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Game Preview: BOS @ CLE, 7:05pm, Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @Progressive Field

RedSox, 25-22, 25-22 3rd, ½ GB

SP: Josh Beckett (31, RHP, 3-1, 1.73)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-1) 57.1 36 11 11 17 52 3 1.73
2010 (6-6) 127.2 151 89 82 45 116 20 5.78
2009 (17-6) 212.1 198 99 91 55 199 25 3.86
Last 7 GS 2-0 44.1 29 8 8 12 38 3 1.62 64
2011-05-19 DET ND 6.0 5 1 1 2 3 0 83 59
2011-05-14 @NYY W 6.0 4 0 0 2 9 0 105 71
2011-05-09 MIN ND 7.0 6 0 0 1 5 0 103 69
2011-05-04 LAA ND 4.1 1 0 0 3 3 0 68 61
2011-04-27 @BAL ND 6.0 7 4 4 0 4 2 92 46
2011-04-21 @LAA ND 8.0 3 2 2 2 5 1 125 71
2011-04-16 TOR W 7.0 3 1 1 2 9 0 101 74
Last 5 v.CLE 2-3 32.0 26 13 13 8 30 2 3.66 58
2011-04-05 @CLE L 5.0 5 3 3 4 4 0 106 45
2010-08-03 CLE W 8.0 3 1 1 0 8 1 103 80
2009-10-03 CLE W 5.0 7 4 4 3 5 0 98 39
2008-09-22 CLE L 6.0 7 4 4 1 6 0 105 47
2007-07-25 @CLE L 8.0 4 1 1 0 7 1 114 77
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-10   Road:    9-12   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  16-15   vsLHP:   9-7    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest:  8-8  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Mon, May 23  @CLE  L   2-3       25-22  3rd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Indians, 30-15, 30-15 1st, 7 up

SP: Fausto Carmona (27, RHP, 3-4, 4.76)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-4) 64.1 60 38 34 19 40 7 4.76
2010 (13-14) 210.1 203 98 88 72 124 17 3.77
2009 (5-12) 125.1 151 97 88 70 79 16 6.32
Last 7 GS 3-2 46.2 43 26 22 13 25 3 4.24 51
2011-05-19 @CHW L 5.0 7 8 8 2 3 1 87 22
2011-05-13 SEA ND 7.2 6 4 4 2 2 2 105 51
2011-05-08 @LAA ND 7.0 8 3 0 1 7 0 109 61
2011-05-03 @OAK W 8.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 96 72
2011-04-28 KCR W 7.0 5 2 2 2 2 0 86 59
2011-04-23 @MIN L 5.0 7 6 6 4 1 0 85 26
2011-04-17 BAL W 7.0 5 2 1 1 5 0 101 65
Last 5 v.BOS 1-1 27.2 25 11 9 14 15 1 2.93 53
2011-04-07 BOS ND 7.0 2 0 0 2 4 0 109 75
2010-08-02 @BOS W 7.0 8 2 1 1 5 1 104 59
2010-06-07 BOS L 6.0 5 3 2 6 2 0 111 48
2009-04-29 BOS ND 6.2 5 2 2 4 3 0 114 55
2008-09-24 @BOS ND 1.0 5 4 4 1 1 0 51 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-4    Road:   11-11   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  21-11   vsLHP:   9-4    1-Run:  11-7 
 vsEast:  8-2    vsCntrl:11-8    vsWest:  8-5  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Mon, May 23   BOS  W   3-2       30-15  1st  7.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 23, 2011 CLE  3  BOS  2        W:Joe Smith (2-1), L: Daniel Bard (1-4), S: Chris Perez (13)
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
Season Series: 2011 - CLE over 4-0; 2010 - Tied 4-4; 2009 - BOS won 7-2; All-Time - CLE leads 1019-954

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
RedSox Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (3.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Carmona
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/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 18/.690 7/1.096 4/1.250 4/.250 8/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 191/130 .215/.249/.298/.547 .354/.639 .549 99/.644 6/3 2/2
7.Drew* G/S/vP 13/.237 7/1.071 2/2.500 5/1.100 6/.834 ··· 2/.000 ··· 146/117 .240/.363/.364/.727 .755/.716 .734 79/.688 0/0 3/0
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 9/.666 3/.667 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 203/148 .290/.347/.430/.777 .669/.816 .761 118/.816 15/6 4/0
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/.333 4/.250 1/5.000 3/.333 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 211/141 .342/.393/.570/.963 .731/1.079 1.033 112/1.130 1/0 9/0
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 156/103 .317/.359/.472/.831 1.178/.640 .612 97/.687 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 17/.916 7/.429 2/.500 5/.200 8/.250 ··· 3/.333 ··· 189/131 .298/.370/.524/.894 .877/.901 .909 104/.952 0/0 9/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 15/.434 8/.250 1/.000 4/1.000 5/.400 ··· 2/no AB ··· 214/151 .246/.362/.313/.674 1.034/.532 .619 115/.559 9/2 2/2
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 11/.864 4/.500 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 103/72 .229/.282/.385/.667 .725/.640 .512 56/.813 0/0 3/1
44.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 7/1.238 11/.473 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 75/48 .197/.284/.242/.526 .459/.566 .433 40/.683 0/0 0/0
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 13/.231 8/.393 3/.000 3/.333 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 187/127 .275/.412/.537/.949 1.173/.845 .704 101/1.026 0/0 8/4
IP 64.1 18.2 6.1 20.0 16.0 17.1 20.1 12.1 TOTAL .264/.342/.414/.756 .798/.736 .689 .802 32/13 47/25
ERA-K/9 4.76/5.6 4.82/7.7 7.11/12.9 2.70/5.4 1.13/6.2 1.56/10.9 1.33/6.2 2.19/7.3 3.38/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (32-11-3)
 Varitek (22-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 269/.246 84/.270 31/.300 82/.200 64/.214 68/.180 77/.157 51/.244 .239  Drew
 Ellsbury
 Crawford
 McDonald
 Cameron
0/0/35/3
0/44/0/0
45/0/0/0
5/2/4/0
1/2/13/0
OPS .688 .752 .756 .546 .536 .543 .491 .625 .665
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 157/.646 41/.611 13/1.128 48/.685 29/.501 22/.558 28/.183 16/.268 .702
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 112/.747 43/.883 18/.500 34/.362 35/.565 46/.536 49/.663 35/.787 .625
Home 129/.690 38/.706 23/.783 48/.558 40/.529 34/.640 44/.447 27/.787
Last 28d days 143/.662 44/.613 10/.600 45/.523 37/.591 35/.669 35/.348 36/.649
HR/SB/CS 7/1/2 3/2/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/1 1/1/0 1/4/1 0/0/2 31/23/13
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··o ···X···· o·Xo··X· oo····o· ··oo···o ···o··X· o··Xo·o·
Indians Batters (5.13 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Beckett
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 6/1.467 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 185/133 .294/.359/.417/.776 .659/.821 .911 93/.820 6/2 4/1
28.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 9/.347 1/.000 54/46 .231/.259/.346/.605 .125/.683 .660 24/.598 1/0 1/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 13/1.138 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.293 2/2.500 209/149 .312/.371/.548/.919 .900/.926 1.043 106/1.056 7/0 10/4
20.Cabrera G/S/vP 49/.593 4/2.083 3/.000 2/2.500 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 10/1.100 31/.615 11/1.182 173/127 .267/.285/.345/.630 .915/.527 .694 86/.628 2/1 2/3
17.Choo* G/S/vP 15/.938 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 10/1.250 1/.000 197/135 .244/.325/.384/.709 .483/.819 .819 102/.791 7/2 5/1
47.Duncan G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 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 14/.714 ··· 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 6/.334 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 7/.143 3/1.334 151/116 .242/.329/.371/.700 1.135/.567 .793 82/.544 1/1 4/2
26.Kearns G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 5/.200 4/.250 4/2.417 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.250 71/47 .210/.310/.306/.616 .652/.598 .510 40/.686 0/2 0/0
7.LaPorta G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.850 3/.333 148/115 .256/.338/.465/.803 .660/.843 .848 72/.781 1/0 5/4
6.Marson G/S/vP 5/1.600 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 46/29 .244/.304/.366/.670 1.647/.140 .511 27/.502 1/0 0/0
41.Santana# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 178/128 .207/.343/.372/.715 .660/.736 .766 89/.821 1/1 6/1
IP 57.1 22.1 17.1 8.1 24.2 5.2 16.0 19.2 30.0 11.2 TOTAL .265/.334/.425/.759 .770/.755 .843 .749 28/10 49/22
ERA-K/9 1.73/8.2 2.42/4.4 4.15/9.4 4.32/7.6 3.65/8.7 0.00/14.2 3.38/7.3 2.29/12.3 4.50/4.2 10.03/6.9 4.17/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (6-5-0)
 Santana (17-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 220/.180 92/.185 76/.239 37/.303 97/.207 21/.158 68/.211 81/.240 123/.246 53/.353 .245  Choo
 Brantley
 Duncan
 Buck
 Kearns
0/0/45/6
15/28/0/0
3/0/0/0
10/1/1/0
20/0/0/0
OPS .505 .641 .614 .776 .664 .396 .752 .591 .731 1.024 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.508 44/.513 35/.716 14/.670 54/.763 10/.311 29/.917 42/.483 59/.623 22/1.200 .689
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 101/.501 48/.754 41/.531 23/.841 43/.532 11/.473 39/.645 39/.712 64/.829 31/.903 .735
Road 101/.641 11/.974 32/.503 / 51/.899 9/.222 22/.533 33/.667 25/.740 19/1.000
Last 28d days 115/.562 62/.627 59/.662 37/.776 57/.705 21/.396 33/.713 46/.579 82/.665 20/1.228
HR/SB/CS 3/8/1 3/2/0 0/4/0 0/1/0 3/4/1 0/1/0 2/1/0 0/1/0 4/0/1 4/1/1 44/54/15
Usage ····X··· ··X····X ··X·X··· ···X···X oX··XX·· o·X····· ··X····· ·X··XX·· ·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.