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Game Preview: BOS @ TBR, 7:10pm, Monday, June 30, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Boston Red Sox, 50-34, 2nd, ½ GB, 4 up in WC

SP: Justin Masterson (23, RHP, 4-1, 3.43)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-1)             42    29  16  16  21  32  6    3.43      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  42    29  16  16  21  32  6    3.43   56 
 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 
 2008-04-24    LAA  ND   6     2   1   1   4   4  1      95   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-10   Road:   19-24   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  37-31   vsLHP:  13-3    1-Run:  11-12
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:12-5    vsWest: 11-9  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 79 Mon, Jun 23   ARI  L   1-2       47-32  1st  1.0 up
 78 Sun, Jun 22   STL  W   5-3 (13)  47-31  1st  1.5 up
 77 Sat, Jun 21   STL  L   3-9       46-31  1st  0.5 up
 76 Fri, Jun 20   STL  L   4-5       46-30  1st  1.5 up
 75 Wed, Jun 18  @PHI  W   7-4       46-29  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Tampa Bay Rays, 49-32, 1st, ½ up

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 5-5, 3.76)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-5)            103   100  51  43  19  83 11    3.76      
 2007 (12-8)           215   202  98  92  36 184 28    3.85      
 2006 (6-8)            124.2 141  69  67  38 104 18    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  44    47  24  23   5  38  9    4.70   52 
 2008-06-25   @FLA   W   7     4   1   1   0   5  1     101   70 
 2008-06-19    CHC  ND   6.1   7   3   3   2   9  0     102   54 
 2008-06-10   @LAA   L   8    10   6   6   0   9  2     108   47 
 2008-06-05   @BOS   L   1     3   4   4   0   2  1      27   33 
 2008-05-30    CHW  ND   6     7   1   1   1   6  1      99   59 
 2008-05-25    BAL  ND   8     8   4   3   1   3  1      92   54 
 2008-05-19   @OAK  ND   7.2   8   5   5   1   4  3     102   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      1-3  24.2  26  15  15   5  24  1    5.47   49 
 2008-06-05   @BOS   L   1     3   4   4   0   2  1      27   33 
 2008-05-03   @BOS   L   3.2  10   7   7   3   3  0      98   13 
 2008-04-27    BOS   W   9     2   0   0   1   7  0      99   89 
 2007-08-13   @BOS   L   6     5   1   1   0   5  0     106   63 
 2007-07-28    BOS  ND   5     6   3   3   1   7  0      93   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-13   Road:   19-19   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  34-23   vsLHP:  15-9    1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast: 21-15   vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest: 11-7  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Sun, Jun 29  @PIT  W   4-3       49-32  1st  0.5 up
 80 Sat, Jun 28  @PIT  L   3-4 (13)  48-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 27  @PIT  W  10-5       48-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 26  @FLA  W   6-1       47-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 25  @FLA  W  15-3       46-31  2nd  1.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 24  @FLA  W   6-4       45-31  2nd  1.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 22   HOU  L   2-3       44-31  2nd  1.5 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 21   HOU  W   4-3       44-30  2nd  0.5 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 20   HOU  L   3-4       43-30  2nd  1.5 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 19   CHC  W   8-3       43-29  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 05, 2008 BOS  7  TBR  1        W:Jon Lester (4-3), L: James Shields (4-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 04, 2008 BOS  5  TBR  1        W:Josh Beckett (6-4), L: Edwin Jackson (3-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 03, 2008 BOS  7  TBR  4        W:Justin Masterson (2-0), L: Matt Garza (4-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (17)
Sun, May 04, 2008 BOS  7  TBR  3        W:Jon Lester (2-2), L: Scott Kazmir (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (9)
Sat, May 03, 2008 BOS 12  TBR  4        W:Josh Beckett (3-2), L: James Shields (3-2), S: none
Fri, May 02, 2008 BOS  7  TBR  3        W:Clay Buchholz (2-2), L: Edwin Jackson (2-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 27, 2008 TBR  3  BOS  0        W:James Shields (3-1), L: Josh Beckett (2-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 TBR  2  BOS  1        W:Scott Dohmann (2-0), L: Clay Buchholz (1-2), S: Troy Percival (5)
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 TBR  5  BOS  4 (11)   W:Scott Dohmann (1-0), L: Mike Timlin (2-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 23, 2007 TBD  5  BOS  4        W:Edwin Jackson (5-15), L: Tim Wakefield (16-12), S: Al Reyes (25)
Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 6-3; 2007 - BOS won 13-5; 2006 - BOS won 10-9; All-Time - BOS leads 117-61

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  5.49

MIL  4.49

WSN  3.61

RA/G

OAK  3.68

BAL  4.53

TEX  5.63

BA

C. Jones  .394

A. Rios  .284

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .485

I. Suzuki  .356

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .690

T. Hunter  .452

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.135

T. Glaus  .805

T. Pena  .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.91

T. Redding  4.05

B. Arroyo  6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.97

V. Padilla  6.10

L. Hernandez  3.18

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
49.Hammel
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
40.Percival
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Casey* G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 6/1.333 3/.666 2/1.000 7/.629 ··· 5/1.000 115/94 .358/.409/.453/.862 .931/.845 .739 33/.863 1/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 89/69 .241/.315/.342/.656 .921/.582 .708 30/.503 0/0 1/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 6/.900 2/.000 4/.000 4/1.500 2/1.000 3/1.167 5/1.100 2/2.500 58/51 .275/.362/.353/.715 1.071/.667 .733 24/.625 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 11/.473 8/.625 9/.111 6/.750 7/.714 5/.000 5/.000 2/.500 214/169 .270/.313/.434/.746 .936/.695 .687 78/.892 12/3 5/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 12/.833 5/.400 9/.833 3/.666 7/1.314 8/1.571 ··· 8/.250 288/233 .304/.417/.570/.986 .871/1.011 .975 108/1.275 2/1 15/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 8/.393 2/.000 3/1.000 3/2.000 2/.000 4/1.167 ··· 1/.000 303/237 .272/.349/.389/.738 .599/.776 .641 93/.584 34/4 5/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 10/.600 5/1.800 5/1.000 7/.858 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 14/.321 273/221 .296/.359/.519/.877 1.071/.835 .872 104/.964 1/1 12/
23.Lugo G/S/vP 11/1.055 7/1.607 11/.728 7/.453 4/.250 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 271/216 .274/.364/.343/.708 .783/.688 .644 87/.775 11/3 1/
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 60/45 .222/.283/.370/.654 .283/.763 .667 38/.506 0/0 2/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 8/1.339 3/.000 6/.334 4/1.250 4/.833 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 374/292 .304/.348/.442/.790 .910/.756 .777 105/.999 9/0 8/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 19/.879 4/.583 7/.714 6/.167 7/.971 5/.933 17/.996 6/.733 328/270 .289/.378/.519/.897 .735/.934 .945 90/.889 1/0 16/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 8/.250 5/.200 10/1.700 5/1.200 3/.667 8/.625 6/.834 5/1.000 249/201 .225/.309/.378/.688 .690/.687 .650 74/.398 0/0 7/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 17/.176 3/2.167 6/1.500 7/.453 6/1.167 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.666 317/270 .313/.382/.544/.926 1.107/.897 .952 85/1.005 3/2 13/
IP 103.0 14.2 29.2 47.0 50.2 20.2 27.1 37.1 TOTAL .280/.355/.451/.807 .819/.804 .777 .822 74/14 99/48
ERA-K/9 3.76/7.3 1.23/13.5 3.34/5.8 4.98/5.2 3.02/8.0 3.92/7.0 2.96/9.6 1.93/6.0 3.69/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (25-9-9)
 Varitek (31-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 422/.254 55/.106 132/.267 210/.290 209/.199 84/.247 107/.135 146/.167 .241  Drew
 Ramirez
 Crisp
 Moss
 Ellsbury
 Lugo
 Youkilis
0/1/68/5
56/0/0/4
0/63/0/3
6/0/9/2
41/34/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .694 .328 .722 .842 .601 .680 .537 .528 .687
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 206/.714 20/.438 62/.717 100/.996 67/.562 46/.564 58/.454 53/.397 .699
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 216/.676 35/.268 70/.725 110/.704 142/.617 38/.819 49/.637 93/.600 .679
Home 222/.564 31/.299 86/.848 69/.668 111/.537 44/.429 67/.402 66/.382 .621
Last 28d days 96/.742 49/.302 50/.573 45/.934 56/.616 16/1.080 28/.690 43/.433
HR/SB/CS 11/6/4 0/0/0 1/0/0 7/8/1 4/7/1 1/0/2 4/2/0 4/0/0 69/39/16
Usage ····X··· ··X····X ·X··X··· ·X··X··· ··X··X·· ·oo····o X····X·· XX···o·X
Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.18 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
59.Smith
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 119/75 .257/.345/.410/.754 1.147/.522 .654 84/.754 1/1 3/
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.200 7/.971 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 287/208 .252/.297/.282/.579 .753/.514 .568 83/.575 16/3 0/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/2.300 2/.000 5/1.000 4/.500 10/.633 ··· 345/240 .278/.321/.410/.731 .672/.757 .847 90/.797 20/6 8/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 116/109 .255/.345/.471/.815 .619/.828 .927 45/.675 1/0 6/
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/.393 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/1.133 ··· 124/50 .206/.306/.421/.727 .795/.626 .694 21/.712 5/1 6/
26.Gross* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 197/173 .226/.330/.381/.711 .514/.739 .770 70/.681 2/2 5/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.750 ··· 239/198 .267/.351/.533/.885 .611/.938 .794 71/.975 7/2 13/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/3.000 10/.675 ··· 3/1.333 1/2.000 7/.000 ··· 362/261 .276/.346/.375/.721 .674/.740 .691 105/.810 5/2 5/
3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 298/218 .270/.342/.529/.871 .818/.890 .759 107/1.091 4/0 15/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 8/.250 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 224/175 .317/.368/.444/.812 .740/.845 .809 90/.783 0/3 4/
23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/4.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 5/1.800 3/.333 4/1.833 ··· 259/170 .227/.332/.423/.755 .731/.767 .807 20/1.025 0/0 11/
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/43 .274/.313/.479/.792 .831/.760 .638 16/1.092 0/0 4/
2.Upton G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/no AB 6/1.500 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 5/.200 ··· 348/252 .287/.401/.416/.817 .850/.804 .823 109/.743 23/10 5/
IP 42.0 37.0 34.0 24.0 29.1 34.1 36.0 6.0 TOTAL .264/.339/.418/.757 .755/.758 .752 .806 88/32 88/42
ERA-K/9 3.43/6.9 2.92/9.7 3.97/8.7 4.50/7.5 2.45/5.2 3.15/8.7 2.00/11.8 1.50/6.0 3.85/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (24-14-3)
 Riggans (11-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 173/.195 161/.205 145/.240 109/.229 122/.252 149/.267 139/.191 21/.150 .245  Upton
 Gross
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Gomes
0/77/0/8
2/15/53/4
76/0/0/1
5/0/30/1
4/0/8/0
OPS .662 .636 .688 .634 .729 .715 .524 .490 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.826 69/.614 57/.565 41/.790 64/.728 60/.605 73/.516 13/.154 .709
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 78/.472 92/.654 88/.771 68/.542 58/.728 89/.793 66/.533 8/1.089 .696
Road 48/.673 76/.463 76/.738 47/.539 41/.727 80/.596 66/.648 / .696
Last 28d days 126/.708 46/.593 41/.450 52/.591 36/.712 52/1.070 37/.368 21/.490
HR/SB/CS 6/5/0 1/2/0 3/4/0 2/1/0 3/1/2 4/0/1 3/2/0 1/0/0 77/56/17
Usage ·····X·· oX····X· ·XX·o··o ·Xo·X··X ·······o o·o····X ··o·oX·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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