BOS @ TEX, Friday, September 5, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 82-57, 2nd, 3½ GB, 5½ up in WC	SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 11-9, 4.34) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-9) 149.1 153 74 72 30 145 17 4.34 2007 (20-7) 200.2 189 76 73 40 194 17 3.27 2006 (16-11) 204.2 191 120 114 74 158 36 5.01 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-4 42.1 56 29 28 8 40 5 5.95 45 2008-08-17 TOR L 2.1 8 8 8 1 3 1 55 11 2008-08-11 @CHW W 8 7 1 1 0 8 0 104 72 2008-08-05 @KCR W 6.2 4 2 2 2 7 0 90 63 2008-07-30 LAA L 5.1 11 8 7 1 8 1 100 23 2008-07-25 NYY L 7 9 1 1 1 6 0 110 60 2008-07-19 @LAA L 8 9 4 4 1 6 1 107 53 2008-07-09 MIN W 5 8 5 5 2 2 2 104 31 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 1-1 17.1 22 10 9 4 16 2 4.67 47 2007-06-30 TEX L 5 10 5 5 0 4 1 92 31 2006-06-11 TEX ND 5.1 5 4 3 3 7 1 112 48 2006-04-05 @TEX W 7 7 1 1 1 5 0 108 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 48-19 Road: 34-38 ExtrInn: 7-2 vsRHP: 61-47 vsLHP: 21-10 1-Run: 17-20 vsEast: 30-26 vsCntrl:21-9 vsWest: 20-15 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 139 Wed, Sep 3 BAL W 5-4 82-57 2nd 3.0 gb 138 Tue, Sep 2 BAL W 14-2 81-57 2nd 4.0 gb 137 Mon, Sep 1 BAL W 7-4 80-57 2nd 5.0 gb 136 Sun, Aug 31 CHW L 2-4 79-57 2nd 5.5 gb 135 Sat, Aug 30 CHW W 8-2 79-56 2nd 4.5 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 CHW W 8-0 78-56 2nd 4.5 gb 133 Thu, Aug 28 @NYY L 2-3 77-56 2nd 4.5 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 Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:21-9
Texas Rangers, 69-72, 2nd, 17 GB, 14 GB in WC	SP: Kevin Millwood (33, RHP, 9-7, 4.84) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-7) 137.2 178 78 74 42 101 16 4.84 2007 (10-14) 172.2 213 111 99 67 123 19 5.16 2006 (16-12) 215 228 114 108 53 157 23 4.52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 42.2 53 22 22 9 33 6 4.64 48 2008-08-31 @LAA W 6.2 5 2 2 0 7 1 101 63 2008-08-26 @KCR W 9 9 1 1 0 2 0 94 67 2008-08-20 DET W 9 6 1 1 1 4 0 113 74 2008-08-15 TBR L 4.2 10 5 5 1 7 4 94 30 2008-07-23 @CHW ND 1.2 2 3 3 2 3 1 38 40 2008-07-18 @MIN L 6.1 11 5 5 1 6 0 114 36 2008-07-12 CHW L 5.1 10 5 5 4 4 0 106 28 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 2-1 29 35 12 12 10 24 2 3.72 50 2008-04-20 @BOS ND 6 10 2 2 2 7 0 109 49 2007-04-07 BOS W 6 8 3 3 3 3 0 104 44 2006-06-11 @BOS ND 6 7 2 2 2 5 1 104 53 2006-04-03 BOS L 5 7 5 5 1 3 1 89 35 2005-06-27 @BOS W 6 3 0 0 2 6 0 107 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 35-34 Road: 34-38 ExtrInn: 5-5 vsRHP: 53-46 vsLHP: 16-26 1-Run: 27-16 vsEast: 16-24 vsCntrl:20-21 vsWest: 23-19 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 141 Wed, Sep 3 SEA W 1-0 69-72 2nd 16.5 gb 140 Tue, Sep 2 SEA W 6-4 68-72 2nd 17.5 gb 139 Mon, Sep 1 SEA L 6-12 67-72 2nd 17.5 gb 138 Sun, Aug 31 @LAA W 4-3 67-71 2nd 17.0 gb 137 Sat, Aug 30 @LAA L 3-4 66-71 2nd 18.0 gb 136 Fri, Aug 29 @LAA L 1-3 66-70 2nd 17.0 gb 135 Thu, Aug 28 @LAA L 5-7 66-69 2nd 16.0 gb 134 Wed, Aug 27 @KCR W 3-2 66-68 2nd 15.0 gb 133 Tue, Aug 26 @KCR W 2-1 65-68 2nd 16.0 gb 132 Mon, Aug 25 @KCR W 9-4 64-68 2nd 16.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Aug 14, 2008 BOS 10 TEX 0 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (14-2), L: Tommy Hunter (0-2), S: none Wed, Aug 13, 2008 BOS 8 TEX 4 W:Jon Lester (11-4), L: Luis Mendoza (3-6), S: none Tue, Aug 12, 2008 BOS 19 TEX 17 W:Hideki Okajima (3-2), L: Frank Francisco (2-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (32) Mon, Apr 21, 2008 BOS 8 TEX 3 W:Clay Buchholz (1-1), L: Dustin Nippert (1-2), S: none Sun, Apr 20, 2008 BOS 6 TEX 5 W:Tim Wakefield (2-0), L: C.J. Wilson (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (7) Sat, Apr 19, 2008 BOS 5 TEX 3 W:Javier Lopez (1-0), L: Joaquin Benoit (1-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (6) Fri, Apr 18, 2008 BOS 11 TEX 3 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-0), L: Luis Mendoza (0-2), S: none Mon, Jul 02, 2007 BOS 7 TEX 3 W:Kason Gabbard (2-0), L: Brandon McCarthy (4-5), S: none Sun, Jul 01, 2007 TEX 2 @BOS 1 W:Kameron Loe (5-6), L: Julian Tavarez (5-6), S: Eric Gagne (10) Sat, Jun 30, 2007 TEX 5 @BOS 4 W:Ron Mahay (1-0), L: Josh Beckett (11-2), S: Eric Gagne (9) Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 7-0; 2007 - BOS won 6-4; 2006 - BOS won 5-4; All-Time - BOS leads 315-272

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 5.45

FLA 4.66

WSN 3.86

RA/G

TOR 3.85

CLE 4.59

TEX 5.93

A. Pujols .360

B. Hawpe .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

S. Schumaker .365

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .640

M. DeRosa .488

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.108

C. Delgado .842

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.32

G. Meche 4.07

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

J. Lester 6.39

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.28 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Millwood
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 43.Loe
G/S/vB 60.Madrigal
G/S/vB 46.Mendoza
G/S/vB 59.Rupe
G/S/vB 56.White*
G/S/vB 45.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

55.Bailey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/20 .290/.421/.516/.937 1.076/.783 .650 30/1.049 0/0 2/

44.Bay G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/2.500 2/2.000 ··· 14/.833 587/452 .289/.371/.518/.889 .825/.907 .851 98/.777 10/0 26/

30.Cash G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 136/104 .236/.301/.341/.643 1.019/.532 .693 21/.714 0/0 2/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 6/.533 9/.365 2/1.500 3/1.334 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 27/.986 142/122 .281/.376/.347/.723 .666/.733 .665 57/.740 1/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 9/.000 9/.347 4/.750 6/1.333 2/.500 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 345/259 .268/.325/.395/.721 .773/.702 .702 66/.829 18/6 7/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/4.000 ··· ··· 521/396 .267/.330/.365/.695 .702/.693 .634 95/.697 44/8 7/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 53/.789 9/.000 3/.666 14/.142 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 19/.728 367/262 .293/.344/.429/.773 .665/.818 .709 69/.963 2/3 6/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 4/2.083 4/.583 ··· 1/.000 218/153 .283/.361/.451/.812 .993/.734 .741 100/.862 0/0 2/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 19/1.593 20/.763 3/.667 11/.489 1/no AB 5/1.850 3/1.667 ··· 7/1.571 403/311 .274/.387/.494/.881 .651/.950 .741 102/1.103 1/0 17/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/.333 6/.833 3/1.500 5/.800 1/.000 5/.900 3/1.666 ··· 4/1.750 629/481 .330/.376/.496/.872 .930/.854 .850 113/1.155 17/1 17/

28.Ross G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.733 174/94 .230/.379/.363/.742 .650/.817 .640 5/.900 0/1 3/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 23/.959 16/.750 3/2.167 12/1.318 2/.000 4/1.167 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 422/325 .228/.318/.376/.694 .832/.652 .674 77/.821 0/1 12/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 11/1.505 7/.143 3/3.500 10/1.200 1/.000 5/1.800 3/2.334 ··· 4/.000 538/439 .315/.387/.560/.947 1.014/.933 .897 86/.955 3/4 24/

IP 137.2 44.0 56.2 21.0 27.1 54.1 78.0 0.1 74.2 TOTAL .284/.362/.450/.811 .851/.800 .767 .882 108/28 149/73

ERA-K/9

4.84/6.6

5.11/8.8

3.49/11.6

2.14/5.1

4.94/4.9

8.45/4.8

4.73/4.7

27.00/0.0

4.70/6.4

5.29/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (33-15-12)
Ross (24-10-6)
Varitek (51-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 625/.311 204/.232 237/.208 86/.256 121/.283 271/.342 338/.290 3/.500 333/.271 .288 Bay
Ellsbury
Kotsay
Crisp
Bailey
Youkilis 133/0/0/6
55/57/26/4
0/84/5/3
0/97/0/3
3/0/1/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .823 .766 .661 .755 .793 .929 .815 1.667 .716 .820

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 335/.800 99/.614 120/.626 38/.981 60/.957 138/.891 160/.880 1/3.000 160/.780 .842

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 290/.849 105/.914 117/.697 48/.577 61/.633 133/.969 178/.756 2/.500 173/.658 .801

Home 253/.815 98/.790 114/.721 65/.738 57/.693 126/.930 161/.784 1/3.000 171/.742 .817

Last 28d days 119/.732 32/.578 39/.556 37/.389 57/.782 55/1.254 70/1.089 3/1.667 54/.690

HR/SB/CS 16/23/4 6/1/1 7/6/1 3/0/0 3/3/1 7/6/2 6/0/1 0/0/0 4/8/1 157/103/34

Usage ····X··· ··X·o··o ·oX·X··· ··oo···· ·o·o··oo ···X·X·· ···X··X· ··o····o ···oX··o

Texas Rangers Batters (5.45 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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 62.Pauley
G/S/vB 59.Smith
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

4.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/51 .268/.293/.375/.668 1.429/.561 .657 59/.668 3/0 0/

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 6/.900 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 4/.250 190/134 .269/.321/.417/.738 .733/.740 .894 57/.669 1/0 4/

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 303/208 .233/.341/.412/.754 .842/.712 .810 62/.808 3/2 8/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 16/.900 6/.167 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/2.200 467/311 .327/.446/.585/1.031 1.177/.957 1.214 87/1.005 4/3 22/

22.Byrd G/S/vP 22/.899 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 382/255 .289/.374/.461/.835 .898/.802 .926 105/.936 4/1 10/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 16/.771 6/1.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 10/1.100 3/.666 ··· 11/1.727 267/252 .272/.337/.389/.726 .536/.736 .649 27/.333 1/1 2/

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/36 .257/.333/.429/.762 2.000/.649 .864 39/.762 2/1 1/

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 242/171 .278/.331/.552/.882 .963/.849 .917 98/.780 0/2 14/

6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 115/55 .225/.279/.363/.642 .748/.526 .503 / 1/1 3/

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 611/418 .301/.363/.542/.906 .852/.931 1.057 101/.847 8/0 31/

15.Laird G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 3/.333 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 321/240 .284/.333/.411/.744 .772/.735 .709 72/.596 2/3 6/

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 229/148 .254/.354/.365/.719 .449/.876 .764 32/.938 0/2 3/

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/9 .273/.273/.818/1.091 .000/1.333 1.400 5/1.400 0/0 2/

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/1.500 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 330/276 .298/.372/.442/.814 .487/.877 .863 45/.373 0/1 6/

10.Young G/S/vP 10/.200 5/1.800 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.715 626/465 .286/.337/.412/.749 .870/.706 .807 115/.735 8/0 12/

IP 149.1 60.0 52.1 77.2 54.0 59.0 6.1 11.2 41.2 TOTAL .281/.351/.458/.808 .801/.811 .864 .793 71/21 170/114

ERA-K/9

4.34/8.7

3.90/8.7

2.75/5.2

3.24/6.9

2.83/8.2

1.68/10.2

8.53/4.3

4.63/7.7

4.97/5.2

3.94/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (48-19-5)
Saltalamacchia (40-9-6)
Teagarden (1-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 624/.263 255/.222 209/.253 317/.223 229/.225 227/.199 30/.321 47/.220 188/.285 .249 Byrd
Hamilton
Boggs
Bradley
Cruz
Duran
Catalanotto 13/54/39/7
0/92/34/7
68/0/3/6
1/0/19/4
0/0/10/0
2/0/2/0
26/0/0/0

OPS .716 .641 .709 .695 .650 .507 .938 .746 .814 .712

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 334/.743 113/.601 108/.628 160/.792 98/.564 119/.530 16/1.214 24/.269 84/.999 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 290/.684 142/.674 101/.791 157/.601 131/.716 108/.482 14/.643 23/1.241 104/.661 .707

Road 363/.623 129/.723 87/.780 154/.623 118/.522 114/.582 / 20/1.340 103/.815 .696

Last 28d days 47/.895 53/.578 31/.526 51/.723 39/.536 36/.389 8/.625 16/1.242 45/.920

HR/SB/CS 17/7/5 4/7/0 4/1/3 9/8/0 6/0/1 3/2/0 1/1/0 3/0/0 6/4/0 128/84/31

Usage ··o·Xo·· ···o·o·· ····Xo·X ·····o·X ···X···o ··X····· ··o····· ······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 @ TEX, 8:05pm, Friday, September 5, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 11-9, 4.34)

SP: Kevin Millwood (33, RHP, 9-7, 4.84)

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