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Game Preview: BOS @ CLE, 7:05pm, Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @Progressive Field

RedSox, 35-25, 35-253rd, 4 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Clay Buchholz (25, RHP, 8-3, 2.39)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-3)			71.2	63	25	19	29	49	3	2.39
2009 (7-4)			92.0	91	44	43	36	68	13	4.21
2008 (2-9)			76.0	93	63	57	41	72	11	6.75

Last 7 GS		6-1	47.0	40	14	13	20	27	2	2.49	57
2010-06-04	@BAL	W	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	101	78
2010-05-29	KCR	W	7.0	4	0	0	4	4	0	108	69
2010-05-24	@TBR	W	6.0	6	1	1	1	8	1	108	63
2010-05-19	MIN	W	8.0	5	2	2	1	7	0	104	70
2010-05-14	@DET	W	6.1	3	1	1	5	3	0	111	61
2010-05-08	NYY	L	5.0	9	6	5	5	1	1	93	23
2010-05-03	LAA	W	5.2	8	4	4	3	2	0	109	36

Last 5 v.CLE		0-0	3.0	5	6	6	2	6	1	18.00	29
2009-10-04	CLE	ND	3.0	5	6	6	2	6	1	70	29

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

 Home:   18-14   Road:   17-11   ExtrInn: 1-7 
 vsRHP:  22-17   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  11-10
 vsEast: 15-15   vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  8-2  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 60 Tue, Jun  8  @CLE  W   3-2       35-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 59 Mon, Jun  7  @CLE  W   4-1       34-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 58 Sun, Jun  6  @BAL  L   3-4 (11)  33-25  3rd  4.5 gb
 57 Sat, Jun  5  @BAL  W   8-2       33-24  3rd  3.5 gb
 56 Fri, Jun  4  @BAL  W  11-0       32-24  3rd  4.5 gb
 55 Thu, Jun  3   OAK  L   8-9       31-24  3rd  5.5 gb
 54 Wed, Jun  2   OAK  W   6-4       31-23  3rd  5.0 gb
 53 Tue, Jun  1   OAK  W   9-4       30-23  4th  5.0 gb
 52 Sun, May 30   KCR  W   8-1       29-23  4th  5.5 gb
 51 Sat, May 29   KCR  W   1-0       28-23  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10

Indians, 21-36, 21-365th, 12½ GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Justin Masterson (25, RHP, 1-5, 5.46)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-5)			59.1	75	41	36	33	55	5	5.46
2009 (4-10)			129.1	128	73	65	60	119	12	4.52
2008 (6-5)			88.1	68	31	31	40	68	10	3.16

Last 7 GS		1-2	40.1	49	24	24	22	31	3	5.36	44
2010-06-04	@CHW	W	5.2	5	1	1	6	1	1	108	50
2010-05-30	@NYY	ND	6.2	7	3	3	1	8	0	103	55
2010-05-24	CHW	L	4.0	9	5	5	2	0	0	95	22
2010-05-19	KCR	ND	5.0	5	2	2	4	3	0	106	48
2010-05-14	@BAL	L	5.1	8	6	6	5	4	0	112	27
2010-05-08	DET	ND	6.0	5	3	3	3	8	0	112	55
2010-05-01	MIN	ND	7.2	10	4	4	1	7	2	117	49

Has never faced BOS as starter.

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

 Home:    8-16   Road:   13-20   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  13-25   vsLHP:   8-11   1-Run:   5-7 
 vsEast:  3-11   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest:  3-6  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Tue, Jun  8   BOS  L   2-3       21-36  5th 12.5 gb
 56 Mon, Jun  7   BOS  L   1-4       21-35  5th 11.5 gb
 55 Sun, Jun  6  @CHW  L   7-8       21-34  5th 11.0 gb
 54 Sat, Jun  5  @CHW  W   3-1       21-33  5th 11.0 gb
 53 Fri, Jun  4  @CHW  W  10-1       20-33  5th 11.0 gb
 52 Thu, Jun  3  @DET  L   6-12      19-33  5th 11.0 gb
 51 Wed, Jun  2  @DET  L   0-3       19-32  5th 11.0 gb
 50 Tue, Jun  1  @DET  W   3-2       19-31  5th 11.0 gb
 49 Mon, May 31  @NYY  L   2-11      18-31  5th 12.0 gb
 48 Sun, May 30  @NYY  L   3-7       18-30  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 08, 2010 BOS  3 @CLE  2        W:Tim Wakefield (2-4), L: David Huff (2-7), S: Daniel Bard (2)
Mon, Jun 07, 2010 BOS  4 @CLE  1        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (5-2), L: Fausto Carmona (4-5), S: none

Sun, Oct 04, 2009 BOS 12  CLE  7        W:Michael Bowden (1-1), L: Tomo Ohka (1-5), S: none
Sat, Oct 03, 2009 BOS 11  CLE  6        W:Josh Beckett (17-6), L: Aaron Laffey (7-9), S: none
Fri, Oct 02, 2009 BOS  6  CLE  2        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-6), L: Jeremy Sowers (6-11), S: none
Thu, Oct 01, 2009 BOS  3  CLE  0        W:Jon Lester (15-8), L: Carlos Carrasco (0-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (38)
Thu, May 07, 2009 BOS 13  CLE  3        W:Tim Wakefield (4-1), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 06, 2009 CLE  9 @BOS  2        W:Carl Pavano (2-3), L: Justin Masterson (2-2), S: Aaron Laffey (1)
Wed, Apr 29, 2009 BOS  6 @CLE  5 (10)   W:Hideki Okajima (2-0), L: Jensen Lewis (2-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (6)
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 CLE  9  BOS  8        W:Kerry Wood (1-1), L: Javier Lopez (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - BOS leads 2-0; 2009 - BOS won 7-2; 2008 - BOS won 5-1; All-Time - CLE leads 1011-952

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 2010 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 5.62

STL 4.49

PIT 3.26

RA/G

SDP 3.28

CHC 4.40

ARI 5.86

R. Cano .370

A. Callaspo .277

A. Ramirez .168

OBP

J. Morneau .475

G. Sanchez .348

A. Ramirez .232

SLG

J. Morneau .673

H. Pence .435

G. Beckham .237

OPS

J. Morneau 1.148

F. Gutierrez .794

G. Beckham .515

ERA

U. Jimenez .93

F. Hernandez 3.77

G. Floyd 6.18

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.41

L. Hochevar 6.57

N. Blackburn 2.27

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RedSox Batters (5.35 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 63.Masterson
G/S/vB 57.Ambriz
G/S/vB 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 46.Sipp*
G/S/vB 51.Talbot
G/S/vB 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Beltre G/S/vP 7/.143 1/3.000 ··· 5/.933 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 12/.633 16/1.221 236/165 .333/.364/.514/.878 .897/.870 .981 100/1.018 1/1 7/11

23.Cameron G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.333 2/2.000 ··· ··· 9/1.306 5/.400 63/49 .259/.365/.352/.717 .792/.696 .482 27/.745 0/0 0/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 9/.476 32/.512 229/155 .264/.341/.433/.773 .528/.893 .824 93/.666 1/1 6/0

22.Hall G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 16/1.046 117/60 .250/.353/.460/.813 .771/.854 .709 61/.953 3/0 5/2

32.Hermida* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 146/124 .221/.267/.390/.657 .477/.688 .620 64/.530 1/0 5/3

25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 12/.606 16/.670 79/46 .229/.316/.343/.659 .606/.698 .368 19/.269 0/0 1/0

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 213/148 .297/.352/.503/.855 1.377/.620 .712 79/1.190 0/0 8/2

54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/84 .279/.343/.410/.753 .959/.624 .679 63/.765 3/0 3/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 6/.000 2/.500 2/1.500 13/.408 1/2.000 190/139 .247/.347/.531/.878 .550/.997 .944 95/1.083 0/1 12/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/1.000 2/1.000 4/.500 2/no AB 2/1.000 7/.762 2/.500 276/201 .252/.335/.433/.767 .506/.858 .823 110/.568 4/1 8/2

39.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/13 .231/.231/.462/.692 /.692 .857 7/.857 1/0 0/0

16.Scutaro G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 14/.643 5/.400 274/195 .279/.358/.388/.745 .771/.735 .713 114/.772 1/2 4/8

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 3/.667 1/.000 2/.000 13/1.205 2/1.000 79/60 .254/.329/.592/.921 1.362/.781 .789 36/.495 0/0 7/0

20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 8/1.607 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 2/4.000 14/1.443 1/.000 258/191 .324/.453/.608/1.061 1.540/.908 1.112 105/1.205 2/0 12/0

IP 59.1 17.1 3.2 15.2 21.1 19.1 20.2 73.2 70.2 9.1 TOTAL .273/.350/.461/.812 .838/.801 .804 .830 19/6 79/41

ERA-K/9

5.46/8.3

4.67/6.8

0.00/7.3

4.02/6.9

2.95/7.2

5.59/5.1

6.53/9.6

3.54/3.9

4.84/4.8

8.68/7.7

4.72/5.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (44-11-2)
Varitek (20-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 283/.311 84/.370 11/.091 73/.262 98/.229 92/.367 92/.243 299/.255 308/.277 47/.300 .283 McDonald
Hermida
Hall
Cameron
Reddick
Drew 10/35/5/4
40/0/2/1
28/7/3/1
0/18/0/1
1/4/0/0
0/0/57/0

OPS .833 1.002 .182 .714 .740 .875 .885 .726 .781 .929 .796

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 152/.971 38/.556 5/.000 25/.809 34/1.299 37/1.002 39/.936 131/.581 132/.682 23/.614 .780

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 131/.678 46/1.398 6/.333 48/.662 64/.468 55/.785 53/.846 168/.832 176/.851 24/1.189 .807

Home 130/.833 51/.916 3/.000 21/.631 48/.555 23/1.258 40/.560 141/.790 100/.833 25/1.330

Last 28d days 131/.829 56/1.144 11/.182 26/.863 41/.762 52/.685 37/1.456 139/.727 138/.758 40/.889

HR/SB/CS 5/7/3 2/1/0 0/0/1 0/0/0 3/3/0 0/1/0 5/3/1 8/2/8 9/7/2 1/1/0 51/48/18

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

Indians Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Buchholz
G/S/vB 51.Bard
G/S/vB 30.Bonser
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 46.Nelson
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 56.Ramirez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

33.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 137/104 .240/.316/.463/.779 .617/.834 .566 87/.714 0/0 7/3

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.500 4/3.417 4/.250 3/no AB 254/158 .288/.386/.466/.852 .693/.956 1.208 115/.818 10/2 8/3

4.Crowe# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 105/79 .242/.308/.316/.623 .525/.655 .459 105/.623 6/2 1/2

16.Donald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/61 .229/.260/.386/.646 .801/.613 .640 74/.646 0/1 1/2

47.Duncan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/15 .280/.357/.480/.837 .564/1.082 1.323 28/.837 0/0 1/0

48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 2/.000 2/.500 4/.250 5/.000 202/135 .243/.356/.373/.729 .455/.873 .939 87/.713 0/1 4/0

20.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 1/0 0/0

26.Kearns G/S/vP ··· 2/3.500 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 192/124 .306/.380/.482/.863 .810/.892 .712 99/.797 4/0 5/3

30.Marson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 151/106 .193/.262/.267/.528 .899/.369 .458 76/.560 3/0 1/2

25.Marte G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 33/20 .200/.364/.400/.764 .585/.883 .757 1/.000 0/1 1/1

2.Peralta G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.666 10/1.078 5/.650 8/1.000 3/.000 5/.650 230/160 .246/.322/.404/.726 .679/.745 .635 112/.758 1/0 4/4

52.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 58/50 .208/.250/.283/.533 .625/.517 .426 18/.389 0/0 0/1

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 144/119 .167/.289/.258/.547 1.006/.456 .370 64/.462 1/2 2/5

IP 71.2 32.0 27.0 7.1 19.0 22.0 TOTAL .244/.321/.364/.685 .639/.706 .671 .676 33/13 37/49

ERA-K/9

2.39/6.2

1.97/9.6

/0.0

2.67/5.3

6.14/9.9

5.21/6.2

5.73/5.7

4.25/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Marson (26-16-2)
Redmond (22-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 294/.241 124/.156 / 108/.161 35/.281 90/.312 97/.264 .248 Choo
Crowe
Duncan
Kearns 0/0/56/6
0/24/0/1
2/0/1/1
46/2/0/1

OPS .638 .523 .583 .812 .893 .851 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 164/.655 67/.251 / 49/.571 20/.950 40/.905 42/1.001 .752

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 130/.615 57/.835 / 59/.592 15/.583 50/.880 55/.742 .711

Road 138/.583 65/.625 / 39/.392 19/1.099 43/.872 44/.818

Last 28d days 135/.507 52/.396 / 41/.682 35/.812 39/1.041 32/.767

HR/SB/CS 3/5/3 4/2/0 // 4/0/0 1/0/0 3/1/1 4/0/0 60/64/15

Usage ····X··· XX·X··XX ··o··o·o ···X···X o·X··o·· o·oo·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.