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Game Preview: BOS @ NYY, 7:05pm, Wednesday, April 16, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

Boston Red Sox, 9-6, 1st, ½ up

SP: Clay Buchholz (23, RHP, 0-1, 3.27)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             11    10   5   4   5  10  0    3.27      
 2007 (3-1)             22.2  14   6   4  10  22  0    1.59      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  30.2  23  11   8  13  29  0    2.35   59 
 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 
 2007-09-01    BAL   W   9     0   0   0   3   9  0     115   93 
 2007-08-17    LAA   W   6     8   4   3   3   5  0      91   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      0-0   6     4   1   1   3   3  0    1.50   60 
 2008-04-11    NYY  ND   6     4   1   1   3   3  0      98   60 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-2    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   7-6    vsLHP:   2-0    1-Run:   3-0 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 4-1    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Tue, Apr 15  @CLE  W   5-3        9-6   1st  0.5 up
 14 Mon, Apr 14  @CLE  W   6-4        8-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13   NYY  W   8-5        7-6   3rd  0.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12   NYY  W   4-3        6-6   3rd  1.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11   NYY  L   1-4        5-6   5th  1.5 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 10   DET  W  12-6        5-5   2nd  1.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9   DET  L   2-7        4-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8   DET  W   5-0        4-4   3rd  2.5 gb
  7 Sun, Apr  6  @TOR  L   4-7        3-4   5th  2.0 gb
  6 Sat, Apr  5  @TOR  L   2-10       3-3   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-6    Last 30: 9-6 
New York Yankees, 8-7, 4th, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Chien-Ming Wang (28, RHP, 3-0, 1.23)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-0)             22    12   3   3   4  11  1    1.23      
 2007 (19-7)           199.1 199  84  82  59 104  9    3.70      
 2006 (19-6)           218   233  92  88  52  76 12    3.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  47.2  39  15  14  15  28  2    2.64   58 
 2008-04-11    BOS   W   9     2   1   1   0   3  1      93   82 
 2008-04-06    TBR   W   6     4   0   0   2   6  0      96   68 
 2008-04-01    TOR   W   7     6   2   2   2   2  0      92   57 
 2007-09-26    TBD   W   6     7   2   2   3   6  1      94   53 
 2007-09-21    TOR  ND   7     6   2   1   1   4  0     100   62 
 2007-09-15    BOS   L   5.2   9   5   5   3   3  0      97   31 
 2007-09-09    KCR   W   7     5   3   3   4   4  0      90   55 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      4-1  33.2  29  11  11  12  17  1    2.94   56 
 2008-04-11    BOS   W   9     2   1   1   0   3  1      93   82 
 2007-09-15    BOS   L   5.2   9   5   5   3   3  0      97   31 
 2007-08-30    BOS   W   7     1   0   0   4   5  0     103   76 
 2007-06-01    BOS   W   5.2  10   3   3   2   1  0     112   36 
 2007-05-21    BOS   W   6.1   7   2   2   3   5  0     115   53 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-3    Road:    4-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   7-7    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  7-5    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Tue, Apr 15  @TBR  W   5-3        8-7   4th  1.0 gb
 14 Mon, Apr 14  @TBR  W   8-7        7-7   4th  1.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13  @BOS  L   5-8        6-7   5th  1.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @BOS  L   3-4        6-6   3rd  1.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @BOS  W   4-1        6-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 10  @KCR  W   6-1        5-5   2nd  1.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @KCR  L   0-4        4-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @KCR  L   2-5        4-4   3rd  2.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7   TBR  W   6-1        4-3   3rd  1.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6   TBR  W   2-0        3-3   4th  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-7    Last 30: 8-7 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 BOS  8  NYY  5        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-0), L: Philip Hughes (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 BOS  4  NYY  3        W:Josh Beckett (1-1), L: Mike Mussina (1-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (4)
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 NYY  4 @BOS  1        W:Chien-Ming Wang (3-0), L: Mike Timlin (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 16, 2007 NYY  4 @BOS  3        W:Joba Chamberlain (2-0), L: Curt Schilling (8-8), S: Mariano Rivera (28)
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 BOS 10  NYY  1        W:Josh Beckett (19-6), L: Chien-Ming Wang (18-7), S: none
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 NYY  8 @BOS  7        W:Brian Bruney (3-1), L: Jonathan Papelbon (1-3), S: Mariano Rivera (27)
Thu, Aug 30, 2007 NYY  5  BOS  0        W:Chien-Ming Wang (16-6), L: Curt Schilling (8-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 NYY  4  BOS  3        W:Roger Clemens (6-5), L: Josh Beckett (16-6), S: Mariano Rivera (22)
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 NYY  5  BOS  3        W:Andy Pettitte (12-7), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-11), S: Mariano Rivera (21)
Sun, Jun 03, 2007 NYY  6 @BOS  5        W:Brian Bruney (2-1), L: Jonathan Papelbon (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (5)
Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 2-1; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 11-8; All-Time - NYY leads 1100-917

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Boston Red Sox Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Wang
G/S/vB
63.Albaladejo
G/S/vB
33.Bruney
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
21.Hawkins
G/S/vB
39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
61.Traber*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Casey* G/S/vP 13/.154 ··· 3/1.167 21/1.191 7/.572 1/no AB 2/.500 4/.500 496/425 .296/.353/.393/.746 .929/.716 .697 / 2/2 4/2
36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/18 .111/.242/.148/.391 .354/.421 .620 / 0/0 0/1
13.Cora* G/S/vP 18/.722 ··· 6/.666 9/.333 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· 232/203 .246/.298/.386/.684 .385/.730 .777 / 1/1 3/5
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 29/.643 ··· 6/1.000 8/1.286 5/.800 3/.000 11/.546 ··· 591/426 .268/.330/.382/.712 .751/.697 .668 / 28/6 6/1
7.Drew* G/S/vP 15/.557 ··· 4/.000 14/1.667 7/.286 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 552/422 .270/.373/.423/.796 .638/.846 .763 / 4/2 11/6
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 127/98 .353/.394/.509/.902 .802/.931 .772 / 9/0 3/0
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
23.Lugo G/S/vP 39/.488 ··· 7/.829 17/.437 2/.000 3/.333 17/.627 3/2.334 630/455 .237/.294/.349/.643 .651/.640 .547 / 33/6 8/19
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 39/1.296 ··· 1/no AB 10/.300 3/.333 ··· 21/.931 ··· 667/457 .332/.445/.621/1.066 .852/1.171 1.005 / 3/1 35/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 14/.715 ··· 5/.400 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 581/395 .317/.380/.442/.823 .870/.800 .729 / 7/1 8/6
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 29/1.346 ··· 3/.666 7/.715 29/.752 1/no AB 41/.565 1/no AB 569/408 .296/.388/.493/.881 1.095/.801 .871 / 0/0 20/2
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 21/.354 ··· 4/.833 4/1.167 10/.500 3/.000 33/.861 ··· 518/371 .255/.367/.421/.787 .801/.782 .781 / 1/2 17/6
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 33/.902 ··· 5/.933 10/1.278 9/.476 1/2.000 6/.533 ··· 625/451 .288/.390/.453/.843 .815/.854 .889 / 4/2 16/3
IP 199.1 14.1 50.0 60.0 55.1 6.1 71.1 39.2 TOTAL .280/.351/.425/.776 .825/.768 .776 .776 7/3 13/8
ERA-K/9 3.70/4.7 1.88/7.6 4.68/7.0 4.80/7.2 3.42/4.7 2.84/12.9 3.15/9.3 4.76/6.1 3.98/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (9-2-0)
 Varitek (63-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 823/.265 51/.149 228/.243 266/.256 225/.252 26/.208 295/.248 182/.314 .256  Ramirez
 Crisp
 Drew
 Ellsbury
120/0/0/8
0/144/0/7
0/4/133/3
22/16/1/0
OPS .692 .451 .757 .750 .698 .603 .644 .835 .694
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 430/.764 23/.626 92/1.028 132/.824 110/.735 15/.733 146/.618 56/.567 .686
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 393/.613 28/.299 136/.591 134/.680 115/.665 11/.384 149/.670 126/.959 .702
Home 443/.641 25/.382 104/.713 128/.726 110/.584 4/.000 137/.628 98/.670 .656
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 9/14/7 1/1/0 5/4/5 9/9/2 6/2/1 1/0/0 4/2/1 4/5/1 12/21/9
Usage ····X··· ········ ·X·X··X· o·o···X· ··Xo···o ··X····X oo···X·· ·o····Xo

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

New York Yankees Batters (3.73 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.40 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
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
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 2/3.000 19/.387 5/1.350 8/1.125 35/1.207 10/.875 699/532 .283/.369/.445/.814 .678/.857 .905 / 25/8 16/4
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/1.500 5/.400 4/1.750 6/1.167 5/1.200 612/445 .273/.327/.391/.718 .641/.747 .689 / 13/5 8/4
24.Cano* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 4/2.083 5/.200 8/1.375 6/.533 9/.472 6/1.000 669/458 .306/.353/.488/.841 .864/.831 .866 / 4/5 19/13
18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.600 8/.000 15/.748 22/.272 605/448 .270/.351/.396/.747 .705/.762 .742 / 27/3 12/3
11.Ensberg G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 12/.878 2/.000 324/205 .230/.320/.404/.724 .830/.661 .589 / 0/1 12/13
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 4/1.250 5/1.400 7/.686 18/.808 21/.716 303/227 .236/.356/.433/.790 .782/.789 .771 / 1/0 14/1
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/.500 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 15/12 .071/.133/.071/.205 .667/.083 .000 / 0/1 0/1
2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 10/.522 18/.398 33/.829 714/550 .322/.388/.452/.840 .876/.830 .845 / 15/8 12/18
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 3/2.500 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 6/.900 4/.000 7/.572 8/1.232 634/443 .285/.367/.488/.855 .814/.872 .885 / 4/2 25/3
19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 58/37 .161/.175/.232/.408 .667/.253 .494 / 0/0 1/0
26.Molina G/S/vP 2/1.500 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/2.333 202/151 .257/.274/.340/.614 .853/.530 .677 / 2/1 1/4
20.Posada# G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 4/1.500 4/1.250 7/.143 6/.000 12/1.889 15/.833 589/421 .338/.426/.543/.970 .942/.981 .934 / 2/0 20/5
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 7/1.262 20/.666 23/.828 708/532 .314/.422/.645/1.067 .961/1.099 1.034 / 24/4 54/13
IP 22.2 32.1 44.0 40.2 69.0 58.1 134.2 55.1 TOTAL .261/.328/.415/.743 .663/.759 .690 .743 4/3 15/9
ERA-K/9 1.59/8.7 6.40/10.0 2.05/8.4 3.10/5.7 2.22/8.2 1.85/13.0 5.15/5.1 3.42/5.0 4.30/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Moeller (11-1-0)
 Molina (31-13-4)
 Posada (102-32-13)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 88/.184 151/.300 176/.183 174/.240 272/.202 224/.146 604/.281 222/.232 .233  Cabrera
 Abreu
 Matsui
 Damon
18/131/5/16
0/0/157/6
112/0/0/6
32/48/1/3
OPS .508 .867 .564 .695 .561 .463 .779 .664 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/.603 59/.789 73/.578 93/.805 98/.648 126/.400 303/.723 92/.500 .590
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 35/.362 92/.904 103/.555 81/.565 174/.512 98/.543 301/.834 130/.779 .760
Road 31/.582 80/1.094 88/.461 82/.664 134/.483 105/.358 324/.797 116/.721 .663
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 4/0/0 4/2/2 2/0/1 6/5/0 5/4/0 14/0/0 7/3/2 13/12/3
Usage ····X··· o·X·X·X· X·oo·X·X X·X·o·X· o··ooo·X ·o·X·X·· ·X···Xo· ·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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