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Game Preview: BOS @ SEA, 10:10pm, Saturday, July 24, 2010 @Safeco Field

RedSox, 55-42, 55-42 3rd, 7 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jon Lester (26, LHP, 11-4, 2.81)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (11-4) 128.0 96 42 40 47 130 6 2.81
2009 (15-8) 203.1 186 80 77 64 225 20 3.41
2008 (16-6) 210.1 202 78 75 66 152 14 3.21
Last 7 GS 4-2 49.0 42 17 16 12 49 2 2.94 61
2010-07-18 TEX L 8.0 9 4 3 3 6 0 118 53
2010-07-09 @TOR W 6.0 4 2 2 2 6 1 96 60
2010-07-03 BAL W 7.0 5 1 1 1 7 0 100 69
2010-06-27 @SFG W 9.0 5 1 1 1 9 0 103 81
2010-06-22 @COL L 6.0 6 1 1 1 6 0 90 61
2010-06-16 ARI W 7.0 4 2 2 3 7 1 103 65
2010-06-10 @CLE ND 6.0 9 6 6 1 8 0 109 37
Last 5 v.SEA 1-1 29.2 40 18 15 9 28 4 4.55 46
2009-07-05 SEA ND 6.2 8 4 1 3 9 0 122 54
2009-05-15 @SEA L 5.2 8 5 5 3 5 2 104 35
2008-07-21 @SEA W 7.1 8 0 0 0 6 0 103 68
2007-08-03 @SEA ND 5.0 8 4 4 2 4 1 99 37
2006-07-23 @SEA ND 5.0 8 5 5 1 4 1 92 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-20   Road:   25-22   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  36-27   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  17-16
 vsEast: 20-21   vsCntrl:10-9    vsWest: 12-7  IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Fri, Jul 23  @SEA  W   2-1       55-42  3rd  7.0 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 22  @SEA  W   8-6 (13)  54-42  3rd  7.0 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 21  @OAK  L   4-6       53-42  3rd  7.0 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 20  @OAK  L   4-5 (10)  53-41  3rd  6.0 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 19  @OAK  W   2-1       53-40  3rd  6.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 18   TEX  L   2-4       52-40  3rd  6.5 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 17   TEX  W   3-2 (11)  52-39  3rd  5.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 16   TEX  L   4-8       51-39  3rd  6.5 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 15   TEX  L   2-7       51-38  3rd  5.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 11  @TOR  W   3-2       51-37  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Mariners, 37-60, 37-60 4th, 20 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: David Pauley (27, RHP, 0-2, 2.40)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-2) 15.0 13 6 4 5 8 2 2.40
2008 (0-1) 12.1 23 17 16 5 11 2 11.68
2006 (0-2) 16.0 31 14 14 6 10 1 7.88
Last 7 GS 0-5 34.0 54 32 29 11 20 5 7.68 35
2010-07-19 CHW L 6.0 8 3 3 1 4 1 96 47
2010-07-09 NYY L 5.0 2 3 1 1 1 1 82 55
2008-09-26 NYY L 2.2 6 7 6 1 2 1 67 21
2008-04-22 LAA ND 4.1 7 5 5 2 3 1 89 30
2006-06-11 TEX L 5.0 12 6 6 1 5 0 94 23
2006-06-06 @NYY L 6.2 8 2 2 2 2 1 98 50
2006-05-31 @TOR ND 4.1 11 6 6 3 3 0 101 17
Has never faced BOS as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-28   Road:   15-32   ExtrInn: 3-9 
 vsRHP:  28-39   vsLHP:   9-21   1-Run:  13-19
 vsEast:  9-14   vsCntrl:11-13   vsWest:  8-24 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Fri, Jul 23   BOS  L   1-2       37-60  4th 20.0 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 22   BOS  L   6-8 (13)  37-59  4th 19.0 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 21   CHW  W   2-1 (11)  37-58  4th 18.0 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 20   CHW  L   0-4       36-58  4th 19.0 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 19   CHW  L   1-6       36-57  4th 18.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 18  @LAA  W   2-1 (10)  36-56  4th 17.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 17  @LAA  L   6-7       35-56  4th 17.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 16  @LAA  L   2-3       35-55  4th 17.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 15  @LAA  L   3-8       35-54  4th 16.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 11   NYY  L   2-8       35-53  4th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 BOS  2 @SEA  1        W:Scott Atchison (2-1), L: Jason Vargas (6-5), S: Jonathan Papelbon (22)
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 BOS  8 @SEA  6 (13)   W:Hideki Okajima (3-2), L: Garrett Olson (0-3), S: Ramon Ramirez (2)

Sun, Jul 05, 2009 BOS  8  SEA  4        W:Justin Masterson (3-2), L: Miguel Batista (5-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 04, 2009 SEA  3 @BOS  2        W:Roy Corcoran (2-0), L: Takashi Saito (2-2), S: David Aardsma (17)
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 SEA  7 @BOS  6 (11)   W:Chris Jakubauskas (5-5), L: Ramon Ramirez (5-3), S: Mark Lowe (1)
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)
Season Series: 2010 - BOS over 2-0; 2009 - SEA won 4-2; 2008 - BOS won 6-3; All-Time - BOS leads 205-151

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  5.44

DET  4.51

SEA  3.31

RA/G

SDP  3.51

COL  4.36

ARI  5.64

BA

J. Hamilton  .354

J. Werth  .280

L. Valbuena  .166

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

B. DeWitt  .354

B. Wood  .185

SLG

M. Cabrera  .650

N. Walker  .463

B. Wood  .225

OPS

M. Cabrera  1.070

A. Gonzalez  .808

B. Wood  .411

ERA

J. Johnson  1.61

M. Talbot  3.89

N. Blackburn  6.53

K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.01

K. Millwood  6.79

N. Blackburn  3.09

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

RedSox Batters (5.28 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Pauley
G/S/vB
53.Aardsma
G/S/vB
33.Cordero
G/S/vB
43.League
G/S/vB
49.Olson*
G/S/vB
52.Seddon*
G/S/vB
37.Sweeney
G/S/vB
38.Vargas*
G/S/vB
46.White
G/S/vB
50.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/2.500 7/.000 5/.400 ··· 4/.500 3/1.667 ··· 39/1.046 384/269 .336/.375/.555/.930 1.029/.888 1.013 79/.997 2/1 16/15
68.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/3 .125/.125/.125/.250 .000/.667 .400 8/.250 0/0 0/0
23.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 6/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 17/.879 163/116 .281/.350/.438/.788 1.154/.644 .791 60/.960 0/1 4/2
36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 110/79 .184/.259/.255/.514 .586/.486 .608 49/.404 0/0 2/0
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 4/.500 4/.500 16/.760 ··· 2/.500 6/1.917 2/.000 35/.871 338/227 .266/.352/.468/.820 .509/.973 .771 77/.823 2/1 12/0
22.Hall G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 11/.637 220/127 .233/.320/.440/.760 .799/.732 .790 76/.824 4/1 10/8
32.Hermida* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 150/128 .223/.273/.388/.662 .477/.693 .632 1/2.000 1/0 5/3
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/1.667 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 9/2 .286/.444/.286/.730 .762/.500 .730 9/.730 0/0 0/1
54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 242/145 .257/.318/.393/.710 .788/.658 .749 59/.639 6/0 6/1
44.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .143/.143/.143/.286 .000/.500 .667 7/.286 0/0 0/0
60.Nava# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/77 .286/.381/.451/.832 .584/.911 .656 53/.755 0/1 1/0
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 10/.700 16/.813 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 13/1.288 345/238 .252/.368/.514/.882 .533/1.053 .843 96/.856 0/1 18/0
3.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 155/127 .208/.260/.438/.697 .407/.761 .813 44/.785 6/0 6/1
16.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 10/.347 ··· 2/2.500 4/.000 2/.000 10/.300 441/317 .276/.341/.375/.716 .750/.702 .716 96/.647 2/3 5/12
30.Shealy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 7/.000 0/0 0/0
20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 9/.222 21/.953 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 9/.000 397/287 .305/.408/.571/.979 1.316/.855 .965 89/.867 3/1 18/3
IP 15.0 31.1 9.2 51.0 14.2 4.2 15.2 122.1 21.0 26.2 TOTAL .272/.347/.461/.807 .819/.802 .796 .765 32/11 128/69
ERA-K/9 2.40/4.8 4.88/9.8 6.52/5.6 3.53/6.7 5.52/6.1 1.93/3.8 4.02/5.2 2.94/5.9 6.86/3.0 5.06/3.7 3.92/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Brown (3-2-1)
 Cash (28-7-6)
 Molina (3-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 63/.228 133/.236 41/.313 216/.233 67/.246 16/.188 63/.262 506/.239 99/.400 121/.280 .258  McDonald
 Cameron
 Patterson
 Hall
 Nava
 Hermida
 Drew
20/48/16/5
0/42/0/3
31/10/0/2
31/7/6/1
27/0/0/1
41/0/2/1
0/0/84/0
OPS .654 .736 .994 .655 .737 .625 .733 .661 1.025 .771 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.538 62/.746 22/1.017 95/.746 20/.957 3/.000 28/.604 130/.511 39/1.171 52/.713 .728
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 34/.757 71/.724 19/.968 121/.583 47/.644 13/.769 35/.829 376/.714 60/.941 69/.814 .716
Home 48/.606 87/.585 25/1.308 117/.522 37/.753 11/.909 24/1.071 300/.655 46/1.143 59/.758
Last 28d days 63/.654 33/.787 21/1.375 46/.827 24/.746 16/.625 50/.889 134/.792 16/1.438 23/.670
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 4/2/0 1/0/3 6/3/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 10/4/1 2/0/0 2/7/0 91/34/15
Usage ····X··· ·oX··X·· ········ X·X··XX· ·X··o··· ···X··o· ·X····X· X····X·· ········ ·X··X···
Mariners Batters (3.31 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB
48.Atchison
G/S/vB
51.Bard
G/S/vB
64.Bowden
G/S/vB
53.Cabrera
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
61.Doubront*
G/S/vB
59.Manuel
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
62.Richardson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
26.Bard# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 61/29 .189/.279/.358/.637 .741/.521 .580 34/.432 0/0 2/1
15.Bradley# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 8/.125 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/2.000 ··· 271/184 .202/.289/.340/.629 .674/.612 .535 57/.575 7/2 8/2
30.Branyan* G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· 4/1.417 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 240/187 .260/.331/.498/.828 .638/.885 .668 50/.863 0/0 13/5
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 9/.597 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 4/1.250 5/.933 ··· ··· 5/.500 7/.286 3/.666 ··· 417/289 .229/.329/.266/.595 .691/.552 .562 101/.533 25/6 0/11
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 13/.462 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 392/293 .253/.325/.385/.710 .754/.695 .682 86/.568 13/1 9/0
32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 197/153 .196/.296/.292/.588 .575/.590 .397 46/.523 1/1 2/4
13.Kotchman* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 7/1.000 6/.500 ··· ··· 262/192 .215/.294/.361/.654 .558/.689 .636 54/1.014 0/0 7/0
12.Langerhans* G/S/vP 3/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 71/47 .208/.408/.340/.748 .444/.904 .606 25/.650 4/1 2/0
4.Lopez G/S/vP 12/.350 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/1.167 ··· ··· 7/.334 4/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 406/300 .235/.266/.336/.602 .679/.575 .606 98/.613 3/2 6/11
55.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 166/131 .230/.309/.419/.728 .384/.824 .754 62/.819 2/2 7/4
17.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 319/221 .205/.301/.353/.653 .547/.702 .594 85/.438 1/0 10/5
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 18/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 6/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 6/.750 3/.667 ··· 437/292 .314/.369/.392/.761 .748/.767 .747 104/.532 23/7 3/2
2.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 164/121 .258/.288/.325/.612 .524/.645 .692 64/.540 1/2 0/8
16.Wilson G/S/vP 9/.111 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 211/155 .265/.318/.347/.664 .708/.648 .929 29/.351 3/0 1/10
IP 128.0 35.2 47.1 2.1 1.1 35.2 15.1 7.0 30.1 41.0 40.0 7.0 TOTAL .235/.304/.340/.644 .648/.643 .635 .609 85/24 61/79
ERA-K/9 2.81/9.1 3.79/6.8 1.71/9.3 0.00/7.8 20.25/0.0 5.05/5.8 4.11/5.9 3.86/3.9 5.34/7.1 3.07/7.9 4.73/6.1 2.57/6.4 4.23/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bard (6-2-0)
 Johnson (19-10-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 518/.210 144/.225 180/.150 10/.333 7/.400 156/.218 72/.286 28/.200 146/.328 168/.201 171/.253 33/.321 .251  Saunders
 Suzuki
 Bradley
 Gutierrez
 Langerhans
44/5/0/5
0/0/95/4
39/0/1/3
0/93/0/1
11/2/6/1
OPS .593 .674 .475 1.067 1.571 .683 .779 .806 .915 .661 .780 .965 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 134/.533 72/.785 92/.345 5/1.850 2/.500 71/.624 21/.396 8/.708 67/.852 91/.792 74/.791 16/1.108 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 384/.615 72/.561 88/.605 5/.400 5/1.850 85/.732 51/.943 20/.829 79/.969 77/.501 97/.772 17/.796 .704
Road 237/.536 57/.676 104/.539 7/1.571 / 63/.669 24/.775 13/.731 74/.975 85/.793 83/.695 14/.786
Last 28d days 115/.548 44/.590 28/.259 10/1.067 7/1.571 16/1.214 47/.773 28/.806 25/1.220 31/.372 46/.846 23/.865
HR/SB/CS 6/13/4 3/5/2 4/3/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 5/0/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 5/1/1 6/3/0 6/3/0 2/1/0 87/102/25
Usage ·····X·· X·X····· oo·oX·o· ··Xo·o·· ·······X ·o·o··o· ·······X ········ ·X·o···o XX··X·X· ·o·X···X ···o···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.