BOS @ NYY, Saturday, July 5, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 52-37, 2nd, 3 GB, 2½ up in WC	SP: Justin Masterson (23, RHP, 4-2, 3.75) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-2) 48 34 20 20 26 37 8 3.75 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 42 32 19 19 22 33 7 4.07 53 2008-06-30 @TBR L 6 5 4 4 5 5 2 105 46 2008-06-24 ARI ND 6 7 4 4 4 4 1 101 42 2008-06-18 @PHI W 5 4 2 2 2 1 0 92 50 2008-06-13 @CIN L 6.2 4 3 3 3 9 2 98 60 2008-06-08 SEA W 6 3 1 1 3 4 0 88 63 2008-06-03 TBR W 6 6 4 4 2 5 2 91 47 2008-05-20 KCR W 6.1 3 1 1 3 5 0 91 65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY Has never faced NYY.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 31-10 Road: 21-27 ExtrInn: 4-1 vsRHP: 38-33 vsLHP: 14-4 1-Run: 11-14 vsEast: 18-16 vsCntrl:12-5 vsWest: 11-9 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 89 Fri, Jul 4 @NYY W 6-4 52-37 2nd 3.0 gb 88 Thu, Jul 3 @NYY W 7-0 51-37 2nd 3.0 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:17-13
New York Yankees, 45-42, 3rd, 9 GB, 6 GB in WC	SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 10-6, 3.87) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-6) 95.1 103 50 41 15 58 12 3.87 2007 (11-10) 152 188 90 87 35 91 14 5.15 2006 (15-7) 197.1 184 88 77 35 172 22 3.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 45 46 20 18 7 33 5 3.60 54 2008-06-30 TEX L 6 5 2 2 2 8 0 103 60 2008-06-20 CIN L 8 10 4 4 2 4 1 108 48 2008-06-14 @HOU W 6 6 3 3 0 4 1 89 52 2008-06-09 KCR ND 8 7 2 2 0 3 1 89 63 2008-06-04 TOR W 6 5 1 1 1 6 0 103 63 2008-05-30 @MIN W 6 6 4 2 1 4 0 109 51 2008-05-24 SEA W 5 7 4 4 1 4 2 74 40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 0-3 26.1 41 23 23 6 12 8 7.86 35 2008-04-17 BOS L 3 7 5 5 0 1 2 77 26 2008-04-12 @BOS L 5.2 8 4 4 0 1 1 71 38 2007-06-02 @BOS ND 5 9 5 5 4 1 2 90 26 2007-05-22 BOS L 6.2 10 7 7 1 2 2 99 27 2006-09-17 BOS ND 6 7 2 2 1 7 1 104 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 23-22 Road: 22-20 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 31-28 vsLHP: 14-14 1-Run: 14-11 vsEast: 15-17 vsCntrl:11-15 vsWest: 9-3 IL:10-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 87 Fri, Jul 4 BOS L 4-6 45-42 3rd 9.0 gb 86 Thu, Jul 3 BOS L 0-7 45-41 3rd 8.0 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Jul 04, 2008 BOS 6 @NYY 4 W:Josh Beckett (8-5), L: Darrell Rasner (4-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (25) Thu, Jul 03, 2008 BOS 7 @NYY 0 W:Jon Lester (7-3), L: Andy Pettitte (9-6), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 5-2; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 11-8; All-Time - NYY leads 1101-920

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 5.43

ARI 4.46

WSN 3.63

RA/G

OAK 3.65

BAL 4.58

TEX 5.72

C. Jones .390

R. Aurilia .283

T. Pena .162

OBP

C. Jones .483

T. Wigginton .360

T. Pena .184

SLG

L. Berkman .677

J. Bowker .462

T. Pena .214

OPS

L. Berkman 1.118

D. Pedroia .817

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.96

J. Contreras 4.02

T. Gorzelanny 6.57

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.71

A. Wainwright 6.09

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Mussina
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 61.Traber*
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 12/.750 21/1.191 ··· 8/.500 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 5/.800 ··· 115/94 .358/.409/.453/.862 .931/.845 .739 25/.695 1/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/71 .235/.308/.333/.641 .921/.564 .669 28/.423 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 26/.791 8/1.286 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 11/.546 ··· ··· 2/.000 222/175 .272/.320/.431/.750 .983/.686 .698 69/.894 13/3 5/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 11/.182 15/1.544 1/.000 8/.500 3/.333 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 311/247 .300/.408/.568/.976 .984/.974 .959 110/1.142 2/1 16/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 5/1.467 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 326/251 .272/.346/.383/.729 .584/.772 .639 100/.610 35/6 5/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 20/1.758 21/.572 ··· 8/.708 3/.000 8/.661 ··· ··· 2/1.500 295/237 .303/.363/.529/.891 1.056/.854 .895 106/1.057 1/2 13/

23.Lugo G/S/vP 33/.636 18/.411 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 17/.627 ··· 4/1.750 1/2.000 287/226 .263/.352/.329/.681 .756/.661 .600 83/.734 11/4 1/

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/53 .277/.333/.415/.749 .516/.820 .884 46/.673 0/1 2/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 13/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 397/306 .311/.355/.461/.817 .997/.762 .826 111/1.147 9/0 9/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 108/.963 8/.625 1/.000 29/.752 1/.000 41/.565 ··· 3/.333 ··· 350/285 .280/.374/.497/.871 .706/.911 .894 95/.717 1/0 16/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 69/.440 4/1.167 1/.000 12/.583 1/.000 33/.861 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 268/214 .223/.306/.366/.672 .662/.674 .627 77/.416 0/0 7/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 20/.718 11/1.155 ··· 11/.586 ··· 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 338/285 .311/.379/.538/.917 1.063/.892 .932 86/1.025 3/3 13/

IP 95.1 37.0 22.1 36.1 31.0 37.1 5.0 10.2 27.1 TOTAL .280/.355/.450/.805 .835/.797 .776 .823 76/20 102/50

ERA-K/9

3.87/5.5

3.89/8.5

2.82/6.5

5.94/4.5

2.90/9.9

0.96/10.1

1.80/9.0

5.06/5.9

2.63/7.9

4.25/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 397/.276 157/.285 90/.193 154/.281 127/.189 133/.155 20/.235 49/.268 114/.225 .266 Drew
Ramirez
Crisp
Moss
Ellsbury
Lugo
Youkilis 0/1/73/5
56/0/0/4
0/65/0/3
9/0/10/2
43/37/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .745 .912 .522 .753 .625 .405 .535 .754 .634 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 185/.567 72/1.081 54/.530 67/.996 69/.671 65/.310 16/.579 29/.983 55/.746 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 212/.895 85/.785 36/.508 87/.578 58/.570 68/.498 4/.250 20/.461 59/.539 .751

Home 254/.781 80/.995 86/.523 80/.728 78/.669 64/.484 11/.182 24/.467 65/.648 .730

Last 28d days 113/.734 35/.686 74/.448 40/.794 52/.612 43/.637 20/.535 11/.473 58/.661

HR/SB/CS 12/6/3 10/5/6 1/4/1 3/1/2 3/1/3 2/3/0 0/1/0 1/3/1 3/3/1 79/68/36

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

New York Yankees Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 63.Masterson
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 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/3.000 ··· 19/.387 6/1.100 9/.956 11/.788 363/255 .277/.347/.445/.792 .812/.784 .811 107/.747 11/5 10/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 95/64 .256/.284/.456/.740 .691/.764 .809 47/.716 0/1 4/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 2/1.500 6/.833 6/2.167 5/1.200 328/218 .246/.311/.352/.662 .626/.680 .648 102/.533 6/1 7/

24.Cano* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/2.083 2/1.500 6/.167 8/1.375 7/.453 7/.858 338/237 .248/.284/.362/.646 .766/.595 .687 98/.736 1/3 6/

18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.600 8/.000 22/.272 351/239 .319/.387/.470/.856 .771/.895 .868 101/.830 13/6 6/

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 16/15 .077/.200/.077/.277 .000/.298 .277 16/.277 2/0 0/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.667 3/2.667 4/1.250 5/1.400 8/.583 22/.827 300/201 .263/.397/.550/.947 .955/.942 1.019 102/.985 2/1 18/

2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.417 11/.764 34/.847 356/244 .282/.346/.389/.734 .751/.727 .703 113/.757 5/2 4/

19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 71/47 .254/.338/.381/.719 .625/.761 .566 5/.900 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/2.333 162/110 .230/.261/.318/.579 .510/.611 .586 36/.643 0/0 0/

20.Posada# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 5/1.200 2/3.500 4/1.250 7/.143 7/.429 16/.975 158/112 .281/.361/.446/.807 .701/.850 .743 87/.810 0/0 3/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 4/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 7/1.262 24/.924 286/205 .319/.402/.597/.999 .975/1.008 1.151 111/1.131 11/1 17/

IP 48.0 37.1 35.0 24.2 33.1 36.0 37.0 21.2 TOTAL .270/.342/.421/.763 .740/.773 .778 .770 51/21 85/46

ERA-K/9

3.75/6.9

2.89/9.7

4.63/8.7

5.84/7.7

2.16/5.1

3.00/8.8

2.19/11.4

7.06/5.0

3.85/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (12-7-0)
Molina (25-22-6)
Posada (30-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 201/.199 163/.203 153/.257 116/.232 135/.250 158/.268 144/.193 105/.322 .243 Abreu
Cabrera
Damon
Gardner 0/0/82/7
0/83/1/4
68/6/0/1
3/1/0/0

OPS .699 .636 .722 .668 .701 .717 .536 .918 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/.864 71/.614 63/.629 44/.832 71/.711 62/.585 77/.504 47/1.132 .702

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.501 92/.654 90/.790 72/.573 64/.690 96/.807 67/.571 58/.745 .698

Road 76/.766 78/.466 84/.796 54/.620 54/.662 89/.610 71/.665 61/.897 .692

Last 28d days 127/.710 37/.471 42/.671 52/.733 36/.690 50/.985 39/.462 20/1.121

HR/SB/CS 8/5/0 1/2/0 3/5/0 2/1/0 3/1/2 4/0/1 3/2/0 3/2/0 79/62/17

Usage ····X··· ··o··oX· o·Xo··XX ··oX··Xo o·X·X··· X·X··o·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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Game Preview: BOS @ NYY, 3:55pm, Saturday, July 5, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Justin Masterson (23, RHP, 4-2, 3.75)

SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 10-6, 3.87)

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