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Game Preview: BOS @ CIN, 1:15pm, Sunday, June 15, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

Boston Red Sox, 43-28, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 6-4, 4.22)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-4)             79    74  38  37  15  83 11    4.22      
 2007 (20-7)           200.2 189  76  73  40 194 17    3.27      
 2006 (16-11)          204.2 191 120 114  74 158 36    5.01      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  44.2  49  21  21   7  49  7    4.23   54 
 2008-06-10    BAL  ND   6     8   4   4   1   3  0     113   42 
 2008-06-04    TBR   W   6     7   1   1   0   5  0      92   59 
 2008-05-30   @BAL  ND   6     4   2   2   3  10  1     118   63 
 2008-05-24   @OAK   L   7     7   2   2   0   9  1     107   64 
 2008-05-18    MIL   W   7     6   6   6   1   9  4     107   49 
 2008-05-13   @BAL   L   5.2  11   5   5   2   5  1      97   30 
 2008-05-08   @DET   W   7     6   1   1   0   8  0     102   69 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      0-2   7    12  11  11   2   9  3   14.14   32 
 2004-05-25   @CIN   L   6     4   4   4   1   7  2      87   54 
 2002-05-29    CIN   L   1     8   7   7   1   2  1      46   10 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-7    Road:   15-21   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  33-26   vsLHP:  10-2    1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:12-5    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Sat, Jun 14  @CIN  W   6-4 (10)  43-28  1st  1.5 up
 70 Fri, Jun 13  @CIN  L   1-3       42-28  1st  1.5 up
 69 Thu, Jun 12   BAL  W   9-2       42-27  1st  2.5 up
 68 Wed, Jun 11   BAL  W   6-3       41-27  1st  2.0 up
 67 Tue, Jun 10   BAL  L   6-10      40-27  1st  1.0 up
 66 Sun, Jun  8   SEA  W   2-1       40-26  1st  1.5 up
 65 Sat, Jun  7   SEA  W  11-3       39-26  1st  0.5 up
 64 Fri, Jun  6   SEA  L   0-8       38-26  1st  0.5 up
 63 Thu, Jun  5   TBR  W   7-1       38-25  1st  1.5 up
 62 Wed, Jun  4   TBR  W   5-1       37-25  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Cincinnati Reds, 33-37, 6th, 11½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Homer Bailey (22, RHP, 0-2, 6.30)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-2)             10    12  10   7   7   3  3    6.30      
 2007 (4-2)             45.1  43  32  29  28  28  3    5.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  35.2  35  28  22  21  23  5    5.55   43 
 2008-06-10    STL   L   3.2   8   5   5   3   2  2      76   24 
 2008-06-05   @PHI   L   6.1   4   5   2   4   1  1      89   48 
 2007-09-30    CHC   W   5.2   8   4   4   4   5  1     105   38 
 2007-09-25    HOU  ND   5.2   3   5   2   2   5  0      93   52 
 2007-09-20   @SFG   W   5.2   3   1   1   1   3  0      80   61 
 2007-07-07    ARI  ND   5     2   1   1   2   5  0      87   62 
 2007-07-01    STL   L   3.2   7   7   7   5   2  1      92   16 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS    Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-13   Road:   12-24   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  20-25   vsLHP:  13-12   1-Run:  12-7 
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl:10-16   vsWest:  7-8  IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Sat, Jun 14   BOS  L   4-6 (10)  33-37  6th 11.5 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 13   BOS  W   3-1       33-36  6th 10.5 gb
 68 Thu, Jun 12   STL  W   6-2       32-36  6th 11.5 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 11   STL  L   0-10      31-36  6th 11.5 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 10   STL  L   2-7       31-35  6th 10.5 gb
 65 Mon, Jun  9  @FLA  W   9-4       31-34  6th  9.5 gb
 64 Sun, Jun  8  @FLA  L   2-9       30-34  6th 10.0 gb
 63 Sat, Jun  7  @FLA  L   7-8       30-33  5th  9.0 gb
 62 Fri, Jun  6  @FLA  W  11-3       30-32  5th  9.0 gb
 61 Thu, Jun  5  @PHI  L   0-5       29-32  6th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 14, 2008 BOS  6 @CIN  4 (10)   W:Jonathan Papelbon (3-2), L: Mike Lincoln (0-2), S: Craig Hansen (1)
Fri, Jun 13, 2008 CIN  3  BOS  1        W:Aaron Harang (3-9), L: Justin Masterson (3-1), S: Francisco Cordero (13)

Wed, Jun 15, 2005 BOS  6  CIN  1        W:Bronson Arroyo (5-3), L: Aaron Harang (4-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 14, 2005 BOS  7  CIN  0        W:David Wells (5-4), L: Luke Hudson (1-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 13, 2005 BOS 10  CIN  3        W:Matt Clement (7-1), L: Eric Milton (3-8), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 -  0-0; 2006 -  0-0; All-Time - BOS leads 4-1

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

CLE  4.54

WSN  3.71

RA/G

OAK  3.66

SFG  4.59

TEX  5.84

BA

C. Jones  .409

D. Young  .278

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .498

B. Abreu  .348

R. Cano  .263

SLG

L. Berkman  .704

C. Guzman  .444

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

C. Jones  1.155

J. Loney  .795

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.64

J. Garland  4.13

B. Bonser  6.35

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.74

E. Jackson  6.14

L. Hernandez  2.82

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.10 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Bailey
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
45.Bray*
G/S/vB
51.Burton
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
57.Lincoln
G/S/vB
38.Majewski
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Casey* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.762 ··· 9/1.413 97/83 .371/.423/.461/.883 .896/.881 .696 28/.873 0/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 80/63 .239/.313/.310/.622 1.004/.520 .730 30/.278 0/0 0/
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.500 ··· 10/.844 50/45 .302/.400/.372/.772 1.550/.689 .796 25/.606 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 7/1.571 1/5.000 ··· 6/.334 1/5.000 2/.000 1/.000 179/145 .252/.295/.380/.676 .787/.650 .605 79/.484 10/2 3/
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 9/1.056 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 6/.733 2/1.000 13/.564 232/194 .320/.422/.562/.984 .947/.991 .872 88/1.299 2/1 10/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 249/200 .282/.368/.394/.763 .664/.787 .627 97/.753 31/3 4/
25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.700 4/.000 9/.444 22/.808 214/176 .273/.327/.500/.827 1.088/.776 .806 104/.831 1/1 10/
23.Lugo G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/no AB ··· 8/.250 5/.000 2/2.000 8/.000 225/186 .268/.354/.314/.669 .648/.673 .574 85/.638 8/3 0/
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 36/28 .250/.333/.469/.802 .542/.860 .700 14/.630 0/0 2/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 312/250 .262/.313/.365/.678 .702/.672 .627 107/.593 6/0 4/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 8/1.125 2/1.500 ··· 14/1.400 10/1.933 ··· ··· 281/235 .301/.388/.549/.937 .800/.964 .986 101/.938 1/0 15/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 5/1.600 ··· ··· 11/.788 5/2.000 1/no AB ··· 202/166 .257/.327/.437/.764 .889/.736 .726 72/.706 0/0 7/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/3.000 277/235 .307/.379/.537/.916 1.210/.869 .948 91/.791 3/2 11/
IP 10.0 30.2 20.1 35.1 30.2 32.0 3.1 24.1 TOTAL .280/.355/.446/.802 .833/.795 .755 .775 62/12 80/44
ERA-K/9 6.30/2.7 4.11/10.0 2.66/8.4 2.55/9.9 2.64/10.0 5.06/7.6 2.70/5.5 4.44/5.9 4.44/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (25-7-8)
 Varitek (25-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 50/.286 135/.261 89/.234 153/.245 129/.167 133/.242 14/.273 114/.286 .264  Ramirez
 Drew
 Crisp
 Moss
 Ellsbury
 Lugo
 Youkilis
51/0/0/4
0/1/56/4
0/54/0/3
3/0/7/2
32/29/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .959 .774 .680 .660 .582 .757 .721 .901 .777
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/.643 51/.817 43/.846 63/.677 54/.529 56/.725 5/.800 42/.671 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 25/1.297 84/.744 46/.520 90/.649 75/.613 77/.780 9/.667 72/1.029 .782
Home 21/1.468 75/.983 27/.228 81/.526 67/.480 59/.601 / 61/.981 .746
Last 28d days 50/.959 62/.939 57/.592 66/.468 50/.586 54/.622 14/.721 45/.883
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 6/2/0 1/2/0 3/3/0 3/2/1 7/0/0 0/0/0 5/1/0 92/36/11
Usage ····X··· ··o·X·o· o··X·oX· ·oX··o·X ·oo··o·o X···X··X ······X· X···oo·o
Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Beckett
G/S/vB
53.Aardsma
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
56.Hansen
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP 10/.300 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 6/.666 178/119 .241/.318/.411/.730 .799/.692 .611 57/.502 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 84/55 .361/.452/.597/1.050 .840/1.148 1.301 84/1.050 2/2 4/
54.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/3 .333/.333/.333/.667 /.667 .667 3/.667 0/0 0/
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 269/185 .233/.401/.534/.935 .792/.997 .919 108/1.139 1/1 18/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 265/189 .248/.332/.457/.789 .757/.800 .781 91/.727 1/0 11/
3.Griffey* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 12/1.200 280/192 .248/.361/.397/.758 .686/.791 .703 107/.848 0/1 7/
7.Janish G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/37 .192/.263/.212/.475 .789/.307 .486 55/.455 0/0 0/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 17/.301 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/.286 4/1.167 4/.250 6/.000 171/141 .194/.231/.350/.581 .372/.627 .725 42/.268 9/4 5/
46.Phillips G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 21/12 .158/.238/.211/.449 .333/.533 .182 21/.449 0/0 0/
4.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 292/204 .268/.315/.498/.813 1.148/.671 .815 119/.727 12/3 13/
26.Ross G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/44 .231/.351/.323/.674 .698/.654 .993 54/.645 0/0 1/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 53/45 .224/.264/.286/.550 .536/.552 .636 21/.654 0/0 0/
19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 244/160 .266/.340/.477/.817 .928/.761 .871 108/.747 4/3 11/
IP 79.0 30.1 28.1 18.2 24.2 28.1 30.1 20.0 TOTAL .249/.328/.412/.740 .803/.711 .766 .721 50/23 81/53
ERA-K/9 4.22/9.5 2.97/8.9 3.81/8.0 4.82/7.2 2.55/5.1 3.18/8.3 2.08/11.0 5.85/4.5 3.88/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (27-11-3)
 Ross (8-0-3)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 323/.244 133/.211 123/.255 84/.227 103/.247 119/.236 119/.212 94/.305 .244  Griffey
 Patterson
 Dunn
 Bruce
0/0/63/3
0/47/0/2
66/0/0/2
2/13/11/1
OPS .683 .671 .701 .643 .688 .634 .567 .874 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 173/.680 58/.643 47/.551 34/.732 52/.690 49/.662 62/.539 40/1.097 .713
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 150/.686 75/.694 76/.799 50/.584 51/.681 70/.614 57/.596 54/.710 .688
Road 190/.625 60/.446 59/.717 37/.485 34/.759 66/.536 56/.773 50/.809 .691
Last 28d days 131/.760 39/.719 50/.521 53/.600 31/.656 45/.795 43/.501 44/.623
HR/SB/CS 11/5/3 1/2/0 2/4/0 2/0/0 2/1/2 2/0/1 3/2/0 3/2/0 62/50/15
Usage ····X··· ·o·X···· o·X·X··· o···X·Xo ·o·o···· o···X·o· X··o··oX ··oX····

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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