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Game Preview: BOS @ DET, 7:05pm, Sunday, May 29, 2011 @Comerica Park

RedSox, 29-22, 29-22 1st, 1½ up

SP: Josh Beckett (31, RHP, 4-1, 1.69)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (4-1)			64.0	41	12	12	20	58	3	1.69
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	44.0	31	8	8	13	35	3	1.64	63
2011-05-24	@CLE	W	6.2	5	1	1	3	6	0	111	63
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

Last 5 v.DET		3-1	33.2	22	12	9	9	32	2	2.41	63
2011-05-19	DET	ND	6.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	83	59
2009-08-12	DET	W	7.0	3	2	2	1	6	2	97	68
2009-06-03	@DET	W	7.2	2	3	0	2	9	0	119	76
2008-05-08	@DET	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	8	0	102	69
2006-08-14	DET	L	6.0	6	5	5	4	6	0	104	42

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

 Home:   16-10   Road:   13-12   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  20-15   vsLHP:   9-7    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl: 9-5    vsWest:  8-8  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Fri, May 27  @DET  W   6-3       29-22  1st  1.0 up
 50 Thu, May 26  @DET  W  14-1  (8)  28-22  1st    Tied
 49 Wed, May 25  @CLE  W  14-2       27-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 48 Tue, May 24  @CLE  W   4-2       26-22  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11

Tigers, 25-25, 25-25 2nd, 6½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (28, RHP, 4-3, 3.42)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (4-3)			79.0	55	32	30	21	73	9	3.42
2010 (18-9)			224.1	190	89	84	71	219	14	3.37
2009 (19-9)			240.0	219	99	92	63	269	20	3.45

Last 7 GS		3-1	50.0	34	20	19	11	46	7	3.42	62
2011-05-24	TBR	ND	6.0	9	6	6	0	2	1	104	32
2011-05-19	@BOS	ND	8.0	6	3	3	0	9	2	114	67
2011-05-13	KCR	W	8.0	2	1	1	3	7	0	105	78
2011-05-07	@TOR	W	9.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	108	90
2011-05-02	NYY	ND	6.0	8	3	3	4	8	0	127	48
2011-04-27	SEA	L	6.0	5	4	3	3	8	1	114	53
2011-04-22	CHW	W	7.0	4	3	3	0	8	3	117	65

Last 5 v.BOS		2-1	36.2	31	13	13	5	37	4	3.19	62
2011-05-19	@BOS	ND	8.0	6	3	3	0	9	2	114	67
2010-08-01	@BOS	ND	7.0	6	3	3	3	8	0	123	58
2009-08-13	@BOS	W	8.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	123	81
2008-05-08	BOS	L	6.0	9	5	5	1	5	1	107	38
2007-05-15	@BOS	W	7.2	6	2	2	0	7	1	120	66

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

 Home:   13-10   Road:   12-15   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  13-21   vsLHP:  12-4    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  6-7  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Fri, May 27   BOS  L   3-6       25-25  2nd  6.0 gb
 49 Thu, May 26   BOS  L   1-14 (8)  25-24  2nd  6.0 gb
 48 Tue, May 24   TBR  W   7-6       25-23  2nd  6.0 gb
 47 Mon, May 23   TBR  W   6-3       24-23  2nd  7.0 gb
 46 Sun, May 22  @PIT  W   2-0       23-23  2nd  7.0 gb
 45 Sat, May 21  @PIT  L   2-6       22-23  2nd  7.0 gb
 44 Fri, May 20  @PIT  L   1-10      22-22  2nd  6.0 gb
 43 Thu, May 19  @BOS  L   3-4       22-21  2nd  5.0 gb
 42 Wed, May 18  @BOS  L   0-1       22-20  2nd  5.0 gb
 41 Mon, May 16   TOR  L   2-4       22-19  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 27, 2011 BOS  6 @DET  3        W:Tim Wakefield (2-1), L: Rick Porcello (4-3), S: none
Thu, May 26, 2011 BOS 14 @DET  1  (8)   W:Alfredo Aceves (2-0), L: Max Scherzer (6-2), S: none
Thu, May 19, 2011 BOS  4  DET  3        W:Jonathan Papelbon (2-0), L: Al Alburquerque (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 18, 2011 BOS  1  DET  0        W:Daniel Bard (1-3), L: Daniel Schlereth (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (8)

Sun, Aug 01, 2010 BOS  4  DET  3        W:Jonathan Papelbon (4-4), L: Brad Thomas (4-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 31, 2010 BOS  5  DET  4        W:Hideki Okajima (4-3), L: Phil Coke (6-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 30, 2010 DET  6 @BOS  5        W:Robbie Weinhardt (1-1), L: Jon Lester (11-6), S: none
Sun, May 16, 2010 DET  5  BOS  1        W:Armando Galarraga (1-0), L: John Lackey (4-2), S: none
Sat, May 15, 2010 DET  7  BOS  6 (12)   W:Jose Valverde (1-1), L: Manny Delcarmen (1-2), S: none
Fri, May 14, 2010 BOS  7 @DET  2        W:Clay Buchholz (4-3), L: Max Scherzer (1-4), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - BOS over 4-0; 2010 - Tied 3-3; 2009 - BOS won 6-1; All-Time - BOS leads 1017-947

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 5.14 PHI 4.13 SDP 3.35	RA/G PHI 3.25 WSN 4.20 MIN 5.16	BA M. Joyce .374 E. Andrus .259 A. LaRoche .172	OBP J. Bautista .502 D. Barney .332 M. Tejada .237	SLG J. Bautista .801 A. Pujols .403 A. LaRoche .258	OPS J. Bautista 1.304 A. Pujols .735 C. Figgins .506	ERA J. Jurrjens 1.56 C. Billingsley 3.69 R. Dempster 6.29	K/9IP M. Garza 10.99 C. Carpenter 6.75 C. Pavano 3.38

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.14

PHI 4.13

SDP 3.35

RA/G

PHI 3.25

WSN 4.20

MIN 5.16

M. Joyce .374

E. Andrus .259

A. LaRoche .172

OBP

J. Bautista .502

D. Barney .332

M. Tejada .237

SLG

J. Bautista .801

A. Pujols .403

A. LaRoche .258

OPS

J. Bautista 1.304

A. Pujols .735

C. Figgins .506

ERA

J. Jurrjens 1.56

C. Billingsley 3.69

R. Dempster 6.29

K/9IP

M. Garza 10.99

C. Carpenter 6.75

C. Pavano 3.38

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RedSox Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 21.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 43.Oliver*
G/S/vB 38.Purcey*
G/S/vB 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Cameron G/S/vP 3/1.167 7/.858 6/1.300 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 15/.557 61/26 .170/.233/.302/.535 .562/.501 .471 31/.418 0/0 2/0

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 26/.692 18/.411 3/3.500 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 208/143 .245/.282/.383/.664 .350/.807 .785 100/.890 7/4 4/2

7.Drew* G/S/vP 13/.853 7/.000 5/1.600 ··· 3/.000 ··· 11/1.736 150/120 .232/.353/.352/.705 .729/.697 .688 67/.656 0/0 3/0

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 12/.440 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 223/163 .299/.365/.463/.828 .611/.909 .863 115/.861 18/6 6/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 7/1.229 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.667 7/.000 231/156 .338/.385/.549/.935 .708/1.043 .963 111/1.050 1/0 9/0

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.850 ··· 1/no AB 170/114 .301/.347/.444/.792 1.145/.608 .560 94/.640 0/1 3/7

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 18/1.244 24/.717 2/.500 ··· 7/.619 ··· 1/5.000 208/145 .303/.375/.541/.916 .825/.953 .949 102/1.056 0/0 10/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 7/.000 7/.929 ··· ··· 4/.750 1/2.000 1/.000 230/162 .247/.358/.330/.688 .981/.570 .657 108/.630 10/2 3/2

16.Reddick* G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/5 .500/.556/.500/1.056 1.000/1.100 1.056 9/1.056 1/0 0/0

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 2/.500 112/78 .231/.286/.404/.690 .660/.702 .579 54/.875 0/0 4/1

44.Sutton# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/11 .357/.357/.643/1.000 .000/1.273 1.000 14/1.000 0/0 0/0

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 6/.900 16/.750 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 84/54 .203/.289/.284/.573 .522/.602 .568 43/.793 0/0 1/0

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 17/1.059 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 3/.333 200/137 .272/.400/.519/.919 1.109/.833 .679 98/.956 0/0 8/4

IP 79.0 17.2 6.1 15.0 17.1 21.0 TOTAL .270/.345/.430/.775 .763/.781 .741 .849 38/14 55/25

ERA-K/9

3.42/8.3

6.62/7.1

12.79/2.9

/0.0

3.60/6.0

2.60/5.7

3.43/9.0

4.36/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (33-11-3)
Varitek (24-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 309/.194 81/.310 34/.423 / 64/.211 76/.250 90/.228 .254 Drew
Ellsbury
Cameron
Crawford
Reddick 0/0/36/3
0/48/0/2
1/2/14/0
49/0/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .588 .738 1.154 .595 .793 .639 .717

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.587 39/.791 19/1.180 / 22/.855 35/.580 56/.765 .752

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 140/.589 42/.681 15/1.089 / 42/.458 41/.984 34/.431 .681

Home 169/.638 32/.814 14/1.000 / 38/.596 36/.568 52/.648

Last 28d days 141/.547 29/.768 6/1.167 / 31/.670 37/.954 48/.729

HR/SB/CS 9/6/1 1/1/1 0/0/1 // 1/0/0 3/1/1 2/1/1 43/35/17

Usage ····X··· ····oX·· ··X····· ···X···· ·X··X··o ·····Xo·

Tigers Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.22 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 4/1.000 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 3/.000 ··· 157/121 .285/.348/.540/.889 .924/.878 .933 70/.929 2/0 8/3

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 181/137 .261/.326/.385/.711 .869/.662 .688 71/.547 3/2 3/1

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/.111 4/.500 6/.533 2/1.000 5/1.000 1/3.000 2/.000 8/.625 17/.686 8/.250 215/157 .310/.428/.546/.974 .959/.979 .855 91/.825 0/1 9/4

15.Inge G/S/vP 13/.616 2/.000 6/.900 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 10/.900 35/.801 4/.333 168/113 .205/.265/.285/.550 .686/.485 .480 71/.513 0/0 1/5

14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.167 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/.650 1/.000 218/153 .228/.286/.340/.626 .719/.586 .615 96/.735 8/2 3/1

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 58/56 .264/.316/.358/.674 1.000/.662 .549 27/.732 2/0 0/1

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 15/.795 8/.250 8/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 21/1.087 2/.000 144/106 .295/.361/.473/.834 .688/.883 .576 79/.939 0/0 4/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP 18/.722 4/.833 4/1.167 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 10/.500 25/.802 5/.000 177/122 .306/.373/.535/.908 .856/.931 1.001 77/1.164 0/1 8/2

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.500 4/1.250 158/101 .200/.244/.338/.582 .672/.531 .622 50/.234 1/0 4/4

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 16/.946 3/.333 73/55 .274/.324/.371/.694 .561/.738 .565 31/.867 0/0 1/1

57.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 57/23 .231/.298/.346/.644 .552/.781 .546 21/.549 0/0 1/1

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 / /// / / / /

IP 64.0 28.1 18.1 9.1 25.2 7.0 17.0 21.2 37.0 12.2 TOTAL .251/.321/.392/.714 .740/.704 .702 .729 18/8 44/35

ERA-K/9

1.69/8.2

2.22/5.4

3.93/9.3

3.86/7.7

3.51/8.8

0.00/12.9

4.24/7.4

2.91/12.0

4.14/3.9

9.24/7.1

4.02/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (28-16-2)
Martinez (7-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 245/.186 118/.192 79/.229 40/.286 100/.200 26/.130 74/.238 90/.250 151/.237 57/.345 .243 Jackson
Boesch
Kelly
Raburn
Wells 0/50/0/3
14/0/26/2
4/4/8/1
36/0/2/1
1/1/27/1

OPS .515 .625 .590 .750 .643 .361 .789 .646 .704 1.005 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.499 56/.515 36/.694 15/.624 55/.748 13/.237 31/.965 47/.582 65/.563 23/1.284 .678

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 107/.535 62/.723 43/.506 25/.829 45/.506 13/.490 43/.679 43/.717 86/.811 34/.824 .727

Road 126/.634 37/.678 35/.457 3/.333 54/.844 14/.220 28/.704 42/.769 53/.658 23/.957

Last 28d days 115/.491 88/.609 48/.750 40/.750 52/.656 26/.361 32/.947 49/.753 86/.732 19/1.356

HR/SB/CS 3/9/3 3/3/0 0/4/0 0/1/0 3/4/1 0/1/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 5/1/1 4/1/1 46/57/17

Usage ····X··· ··X····X ··o····X ···o···· ·o···oX· ····Xo·X ···X···X ·X··X·X· ·X····X· ···o···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.