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Game Preview: BOS @ TOR, 7:07pm, Wednesday, September 7, 2011 @Rogers Centre

RedSox, 85-56, 85-56 2nd, 2½ GB, 8½ up in WC

SP: Tim Wakefield (44, RHP, 6-6, 4.95)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-6) 134.2 143 89 74 36 75 21 4.95
2010 (4-10) 140.0 153 92 83 36 84 19 5.34
2009 (11-5) 129.2 137 67 66 50 72 12 4.58
Last 7 GS 1-3 44.1 52 35 28 9 29 8 5.68 43
2011-08-26 OAK L 4.0 8 8 4 2 3 2 90 23
2011-08-20 @KCR ND 5.1 9 4 4 0 3 0 97 37
2011-08-14 @SEA L 8.0 9 5 4 2 4 1 94 48
2011-08-08 @MIN ND 7.0 8 5 3 0 4 1 102 49
2011-08-03 CLE ND 6.2 5 3 3 2 6 1 99 56
2011-07-29 @CHW L 7.0 3 3 3 2 5 1 101 62
2011-07-24 SEA W 6.1 10 7 7 1 4 2 100 28
Last 5 v.TOR 2-3 29.2 35 18 18 10 22 4 5.46 46
2011-07-06 TOR W 7.0 9 3 3 1 7 0 106 53
2010-05-12 TOR L 7.0 5 3 3 1 5 1 102 59
2009-09-30 TOR L 3.0 7 5 5 2 2 2 76 25
2009-05-29 @TOR L 4.2 9 6 6 4 5 0 101 23
2009-05-19 TOR W 8.0 5 1 1 2 3 1 97 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   42-29   Road:   43-27   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  54-37   vsLHP:  31-19   1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast: 33-18   vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest: 21-14 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
141 Tue, Sep  6  @TOR  W  14-0       85-56  2nd  2.5 gb
140 Mon, Sep  5  @TOR  L   0-1 (11)  84-56  2nd  2.5 gb
139 Sun, Sep  4   TEX  L   4-11      84-55  2nd  1.5 gb
138 Sat, Sep  3   TEX  W  12-7       84-54  2nd  0.5 gb
137 Fri, Sep  2   TEX  L   0-10      83-54  2nd  0.5 gb
136 Thu, Sep  1   NYY  L   2-4       83-53  1st  0.5 up
135 Wed, Aug 31   NYY  W   9-5       83-52  1st  1.5 up
134 Tue, Aug 30   NYY  L   2-5       82-52  1st  0.5 up
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Blue Jays, 70-72, 70-72 4th, 18 GB, 15½ GB in WC

SP: Brandon Morrow (26, RHP, 9-10, 4.78)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (9-10) 148.2 136 86 79 57 172 16 4.78
2010 (10-7) 146.1 136 76 73 66 178 11 4.49
2009 (2-4) 69.2 66 38 34 44 63 10 4.39
Last 7 GS 2-5 43.2 38 28 24 16 50 8 4.95 52
2011-09-02 @NYY L 6.0 4 3 3 3 8 1 116 57
2011-08-28 TBR L 5.1 6 5 5 3 5 3 114 38
2011-08-23 KCR L 4.2 11 6 6 1 5 2 103 22
2011-08-17 @SEA W 6.0 3 1 1 2 12 0 110 72
2011-08-12 LAA L 7.0 4 5 4 4 3 1 110 50
2011-08-06 @BAL L 7.2 4 6 3 1 6 1 98 58
2011-07-31 TEX W 7.0 6 2 2 2 11 0 115 66
Last 5 v.BOS 1-2 21.0 32 27 26 16 24 4 11.14 31
2011-07-04 @BOS W 5.0 5 4 4 3 5 0 98 43
2011-06-11 BOS L 4.1 10 9 9 3 4 1 103 8
2010-07-10 BOS ND 4.0 8 5 4 2 4 0 102 30
2010-05-10 @BOS L 1.2 3 6 6 6 4 0 67 23
2009-07-05 @BOS ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 7 3 98 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   34-35   Road:   36-37   ExtrInn:11-4 
 vsRHP:  50-54   vsLHP:  20-18   1-Run:  21-25
 vsEast: 25-34   vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest: 20-15 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
142 Tue, Sep  6   BOS  L   0-14      70-72  4th 18.0 gb
141 Mon, Sep  5   BOS  W   1-0 (11)  70-71  4th 17.0 gb
140 Sun, Sep  4  @NYY  L   3-9       69-71  4th 17.0 gb
139 Sat, Sep  3  @NYY  L   4-6       69-70  4th 16.0 gb
138 Fri, Sep  2  @NYY  L   2-3       69-69  4th 15.0 gb
137 Thu, Sep  1  @BAL  W   8-6       69-68  4th 14.5 gb
136 Wed, Aug 31  @BAL  W  13-0       68-68  4th 15.5 gb
135 Tue, Aug 30  @BAL  L   5-6 (10)  67-68  4th 15.5 gb
134 Mon, Aug 29   TBR  W   7-3       67-67  4th 15.5 gb
133 Sun, Aug 28   TBR  L   0-12      66-67  4th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 BOS 14 @TOR  0        W:Jon Lester (15-6), L: Luis Perez (3-3), S: none
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 TOR  1  BOS  0 (11)   W:Shawn Camp (3-3), L: Dan Wheeler (2-2), S: none
Wed, Jul 06, 2011 BOS  6  TOR  4        W:Tim Wakefield (5-3), L: Ricky Romero (7-8), S: Jonathan Papelbon (19)
Tue, Jul 05, 2011 BOS  3  TOR  2        W:Matt Albers (3-3), L: Brett Cecil (1-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (18)
Mon, Jul 04, 2011 TOR  9 @BOS  7        W:Brandon Morrow (5-4), L: John Lackey (5-8), S: Frank Francisco (10)
Sun, Jun 12, 2011 BOS 14 @TOR  1        W:Jon Lester (9-2), L: Kyle Drabek (4-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 11, 2011 BOS 16 @TOR  4        W:John Lackey (4-5), L: Brandon Morrow (2-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 BOS  5 @TOR  1        W:Clay Buchholz (5-3), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (2-5), S: none
Wed, May 11, 2011 TOR  9  BOS  3        W:Jesse Litsch (4-2), L: John Lackey (2-5), S: none
Tue, May 10, 2011 TOR  7  BOS  6 (10)   W:Carlos Villanueva (1-0), L: Matt Albers (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - BOS over 9-5; 2010 - BOS won 12-6; 2009 - BOS won 11-7; All-Time - BOS leads 280-219

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  5.50

CLE  4.19

SFG  3.39

 RA/G

PHI  3.28

BOS  4.24

BAL  5.33

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .342

C. Maybin  .272

A. Dunn  .161

 OBP

J. Bautista  .442

N. Walker  .338

V. Wells  .254

 SLG

J. Bautista  .627

A. Lind  .442

A. Dunn  .285

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.069

D. Uggla  .779

O. Cabrera  .572

 ERA

J. Cueto  2.29

M. Latos  3.77

B. Duensing  5.34

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.67

D. Holland  6.95

B. Penny  3.74

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

RedSox Batters (5.40 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Morrow
G/S/vB		 37.Alvarez
G/S/vB		 57.Camp
G/S/vB		 34.Carreno
G/S/vB		 50.Francisco
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 35.Lewis*
G/S/vB		 51.Litsch
G/S/vB		 29.McGowan
G/S/vB		 47.Perez*
G/S/vB		 60.Rauch
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP 6/1.300 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 265/181 .245/.279/.388/.666 .864/.577 .731 47/.675 14/2 5/10
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 17/.312 2/.500 11/.808 ··· 7/.286 14/.693 1/.000 16/1.000 12/1.084 5/1.600 3/.666 1/.000 466/306 .250/.285/.399/.684 .567/.744 .685 94/.674 17/5 11/2
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 11/1.300 3/1.000 9/1.417 ··· 6/.900 11/.764 1/2.000 16/.875 5/.800 7/.929 2/1.000 5/.650 630/437 .312/.373/.521/.894 .833/.920 .844 102/.990 36/12 24/0
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 11/1.245 3/.000 4/2.000 ··· 3/2.667 1/3.000 1/.000 6/1.667 4/.500 7/.929 10/.311 11/.637 631/413 .342/.406/.550/.956 .760/1.058 .999 108/.931 1/0 23/3
36.Jackson G/S/vP 5/.900 3/1.334 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 4/.833 7/.750 372/231 .246/.312/.338/.650 .670/.638 .589 38/.364 3/1 4/2
60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/17 .304/.407/.391/.799 .733/.840 .799 27/.799 0/0 0/0
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 5/1.850 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 9/.236 1/no AB 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 304/195 .266/.317/.380/.696 .895/.582 .602 80/.654 0/1 4/15
54.McDonald G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.800 2/1.000 3/1.666 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 149/47 .201/.268/.358/.627 .754/.354 .777 50/.608 2/3 5/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 15/1.418 3/.666 16/1.396 1/.000 11/.830 9/.222 2/1.500 26/.853 13/1.385 5/1.000 9/.722 3/4.000 521/346 .318/.405/.589/.994 1.056/.963 .928 70/1.345 1/1 28/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 15/1.600 3/.000 13/1.160 ··· 8/.857 13/1.000 2/.000 20/.668 11/.182 7/.629 5/.000 4/2.417 636/443 .302/.388/.464/.852 1.034/.776 .808 105/.730 25/6 18/5
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 232/194 .295/.345/.495/.840 .810/.846 .853 69/.712 1/2 7/4
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 5/.600 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 1/.000 5/.800 5/.400 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 335/222 .250/.307/.477/.785 .657/.851 .809 65/.769 1/0 15/5
10.Scutaro G/S/vP 14/1.270 2/2.500 12/1.083 1/.000 8/.000 10/.900 2/1.500 5/.600 7/1.171 4/1.750 1/2.000 2/1.000 356/253 .282/.344/.392/.736 .748/.731 .728 73/.821 4/2 5/10
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 11/1.064 2/.000 16/.771 ··· 7/1.371 6/1.100 1/.000 10/.300 6/.834 ··· 1/2.000 5/.200 227/153 .232/.304/.438/.742 .784/.721 .707 34/.871 0/0 10/0
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 13/.408 2/.000 20/.775 ··· 10/1.700 14/.457 2/2.000 18/.528 10/.100 5/2.800 4/2.000 5/.650 497/341 .263/.376/.472/.849 .993/.783 .673 34/.703 3/0 17/8
IP 148.2 36.2 59.1 9.0 43.2 46.2 5.0 65.2 4.0 62.1 52.0 100.0 TOTAL .280/.350/.459/.809 .808/.810 .781 .811 95/33 175/71
ERA-K/9 4.78/10.4 2.95/6.1 4.55/4.1 1.00/7.0 3.50/9.1 2.12/8.7 9.00/9.0 4.39/7.8 6.75/11.2 4.76/7.5 4.85/6.2 4.14/5.8 4.30/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lavarnway (0-0-0)
 Saltalamacchia (66-30-18)
 Varitek (60-11-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 647/.238 149/.230 266/.315 37/.235 189/.246 189/.231 31/.444 276/.239 20/.294 278/.279 225/.269 424/.250 .256  Ellsbury
 Reddick
 Jackson
 McDonald
 Crawford
 Aviles
 Gonzalez
0/133/0/6
21/3/43/5
21/0/29/4
20/11/27/1
109/0/0/1
1/0/4/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .697 .656 .849 .680 .711 .603 1.220 .729 .988 .805 .799 .693 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 366/.634 88/.539 129/.886 17/.945 118/.819 101/.577 12/1.383 154/.905 11/1.255 107/.673 118/.757 225/.687 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 281/.782 61/.819 137/.815 20/.463 71/.533 88/.632 19/1.121 122/.512 9/.619 171/.889 107/.839 199/.699 .732
Home 363/.800 74/.753 146/.902 31/.670 115/.764 120/.729 21/1.135 133/.809 20/.988 131/.935 112/.652 184/.724
Last 28d days 131/.826 122/.614 51/.764 37/.680 34/.461 43/.466 31/1.220 47/.602 20/.988 118/.924 19/1.074 12/.444
HR/SB/CS 16/16/4 5/1/0 3/7/2 1/0/0 5/12/0 1/1/3 1/0/0 9/2/1 1/0/0 8/2/3 11/1/1 10/12/0 152/96/32
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· ·X·o·o·X o···o··X ·X···o·· ·X·o···o X·o···o· ··X··X·· X······· X····X·· ··X··X·· ·X··X···
Blue Jays Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 32.Albers
G/S/vB		 51.Bard
G/S/vB		 64.Bowden
G/S/vB		 61.Doubront*
G/S/vB		 46.Morales*
G/S/vB		 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB		 70.Weiland
G/S/vB		 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 419/323 .219/.279/.441/.720 .863/.678 .705 72/.731 1/0 20/5
19.Bautista G/S/vP 14/.381 5/.000 14/1.049 8/.125 4/1.250 3/1.666 2/2.000 10/.800 ··· 14/.445 568/434 .304/.442/.627/1.069 1.175/1.037 1.083 103/1.003 6/3 40/8
40.Cooper* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/39 .121/.244/.242/.486 .000/.514 .583 / 0/0 1/2
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 7/.286 6/.000 11/.364 5/.800 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 4/3.333 1/.000 7/.000 469/347 .274/.330/.455/.785 .844/.765 .886 110/.745 7/1 15/12
5.Escobar G/S/vP 11/1.454 1/.000 11/.909 5/.000 4/1.750 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 575/445 .292/.365/.413/.778 .902/.741 .891 103/.590 3/3 11/14
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/5.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 535/399 .216/.296/.421/.717 .539/.780 .718 82/.732 13/3 20/8
13.Lawrie G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 121/86 .312/.380/.670/1.050 .721/1.186 1.151 103/1.027 5/0 8/4
26.Lind* G/S/vP 16/.376 9/.583 9/.777 6/.334 2/1.000 3/.333 2/.000 17/.423 ··· 9/.778 488/357 .252/.297/.442/.739 .646/.774 .722 96/.575 1/1 24/4
17.Loewen* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
18.McCoy G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 146/92 .211/.331/.276/.607 .480/.681 .643 56/.483 9/2 1/2
8.Molina G/S/vP 20/.585 4/.000 4/.833 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/1.167 ··· 5/.000 169/120 .285/.349/.424/.773 .825/.750 .738 33/.586 2/1 3/1
20.Teahen* G/S/vP 11/.546 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 1/2.000 2/.000 157/132 .194/.261/.306/.567 .374/.603 .757 25/.533 0/1 4/1
46.Thames* G/S/vP 4/.250 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 308/240 .269/.313/.465/.778 .779/.777 .809 108/.827 2/0 9/2
3.Wise* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.800 94/76 .213/.245/.292/.537 .333/.587 .338 35/.669 5/2 1/1
25.Woodward G/S/vP 16/.321 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 6/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
IP 134.2 94.0 57.1 64.1 13.2 4.1 38.2 55.2 12.0 48.0 TOTAL .252/.316/.419/.735 .779/.721 .761 .735 118/43 167/94
ERA-K/9 4.95/5.0 2.87/6.2 4.55/9.1 2.10/9.2 3.29/6.6 10.38/6.3 3.72/8.1 2.75/12.1 6.75/3.0 4.31/7.1 3.94/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (72-23-11)
 Molina (24-9-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 581/.269 392/.203 255/.258 243/.166 62/.286 22/.375 161/.238 221/.203 55/.313 195/.243 .244  Bautista
 Thames
 McCoy
 Wise
 Teahen
0/0/99/11
33/0/27/2
0/13/5/1
12/31/1/0
6/0/8/0
OPS .790 .620 .719 .500 .766 1.188 .756 .544 .858 .689 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 246/.718 174/.569 108/.870 139/.587 22/.604 12/1.583 82/.790 110/.464 19/.551 76/.785 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 335/.843 218/.661 147/.611 104/.379 40/.861 10/.686 79/.722 111/.624 36/1.025 119/.629 .707
Road 302/.802 155/.624 103/.629 124/.499 7/.143 / 64/.476 108/.537 33/.570 76/.736
Last 28d days 99/.823 66/.387 58/1.133 34/.299 31/.891 9/1.356 28/.704 25/.247 7/.286 39/.678
HR/SB/CS 21/5/7 6/7/0 5/5/3 5/7/1 2/2/1 1/2/2 5/5/0 3/4/0 1/0/1 7/1/2 129/126/41
Usage ····X··· ·X···X·o ··X·X··o ·o···oo· ··X·X··· ··X··X·· ···X···X ·X····o· X······· ·o·X·o··

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.