BOS @ OAK, Friday, May 23, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 31-19, 1st, 2½ up	SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 3-2, 4.33) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-2) 54 50 29 26 26 32 7 4.33 2007 (17-12) 189 191 104 100 64 110 22 4.76 2006 (7-11) 140 135 80 72 51 90 19 4.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 43 41 24 22 18 23 6 4.60 49 2008-05-17 MIL ND 5.1 6 3 3 3 5 1 108 46 2008-05-11 @MIN L 2.2 7 7 6 2 2 2 74 18 2008-05-06 @DET W 8 2 0 0 0 6 0 98 84 2008-05-01 TOR L 7 6 3 3 4 0 1 97 49 2008-04-25 @TBR ND 6 6 4 3 5 1 0 113 42 2008-04-20 TEX W 8 7 5 5 0 5 2 86 53 2008-04-15 @CLE ND 6 7 2 2 4 4 0 106 50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.OAK 2-1 34.2 31 12 12 10 23 2 3.12 57 2007-06-06 @OAK L 6.2 7 3 3 2 8 0 116 54 2005-09-16 OAK ND 9 7 2 2 1 3 0 112 67 2005-05-09 OAK W 6 7 3 3 5 2 0 102 43 2004-07-06 OAK W 7 3 0 0 1 6 0 96 76 2003-08-20 OAK ND 6 7 4 4 1 4 2 102 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 21-5 Road: 10-14 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 25-18 vsLHP: 6-1 1-Run: 9-6 vsEast: 8-11 vsCntrl:12-5 vsWest: 8-3 IL: 3-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 50 Thu, May 22 KCR W 11-8 31-19 1st 2.5 up 49 Wed, May 21 KCR W 6-3 30-19 1st 2.0 up 48 Tue, May 20 KCR W 2-1 29-19 1st 1.0 up 47 Mon, May 19 KCR W 7-0 28-19 1st 1.0 up 46 Sun, May 18 MIL W 11-7 27-19 1st 1.0 up 45 Sat, May 17 MIL W 7-6 26-19 1st Tied 44 Sat, May 17 MIL W 5-3 25-19 1st Tied 43 Wed, May 14 @BAL L 3-6 24-19 2nd 0.5 gb 42 Tue, May 13 @BAL L 4-5 24-18 2nd 0.5 gb 41 Mon, May 12 @MIN L 3-7 24-17 1st 0.5 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:18-12
Oakland Athletics, 25-23, 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC	SP: Rich Harden (26, RHP, 2-0, 2.91) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-0) 21.2 19 7 7 12 28 1 2.91 2007 (1-2) 25.2 18 7 7 11 27 3 2.45 2006 (4-0) 46.2 31 22 22 26 49 5 4.24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 36.1 34 14 14 19 42 4 3.47 54 2008-05-17 @ATL W 7 4 1 1 1 8 0 102 72 2008-05-11 @TEX ND 3.2 8 5 5 4 5 0 90 26 2008-04-02 BOS ND 5 4 0 0 4 6 0 86 61 2008-03-26 BOS W 6 3 1 1 3 9 1 95 68 2007-07-07 SEA L 2.2 5 4 4 3 1 1 66 30 2007-04-15 NYY ND 6 5 1 1 2 7 0 89 63 2007-04-09 CHW L 6 5 2 2 2 6 2 102 58 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-1 18.2 18 16 16 20 24 5 7.71 42 2008-04-02 BOS ND 5 4 0 0 4 6 0 86 61 2008-03-26 BOS W 6 3 1 1 3 9 1 95 68 2004-07-08 @BOS ND 5 7 7 7 6 7 2 114 26 2003-08-21 @BOS L 2.2 4 8 8 7 2 2 78 13
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 13-11 Road: 12-12 ExtrInn: 3-2 vsRHP: 18-12 vsLHP: 7-11 1-Run: 8-8 vsEast: 8-5 vsCntrl:10-7 vsWest: 6-9 IL: 1-2 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 48 Wed, May 21 TBR W 9-1 25-23 2nd 3.0 gb 47 Tue, May 20 TBR L 2-3 24-23 2nd 3.0 gb 46 Mon, May 19 TBR L 6-7 (13) 24-22 2nd 2.0 gb 45 Sun, May 18 @ATL L 2-5 24-21 2nd 1.5 gb 44 Sat, May 17 @ATL W 5-4 24-20 2nd 0.5 gb 43 Fri, May 16 @ATL L 2-3 23-20 2nd 1.5 gb 42 Thu, May 15 @CLE L 2-4 23-19 2nd 0.5 gb 41 Wed, May 14 @CLE L 0-2 23-18 2nd 0.5 gb 40 Tue, May 13 @CLE L 0-4 23-17 2nd 0.5 gb 39 Sun, May 11 @TEX W 12-6 23-16 1st 1.0 up Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Apr 02, 2008 BOS 5 @OAK 0 W:Jon Lester (1-1), L: Alan Embree (0-1), S: none Tue, Apr 01, 2008 BOS 2 @OAK 1 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-0), L: Joe Blanton (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (2) Wed, Mar 26, 2008 OAK 5 BOS 1 W:Rich Harden (1-0), L: Jon Lester (0-1), S: none Tue, Mar 25, 2008 BOS 6 @OAK 5 (10) W:Hideki Okajima (1-0), L: Huston Street (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (1) Wed, Sep 26, 2007 BOS 11 OAK 6 W:Mike Timlin (2-1), L: Jerry Blevins (0-1), S: none Tue, Sep 25, 2007 BOS 7 OAK 3 W:Curt Schilling (9-8), L: Chad Gaudin (11-13), S: none Thu, Jun 07, 2007 BOS 1 @OAK 0 W:Curt Schilling (6-2), L: Joe Blanton (5-4), S: none Wed, Jun 06, 2007 OAK 3 BOS 2 W:Joe Kennedy (2-4), L: Tim Wakefield (5-7), S: Santiago Casilla (1) Tue, Jun 05, 2007 OAK 2 BOS 0 W:Lenny DiNardo (2-2), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (7-4), S: Alan Embree (5) Mon, Jun 04, 2007 OAK 5 BOS 4 (11) W:Santiago Casilla (1-0), L: Kyle Snyder (1-1), S: none Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 3-1; 2007 - Tied 4-4; 2006 - OAK won 7-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1037-846

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

CHC 5.68

LAA 4.51

SDP 3.39

RA/G

CLE 3.64

KCR 4.49

TEX 5.51

C. Jones .412

C. Delgado .218

C. Pena .206

OBP

C. Jones .482

C. Delgado .301

K. Greene .269

SLG

L. Berkman .770

G. Matthews .347

O. Cabrera .289

OPS

L. Berkman 1.236

C. Delgado .665

O. Cabrera .563

ERA

E. Volquez 1.33

D. McGowan 4.21

J. Washburn 6.99

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.28

B. Tomko 6.30

J. Garland 1.96

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.30 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB 51.Braden*
G/S/vB 33.Devine
G/S/vB 41.Embree*
G/S/vB 29.Foulke
G/S/vB 57.Gaudin
G/S/vB 20.Street
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Casey* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 10/1.067 2/2.500 3/.000 2/1.000 69/60 .355/.420/.468/.888 1.069/.861 .686 11/.955 0/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 54/42 .333/.389/.417/.806 1.467/.625 1.147 23/.978 0/0 0/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· 6/1.167 2/1.000 4/.000 1/no AB 25/21 .409/.480/.455/.935 1.417/.850 1.000 20/.718 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· 1/2.000 3/2.000 5/.400 7/.572 2/.000 113/90 .295/.324/.457/.781 1.109/.703 .749 65/.772 6/0 2/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 10/.400 2/.000 7/.829 1/.000 155/129 .290/.394/.427/.821 .842/.816 .915 75/.806 1/1 4/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 171/140 .291/.396/.426/.822 .667/.857 .556 93/.753 19/1 4/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 1/.000 11/.920 3/.000 130/106 .283/.331/.517/.847 .890/.836 .840 96/.966 0/1 6/

23.Lugo G/S/vP 16/.683 ··· 1/.000 7/.429 9/.000 5/.650 2/1.000 158/133 .293/.357/.343/.700 .624/.714 .605 72/.683 6/3 0/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 11/2.227 ··· ··· 7/1.429 15/.976 12/.875 6/.167 212/173 .247/.349/.462/.811 .519/.878 .633 107/.969 0/0 10/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/.000 1/no AB 228/184 .301/.339/.402/.741 .736/.743 .654 118/.606 6/0 2/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 11/2.045 ··· ··· 4/.500 12/.416 14/1.500 5/.600 202/173 .287/.371/.500/.871 .779/.886 .960 105/.653 1/0 8/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· 1/2.000 6/.334 8/1.071 8/1.482 5/1.400 145/121 .295/.372/.519/.892 .913/.888 .844 81/.976 0/0 6/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· ··· 5/.900 3/.000 9/.583 4/.000 206/177 .324/.388/.582/.971 1.245/.932 1.051 107/.967 2/2 9/

IP 21.2 10.1 19.1 21.1 11.1 43.0 20.1 TOTAL .295/.365/.462/.827 .861/.821 .797 .820 41/8 54/28

ERA-K/9

2.91/11.6

3.48/9.6

1.40/12.1

4.22/8.5

3.18/9.6

3.56/6.7

4.43/10.6

3.37/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (21-3-6)
Varitek (15-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 93/.235 42/.256 78/.183 87/.241 49/.227 177/.248 83/.213 .239 Crisp
Drew
Ramirez
Ellsbury
Youkilis
Lugo 0/35/0/3
0/0/37/3
43/0/0/3
19/23/9/2
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .667 .643 .482 .717 .670 .669 .708 .658

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.704 10/.600 33/.539 31/.803 23/.366 98/.620 40/1.026 .624

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 38/.613 32/.657 45/.440 56/.668 26/.906 79/.730 43/.434 .683

Home 45/.574 11/.282 34/.435 42/.471 26/.522 85/.624 46/.870 .614

Last 28d days 48/.750 42/.643 45/.535 45/.606 21/.770 80/.772 37/.483

HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 0/0/0 0/3/0 2/0/0 1/2/0 5/1/2 3/1/0 31/22/13

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

Oakland Athletics Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
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

10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 186/138 .217/.333/.325/.658 .696/.643 .668 85/.556 0/0 2/

18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/17 .217/.250/.304/.554 .571/.548 .500 15/.486 0/0 0/

8.Brown G/S/vP 5/.650 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.600 9/.666 191/130 .260/.288/.398/.686 .711/.674 .731 110/.663 2/0 5/

7.Crosby G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.667 2/1.000 4/1.500 3/1.334 206/147 .266/.330/.394/.724 .817/.687 .738 107/.659 2/2 3/

32.Cust* G/S/vP 9/1.069 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 169/124 .254/.426/.462/.888 .702/.960 .945 94/1.090 0/0 7/

38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/27 .186/.210/.237/.447 .377/.539 .626 39/.421 7/1 0/

14.Ellis G/S/vP 17/1.029 ··· 4/.500 3/.333 1/3.000 1/.000 6/.500 4/.833 175/120 .242/.328/.379/.707 .525/.790 .597 69/.674 5/2 3/

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 151/114 .231/.371/.355/.726 .642/.755 .726 84/.823 1/0 3/

2.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/9 .333/.375/.400/.775 .762/.778 .500 16/.775 0/0 0/

24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 183/128 .238/.297/.292/.588 .538/.610 .721 98/.445 1/1 1/

5.Sweeney G/S/vP 41/.623 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 14/.453 116/60 .302/.353/.415/.769 .735/.798 .699 48/.675 0/0 2/

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 122/109 .295/.364/.390/.754 .657/.765 .706 69/.838 3/0 1/

35.Thomas G/S/vP 59/.962 1/no AB 9/1.111 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 33/.602 166/120 .232/.355/.406/.761 .575/.837 .821 89/.873 0/0 6/

IP 54.0 22.0 18.1 8.1 18.1 20.0 23.0 12.0 TOTAL .250/.333/.369/.703 .621/.741 .711 .692 21/6 32/31

ERA-K/9

4.33/5.3

3.27/8.2

5.40/7.9

7.56/6.5

2.95/5.9

0.90/7.7

2.35/10.6

8.25/1.5

4.11/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bowen (2-1-0)
Suzuki (20-12-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 240/.246 100/.222 83/.284 41/.250 78/.239 79/.197 89/.224 55/.367 .245 Brown
Cust
Davis
Sweeney 26/1/33/4
33/0/0/1
3/25/1/1
0/36/13/0

OPS .741 .709 .813 .814 .662 .577 .583 1.048 .712

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 68/.775 42/.663 27/.644 17/.983 41/.567 30/.600 48/.560 24/1.318 .703

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 172/.728 58/.741 56/.900 24/.701 37/.741 49/.563 41/.609 31/.826 .720

Road 128/.731 42/.536 36/.743 16/.606 24/.606 38/.406 38/.775 28/.953 .696

Last 28d days 130/.773 40/.732 35/.809 33/.792 35/.544 41/.586 48/.594 26/.683

HR/SB/CS 7/13/2 1/2/0 2/1/0 2/0/0 1/1/2 2/0/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 46/36/9

Usage ·····X·· X····X·· ·oo·XX·· Xo···X·· oXo··X·· ··X····· o·X·oo·· ·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 @ OAK, 10:05pm, Friday, May 23, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 3-2, 4.33)

SP: Rich Harden (26, RHP, 2-0, 2.91)

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