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Game Preview: TOR @ BOS, 11:05am, Monday, April 18, 2011 @Fenway Park II

Blue Jays, 7-8, 7-8 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Ricky Romero (26, LHP, 1-1, 1.66)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-1) 21.2 16 7 4 4 20 1 1.66
2010 (14-9) 210.0 189 98 87 82 174 15 3.73
2009 (13-9) 178.0 192 88 85 79 141 18 4.30
Last 7 GS 3-2 44.2 37 21 18 15 39 3 3.63 55
2011-04-12 @SEA L 8.0 5 3 2 2 8 1 113 68
2011-04-07 OAK ND 7.1 4 1 1 2 5 0 93 69
2011-04-01 MIN W 6.1 7 3 1 0 7 0 96 58
2010-10-01 @MIN W 8.0 6 2 2 0 5 1 110 67
2010-09-25 BAL ND 5.0 5 3 3 5 3 0 105 43
2010-09-18 @BOS W 6.0 7 3 3 3 4 0 107 47
2010-09-11 TBR L 4.0 3 6 6 3 7 1 86 36
Last 5 v.BOS 2-1 26.1 36 23 19 10 21 2 6.49 40
2010-09-18 @BOS W 6.0 7 3 3 3 4 0 107 47
2010-08-21 @BOS ND 7.0 9 4 4 1 8 0 117 50
2010-08-10 BOS ND 6.0 8 5 5 2 4 1 110 38
2010-07-09 BOS L 2.1 5 9 5 3 2 1 56 18
2009-09-29 @BOS W 5.0 7 2 2 1 3 0 107 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-2    Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   4-7    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  4-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Sun, Apr 17  @BOS  L   1-8        7-8   2nd  2.5 gb
 14 Sat, Apr 16  @BOS  L   1-4        7-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 13 Fri, Apr 15  @BOS  W   7-6        7-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 13  @SEA  W   8-3        6-6   3rd  1.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 12  @SEA  L   2-3        5-6   3rd  2.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 11  @SEA  L   7-8        5-5   3rd  1.5 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 10  @LAA  L   1-3        5-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr  9  @LAA  L   5-6 (14)   5-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr  8  @LAA  W   3-2        5-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Thu, Apr  7   OAK  L   1-2        4-2   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-8    Last 30: 7-8 
RedSox, 4-10, 4-10 5th, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (30, RHP, 0-2, 12.86)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-2) 7.0 14 10 10 5 4 3 12.86
2010 (9-6) 153.2 137 84 80 74 133 13 4.69
2009 (4-6) 59.1 81 38 38 30 54 10 5.76
Last 7 GS 0-4 37.0 43 33 31 24 28 6 7.54 39
2011-04-11 TBR L 2.0 8 7 7 2 2 2 47 12
2011-04-06 @CLE L 5.0 6 3 3 3 2 1 96 42
2010-10-02 NYY ND 5.0 3 4 2 5 6 0 104 50
2010-09-26 @NYY ND 8.0 4 2 2 1 7 1 110 72
2010-09-20 BAL L 6.1 6 4 4 5 4 0 109 44
2010-09-14 @SEA ND 6.0 8 5 5 4 3 0 105 35
2010-09-07 TBR L 4.2 8 8 8 4 4 2 88 16
Last 5 v.TOR 3-0 33.2 23 11 11 8 35 4 2.94 63
2010-08-21 TOR ND 8.0 6 4 4 3 8 1 109 59
2010-08-10 @TOR ND 5.2 6 4 4 3 7 2 110 45
2010-07-11 @TOR W 6.0 6 2 2 0 5 1 88 57
2010-05-11 TOR W 7.0 3 1 1 0 9 0 106 76
2008-09-21 @TOR W 7.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 109 77
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-4    Road:    0-6    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-6    vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   0-3 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
  8 Sat, Apr  9   NYY  L   4-9        1-7   4th  5.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr  8   NYY  W   9-6        1-6   4th  4.5 gb
  6 Thu, Apr  7  @CLE  L   0-1        0-6   4th  5.0 gb
  5 Wed, Apr  6  @CLE  L   4-8        0-5   4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-10   Last 30: 4-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 17, 2011 BOS  8  TOR  1        W:Jon Lester (1-1), L: Jesse Litsch (1-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 16, 2011 BOS  4  TOR  1        W:Josh Beckett (2-1), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (0-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (2)
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 TOR  7 @BOS  6        W:Brett Cecil (1-1), L: Bobby Jenks (0-1), S: Jon Rauch (3)

Sun, Sep 19, 2010 BOS  6  TOR  0        W:Jon Lester (18-8), L: Shaun Marcum (12-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 18, 2010 TOR  4 @BOS  3        W:Ricky Romero (13-9), L: Josh Beckett (5-5), S: Kevin Gregg (33)
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 TOR 11 @BOS  9        W:Brett Cecil (13-7), L: John Lackey (12-11), S: Kevin Gregg (32)
Sun, Aug 22, 2010 BOS  5  TOR  0        W:Clay Buchholz (15-5), L: Shaun Marcum (11-7), S: Felix Doubront (2)
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 BOS  5  TOR  4 (11)   W:Jonathan Papelbon (5-5), L: Casey Janssen (4-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 20, 2010 TOR 16 @BOS  2        W:Brett Cecil (10-6), L: Jon Lester (13-8), S: none
Thu, Aug 12, 2010 TOR  6  BOS  5        W:Kevin Gregg (1-4), L: Jonathan Papelbon (4-5), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - BOS over 2-1; 2010 - BOS won 12-6; 2009 - BOS won 11-7; All-Time - BOS leads 273-215

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

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (5.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Matsuzaka
G/S/vB
91.Aceves
G/S/vB
51.Bard
G/S/vB
61.Doubront*
G/S/vB
52.Jenks
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
49.Wakefield
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 37/24 .143/.189/.343/.532 .077/.772 .229 43/.987 0/0 2/0
19.Bautista G/S/vP 13/.154 3/.000 5/.200 3/1.666 5/1.467 8/.125 8/.125 13/.481 683/554 .260/.378/.617/.995 .843/1.030 .879 57/.989 9/2 54/7
5.Escobar G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 5/.800 3/.000 567/439 .256/.337/.318/.655 .733/.633 .683 55/.949 6/2 4/18
2.Hill G/S/vP 27/.739 5/.400 2/.000 2/1.000 7/1.286 18/.513 36/.657 9/.597 580/443 .205/.271/.394/.665 .451/.729 .605 62/.572 2/2 26/10
26.Lind* G/S/vP 24/.471 7/.286 3/.666 3/.333 4/1.000 15/.481 13/.308 8/.875 613/468 .237/.287/.425/.712 .341/.829 .660 64/.626 0/0 23/0
18.McCoy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 90/55 .195/.267/.244/.511 .745/.370 .487 12/.871 5/1 0/2
6.McDonald G/S/vP 16/.388 2/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 33/.486 4/.000 163/121 .250/.273/.454/.727 .743/.721 .731 25/.840 2/1 6/5
8.Molina G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.833 20/.585 4/.000 183/134 .246/.304/.377/.681 .464/.763 .660 21/1.031 1/0 6/2
28.Nix G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.286 3/.000 363/264 .224/.281/.396/.676 .681/.674 .586 42/.881 1/2 14/16
16.Patterson* G/S/vP 3/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 4/1.167 6/.200 16/.250 7/.334 341/253 .269/.315/.406/.721 .516/.794 .650 27/.872 21/4 8/5
20.Rivera G/S/vP 7/.476 6/.533 3/.000 ··· 7/.429 9/.000 13/.770 11/.091 455/293 .252/.312/.409/.721 .746/.707 .819 46/.342 2/2 15/6
45.Snider* G/S/vP 10/.644 2/3.000 5/.933 3/.000 3/1.667 7/.619 6/1.667 4/.250 319/258 .255/.304/.463/.767 .702/.783 .762 57/.501 6/3 14/3
IP 153.2 12.0 74.2 25.0 52.2 67.0 140.0 48.1 TOTAL .256/.326/.391/.718 .775/.699 .651 .718 21/6 12/15
ERA-K/9 4.69/7.8 3.00/1.5 1.93/9.2 4.32/8.3 4.44/10.4 3.90/10.2 5.34/5.4 3.35/8.6 5.92/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (3-2-1)
 Molina (19-15-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 664/.240 53/.208 295/.176 113/.270 231/.260 287/.226 610/.272 195/.207 .262  Bautista
 Rivera
 Patterson
 Snider
 Nix
 McCoy
 McDonald
 Lind
0/1/113/12
83/1/25/8
56/10/1/4
53/0/29/3
2/0/1/1
8/2/6/0
2/0/0/0
16/0/0/0
OPS .706 .575 .540 .789 .668 .674 .773 .681 .833
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 372/.770 20/.585 158/.462 40/.576 120/.648 158/.717 276/.782 44/.663 .805
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 292/.626 33/.565 137/.627 73/.911 111/.689 129/.619 334/.766 151/.687 .862
Home 301/.721 26/.794 121/.385 67/.704 109/.642 138/.585 376/.795 105/.660
Last 28d days 40/1.235 24/.750 27/.769 13/1.098 21/.556 20/.594 37/.813 26/1.038
HR/SB/CS 13/25/7 1/3/0 6/8/1 3/1/1 3/11/0 7/11/0 19/24/5 7/2/1 21/18/8
Usage ······X· ··o···X· Xo···X·· o·o····· o·X··o·· ·XX····o ······X· o·o···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.

RedSox Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 24.Romero*
G/S/vB
57.Camp
G/S/vB
29.Dotel
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
44.Janssen
G/S/vB
60.Rauch
G/S/vB
34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB
33.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Cameron G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.834 ··· 2/.000 180/132 .259/.328/.401/.729 1.128/.588 .758 17/.450 0/1 4/2
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 16/.464 9/1.015 5/.000 16/.376 12/.637 3/.666 6/.600 ··· 663/438 .307/.356/.495/.851 .696/.930 .857 58/.318 47/10 19/2
7.Drew* G/S/vP 26/1.160 9/1.792 20/.979 5/.800 7/.953 5/.000 4/.000 ··· 546/374 .255/.341/.452/.793 .611/.875 .766 40/.636 3/1 22/1
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 14/.885 6/1.267 2/4.000 4/1.000 9/.944 ··· ··· 4/.833 84/67 .192/.241/.244/.485 .471/.488 .304 52/.702 7/1 0/0
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.667 3/.333 1/5.000 ··· 9/.347 1/.000 10/.700 693/460 .298/.393/.511/.904 .937/.887 .821 61/.800 0/0 31/8
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 6/1.100 5/1.850 ··· 3/.333 1/5.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 197/116 .287/.381/.526/.907 1.025/.823 .839 28/1.154 1/1 9/5
54.McDonald G/S/vP 8/.661 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 5/1.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 363/189 .270/.336/.429/.766 .821/.715 .791 12/.705 9/1 9/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 24/1.231 16/1.396 8/1.500 21/.508 7/.143 7/.714 5/.200 3/4.000 606/406 .270/.370/.529/.899 .599/1.059 .933 56/.853 0/1 32/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 12/1.492 11/1.045 7/1.738 9/.222 11/.909 1/.000 3/1.167 3/2.667 351/261 .288/.367/.493/.860 .700/.910 .830 61/.893 9/1 12/3
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 ··· 4/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 30/11 .167/.333/.292/.625 .654/.573 .543 36/.462 0/0 0/1
10.Scutaro G/S/vP 12/.750 10/1.000 3/no AB 12/.633 9/.777 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 695/495 .275/.333/.388/.721 .743/.711 .736 37/.547 5/4 11/20
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 4/.750 16/.771 5/1.833 10/.200 5/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 123/94 .232/.293/.473/.766 .868/.733 .890 15/.220 0/0 7/0
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 15/1.633 18/.873 2/.500 14/.214 13/.496 2/.000 4/1.167 4/.500 435/322 .307/.411/.564/.975 1.311/.863 .983 59/.781 4/1 19/3
IP 210.0 72.1 64.0 63.2 68.2 57.2 63.2 52.2 TOTAL .230/.330/.357/.687 .690/.685 .788 .687 6/2 11/6
ERA-K/9 3.73/7.5 2.99/5.7 4.08/10.5 3.68/9.2 3.67/8.3 3.12/7.2 4.95/8.1 4.61/11.4 3.50/8.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 882/.242 298/.259 279/.218 279/.247 298/.272 245/.268 287/.289 231/.238 .237  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 .673 .728 .743 .691 .748 .671 .840 .702 .682
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 221/.768 118/.832 115/.993 120/.718 131/.798 120/.739 70/.671 117/.768 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 661/.642 180/.661 164/.576 159/.671 167/.709 125/.607 217/.895 114/.637 .627
Road 496/.700 142/.795 136/.848 150/.841 137/.721 118/.603 142/.771 127/.574
Last 28d days 85/.538 30/.739 14/.684 29/.584 14/.643 27/.736 32/.397 33/.366
HR/SB/CS 15/4/5 8/7/1 9/9/1 4/6/1 8/4/1 3/0/1 8/5/3 7/8/1 11/9/4
Usage ·····X·· X·····X· ·o····o· o·X···X· o·o····· ··o·X··· ··X·X·o· ·X····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.