BOS @ TOR, Sunday, September 21, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 90-64, 2nd, 2½ GB, 7½ up in WC	SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 17-2, 2.93) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (17-2) 156.2 122 55 51 90 143 11 2.93 2007 (15-12) 204.2 191 100 100 80 201 25 4.40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-0 42 37 15 14 23 45 3 3.00 56 2008-09-15 @TBR W 5 3 1 1 2 7 1 101 62 2008-09-09 TBR ND 5 8 3 3 4 5 0 102 40 2008-09-03 BAL ND 6 4 4 3 4 7 0 112 53 2008-08-29 CHW W 8 2 0 0 2 7 0 104 83 2008-08-24 @TOR ND 6 8 5 5 1 8 2 105 43 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 3-0 31.1 34 17 17 9 25 6 4.88 49 2008-08-24 @TOR ND 6 8 5 5 1 8 2 105 43 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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 52-22 Road: 38-42 ExtrInn: 7-3 vsRHP: 67-52 vsLHP: 23-12 1-Run: 19-22 vsEast: 36-32 vsCntrl:21-9 vsWest: 22-16 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 154 Sat, Sep 20 @TOR L 3-6 90-64 2nd 2.5 gb 153 Fri, Sep 19 @TOR W 4-3 90-63 2nd 1.5 gb 152 Wed, Sep 17 @TBR L 3-10 89-63 2nd 2.0 gb 151 Tue, Sep 16 @TBR L 1-2 89-62 2nd 1.0 gb 150 Mon, Sep 15 @TBR W 13-5 89-61 1st Tied 149 Sun, Sep 14 TOR W 4-3 88-61 2nd 1.0 gb 148 Sat, Sep 13 TOR W 7-5 87-61 2nd 2.0 gb 147 Sat, Sep 13 TOR L 1-8 86-61 2nd 2.0 gb 146 Fri, Sep 12 TOR W 7-0 86-60 2nd 2.0 gb 145 Wed, Sep 10 TBR L 2-4 (14) 85-60 2nd 2.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:19-11
Toronto Blue Jays, 83-72, 4th, 10 GB, 7½ GB in WC	SP: Scott Richmond (28, RHP, 0-2, 5.06) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-2) 16 23 9 9 1 13 1 5.06 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-2 16 23 9 9 1 13 1 5.06 45 2008-08-10 CLE L 5 9 3 3 0 5 0 93 42 2008-08-05 OAK ND 5.2 7 3 3 1 4 0 88 46 2008-07-30 TBR L 5.1 7 3 3 0 4 1 92 46 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 46-31 Road: 37-41 ExtrInn: 6-8 vsRHP: 64-49 vsLHP: 19-23 1-Run: 24-31 vsEast: 34-31 vsCntrl:24-12 vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 155 Sat, Sep 20 BOS W 6-3 83-72 4th 10.0 gb 154 Fri, Sep 19 BOS L 3-4 82-72 4th 10.0 gb 153 Thu, Sep 18 BAL W 3-2 82-71 3rd 9.0 gb 152 Wed, Sep 17 BAL W 8-7 81-71 3rd 10.0 gb 151 Tue, Sep 16 BAL L 0-2 80-71 3rd 10.0 gb 150 Sun, Sep 14 @BOS L 3-4 80-70 3rd 9.5 gb 149 Sat, Sep 13 @BOS L 5-7 80-69 3rd 9.5 gb 148 Sat, Sep 13 @BOS W 8-1 80-68 3rd 9.5 gb 147 Fri, Sep 12 @BOS L 0-7 79-68 3rd 9.5 gb 146 Thu, Sep 11 @CHW W 6-4 79-67 3rd 9.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 20, 2008 TOR 6 BOS 3 W:Roy Halladay (19-11), L: Jon Lester (15-6), S: B.J. Ryan (32) Fri, Sep 19, 2008 BOS 4 @TOR 3 W:Manny Delcarmen (1-2), L: Brian Tallet (1-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (39) Sun, Sep 14, 2008 BOS 4 TOR 3 W:Jon Lester (15-5), L: Roy Halladay (18-11), S: Jonathan Papelbon (38) Sat, Sep 13, 2008 BOS 7 TOR 5 W:Justin Masterson (6-4), L: Scott Downs (0-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (37) Sat, Sep 13, 2008 TOR 8 @BOS 1 W:A.J. Burnett (18-10), L: Paul Byrd (11-12), S: none Fri, Sep 12, 2008 BOS 7 TOR 0 W:Tim Wakefield (9-10), L: David Purcey (3-6), S: none Sun, Aug 24, 2008 BOS 6 @TOR 5 (11) W:Jonathan Papelbon (5-3), L: Brandon League (0-2), S: Manny Delcarmen (1) 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 Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 9-8; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - TOR won 12-7; All-Time - BOS leads 247-201

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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 5.52

ATL 4.61

SDP 3.95

RA/G

TOR 3.83

MIN 4.65

TEX 6.04

R. Furcal .366

D. Lee .293

J. Towles .139

OBP

C. Jones .466

R. Ludwick .368

T. Pena .179

SLG

A. Pujols .637

N. Markakis .490

T. Pena .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.093

T. Glaus .846

T. Pena .383

ERA

C. Lee 2.41

A. Cook 3.96

N. Robertson 6.15

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.14

M. Mussina 6.70

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.25 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Richmond
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 40.Wolfe
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 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/24 .263/.378/.447/.825 .912/.732 .618 28/.935 0/0 2/

44.Bay G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.429 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 646/495 .289/.372/.530/.902 .868/.911 .881 96/.920 10/0 31/

54.Carter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/5 .667/.667/.667/1.333 2.000/1.200 .000 3/1.333 0/0 0/

22.Casey* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.666 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 201/167 .333/.393/.410/.803 .882/.786 .662 19/.541 1/0 0/

30.Cash G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 150/111 .229/.313/.351/.664 .873/.594 .668 24/.929 0/0 3/

13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.333 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 165/141 .275/.366/.345/.711 .723/.709 .666 56/.604 1/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 14/1.044 1/.000 8/.250 8/1.071 3/.333 1/no AB 5/.400 7/.762 2/1.500 401/301 .282/.344/.404/.747 .784/.734 .741 78/.947 20/7 7/

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

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.250 4/.500 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 579/444 .269/.329/.370/.699 .694/.701 .652 104/.712 49/11 8/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.650 2/2.000 3/.333 8/.125 1/no AB ··· 415/293 .276/.331/.402/.732 .626/.778 .661 71/.613 2/3 6/

68.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 2/.000 0/0 0/

25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 1/.000 7/1.000 9/1.181 1/2.000 1/no AB 5/.000 3/.000 2/.000 467/363 .275/.338/.462/.800 .961/.756 .823 40/.997 2/2 17/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 3/2.167 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 2/2.500 ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· 278/197 .270/.355/.421/.776 1.032/.672 .717 105/.679 0/0 2/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 8/1.792 2/.000 21/1.057 15/.498 5/1.000 11/.909 20/.900 8/1.825 2/.000 470/360 .263/.371/.495/.866 .696/.918 .773 110/.929 1/0 21/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 3/1.666 5/.400 6/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 3/1.334 1/3.000 701/532 .324/.376/.492/.868 .899/.858 .827 118/1.030 18/1 17/

28.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 179/96 .230/.376/.360/.735 .632/.821 .649 6/.400 0/1 3/

60.Van Every* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/6 .250/.250/.250/.500 1.000/.333 .500 5/.400 0/0 0/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 11/.697 ··· 11/.818 10/.200 5/.400 5/.900 18/.285 8/1.333 2/2.500 466/363 .221/.311/.365/.676 .863/.623 .679 74/.641 0/1 13/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 9/.472 ··· 6/.500 10/.300 3/.000 3/2.500 9/.111 4/.250 2/2.000 594/478 .311/.384/.556/.940 .963/.935 .907 85/.824 3/5 26/

IP 16.0 39.1 57.0 70.2 47.1 32.0 35.1 58.0 52.1 21.0 TOTAL .280/.359/.447/.806 .849/.793 .772 .812 116/33 167/81

ERA-K/9

5.06/7.3

4.12/7.1

1.74/8.4

1.78/7.3

4.18/8.0

2.25/6.2

4.33/4.8

2.95/9.0

3.10/7.9

2.57/6.0

3.54/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (36-16-14)
Kottaras (0-0-0)
Ross (24-10-6)
Varitek (54-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 71/.338 166/.263 222/.187 290/.213 208/.208 137/.229 146/.278 249/.216 226/.245 82/.233 .244 Bay
Drew
Ellsbury
Crisp
Kotsay
Bailey
Van Every
Youkilis
Carter 147/0/0/8
0/1/104/6
58/60/34/4
0/111/0/4
0/84/14/3
3/0/1/0
1/1/3/0
0/0/2/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .910 .694 .584 .590 .679 .653 .809 .650 .680 .657 .692

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/1.410 65/.976 119/.505 119/.540 81/.842 66/.765 60/.920 76/.767 105/.667 36/.771 .729

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/.364 101/.515 103/.677 171/.625 127/.578 71/.552 86/.732 173/.602 121/.692 46/.567 .656

Home 71/.910 85/.632 103/.355 136/.500 107/.611 71/.690 107/.728 127/.521 132/.706 53/.647 .664

Last 28d days / 8/1.071 37/.222 53/.752 28/.857 38/.676 37/.910 57/.605 44/.688 10/.311

HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 2/3/0 5/1/2 3/2/0 4/5/2 2/0/0 5/2/1 4/4/0 4/6/1 2/0/0 131/85/35

Usage ········ ·o·····o o·ooo··X ·······X ····X··· X··X···o ·X··X··· o·Xo··o· ·o·oo··X ··o·X···

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.24 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 43.Hansack
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

20.Barajas G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.250 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 377/264 .249/.294/.410/.704 .591/.754 .648 62/.609 0/0 11/

23.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 415/290 .241/.317/.413/.730 .899/.660 .681 46/.819 1/1 15/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 360/327 .304/.361/.416/.777 .757/.779 .911 79/.704 9/2 3/

26.Lind* G/S/vP 12/.083 2/1.500 3/.666 4/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 321/227 .290/.322/.457/.779 .655/.829 .745 97/.576 2/0 9/

6.McDonald G/S/vP 10/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 202/123 .210/.256/.271/.527 .621/.468 .502 51/.370 3/1 1/

36.Mench G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 4/.500 128/39 .232/.313/.348/.661 .681/.615 .866 16/.598 2/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 18/1.039 2/.500 10/.500 3/1.666 7/.762 ··· 7/.429 10/.400 3/.666 1/2.000 6/.900 607/443 .276/.362/.423/.784 .542/.877 .764 96/.800 1/2 14/

15.Rios G/S/vP 19/.833 3/2.667 8/.500 5/.200 2/2.000 4/1.167 5/1.150 7/1.000 3/2.500 2/1.500 10/1.378 663/504 .293/.338/.467/.805 .728/.829 .840 115/.885 31/8 15/

33.Rolen G/S/vP 3/1.000 8/1.375 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 8/.250 446/330 .258/.350/.426/.776 .733/.790 .756 82/.888 5/0 10/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 2/4.500 7/.715 566/411 .266/.343/.358/.701 .725/.691 .698 105/.697 7/2 7/

45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 56/45 .333/.375/.549/.924 .899/.927 .931 56/.924 0/0 2/

7.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/8 .182/.308/.182/.490 .750/.286 .522 8/.533 0/0 0/

10.Wells G/S/vP 18/.807 3/1.667 10/.522 4/.500 2/.500 4/.500 5/2.000 12/.250 ··· 2/3.500 20/.900 442/337 .293/.339/.476/.816 .863/.801 .842 113/.882 4/2 17/

35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 4/.000 ··· 7/.857 ··· 4/.250 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 305/253 .215/.306/.312/.617 .554/.629 .628 9/.222 3/5 3/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 10/.425 ··· 5/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.600 13/.685 3/.666 ··· 13/.408 270/208 .228/.337/.355/.692 .572/.736 .860 35/.785 2/1 6/

IP 156.2 45.1 70.2 3.1 58.0 83.0 57.2 65.0 9.2 16.2 45.1 TOTAL .264/.332/.399/.732 .692/.746 .754 .747 79/27 119/83

ERA-K/9

2.93/8.2

4.57/9.3

3.44/8.8

0.00/10.9

2.48/5.6

3.25/6.8

2.81/8.4

2.08/10.1

9.31/8.4

7.02/7.0

5.96/5.4

3.96/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (42-22-2)
Thigpen (3-0-0)
Zaun (40-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 673/.214 207/.250 291/.203 12/.091 238/.243 346/.215 245/.225 254/.218 51/.370 68/.246 208/.301 .249 Rios
Wells
Wilkerson
Lind
Snider
Scutaro
Mench
Inglett 0/59/90/14
0/97/0/5
28/3/64/4
67/0/0/2
11/0/3/1
3/0/0/1
20/0/15/1
22/1/12/0

OPS .652 .776 .602 .258 .687 .685 .647 .557 .997 .872 .887 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 362/.728 88/.728 134/.559 7/.452 124/.591 171/.784 104/.580 137/.602 28/1.188 37/.516 95/1.064 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 311/.567 119/.813 157/.640 5/.000 114/.787 175/.594 141/.697 117/.505 23/.783 31/1.313 113/.734 .705

Road 289/.580 97/.575 150/.682 3/1.167 96/.772 168/.659 128/.522 122/.593 21/1.079 41/1.229 117/.894 .706

Last 28d days 129/.664 11/1.055 61/.328 12/.258 38/.445 50/.717 27/.542 44/.727 29/.948 24/.987 31/1.281

HR/SB/CS 11/13/5 3/3/0 5/7/0 0/0/0 4/1/3 10/9/1 6/0/1 4/2/0 1/1/0 6/0/0 8/4/0 143/90/32

Usage ·····X·· ···X···X ·o·X···· ···o···X ·o·o···o o···X··o ·o·o···· ·X····Xo ···X·X·· ···o·X·· ·····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 @ TOR, 1:07pm, Sunday, September 21, 2008 @Rogers Centre

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 17-2, 2.93)

SP: Scott Richmond (28, RHP, 0-2, 5.06)

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