BOS @ TBR, Monday, June 30, 2008 Game Preview

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

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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/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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Game Preview: BOS @ TBR, 7:10pm, Monday, June 30, 2008 @Tropicana Field

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

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

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