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Game Preview: BOS @ PIT, 7:05pm, Friday, June 24, 2011 @PNC Park

RedSox, 44-30, 44-30 1st, ½ up

SP: Jon Lester (27, LHP, 9-3, 3.70)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (9-3) 97.1 88 41 40 36 95 14 3.70
2010 (19-9) 208.0 167 81 75 83 225 14 3.25
2009 (15-8) 203.1 186 80 77 64 225 20 3.41
Last 7 GS 5-2 45.2 45 24 23 16 44 7 4.53 52
2011-06-18 MIL L 8.0 7 4 3 3 8 3 115 59
2011-06-12 @TOR W 8.0 2 1 1 1 8 1 102 81
2011-06-07 @NYY W 6.0 8 3 3 1 5 0 112 48
2011-05-30 CHW L 5.2 8 7 7 4 4 1 127 25
2011-05-25 @CLE W 6.0 3 0 0 1 7 0 97 72
2011-05-20 CHC W 6.0 12 5 5 2 5 0 104 31
2011-05-15 @NYY W 6.0 5 4 4 4 7 2 109 49
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-16   Road:   22-14   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  28-21   vsLHP:  16-9    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast: 18-9    vsCntrl:10-9    vsWest: 11-8  IL: 5-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Wed, Jun 22   SDP  L   1-5  (8)  44-30  1st  0.5 up
 73 Tue, Jun 21   SDP  L   4-5       44-29  1st  1.0 up
 72 Mon, Jun 20   SDP  W  14-5       44-28  1st  1.5 up
 71 Sun, Jun 19   MIL  W  12-3       43-28  1st  1.5 up
 70 Sat, Jun 18   MIL  L   2-4       42-28  1st  1.5 up
 69 Fri, Jun 17   MIL  W  10-4       42-27  1st  2.5 up
 68 Thu, Jun 16  @TBR  W   4-2       41-27  1st  1.5 up
 67 Wed, Jun 15  @TBR  W   3-0       40-27  1st  1.5 up
 66 Tue, Jun 14  @TBR  L   0-4       39-27  1st  1.5 up
 65 Sun, Jun 12  @TOR  W  14-1       39-26  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Pirates, 37-37, 37-37 4th, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (29, LHP, 3-8, 3.29)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-8) 95.2 77 38 35 34 61 6 3.29
2010 (9-15) 185.1 228 119 105 62 102 15 5.10
2009 (8-9) 194.2 221 102 96 60 119 14 4.44
Last 7 GS 2-3 45.2 32 16 15 13 29 4 2.96 58
2011-06-18 @CLE L 6.1 7 4 4 2 3 1 101 44
2011-06-13 NYM W 7.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 95 73
2011-06-08 ARI ND 6.0 1 0 0 3 4 0 94 71
2011-06-02 @NYM ND 5.2 8 7 6 2 2 1 91 27
2011-05-28 @CHC W 9.0 3 0 0 0 4 0 91 85
2011-05-22 DET L 5.1 6 2 2 2 5 1 96 51
2011-05-16 @WSN L 6.1 4 3 3 2 7 1 102 58
Has never faced BOS as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-19   Road:   20-18   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  25-30   vsLHP:  12-7    1-Run:  12-7 
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:16-10   vsWest:  9-10 IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Wed, Jun 22   BAL  W   5-4       37-37  4th  3.0 gb
 73 Tue, Jun 21   BAL  W   9-3       36-37  4th  4.0 gb
 72 Mon, Jun 20   BAL  L   3-8       35-37  4th  4.5 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 19  @CLE  L   2-5 (11)  35-36  4th  4.0 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 18  @CLE  L   1-5       35-35  4th  4.0 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 17  @CLE  L   1-5       35-34  4th  3.0 gb
 68 Thu, Jun 16  @HOU  W   5-4       35-33  4th  3.0 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 15  @HOU  W   7-3       34-33  4th  4.0 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 14  @HOU  W   1-0       33-33  4th  4.0 gb
 65 Mon, Jun 13   NYM  W   3-1       32-33  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 19, 2005 BOS  8  PIT  0        W:Matt Clement (8-1), L: Kip Wells (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 18, 2005 PIT  2 @BOS  0        W:Rick White (3-3), L: Alan Embree (1-4), S: Jose Mesa (18)
Fri, Jun 17, 2005 BOS  6  PIT  5        W:Keith Foulke (4-3), L: Rick White (2-3), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2003 PIT  5  BOS  4        W:Brian Boehringer (3-1), L: Ramiro Mendoza (1-2), S: Mike Williams (16)
Wed, Jun 04, 2003 BOS  8 @PIT  3        W:Derek Lowe (5-3), L: Jeff D'Amico (4-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 04, 2003 BOS 11 @PIT  4        W:Byung-Hyun Kim (2-5), L: Kris Benson (5-6), S: none
Season Series: 2011 -  0-0; 2010 -  0-0; 2009 -  0-0; All-Time - BOS leads 4-2

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

BOS  5.41

BAL  4.11

SDP  3.38

 RA/G

PHI  3.32

CLE  4.25

CHC  5.03

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .359

N. Markakis  .269

A. Dunn  .175

 OBP

J. Bautista  .470

M. Stanton  .339

C. Figgins  .238

 SLG

J. Bautista  .654

C. Rasmus  .409

C. Figgins  .254

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.124

D. Span  .746

C. Figgins  .492

 ERA

J. Beckett  1.86

T. Hudson  3.73

J. Vazquez  6.37

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  9.78

T. Cahill  6.66

C. Pavano  3.52

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

RedSox Batters (5.41 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 34.McCutchen
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 43.Veras
G/S/vB		 48.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Cameron G/S/vP 33/1.252 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 98/34 .161/.227/.287/.514 .568/.412 .583 37/.481 0/0 3/1
7.Drew* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 215/178 .228/.330/.326/.656 .623/.663 .684 65/.548 0/1 4/0
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 330/236 .310/.372/.465/.837 .672/.901 .906 107/.856 24/10 8/0
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 13/.453 1/.000 3/1.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 334/222 .359/.410/.609/1.019 .752/1.152 1.013 103/1.213 1/0 15/2
54.McDonald G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 40/13 .108/.175/.189/.364 .425/.237 .220 17/.180 1/1 1/1
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 304/209 .313/.391/.586/.977 .998/.967 .975 96/1.114 1/0 17/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 334/235 .274/.390/.397/.788 1.048/.683 .789 104/1.016 13/2 6/3
16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/22 .409/.462/.636/1.098 1.000/1.121 1.056 17/1.126 1/0 0/0
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 166/114 .250/.313/.428/.741 .681/.769 .630 54/.850 0/0 5/1
10.Scutaro G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/2.500 ··· 129/94 .293/.359/.397/.756 .852/.721 .633 53/.944 1/0 2/4
44.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 39/28 .297/.316/.486/.802 .455/.947 .792 25/.683 0/0 0/2
33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· 123/83 .234/.328/.364/.692 .656/.711 .709 39/.956 0/0 3/0
20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 7/1.571 ··· 299/205 .279/.395/.506/.901 1.036/.841 .677 99/.866 1/0 11/4
IP 95.2 34.1 37.2 33.2 32.2 6.2 TOTAL .279/.353/.450/.803 .785/.811 .768 .862 51/19 84/36
ERA-K/9 3.29/5.7 1.31/7.9 2.39/4.5 3.74/11.2 3.03/10.2 4.05/2.7 3.59/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (42-13-6)
 Varitek (28-8-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 393/.221 130/.205 152/.268 145/.225 137/.175 29/.286 .257  Ellsbury
 Drew
 Sutton
 McDonald
 Reddick
 Cameron
0/71/0/5
0/0/55/3
1/0/0/0
10/4/5/0
4/1/3/0
4/2/23/0
OPS .617 .533 .734 .637 .575 .842 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.624 58/.556 63/.891 55/.665 60/.709 16/.875 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 308/.615 72/.514 89/.622 90/.619 77/.467 13/.795 .656
Home 205/.546 73/.514 92/.745 76/.717 69/.454 17/.448
Last 28d days 134/.531 38/.272 74/.989 43/.595 48/.456 29/.842
HR/SB/CS 6/5/2 1/1/0 4/4/2 3/2/1 3/3/1 1/1/0 62/49/16
Usage ·····X·· ·o·X···· ···X···· ·oo·o·X· ·oo·oo·X ··Xoo·Xo
Pirates Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 32.Albers
G/S/vB		 51.Bard
G/S/vB		 64.Bowden
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
26.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/25 .107/.138/.107/.245 .000/.297 .143 30/.245 1/0 0/0
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 3/1.333 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 4/.000 249/190 .232/.289/.326/.615 .643/.605 .536 87/.561 1/4 2/4
3.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 129/63 .260/.295/.317/.612 .562/.662 .593 41/.657 4/0 0/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 211/184 .246/.341/.415/.757 .226/.840 .660 70/.695 3/2 7/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 320/246 .289/.393/.474/.867 .981/.832 .837 107/.989 14/5 10/4
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/23 .222/.222/.259/.481 .800/.409 .538 28/.481 0/0 0/0
37.Overbay* G/S/vP 25/1.082 4/.000 9/.444 4/.750 3/2.333 15/.757 30/.919 11/.808 273/198 .226/.305/.350/.655 .736/.624 .662 89/.655 1/1 5/6
38.Paul* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/107 .274/.303/.372/.674 .192/.748 .415 70/.773 9/2 1/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 287/219 .260/.343/.352/.695 .866/.644 .766 102/.651 14/5 3/2
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 310/216 .256/.323/.397/.720 .540/.803 .603 105/.669 4/2 8/4
2.Wood G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 132/92 .221/.269/.311/.581 .493/.619 .639 60/.663 0/0 2/0
IP 97.1 48.2 28.1 35.1 7.0 29.0 63.1 21.2 TOTAL .241/.311/.352/.663 .648/.667 .614 .657 54/24 48/45
ERA-K/9 3.70/8.8 3.70/5.2 2.86/8.6 2.55/8.4 1.29/2.6 4.03/12.1 4.26/4.4 6.23/6.6 4.00/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Brown (6-1-3)
 McKenry (6-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 409/.242 212/.231 120/.224 133/.182 31/.286 123/.252 260/.221 95/.297 .238  McCutchen
 Tabata
 Diaz
 Paul
 Jones
0/71/0/7
65/2/0/4
7/0/28/2
16/3/33/2
0/0/48/2
OPS .729 .689 .563 .553 .641 .667 .707 .832 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 89/.548 97/.654 54/.594 71/.660 10/.733 62/.614 109/.576 37/1.066 .672
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 320/.781 115/.718 66/.538 62/.420 21/.596 61/.721 151/.799 58/.690 .706
Road 237/.658 62/.707 48/.376 65/.721 7/.143 58/.699 107/.701 31/.871
Last 28d days 117/.748 94/.772 41/.512 33/.285 31/.641 33/.722 109/.711 38/.569
HR/SB/CS 14/6/7 4/5/0 0/4/0 3/4/1 0/1/1 2/1/0 10/2/1 4/1/1 65/70/21
Usage ·····X·· ··X····X ·X·X··o· ··X····o ·X·X·o·· ··o····o ····X··· ·XX·Xo··

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.