BOS @ NYY, Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 76-55, 2nd, 3½ GB, 2½ up in WC	SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 8-11, 4.61) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-11) 144.1 162 78 74 26 60 27 4.61 2007 (15-8) 192.1 239 107 98 28 88 27 4.59 2006 (10-9) 179 232 120 97 38 88 26 4.88 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 48.1 50 15 15 10 21 4 2.79 55 2008-08-22 @TOR W 6 6 4 4 2 4 2 86 46 2008-08-16 TOR L 7.1 10 4 4 0 0 2 96 42 2008-08-09 @TOR W 9 6 2 2 0 2 0 94 69 2008-08-02 @MIN W 7 6 1 1 2 1 0 99 60 2008-07-28 DET W 7.2 4 0 0 3 4 0 107 72 2008-07-21 @LAA W 5.1 9 1 1 2 5 0 94 49 2008-07-09 @DET ND 6 9 3 3 1 5 0 86 46 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 1-4 24.2 37 26 21 4 9 9 7.66 35 2008-05-08 @NYY L 6.1 8 5 5 0 0 3 81 37 2008-04-25 NYY W 5.2 6 4 4 0 0 3 77 41 2007-08-11 NYY L 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 56 14 2006-07-05 NYY L 3.2 10 9 4 0 2 1 71 17 2006-06-13 @NYY L 7 6 1 1 3 6 1 115 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 43-18 Road: 33-37 ExtrInn: 7-2 vsRHP: 57-45 vsLHP: 19-10 1-Run: 16-19 vsEast: 26-25 vsCntrl:19-8 vsWest: 20-15 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 131 Tue, Aug 26 @NYY W 7-3 76-55 2nd 3.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 @TOR W 6-5 (11) 75-55 2nd 4.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 @TOR L 0-11 74-55 2nd 5.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 @TOR W 8-4 74-54 2nd 4.5 gb 127 Wed, Aug 20 @BAL L 6-11 73-54 2nd 4.5 gb 126 Tue, Aug 19 @BAL W 7-2 73-53 2nd 4.5 gb 125 Mon, Aug 18 @BAL W 6-3 72-53 2nd 4.5 gb 124 Sun, Aug 17 TOR L 4-15 71-53 2nd 4.5 gb 123 Sat, Aug 16 TOR L 1-4 71-52 2nd 3.5 gb 122 Thu, Aug 14 TEX W 10-0 71-51 2nd 3.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:18-12
New York Yankees, 70-61, 3rd, 9½ GB, 6 GB in WC	SP: Sidney Ponson (31, RHP, 7-4, 4.67) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-4) 111.2 139 70 58 38 46 10 4.67 2007 (2-5) 37.2 54 31 29 17 23 7 6.93 2006 (4-5) 85 108 62 59 36 48 10 6.25 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 39 49 26 26 13 12 4 6.00 41 2008-08-21 @TOR L 2 8 7 7 1 0 0 51 11 2008-08-16 KCR ND 6.1 7 2 2 2 2 1 85 51 2008-08-11 @MIN L 7.2 7 4 4 2 2 1 107 49 2008-08-06 @TEX W 6.1 6 3 3 1 4 1 95 52 2008-08-01 LAA ND 7 2 0 0 4 1 0 96 70 2008-07-27 @BOS L 4 10 7 7 1 1 1 77 14 2008-07-21 MIN W 5.2 9 3 3 2 2 0 100 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-3 24.1 44 26 21 14 16 1 7.77 30 2008-07-27 @BOS L 4 10 7 7 1 1 1 77 14 2007-05-06 BOS L 5.1 8 4 3 4 5 0 99 39 2006-08-18 @BOS ND 3 9 7 6 1 4 0 78 18 2005-07-08 BOS L 5.1 9 5 5 5 3 0 104 28 2005-06-01 @BOS W 6.2 8 3 0 3 3 0 97 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-28 Road: 32-33 ExtrInn: 6-2 vsRHP: 52-42 vsLHP: 18-19 1-Run: 22-16 vsEast: 27-25 vsCntrl:17-18 vsWest: 16-10 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 131 Tue, Aug 26 BOS L 3-7 70-61 3rd 9.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 @BAL W 8-7 70-60 3rd 9.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 @BAL W 5-3 69-60 3rd 10.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 @BAL W 9-4 68-60 3rd 10.5 gb 127 Thu, Aug 21 @TOR L 3-14 67-60 3rd 10.5 gb 126 Wed, Aug 20 @TOR W 5-1 67-59 3rd 10.0 gb 125 Tue, Aug 19 @TOR L 1-2 66-59 3rd 11.0 gb 124 Sun, Aug 17 KCR W 15-6 66-58 3rd 9.5 gb 123 Sat, Aug 16 KCR W 3-2 (13) 65-58 3rd 9.5 gb 122 Fri, Aug 15 KCR L 3-4 64-58 3rd 10.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Aug 26, 2008 BOS 7 @NYY 3 W:Tim Wakefield (8-8), L: Andy Pettitte (13-10), S: Jonathan Papelbon (34) Sun, Jul 27, 2008 BOS 9 NYY 2 W:Jon Lester (9-3), L: Sidney Ponson (6-2), S: none Sat, Jul 26, 2008 NYY 10 @BOS 3 W:Andy Pettitte (12-7), L: Tim Wakefield (6-8), S: none Fri, Jul 25, 2008 NYY 1 @BOS 0 W:Joba Chamberlain (3-3), L: Josh Beckett (9-7), S: Mariano Rivera (26) Sun, Jul 06, 2008 NYY 5 BOS 4 (10) W:Mariano Rivera (3-3), L: Jonathan Papelbon (3-3), S: none Sat, Jul 05, 2008 NYY 2 BOS 1 W:Mike Mussina (11-6), L: Justin Masterson (4-3), S: Mariano Rivera (23) 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) Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 7-6; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 11-8; All-Time - NYY leads 1105-922

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 5.56

PIT 4.63

WSN 3.70

RA/G

TOR 3.91

CLE 4.63

TEX 6.02

C. Jones .357

A. Soriano .291

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .466

J. Posada .364

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .634

T. Glaus .480

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.100

D. Pedroia .835

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

B. Looper 3.94

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.13

G. Floyd 6.40

L. Hernandez 3.49

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.17 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Ponson
G/S/vB 39.Britton
G/S/vB 33.Bruney
G/S/vB 34.Marte*
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

55.Bailey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 21/9 .278/.381/.333/.714 .606/.873 .650 13/.846 0/0 0/

44.Bay G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 560/431 .293/.377/.521/.897 .791/.928 .851 106/.888 10/0 26/

22.Casey* G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 182/151 .345/.407/.424/.831 .971/.801 .679 34/.682 1/0 0/

30.Cash G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 131/100 .229/.298/.339/.637 .984/.533 .693 23/.554 0/0 2/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 10/.875 1/.000 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 115/100 .278/.386/.351/.736 .619/.755 .699 36/.761 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 8/1.000 1/2.000 6/1.000 8/.625 1/.000 13/.500 2/1.000 3/.000 332/250 .263/.323/.396/.719 .787/.695 .707 69/.823 16/6 7/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 486/372 .263/.325/.358/.683 .670/.688 .640 77/.673 41/7 7/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 183/127 .296/.359/.465/.825 .978/.755 .730 97/.904 0/0 2/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 51/1.364 3/.333 2/no AB 11/.989 1/3.000 22/.888 ··· 1/no AB 370/290 .263/.370/.487/.857 .695/.903 .721 102/.887 1/0 17/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 6/2.433 3/.000 7/.453 ··· 2/.000 6/.333 3/.000 2/.500 594/456 .315/.361/.474/.835 .901/.814 .838 108/.937 12/1 14/

3.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/8 .000/.111/.000/.111 .000/.125 / 0/0 0/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 46/.951 1/.000 5/.650 7/1.429 1/.000 35/.809 ··· 3/.000 397/307 .223/.315/.370/.684 .817/.645 .674 73/.826 0/1 11/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 12/.750 3/.333 7/.821 ··· 1/no AB 8/.833 1/.000 4/1.500 519/423 .319/.387/.570/.957 1.031/.941 .910 97/1.101 3/4 24/

IP 111.2 14.2 22.2 56.0 47.2 58.2 25.0 46.2 TOTAL .281/.358/.447/.805 .834/.797 .768 .847 97/27 144/73

ERA-K/9

4.67/3.7

4.30/4.3

2.38/7.5

4.34/9.8

3.59/10.4

1.53/10.3

5.76/10.4

2.70/9.6

4.30/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (33-15-12)
Varitek (48-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 501/.310 65/.283 95/.167 237/.222 197/.195 216/.175 107/.261 196/.217 .267 Bay
Crisp
Ellsbury
Thurston
Bailey
Youkilis 127/0/0/6
0/94/0/3
54/53/24/3
4/0/0/0
3/0/1/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .821 .805 .577 .639 .651 .462 .684 .652 .735

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 275/.927 30/1.096 40/.463 77/.701 109/.718 112/.422 51/.632 94/.715 .728

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 226/.697 35/.562 55/.640 160/.608 88/.569 104/.504 56/.730 102/.597 .741

Home 291/.808 42/.945 33/.388 121/.596 114/.637 114/.551 52/.663 102/.602 .714

Last 28d days 125/.742 37/1.100 47/.508 33/.787 45/1.012 43/.525 53/.736 46/.687

HR/SB/CS 10/2/5 2/0/0 2/2/0 5/3/1 6/2/4 4/6/1 2/4/3 6/4/1 118/97/50

Usage ·····X·· X····X·· X··X··X· ··X·o··· o·X··o·· ··Xoo··· o·X··X·· ··oXo··X

New York Yankees Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Byrd
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 63.Masterson
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 13/.658 4/1.750 21/.348 4/1.167 6/1.100 10/.833 11/.788 561/399 .298/.371/.467/.838 .781/.861 .893 115/.946 14/10 15/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 167/127 .259/.289/.405/.694 .651/.708 .739 37/.780 0/1 5/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 13/1.231 5/1.600 9/.597 3/1.167 10/1.100 8/.661 8/.750 516/365 .269/.307/.409/.716 .813/.677 .753 97/.785 1/4 12/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 26/.749 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 5/.600 9/.000 22/.272 504/361 .313/.386/.463/.850 .792/.872 .848 117/.849 23/6 11/

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 84/72 .189/.256/.243/.499 .000/.581 .497 16/.908 5/0 0/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 21/1.328 3/.667 6/.750 4/.250 7/1.000 8/.583 22/.827 445/324 .247/.378/.497/.875 .846/.885 .892 87/.729 2/1 25/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 34/.897 4/.500 ··· 5/.800 4/1.417 12/.697 35/.819 556/393 .294/.352/.402/.754 .805/.733 .753 113/.765 9/3 8/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 11/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 7/.762 5/.000 9/1.301 314/220 .310/.392/.458/.850 .744/.897 .844 29/.737 0/0 9/

26.Molina G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 6/1.833 260/175 .230/.277/.328/.604 .490/.659 .661 46/.685 0/0 2/

22.Nady G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.750 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 477/370 .328/.384/.552/.936 .915/.940 .930 103/1.030 1/1 21/

29.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 1.000/1.000/4.000/5.000 /5.000 5.000 2/5.000 0/0 2/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 20/.689 6/.334 3/1.167 5/1.100 5/.933 8/1.089 24/.924 480/351 .308/.398/.583/.980 .981/.980 1.107 111/.876 16/2 28/

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 25/.560 4/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 8/.572 22/.909 379/291 .283/.327/.400/.727 .699/.736 .838 51/.547 7/1 6/

IP 144.1 55.0 49.1 73.0 52.0 58.0 38.2 TOTAL .273/.345/.427/.772 .736/.787 .798 .819 87/32 141/67

ERA-K/9

4.61/3.7

4.25/8.7

2.92/5.5

3.21/7.0

2.77/8.1

1.71/10.1

5.12/5.3

4.01/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (37-30-6)
Rodriguez (44-24-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 610/.284 238/.238 203/.256 304/.213 222/.228 221/.190 177/.286 .250 Nady
Abreu
Gardner
Matsui
Damon 22/0/86/12
0/0/123/9
16/5/0/2
21/0/3/2
78/17/0/1

OPS .794 .679 .721 .675 .647 .493 .814 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 324/.915 108/.631 104/.634 156/.783 93/.538 117/.521 79/.970 .724

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 286/.662 130/.720 99/.808 148/.565 129/.728 104/.462 98/.683 .707

Road 381/.846 126/.742 87/.780 149/.613 114/.494 113/.569 95/.783 .696

Last 28d days 118/.709 54/.693 35/.560 55/.626 42/.610 46/.304 43/.835

HR/SB/CS 27/4/5 4/7/0 4/1/3 9/7/0 5/0/1 3/2/0 5/4/0 122/81/30

Usage ····X··· X·Xo···X o··X··Xo o·X·X··X o·o·X·X· o·X·o··· ···X··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, Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 8-11, 4.61)

SP: Sidney Ponson (31, RHP, 7-4, 4.67)

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