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Game Preview: BOS @ LAA, 10:05pm, Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @Angel Stadium of Anaheim

RedSox, 62-67, 62-67 4th, 12½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Clay Buchholz (27, RHP, 11-4, 4.47)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (11-4)			145.0	146	77	72	46	96	19	4.47
2011 (6-3)			82.2	76	34	32	31	60	10	3.48
2010 (17-7)			173.2	142	55	45	67	120	9	2.33

Last 7 GS		3-1	52.1	44	18	15	11	30	4	2.58	60
2012-08-22	LAA	L	5.1	12	7	7	1	3	1	82	18
2012-08-16	@BAL	W	8.0	8	3	3	3	7	1	107	58
2012-08-10	@CLE	W	9.0	2	2	1	0	6	1	104	83
2012-08-04	MIN	ND	7.0	7	1	0	1	3	0	103	63
2012-07-30	DET	W	8.0	5	3	2	2	4	1	108	64
2012-07-24	@TEX	ND	7.0	4	1	1	3	1	0	105	63
2012-07-19	CHW	ND	8.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	107	71

Last 5 v.LAA		4-1	31.2	38	14	14	9	17	2	3.98	48
2012-08-22	LAA	L	5.1	12	7	7	1	3	1	82	18
2011-05-02	LAA	W	6.2	8	2	2	2	2	0	107	50
2010-08-17	LAA	W	7.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	113	68
2010-07-26	@LAA	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	1	114	69
2010-05-03	LAA	W	5.2	8	4	4	3	2	0	109	36

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

 Home:   32-38   Road:   30-29   ExtrInn: 2-8 
 vsRHP:  37-51   vsLHP:  25-16   1-Run:  13-16
 vsEast: 20-28   vsCntrl:24-16   vsWest:  7-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Mon, Aug 27   KCR  W   5-1       62-67  4th 12.5 gb
128 Sun, Aug 26   KCR  W   8-6       61-67  4th 13.5 gb
127 Sat, Aug 25   KCR  L   9-10(12)  60-67  4th 13.5 gb
126 Fri, Aug 24   KCR  W   4-3       60-66  4th 13.5 gb
125 Thu, Aug 23   LAA  L  13-14(10)  59-66  4th 13.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 22   LAA  L   3-7       59-65  4th 13.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 21   LAA  L   3-5       59-64  4th 13.0 gb
122 Sun, Aug 19  @NYY  L   1-4       59-63  4th 13.5 gb
121 Sat, Aug 18  @NYY  W   4-1       59-62  4th 12.5 gb
120 Fri, Aug 17  @NYY  L   4-6       58-62  4th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Angels, 66-62, 66-62 3rd, 10 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jered Weaver (29, RHP, 16-3, 2.74)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (16-3)			148.0	112	48	45	33	113	14	2.74
2011 (18-8)			235.2	182	65	63	56	198	20	2.41
2010 (13-12)			224.1	187	83	75	54	233	23	3.01

Last 7 GS		5-2	44.1	37	19	19	10	36	6	3.86	56
2012-08-22	@BOS	W	7.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	102	59
2012-08-17	TBR	L	3.0	8	9	9	2	2	2	58	7
2012-08-12	SEA	L	7.0	4	3	3	3	5	2	108	59
2012-08-06	@OAK	W	9.0	4	0	0	0	9	0	117	88
2012-07-31	@TEX	W	6.1	5	2	2	1	3	0	97	57
2012-07-25	KCR	W	5.0	3	2	2	2	8	1	101	59
2012-07-20	TEX	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	4	1	116	64

Last 5 v.BOS		1-3	32.0	29	14	14	7	27	3	3.94	55
2012-08-22	@BOS	W	7.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	102	59
2011-05-02	@BOS	L	6.0	6	3	3	1	6	0	118	53
2010-08-17	@BOS	L	5.0	6	6	6	2	4	2	98	33
2010-07-27	BOS	L	7.0	6	2	2	2	8	0	116	63
2009-05-12	BOS	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	98	68

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

 Home:   33-29   Road:   33-33   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  45-42   vsLHP:  21-20   1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast: 19-20   vsCntrl:17-19   vsWest: 18-17 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Sun, Aug 26  @DET  L   2-5       66-62  3rd  9.5 gb
127 Sat, Aug 25  @DET  L   3-5       66-61  3rd  9.5 gb
126 Fri, Aug 24  @DET  W   2-1       66-60  3rd  8.5 gb
125 Thu, Aug 23  @BOS  W  14-13(10)  65-60  3rd  8.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 22  @BOS  W   7-3       64-60  3rd  8.5 gb
123 Tue, Aug 21  @BOS  W   5-3       63-60  3rd  8.5 gb
122 Sun, Aug 19   TBR  L   3-8       62-60  3rd  9.0 gb
121 Sat, Aug 18   TBR  L   8-10      62-59  3rd  8.0 gb
120 Fri, Aug 17   TBR  L   3-12      62-58  3rd  7.0 gb
119 Thu, Aug 16   TBR  L   0-7       62-57  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 23, 2012 LAA 14 @BOS 13 (10)   W:Ernesto Frieri (3-0), L: Alfredo Aceves (2-8), S: none
Wed, Aug 22, 2012 LAA  7 @BOS  3        W:Jered Weaver (16-3), L: Clay Buchholz (11-4), S: none
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 LAA  5 @BOS  3        W:Ervin Santana (7-10), L: Aaron Cook (3-7), S: Ernesto Frieri (15)

Thu, May 05, 2011 LAA 11 @BOS  0        W:Joel Pineiro (1-0), L: John Lackey (2-4), S: none
Wed, May 04, 2011 LAA  5 @BOS  3 (13)   W:Trevor Bell (1-0), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (2-3), S: none
Tue, May 03, 2011 BOS  7  LAA  3        W:Jon Lester (4-1), L: Dan Haren (4-2), S: none
Mon, May 02, 2011 BOS  9  LAA  5        W:Clay Buchholz (2-3), L: Jered Weaver (6-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 24, 2011 BOS  7 @LAA  0        W:John Lackey (2-2), L: Matt Palmer (1-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 23, 2011 BOS  5 @LAA  0        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (2-2), L: Ervin Santana (0-3), S: none
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 BOS  4 @LAA  3        W:Jon Lester (2-1), L: Dan Haren (4-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (5)
Season Series: 2012 - LAA over 3-0; 2011 - BOS won 6-2; 2010 - BOS won 9-1; All-Time - BOS leads 327-283

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 2012 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 TEX 5.20 SFG 4.28 HOU 3.66	RA/G WSN 3.54 DET 4.31 COL 5.50	BA M. Cabrera .346 K. Morales .275 C. Pena .190	OBP A. McCutchen .411 B. Phillips .335 J. Smoak .262	SLG G. Stanton .601 N. Walker .435 J. Carroll .289	OPS M. Trout .986 J. Altuve .769 J. Smoak .587	ERA F. Hernandez 2.43 T. Milone 3.87 J. Guthrie 5.71	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.34 D. Holland 7.25 H. Alvarez 3.41

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.20

SFG 4.28

HOU 3.66

RA/G

WSN 3.54

DET 4.31

COL 5.50

M. Cabrera .346

K. Morales .275

C. Pena .190

OBP

A. McCutchen .411

B. Phillips .335

J. Smoak .262

SLG

G. Stanton .601

N. Walker .435

J. Carroll .289

OPS

M. Trout .986

J. Altuve .769

J. Smoak .587

ERA

F. Hernandez 2.43

T. Milone 3.87

J. Guthrie 5.71

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.34

D. Holland 7.25

H. Alvarez 3.41

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RedSox Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Weaver
G/S/vB 49.Frieri
G/S/vB 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB 55.Isringhausen
G/S/vB 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB 51.Walden
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP 9/.944 1/.000 ··· 3/2.334 6/1.166 2/.500 477/336 .254/.285/.402/.687 .749/.660 .677 78/.770 11/5 13/13

77.Ciriaco G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 144/98 .353/.366/.489/.855 .924/.824 .744 73/.904 9/0 2/3

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 18/.611 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 2/2.500 216/134 .274/.319/.388/.708 .667/.734 .612 112/.709 9/1 2/0

50.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 53/37 .292/.358/.438/.796 .598/.878 .333 22/.909 0/0 1/4

58.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 1/.000 0/0 0/

55.Kalish* G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 85/72 .203/.247/.241/.488 .641/.460 .464 22/.483 3/2 0/2

60.Lavarnway G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 54/32 .180/.241/.220/.461 .325/.557 .333 54/.461 0/0 0/1

22.Loney* G/S/vP 23/.783 7/.971 5/.400 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 368/285 .254/.300/.341/.641 .575/.660 .631 58/.627 0/3 4/6

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 24/.523 4/1.417 3/1.334 ··· 4/1.250 3/.666 499/342 .282/.337/.441/.778 .839/.750 .780 113/.952 12/4 12/4

26.Podsednik* G/S/vP 14/.572 2/.000 3/.000 6/.750 4/1.000 1/3.000 124/102 .375/.398/.446/.845 .879/.837 .757 54/.785 7/2 1/0

7.Ross G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.666 3/2.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 397/280 .281/.343/.522/.866 1.130/.758 .699 103/.890 1/1 19/1

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 15/.583 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· 363/317 .228/.284/.459/.743 .610/.763 .738 68/.492 0/1 21/6

IP 148.0 52.1 37.0 41.2 27.2 30.2 TOTAL .270/.326/.437/.763 .793/.750 .706 .766 71/21 144/74

ERA-K/9

2.74/6.9

2.24/14.3

3.65/5.4

4.10/6.0

3.58/8.4

4.11/11.4

4.24/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lavarnway (8-1-0)
Saltalamacchia (66-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 577/.207 216/.150 156/.284 181/.245 110/.212 142/.260 .252 Ross
Podsednik
Ciriaco
Ellsbury
Kalish 21/7/67/7
15/17/4/1
0/1/2/0
0/48/0/0
0/19/5/0

OPS .579 .556 .735 .738 .578 .759 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 340/.489 97/.451 81/.607 92/.809 56/.700 71/.757 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.707 119/.645 75/.871 89/.670 54/.459 71/.761 .729

Home 261/.507 111/.495 73/.658 87/.593 55/.525 72/.668

Last 28d days 105/.670 39/.784 52/1.048 36/1.339 43/.561 13/1.154

HR/SB/CS 14/6/6 6/3/1 4/12/1 7/7/1 2/1/0 2/5/2 145/109/35

Usage ·····X·· ····Xoo· ·oo··X·· ····o··· ····oXo· ··o·o·X·

Angels Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Buchholz
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 37.Melancon
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 59.Mortensen
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 63.Tazawa
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 19/.316 9/1.000 10/.775 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 18/.777 1/.000 430/312 .276/.312/.403/.715 .838/.670 .734 78/.931 11/3 7/11

6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 18/.513 2/.000 9/.583 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 400/284 .245/.337/.352/.688 .801/.642 .685 87/.778 3/3 8/10

48.Hunter G/S/vP 21/.508 7/.286 10/1.611 3/.000 5/.000 3/1.334 2/1.000 25/.676 1/2.000 441/309 .291/.345/.425/.770 .726/.788 .755 104/.741 7/1 12/3

17.Iannetta G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/2.000 156/116 .239/.340/.418/.758 .400/.872 .593 72/.821 0/1 6/0

13.Izturis# G/S/vP 22/1.177 5/.400 6/.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 30/.760 1/.000 272/196 .262/.322/.331/.653 .551/.693 .546 46/.717 15/2 2/8

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 16/.783 6/.333 8/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 19/.894 2/.000 472/324 .290/.331/.403/.734 .781/.713 .732 91/.905 10/6 7/10

8.Morales# G/S/vP 6/1.000 5/.400 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 23/1.044 2/.000 409/345 .275/.318/.445/.763 .660/.782 .782 92/.855 0/0 16/0

5.Pujols G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 6/.733 6/1.867 ··· 1/.000 9/1.000 ··· 526/386 .283/.344/.533/.877 .922/.860 .796 83/.980 8/1 28/7

27.Trout G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 484/348 .337/.401/.585/.986 .910/1.016 1.012 114/.879 41/4 24/4

44.Trumbo G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 482/342 .280/.332/.531/.863 .800/.890 .882 100/.548 4/4 30/5

10.Wells G/S/vP 29/.507 6/.000 3/1.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 15/.553 1/.000 197/138 .227/.269/.416/.685 .618/.714 .682 44/.808 2/1 9/0

46.Wilson G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 185/129 .223/.289/.293/.582 .687/.539 .708 20/.347 0/0 2/4

IP 145.0 5.1 54.0 34.1 33.1 76.1 32.0 43.1 28.0 TOTAL .273/.330/.435/.765 .751/.771 .758 .801 104/27 157/75

ERA-K/9

4.47/6.0

1.69/6.8

2.50/8.7

6.82/7.1

3.78/10.3

3.77/9.0

2.25/7.3

4.15/10.0

1.61/8.0

4.37/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Iannetta (29-11-7)
Wilson (45-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 610/.268 22/.200 222/.227 151/.279 134/.197 325/.224 128/.211 187/.278 119/.292 .258 Hunter
Trumbo
Trout
Kendrick
Wells 0/0/101/9
49/0/33/4
58/77/4/2
2/0/0/0
49/6/2/0

OPS .770 .473 .666 .819 .584 .685 .641 .794 .711 .740

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 343/.788 9/.819 96/.627 63/.891 86/.408 113/.490 61/.570 88/.772 45/.728 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 267/.747 13/.237 126/.695 88/.766 48/.899 212/.788 67/.697 99/.814 74/.701 .753

Road 270/.702 6/.533 94/.553 56/.751 64/.577 176/.584 44/.615 92/.770 34/.910

Last 28d days 115/.721 22/.473 42/.636 51/.642 35/.651 85/.781 42/.840 25/.931 59/.847

HR/SB/CS 19/5/2 0/0/0 5/2/2 7/0/1 3/0/0 11/8/2 4/3/2 5/3/1 1/3/1 142/93/27

Usage ·····X·· o·ooX··· ·XX·X··· ·Xo·Xo·· ··Xo···· ····X··· o·o·X·X· o·XoX·X· ··X·oX··

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.