vsLHP: 23-14 1-Run: 15-13 vsEast: 8-12 vsCntrl:33-21 vsWest: 11-11 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 115 Fri, Aug 8 BOS W 5-3 64-50 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 114 Thu, Aug 7 DET L 3-8 63-50 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 113 Wed, Aug 6 DET W 5-1 63-49 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 112 Tue, Aug 5 DET W 10-8 (14) 62-49 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 111 Sun, Aug 3 @KCR L 3-14 61-49 2nd 0.5 gb 110 Sat, Aug 2 @KCR L 7-9 61-48 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 109 Fri, Aug 1 @KCR W 4-2 61-47 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 108 Thu, Jul 31 @MIN L 6-10 60-47 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 107 Wed, Jul 30 @MIN W 8-3 60-46 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb 106 Tue, Jul 29 @MIN L 5-6 59-46 1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Aug 08, 2008 CHW 5 BOS 3 W:Mark Buehrle (9-10), L: Jon Lester (10-4), S: Bobby Jenks (23) Sun, Aug 26, 2007 BOS 11 @CHW 1 W:Julian Tavarez (7-9), L: Javier Vazquez (11-7), S: none Sat, Aug 25, 2007 BOS 14 @CHW 2 W:Tim Wakefield (16-10), L: Mark Buehrle (9-9), S: none Fri, Aug 24, 2007 BOS 10 @CHW 1 W:Curt Schilling (8-5), L: John Danks (6-12), S: none Fri, Aug 24, 2007 BOS 11 @CHW 3 W:Josh Beckett (16-5), L: Jon Garland (8-10), S: none Sun, Jul 22, 2007 BOS 8 CHW 5 W:Tim Wakefield (11-9), L: Jon Garland (7-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (22) Sat, Jul 21, 2007 BOS 11 CHW 2 W:Kason Gabbard (4-0), L: John Danks (6-7), S: none Fri, Jul 20, 2007 BOS 10 CHW 3 W:Josh Beckett (13-3), L: Jose Contreras (5-12), S: none Thu, Jul 19, 2007 CHW 4 @BOS 2 W:Javier Vazquez (7-5), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (11-7), S: Bobby Jenks (26) Wed, Sep 06, 2006 CHW 8 @BOS 1 W:Jose Contreras (12-7), L: Kyle Snyder (4-4), S: none Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 1-0; 2007 - BOS won 7-1; 2006 - BOS won 4-2; All-Time - BOS leads 945-907

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 5.57

MIL 4.66

SDP 3.75

RA/G

OAK 3.91

CLE 4.66

TEX 5.90

C. Jones .371

M. Young .287

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .468

A. Huff .361

T. Pena .169

SLG

R. Ludwick .615

E. Encarnacion .476

T. Pena .196

OPS

C. Jones 1.072

R. Howard .825

T. Pena .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer 2.51

J. Beckett 4.08

N. Robertson 6.11

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 9.99

A. Galarraga 6.17

L. Hernandez 3.48

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Boston Red Sox Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 57.Logan*
G/S/vB 61.Russell
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

44.Bay G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 493/376 .291/.381/.527/.909 .761/.952 .856 102/.907 7/0 23/

22.Casey* G/S/vP 18/.572 ··· 21/.460 4/1.000 5/.650 ··· 4/1.750 160/131 .352/.413/.441/.854 1.041/.811 .664 31/.739 1/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 115/91 .229/.287/.343/.630 .935/.551 .632 18/.333 0/0 2/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 12/.697 2/.000 8/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 85/76 .274/.369/.342/.712 .819/.698 .722 21/.763 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 27/1.133 11/.364 6/.334 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 7/.686 282/214 .251/.304/.394/.699 .884/.637 .651 48/.590 14/3 6/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 7/1.143 ··· 16/.795 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 418/331 .283/.407/.534/.941 .907/.949 .905 90/.844 3/1 19/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 426/331 .266/.329/.366/.694 .671/.701 .631 72/.515 37/7 6/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 10/.856 1/.000 6/.333 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 409/323 .270/.333/.445/.778 .849/.760 .767 89/.465 1/2 13/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 122/81 .288/.350/.423/.773 .941/.683 .805 74/.743 0/0 1/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 25/.789 5/.600 5/1.300 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 8/.750 305/236 .249/.348/.456/.803 .594/.865 .667 59/.655 1/0 14/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 520/399 .315/.360/.455/.814 .898/.789 .853 95/.827 11/1 10/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 19/.701 7/.143 2/2.500 4/.250 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 349/268 .221/.312/.355/.667 .752/.642 .629 65/.709 0/0 8/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 8/.500 1/no AB ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 2/.500 456/373 .314/.384/.556/.940 1.071/.913 .930 91/.991 3/4 20/

IP 119.1 16.2 51.0 41.1 40.1 11.2 47.0 TOTAL .278/.355/.440/.795 .826/.786 .760 .756 85/23 123/63

ERA-K/9

4.60/5.1

2.70/7.5

3.35/12.7

1.96/4.8

4.46/9.2

6.17/7.7

2.87/10.5

3.97/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (31-15-12)
Varitek (46-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 514/.270 65/.196 222/.196 160/.226 180/.285 53/.304 187/.199 .258 Drew
Bay
Ellsbury
Crisp
Youkilis 0/1/97/6
112/0/0/4
54/49/14/3
0/82/0/3
0/0/2/0

OPS .732 .542 .631 .594 .786 .798 .568 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 257/.810 27/.588 66/.650 81/.610 98/.701 26/.878 90/.447 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 257/.656 38/.508 156/.622 79/.576 82/.889 27/.721 97/.678 .709

Home 241/.668 28/.503 110/.534 87/.594 79/.796 36/.698 94/.561 .688

Last 28d days 25/1.176 44/.512 36/.644 35/.447 49/1.259 26/.840 44/.849

HR/SB/CS 12/16/1 0/1/2 6/14/1 1/4/0 4/3/1 0/0/0 5/3/0 109/103/26

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

Chicago White Sox Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Matsuzaka
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 63.Masterson
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 151/91 .238/.268/.448/.716 .834/.638 .797 12/1.167 3/1 7/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/1.000 10/.900 519/380 .268/.325/.351/.676 .725/.659 .705 103/.638 18/3 6/

23.Dye G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 4/.500 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 2/2.500 9/.472 452/325 .301/.361/.564/.924 .827/.960 1.013 87/1.080 3/2 26/

22.Fields G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 25/18 .182/.280/.227/.507 .929/.347 25/.507 0/0 0/

17.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 12/1.200 447/301 .243/.351/.420/.771 .676/.817 .779 78/.872 0/1 15/

44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 11/.364 98/58 .278/.330/.344/.674 .964/.472 .500 24/.634 0/0 1/

14.Konerko G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/5.000 4/.250 9/.777 365/266 .218/.318/.367/.685 .652/.697 .835 82/.740 1/0 11/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 3/.000 6/1.166 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 5/1.100 408/309 .289/.322/.425/.747 .752/.746 .717 78/.710 1/0 9/

20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 482/355 .288/.384/.569/.953 .866/.983 .997 99/1.183 5/3 31/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 323/230 .310/.329/.474/.803 .897/.765 .805 89/.872 8/6 10/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 451/327 .231/.351/.410/.761 .723/.772 .904 82/.797 3/2 16/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 1/no AB 11/.382 ··· ··· 4/.000 10/1.178 422/304 .258/.382/.516/.897 .934/.881 .814 90/1.050 1/0 22/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.200 200/160 .231/.286/.363/.648 .831/.603 .647 46/.866 1/1 3/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/56 .300/.328/.500/.828 .250/.915 .637 21/.538 6/0 2/

IP 106.2 39.1 48.2 43.0 63.1 44.0 49.1 31.2 TOTAL .266/.337/.447/.785 .764/.792 .827 .850 50/23 161/83

ERA-K/9

3.04/7.9

2.75/9.4

4.07/8.5

2.51/5.0

3.55/7.0

2.66/8.2

2.01/10.6

5.12/5.1

3.79/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (30-7-1)
Pierzynski (73-19-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 461/.209 171/.207 206/.232 178/.263 266/.211 190/.238 191/.206 143/.286 .245 Griffey
Swisher
Quentin
Dye
Ramirez
Wise
Anderson 0/3/91/7
5/62/16/3
111/0/0/3
0/0/105/3
0/11/0/1
6/17/1/0
1/63/2/0

OPS .657 .637 .670 .742 .690 .674 .530 .782 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 241/.766 73/.596 90/.576 91/.669 146/.805 76/.577 103/.534 65/.934 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 220/.542 98/.669 116/.744 87/.815 120/.557 114/.740 88/.524 78/.654 .686

Road 187/.506 81/.490 106/.764 70/.791 120/.661 97/.571 91/.657 74/.783 .685

Last 28d days 102/.699 3/1.167 39/.525 25/.851 36/.669 26/.507 36/.444 26/.423

HR/SB/CS 8/11/3 1/2/0 4/7/0 3/1/3 9/7/0 5/0/1 3/2/0 3/3/0 100/77/28

Usage ·····X·· ········ o·X··X·o ····o··o ··X·o·X· ·····X·X ··X··o·X ···o···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: BOS @ CHW, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 9, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 12-2, 3.04)

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 7-6, 4.60)

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