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Game Preview: BOS @ MIN, 7:05pm, Monday, May 12, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Boston Red Sox, 24-16, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Clay Buchholz (23, RHP, 2-2, 4.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-2)             38    41  20  19  15  39  3    4.50      
 2007 (3-1)             22.2  14   6   4  10  22  0    1.59      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  38    41  20  19  15  39  3    4.50   50 
 2008-05-07   @DET  ND   4    10   5   5   1   6  0      82   27 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN    Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-5    Road:   10-11   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  18-15   vsLHP:   6-1    1-Run:   7-5 
 vsEast:  8-9    vsCntrl: 8-4    vsWest:  8-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Sun, May 11  @MIN  L   8-9       24-16  1st  1.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11
Minnesota Twins, 19-17, 1st, 1 up

SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 5-1, 3.83)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-1)             51.2  62  24  22  10  20  8    3.83      
 2007 (11-11)          204.1 247 116 112  79  90 34    4.93      
 2006 (13-13)          216   246 125 116  78 128 29    4.83      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  44.2  55  22  20  10  19  8    4.03   48 
 2008-05-07   @CHW   W   9     9   1   1   1   3  1     121   67 
 2008-05-02    DET   W   7     8   1   1   2   4  1     102   59 
 2008-04-27   @TEX   L   2.2   9   7   7   1   2  2      74   13 
 2008-04-22   @OAK  ND   6     7   4   4   2   3  1     109   43 
 2008-04-16    TBR  ND   6     8   5   3   3   2  3     103   39 
 2008-04-11   @KCR   W   7     7   0   0   1   3  0      99   65 
 2008-04-05    KCR   W   7     7   4   4   0   2  0      74   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      0-2   8    16  12  11   6   5  2   12.38   25 
 2006-06-20   @BOS   L   1.2   8   6   6   2   0  0      56   13 
 1999-07-20   @BOS   L   6.1   8   6   5   4   5  2     125   36 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-7    Road:    6-10   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  14-12   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   9-4 
 vsEast:  3-2    vsCntrl:13-8    vsWest:  3-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Sun, May 11   BOS  W   9-8       19-17  1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 11, 2008 MIN  9  BOS  8        W:Nick Blackburn (3-2), L: Tim Wakefield (3-2), S: Joe Nathan (12)
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)
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 2-1; 2007 - BOS won 4-3; 2006 - MIN won 5-1; All-Time - BOS leads 935-912

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  5.70

STL  4.54

SDP  3.37

RA/G

OAK  3.72

SEA  4.51

DET  5.50

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .81

E. Jackson  4.04

B. Arroyo  7.14

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  11.16

S. Chacon  6.18

J. Garland  2.07

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.15 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Hernandez
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 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 46/34 .375/.435/.475/.910 1.467/.720 1.147 39/.946 0/0 0/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 43/.584 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 13/.490 5/.650 5/.933 9/6 .857/.889/1.000/1.889 2.000/1.833 1.875 4/1.750 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 5/.500 6/2.833 ··· 9/.472 7/.286 16/.580 88/66 .317/.337/.476/.813 1.165/.705 .740 54/.856 6/0 2/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 40/.979 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/1.667 10/.633 2/4.000 130/104 .284/.392/.413/.805 .842/.795 .892 90/.684 1/1 3/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 137/110 .268/.378/.384/.762 .599/.804 .498 108/.759 14/0 3/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 53/.989 2/5.000 2/2.000 6/.834 ··· 8/.536 3/.000 1/.000 93/75 .279/.323/.465/.788 .600/.827 .871 59/.946 0/1 3/
23.Lugo G/S/vP 20/.789 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 13/.840 7/1.238 4/.500 136/111 .285/.348/.341/.690 .624/.705 .605 91/.760 5/2 0/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.667 4/4.000 ··· 7/.453 6/.167 6/1.000 168/136 .241/.345/.434/.780 .585/.827 .662 116/.955 0/0 7/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 3/.000 182/144 .305/.344/.407/.752 .667/.775 .660 123/.783 4/0 1/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 7/.000 3/3.333 10/.733 162/138 .299/.377/.535/.911 .804/.930 .915 108/.900 1/0 7/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/no AB 2/.000 5/2.467 ··· 4/.250 5/1.600 10/.000 114/93 .262/.333/.427/.761 .781/.756 .837 71/.786 0/0 3/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 4/.750 170/145 .322/.400/.596/.996 1.501/.923 1.079 118/1.036 2/1 8/
IP 51.2 23.2 10.2 21.0 4.0 14.0 11.1 13.0 TOTAL .293/.365/.454/.820 .862/.810 .800 .854 33/5 40/22
ERA-K/9 3.83/3.5 4.18/3.4 5.06/7.6 3.86/5.6 4.50/6.8 1.93/9.0 0.00/4.0 4.15/8.3 4.29/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (18-3-6)
 Varitek (13-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 221/.297 111/.273 46/.286 92/.256 17/.286 57/.241 40/.189 56/.240 .276  Drew
 Ramirez
 Ellsbury
 Crisp
 Lugo
0/0/30/3
34/0/0/2
15/19/5/2
0/27/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .799 .867 .824 .732 .840 .614 .466 .701 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.864 35/.785 14/.214 35/.791 10/.929 30/.670 27/.377 23/.891 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 119/.745 76/.899 32/1.112 57/.696 7/.714 27/.556 13/.657 33/.573 .772
Home 110/.799 50/.916 20/.513 48/.528 1/.000 41/.525 28/.509 32/.634 .715
Last 28d days 139/.926 67/.962 35/.843 69/.753 17/.840 38/.632 33/.409 38/.669
HR/SB/CS 8/0/2 5/1/1 2/0/1 3/3/1 0/0/0 1/3/0 0/1/1 2/2/1 41/19/9
Usage ····X··· ·X·X···· ··X··X·· X·XX···X ·o···X·· X······o oooo···· ··XX····
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.38 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 5/1.300 2/1.000 78/53 .264/.321/.375/.696 .678/.702 .695 60/.741 3/1 1/
12.Everett G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.586 2/.000 53/43 .200/.231/.340/.571 .944/.496 .650 28/.804 0/0 1/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 140/101 .269/.300/.396/.696 1.043/.559 .680 86/.705 16/2 2/
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 128/95 .259/.323/.366/.689 .510/.751 .675 90/.616 0/0 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 4/1.833 ··· 122/91 .222/.238/.359/.597 .336/.680 .615 82/.498 0/1 4/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 5/.800 2/.000 107/92 .240/.262/.300/.562 .200/.623 .424 71/.566 0/0 0/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 4/.250 3/.333 1/no AB 133/91 .330/.409/.426/.835 .806/.849 .880 89/.965 0/1 0/
27.Monroe G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 4/.250 11/.773 70/42 .284/.314/.537/.852 .368/1.161 .946 52/.942 0/0 4/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 3/1.666 1/no AB 3/1.167 5/.000 6/.834 7/1.238 2/.000 148/101 .286/.351/.459/.810 .647/.890 .896 100/.812 0/0 6/
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 13/.930 0/0 0/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 79/52 .274/.312/.356/.668 .746/.627 .841 52/.516 3/1 0/
21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 3/.333 4/1.000 145/109 .265/.310/.301/.612 .456/.664 .555 98/.645 7/1 0/
IP 38.0 19.1 13.1 4.1 13.1 18.0 18.2 12.2 9.0 TOTAL .265/.312/.376/.688 .626/.713 .690 .702 35/8 20/26
ERA-K/9 4.50/9.2 2.33/7.0 6.75/8.8 6.23/6.3 3.38/4.7 0.50/7.5 2.41/11.1 6.39/4.3 10.00/2.0 4.08/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (16-9-0)
 Redmond (3-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 167/.270 86/.203 63/.309 19/.235 59/.255 69/.190 72/.221 64/.346 44/.410 .245  Young
 Gomez
 Cuddyer
 Kubel
 Monroe
36/0/0/4
0/32/0/2
0/0/18/1
0/0/11/1
0/4/0/0
OPS .717 .657 .914 .728 .712 .502 .566 .829 1.196 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.559 37/.665 21/.833 8/.875 30/.594 24/.513 41/.609 28/1.057 21/1.326 .679
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 72/.931 49/.652 42/.957 11/.586 29/.809 45/.494 31/.509 36/.647 23/1.060 .734
Road 96/.788 39/.580 31/.828 11/.586 16/.527 33/.311 38/.775 43/.732 25/.991 .684
Last 28d days 119/.757 52/.718 31/1.099 19/.728 40/.614 47/.567 49/.560 46/.817 38/.878
HR/SB/CS 3/0/1 0/2/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/1 1/0/1 1/2/0 0/3/0 3/2/0 35/31/6
Usage ····X··· X·o·X··· ···o···X ···o··X· o···o··· ·oo·o·oX ·XX·X·oo X···X··· 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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