BOS @ CLE, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 8-6, 2nd, ½ GB, tied for WC	SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 1-0, 3.27) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-0) 11 9 5 4 8 9 1 3.27 2007 (17-12) 189 191 104 100 64 110 22 4.76 2006 (7-11) 140 135 80 72 51 90 19 4.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 35.2 48 30 28 15 21 8 7.07 38 2008-04-10 DET W 5 3 2 1 5 5 0 108 55 2008-04-04 TOR ND 6 6 3 3 3 4 1 88 49 2007-09-29 MIN W 7 6 4 3 0 1 2 92 52 2007-09-23 TBD L 5 7 4 4 3 5 1 92 39 2007-09-17 TOR L 6 7 4 4 2 2 2 73 42 2007-09-11 TBD ND 3 10 7 7 0 4 1 65 15 2007-09-06 BAL ND 3.2 9 6 6 2 0 1 74 17 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 3-2 33.2 26 15 13 12 22 5 3.48 56 2006-04-26 CLE L 5.2 5 5 3 4 3 1 116 42 2005-06-29 CLE W 7 5 2 2 4 3 2 115 58 2004-05-12 CLE L 6 8 6 6 1 6 1 91 37 2002-09-17 CLE W 8 5 1 1 1 4 0 101 71 2002-09-01 CLE W 7 3 1 1 2 6 1 113 71
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 4-2 Road: 4-4 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 6-6 vsLHP: 2-0 1-Run: 3-0 vsEast: 2-4 vsCntrl: 3-1 vsWest: 3-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 14 Mon, Apr 14 @CLE W 6-4 8-6 2nd 0.5 gb 13 Sun, Apr 13 NYY W 8-5 7-6 3rd 0.5 gb 12 Sat, Apr 12 NYY W 4-3 6-6 3rd 1.5 gb 11 Fri, Apr 11 NYY L 1-4 5-6 5th 1.5 gb 10 Thu, Apr 10 DET W 12-6 5-5 2nd 1.5 gb 9 Wed, Apr 9 DET L 2-7 4-5 3rd 3.0 gb 8 Tue, Apr 8 DET W 5-0 4-4 3rd 2.5 gb 7 Sun, Apr 6 @TOR L 4-7 3-4 5th 2.0 gb 6 Sat, Apr 5 @TOR L 2-10 3-3 4th 1.0 gb 5 Fri, Apr 4 @TOR L 3-6 3-2 1st Tied Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 8-6 Last 30: 8-6
Cleveland Indians, 5-8, 4th, 3 GB, 2½ GB in WC	SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 0-2, 11.05) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-2) 7.1 13 11 9 4 2 3 11.05 2007 (15-8) 192.1 239 107 98 28 88 27 4.59 2006 (10-9) 179 232 120 97 38 88 26 4.88 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-5 36.1 57 34 31 9 13 9 7.68 33 2008-04-09 LAA L 3 5 6 6 2 2 3 43 25 2008-04-04 OAK L 4.1 8 5 3 2 0 0 82 29 2007-09-27 SEA L 6.1 11 4 4 0 2 2 96 37 2007-09-22 OAK L 4.1 9 6 6 2 3 1 84 22 2007-09-17 DET ND 7.1 10 5 4 1 0 1 99 39 2007-09-11 CHW W 6.1 6 3 3 1 1 2 96 49 2007-09-06 LAA L 4.2 8 5 5 1 5 0 82 32 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 3-1 29.2 35 14 13 3 13 4 3.94 49 2007-05-30 BOS W 6 9 2 1 0 1 0 77 49 2006-07-31 BOS ND 4 9 6 6 0 2 3 72 22 2006-04-27 BOS W 5 5 2 2 1 4 0 99 52 2005-09-08 BOS W 7 4 0 0 2 4 0 93 71 2005-08-21 BOS L 7.2 8 4 4 0 2 1 104 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 3-4 Road: 2-4 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 4-3 vsLHP: 1-5 1-Run: 2-1 vsEast: 0-1 vsCntrl: 2-1 vsWest: 3-6 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 13 Mon, Apr 14 BOS L 4-6 5-8 4th 3.0 gb 12 Sun, Apr 13 OAK W 7-1 5-7 4th 2.5 gb 11 Sat, Apr 12 OAK L 3-7 4-7 4th 2.5 gb 10 Fri, Apr 11 OAK L 7-9 4-6 4th 2.0 gb 9 Wed, Apr 9 @LAA L 5-9 4-5 3rd 2.5 gb 8 Tue, Apr 8 @LAA W 4-3 4-4 3rd 1.5 gb 7 Mon, Apr 7 @LAA L 4-6 3-4 3rd 2.0 gb 6 Sun, Apr 6 @OAK W 2-1 3-3 3rd 1.0 gb 5 Sat, Apr 5 @OAK L 1-6 2-3 4th 1.0 gb 4 Fri, Apr 4 @OAK L 3-6 2-2 2nd 1.0 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 5-8 Last 30: 5-8
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Apr 14, 2008 BOS 6 @CLE 4 W:Mike Timlin (1-1), L: Joe Borowski (0-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (5) Thu, Jul 26, 2007 BOS 14 @CLE 9 W:Julian Tavarez , L: Cliff Lee , S: none Wed, Jul 25, 2007 CLE 1 BOS 0 W:Fausto Carmona , L: Josh Beckett , S: Joe Borowski Tue, Jul 24, 2007 BOS 1 @CLE 0 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka , L: C.C. Sabathia , S: Jonathan Papelbon Mon, Jul 23, 2007 BOS 6 @CLE 2 W:Jon Lester , L: Jake Westbrook , S: Manny Delcarmen Wed, May 30, 2007 CLE 8 @BOS 4 W:Paul Byrd , L: Daisuke Matsuzaka , S: none Tue, May 29, 2007 BOS 4 CLE 2 W:Josh Beckett , L: Jeremy Sowers , S: Hideki Okajima Mon, May 28, 2007 BOS 5 CLE 3 W:Curt Schilling , L: Cliff Lee , S: Jonathan Papelbon Thu, Aug 03, 2006 CLE 7 @BOS 6 W:Jake Westbrook (8-7), L: Josh Beckett (13-6), S: Jason Davis (1) Wed, Aug 02, 2006 BOS 6 CLE 5 W:Jonathan Papelbon (3-1), L: Fausto Carmona (1-6), S: none Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 1-0; 2007 - BOS won 5-2; 2006 - CLE won 4-3; All-Time - CLE leads 1008-939

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.98

BAL 4.67

WSN 4.15

RA/G

BOS 4.06

KCR 4.80

TBD 5.83

M. Ordonez .363

J. Francoeur .293

J. LaRue .148

OBP

B. Bonds .480

J. Varitek .367

J. LaRue .240

SLG

C. Ross .653

T. Tulowitzki .479

A. Gonzalez .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.067

G. Sheffield .839

J. LaRue .512

ERA

J. Peavy 2.54

A. Pettitte 4.05

S. Olsen 5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.50

A. Cook 3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Boston Red Sox Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Byrd
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 47.Borowski
G/S/vB 58.Breslow*
G/S/vB 44.Julio
G/S/vB 30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Casey* G/S/vP 24/.351 3/1.000 15/.757 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 496/425 .296/.353/.393/.746 .929/.716 .697 / 2/2 4/2

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 33/18 .111/.242/.148/.391 .354/.421 .620 / 0/0 0/1

13.Cora* G/S/vP 10/.844 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 232/203 .246/.298/.386/.684 .385/.730 .777 / 1/1 3/5

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 14/1.083 3/.000 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 591/426 .268/.330/.382/.712 .751/.697 .668 / 28/6 6/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP 10/.400 2/.500 5/.650 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 552/422 .270/.373/.423/.796 .638/.846 .763 / 4/2 11/6

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/98 .353/.394/.509/.902 .802/.931 .772 / 9/0 3/0

23.Lugo G/S/vP 10/.900 4/2.500 4/2.000 ··· 10/1.025 ··· ··· ··· 630/455 .237/.294/.349/.643 .651/.640 .547 / 33/6 8/19

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 27/.871 7/.000 6/.900 ··· 11/.864 ··· ··· ··· 667/457 .332/.445/.621/1.066 .852/1.171 1.005 / 3/1 35/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 581/395 .317/.380/.442/.823 .870/.800 .729 / 7/1 8/6

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 14/.572 7/.453 3/3.334 ··· 15/.481 ··· 2/2.500 1/3.000 569/408 .296/.388/.493/.881 1.095/.801 .871 / 0/0 20/2

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 18/1.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 15/.641 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 518/371 .255/.367/.421/.787 .801/.782 .781 / 1/2 17/6

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 9/.222 4/1.250 2/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 625/451 .288/.390/.453/.843 .815/.854 .889 / 4/2 16/3

IP 192.1 79.1 65.2 62.0 29.1 60.2 TOTAL .274/.344/.420/.764 .838/.750 .754 .764 7/3 12/7

ERA-K/9

4.59/4.1

1.47/9.1

5.07/7.9

/0.0

5.23/8.1

/0.0

2.15/10.4

1.78/9.2

4.76/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (9-2-0)
Varitek (63-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 835/.301 289/.183 292/.289 / 280/.283 / 125/.234 236/.187 .264 Ramirez
Crisp
Drew
Ellsbury 120/0/0/8
0/144/0/7
0/4/133/3
22/16/1/0

OPS .801 .485 .768 .813 .616 .531 .779

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 428/.805 113/.617 152/.742 / 115/.624 / 47/.548 92/.450 .736

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 407/.798 176/.400 140/.798 / 165/.942 / 78/.656 144/.580 .810

Home 428/.869 136/.480 133/.698 / 136/.692 / 65/.738 120/.561 .807

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 27/11/2 4/4/4 9/9/2 // 8/12/2 // 1/0/1 5/2/1 17/6/1

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Cleveland Indians Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 51.Tavarez
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Blake G/S/vP 6/1.133 4/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.000 10/.633 662/473 .270/.339/.437/.776 .827/.757 .706 / 4/5 18/14

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 186/136 .283/.354/.421/.775 .950/.702 .704 / 0/0 3/1

7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 268/150 .225/.317/.300/.616 .705/.543 .527 / 6/2 2/4

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 13/.968 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 6/1.500 6/.666 199/173 .230/.296/.382/.679 .481/.709 .608 / 2/1 4/0

25.Garko G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 4/1.250 ··· 541/378 .289/.359/.483/.842 .914/.812 .856 / 0/1 21/8

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 301/198 .266/.318/.472/.790 .920/.722 .974 / 8/3 13/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 9/.111 3/.333 2/.000 3/.000 2/.500 3/.000 3/1.167 1/5.000 661/420 .266/.385/.451/.837 .837/.836 .789 / 1/1 24/0

15.Marte G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/41 .193/.233/.316/.549 .594/.528 .713 / 0/0 1/4

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 6/2.067 2/no AB 2/2.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/2.000 3/1.334 645/414 .301/.374/.505/.879 .825/.908 .871 / 0/0 25/5

8.Michaels G/S/vP 5/.933 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 5/1.000 295/139 .270/.324/.397/.721 .800/.636 .782 / 3/4 7/1

2.Peralta G/S/vP 6/.834 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 6/.167 5/1.400 647/482 .270/.341/.430/.771 .820/.754 .881 / 4/4 21/19

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 177/136 .261/.310/.472/.782 1.126/.687 .823 / 0/0 7/4

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 5/.000 748/503 .277/.390/.462/.852 .812/.872 .906 / 33/10 24/2

IP 189.0 32.1 44.0 40.2 69.0 58.1 134.2 55.1 TOTAL .241/.327/.357/.685 .612/.723 .675 .685 5/1 9/8

ERA-K/9

4.76/5.2

6.40/10.0

2.05/8.4

3.10/5.7

2.22/8.2

1.85/13.0

5.15/5.1

3.42/5.0

4.39/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (70-33-6)
Shoppach (23-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 800/.264 151/.300 176/.183 174/.240 272/.202 224/.146 604/.281 222/.232 .232 Sizemore
Michaels
Gutierrez
Dellucci
Blake
Carroll 0/160/0/4
74/1/27/4
9/8/88/3
51/0/0/3
0/0/7/2
0/1/2/0

OPS .753 .867 .564 .695 .561 .463 .779 .664 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 384/.716 59/.789 73/.578 93/.805 98/.648 126/.400 303/.723 92/.500 .604

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 416/.786 92/.904 103/.555 81/.565 174/.512 98/.543 301/.834 130/.779 .759

Road 406/.730 80/1.094 88/.461 82/.664 134/.483 105/.358 324/.797 116/.721 .667

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 22/41/8 4/0/0 4/2/2 2/0/1 6/5/0 5/4/0 14/0/0 7/3/2 13/9/2

Usage ····X··· ·X·X·X·· ·oo·X·X· ·X·o·X·· ··ooo·X· o·X·X··· X···Xo·· 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: BOS @ CLE, 7:05pm, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 @Jacobs Field

SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 1-0, 3.27)

SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 0-2, 11.05)

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