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Game Preview: BOS @ DET, 7:05pm, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 @Comerica Park

Boston Red Sox, 21-13, 1st, 3½ up

SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 2-1, 4.03)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             38    35  19  17  21  19  4    4.03      
 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         3-1  45    41  23  20  21  20  6    4.00   50 
 2008-05-01    TOR   L   7     6   3   3   4   0  1      97   49 
 2008-04-25   @TBR  ND   6     6   4   3   5   1  0     113   42 
 2008-04-20    TEX   W   8     7   5   5   0   5  2      86   53 
 2008-04-15   @CLE  ND   6     7   2   2   4   4  0     106   50 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      3-2  32    35  18  16  11  21  6    4.50   48 
 2008-04-10    DET   W   5     3   2   1   5   5  0     108   55 
 2007-05-15    DET   L   7     9   5   5   1   4  2     105   42 
 2006-06-03   @DET   L   7     6   3   3   2   6  2      99   57 
 2005-08-26    DET   W   6     7   5   4   2   1  2     101   39 
 2005-05-04   @DET   W   7    10   3   3   1   5  0     110   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-5    Road:    7-8    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  17-12   vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   7-2 
 vsEast:  8-9    vsCntrl: 5-1    vsWest:  8-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Mon, May  5  @DET  W   6-3       21-13  1st  3.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Detroit Tigers, 14-19, 5th, 3½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 1-3, 6.82)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-3)             34.1  42  26  26   9  27  5    6.82      
 2007 (9-13)           177.2 199  98  94  63 119 22    4.76      
 2006 (13-13)          208.2 206  98  89  67 137 29    3.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  41    50  29  29   9  29  6    6.37   43 
 2008-05-01   @NYY   W   5.2   7   4   4   2   3  1     106   40 
 2008-04-25    LAA   L   7     6   4   4   1   3  1      89   51 
 2008-04-20   @TOR   L   5     8   5   5   1   5  1      93   35 
 2008-04-15    MIN  ND   6.1   6   4   4   1   5  1      94   49 
 2008-04-10   @BOS   L   5.1   8   4   4   2   6  0     107   40 
 2008-04-04    CHW  ND   5     7   5   5   2   5  1      91   36 
 2007-09-30   @CHW   W   6.2   8   3   3   0   2  1     104   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      2-3  28.1  37  22  22  11  21  4    6.99   39 
 2008-04-10   @BOS   L   5.1   8   4   4   2   6  0     107   40 
 2007-07-08    BOS   W   6.1   4   4   4   4   2  2     107   47 
 2007-05-14   @BOS   L   5    11   3   3   0   3  0     115   36 
 2006-08-14   @BOS   W   6     5   3   3   2   5  1     102   53 
 2005-08-28   @BOS   L   5.2   9   8   8   3   5  1      97   21 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-9    Road:    8-10   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  10-18   vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  6-5    vsCntrl: 4-12   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 33 Mon, May  5   BOS  L   3-6       14-19  5th  3.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 05, 2008 BOS  6 @DET  3        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (5-0), L: Jeremy Bonderman (2-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (10)
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
Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 3-1; 2007 - DET won 4-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1002-942

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  6.00

NYM  4.53

SFG  3.31

RA/G

TOR  3.55

TBR  4.42

TEX  5.88

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .96

J. Lester  3.94

B. Arroyo  8.63

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  11.75

B. Backe  6.13

J. Garland  2.03

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Boston Red Sox Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
36.Cash G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 38/29 .313/.395/.406/.801 1.127/.705 .956 35/.779 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 38/.892 ··· 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 9/.666 ··· 5/1.350 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 106/84 .281/.387/.416/.803 .749/.813 .926 90/.718 0/0 3/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 112/92 .275/.396/.418/.814 .578/.870 .483 97/.848 11/0 3/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 12/.633 ··· 12/1.084 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 63/51 .237/.286/.373/.659 .633/.662 .708 33/.819 0/1 1/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/31 .286/.333/.371/.705 .929/.647 .607 40/.705 0/0 0/
23.Lugo G/S/vP 12/1.227 ··· 6/.334 6/.666 8/.000 ··· 1/4.000 120/98 .288/.336/.342/.678 .618/.692 .560 97/.710 4/2 0/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 24/.390 ··· 7/1.262 6/1.166 7/.714 1/2.000 2/.500 138/116 .225/.326/.408/.734 .561/.769 .510 107/.803 0/0 6/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/2.000 156/129 .310/.351/.430/.780 .793/.777 .688 125/.819 4/0 1/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 19/.582 ··· 13/.808 11/1.511 7/1.238 ··· 4/.000 141/123 .315/.397/.565/.962 .856/.976 1.021 111/1.007 1/0 6/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 12/1.235 ··· 11/1.000 10/.422 2/2.000 ··· 5/.900 96/79 .258/.313/.438/.751 .665/.770 .844 71/.704 0/0 3/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 18/1.244 ··· 4/1.250 3/1.167 6/1.834 ··· 5/1.350 141/122 .305/.397/.517/.914 1.072/.891 .943 115/.902 1/1 4/
IP 34.1 2.1 12.0 20.1 17.1 8.1 9.1 TOTAL .286/.361/.436/.797 .808/.794 .741 .817 26/4 29/18
ERA-K/9 6.82/7.1 0.00/7.8 3.00/3.8 2.21/6.7 8.83/6.2 1.08/8.7 2.89/8.7 5.04/5.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 154/.294 8/.000 50/.200 83/.275 83/.304 30/.200 40/.286 .258  Drew
 Ramirez
 Crisp
 Ellsbury
 Lugo
0/0/25/3
30/0/0/2
0/21/0/1
10/17/4/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .834 .125 .658 .689 .888 .433 .664 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/1.052 4/.250 26/.846 33/.758 35/.785 18/.556 23/.648 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 110/.744 4/.000 24/.469 50/.642 48/.963 12/.250 17/.686 .730
Home 78/.815 / 27/.607 47/.566 37/.564 9/.556 20/.644 .738
Last 28d days 129/.788 8/.125 44/.754 61/.669 64/.890 30/.433 35/.767
HR/SB/CS 5/3/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 28/12/5
Usage ····X··· ·o·oo··· o·····o· X··X···· ·o··X··· o·X··Xo· ·o··o·o·
Detroit Tigers Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.29 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
56.Hansen
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/.708 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/1.166 2/.000 140/120 .264/.350/.479/.829 1.067/.788 .877 119/.884 1/0 6/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 10/1.475 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 4/.000 7/1.000 1/.000 55/53 .311/.436/.756/1.192 .000/1.244 1.100 55/1.192 1/1 5/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 23/.594 3/1.667 1/.000 2/2.000 2/5.000 3/.000 4/.750 7/.572 6/.333 122/96 .314/.413/.490/.903 .747/.956 1.184 97/.824 3/0 3/
15.Inge G/S/vP 26/.811 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 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/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.333/.000/.333 /.333 .333 3/.333 0/0 0/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 39/1.230 4/1.167 2/3.500 2/.000 2/.000 3/.333 7/.619 13/.539 15/.414 141/121 .301/.383/.512/.895 .833/.901 1.079 116/.956 0/0 6/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 14/.297 2/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 3/1.666 3/.000 4/1.000 20/.944 1/.000 116/98 .248/.339/.366/.705 .850/.682 .395 93/.851 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 14/.500 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 2/1.000 21/1.313 4/1.500 132/113 .296/.326/.408/.734 1.467/.616 .650 105/.797 1/0 3/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 49/.847 2/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 6/.666 20/1.000 22/.909 118/96 .241/.291/.361/.652 .372/.718 .627 95/.707 3/0 1/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 10/1.375 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 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 46/.892 2/.500 2/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.500 36/.907 17/.580 104/86 .183/.356/.305/.661 .347/.732 .656 88/.649 3/0 2/
33.Thames G/S/vP 19/.707 3/1.666 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/.000 4/2.500 3/.333 46/31 .238/.304/.381/.685 1.026/.532 .494 38/.744 0/0 2/
IP 38.0 15.2 12.1 3.1 12.0 14.0 16.1 10.1 6.1 TOTAL .261/.349/.427/.776 .781/.775 .821 .798 16/3 36/23
ERA-K/9 4.03/4.5 2.87/7.5 7.30/8.8 8.10/8.2 3.75/5.2 0.64/8.4 1.65/11.6 5.23/4.4 12.79/2.9 4.10/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 171/.250 72/.207 59/.314 16/.286 55/.277 56/.200 58/.175 49/.325 35/.467 .240  Inge
 Granderson
 Sheffield
 Ordonez
 Thames
 Raburn
 Joyce
1/10/0/2
0/12/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/30/0
10/0/6/0
10/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .743 .662 .946 .875 .768 .550 .488 .779 1.315 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 49/.796 31/.692 20/.876 7/1.000 28/.643 18/.690 35/.524 22/1.101 17/1.529 .704
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 122/.719 41/.641 39/.984 9/.730 27/.870 38/.479 23/.435 27/.515 18/1.071 .728
Road 84/.770 25/.553 27/.885 8/.833 12/.717 20/.311 24/.685 28/.601 16/1.115 .691
Last 28d days 144/.740 59/.660 42/.971 16/.875 50/.779 44/.600 45/.444 40/.881 35/1.315
HR/SB/CS 4/10/2 0/2/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 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··· oX·o·X·· oo·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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