BOS @ NYY, Thursday, July 3, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 50-37, 2nd, 3½ GB, 2 up in WC	SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 6-3, 3.48) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-3) 108.2 108 45 42 39 68 9 3.48 2007 (4-0) 63 61 33 32 31 50 10 4.57 2006 (7-2) 81.1 91 43 43 43 60 7 4.76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 42.2 53 18 17 8 26 3 3.59 50 2008-06-28 @HOU ND 5 9 6 6 0 3 2 76 28 2008-06-22 STL ND 7.1 9 2 2 1 3 0 101 54 2008-06-17 @PHI W 7 6 0 0 1 5 0 99 69 2008-06-12 BAL W 7 7 2 2 1 3 0 101 57 2008-06-05 TBR W 6.1 8 1 1 0 5 0 109 58 2008-05-31 @BAL ND 5 7 3 3 3 4 1 103 42 2008-05-25 @OAK L 5 7 4 3 2 3 0 94 40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 0-0 3.2 8 7 7 3 4 1 17.18 18 2006-08-18 NYY ND 3.2 8 7 7 3 4 1 95 18
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 31-10 Road: 19-27 ExtrInn: 4-1 vsRHP: 37-33 vsLHP: 13-4 1-Run: 11-14 vsEast: 16-16 vsCntrl:12-5 vsWest: 11-9 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 87 Wed, Jul 2 @TBR L 6-7 50-37 2nd 3.5 gb 86 Tue, Jul 1 @TBR L 1-3 50-36 2nd 2.5 gb 85 Mon, Jun 30 @TBR L 4-5 50-35 2nd 1.5 gb 84 Sun, Jun 29 @HOU L 2-3 50-34 2nd 0.5 gb 83 Sat, Jun 28 @HOU L 10-11 50-33 1st 0.5 up 82 Fri, Jun 27 @HOU W 6-1 50-32 1st 0.5 up 81 Wed, Jun 25 ARI W 5-0 49-32 1st 1.0 up 80 Tue, Jun 24 ARI W 5-4 48-32 1st 1.0 up 79 Mon, Jun 23 ARI L 1-2 47-32 1st 1.0 up 78 Sun, Jun 22 STL W 5-3 (13) 47-31 1st 1.5 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:17-13
New York Yankees, 45-40, 3rd, 7½ GB, 4 GB in WC	SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 9-5, 3.98) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-5) 106.1 116 51 47 26 78 12 3.98 2007 (15-9) 215.1 238 106 97 69 141 16 4.05 2006 (14-13) 214.1 238 114 100 70 178 27 4.20 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-0 47.1 47 20 19 10 31 6 3.61 54 2008-06-28 @NYM W 6 5 2 2 3 4 2 87 55 2008-06-22 CIN W 6 4 0 0 2 4 0 97 66 2008-06-17 SDP W 7 5 0 0 1 9 0 103 75 2008-06-12 @OAK W 8 5 1 1 1 6 0 113 73 2008-06-07 KCR ND 6.2 10 10 10 2 3 2 111 15 2008-06-02 @MIN ND 7 10 5 4 0 2 1 94 41 2008-05-28 @BAL W 6.2 8 2 2 1 3 1 96 52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 2-1 27 37 19 18 11 21 3 6.00 41 2007-09-14 @BOS ND 4 9 5 4 2 5 0 101 29 2007-08-28 BOS W 7 6 3 3 2 6 2 119 57 2007-06-03 @BOS ND 4.1 7 5 5 1 3 0 83 31 2007-05-23 BOS W 7 9 1 1 1 2 0 105 56 2007-04-27 BOS L 4.2 6 5 5 5 5 1 102 32
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 23-20 Road: 22-20 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 31-27 vsLHP: 14-13 1-Run: 14-11 vsEast: 15-15 vsCntrl:11-15 vsWest: 9-3 IL:10-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 85 Wed, Jul 2 TEX W 18-7 45-40 3rd 7.5 gb 84 Tue, Jul 1 TEX L 2-3 44-40 3rd 7.5 gb 83 Mon, Jun 30 TEX L 1-2 44-39 3rd 6.5 gb 82 Sun, Jun 29 @NYM L 1-3 44-38 3rd 5.5 gb 81 Sat, Jun 28 @NYM W 3-2 44-37 3rd 5.0 gb 80 Fri, Jun 27 @NYM W 9-0 43-37 3rd 6.0 gb 79 Fri, Jun 27 NYM L 6-15 42-37 3rd 6.0 gb 78 Wed, Jun 25 @PIT W 10-0 42-36 3rd 5.5 gb 77 Tue, Jun 24 @PIT L 5-12 41-36 3rd 5.5 gb 76 Sun, Jun 22 CIN W 4-1 41-35 3rd 5.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Apr 17, 2008 BOS 7 @NYY 5 W:Josh Beckett (2-1), L: Mike Mussina (1-3), S: none Wed, Apr 16, 2008 NYY 15 BOS 9 W:LaTroy Hawkins (1-0), L: Julian Tavarez (0-1), S: Brian Bruney (1) 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) Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 3-2; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 11-8; All-Time - NYY leads 1101-918

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

TEX 5.44

ARI 4.48

WSN 3.67

RA/G

OAK 3.70

MIL 4.54

TEX 5.67

C. Jones .391

J. Votto .283

T. Pena .154

OBP

C. Jones .486

F. Lewis .359

T. Pena .177

SLG

L. Berkman .685

B. Hawpe .458

T. Pena .189

OPS

L. Berkman 1.131

T. Wigginton .811

T. Pena .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.91

G. Maddux 4.04

B. Arroyo 6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.71

V. Padilla 6.10

L. Hernandez 3.18

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 38.Giese
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Casey* G/S/vP 19/.842 21/1.191 ··· 8/.500 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 115/94 .358/.409/.453/.862 .931/.845 .739 33/.863 1/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/71 .235/.308/.333/.641 .921/.564 .669 29/.407 0/0 1/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 2/.000 9/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 62/55 .273/.355/.364/.718 1.071/.674 .737 24/.701 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 17/.544 8/1.286 ··· 5/.800 ··· 11/.546 ··· 1/.000 214/169 .270/.313/.434/.746 .936/.695 .687 66/.849 12/3 5/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 21/.983 15/1.544 ··· 8/.500 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 301/241 .302/.412/.577/.989 .933/1.001 .980 109/1.210 2/1 16/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 316/245 .267/.344/.379/.723 .572/.766 .623 92/.565 35/4 5/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 18/.801 21/.572 ··· 7/.829 2/.000 8/.661 ··· 1/.000 286/231 .298/.360/.514/.874 1.036/.838 .866 105/.947 1/2 12/

23.Lugo G/S/vP 28/.641 17/.437 ··· 3/.000 ··· 17/.627 ··· 1/2.000 279/220 .270/.361/.338/.699 .762/.681 .630 83/.781 11/3 1/

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/53 .277/.333/.415/.749 .516/.820 .884 50/.681 0/1 2/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 17/.647 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 387/300 .311/.354/.464/.819 1.021/.760 .830 110/1.123 9/0 9/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 80/1.183 8/.625 ··· 29/.752 ··· 41/.565 ··· ··· 341/280 .279/.370/.500/.870 .697/.909 .892 90/.769 1/0 16/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 56/.942 4/1.167 ··· 11/.455 1/.000 33/.861 ··· 1/.000 260/208 .216/.300/.364/.664 .662/.664 .611 77/.344 0/0 7/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 18/1.380 11/1.155 ··· 10/.425 ··· 6/.533 ··· 1/2.000 330/280 .306/.376/.529/.905 1.065/.879 .909 85/.917 3/2 13/

IP 106.1 37.0 20.0 35.1 29.0 37.1 4.0 26.1 TOTAL .279/.354/.449/.803 .826/.797 .772 .807 75/16 101/50

ERA-K/9

3.98/6.6

3.89/8.5

3.15/5.8

5.86/4.6

3.10/9.6

0.96/10.1

2.25/9.0

2.73/7.9

4.21/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (27-9-9)
Varitek (35-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 451/.280 156/.287 83/.211 149/.275 122/.198 133/.155 17/.286 110/.214 .264 Drew
Ramirez
Crisp
Moss
Ellsbury
Lugo
Youkilis 0/1/71/5
56/0/0/4
0/63/0/3
9/0/9/2
41/37/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .738 .918 .568 .742 .652 .405 .639 .610 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 139/.407 72/1.081 50/.575 65/.971 67/.693 65/.310 14/.665 53/.778 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 312/.886 84/.794 33/.555 84/.575 55/.603 68/.498 3/.333 57/.468 .745

Home 209/.754 79/1.008 79/.571 75/.704 73/.720 64/.484 8/.250 61/.604 .723

Last 28d days 135/.678 41/.799 67/.497 40/.742 51/.666 43/.637 17/.639 61/.591

HR/SB/CS 12/8/5 10/5/6 1/4/1 3/1/2 3/1/2 2/3/0 0/1/0 3/3/0 78/67/32

Usage ····X··· X···oX·· ·oo··X·· o····X·· X·oo·X·· ·X··o··· ·X·X···· ·XX·oo·X

New York Yankees Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lester*
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 59.Smith
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.666 2/3.000 ··· 19/.387 5/1.350 8/1.125 ··· 354/251 .284/.353/.456/.809 .853/.791 .845 107/.823 11/5 10/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 91/63 .267/.297/.477/.773 .767/.776 .877 48/.856 0/1 4/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 2/1.500 5/.400 5/2.800 ··· 321/215 .240/.305/.345/.650 .579/.684 .621 103/.516 6/1 7/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 2/1.500 3/.000 4/2.083 2/1.500 5/.200 8/1.375 7/.453 ··· 331/234 .248/.284/.363/.647 .756/.603 .692 99/.791 1/3 6/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 3/3.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.600 8/.000 ··· 346/238 .320/.387/.469/.856 .789/.885 .867 106/.812 13/6 6/

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/12 .100/.182/.100/.282 /.282 .282 12/.282 2/0 0/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 3/2.667 4/1.250 5/1.400 8/.583 ··· 293/197 .268/.403/.562/.964 .990/.952 1.059 100/1.060 2/1 18/

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 58/36 .173/.232/.212/.444 .243/.567 .105 10/.000 0/0 0/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 10/.522 ··· 347/240 .279/.340/.385/.725 .742/.717 .683 113/.725 5/2 4/

19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 71/47 .254/.338/.381/.719 .625/.761 .566 5/.900 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 159/108 .233/.260/.322/.582 .495/.623 .592 35/.644 0/0 0/

20.Posada# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/1.500 2/3.500 4/1.250 7/.143 7/.429 ··· 151/108 .293/.371/.466/.837 .754/.869 .796 85/.857 0/0 3/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.250 3/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 7/1.262 ··· 278/201 .321/.406/.604/1.011 1.031/1.003 1.186 112/1.154 11/1 17/

IP 108.2 37.1 34.1 24.2 32.2 35.1 36.0 6.1 TOTAL .272/.343/.424/.767 .749/.776 .788 .795 51/21 85/44

ERA-K/9

3.48/5.6

2.89/9.7

4.72/8.9

5.84/7.7

2.20/5.2

3.06/8.9

2.00/11.8

2.84/5.7

3.89/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (12-7-0)
Molina (25-19-6)
Posada (29-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 459/.261 163/.203 150/.261 116/.232 134/.252 153/.266 139/.191 25/.150 .244 Abreu
Cabrera
Damon
Gardner 0/0/80/7
0/81/1/4
66/6/0/1
2/1/0/0

OPS .715 .636 .727 .668 .707 .709 .524 .592 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 126/.628 71/.614 61/.628 44/.832 70/.722 60/.605 73/.516 16/.277 .711

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 333/.749 92/.654 89/.799 72/.573 64/.690 93/.779 66/.533 9/1.159 .696

Road 213/.760 78/.466 81/.810 54/.620 53/.674 84/.591 66/.648 4/ .698

Last 28d days 136/.754 48/.594 39/.689 52/.733 45/.624 45/.983 34/.402 25/.592

HR/SB/CS 9/6/1 1/2/0 3/5/0 2/1/0 3/1/2 4/0/1 3/2/0 1/0/0 79/62/17

Usage ····X··· o··oX··· Xo··XX·o oX··Xo·X X·X····· X··o·o·· ·····o·o ··X·····

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 @ NYY, 7:05pm, Thursday, July 3, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 6-3, 3.48)

SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 9-5, 3.98)

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