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Game Preview: BOS @ LAA, 10:05pm, Friday, April 22, 2011 @Angel Stadium

RedSox, 7-11, 7-11 5th, 4 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jon Lester (27, LHP, 1-1, 3.20)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-1) 25.1 22 9 9 9 22 3 3.20
2010 (19-9) 208.0 167 81 75 83 225 14 3.25
2009 (15-8) 203.1 186 80 77 64 225 20 3.41
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.1 37 17 17 21 39 5 3.53 55
2011-04-17 TOR W 6.0 6 1 1 3 5 0 110 58
2011-04-12 TBR L 7.0 7 3 3 2 8 0 109 57
2011-04-07 @CLE ND 7.0 3 0 0 3 9 0 109 77
2011-04-01 @TEX ND 5.1 6 5 5 1 0 3 88 35
2010-09-30 @CHW L 4.0 9 8 8 5 5 2 99 12
2010-09-25 @NYY W 7.0 2 0 0 3 8 0 102 78
2010-09-19 TOR W 7.0 4 0 0 4 4 0 112 69
Last 5 v.LAA 2-1 27.2 38 18 18 11 13 2 5.86 41
2010-05-04 LAA W 8.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 120 71
2008-04-23 LAA ND 5.0 9 4 4 2 1 2 80 32
2007-08-08 @LAA ND 3.1 8 5 5 3 3 0 93 24
2006-08-23 @LAA W 5.0 6 3 3 4 2 0 96 41
2006-07-28 LAA L 6.1 10 5 5 0 2 0 92 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-4    Road:    2-7    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   3-6    vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   0-3 
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Thu, Apr 21  @LAA  W   4-2 (11)   7-11  5th  4.0 gb
 17 Wed, Apr 20  @OAK  W   5-3        6-11  5th  4.5 gb
 16 Tue, Apr 19  @OAK  L   0-5        5-11  5th  4.5 gb
 15 Mon, Apr 18   TOR  W   9-1        5-10  5th  4.5 gb
 14 Sun, Apr 17   TOR  W   8-1        4-10  5th  5.0 gb
 13 Sat, Apr 16   TOR  W   4-1        3-10  5th  5.0 gb
 12 Fri, Apr 15   TOR  L   6-7        2-10  5th  5.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 12   TBR  L   2-3        2-9   5th  5.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 11   TBR  L   5-16       2-8   4th  4.5 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 10   NYY  W   4-0        2-7   4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 7-11   Last 30: 7-11
Angels, 12-7, 12-7 1st, ½ up

SP: Dan Haren (30, RHP, 4-0, 1.16)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-0) 31.0 18 4 4 2 27 1 1.16
2010 (12-12) 235.0 245 110 102 54 216 31 3.91
2009 (14-10) 229.1 192 83 80 38 223 27 3.14
Last 7 GS 5-0 49.0 34 9 8 6 36 2 1.47 66
2011-04-17 @CHW W 6.1 7 2 2 0 6 0 109 57
2011-04-12 CLE W 9.0 1 0 0 2 8 0 125 91
2011-04-06 @TBR W 7.2 4 1 1 0 6 1 110 73
2011-04-01 @KCR ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 6 0 103 67
2010-10-03 @TEX W 6.0 7 2 2 0 3 0 87 53
2010-09-28 OAK W 6.0 6 2 2 1 5 1 96 56
2010-09-22 TEX ND 7.0 3 1 0 3 2 0 114 68
Last 5 v.BOS 2-2 32.0 24 11 9 6 30 4 2.53 60
2010-07-26 BOS L 4.2 7 2 2 0 8 1 62 50
2010-06-17 @BOS L 5.2 7 6 4 3 4 1 114 36
2008-06-23 @BOS W 7.0 2 0 0 1 5 0 98 77
2007-06-04 BOS ND 7.2 4 2 2 1 9 2 118 71
2006-07-26 BOS W 7.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 107 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-3    Road:    8-4    ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:   8-4    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Thu, Apr 21   BOS  L   2-4 (11)  12-7   1st  0.5 up
 18 Wed, Apr 20  @TEX  W   4-1       12-6   1st  1.0 up
 17 Tue, Apr 19  @TEX  W  15-4       11-6   1st    Tied
 16 Mon, Apr 18  @TEX  L   1-7       10-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 15 Sun, Apr 17  @CHW  W   4-2       10-5   1st    Tied
 14 Sat, Apr 16  @CHW  W   7-2        9-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 13 Fri, Apr 15  @CHW  W   4-3        8-5   2nd  2.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 13   CLE  W   4-3 (12)   7-5   2nd  2.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 12   CLE  W   2-0        6-5   2nd  3.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 11   CLE  L   0-4        5-5   2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-7    Last 30:12-7 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 21, 2011 BOS  4 @LAA  2 (11)   W:Bobby Jenks (1-1), L: Rich Thompson (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (4)

Thu, Aug 19, 2010 LAA  7 @BOS  2        W:Ervin Santana (13-8), L: Josh Beckett (3-3), S: none
Wed, Aug 18, 2010 BOS  7  LAA  5        W:John Lackey (11-7), L: Kevin Jepsen (2-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (30)
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 BOS  6  LAA  0        W:Clay Buchholz (14-5), L: Jered Weaver (11-8), S: none
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 BOS  7 @LAA  3        W:Josh Beckett (2-1), L: Fernando Rodney (4-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 27, 2010 BOS  4 @LAA  2        W:John Lackey (10-5), L: Jered Weaver (9-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (24)
Mon, Jul 26, 2010 BOS  6 @LAA  3        W:Clay Buchholz (11-5), L: Dan Haren (7-9), S: Jonathan Papelbon (23)
Thu, May 06, 2010 BOS 11  LAA  6        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-1), L: Scott Kazmir (2-2), S: none
Wed, May 05, 2010 BOS  3  LAA  1        W:John Lackey (3-1), L: Joel Pineiro (2-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (8)
Tue, May 04, 2010 BOS  5  LAA  1        W:Jon Lester (2-2), L: Kevin Jepsen (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - BOS over 1-0; 2010 - BOS won 9-1; 2009 - LAA won 5-4; All-Time - BOS leads 322-278

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 2011 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

For the 2010 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.30

ARI  4.40

SEA  3.17

 RA/G

SDP  3.59

CHW  4.35

PIT  5.35

 BA

J. Hamilton  .359

M. Mora  .285

B. Wood  .146

 OBP

J. Morneau  .437

O. Infante  .359

B. Wood  .174

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .633

C. Granderson  .468

B. Wood  .208

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

A. Torres  .823

B. Wood  .382

 ERA

F. Hernandez  2.27

C. Pavano  3.75

J. Bonderman  5.53

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.79

M. Cain  7.13

K. Kendrick  4.18

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

RedSox Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (3.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 24.Haren
G/S/vB		 17.Bulger
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 45.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 21.Takahashi*
G/S/vB		 63.Thompson
G/S/vB		 51.Walden
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Cameron G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 180/132 .259/.328/.401/.729 1.128/.588 .706 20/.377 0/1 4/2
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 27/.719 3/.000 21/.979 10/1.100 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 663/438 .307/.356/.495/.851 .696/.930 .846 76/.371 47/10 19/2
7.Drew* G/S/vP 12/.166 1/.000 17/.544 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 546/374 .255/.341/.452/.793 .611/.875 .820 55/.747 3/1 22/1
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.333 7/.857 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 84/67 .192/.241/.244/.485 .471/.488 .556 66/.680 7/1 0/0
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 42/.817 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/3.000 1/.000 693/460 .298/.393/.511/.904 .937/.887 .980 80/.804 0/0 31/8
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 5/1.350 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 197/116 .287/.381/.526/.907 1.025/.823 .962 47/1.129 1/1 9/5
54.McDonald G/S/vP 3/.500 ··· 3/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 363/189 .270/.336/.429/.766 .821/.715 .741 16/.521 9/1 9/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 19/1.533 1/.000 23/.949 10/1.200 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 606/406 .270/.370/.529/.899 .599/1.059 .867 69/.879 0/1 32/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 10/.100 3/.333 10/.522 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 351/261 .288/.367/.493/.860 .700/.910 .898 80/.935 9/1 12/3
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 30/11 .167/.333/.292/.625 .654/.573 .721 39/.479 0/0 0/1
10.Scutaro G/S/vP 7/.476 3/2.333 8/.250 5/2.300 2/2.000 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 695/495 .275/.333/.388/.721 .743/.711 .707 46/.527 5/4 11/20
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· 13/.693 5/1.067 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 123/94 .232/.293/.473/.766 .868/.733 .624 28/.229 0/0 7/0
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 16/.376 2/2.000 7/.429 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 435/322 .307/.411/.564/.975 1.311/.863 .967 73/.862 4/1 19/3
IP 235.0 24.0 61.1 68.0 47.1 122.0 19.2 15.1 TOTAL .237/.335/.375/.710 .734/.691 .580 .710 9/6 17/7
ERA-K/9 3.91/8.3 4.88/9.4 2.64/7.0 4.24/7.0 4.37/6.8 3.61/8.4 1.37/6.9 2.35/13.5 2.92/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (6-1-0)
 Varitek (34-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 994/.267 111/.269 241/.211 308/.263 209/.254 516/.252 75/.171 65/.224 .215  McDonald
 Crawford
 Cameron
 Drew
 Ellsbury
30/69/34/9
148/0/0/7
0/46/0/3
0/0/133/1
6/13/0/0
OPS .736 .823 .584 .739 .732 .712 .516 .670 .644
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 470/.761 51/.912 89/.488 153/.728 94/.984 126/.544 32/.296 32/.527 .571
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 524/.715 60/.752 152/.637 155/.750 115/.539 390/.768 43/.679 33/.803 .702
Home 563/.696 49/.772 113/.606 187/.743 105/.734 252/.654 38/.454 33/.724
Last 28d days 113/.424 35/.800 6/.333 39/.500 20/.850 40/.787 41/.630 37/.351
HR/SB/CS 31/19/9 3/2/2 3/3/0 4/13/1 5/1/0 13/3/4 2/1/0 1/2/0 18/20/6
Usage ····X··· o··X···· ········ X···o·X· ··X·oo·· X·X·o··· X··X·o·· o···X·X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Angels Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (5.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB		 32.Albers
G/S/vB		 51.Bard
G/S/vB		 52.Jenks
G/S/vB		 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB		 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB		 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB		 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 18/.631 4/3.000 3/1.167 2/.000 9/1.431 13/.712 38/.871 5/2.800 667/461 .255/.352/.435/.787 .639/.856 .831 82/.741 24/10 20/6
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 8/1.025 4/2.000 3/.666 5/.400 3/1.667 7/.429 3/.666 2/.000 589/419 .253/.306/.330/.636 .609/.646 .561 20/.900 22/8 5/21
25.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 193/134 .204/.237/.381/.618 .480/.679 .523 73/.846 10/3 6/1
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 7/.619 3/.333 2/no AB 3/1.667 4/1.750 4/.000 10/.400 1/.000 601/471 .265/.302/.374/.675 .576/.706 .686 73/.835 5/3 10/11
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/31 .172/.294/.276/.570 .333/.587 1.012 32/.911 0/0 0/3
48.Hunter G/S/vP 6/1.333 2/1.500 4/.000 10/.686 5/.800 7/1.286 45/1.182 7/.829 646/445 .281/.354/.464/.819 .775/.838 .707 87/.611 9/12 23/3
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 9/1.069 4/1.750 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 5/.000 12/.500 ··· 238/181 .250/.321/.363/.684 .697/.680 .525 81/.941 7/3 3/2
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 8/.875 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 7/.000 13/1.007 6/1.166 658/462 .279/.313/.407/.721 .673/.741 .763 91/.936 14/4 10/10
5.Mathis G/S/vP 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 8/.625 1/.000 218/160 .195/.219/.278/.497 .580/.467 .540 39/.616 3/0 3/7
44.Trumbo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/10 .067/.125/.067/.192 .167/.200 .091 73/.745 0/0 0/1
10.Wells G/S/vP 35/.671 13/.930 5/.650 9/.000 9/1.333 20/.500 73/.673 18/.343 646/518 .273/.331/.515/.847 .643/.895 .990 83/.511 6/4 31/0
77.Willits# G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.666 2/.500 182/121 .258/.341/.302/.643 .630/.648 .687 4/.000 2/4 0/1
46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/81 .229/.288/.417/.705 .947/.624 .724 8/.250 0/0 4/1
IP 208.0 75.2 74.2 52.2 46.0 67.0 140.0 48.1 TOTAL .259/.323/.430/.753 .832/.717 .573 .753 10/4 24/9
ERA-K/9 3.25/9.7 4.52/5.8 1.93/9.2 4.44/10.4 4.50/6.5 3.90/10.2 5.34/5.4 3.35/8.6 5.16/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (7-2-0)
 Mathis (43-11-6)
 Wilson (26-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 861/.220 329/.269 295/.176 231/.260 213/.314 287/.226 610/.272 195/.207 .245  Bourjos
 Abreu
 Willits
 Wells
 Hunter
 Trumbo
 Callaspo
 Kendrick
0/51/0/10
41/0/93/7
44/29/8/5
0/151/0/5
0/98/46/4
0/0/1/1
1/0/0/0
0/1/0/0
OPS .628 .726 .540 .668 .841 .674 .773 .681 .768
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 210/.651 131/.819 158/.462 120/.648 99/.732 158/.717 276/.782 44/.663 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 651/.620 198/.662 137/.627 111/.689 114/.936 129/.619 334/.766 151/.687 .787
Road 455/.553 163/.725 174/.651 122/.690 103/.999 149/.758 234/.738 90/.707
Last 28d days 103/.690 8/.250 36/.617 30/.636 5/1.350 31/.619 41/.858 30/1.000
HR/SB/CS 14/22/7 6/8/2 6/8/1 3/11/0 6/1/1 7/11/0 19/24/5 7/2/1 24/20/8
Usage ····X··· ········ oX··Xo·· oX··o·X· ··X····· XX···XX· ···o···· ··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.