BOS @ DET, Monday, May 5, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 20-13, 1st, 3 up	SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 4-0, 2.52) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-0) 35.2 20 10 10 19 32 3 2.52 2007 (15-12) 204.2 191 100 100 80 201 25 4.40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-0 43.2 26 12 12 21 40 4 2.47 61 2008-04-30 TOR ND 7 2 0 0 2 4 0 111 75 2008-04-18 TEX W 5.1 5 3 3 2 4 1 101 48 2008-04-13 NYY W 5 5 4 4 6 2 0 116 37 2008-04-08 DET W 6.2 4 0 0 4 7 0 108 69 2008-04-01 @OAK W 6.2 2 1 1 0 9 1 96 75 2008-03-25 @OAK ND 5 2 2 2 5 6 1 95 56 2007-09-28 MIN W 8 6 2 2 2 8 1 119 68 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 2-1 20.2 20 7 7 5 16 4 3.05 57 2008-04-08 DET W 6.2 4 0 0 4 7 0 108 69 2007-07-08 @DET L 5 10 6 6 1 4 3 90 26 2007-05-14 DET W 9 6 1 1 0 5 1 124 76
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-5 Road: 6-8 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 16-12 vsLHP: 4-1 1-Run: 7-2 vsEast: 8-9 vsCntrl: 4-1 vsWest: 8-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 33 Sun, May 4 TBR W 7-3 20-13 1st 3.0 up 32 Sat, May 3 TBR W 12-4 19-13 1st 2.0 up 31 Fri, May 2 TBR W 7-3 18-13 1st 1.0 up 30 Thu, May 1 TOR L 0-3 17-13 1st Tied 29 Wed, Apr 30 TOR W 2-1 17-12 1st 1.0 up 28 Tue, Apr 29 TOR W 1-0 16-12 1st Tied 27 Sun, Apr 27 @TBR L 0-3 15-12 1st Tied 26 Sat, Apr 26 @TBR L 1-2 15-11 1st Tied 25 Fri, Apr 25 @TBR L 4-5 (11) 15-10 1st 0.5 up 24 Thu, Apr 24 LAA L 5-7 15-9 1st 1.0 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:18-12
Detroit Tigers, 14-18, 5th, 3 GB, 4½ GB in WC	SP: Jeremy Bonderman (25, RHP, 2-2, 3.86) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 35 33 20 15 23 18 4 3.86 2007 (11-9) 174.1 193 105 97 48 145 23 5.01 2006 (14-8) 214 214 104 97 64 202 18 4.08 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 36.1 40 26 21 25 19 4 5.20 42 2008-04-30 @NYY W 7.2 5 2 2 2 1 0 100 60 2008-04-24 TEX ND 4.2 2 2 2 7 7 1 111 52 2008-04-19 @TOR L 5 5 3 2 6 2 1 108 43 2008-04-14 MIN ND 6.1 8 7 4 2 5 0 104 38 2008-04-09 @BOS W 5 5 2 1 4 2 0 90 49 2008-04-03 KCR L 6.1 8 4 4 2 1 2 89 40 2007-09-09 SEA L 1.1 7 6 6 2 1 0 45 15 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 3-0 34.2 30 12 11 14 30 2 2.86 58 2008-04-09 @BOS W 5 5 2 1 4 2 0 90 49 2007-07-07 BOS ND 8 7 2 2 3 9 1 114 66 2006-08-15 @BOS ND 7.2 5 2 2 1 8 1 103 68 2006-06-03 BOS W 7.2 4 2 2 2 6 0 99 67 2005-08-17 BOS W 6.1 9 4 4 4 5 0 106 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 6-8 Road: 8-10 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 10-17 vsLHP: 4-1 1-Run: 1-4 vsEast: 6-4 vsCntrl: 4-12 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 32 Sun, May 4 @MIN L 6-7 14-18 5th 3.0 gb 31 Sat, May 3 @MIN L 1-4 14-17 4th 2.0 gb 30 Fri, May 2 @MIN L 1-11 14-16 4th 1.5 gb 29 Thu, May 1 @NYY W 8-4 14-15 2nd 1.5 gb 28 Wed, Apr 30 @NYY W 6-2 13-15 3rd 2.0 gb 27 Tue, Apr 29 @NYY W 6-4 12-15 4th 3.0 gb 26 Sun, Apr 27 LAA L 2-6 11-15 5th 4.0 gb 25 Sat, Apr 26 LAA W 6-4 11-14 5th 3.0 gb 24 Fri, Apr 25 LAA L 3-4 10-14 5th 3.5 gb 23 Thu, Apr 24 TEX W 8-2 10-13 4th 3.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Apr 10, 2008 BOS 12 DET 6 W:Tim Wakefield (1-0), L: Nate Robertson (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (3) Wed, Apr 09, 2008 DET 7 @BOS 2 W:Jeremy Bonderman (1-1), L: Jon Lester (1-2), S: none Tue, Apr 08, 2008 BOS 5 DET 0 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (2-0), L: Kenny Rogers (0-2), S: none Sun, Jul 08, 2007 DET 6 BOS 5 W:Nate Robertson (5-6), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (10-6), S: Todd Jones (22) Sat, Jul 07, 2007 DET 3 BOS 2 (13) W:Jason Grilli (3-2), L: Jonathan Papelbon (0-2), S: none Fri, Jul 06, 2007 DET 9 BOS 2 W:Andrew Miller (4-2), L: Julian Tavarez (5-7), S: none Thu, May 17, 2007 BOS 4 DET 2 W:Brendan Donnelly (2-1), L: Wilfredo Ledezma (3-1), S: Hideki Okajima (2) Thu, May 17, 2007 BOS 2 DET 1 W:Julian Tavarez (2-4), L: Zach Miner (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (11) Tue, May 15, 2007 DET 7 @BOS 2 W:Justin Verlander (4-1), L: Tim Wakefield (4-4), S: none Mon, May 14, 2007 BOS 7 DET 1 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (5-2), L: Nate Robertson (3-3), S: none Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 2-1; 2007 - DET won 4-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1001-942

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

CHC 6.10

MIL 4.58

SFG 3.31

RA/G

TOR 3.66

TBR 4.42

TEX 5.84

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

J. Bonderman 3.86

B. Arroyo 8.63

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.71

R. Halladay 6.00

J. Garland 2.03

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Boston Red Sox Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB 41.Cruceta
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 45.Lopez
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 50.Rapada*
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

36.Cash G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 38/29 .313/.395/.406/.801 1.127/.705 .956 35/.779 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 47/.679 ··· 5/.900 1/2.000 9/.393 ··· 4/.500 70/55 .308/.333/.385/.718 1.303/.566 .515 53/.782 5/0 0/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 10/.900 ··· 5/1.350 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 102/80 .271/.382/.412/.794 .749/.804 .919 86/.703 0/0 3/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 107/88 .291/.415/.442/.857 .610/.915 .542 92/.901 11/0 3/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· 11/1.182 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 58/46 .204/.259/.278/.536 .633/.512 .481 28/.596 0/1 0/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/31 .286/.333/.371/.705 .929/.647 .607 40/.705 0/0 0/

23.Lugo G/S/vP 13/.616 ··· 6/.334 5/.400 8/.000 ··· 1/4.000 116/94 .290/.339/.346/.685 .618/.700 .565 93/.720 4/2 0/

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/18 .286/.318/.571/.890 .833/.889 .875 14/.896 0/0 2/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 29/.643 ··· 6/.533 6/1.166 7/.714 ··· 2/.500 133/112 .216/.316/.379/.695 .490/.735 .403 102/.756 0/0 5/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 7/1.262 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 151/125 .314/.356/.431/.786 .706/.804 .694 120/.828 4/0 1/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 22/.935 ··· 12/.878 10/1.475 7/1.238 ··· 4/.000 136/118 .317/.397/.567/.964 .856/.979 1.030 106/1.011 1/0 6/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 17/.710 ··· 11/1.000 9/.472 2/2.000 ··· 5/.900 92/75 .267/.315/.453/.769 .665/.792 .888 67/.726 0/0 3/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 15/.200 ··· 4/1.250 2/2.000 6/1.834 ··· 5/1.350 137/118 .307/.401/.500/.901 1.072/.877 .917 111/.886 1/1 3/

IP 35.0 2.1 11.0 18.2 17.1 8.0 9.1 TOTAL .286/.362/.430/.792 .795/.791 .725 .811 26/4 26/18

ERA-K/9

3.86/4.6

0.00/7.8

2.45/4.1

2.41/6.7

8.83/6.2

0.00/7.9

2.89/8.7

5.01/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (17-3-4)
Varitek (10-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 158/.250 8/.000 46/.195 76/.284 83/.304 27/.148 40/.286 .257 Drew
Ramirez
Moss
Crisp
Ellsbury
Lugo 0/0/24/3
29/0/0/2
0/0/6/2
0/20/0/1
9/16/4/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .740 .125 .600 .708 .888 .296 .664 .744

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.826 4/.250 25/.653 30/.833 35/.785 16/.500 23/.648 .780

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 70/.635 4/.000 21/.538 46/.625 48/.963 11/.000 17/.686 .718

Home 82/.772 / 23/.490 40/.583 37/.564 6/.000 20/.644 .722

Last 28d days 129/.707 8/.125 40/.696 54/.693 64/.890 27/.296 35/.767

HR/SB/CS 4/2/3 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 25/12/5

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

Detroit Tigers Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.33 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 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

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.667 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/1.166 2/.000 135/115 .265/.348/.487/.835 1.067/.794 .897 114/.894 1/0 6/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 7/1.429 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.000 7/1.000 1/.000 50/49 .317/.440/.805/1.245 .000/1.274 1.190 50/1.245 1/1 5/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 10/.700 3/1.667 1/.000 2/5.000 3/.000 3/1.000 7/.572 6/.333 117/91 .313/.405/.495/.900 .747/.955 1.200 92/.817 3/0 3/

15.Inge G/S/vP 8/.393 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.750 6/1.467 5/.200 101/85 .235/.354/.407/.761 .277/.852 1.043 77/.635 1/1 3/

19.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.667 7/1.000 3/2.000 90/86 .165/.244/.253/.498 .000/.522 .727 75/.502 0/1 1/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 7/.429 4/1.167 2/3.500 2/.000 3/.333 6/.733 13/.539 15/.414 136/116 .311/.390/.529/.919 .833/.928 1.146 111/.989 0/0 6/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/1.000 3/.000 3/1.666 2/.000 4/1.000 20/.944 1/.000 111/94 .250/.345/.375/.720 .912/.690 .394 88/.880 1/0 2/

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/22 .238/.360/.476/.836 .000/.965 1.133 25/.836 0/0 1/

8.Renteria G/S/vP 7/.858 1/.000 4/.000 4/.750 ··· 2/1.000 21/1.313 4/1.500 128/110 .306/.336/.421/.757 1.556/.633 .697 101/.830 1/0 3/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.666 20/1.000 22/.909 114/93 .248/.292/.371/.663 .390/.727 .651 91/.725 3/0 1/

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 29/25 .375/.483/.708/1.191 1.250/1.180 1.217 25/1.180 0/0 1/

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 10/1.700 2/.500 2/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.500 36/.907 17/.580 100/82 .185/.340/.309/.649 .347/.720 .624 84/.633 3/0 2/

33.Thames G/S/vP 3/1.666 3/1.666 3/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 4/2.500 3/.333 45/31 .220/.289/.366/.655 .952/.532 .393 37/.709 0/0 2/

IP 35.2 15.2 12.1 12.0 12.2 15.1 10.1 6.1 TOTAL .264/.348/.435/.783 .792/.781 .841 .808 16/3 36/21

ERA-K/9

2.52/8.1

2.87/7.5

7.30/8.8

3.75/5.2

0.71/9.2

1.76/12.4

5.23/4.4

12.79/2.9

4.13/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (1-0-2)
Rodriguez (11-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 144/.164 72/.207 59/.314 55/.277 51/.200 55/.185 49/.325 35/.467 .242 Inge
Jones
Granderson
Thames
Ordonez
Raburn 1/10/0/2
23/0/0/1
0/11/0/0
10/0/5/0
0/0/30/0
10/0/2/0

OPS .581 .662 .946 .768 .566 .515 .779 1.315 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.600 31/.692 20/.876 28/.643 17/.732 34/.539 22/1.101 17/1.529 .704

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 70/.562 41/.641 39/.984 27/.870 34/.477 21/.476 27/.515 18/1.071 .738

Road 44/.490 25/.553 27/.885 12/.717 15/.277 21/.786 28/.601 16/1.115 .702

Last 28d days 100/.621 59/.660 42/.971 50/.779 39/.628 42/.476 40/.881 35/1.315

HR/SB/CS 3/4/1 0/2/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 0/3/0 2/2/0 32/27/5

Usage ····X··· ·X·o···· X·o·o··X ··Xo···· X·o·X··· o·o·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 @ DET, 7:05pm, Monday, May 5, 2008 @Comerica Park

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 4-0, 2.52)

SP: Jeremy Bonderman (25, RHP, 2-2, 3.86)

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