BOS @ NYY, Thursday, August 28, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 77-55, 2nd, 3½ GB, 2½ up in WC	SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 12-5, 3.49) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-5) 170 171 69 66 53 116 13 3.49 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 5-2 45 49 19 19 9 34 4 3.80 53 2008-08-23 @TOR L 2.1 8 7 7 2 2 1 78 13 2008-08-18 @BAL W 7 4 1 1 1 5 1 103 69 2008-08-13 TEX W 7.1 7 3 3 1 6 1 108 57 2008-08-08 @CHW L 7 6 4 4 3 2 0 95 48 2008-08-02 OAK W 7 7 2 2 1 5 1 100 59 2008-07-27 NYY W 7 9 2 2 1 8 0 113 58 2008-07-21 @SEA W 7.1 8 0 0 0 6 0 103 68 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 2-0 19.2 22 9 9 6 20 1 4.12 53 2008-07-27 NYY W 7 9 2 2 1 8 0 113 58 2008-07-03 @NYY W 9 5 0 0 2 8 0 105 83 2006-08-18 NYY ND 3.2 8 7 7 3 4 1 95 18
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 43-18 Road: 34-37 ExtrInn: 7-2 vsRHP: 58-45 vsLHP: 19-10 1-Run: 16-19 vsEast: 27-25 vsCntrl:19-8 vsWest: 20-15 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 132 Wed, Aug 27 @NYY W 11-3 77-55 2nd 3.5 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:18-12
New York Yankees, 70-62, 3rd, 10½ GB, 7 GB in WC	SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 16-7, 3.45) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (16-7) 159.1 172 71 61 21 109 15 3.45 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 4-1 46 47 18 17 5 35 3 3.33 56 2008-08-22 @BAL ND 6 9 4 4 0 3 1 105 41 2008-08-17 KCR W 6 6 3 3 0 5 0 97 53 2008-08-12 @MIN ND 7 8 3 3 1 5 0 104 53 2008-08-07 @TEX W 7 8 0 0 1 6 0 99 66 2008-08-02 LAA W 7 2 2 1 2 5 0 89 70 2008-07-28 BAL L 5 8 6 6 1 4 2 95 30 2008-07-23 MIN W 8 6 0 0 0 7 0 105 77 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-3 26.1 38 21 21 6 10 7 7.18 37 2008-07-05 BOS W 6 4 0 0 1 5 0 88 68 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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-29 Road: 32-33 ExtrInn: 6-2 vsRHP: 52-43 vsLHP: 18-19 1-Run: 22-16 vsEast: 27-26 vsCntrl:17-18 vsWest: 16-10 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 132 Wed, Aug 27 BOS L 3-11 70-62 3rd 10.5 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Aug 27, 2008 BOS 11 @NYY 3 W:Paul Byrd (9-11), L: Sidney Ponson (7-5), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 8-6; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 11-8; All-Time - NYY leads 1105-923

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 5.54

LAA 4.63

WSN 3.71

RA/G

TOR 3.89

SFG 4.60

TEX 5.99

A. Pujols .357

A. Rios .291

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .466

J. Posada .364

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .636

D. Pedroia .481

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

C. Jackson .839

T. Pena .393

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.43

B. Looper 3.94

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

G. Floyd 6.40

L. Hernandez 3.47

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.21 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Mussina
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 7/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 565/436 .295/.377/.527/.904 .791/.935 .864 106/.945 10/0 26/

22.Casey* G/S/vP 12/.750 ··· 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 ··· 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 4/.000 2/.000 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 1/no AB 120/105 .267/.370/.337/.706 .619/.720 .657 41/.669 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 28/.731 1/2.000 6/1.000 8/.625 2/.000 13/.500 2/1.000 4/.500 336/254 .263/.322/.394/.716 .787/.691 .702 69/.741 16/6 7/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 8/1.125 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 3/.666 1/.000 491/376 .264/.326/.359/.685 .663/.691 .643 82/.681 41/7 7/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 29/.535 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.333 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 345/245 .289/.340/.418/.758 .616/.818 .708 79/.888 2/3 6/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB 188/132 .296/.366/.469/.835 .978/.772 .751 98/.962 0/0 2/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 65/.698 3/.333 2/no AB 12/.889 1/3.000 22/.888 1/2.000 1/no AB 375/294 .267/.376/.492/.868 .685/.919 .743 103/.893 1/0 17/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 16/1.063 3/.000 7/.453 1/.000 2/.000 6/.333 4/1.250 2/.500 599/460 .317/.363/.481/.843 .894/.828 .854 108/.996 12/1 15/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 71/.426 2/.000 5/.650 7/1.429 2/.000 35/.809 ··· 4/.250 402/312 .224/.316/.368/.684 .817/.646 .674 74/.814 0/1 11/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 22/.651 3/.333 7/.821 ··· 1/no AB 8/.833 2/.000 5/1.600 524/428 .318/.387/.567/.955 1.031/.938 .906 98/1.095 3/4 24/

IP 159.1 15.2 22.2 57.0 49.0 58.2 25.2 47.0 TOTAL .282/.359/.448/.806 .831/.800 .771 .860 97/27 145/73

ERA-K/9

3.45/6.2

4.02/5.2

2.38/7.5

4.26/9.9

3.49/10.1

1.53/10.3

6.31/10.2

3.64/9.6

4.35/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 652/.280 68/.270 95/.167 240/.219 201/.191 216/.175 112/.278 202/.230 .268 Bay
Kotsay
Crisp
Ellsbury
Bailey
Youkilis 128/0/0/6
0/84/0/3
0/95/0/3
54/53/25/3
3/0/1/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .727 .768 .577 .630 .638 .462 .740 .690 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 316/.565 33/.991 40/.463 79/.683 113/.691 112/.422 53/.688 98/.740 .729

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 336/.876 35/.562 55/.640 161/.604 88/.569 104/.504 59/.784 104/.646 .744

Home 402/.735 45/.879 33/.388 124/.581 118/.613 114/.551 57/.773 108/.676 .719

Last 28d days 129/.650 40/1.016 47/.508 36/.713 49/.925 43/.525 50/.842 52/.835

HR/SB/CS 15/10/6 2/0/0 2/2/0 5/3/1 6/2/4 4/6/1 3/4/3 6/4/1 119/97/50

Usage ·····X·· oX····X· ·X··X··X X··X·o·· oo·X··o· ···Xoo·· Xo·X··X· X··oXo··

New York Yankees Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lester*
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 11/.864 4/1.750 21/.348 4/1.167 6/1.100 10/.833 12/.717 565/403 .296/.370/.464/.834 .781/.856 .886 114/.832 14/10 15/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 167/127 .259/.289/.405/.694 .651/.708 .739 36/.802 0/1 5/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 8/.875 6/1.300 9/.597 3/1.167 10/1.100 8/.661 9/.666 520/369 .268/.306/.408/.714 .813/.675 .749 96/.794 1/4 12/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 11/1.345 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 5/.600 9/.000 22/.272 508/365 .313/.385/.461/.847 .792/.867 .842 117/.841 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 3/.000 3/.667 6/.750 4/.250 7/1.000 8/.583 23/1.023 449/328 .247/.376/.503/.879 .846/.891 .901 88/.760 2/1 26/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 11/.473 4/.500 ··· 5/.800 4/1.417 12/.697 36/.793 560/397 .294/.351/.401/.752 .805/.731 .749 113/.771 9/3 8/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 7/.762 5/.000 10/1.375 318/224 .311/.393/.457/.850 .744/.897 .845 33/.751 0/0 9/

26.Molina G/S/vP 5/1.200 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 6/1.833 260/175 .230/.277/.328/.604 .490/.659 .661 42/.718 0/0 2/

22.Nady G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 4/.750 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 481/374 .327/.383/.549/.932 .915/.935 .922 103/.988 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 9/.472 6/.334 3/1.167 5/1.100 5/.933 8/1.089 25/.885 484/355 .310/.399/.587/.985 .981/.987 1.114 111/.866 16/2 28/

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.333 5/.800 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 8/.572 23/.869 383/295 .280/.324/.395/.719 .699/.725 .817 55/.506 7/1 6/

IP 170.0 56.0 49.1 73.0 52.0 58.0 40.2 TOTAL .273/.344/.427/.771 .736/.786 .796 .802 87/32 142/67

ERA-K/9

3.49/6.1

4.18/8.8

2.92/5.5

3.21/7.0

2.77/8.1

1.71/10.1

5.09/5.1

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 711/.264 241/.234 203/.256 304/.213 222/.228 221/.190 185/.290 .250 Nady
Abreu
Gardner
Matsui
Damon 23/0/86/12
0/0/124/10
16/5/0/2
21/0/3/2
78/18/0/1

OPS .709 .670 .721 .675 .647 .493 .829 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 212/.592 110/.618 104/.634 156/.783 93/.538 117/.521 83/1.012 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 499/.760 131/.714 99/.808 148/.565 129/.728 104/.462 102/.676 .706

Road 346/.728 129/.723 87/.780 149/.613 114/.494 113/.569 103/.815 .696

Last 28d days 130/.761 50/.677 31/.460 49/.532 42/.610 46/.304 51/.886

HR/SB/CS 13/6/4 4/7/0 4/1/3 9/7/0 5/0/1 3/2/0 6/4/0 123/81/30

Usage ····X··· XX·Xo··· ·o··X··X ·o·X·X·· ·o·o·X·X ·o·X·o·· X···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, 1:05pm, Thursday, August 28, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 12-5, 3.49)

SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 16-7, 3.45)

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