BOS @ TEX, Sunday, September 7, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 83-58, 2nd, 2½ GB, 5½ up in WC	SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 10-11, 4.58) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-11) 157.1 174 84 80 29 69 30 4.58 2007 (15-8) 192.1 239 107 98 28 88 27 4.59 2006 (10-9) 179 232 120 97 38 88 26 4.88 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 6-1 50 44 17 17 10 20 7 3.06 57 2008-09-01 BAL W 7 7 4 4 1 4 3 84 50 2008-08-27 @NYY W 6 5 2 2 2 5 0 106 57 2008-08-22 @TOR W 6 6 4 4 2 4 2 86 46 2008-08-16 TOR L 7.1 10 4 4 0 0 2 96 42 2008-08-09 @TOR W 9 6 2 2 0 2 0 94 69 2008-08-02 @MIN W 7 6 1 1 2 1 0 99 60 2008-07-28 DET W 7.2 4 0 0 3 4 0 107 72 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 2-2 27.1 39 21 16 7 13 3 5.27 40 2007-08-01 TEX ND 5.1 10 4 3 2 3 0 107 35 2007-07-22 @TEX W 5.2 3 2 2 3 3 0 99 55 2007-04-26 TEX W 6 8 3 3 1 3 1 86 46 2006-09-22 @TEX L 4 8 8 4 1 3 2 73 24 2006-09-03 @TEX L 6.1 10 4 4 0 1 0 91 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 48-19 Road: 35-39 ExtrInn: 7-2 vsRHP: 62-47 vsLHP: 21-11 1-Run: 17-20 vsEast: 30-26 vsCntrl:21-9 vsWest: 21-16 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 141 Sat, Sep 6 @TEX L 8-15 83-58 2nd 2.5 gb 140 Fri, Sep 5 @TEX W 8-1 83-57 2nd 2.5 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:20-10
Texas Rangers, 70-73, 2nd, 16 GB, 14 GB in WC	SP: Brandon McCarthy (24, RHP, 1-0, 2.25) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-0) 16 13 5 4 5 9 2 2.25 2007 (5-10) 101.2 111 62 55 48 59 9 4.87 2006 (4-7) 84.2 77 44 44 33 69 17 4.68 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-2 28.1 30 13 9 12 17 3 2.86 49 2008-09-02 SEA W 6 4 2 2 0 4 1 102 60 2008-08-28 @LAA ND 6 6 2 1 1 2 1 98 55 2008-08-23 CLE ND 4 3 1 1 4 3 0 75 51 2007-09-20 BAL ND 4 5 0 0 2 2 0 67 52 2007-09-15 @OAK L 3 3 2 2 1 3 1 52 47 2007-09-11 @DET L 0.2 3 3 3 1 0 0 35 33 2007-08-10 TBD ND 4.2 6 3 0 3 3 0 102 46 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-1 12.2 10 8 8 8 9 0 5.68 48 2007-07-02 @BOS L 3.2 6 4 4 3 1 0 81 31 2007-05-25 BOS ND 2 1 4 4 4 1 0 66 35 2005-09-05 @BOS W 7 3 0 0 1 7 0 121 77
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-35 Road: 34-38 ExtrInn: 5-5 vsRHP: 54-47 vsLHP: 16-26 1-Run: 27-16 vsEast: 17-25 vsCntrl:20-21 vsWest: 23-19 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 143 Sat, Sep 6 BOS W 15-8 70-73 2nd 16.0 gb 142 Fri, Sep 5 BOS L 1-8 69-73 2nd 17.0 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 06, 2008 TEX 15 BOS 8 W:Matt Harrison (7-3), L: Tim Wakefield (8-10), S: none Fri, Sep 05, 2008 BOS 8 @TEX 1 W:Josh Beckett (12-9), L: Kevin Millwood (9-8), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 8-1; 2007 - BOS won 6-4; 2006 - BOS won 5-4; All-Time - BOS leads 316-273

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

LAA 4.64

SDP 3.83

RA/G

TOR 3.85

NYY 4.56

TEX 5.96

R. Furcal .366

B. Hawpe .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

J. Thome .367

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .646

A. Ramirez .484

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

P. Fielder .842

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.32

H. Kuroda 3.96

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

M. Mussina 6.42

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.32 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.McCarthy
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 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/22 .303/.425/.515/.940 1.076/.807 .697 32/1.045 0/0 2/

44.Bay G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 3/2.500 3/2.000 1/no AB 14/.833 601/461 .287/.371/.514/.885 .839/.898 .852 103/.823 10/0 26/

22.Casey* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/.333 7/1.571 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 29/.845 184/153 .347/.408/.425/.833 .971/.804 .686 24/.693 1/0 0/

30.Cash G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 139/105 .230/.295/.333/.628 .953/.527 .657 24/.619 0/0 2/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 1/.000 9/.365 2/1.500 4/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 27/.986 147/126 .294/.384/.357/.741 .731/.742 .656 62/.781 1/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 6/1.700 9/.347 4/.750 8/1.482 2/.500 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 358/270 .281/.339/.410/.749 .778/.738 .741 76/.936 18/6 7/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/2.167 ··· ··· 531/406 .264/.326/.364/.690 .702/.687 .637 101/.608 44/8 7/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 1/.000 9/.000 3/.666 16/.250 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 19/.728 381/271 .287/.337/.423/.760 .634/.813 .680 78/.833 2/3 6/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 4/1.833 4/2.417 4/1.417 10/.311 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/3.000 19/.743 436/343 .277/.339/.462/.801 .891/.777 .809 22/1.244 2/2 15/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/2.500 4/2.083 5/.450 1/2.000 1/.000 231/162 .281/.358/.439/.797 .993/.712 .747 104/.835 0/0 2/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 9/.476 20/.763 3/.667 11/.489 1/no AB 5/1.850 5/.900 ··· 7/1.571 415/319 .268/.381/.481/.862 .644/.929 .722 105/1.010 1/0 17/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/1.667 6/.833 3/1.500 6/.666 1/.000 5/.900 4/1.833 ··· 4/1.750 642/490 .330/.377/.503/.880 .950/.858 .844 117/1.181 17/1 17/

28.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.733 175/95 .235/.382/.368/.750 .650/.831 .658 2/1.000 0/1 3/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 8/.000 16/.750 3/2.167 12/1.318 2/.000 5/.900 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 431/333 .230/.320/.375/.695 .839/.652 .682 78/.830 0/1 12/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 8/.000 7/.143 3/3.500 10/1.200 1/.000 5/1.800 3/2.334 ··· 4/.000 541/439 .315/.386/.565/.951 1.037/.933 .907 80/1.029 3/4 25/

IP 16.0 44.0 56.2 23.2 27.2 55.0 80.0 0.2 74.2 TOTAL .284/.362/.451/.813 .857/.800 .771 .892 108/28 152/74

ERA-K/9

2.25/5.1

5.11/8.8

3.49/11.6

3.42/5.7

4.88/5.2

8.35/4.7

4.61/4.7

27.00/0.0

4.70/6.4

5.32/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (34-15-13)
Ross (24-10-6)
Varitek (52-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 65/.228 204/.232 237/.208 100/.274 123/.287 273/.339 348/.286 7/.600 333/.271 .289 Bay
Ellsbury
Kotsay
Crisp
Bailey
Youkilis 136/0/0/6
55/57/28/4
0/84/6/3
0/100/0/3
3/0/1/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .678 .766 .661 .763 .797 .922 .809 1.714 .716 .821

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 32/.767 99/.614 120/.626 46/1.019 60/.957 140/.878 167/.862 2/1.500 160/.780 .840

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/.597 105/.914 117/.697 54/.549 63/.645 133/.969 181/.758 5/1.800 173/.658 .805

Home 40/.599 98/.790 114/.721 79/.752 59/.705 128/.915 171/.771 5/2.050 171/.742 .819

Last 28d days 65/.678 26/.405 36/.605 51/.505 53/.744 40/1.186 69/1.050 7/1.714 54/.690

HR/SB/CS 2/5/1 6/1/1 7/6/1 3/0/0 3/3/1 7/6/2 6/0/1 0/0/0 4/8/1 159/103/34

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

Texas Rangers Batters (5.49 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Byrd
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 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 64/56 .267/.302/.367/.668 1.429/.570 .658 64/.668 3/0 0/

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 16/.583 3/.666 3/1.333 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.000 4/.833 ··· 5/.200 199/141 .266/.317/.408/.724 .743/.717 .836 66/.637 1/0 4/

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.333 312/214 .231/.341/.413/.754 .832/.718 .808 67/.835 3/2 8/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 9/.661 7/.143 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/2.200 470/314 .327/.446/.583/1.029 1.177/.954 1.204 90/.992 4/3 22/

22.Byrd G/S/vP 11/.864 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 382/255 .289/.374/.461/.835 .898/.802 .926 97/.903 4/1 10/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 15/.718 6/1.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 10/1.100 4/1.250 1/.000 12/1.584 272/257 .272/.338/.391/.729 .536/.739 .658 24/.556 1/1 2/

17.Cruz G/S/vP 8/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 1/5.000 1/5.000 48/44 .302/.375/.605/.980 2.000/.879 1.339 48/.980 2/1 3/

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 3/.000 250/179 .279/.336/.550/.886 .963/.856 .923 99/.856 1/2 14/

6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 121/60 .234/.291/.364/.655 .759/.550 .548 6/.900 1/1 3/

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 620/425 .303/.365/.543/.908 .850/.934 1.058 103/.890 8/0 31/

15.Laird G/S/vP 10/.522 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 4/.250 3/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 3/1.000 330/248 .289/.336/.419/.755 .762/.753 .730 77/.665 2/3 6/

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 229/148 .254/.354/.365/.719 .449/.876 .764 28/1.024 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/.650 2/1.500 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 330/276 .298/.372/.442/.814 .487/.877 .863 38/.446 0/1 6/

10.Young G/S/vP 26/.786 6/1.467 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 9/.875 635/474 .284/.335/.408/.743 .870/.700 .794 118/.701 8/0 12/

IP 157.1 62.0 52.2 78.2 55.0 59.0 8.1 13.2 43.2 TOTAL .281/.351/.459/.810 .802/.813 .865 .827 72/21 172/115

ERA-K/9

4.58/3.9

3.77/8.9

2.73/5.3

3.20/6.9

2.95/8.3

1.68/10.2

8.64/7.6

5.27/6.6

5.56/5.4

4.00/7.3

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 663/.281 261/.216 215/.251 327/.216 235/.230 227/.199 42/.359 54/.229 199/.295 .250 Hamilton
Byrd
Boggs
Bradley
Cruz
Duran
Catalanotto 0/94/34/7
14/54/39/7
70/0/3/7
1/0/19/4
0/0/12/0
2/0/2/0
26/0/0/0

OPS .793 .625 .704 .681 .656 .507 .995 .804 .865 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 351/.885 117/.579 112/.635 162/.791 100/.573 119/.530 21/1.246 27/.359 90/1.024 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 312/.692 144/.664 103/.775 165/.578 135/.720 108/.482 21/.762 27/1.245 109/.730 .708

Road 406/.830 135/.688 89/.778 159/.619 124/.539 114/.582 12/1.136 27/1.287 114/.906 .702

Last 28d days 110/.836 55/.450 37/.529 61/.643 45/.584 36/.389 20/.926 23/1.211 52/1.059

HR/SB/CS 30/4/5 4/7/0 4/1/3 9/9/0 6/0/1 3/2/0 1/1/0 4/0/0 7/4/0 130/86/31

Usage ·····X·· ·X··o·Xo o··o·o·o ·X·X··Xo ·X·····o ·····X·· X···X··· X···o··· 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 @ TEX, 3:05pm, Sunday, September 7, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 10-11, 4.58)

SP: Brandon McCarthy (24, RHP, 1-0, 2.25)

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