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Game Preview: SEA @ BOS, 1:05pm, Saturday, July 4, 2009 @Fenway Park II

Mariners, 41-38, 3rd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Garrett Olson (25, LHP, 3-2, 4.81)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-2)			48.2	46	27	26	14	26	11	4.81
2008 (9-10)			132.2	168	100	98	62	83	17	6.65
2007 (1-3)			32.1	42	28	28	28	28	4	7.79

Last 7 GS		3-2	38.2	32	23	23	11	19	10	5.35	48
2009-06-28	@LAD	W	5.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	72	53
2009-06-23	SDP	L	5.1	8	6	6	0	2	1	82	30
2009-06-17	@SDP	W	6.0	2	3	3	1	4	2	94	59
2009-06-11	@BAL	W	5.0	5	2	2	3	1	1	94	47
2009-05-31	@LAA	ND	5.1	5	5	5	0	3	2	65	41
2009-05-23	SFG	ND	6.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	85	66
2009-05-16	BOS	L	6.0	4	5	5	4	2	3	93	42

Last 5 v.BOS		0-3	25.2	25	24	24	16	14	10	8.42	38
2009-05-16	BOS	L	6.0	4	5	5	4	2	3	93	42
2008-09-01	@BOS	L	5.2	6	6	6	5	4	2	96	32
2008-06-11	@BOS	L	5.1	7	6	6	3	0	2	98	27
2008-05-31	BOS	ND	5.0	3	2	2	2	5	2	89	56
2007-09-06	BOS	ND	3.2	5	5	5	2	3	1	64	32

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   21-15   Road:   20-23   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  27-28   vsLHP:  14-10   1-Run:  20-13
 vsEast: 10-6    vsCntrl: 7-11   vsWest: 13-14 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Fri, Jul  3  @BOS  W   7-6 (11)  41-38  3rd  2.5 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  2  @NYY  W   8-4       40-38  3rd  3.5 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1  @NYY  L   2-4       39-38  3rd  3.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30  @NYY  L   5-8       39-37  3rd  3.5 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28  @LAD  W   4-2       39-36  3rd  3.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27  @LAD  W   5-1       38-36  3rd  3.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26  @LAD  L   2-8       37-36  3rd  3.5 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 25   SDP  W   9-3       37-35  3rd  2.5 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24   SDP  W   4-3       36-35  3rd  2.5 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23   SDP  L   7-9       35-35  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

RedSox, 48-31, 1st, 2 up

SP: Brad Penny (31, RHP, 6-3, 4.79)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-3)			82.2	98	50	44	27	55	10	4.79
2008 (6-9)			94.2	112	68	66	42	51	13	6.27
2007 (16-4)			208.0	199	75	70	73	135	9	3.03

Last 7 GS		2-2	39.2	44	17	15	10	33	5	3.40	51
2009-06-28	@ATL	L	6.0	6	2	2	0	2	2	106	54
2009-06-23	@WSN	ND	5.2	6	3	3	3	6	0	112	48
2009-06-17	FLA	W	5.0	3	1	0	4	3	0	100	58
2009-06-11	NYY	ND	6.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	117	64
2009-06-05	TEX	L	5.2	7	5	5	2	5	1	103	38
2009-05-30	@TOR	ND	6.0	10	3	2	0	5	1	102	47
2009-05-25	@MIN	W	5.1	6	3	3	0	7	1	91	51

Last 5 v.SEA		0-1	6.0	10	5	5	0	2	2	7.50	34
2006-06-20	SEA	L	6.0	10	5	5	0	2	2	78	34

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   25-11   Road:   23-20   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  30-22   vsLHP:  18-9    1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast: 22-9    vsCntrl:10-4    vsWest:  5-11 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Fri, Jul  3   SEA  L   6-7 (11)  48-31  1st  2.0 up
 78 Wed, Jul  1  @BAL  W   6-5 (11)  48-30  1st  2.5 up
 77 Tue, Jun 30  @BAL  L  10-11      47-30  1st  2.5 up
 76 Mon, Jun 29  @BAL  W   4-0       47-29  1st  3.5 up
 75 Sun, Jun 28  @ATL  L   1-2       46-29  1st  3.0 up
 74 Sat, Jun 27  @ATL  W   1-0       46-28  1st  4.0 up
 73 Fri, Jun 26  @ATL  W   4-1       45-28  1st  4.0 up
 72 Thu, Jun 25  @WSN  L   3-9       44-28  1st  4.0 up
 71 Wed, Jun 24  @WSN  W   6-4       44-27  1st  5.0 up
 70 Tue, Jun 23  @WSN  W  11-3       43-27  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 17, 2009 SEA  3  BOS  2        W:David Aardsma (1-1), L: Ramon Ramirez (4-1), S: none
Sat, May 16, 2009 BOS  5 @SEA  3        W:Josh Beckett (4-2), L: Garrett Olson (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (10)
Fri, May 15, 2009 SEA  5  BOS  4        W:Chris Jakubauskas (2-4), L: Jon Lester (2-4), S: David Aardsma (4)

Wed, Jul 23, 2008 BOS  6 @SEA  3 (12)   W:Jonathan Papelbon (4-3), L: Sean Green (2-3), S: Craig Hansen (2)
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 BOS  4 @SEA  2        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (11-1), L: R.A. Dickey (2-5), S: Jonathan Papelbon (30)
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 BOS  4 @SEA  0        W:Jon Lester (8-3), L: Jarrod Washburn (4-9), S: Jonathan Papelbon (29)
Sun, Jun 08, 2008 BOS  2  SEA  1        W:Justin Masterson (3-0), L: Sean Green (1-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (18)
Sat, Jun 07, 2008 BOS 11  SEA  3        W:Tim Wakefield (4-4), L: Miguel Batista (3-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2008 SEA  8 @BOS  0        W:Felix Hernandez (4-5), L: Bartolo Colon (3-1), S: none
Wed, May 28, 2008 SEA  1  BOS  0        W:Erik Bedard (4-3), L: Tim Wakefield (3-4), S: J.J. Putz (6)
Season Series: 2009 - SEA leads 3-1; 2008 - BOS won 6-3; 2007 - SEA won 5-4; All-Time - BOS leads 202-150

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 2009 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

NYY 5.53

NYM 4.51

SDP 3.77

RA/G

SFG 3.74

COL 4.63

WSN 5.66

J. Mauer .392

C. Blake .286

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .467

M. Cuddyer .359

D. Navarro .241

SLG

A. Pujols .740

C. Barmes .471

N. Punto .237

OPS

A. Pujols 1.200

C. Granderson .813

N. Punto .543

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.95

A. Burnett 3.93

A. Sonnanstine 6.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.70

C. Pavano 6.63

J. Garland 3.31

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Mariners Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Penny
G/S/vB 60.Bard
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 63.Masterson
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 56.Ramirez
G/S/vB 24.Saito
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Balentien G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 150/88 .225/.273/.362/.636 .528/.710 .592 39/.618 1/0 3/1

30.Branyan* G/S/vP 3/.667 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.666 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 295/198 .297/.395/.602/.997 .931/1.029 .912 93/.921 2/0 20/6

59.Carp* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/8 .375/.538/.375/.913 1.100/.750 .821 13/.913 0/0 0/0

3.Cedeno G/S/vP 8/.762 ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 123/92 .131/.205/.243/.448 .268/.509 .289 57/.348 2/2 4/2

24.Griffey* G/S/vP 36/1.232 ··· 3/.666 7/.143 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 7/.286 238/191 .219/.332/.418/.750 1.152/.653 .643 72/.792 0/0 10/0

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.666 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 276/208 .285/.351/.426/.776 .943/.727 .726 82/.924 5/4 8/2

2.Johjima G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 3/.666 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 108/73 .262/.290/.388/.678 .678/.678 .757 16/.775 2/1 3/1

32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/103 .187/.241/.293/.533 .286/.614 .531 29/.575 0/1 0/3

12.Langerhans* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1 .500/.500/.750/1.250 1.667/.000 1.250 4/1.250 0/1 0/0

4.Lopez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 4/.500 5/.500 3/.666 3/1.000 1/.000 293/208 .255/.286/.417/.703 .769/.676 .849 73/.945 2/3 11/9

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 3/.833 ··· 5/.000 7/.572 2/1.000 4/.500 2/.500 1/no AB 326/233 .370/.403/.500/.903 .921/.896 .876 105/1.008 17/5 6/3

5.Sweeney G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 128/64 .252/.297/.387/.683 .695/.673 .599 32/.732 0/0 3/2

16.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 75/49 .152/.243/.197/.440 .412/.451 .681 16/.259 0/0 0/4

6.Woodward G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 24/13 .381/.417/.381/.798 .293/1.199 .764 24/.798 1/0 0/2

IP 82.2 20.1 32.0 61.0 34.0 36.0 36.0 27.2 TOTAL .262/.316/.403/.719 .745/.709 .700 .761 52/20 76/67

ERA-K/9

4.79/6.0

3.10/9.3

1.97/6.5

4.28/8.0

3.44/9.5

1.75/8.8

2.25/5.8

3.25/8.4

4.11/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 372/.290 88/.216 138/.244 267/.283 141/.210 154/.224 135/.174 121/.243 .261

OPS .826 .611 .647 .763 .643 .671 .551 .701 .735

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 201/.814 46/.698 78/.580 141/.805 66/.502 92/.564 67/.669 67/.559 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 171/.841 42/.518 60/.732 126/.717 75/.776 62/.826 68/.442 54/.881 .753

Home 174/.799 24/.511 67/.537 105/.631 52/.785 67/.520 55/.651 55/.558

Last 28d days 99/.684 46/.626 35/.767 51/.800 44/.836 45/.617 35/.786 32/.673

HR/SB/CS 10/13/1 0/2/0 0/3/1 5/7/4 4/0/0 4/8/0 4/3/0 3/4/0 69/73/14

Usage ·····X·· ··X··o·· o··oo·o· ···X··o· ···Xo··X o·Xoo·Xo X·o·X··· ···o·X··

RedSox Batters (5.28 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Olson*
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 43.Batista
G/S/vB 48.Corcoran
G/S/vB 41.Jakubauskas
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 46.White
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

55.Bailey G/S/vP 5/2.600 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 88/61 .216/.341/.432/.773 1.374/.515 1.059 7/1.714 0/0 3/2

5.Baldelli G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 8/2.142 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 83/26 .289/.349/.487/.836 .914/.661 .764 30/1.010 0/0 4/2

44.Bay G/S/vP 6/1.700 6/1.000 10/.400 1/no AB 3/.667 ··· 2/.500 335/238 .262/.370/.535/.906 .930/.896 .904 98/.656 5/1 19/0

7.Drew* G/S/vP 11/1.011 3/2.000 37/.835 4/1.833 3/1.667 3/1.167 1/.000 277/212 .265/.386/.487/.873 .829/.887 .879 77/.882 2/2 11/1

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 13/.490 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/2.250 1/no AB 1/.000 326/220 .304/.352/.405/.757 .739/.764 .722 81/.837 34/6 4/1

22.Green G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 197/145 .267/.325/.411/.736 .704/.748 .865 75/.686 1/3 4/9

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 43/.728 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 47/39 .289/.319/.378/.697 .250/.791 .824 43/.763 0/1 1/0

16.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/60 .221/.282/.353/.635 .300/.732 .841 23/.848 0/0 1/1

23.Lugo G/S/vP 15/.967 1/.000 29/.566 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 116/82 .301/.365/.388/.754 1.004/.650 .667 25/1.071 2/0 1/6

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 15/.871 ··· 26/1.250 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 301/204 .225/.319/.391/.710 .718/.706 .822 80/1.112 0/2 8/1

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 21/.619 2/.000 5/.650 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 350/244 .291/.372/.386/.758 .806/.738 .770 103/.571 14/5 2/4

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 16/1.509 1/3.000 23/.559 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 241/172 .234/.336/.473/.809 .947/.767 .863 70/.664 0/0 11/1

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 17/.829 ··· 9/.347 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· 278/193 .314/.439/.593/1.032 1.119/.995 1.070 101/.888 4/1 14/1

IP 48.2 37.1 43.0 13.2 63.0 38.2 36.2 TOTAL .269/.353/.447/.800 .854/.777 .849 .781 61/22 93/48

ERA-K/9

4.81/4.8

1.45/11.3

2.72/5.9

7.90/3.3

5.29/4.3

3.26/6.5

2.95/3.9

3.69/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 204/.249 153/.169 190/.253 73/.407 258/.251 163/.243 156/.216 .250

OPS .776 .520 .681 1.009 .753 .674 .612 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/.658 82/.560 95/.712 34/1.059 133/.903 79/.824 75/.612 .762

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.819 71/.474 95/.650 39/.969 125/.601 84/.532 81/.611 .667

Road 120/.760 80/.563 102/.724 40/1.016 124/.763 76/.636 70/.780

Last 28d days 97/.720 39/.425 64/.541 28/1.171 48/.686 43/.455 41/.785

HR/SB/CS 11/2/1 1/2/2 2/6/1 1/1/1 8/2/2 2/2/2 2/3/2 74/39/27

Usage ·····X·· ·X···oX· ·Xo··X·X ·······X X··X···· XX···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.