BOS @ DET, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 Game Preview

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

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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/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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Game Preview: BOS @ DET, 7:05pm, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 @Comerica Park

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

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

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