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Game Preview: BOS @ CLE, 7:05 pm, Monday, May 23, 2011 @Progressive Field

RedSox, 25-21, 25-21 3rd, ½ GB

SP: Clay Buchholz (26, RHP, 4-3, 3.42)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (4-3)			52.2	53	21	20	21	37	7	3.42
2010 (17-7)			173.2	142	55	45	67	120	9	2.33
2009 (7-4)			92.0	91	44	43	36	68	13	4.21

Last 7 GS		4-1	42.2	40	12	12	16	32	2	2.53	56
2011-05-18	DET	ND	7.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	127	75
2011-05-13	@NYY	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	110	65
2011-05-07	MIN	W	5.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	61	68
2011-05-02	LAA	W	6.2	8	2	2	2	2	0	107	50
2011-04-26	@BAL	L	6.2	12	4	4	2	5	0	104	37
2011-04-20	@OAK	W	5.1	6	1	1	4	2	1	102	50
2011-04-15	TOR	ND	5.0	3	3	3	5	3	0	94	47

Last 5 v.CLE		0-1	10.0	8	9	9	6	7	1	8.10	43
2010-06-09	@CLE	L	7.0	3	3	3	4	1	0	107	56
2009-10-04	CLE	ND	3.0	5	6	6	2	6	1	70	29

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

 Home:   16-10   Road:    9-11   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  16-14   vsLHP:   9-7    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  8-8  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Sun, May 22   CHC  W   5-1       25-21  3rd  0.5 gb
 45 Sat, May 21   CHC  L   3-9       24-21  3rd  0.5 gb
 44 Fri, May 20   CHC  W  15-5       24-20  2nd  0.5 gb
 43 Thu, May 19   DET  W   4-3       23-20  3rd  1.5 gb
 42 Wed, May 18   DET  W   1-0       22-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 41 Mon, May 16   BAL  W   8-7       21-20  2nd  3.0 gb
 40 Sun, May 15  @NYY  W   7-5       20-20  3rd  3.0 gb
 39 Sat, May 14  @NYY  W   6-0       19-20  3rd  4.0 gb
 38 Fri, May 13  @NYY  W   5-4       18-20  3rd  5.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 11  @TOR  L   3-9       17-20  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Indians, 29-15, 29-15 1st, 7 up

SP: Justin Masterson (26, RHP, 5-2, 2.52)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (5-2)			60.2	55	18	17	19	48	1	2.52
2010 (6-13)			180.0	197	107	94	73	140	14	4.70
2009 (4-10)			129.1	128	73	65	60	119	12	4.52

Last 7 GS		3-2	47.1	44	16	15	16	39	1	2.85	57
2011-05-18	@CHW	L	8.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	115	74
2011-05-12	TBR	L	5.2	8	5	5	4	6	0	108	35
2011-05-06	@LAA	ND	7.0	9	1	1	0	5	0	100	60
2011-05-01	DET	ND	7.0	7	3	2	2	7	0	120	58
2011-04-26	KCR	W	6.2	5	3	3	2	7	1	99	57
2011-04-20	@KCR	W	6.0	6	2	2	5	3	0	103	50
2011-04-15	BAL	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	90	67

Last 5 v.BOS		2-0	14.0	6	1	1	6	9	1	0.64	71
2010-08-04	@BOS	W	5.0	4	1	1	4	3	1	95	54
2010-06-09	BOS	W	9.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	110	87

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

 Home:   18-4    Road:   11-11   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  20-11   vsLHP:   9-4    1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  7-2    vsCntrl:11-8    vsWest:  8-5  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Sun, May 22   CIN  W  12-4       29-15  1st  7.0 up
 43 Sat, May 21   CIN  W   2-1       28-15  1st  7.0 up
 42 Fri, May 20   CIN  W   5-4       27-15  1st  6.0 up
 41 Thu, May 19  @CHW  L   2-8       26-15  1st  5.0 up
 40 Wed, May 18  @CHW  L   0-1       26-14  1st  5.0 up
 39 Tue, May 17  @KCR  W   7-3       26-13  1st  5.0 up
 38 Mon, May 16  @KCR  W  19-1       25-13  1st  4.5 up
 37 Fri, May 13   SEA  W   5-4       24-13  1st  4.0 up
 36 Thu, May 12   TBR  L   4-7       23-13  1st  3.5 up
 35 Wed, May 11   TBR  L   2-8       23-12  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 07, 2011 CLE  1  BOS  0        W:Rafael Perez (2-0), L: Daniel Bard (0-2), S: Chris Perez (2)
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 CLE  8  BOS  4        W:Rafael Perez (1-0), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 CLE  3  BOS  1        W:Josh Tomlin (1-0), L: Josh Beckett (0-1), S: Chris Perez (1)

Thu, Aug 05, 2010 BOS  6  CLE  2        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (8-3), L: Josh Tomlin (1-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (26)
Wed, Aug 04, 2010 CLE  9 @BOS  1        W:Justin Masterson (4-10), L: Jon Lester (11-7), S: none
Tue, Aug 03, 2010 BOS  3  CLE  1        W:Josh Beckett (3-1), L: David Huff (2-10), S: Jonathan Papelbon (25)
Mon, Aug 02, 2010 CLE  6 @BOS  5        W:Fausto Carmona (11-8), L: John Lackey (10-6), S: Chris Perez (13)
Thu, Jun 10, 2010 CLE  8  BOS  7        W:Kerry Wood (1-2), L: Daniel Bard (1-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 09, 2010 CLE 11  BOS  0        W:Justin Masterson (2-5), L: Clay Buchholz (8-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 08, 2010 BOS  3 @CLE  2        W:Tim Wakefield (2-4), L: David Huff (2-7), S: Daniel Bard (2)
Season Series: 2011 - CLE over 3-0; 2010 - Tied 4-4; 2009 - BOS won 7-2; All-Time - CLE leads 1018-954

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 5.22 NYM 4.04 MIN 3.40	RA/G PHI 3.17 NYY 4.11 MIN 5.31	BA A. Gonzalez .342 D. Uggla .185	OBP J. Votto .458 C. Crawford .243	SLG C. Granderson .614 C. Crawford .277	OPS J. Votto 1.007 C. Crawford .520	ERA J. Johnson 1.64 M. Harrison 3.62 R. Dempster 6.91	K/9IP M. Garza 10.99 J. Happ 6.83 C. Pavano 3.31

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.22

NYM 4.04

MIN 3.40

RA/G

PHI 3.17

NYY 4.11

MIN 5.31

A. Gonzalez .342

D. Uggla .185

OBP

J. Votto .458

C. Crawford .243

SLG

C. Granderson .614

C. Crawford .277

OPS

J. Votto 1.007

C. Crawford .520

ERA

J. Johnson 1.64

M. Harrison 3.62

R. Dempster 6.91

K/9IP

M. Garza 10.99

J. Happ 6.83

C. Pavano 3.31

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RedSox Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (3.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 63.Masterson
G/S/vB 37.Durbin
G/S/vB 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 52.Pestano
G/S/vB 46.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· 4/.250 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 56/21 .143/.218/.265/.483 .562/.358 .289 32/.620 0/0 2/0

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 12/.889 7/1.096 4/1.250 3/.333 8/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 187/126 .209/.243/.277/.520 .354/.602 .488 99/.571 6/3 1/2

7.Drew* G/S/vP 5/.400 7/1.071 2/2.500 4/.833 6/.834 ··· 2/.000 ··· 142/113 .239/.366/.368/.734 .755/.725 .750 79/.688 0/0 3/0

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.667 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 199/144 .295/.348/.437/.786 .669/.830 .780 118/.830 15/5 4/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 1/5.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 207/138 .342/.391/.574/.965 .712/1.091 1.039 112/1.124 1/0 9/0

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 152/99 .319/.362/.478/.840 1.178/.646 .621 97/.666 0/1 3/7

54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/7 .150/.227/.300/.527 .651/.286 .125 6/.533 1/1 1/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 6/.834 7/.429 2/.500 4/.250 8/.250 ··· 3/.333 ··· 185/127 .299/.373/.530/.903 .877/.915 .931 104/.967 0/0 9/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 4/.000 8/.250 1/.000 4/1.000 5/.400 ··· 2/no AB ··· 210/147 .244/.359/.313/.671 1.034/.524 .610 115/.559 9/2 2/2

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 2/1.500 4/.500 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 100/69 .237/.290/.398/.688 .725/.669 .547 53/.861 0/0 3/1

44.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 11/.473 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 75/48 .197/.284/.242/.526 .459/.566 .433 43/.682 0/0 0/0

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 3/.333 8/.393 3/.000 3/.333 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 183/123 .281/.415/.548/.963 1.173/.863 .725 101/1.016 0/0 8/4

IP 60.2 18.2 6.1 19.0 16.0 17.1 20.1 12.0 TOTAL .265/.342/.416/.758 .796/.740 .691 .796 32/12 46/25

ERA-K/9

2.52/7.1

4.82/7.7

7.11/12.9

2.84/5.7

1.13/6.2

1.56/10.9

1.33/6.2

2.25/7.5

3.41/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (31-10-3)
Varitek (22-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 247/.249 84/.257 31/.300 78/.182 63/.200 68/.180 77/.157 50/.250 .239 Drew
McDonald
Cameron
Ellsbury
Crawford 0/0/34/3
5/2/4/0
1/2/13/0
0/43/0/0
44/0/0/0

OPS .640 .727 .756 .520 .511 .543 .491 .638 .665

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.814 41/.611 13/1.128 44/.651 28/.445 22/.558 28/.183 16/.268 .704

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 103/.396 43/.834 18/.500 34/.362 35/.565 46/.536 49/.663 34/.812 .623

Home 139/.646 38/.649 23/.783 44/.513 39/.488 34/.640 44/.447 26/.819

Last 28d days 139/.693 44/.565 10/.600 47/.551 36/.551 38/.613 39/.425 35/.669

HR/SB/CS 1/3/3 3/2/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/1 1/1/0 1/4/1 0/0/2 30/23/12

Usage ····X··· X··X··o· ··X····· ·Xo··X·· o····o·· ·oo···o· ··o··X·· ··Xo·o··

Indians Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Buchholz
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Albers
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 51.Bard
G/S/vB 53.Hill*
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 181/129 .296/.361/.421/.782 .659/.832 .932 93/.820 6/2 4/1

28.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 9/.347 1/.000 51/43 .245/.275/.367/.642 .125/.731 .729 21/.686 1/0 1/0

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.293 2/2.500 205/145 .302/.363/.522/.885 .900/.877 .979 107/.999 6/0 9/5

20.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/1.056 4/2.083 3/.000 2/2.500 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 10/1.100 31/.615 11/1.182 170/124 .272/.290/.352/.642 .915/.540 .718 87/.621 2/1 2/3

17.Choo* G/S/vP 3/.667 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 3/1.667 ··· ··· 3/.666 10/1.250 1/.000 193/132 .250/.332/.393/.724 .492/.840 .857 102/.869 7/2 5/1

47.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 4/1.750 1/.000 59/32 .214/.237/.357/.594 .719/.488 .713 43/.479 0/0 1/0

8.Everett G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.666 2/.000 35/25 .276/.364/.276/.639 .650/.634 .875 15/.368 1/0 0/3

9.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 7/.143 3/1.334 148/113 .238/.322/.369/.691 1.135/.552 .778 83/.659 1/0 4/2

26.Kearns G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.200 4/.250 4/2.417 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.250 68/44 .200/.294/.283/.577 .652/.536 .431 37/.621 0/2 0/0

7.LaPorta G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.850 3/.333 145/112 .262/.345/.476/.821 .660/.867 .887 73/.866 1/0 5/4

6.Marson G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 44/27 .256/.318/.385/.703 1.647/.151 .563 25/.544 1/0 0/0

41.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 177/127 .208/.345/.375/.720 .660/.742 .776 92/.791 1/1 6/1

IP 52.2 22.1 17.1 8.1 24.1 5.1 16.0 19.2 30.0 11.2 TOTAL .266/.336/.426/.761 .772/.757 .850 .778 27/9 48/22

ERA-K/9

3.42/6.3

2.42/4.4

4.15/9.4

4.32/7.6

3.33/8.9

0.00/13.6

3.38/7.3

2.29/12.3

4.50/4.2

10.03/6.9

4.19/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Marson (6-4-0)
Santana (17-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 230/.261 92/.185 76/.239 37/.303 94/.190 20/.167 68/.211 81/.240 123/.246 53/.353 .246 Choo
Kearns
Brantley
Duncan
Buck 0/0/44/6
19/0/0/0
15/27/0/0
3/0/0/0
10/1/1/0

OPS .770 .641 .614 .776 .630 .417 .752 .591 .731 1.024 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 114/.707 44/.513 35/.716 14/.670 51/.707 9/.347 29/.917 42/.483 59/.623 22/1.200 .685

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.836 48/.754 41/.531 23/.841 43/.532 11/.473 39/.645 39/.712 64/.829 31/.903 .739

Road 111/.848 11/.974 32/.503 / 48/.845 8/.250 22/.533 33/.667 25/.740 19/1.000

Last 28d days 136/.638 62/.627 63/.639 37/.776 54/.649 20/.417 33/.713 46/.579 82/.665 20/1.228

HR/SB/CS 7/3/2 3/2/0 0/4/0 0/1/0 3/4/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 0/1/0 4/0/1 4/1/1 43/53/14

Usage ····X··· ·X····Xo ·X·X···· ··X···X· X··XX··X ·X······ ·X·····o X··XX··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.