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Game Preview: NYY @ BOS, 7:10pm, Tuesday, August 30, 2011 @Fenway Park

Yankees, 80-52, 80-52 2nd, 1½ GB, 9 up in WC

SP: CC Sabathia (30, LHP, 17-7, 2.99)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (17-7) 205.0 189 76 68 48 191 14 2.99
2010 (21-7) 237.2 209 92 84 74 197 20 3.18
2009 (19-8) 230.0 197 96 86 67 197 18 3.37
Last 7 GS 3-3 51.1 52 24 23 10 57 9 4.03 57
2011-08-24 OAK ND 7.1 7 3 3 1 7 1 100 58
2011-08-18 @MIN W 7.0 10 4 3 1 9 0 106 51
2011-08-12 TBR L 8.0 10 5 5 0 7 5 106 49
2011-08-06 @BOS L 6.0 9 7 7 1 6 1 94 31
2011-08-01 @CHW W 8.0 10 2 2 0 6 1 104 60
2011-07-26 SEA W 7.0 1 1 1 3 14 0 102 82
2011-07-21 @TBR L 8.0 5 2 2 4 8 1 113 68
Last 5 v.BOS 1-4 33.0 39 22 22 11 25 3 6.00 44
2011-08-06 @BOS L 6.0 9 7 7 1 6 1 94 31
2011-06-09 BOS L 6.2 8 6 6 2 5 0 108 37
2011-05-14 BOS L 6.2 7 6 6 3 6 1 116 39
2011-04-10 @BOS L 5.2 9 1 1 4 4 0 118 47
2010-08-07 BOS W 8.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 101 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   41-26   Road:   39-26   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  52-39   vsLHP:  28-13   1-Run:  16-18
 vsEast: 26-23   vsCntrl:21-14   vsWest: 20-10 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Mon, Aug 29  @BAL  W   3-2       80-52  2nd  1.5 gb
131 Sun, Aug 28  @BAL  W   8-3       79-52  2nd  2.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 28  @BAL  L   0-2       78-52  2nd  2.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 26  @BAL  L   5-12      78-51  2nd  1.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 25   OAK  W  22-9       78-50  2nd  1.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 24   OAK  L   4-6 (10)  77-50  2nd  1.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 23   OAK  L   5-6       77-49  1st    Tied
125 Sun, Aug 21  @MIN  W   3-0       77-48  1st  0.5 up
124 Sat, Aug 20  @MIN  L   4-9       76-48  1st  0.5 up
123 Fri, Aug 19  @MIN  W   8-1       76-47  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11
RedSox, 82-51, 82-51 1st, 1½ up

SP: John Lackey (32, RHP, 12-9, 5.98)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (12-9) 129.1 160 89 86 40 91 18 5.98
2010 (14-11) 215.0 233 114 105 72 156 18 4.40
2009 (11-8) 176.1 177 84 75 47 139 17 3.83
Last 7 GS 5-1 44.2 56 25 23 11 32 7 4.63 46
2011-08-23 @TEX W 6.2 7 4 4 3 5 1 106 46
2011-08-17 TBR L 6.2 6 4 3 3 7 2 125 52
2011-08-12 @SEA W 6.0 10 4 4 2 3 0 108 37
2011-08-06 NYY W 6.0 6 3 3 2 5 0 115 51
2011-08-01 CLE ND 6.2 8 5 5 0 5 2 106 43
2011-07-27 KCR W 5.2 11 4 3 1 3 2 113 35
2011-07-22 SEA W 7.0 8 1 1 0 4 0 101 61
Last 5 v.NYY 3-1 30.2 30 17 16 11 27 2 4.70 50
2011-08-06 NYY W 6.0 6 3 3 2 5 0 115 51
2011-04-08 NYY W 5.0 7 6 6 2 2 1 91 29
2010-10-03 NYY W 7.2 6 3 2 2 10 1 118 65
2010-08-07 @NYY L 6.0 8 5 5 3 7 0 116 40
2010-04-07 NYY ND 6.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 100 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   40-25   Road:   42-26   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  52-35   vsLHP:  30-16   1-Run:  17-12
 vsEast: 31-15   vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest: 20-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Sat, Aug 27   OAK  W   4-0       82-51  1st  2.0 up
132 Sat, Aug 27   OAK  W   9-3       81-51  1st  2.0 up
131 Fri, Aug 26   OAK  L   5-15      80-51  1st  1.0 up
130 Thu, Aug 25  @TEX  W   6-0       80-50  1st  1.0 up
129 Wed, Aug 24  @TEX  W  13-2       79-50  1st  1.0 up
128 Tue, Aug 23  @TEX  W  11-5       78-50  1st    Tied
127 Mon, Aug 22  @TEX  L   0-4       77-50  2nd  1.0 gb
126 Sun, Aug 21  @KCR  W   6-1       77-49  2nd  0.5 gb
125 Sat, Aug 20  @KCR  L   4-9       76-49  2nd  0.5 gb
124 Fri, Aug 19  @KCR  W   7-1       76-48  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 07, 2011 BOS  3  NYY  2 (10)   W:Daniel Bard (2-5), L: Phil Hughes (2-4), S: none
Sat, Aug 06, 2011 BOS 10  NYY  4        W:John Lackey (10-8), L: CC Sabathia (16-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 05, 2011 NYY  3 @BOS  2        W:Boone Logan (3-2), L: Jon Lester (11-5), S: Mariano Rivera (29)
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 BOS  8 @NYY  3        W:Josh Beckett (5-2), L: CC Sabathia (7-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 BOS 11 @NYY  6        W:Tim Wakefield (3-1), L: A.J. Burnett (6-4), S: Alfredo Aceves (1)
Tue, Jun 07, 2011 BOS  6 @NYY  4        W:Jon Lester (8-2), L: Freddy Garcia (4-5), S: Jonathan Papelbon (12)
Sun, May 15, 2011 BOS  7 @NYY  5        W:Jon Lester (5-1), L: Freddy Garcia (2-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (7)
Sat, May 14, 2011 BOS  6 @NYY  0        W:Josh Beckett (3-1), L: CC Sabathia (3-3), S: none
Fri, May 13, 2011 BOS  5 @NYY  4        W:Clay Buchholz (4-3), L: Bartolo Colon (2-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (6)
Sun, Apr 10, 2011 BOS  4  NYY  0        W:Josh Beckett (1-1), L: CC Sabathia (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - BOS over 10-2; 2010 - Tied 9-9; 2009 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - NYY leads 1128-952

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 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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.47

CLE  4.24

SFG  3.36

 RA/G

PHI  3.30

PIT  4.23

BAL  5.21

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .345

E. Hosmer  .274

A. Dunn  .163

 OBP

J. Bautista  .453

M. Cabrera  .338

V. Wells  .249

 SLG

J. Bautista  .645

R. Roberts  .441

A. Dunn  .289

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.098

G. Sanchez  .773

A. Rios  .570

 ERA

J. Cueto  2.05

M. Pineda  3.71

A. Burnett  5.31

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.74

J. Zimmermann  6.92

B. Penny  3.74

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

Yankees Batters (5.47 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 32.Albers
G/S/vB		 51.Bard
G/S/vB		 46.Morales*
G/S/vB		 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB		 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cano* G/S/vP 41/.762 2/2.500 11/1.064 8/.250 1/.000 18/.686 3/1.334 561/379 .304/.348/.529/.877 .904/.863 .868 106/1.014 8/1 23/9
17.Cervelli G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/no AB 2/1.500 118/90 .274/.333/.340/.673 .607/.692 .567 19/1.082 4/0 1/5
12.Chavez* G/S/vP 56/.689 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.667 116/99 .264/.328/.358/.686 .706/.683 .755 58/.657 0/0 1/0
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 19/.897 4/1.417 7/1.143 5/.000 ··· 14/1.243 3/1.000 491/385 .267/.348/.377/.725 .625/.752 .731 103/.638 38/11 5/2
14.Granderson* G/S/vP 24/1.057 6/.167 5/.400 6/2.500 1/no AB 18/.823 5/.200 582/395 .276/.375/.591/.966 .983/.958 .975 114/1.120 24/10 38/3
2.Jeter G/S/vP 71/.873 6/.000 16/.192 7/.143 ··· 29/.718 20/.721 501/361 .296/.355/.385/.741 .925/.670 .754 106/.925 13/5 4/8
18.Jones G/S/vP 7/1.262 1/.000 3/.667 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 11/.664 164/42 .254/.354/.514/.868 .920/.718 .739 35/1.307 0/0 11/1
55.Martin G/S/vP 16/.625 3/2.334 8/.250 3/.000 6/.900 2/.000 3/1.667 412/294 .238/.325/.418/.744 .714/.754 .703 80/.914 8/1 17/10
26.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 271/172 .269/.316/.386/.701 .737/.680 .707 65/.668 19/5 4/16
20.Posada# G/S/vP 46/.799 ··· 7/.429 9/.222 ··· 13/.539 7/1.738 349/283 .241/.318/.402/.720 .298/.820 .561 47/.842 0/2 12/1
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 71/.824 4/.750 12/.444 7/.971 ··· 20/1.025 8/.250 363/271 .289/.361/.478/.839 .694/.888 .800 19/.616 4/1 14/5
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 66/.541 4/.250 10/.600 12/.750 ··· 8/.393 4/1.833 538/374 .267/.383/.464/.847 .943/.805 .797 108/.959 2/2 21/0
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 72/.869 7/1.000 17/1.020 15/1.466 1/no AB 18/.535 5/1.600 583/394 .251/.346/.511/.858 .985/.805 .841 111/.765 3/1 35/3
IP 129.1 88.0 54.0 61.0 37.0 53.2 45.0 TOTAL .269/.348/.455/.803 .831/.791 .774 .883 125/39 187/79
ERA-K/9 5.98/6.3 2.86/6.1 4.33/8.8 2.07/9.1 3.65/8.5 2.85/11.7 3.80/7.4 3.87/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (23-3-3)
 Martin (73-32-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 595/.300 366/.205 237/.249 231/.166 153/.222 212/.205 181/.233 .242  Granderson
 Swisher
 Gardner
 Jones
 Nunez
0/129/0/9
0/0/121/8
124/11/0/6
28/0/13/1
1/0/1/0
OPS .843 .620 .683 .504 .720 .545 .662 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 318/.889 162/.576 102/.834 132/.604 79/.768 105/.475 72/.802 .687
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 277/.788 204/.654 135/.570 99/.366 74/.672 107/.616 109/.571 .702
Home 338/.859 225/.609 134/.721 112/.486 89/.893 110/.565 108/.637
Last 28d days 117/.801 56/.525 56/1.047 34/.359 29/.747 29/.138 34/.480
HR/SB/CS 18/27/3 6/5/0 3/5/3 5/7/1 4/5/0 3/4/0 6/1/2 121/119/40
Usage ······X· ··X·X·X· ···X·X·X ··o····· ·····ooo ··o··o·· ··o·X·o·
RedSox Batters (5.40 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Sabathia*
G/S/vB		 38.Ayala
G/S/vB		 48.Logan*
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 29.Soriano
G/S/vB		 53.Wade
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP 13/1.000 ··· 4/.500 5/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 258/176 .244/.278/.387/.665 .886/.564 .620 49/.717 14/2 5/10
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 68/.727 4/.500 13/.693 22/.952 6/.666 4/.500 ··· 435/287 .251/.285/.388/.673 .520/.750 .650 97/.723 17/5 9/2
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 24/.721 3/.666 5/1.200 12/.282 9/.583 2/.000 1/.000 591/415 .312/.369/.521/.889 .797/.927 .939 101/.913 36/11 23/0
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 25/.741 4/.500 4/.833 3/.000 3/.333 8/.125 4/.000 596/392 .345/.406/.559/.965 .771/1.064 .936 109/.873 1/0 23/3
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 12/.667 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 285/181 .264/.310/.380/.690 .890/.573 .786 69/.586 0/1 4/15
54.McDonald G/S/vP 10/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 133/45 .192/.263/.367/.630 .764/.371 .448 38/.735 2/3 5/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 50/.650 5/.000 12/.788 28/.819 7/.715 5/2.467 ··· 485/323 .311/.396/.587/.983 1.064/.943 1.044 68/1.415 1/1 27/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 36/.556 4/1.750 4/1.250 13/.154 13/1.189 6/.600 ··· 602/422 .308/.398/.474/.872 1.093/.781 .908 104/.770 24/6 17/4
16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 211/175 .283/.332/.471/.803 .816/.800 .801 72/.578 1/2 6/3
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 10/.633 3/2.000 6/.833 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 312/211 .252/.311/.472/.783 .634/.855 .763 63/.671 0/0 13/4
10.Scutaro G/S/vP 43/.743 2/.000 1/.000 18/.896 8/1.125 9/.333 1/2.000 328/235 .270/.333/.372/.705 .644/.730 .753 73/.669 4/2 5/10
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 27/.592 1/.000 2/2.000 38/.742 4/.000 5/.600 1/.000 216/145 .234/.310/.432/.742 .819/.704 .748 35/.754 0/0 9/0
IP 205.0 44.0 34.0 50.0 53.1 24.2 28.1 TOTAL .279/.349/.458/.808 .803/.810 .840 .785 93/32 166/65
ERA-K/9 2.99/8.4 1.64/6.3 2.65/9.8 2.16/8.5 1.35/13.7 4.74/6.9 2.22/6.7 3.66/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (66-29-17)
 Varitek (53-11-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 836/.246 186/.276 147/.227 188/.222 223/.186 105/.233 110/.200 .253  Ellsbury
 Reddick
 Crawford
 McDonald
 Aviles
 Gonzalez
0/125/0/6
20/3/38/5
102/0/0/1
20/9/23/1
1/0/3/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .642 .720 .651 .546 .534 .659 .570 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 223/.526 98/.669 91/.720 86/.604 115/.517 45/1.025 50/.587 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 613/.684 88/.778 56/.541 102/.496 108/.552 60/.403 60/.554 .684
Road 428/.666 87/.684 68/.692 92/.650 116/.444 34/.402 58/.483
Last 28d days 119/.923 51/.807 20/.463 31/.580 41/.507 33/.565 42/.459
HR/SB/CS 14/10/5 3/3/0 3/2/1 3/1/0 1/13/2 2/4/0 3/2/1 113/97/36
Usage ·····X·· ···XX··· ·o··X·o· X····o·· XX···o·· X··o·X·· ···XX···

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.