BOS @ TOR, Sunday, August 24, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 74-55, 2nd, 5½ GB, ½ up in WC	SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 15-2, 2.77) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (15-2) 126.2 97 42 39 77 109 8 2.77 2007 (15-12) 204.2 191 100 100 80 201 25 4.40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 6-1 44.1 36 13 13 25 39 3 2.64 58 2008-08-19 @BAL W 5 6 2 2 5 6 0 105 48 2008-08-14 TEX W 7 6 0 0 5 5 0 111 65 2008-08-09 @CHW W 8 4 1 1 3 4 0 106 71 2008-08-03 OAK W 6 4 2 2 2 8 1 105 62 2008-07-28 LAA L 5 7 6 6 2 3 2 91 30 2008-07-22 @SEA W 7.1 5 2 2 3 6 0 99 63 2008-07-13 BAL W 6 4 0 0 5 7 0 115 66 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 3-1 31.1 29 14 14 11 27 4 4.02 54 2008-04-30 TOR ND 7 2 0 0 2 4 0 111 75 2007-09-03 TOR W 5.1 10 7 7 1 3 1 98 22 2007-07-14 TOR W 6 9 4 4 2 2 2 110 38 2007-05-09 @TOR W 7 5 1 1 3 8 1 108 68 2007-04-17 @TOR L 6 3 2 2 3 10 0 105 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 43-18 Road: 31-37 ExtrInn: 6-2 vsRHP: 56-45 vsLHP: 18-10 1-Run: 15-19 vsEast: 24-25 vsCntrl:19-8 vsWest: 20-15 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 129 Sat, Aug 23 @TOR L 0-11 74-55 2nd 5.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 @TOR W 8-4 74-54 2nd 4.5 gb 127 Wed, Aug 20 @BAL L 6-11 73-54 2nd 4.5 gb 126 Tue, Aug 19 @BAL W 7-2 73-53 2nd 4.5 gb 125 Mon, Aug 18 @BAL W 6-3 72-53 2nd 4.5 gb 124 Sun, Aug 17 TOR L 4-15 71-53 2nd 4.5 gb 123 Sat, Aug 16 TOR L 1-4 71-52 2nd 3.5 gb 122 Thu, Aug 14 TEX W 10-0 71-51 2nd 3.0 gb 121 Wed, Aug 13 TEX W 8-4 70-51 2nd 3.0 gb 120 Tue, Aug 12 TEX W 19-17 69-51 2nd 3.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:17-13
Toronto Blue Jays, 67-62, 4th, 12½ GB, 7 GB in WC	SP: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 16-9, 4.51) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (16-9) 171.2 172 92 86 70 178 17 4.51 2007 (10-8) 165.2 131 74 69 66 176 23 3.75 2006 (10-8) 135.2 138 67 60 39 118 14 3.98 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 6-1 44.2 43 17 16 13 52 6 3.22 58 2008-08-19 NYY W 8 5 1 1 1 13 0 120 80 2008-08-12 @DET W 6 8 4 4 1 6 3 106 45 2008-08-07 OAK W 6 7 4 4 2 6 2 110 46 2008-08-02 @TEX W 5.2 6 4 4 2 4 0 103 43 2008-07-28 TBR W 7 6 1 0 4 10 0 110 69 2008-07-23 @BAL W 5 6 1 1 0 7 0 77 58 2008-07-18 @TBR L 7 5 2 2 3 6 1 104 62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 4-0 36.1 26 9 8 13 34 4 1.98 65 2008-05-01 @BOS W 7.2 3 0 0 5 5 0 112 73 2007-09-18 BOS W 8.2 9 3 3 3 11 1 124 62 2006-09-23 BOS W 7 6 2 1 3 8 1 111 64 2006-09-02 @BOS W 9 3 1 1 1 5 0 115 81 2006-04-21 BOS ND 4 5 3 3 1 5 2 78 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-28 Road: 30-34 ExtrInn: 4-7 vsRHP: 53-42 vsLHP: 14-20 1-Run: 19-24 vsEast: 24-22 vsCntrl:18-11 vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 129 Sat, Aug 23 BOS W 11-0 67-62 4th 12.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 BOS L 4-8 66-62 4th 12.5 gb 127 Thu, Aug 21 NYY W 14-3 66-61 4th 11.5 gb 126 Wed, Aug 20 NYY L 1-5 65-61 4th 12.0 gb 125 Tue, Aug 19 NYY W 2-1 65-60 4th 12.0 gb 124 Sun, Aug 17 @BOS W 15-4 64-60 4th 11.5 gb 123 Sat, Aug 16 @BOS W 4-1 63-60 4th 11.5 gb 122 Thu, Aug 14 @DET L 1-5 62-60 4th 12.0 gb 121 Wed, Aug 13 @DET W 4-3 62-59 4th 11.0 gb 120 Tue, Aug 12 @DET W 6-4 61-59 4th 11.0 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Aug 23, 2008 TOR 11 BOS 0 W:Jesse Litsch (9-7), L: Jon Lester (12-5), S: none Fri, Aug 22, 2008 BOS 8 @TOR 4 W:Paul Byrd (8-11), L: Shaun Marcum (8-6), S: none Sun, Aug 17, 2008 TOR 15 @BOS 4 W:Shaun Marcum (8-5), L: Josh Beckett (11-9), S: none Sat, Aug 16, 2008 TOR 4 @BOS 1 W:Roy Halladay (14-9), L: Paul Byrd (7-11), S: none Thu, May 01, 2008 TOR 3 @BOS 0 W:A.J. Burnett (3-2), L: Tim Wakefield (2-1), S: B.J. Ryan (3) Wed, Apr 30, 2008 BOS 2 TOR 1 W:Jonathan Papelbon (2-0), L: Scott Downs (0-1), S: none Tue, Apr 29, 2008 BOS 1 TOR 0 W:Jonathan Papelbon (1-0), L: Roy Halladay (2-4), S: none Sun, Apr 06, 2008 TOR 7 BOS 4 W:Roy Halladay (1-1), L: Josh Beckett (0-1), S: Jeremy Accardo (3) Sat, Apr 05, 2008 TOR 10 BOS 2 W:Jesse Litsch (1-0), L: Clay Buchholz (0-1), S: none Fri, Apr 04, 2008 TOR 6 BOS 3 W:Shaun Marcum (1-0), L: David Aardsma (0-1), S: Jeremy Accardo (2) Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 7-3; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - TOR won 12-7; All-Time - BOS leads 242-199

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 5.58

LAA 4.65

WSN 3.73

RA/G

TOR 3.91

SFG 4.62

TEX 6.09

C. Jones .360

M. Cabrera .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .462

C. Snyder .365

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .630

D. Ortiz .480

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.092

D. Pedroia .837

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

J. Lannan 3.95

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.13

M. Garza 6.29

L. Hernandez 3.49

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.15 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 22.League
G/S/vB 31.Parrish*
G/S/vB 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

55.Bailey G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 17/8 .214/.353/.286/.639 .347/1.000 .489 9/.778 0/0 0/

44.Bay G/S/vP 6/1.500 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 550/425 .291/.376/.522/.898 .783/.930 .851 109/.833 10/0 26/

22.Casey* G/S/vP 25/1.252 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.666 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 182/151 .345/.407/.424/.831 .971/.801 .679 34/.682 1/0 0/

30.Cash G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 126/97 .219/.286/.333/.619 .928/.529 .656 18/.410 0/0 2/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 14/.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 3/1.333 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 109/95 .293/.398/.370/.768 .665/.784 .745 37/.820 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 9/.000 14/1.044 1/.000 6/.334 7/1.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 5/.400 6/.900 323/245 .256/.316/.382/.699 .803/.664 .669 60/.728 15/5 6/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 20/.753 1/2.000 ··· 12/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 451/358 .280/.408/.522/.930 .937/.928 .927 77/.792 4/1 19/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/2.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 475/365 .267/.331/.365/.696 .676/.702 .660 77/.767 41/7 7/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 173/121 .302/.368/.463/.832 1.018/.749 .732 91/.921 0/0 1/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 12/1.000 7/1.571 1/.000 20/1.033 15/.498 5/1.000 10/1.000 18/.778 8/1.825 360/284 .260/.367/.480/.847 .672/.894 .695 106/.873 1/0 17/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 12/.878 2/2.000 2/2.500 5/.400 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 583/449 .318/.362/.475/.837 .930/.809 .843 111/.919 12/1 13/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 9/.708 10/.775 ··· 10/.700 10/.200 4/.500 5/.900 17/.301 8/1.333 392/303 .221/.314/.369/.683 .803/.647 .671 79/.826 0/1 11/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 14/.220 8/.536 ··· 4/.750 9/.333 2/.000 2/2.500 7/.143 4/.250 509/418 .319/.385/.572/.957 1.038/.940 .908 101/1.063 3/4 24/

IP 171.2 38.0 46.0 58.2 42.0 22.2 26.2 45.0 42.2 TOTAL .281/.358/.446/.805 .835/.796 .766 .843 96/26 141/71

ERA-K/9

4.51/9.3

4.03/7.3

2.15/9.0

1.38/8.0

4.07/8.8

1.99/5.6

4.05/5.1

2.80/8.6

2.95/8.2

3.62/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (33-15-12)
Varitek (48-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 752/.259 158/.255 185/.209 237/.205 180/.204 99/.210 109/.273 192/.229 182/.239 .246 Drew
Bay
Ellsbury
Crisp
Bailey
Youkilis 0/1/104/6
125/0/0/5
54/53/22/3
0/92/0/3
3/0/1/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .746 .676 .660 .555 .652 .637 .774 .664 .677 .701

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 412/.795 60/.982 99/.580 97/.492 69/.812 44/.758 41/.877 60/.699 83/.659 .743

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 340/.687 98/.488 86/.754 140/.600 111/.554 55/.545 68/.712 132/.648 99/.694 .661

Home 366/.741 80/.630 78/.449 110/.492 99/.577 49/.598 89/.727 91/.473 111/.742 .668

Last 28d days 140/.760 40/.925 39/.529 41/.414 39/.499 40/.444 23/.691 45/.706 16/.779

HR/SB/CS 17/17/7 2/3/0 5/1/2 2/1/0 3/4/2 1/0/0 2/1/1 3/2/0 4/3/1 115/65/31

Usage ····X··· ·X····X· X··o··X· ··o····· ·X·X···· o·o···o· ········ X···o·X· ·X·X····

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Matsuzaka
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
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 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

20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 4/1.167 315/214 .253/.305/.419/.723 .581/.793 .685 83/.711 0/0 10/

23.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 369/272 .238/.320/.398/.718 .873/.667 .624 35/.430 1/1 12/

11.Eckstein G/S/vP 3/.000 3/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.350 293/203 .274/.353/.357/.710 .858/.641 .648 32/.700 2/1 1/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 281/255 .311/.367/.430/.798 .756/.801 .947 80/.836 8/1 2/

26.Lind* G/S/vP 9/.111 1/3.000 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 224/158 .306/.341/.529/.870 .855/.875 .817 103/.861 1/0 9/

6.McDonald G/S/vP 8/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 151/89 .231/.276/.306/.582 .645/.537 .529 76/.669 3/1 1/

36.Mench G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 112/34 .235/.313/.357/.670 .721/.555 .892 29/.669 2/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 15/.696 2/.500 9/.555 7/.762 ··· 5/.600 8/.250 1/2.000 6/.900 511/376 .271/.370/.410/.780 .589/.851 .739 103/.783 1/2 10/

15.Rios G/S/vP 16/.867 3/2.667 6/.667 2/2.000 2/3.000 5/1.150 6/1.167 2/1.500 10/1.378 548/415 .292/.338/.450/.787 .685/.821 .794 111/.875 30/8 10/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 2/4.500 7/.715 461/336 .266/.349/.352/.701 .689/.705 .723 103/.718 6/2 6/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 6/1.467 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.650 ··· 15/.785 358/325 .248/.341/.395/.736 .679/.742 .737 59/.699 1/1 11/

10.Wells G/S/vP 15/.414 3/1.667 8/.500 2/.500 2/1.000 5/2.000 11/.000 2/3.500 20/.900 329/249 .289/.331/.462/.793 .888/.763 .866 52/.878 4/2 12/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 10/.425 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.600 11/.830 ··· 13/.408 235/182 .226/.332/.347/.679 .615/.707 .786 20/.261 2/1 5/

IP 126.2 43.0 53.2 48.1 71.0 50.2 54.2 10.2 38.2 TOTAL .262/.335/.393/.728 .695/.740 .745 .739 75/26 93/65

ERA-K/9

2.77/7.7

4.19/9.6

4.36/8.5

2.98/5.4

3.30/7.2

2.84/8.0

1.81/10.4

5.06/8.4

5.12/5.3

4.02/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (32-20-2)
Zaun (32-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 544/.213 196/.241 230/.239 200/.260 296/.212 218/.233 210/.201 44/.237 177/.286 .250 Rios
Wells
Lind
Mench
Scutaro
Inglett
Stairs 0/56/69/13
0/74/0/5
54/0/0/2
18/0/12/1
3/0/0/1
18/1/12/0
9/0/6/0

OPS .649 .759 .677 .732 .680 .660 .520 .802 .814 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 284/.739 82/.691 104/.630 102/.647 154/.795 89/.563 114/.536 22/.296 79/.970 .722

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 260/.555 114/.809 126/.716 98/.816 142/.561 129/.728 96/.501 22/1.304 98/.683 .708

Road 242/.522 92/.585 118/.741 84/.808 141/.620 110/.513 102/.634 20/1.340 95/.783 .695

Last 28d days 129/.709 25/1.681 49/.681 36/.598 55/.638 41/.626 38/.368 19/1.038 46/.776

HR/SB/CS 8/12/5 3/3/0 4/7/0 4/1/3 9/7/0 5/0/1 3/2/0 3/0/0 5/4/0 118/81/30

Usage ····X··· ···X··X· o···XX·· X··Xo··X ·X··X·o· ·X·X··X· ·o···Xo· X······· 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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Game Preview: BOS @ TOR, 1:07pm, Sunday, August 24, 2008 @Rogers Centre

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 15-2, 2.77)

SP: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 16-9, 4.51)

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