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Game Preview: BOS @ MIN, 7:10pm, Saturday, May 10, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Boston Red Sox, 23-15, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 5-0, 2.43)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-0)             40.2  22  11  11  27  33  3    2.43      
 2007 (15-12)          204.2 191 100 100  80 201 25    4.40      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-0  40.2  22  11  11  27  33  3    2.43   59 
 2008-05-05   @DET   W   5     2   1   1   8   1  0     109   52 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-0   8     6   2   2   2   8  1    2.25   68 
 2007-09-28    MIN   W   8     6   2   2   2   8  1     119   68 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-5    Road:    9-10   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  18-14   vsLHP:   5-1    1-Run:   7-4 
 vsEast:  8-9    vsCntrl: 7-3    vsWest:  8-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Fri, May  9  @MIN  L   6-7       23-15  1st  2.5 up
 37 Thu, May  8  @DET  W   5-1       23-14  1st  3.5 up
 36 Wed, May  7  @DET  L   9-10      22-14  1st  3.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Minnesota Twins, 18-16, 1st, 1 up

SP: Glen Perkins (25, LHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (0-0)             28.2  23  10  10  12  20  2    3.14      
 2006 (0-0)              5.2   3   1   1   0   6  0    1.59      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS                                              inf      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS    Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-6    Road:    6-10   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  13-11   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   8-4 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl:13-8    vsWest:  3-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Fri, May  9   BOS  W   7-6       18-16  1st  1.0 up
 33 Thu, May  8  @CHW  L   2-6       17-16  1st  1.0 up
 32 Wed, May  7  @CHW  W  13-1       17-15  1st  1.5 up
 31 Tue, May  6  @CHW  L   1-7       16-15  1st  1.0 up
 30 Sun, May  4   DET  W   7-6       16-14  1st  1.5 up
 29 Sat, May  3   DET  W   4-1       15-14  1st  0.5 up
 28 Fri, May  2   DET  W  11-1       14-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 27 Wed, Apr 30   CHW  W   4-3       13-14  2nd  1.5 gb
 26 Tue, Apr 29   CHW  W   3-1       12-14  2nd  2.5 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27  @TEX  L   0-10      11-14  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 09, 2008 MIN  7  BOS  6        W:Jesse Crain (1-1), L: Jonathan Papelbon (2-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 30, 2007 MIN  3 @BOS  2        W:Matt Garza (5-7), L: Julian Tavarez (7-11), S: Joe Nathan (37)
Sat, Sep 29, 2007 BOS  6  MIN  4        W:Tim Wakefield (17-12), L: Nick Blackburn (0-2), S: Hideki Okajima (5)
Fri, Sep 28, 2007 BOS  5  MIN  2        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (15-12), L: Kevin Slowey (4-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (37)
Thu, Sep 27, 2007 MIN  5 @BOS  4        W:Boof Bonser (8-12), L: Josh Beckett (20-7), S: Joe Nathan (36)
Sun, May 06, 2007 BOS  4 @MIN  3        W:Curt Schilling (4-1), L: Sidney Ponson (2-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (10)
Sat, May 05, 2007 MIN  2  BOS  1        W:Johan Santana (4-2), L: Julian Tavarez (1-3), S: Joe Nathan (8)
Fri, May 04, 2007 BOS  2 @MIN  0        W:Tim Wakefield (3-3), L: Carlos Silva (2-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (9)
Thu, Sep 21, 2006 BOS  6  MIN  0        W:Josh Beckett (16-10), L: Johan Santana (18-6), S: none
Wed, Sep 20, 2006 MIN  8 @BOS  2        W:Boof Bonser (6-5), L: Craig Hansen (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 1-0; 2007 - BOS won 4-3; 2006 - MIN won 5-1; All-Time - BOS leads 934-911

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  5.66

TEX  4.51

SDP  3.31

RA/G

OAK  3.59

SEA  4.46

PIT  5.54

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .81

T. Redding  3.83

N. Robertson  6.64

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.06

T. Redding  6.04

J. Garland  2.07

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.08 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
60.Bass
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
41.Korecky
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 42/30 .361/.429/.472/.901 1.467/.679 1.192 35/.940 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.500 5/2.300 ··· 8/.536 7/.286 16/.580 79/60 .315/.338/.384/.721 1.069/.621 .561 49/.732 5/0 0/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 10/.633 2/4.000 125/99 .279/.392/.404/.796 .842/.783 .883 93/.629 1/1 3/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 127/105 .288/.397/.413/.810 .714/.832 .554 107/.840 14/0 3/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 5/1.000 ··· 7/.310 3/.000 1/.000 83/68 .269/.313/.436/.749 .583/.779 .826 49/.910 0/1 2/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/35 .263/.302/.342/.644 .929/.580 .478 44/.644 0/0 0/
23.Lugo G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 13/.840 7/1.238 4/.500 136/111 .285/.348/.341/.690 .624/.705 .605 98/.717 5/2 0/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 3/.667 4/4.000 ··· 6/.533 5/.200 6/1.000 158/130 .241/.342/.445/.787 .673/.812 .663 110/.943 0/0 7/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 172/139 .304/.341/.411/.753 .708/.764 .651 122/.803 4/0 1/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 3/3.333 10/.733 156/135 .312/.391/.558/.949 .929/.952 .986 110/1.017 1/0 7/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/2.467 ··· 4/.250 5/1.600 10/.000 110/92 .250/.318/.410/.728 .627/.749 .785 74/.688 0/0 3/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 4/.750 160/138 .316/.400/.581/.981 1.260/.942 1.062 116/1.021 2/1 7/
IP 22.0 10.2 20.0 3.2 13.0 9.1 13.0 TOTAL .290/.364/.444/.808 .842/.801 .775 .838 32/5 35/21
ERA-K/9 /0.0 3.68/3.7 5.06/7.6 3.15/5.8 4.91/4.9 0.69/9.7 0.00/4.8 4.15/8.3 4.16/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (17-3-4)
 Varitek (13-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 100/.264 46/.286 87/.247 16/.308 51/.208 34/.194 56/.240 .272  Drew
 Ramirez
 Ellsbury
 Crisp
 Lugo
0/0/29/3
33/0/0/2
14/19/4/2
0/25/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .825 .824 .689 .899 .547 .491 .701 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 30/.756 14/.214 33/.609 10/.929 27/.630 23/.356 23/.891 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 70/.852 32/1.112 54/.737 6/.833 24/.458 11/.788 33/.573 .751
Home / 39/.821 20/.513 43/.418 / 35/.410 22/.558 32/.634 .676
Last 28d days / 63/.820 35/.843 68/.686 16/.899 35/.538 27/.426 42/.731
HR/SB/CS // 4/1/1 2/0/1 2/3/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 0/1/1 2/2/1 36/18/9
Usage ·X····X· X··X··o· XX···X·o ···X···· ·····oX· oo······ XX·····o
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.32 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
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
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 70/46 .273/.314/.379/.693 .708/.683 .691 52/.744 3/1 1/
12.Everett G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 10/.650 1/.000 46/36 .209/.244/.302/.547 .944/.452 .628 23/.848 0/0 0/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 131/92 .278/.305/.413/.718 1.043/.579 .721 86/.665 15/2 2/
23.Harris G/S/vP 12/1.011 ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 128/95 .259/.323/.366/.689 .510/.751 .675 98/.620 0/0 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 4/1.417 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 4/1.833 ··· 118/87 .230/.246/.372/.617 .336/.711 .658 86/.582 0/1 4/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.800 1/.000 99/84 .215/.232/.280/.512 .200/.570 .311 66/.485 0/0 0/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 2/.000 1/no AB 124/84 .343/.415/.444/.859 .847/.865 .931 84/.964 0/1 0/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 7/.572 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 3/.333 10/.311 65/37 .274/.308/.452/.759 .368/1.045 .736 47/.830 0/0 2/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/.500 3/1.666 1/no AB 3/1.167 4/.000 6/.834 6/1.100 2/.000 140/94 .262/.329/.444/.773 .661/.831 .833 100/.714 0/0 6/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.667 5/1.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 6/.167 4/.666 54/34 .260/.315/.340/.655 .600/.686 .653 50/.668 3/1 0/
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 19/8 .235/.263/.353/.616 .808/.375 .286 16/.741 0/0 0/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 70/43 .297/.338/.375/.713 .746/.692 1.004 48/.495 3/1 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 12/.606 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 2/.500 3/1.334 137/101 .271/.314/.310/.624 .456/.684 .573 97/.638 7/1 0/
IP 40.2 17.1 13.1 4.1 13.0 17.0 17.2 11.1 7.1 TOTAL .266/.311/.374/.684 .633/.706 .683 .678 34/8 17/23
ERA-K/9 2.43/7.3 2.60/7.3 6.75/8.8 6.23/6.3 3.46/4.8 0.53/7.9 2.55/10.7 7.15/4.0 11.05/2.5 4.04/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (15-9-0)
 Redmond (3-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 169/.158 79/.206 63/.309 19/.235 58/.260 66/.200 68/.219 56/.370 38/.455 .244  Young
 Gomez
 Cuddyer
 Kubel
 Monroe
 Punto
34/0/0/4
0/30/0/2
0/0/16/1
0/0/11/1
0/4/0/0
0/2/0/0
OPS .576 .676 .914 .728 .725 .526 .571 .868 1.258 .707
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 83/.621 33/.644 21/.833 8/.875 29/.618 22/.561 39/.588 25/1.044 19/1.471 .675
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 86/.536 46/.699 42/.957 11/.586 29/.809 44/.506 29/.546 31/.720 19/1.004 .733
Road 69/.508 32/.609 31/.828 11/.586 15/.564 30/.343 34/.810 35/.769 19/1.036 .677
Last 28d days 98/.647 53/.687 34/.989 19/.728 42/.583 48/.626 49/.517 38/.870 35/1.083
HR/SB/CS 3/4/1 0/2/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/1 1/0/1 1/2/0 0/3/0 2/2/0 32/30/6
Usage ····X··· o·X···X· ·o···X·o ·o··X··· ··o····X o·o·oX·o X·X·oo·o ··X····· ···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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