BOS @ MIN, Sunday, May 11, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 24-15, 1st, 2½ up	SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 3-1, 3.33) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-1) 46 37 19 17 21 25 4 3.33 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 46 37 19 17 21 25 4 3.33 55 2008-05-06 @DET W 8 2 0 0 0 6 0 98 84 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 3-2 31.1 31 18 14 8 21 5 4.02 51 2007-09-29 MIN W 7 6 4 3 0 1 2 92 52 2007-05-04 @MIN W 7 3 0 0 3 2 0 104 70 2006-09-19 MIN L 3.1 8 6 6 2 3 2 75 21 2006-06-15 @MIN L 6 8 4 3 2 4 1 95 44 2005-08-07 @MIN W 8 6 4 2 1 11 0 118 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-5 Road: 10-10 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 18-14 vsLHP: 6-1 1-Run: 7-4 vsEast: 8-9 vsCntrl: 8-3 vsWest: 8-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 39 Sat, May 10 @MIN W 5-2 24-15 1st 2.5 up 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:20-10
Minnesota Twins, 18-17, 1st, Tied	SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 2-2, 3.65) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 44.1 53 19 18 9 20 2 3.65 2007 (0-2) 11.2 19 12 10 2 8 2 7.71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 44.1 53 19 18 9 20 2 3.65 49 2008-05-06 @CHW L 6 6 4 3 3 1 1 92 44 2008-04-30 CHW W 7 8 3 3 2 4 1 88 51 2008-04-25 @TEX ND 6 11 5 5 1 3 0 90 32 2008-04-19 CLE W 7.2 8 0 0 0 1 0 102 64 2008-04-14 @DET ND 5.2 8 4 4 0 0 0 89 37 2008-04-07 @CHW ND 5 7 2 2 2 5 0 90 48 2008-04-02 LAA L 7 5 1 1 1 6 0 86 68 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 12-7 Road: 6-10 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 13-12 vsLHP: 5-5 1-Run: 8-4 vsEast: 2-2 vsCntrl:13-8 vsWest: 3-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 35 Sat, May 10 BOS L 2-5 18-17 1st Tied 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, May 10, 2008 BOS 5 @MIN 2 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (6-0), L: Glen Perkins (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (11) 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 Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - BOS won 4-3; 2006 - MIN won 5-1; All-Time - BOS leads 935-911

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 5.69

LAA 4.55

SDP 3.30

RA/G

OAK 3.66

LAA 4.47

DET 5.50

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

E. Jackson 4.04

B. Arroyo 7.14

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 11.16

E. Jackson 6.17

J. Garland 2.07

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.08 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/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 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.500 5/2.300 ··· 8/.536 7/.286 16/.580 83/61 .312/.333/.416/.749 1.165/.610 .622 53/.773 5/0 1/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 10/.633 2/4.000 125/99 .279/.392/.404/.796 .842/.783 .883 90/.652 1/1 3/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 132/106 .278/.385/.398/.783 .624/.824 .519 108/.785 14/0 3/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/5.000 2/2.000 5/1.000 ··· 7/.310 3/.000 1/.000 88/70 .280/.330/.476/.805 .600/.851 .902 54/.986 0/1 3/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/36 .310/.340/.476/.817 1.445/.622 .890 48/.817 0/0 1/

23.Lugo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 13/.840 7/1.238 4/.500 136/111 .285/.348/.341/.690 .624/.705 .605 95/.741 5/2 0/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.667 4/4.000 ··· 6/.533 6/.167 6/1.000 163/131 .234/.337/.433/.770 .585/.817 .638 111/.949 0/0 7/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 3/.000 177/140 .307/.343/.411/.754 .685/.773 .660 123/.788 4/0 1/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 3/3.333 10/.733 161/137 .301/.379/.538/.917 .804/.937 .926 111/.926 1/0 7/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 5/2.467 ··· 4/.250 5/1.600 10/.000 114/93 .262/.333/.427/.761 .781/.756 .837 75/.741 0/0 3/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/.750 165/140 .319/.400/.603/1.003 1.501/.928 1.097 117/1.052 2/1 8/

IP 44.1 23.2 10.2 20.0 4.0 13.0 10.1 13.0 TOTAL .291/.364/.451/.816 .865/.804 .791 .849 32/5 39/21

ERA-K/9

3.65/4.1

4.18/3.4

5.06/7.6

3.15/5.8

4.50/6.8

0.69/9.7

0.00/4.4

4.15/8.3

4.18/5.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 185/.308 111/.273 46/.286 87/.247 17/.286 51/.208 37/.176 56/.240 .273 Drew
Ramirez
Ellsbury
Crisp
Lugo 0/0/29/3
34/0/0/2
14/19/5/2
0/26/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .763 .867 .824 .689 .840 .547 .449 .701 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 82/.749 35/.785 14/.214 33/.609 10/.929 27/.630 25/.327 23/.891 .734

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 103/.773 76/.899 32/1.112 54/.737 7/.714 24/.458 12/.717 33/.573 .774

Home 84/.694 50/.916 20/.513 43/.418 1/.000 35/.410 25/.490 32/.634 .700

Last 28d days 133/.820 74/.884 35/.843 64/.698 17/.840 32/.526 30/.381 42/.731

HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 5/1/1 2/0/1 2/3/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 0/1/1 2/2/1 40/18/9

Usage ····X··· X·X····X ·X··X··o ·XX···X· o···X··· ······oX ooo····· ·XX·····

Minnesota Twins Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.26 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

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 17/.647 3/.333 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 74/49 .261/.311/.362/.673 .678/.669 .660 56/.714 3/1 1/

12.Everett G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 10/.650 1/.000 49/39 .196/.229/.283/.512 .944/.416 .558 26/.748 0/0 0/

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 135/96 .271/.304/.403/.707 1.043/.568 .699 85/.689 15/2 2/

23.Harris G/S/vP 14/.572 ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 128/95 .259/.323/.366/.689 .510/.751 .675 94/.603 0/0 2/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 6/1.133 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 4/1.833 ··· 122/91 .222/.238/.359/.597 .336/.680 .615 86/.498 0/1 4/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP 10/.522 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 5/.800 1/.000 103/88 .237/.252/.299/.551 .200/.613 .397 70/.545 0/0 0/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 11/1.345 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.250 2/.000 1/no AB 128/87 .333/.409/.432/.842 .826/.849 .896 84/.983 0/1 0/

27.Monroe G/S/vP 20/1.087 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 3/.333 10/.311 66/38 .270/.303/.444/.747 .368/1.017 .709 48/.813 0/0 2/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 11/.764 2/.500 3/1.666 1/no AB 3/1.167 5/.000 6/.834 6/1.100 2/.000 144/97 .269/.333/.446/.779 .647/.847 .842 100/.756 0/0 6/

55.Redmond G/S/vP 10/.300 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 ··· ··· 74/47 .294/.333/.382/.716 .746/.698 .973 48/.560 3/1 0/

21.Young G/S/vP 17/.588 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 2/.500 3/1.334 141/105 .271/.312/.308/.620 .456/.677 .569 97/.638 7/1 0/

IP 46.0 17.1 13.1 4.1 13.0 18.0 18.2 11.1 7.1 TOTAL .264/.310/.370/.680 .628/.701 .674 .675 34/8 17/25

ERA-K/9

3.33/4.9

2.60/7.3

6.75/8.8

6.23/6.3

3.46/4.8

0.50/7.5

2.41/11.1

7.15/4.0

11.05/2.5

3.99/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 198/.222 79/.206 63/.309 19/.235 58/.260 69/.190 72/.221 56/.370 38/.455 .243 Young
Gomez
Cuddyer
Kubel
Monroe 35/0/0/4
0/31/0/2
0/0/17/1
0/0/11/1
0/4/0/0

OPS .660 .676 .914 .728 .725 .502 .566 .868 1.258 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.741 33/.644 21/.833 8/.875 29/.618 24/.513 41/.609 25/1.044 19/1.471 .676

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 143/.627 46/.699 42/.957 11/.586 29/.809 45/.494 31/.509 31/.720 19/1.004 .724

Road 111/.617 32/.609 31/.828 11/.586 15/.564 33/.311 38/.775 35/.769 19/1.036 .669

Last 28d days 146/.642 53/.687 33/1.023 19/.728 42/.583 47/.567 49/.560 38/.870 35/1.083

HR/SB/CS 4/10/2 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··X·· ···o···· oo·o·oX· XX·X·oo· ···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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Game Preview: BOS @ MIN, 8:05pm, Sunday, May 11, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 3-1, 3.33)

SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 2-2, 3.65)

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