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Game Preview: BOS @ SEA, 10:10pm, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 @Safeco Field

Boston Red Sox, 32-23, 2nd, ½ GB, 1½ up in WC

SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 3-3, 5.19)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-3)             59    58  37  34  30  36  9    5.19      
 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         2-3  42    42  30  28  18  23  8    6.00   44 
 2008-05-23   @OAK   L   5     8   8   8   4   4  2      99   19 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SEA      0-4  35.1  45  24  18  10  21  4    4.58   44 
 2006-04-15    SEA   L   9     9   3   2   0   6  0     108   65 
 2005-05-15   @SEA   L   7    11   5   5   3   4  1     104   36 
 2004-09-09   @SEA   L   4.2   7   7   2   3   2  1     102   31 
 2004-05-29    SEA   L   6.2  10   5   5   3   2  1     103   33 
 2000-08-01   @SEA  ND   8     8   4   4   1   7  1     115   56 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-5    Road:   11-18   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  26-22   vsLHP:   6-1    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:12-5    vsWest:  9-7  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Tue, May 27  @SEA  L   3-4       32-23  2nd  0.5 gb
 54 Mon, May 26  @SEA  W   5-3       32-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 53 Sun, May 25  @OAK  L   3-6       31-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 52 Sat, May 24  @OAK  L   0-3       31-21  1st  0.5 up
 51 Fri, May 23  @OAK  L   3-8       31-20  1st  1.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Seattle Mariners, 19-34, 4th, 12½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Erik Bedard (29, LHP, 3-3, 4.70)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-3)             46    40  28  24  20  40  8    4.70      
 2007 (13-5)           182   141  66  64  57 221 19    3.16      
 2006 (15-11)          196.1 196  92  82  69 171 16    3.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  41    37  27  23  16  35  7    5.05   49 
 2008-05-23   @NYY   L   4.1   8   9   9   1   3  1      74   13 
 2008-05-17    SDP   W   8     5   2   2   1  10  1     101   73 
 2008-05-12   @TEX  ND   2     7   6   6   4   2  2      64   16 
 2008-05-07    TEX   L   7     6   2   2   1   5  1     109   61 
 2008-05-02   @NYY   L   7     4   3   1   1   6  0     103   66 
 2008-04-26    OAK   W   6.2   2   0   0   4   4  0      95   70 
 2008-04-08   @TBR   W   6     5   5   3   4   5  2     107   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      3-1  32.2  17  10  10  16  24  1    2.76   61 
 2007-08-10    BOS  ND   7.2   4   3   3   2   7  0     114   64 
 2007-07-31   @BOS   W   6     2   2   2   5   6  1     112   61 
 2006-09-29   @BOS   L   5     7   4   4   4   3  0     101   36 
 2006-09-13    BOS   W   7     2   0   0   2   5  0     108   76 
 2006-05-17    BOS   W   7     2   1   1   3   3  0     100   69 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-14   Road:    7-20   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  15-24   vsLHP:   4-10   1-Run:   4-10
 vsEast:  4-14   vsCntrl: 3-8    vsWest: 10-11 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Tue, May 27   BOS  W   4-3       19-34  4th 12.5 gb
 52 Mon, May 26   BOS  L   3-5       18-34  4th 12.5 gb
 51 Sun, May 25  @NYY  L   5-6       18-33  4th 11.5 gb
 50 Sat, May 24  @NYY  L   6-12      18-32  4th 11.5 gb
 49 Fri, May 23  @NYY  L   2-13      18-31  4th 10.5 gb
 48 Thu, May 22  @DET  L   2-9       18-30  4th  9.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 21  @DET  L   4-9       18-29  4th  9.5 gb
 46 Tue, May 20  @DET  L   8-12      18-28  4th  8.5 gb
 45 Sun, May 18   SDP  W   3-2       18-27  4th  7.5 gb
 44 Sat, May 17   SDP  W   4-2       17-27  4th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 8-22
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 27, 2008 SEA  4  BOS  3        W:J.J. Putz (2-2), L: Mike Timlin (2-3), S: none
Mon, May 26, 2008 BOS  5 @SEA  3        W:Bartolo Colon (2-0), L: Felix Hernandez (2-5), S: none

Sun, Aug 05, 2007 BOS  9 @SEA  2        W:Josh Beckett (14-5), L: Miguel Batista (11-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 BOS  4 @SEA  3        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-8), L: Jarrod Washburn (8-8), S: Jonathan Papelbon (25)
Fri, Aug 03, 2007 SEA  7  BOS  4        W:Sean Green (5-1), L: Mike Timlin (1-1), S: J.J. Putz (32)
Wed, Jun 27, 2007 SEA  2  BOS  1 (11)   W:Jason Davis (2-0), L: Joel Pineiro (1-1), S: none
Tue, Jun 26, 2007 SEA  8  BOS  7        W:Eric O'Flaherty (5-0), L: Javier Lopez (1-1), S: J.J. Putz (22)
Mon, Jun 25, 2007 SEA  9  BOS  4        W:Jeff Weaver (2-6), L: Julian Tavarez (5-5), S: none
Thu, May 03, 2007 BOS  8  SEA  7        W:Brendan Donnelly (1-1), L: Chris Reitsma (0-1), S: J.C. Romero (1)
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 SEA  3 @BOS  0        W:Felix Hernandez (2-0), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - SEA won 5-4; 2006 - SEA won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 196-145

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  5.65

OAK  4.52

SDP  3.51

RA/G

OAK  3.56

NYY  4.60

TEX  5.52

BA

C. Jones  .418

M. Teixeira  .267

R. Weeks  .202

OBP

C. Jones  .491

J. Crede  .333

K. Greene  .267

SLG

L. Berkman  .753

B. Roberts  .417

J. Bartlett  .284

OPS

L. Berkman  1.226

A. Huff  .758

M. Bourn  .575

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

P. Byrd  4.10

J. Washburn  6.54

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

I. Snell  6.32

J. Garland  2.38

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.07 RS/G) vs. Seattle Mariners Pitchers (5.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Bedard*
G/S/vB
41.Dickey
G/S/vB
54.Green
G/S/vB
57.Lowe
G/S/vB
35.Morrow
G/S/vB
20.Putz
G/S/vB
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
18.Rowland-Smith*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Casey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/5.000 4/.500 3/2.333 1/.000 77/67 .371/.429/.471/.900 .956/.892 .769 18/.944 0/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/45 .314/.368/.392/.761 1.467/.582 .979 22/.714 0/0 0/
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 31/26 .357/.419/.393/.812 1.550/.679 .840 26/.628 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 9/.111 4/1.000 5/.200 1/.000 3/.333 6/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 121/98 .277/.311/.429/.739 1.109/.658 .679 62/.803 6/0 2/
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/.333 2/.500 174/147 .282/.379/.409/.789 .808/.785 .839 81/.791 1/1 4/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 189/157 .278/.380/.399/.778 .712/.792 .525 97/.726 19/2 4/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 17/.319 3/3.500 4/.833 1/.000 5/.200 6/.334 2/1.000 2/1.500 149/125 .268/.315/.478/.794 .890/.775 .760 112/.902 0/1 6/
23.Lugo G/S/vP 33/.633 5/1.400 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.333 4/.250 1/.000 171/146 .285/.353/.331/.684 .624/.695 .588 71/.745 6/3 0/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 29/.788 10/.775 1/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB 6/.000 10/.500 4/.500 232/191 .253/.358/.480/.838 .544/.903 .708 117/1.074 0/0 12/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 10/.311 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 3/2.000 249/204 .289/.331/.399/.730 .720/.732 .647 121/.665 6/0 3/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 23/.511 11/1.045 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 10/.400 16/1.525 1/.000 218/189 .292/.376/.505/.881 .779/.897 .966 105/.710 1/0 9/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 22/.540 4/.500 4/.833 1/no AB 4/.750 9/1.842 9/.222 1/.000 160/136 .268/.350/.472/.822 .913/.806 .733 85/.900 0/0 6/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 23/.317 ··· 4/1.167 2/.500 2/.500 6/.833 ··· 3/1.000 217/188 .306/.369/.549/.918 1.245/.874 .940 102/.944 2/2 9/
IP 46.0 11.1 26.1 19.0 12.0 15.0 9.2 25.1 TOTAL .286/.357/.446/.803 .861/.792 .757 .827 41/9 58/33
ERA-K/9 4.70/7.8 5.56/4.8 4.10/6.8 3.79/8.5 1.50/12.8 4.20/11.4 5.59/10.2 2.49/6.8 4.90/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (21-3-7)
 Varitek (18-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 199/.229 48/.267 122/.263 93/.276 54/.229 71/.271 46/.297 101/.236 .281  Ramirez
 Crisp
 Drew
 Ellsbury
 Youkilis
 Lugo
47/0/0/4
0/38/0/3
0/0/42/3
21/26/9/2
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .734 .735 .700 .779 .690 .753 .774 .615 .796
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/1.020 28/.670 57/.786 42/.786 19/1.009 35/.864 27/.804 50/.755 .826
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 141/.620 20/.824 65/.622 51/.771 35/.515 36/.651 19/.734 51/.479 .771
Home 102/.570 3/.000 76/.516 40/.661 28/.656 46/.770 22/1.009 37/.781 .761
Last 28d days 123/.798 18/.748 57/.771 53/.860 37/.688 49/.640 29/.762 70/.567
HR/SB/CS 8/3/1 1/0/0 1/0/1 1/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 51/27/11
Usage ····X··· ····XX·· ··X·XX·· ····X··X o··X·X·· o·X··X·· ··oo···· oo·X··XX
Seattle Mariners Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.45 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
50.Balentien G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 92/72 .217/.293/.398/.691 .950/.623 .800 92/.691 0/0 4/
29.Beltre G/S/vP 11/.000 3/.333 3/.666 2/1.000 3/.666 3/.000 3/.000 13/1.616 221/174 .244/.326/.442/.767 .908/.730 .636 111/.583 5/1 10/
5.Betancourt G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 5/1.100 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 189/149 .279/.287/.393/.681 .721/.670 .756 95/.606 1/1 2/
16.Bloomquist G/S/vP 3/2.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.800 46/29 .162/.326/.162/.488 .652/.395 .515 16/.466 4/2 0/
15.Burke G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 36/20 .219/.306/.344/.649 .875/.425 .343 17/.769 0/0 1/
13.Cairo G/S/vP 21/.611 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 9/.393 45/38 .179/.250/.205/.455 .629/.422 .583 39/.498 1/0 0/
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 23/.939 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 12/1.318 225/170 .267/.329/.450/.779 .689/.809 .838 107/.714 1/1 7/
2.Johjima G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 3/3.334 163/130 .227/.264/.312/.575 .494/.596 .748 80/.672 1/0 2/
4.Lopez G/S/vP 7/2.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 4/.666 2/1.000 6/.800 229/177 .301/.313/.407/.719 .821/.689 .815 108/.695 2/1 2/
8.Reed* G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 16/16 .200/.250/.200/.450 /.450 .000 16/.450 0/0 0/
44.Sexson G/S/vP 17/.529 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 21/.688 173/137 .200/.277/.413/.690 1.025/.601 .485 65/.612 0/0 9/
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 20/.522 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 1/2.000 3/.666 13/.885 242/186 .295/.357/.395/.752 .724/.760 .877 117/.816 22/2 3/
3.Vidro# G/S/vP 8/.375 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 4/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.666 156/120 .231/.284/.350/.634 .799/.589 .634 56/.694 1/0 3/
IP 59.0 24.1 21.0 10.0 18.2 22.0 24.0 15.2 TOTAL .251/.309/.381/.691 .778/.667 .706 .660 39/10 43/37
ERA-K/9 5.19/5.5 2.96/7.8 5.14/6.9 7.20/6.3 3.38/5.8 0.82/7.8 2.25/10.9 6.89/3.4 4.13/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Burke (4-3-1)
 Johjima (23-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 267/.257 109/.218 95/.282 48/.256 80/.246 86/.192 95/.231 71/.333 .247  Ibanez
 Balentien
 Suzuki
 Bloomquist
 Reed
 Cairo
51/0/0/4
0/0/24/3
0/53/0/3
3/1/10/0
3/1/2/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .782 .694 .798 .775 .714 .552 .588 .922 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.758 47/.613 30/.578 19/.868 42/.701 32/.560 50/.578 31/1.062 .693
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 187/.792 62/.755 65/.906 29/.718 38/.721 54/.547 45/.599 40/.808 .723
Road 155/.802 51/.532 48/.731 23/.598 26/.763 45/.387 44/.758 44/.785 .694
Last 28d days 127/.836 46/.748 43/.749 40/.750 34/.661 48/.540 50/.590 37/.544
HR/SB/CS 9/13/2 1/2/0 2/3/0 2/0/0 2/1/2 2/0/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 50/39/10
Usage ····X··· X···XX·· X··X··oo ··X··Xo· ··o··oXo XX·····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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