BOS @ DET, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 22-13, 1st, 3½ up	SP: Clay Buchholz (23, RHP, 2-2, 3.71) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 34 31 15 14 14 33 3 3.71 2007 (3-1) 22.2 14 6 4 10 22 0 1.59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 38.2 36 17 15 16 38 3 3.49 53 2008-05-02 TBR W 5.1 5 1 1 4 6 0 96 56 2008-04-26 @TBR L 8 3 2 2 2 9 1 113 75 2008-04-21 TEX W 6 5 0 0 2 6 0 103 66 2008-04-16 @NYY ND 3.2 8 7 7 1 2 2 85 18 2008-04-11 NYY ND 6 4 1 1 3 3 0 98 60 2008-04-05 @TOR L 5 6 4 3 2 7 0 89 46 2007-09-19 @TOR L 4.2 5 2 1 2 5 0 68 51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-5 Road: 8-8 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 17-12 vsLHP: 5-1 1-Run: 7-2 vsEast: 8-9 vsCntrl: 6-1 vsWest: 8-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 35 Tue, May 6 @DET W 5-0 22-13 1st 3.5 up 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:19-11
Detroit Tigers, 14-20, 5th, 3½ GB, 6½ GB in WC	SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 2-1, 1.88) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-1) 24 13 9 5 8 15 1 1.88 2007 (0-0) 8.2 8 6 6 7 6 2 6.23 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-1 28.2 17 14 10 12 19 2 3.14 55 2008-05-02 @MIN L 6 6 4 2 2 2 0 87 48 2008-04-26 LAA ND 6 3 3 1 2 3 0 82 59 2008-04-21 @TOR W 5.1 3 0 0 4 4 0 85 62 2008-04-16 @CLE W 6.2 1 2 2 0 6 1 81 70 2007-09-24 LAA ND 4.2 4 5 5 4 4 1 87 36 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 6-10 Road: 8-10 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 10-19 vsLHP: 4-1 1-Run: 1-4 vsEast: 6-6 vsCntrl: 4-12 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 34 Tue, May 6 BOS L 0-5 14-20 5th 3.5 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, May 06, 2008 BOS 5 @DET 0 W:Tim Wakefield (3-1), L: Nate Robertson (1-4), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 4-1; 2007 - DET won 4-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1003-942

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 5.91

FLA 4.53

SDP 3.36

RA/G

OAK 3.54

KCR 4.44

PIT 5.84

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

B. Looper 3.95

C. Sabathia 7.51

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 11.75

T. Redding 6.18

J. Garland 2.03

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Boston Red Sox Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 41.Cruceta
G/S/vB 34.Dolsi
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 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 42/30 .361/.429/.472/.901 1.467/.679 1.192 39/.890 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.900 1/2.000 9/.393 ··· 4/.500 75/56 .290/.315/.362/.677 1.069/.556 .459 54/.734 5/0 0/

7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.350 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 110/85 .280/.382/.409/.790 .740/.803 .891 90/.702 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/1.084 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 68/53 .222/.279/.349/.629 .583/.637 .651 34/.750 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 ··· ··· 1/no AB 6/.334 6/.666 8/.000 ··· 1/4.000 124/99 .289/.341/.342/.684 .624/.699 .578 97/.703 4/2 0/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/1.262 7/1.000 7/.714 1/2.000 2/.500 143/117 .226/.329/.427/.756 .728/.762 .570 107/.841 0/0 7/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/2.000 161/130 .299/.340/.415/.755 .689/.771 .640 125/.785 4/0 1/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 13/.808 12/1.361 7/1.238 ··· 4/.000 146/125 .326/.404/.589/.993 .929/1.004 1.080 111/1.056 1/0 7/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 11/1.000 10/.422 2/2.000 ··· 5/.900 96/79 .258/.313/.438/.751 .665/.770 .844 67/.686 0/0 3/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/1.250 3/1.167 6/1.834 ··· 5/1.350 145/123 .314/.407/.537/.944 1.260/.896 1.006 114/.896 1/1 4/

IP 24.0 2.1 1.2 12.0 21.1 17.1 8.1 9.1 TOTAL .287/.361/.439/.801 .832/.794 .753 .818 26/4 31/19

ERA-K/9

1.88/5.6

0.00/7.8

5.40/5.3

3.00/3.8

2.11/6.8

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 97/.151 8/.000 8/.167 50/.200 86/.265 83/.304 30/.200 40/.286 .259 Drew
Ramirez
Crisp
Ellsbury
Lugo 0/0/26/3
31/0/0/2
0/22/0/1
11/17/4/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .503 .125 1.042 .658 .665 .888 .433 .664 .756

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.655 4/.250 2/.000 26/.846 34/.735 35/.785 18/.556 23/.648 .781

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 49/.347 4/.000 6/1.500 24/.469 52/.616 48/.963 12/.250 17/.686 .739

Home 25/.461 / 8/1.042 27/.607 50/.532 37/.564 9/.556 20/.644 .751

Last 28d days 97/.503 8/.125 8/1.042 44/.754 57/.645 64/.890 30/.433 35/.767

HR/SB/CS 1/2/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 30/12/5

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

Detroit Tigers Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Buchholz
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 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/1.166 2/.000 143/123 .258/.343/.468/.810 1.067/.767 .831 118/.866 1/0 6/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 4/.000 7/1.000 2/1.000 59/57 .306/.424/.714/1.138 .000/1.183 1.019 59/1.138 1/1 5/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 2/2.000 2/5.000 3/.000 4/.750 7/.572 7/.286 126/99 .311/.408/.481/.889 .747/.924 1.130 97/.847 3/0 3/

15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.750 6/1.467 5/.200 104/88 .226/.343/.393/.736 .277/.819 .968 77/.617 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 ··· 4/1.167 2/3.500 2/.000 2/.000 3/.333 7/.619 13/.539 15/.414 144/124 .294/.375/.500/.875 .833/.877 1.027 115/.946 0/0 6/

14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 3/1.666 3/.000 4/1.000 20/.944 2/.000 120/102 .238/.328/.352/.680 .850/.654 .367 93/.811 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 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 2/1.000 21/1.313 4/1.500 135/116 .289/.319/.398/.717 1.467/.600 .619 104/.805 1/0 3/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 6/.666 20/1.000 22/.909 121/99 .243/.292/.369/.661 .372/.727 .648 94/.750 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 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.500 36/.907 17/.580 107/89 .176/.346/.294/.640 .347/.704 .606 87/.606 3/0 2/

33.Thames G/S/vP ··· 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 34.0 15.2 12.1 3.1 12.0 14.0 16.1 10.1 7.1 TOTAL .257/.343/.419/.762 .781/.759 .790 .794 16/3 36/23

ERA-K/9

3.71/8.7

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

11.05/2.5

3.98/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 144/.238 72/.207 59/.314 16/.286 55/.277 56/.200 58/.175 49/.325 38/.455 .236 Inge
Granderson
Sheffield
Ordonez
Thames
Raburn
Joyce 1/10/0/2
0/13/0/0
2/0/0/0
0/0/31/0
10/0/6/0
10/0/2/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .674 .662 .946 .875 .768 .550 .488 .779 1.258 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.564 31/.692 20/.876 7/1.000 28/.643 18/.690 35/.524 22/1.101 19/1.471 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 57/.846 41/.641 39/.984 9/.730 27/.870 38/.479 23/.435 27/.515 19/1.004 .711

Road 73/.728 25/.553 27/.885 8/.833 12/.717 20/.311 24/.685 28/.601 19/1.036 .666

Last 28d days 120/.679 59/.660 37/1.059 16/.875 50/.779 41/.647 45/.444 40/.881 38/1.258

HR/SB/CS 3/0/1 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····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, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 @Comerica Park

SP: Clay Buchholz (23, RHP, 2-2, 3.71)

SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 2-1, 1.88)

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