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Game Preview: TEX @ BOS, 7:10pm, Tuesday, April 17, 2012 @Fenway Park

Rangers, 8-2, 8-2 1st, 2½ up

SP: Colby Lewis (32, RHP, 1-0, 1.42)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 12.2 12 2 2 1 15 1 1.42
2011 (14-10) 200.1 187 103 98 56 169 35 4.40
2010 (12-13) 201.0 174 90 83 65 196 21 3.72
Last 7 GS 4-1 41.1 39 20 20 9 44 5 4.35 54
2012-04-11 SEA ND 6.2 5 0 0 0 6 0 109 70
2012-04-06 CHW W 6.0 7 2 2 1 9 1 100 58
2011-09-27 @LAA W 6.0 3 2 2 1 5 0 76 62
2011-09-22 @OAK ND 6.1 4 3 3 2 7 1 100 58
2011-09-17 @SEA W 5.2 8 6 6 1 7 1 94 35
2011-09-09 OAK W 7.1 5 3 3 1 7 1 99 62
2011-09-03 @BOS L 3.1 7 4 4 3 3 1 89 30
Last 5 v.BOS 2-3 27.0 32 18 18 10 25 5 6.00 45
2011-09-03 @BOS L 3.1 7 4 4 3 3 1 89 30
2011-08-23 BOS L 6.0 9 7 7 2 2 2 102 26
2011-04-02 BOS W 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 1 108 50
2010-08-14 BOS L 6.2 6 1 1 2 9 0 117 65
2010-07-16 @BOS W 5.0 4 3 3 1 7 1 104 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-2    Road:    3-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-2    vsLHP:   2-0    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-1    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Sun, Apr 15  @MIN  W   4-3        8-2   1st  2.5 up
  9 Sat, Apr 14  @MIN  W   6-2        7-2   1st  2.5 up
  8 Fri, Apr 13  @MIN  W   4-1        6-2   1st  2.0 up
  7 Thu, Apr 12   SEA  W   5-3        5-2   1st  1.5 up
  6 Wed, Apr 11   SEA  L   3-4        4-2   1st  0.5 up
  5 Tue, Apr 10   SEA  W   1-0        4-1   1st  1.5 up
  4 Mon, Apr  9   SEA  W  11-5        3-1   1st  0.5 up
  3 Sun, Apr  8   CHW  W   5-0        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7   CHW  L   3-4        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  6   CHW  W   3-2        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20: 8-2    Last 30: 8-2
RedSox, 4-6, 4-6 5th, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Jon Lester (28, LHP, 0-1, 2.40)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-1) 15.0 9 4 4 5 10 0 2.40
2011 (15-9) 191.2 166 77 74 75 182 20 3.47
2010 (19-9) 208.0 167 81 75 83 225 14 3.25
Last 7 GS 1-4 41.2 37 22 22 18 36 3 4.75 52
2012-04-11 @TOR L 8.0 3 3 3 2 6 0 116 68
2012-04-05 @DET ND 7.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 107 62
2011-09-28 @BAL ND 6.0 4 2 2 4 5 1 93 57
2011-09-24 @NYY L 2.2 8 8 8 1 3 1 55 12
2011-09-17 TBR L 7.0 5 4 4 4 5 1 107 52
2011-09-11 @TBR L 4.0 8 4 4 3 2 0 111 29
2011-09-06 @TOR W 7.0 3 0 0 1 11 0 100 81
Last 5 v.TEX 2-1 36.1 28 13 12 9 33 4 2.97 62
2011-04-01 @TEX ND 5.1 6 5 5 1 0 3 88 35
2010-08-14 @TEX W 8.0 5 0 0 0 5 0 109 77
2010-07-18 TEX L 8.0 9 4 3 3 6 0 118 53
2009-08-14 @TEX ND 6.0 6 3 3 3 11 1 117 56
2009-06-06 TEX W 9.0 2 1 1 2 11 0 107 88
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-1    Road:    1-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   2-5    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   0-3 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Mon, Apr 16   TBR  L   0-1        4-6   5th  2.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 15   TBR  W   6-4        4-5   4th  1.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr 14   TBR  W  13-5        3-5   5th  2.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13   TBR  W  12-2        2-5   5th  2.0 gb
  6 Wed, Apr 11  @TOR  L   1-3        1-5   5th  3.5 gb
  5 Tue, Apr 10  @TOR  L   3-7        1-4   5th  2.5 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9  @TOR  W   4-2        1-3   4th  2.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @DET  L  12-13(11)   0-3   4th  3.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @DET  L   0-10       0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Thu, Apr  5  @DET  L   2-3        0-1   5th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-6    Last 30: 4-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 04, 2011 TEX 11 @BOS  4        W:Matt Harrison (11-9), L: John Lackey (12-11), S: none
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 BOS 12  TEX  7        W:Erik Bedard (5-9), L: Colby Lewis (11-10), S: none
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 TEX 10 @BOS  0        W:Derek Holland (13-5), L: Andrew Miller (6-2), S: none
Thu, Aug 25, 2011 BOS  6 @TEX  0        W:Andrew Miller (6-1), L: Alexi Ogando (12-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 BOS 13 @TEX  2        W:Josh Beckett (11-5), L: Matt Harrison (10-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 BOS 11 @TEX  5        W:John Lackey (12-9), L: Colby Lewis (11-9), S: none
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 TEX  4  BOS  0        W:C.J. Wilson (13-5), L: Erik Bedard (4-9), S: none
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 TEX  5  BOS  1        W:Matt Harrison (1-0), L: Clay Buchholz (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 02, 2011 TEX 12  BOS  5        W:Colby Lewis (1-0), L: John Lackey (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 TEX  9  BOS  5        W:Darren Oliver (1-0), L: Daniel Bard (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - TEX won 6-4; 2010 - TEX won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 327-292

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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

R. Wolf  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (5.00 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		 48.Atchison
G/S/vB		 37.Melancon
G/S/vB		 46.Morales*
G/S/vB		 44.Padilla
G/S/vB		 50.Thomas*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 16/.732 3/.000 11/.856 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 665/503 .279/.347/.361/.708 .714/.706 .741 40/.598 37/12 5/25
29.Beltre G/S/vP 15/.829 2/.000 7/1.262 ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 45/.707 ··· 525/397 .296/.331/.561/.892 1.075/.836 .737 42/.781 1/1 32/11
17.Cruz G/S/vP 13/1.538 5/2.000 5/1.600 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 513/402 .263/.312/.509/.821 1.096/.747 .688 40/.592 9/5 29/6
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 153/74 .271/.347/.346/.693 .735/.648 .506 6/.000 18/0 1/2
14.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 267/189 .215/.256/.283/.539 .655/.493 .543 3/.667 1/2 1/4
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 20/.721 2/.000 13/.607 3/4.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 3/1.334 1/2.000 538/383 .298/.346/.536/.882 .825/.904 .852 42/1.137 8/1 25/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 21/.712 3/2.334 13/.962 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 723/534 .255/.355/.477/.832 .880/.815 .730 46/1.031 30/4 32/11
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 512/390 .259/.320/.414/.733 .577/.783 .726 22/.527 2/2 16/5
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 9/.555 4/.500 7/1.262 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 440/322 .275/.328/.401/.729 .507/.809 .679 31/.858 11/6 11/4
25.Napoli G/S/vP 9/1.556 3/.000 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 21/.428 ··· 432/297 .320/.414/.631/1.046 1.049/1.044 1.078 30/.517 4/2 30/3
21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/6 .231/.412/.308/.719 .764/.500 4/1.500 0/0 0/1
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 10/.300 ··· 419/294 .273/.306/.399/.705 .612/.744 .587 18/.572 0/2 7/9
10.Young G/S/vP 28/.931 5/1.800 13/.496 5/.200 1/3.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 689/520 .338/.380/.474/.854 .902/.838 .776 41/.854 6/2 11/8
IP 191.2 114.0 64.2 30.1 74.1 46.1 8.2 TOTAL .267/.309/.469/.777 .765/.782 .803 .777 4/3 15/4
ERA-K/9 3.47/8.5 2.61/6.3 4.73/9.5 3.26/5.0 2.78/8.0 3.69/8.2 4.15/9.3 /0.0 5.01/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (21-12-1)
 Torrealba (56-27-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 799/.234 474/.204 289/.251 122/.279 309/.234 193/.237 36/.226 / .265  Cruz
 Murphy
 Hamilton
 Moreland
 Gentry
18/0/109/6
78/13/32/5
85/35/0/5
0/0/34/0
2/55/7/0
OPS .690 .621 .733 .710 .631 .757 .656 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 203/.580 210/.576 119/.829 49/.769 130/.704 100/.789 14/1.192 / .817
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 596/.728 264/.656 170/.667 73/.669 179/.581 93/.725 22/.283 / .701
Home 334/.720 274/.614 166/.767 90/.716 162/.623 111/.970 16/.542 /
Last 28d days 56/.510 14/.896 10/.944 19/.485 12/1.591 17/.364 23/.490 11/.697
HR/SB/CS 20/14/12 8/9/0 7/6/4 0/1/3 5/6/2 6/6/0 0/0/0 // 11/5/1
Usage ·····X·· ·oo····o X······· ·o·····X ···o···· ·Xo····· ·o······ X·····X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

RedSox Batters (5.30 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (2.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
G/S/vB		 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 39.Feldman
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 9/1.333 2/1.500 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 309/216 .255/.289/.409/.698 .924/.601 .701 37/.763 14/4 7/12
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 8/2.732 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.667 4/.000 2/5.000 ··· 1/.000 715/472 .338/.410/.548/.957 .787/1.046 .929 46/.773 1/0 27/4
54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 175/58 .236/.303/.401/.704 .804/.506 .597 26/.412 2/3 6/3
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 17/1.345 ··· ··· 7/1.762 3/.333 10/.522 5/1.400 ··· 6/.000 605/404 .309/.398/.554/.953 .989/.934 1.024 44/1.096 1/1 29/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 14/.500 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 3/1.000 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 731/515 .307/.387/.474/.861 1.010/.800 .918 46/.882 26/8 21/7
5.Punto# G/S/vP 3/.667 1/no AB ··· 7/.829 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 166/109 .278/.388/.421/.809 .798/.814 .583 14/.774 1/1 1/3
16.Repko G/S/vP 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 144/92 .226/.270/.286/.555 .633/.512 .638 3/.000 7/2 2/1
7.Ross G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 461/351 .240/.325/.405/.730 .698/.740 .735 39/.874 5/2 14/1
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 9/.889 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 5/1.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/1.667 386/263 .235/.288/.450/.737 .635/.786 .722 22/.482 1/0 16/6
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 17/.686 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 253/128 .176/.268/.339/.607 .788/.431 .538 18/1.071 0/0 11/3
71.Spears* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 / 0/0 0/0
12.Sweeney* G/S/vP 11/.546 1/.000 ··· 24/1.289 5/1.350 4/.250 2/4.000 ··· 2/.000 299/249 .265/.346/.341/.687 .404/.743 .751 31/.955 1/1 1/0
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 10/.744 ··· ··· 6/.167 4/.500 6/.900 ··· ··· 6/2.267 517/355 .258/.373/.459/.833 .987/.764 .989 34/.498 3/0 17/9
IP 200.1 73.2 32.0 45.0 44.2 169.0 65.0 TOTAL .269/.342/.433/.775 .748/.786 .978 .775 3/2 9/2
ERA-K/9 4.40/7.6 1.47/9.0 /0.0 3.94/6.2 3.80/8.4 4.84/8.7 3.51/6.7 /0.0 2.35/11.8 2.30/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (83-37-26)
 Shoppach (26-18-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 839/.244 277/.169 / 129/.216 196/.263 191/.222 693/.234 / 243/.164 .235  Ross
 Sweeney
 Repko
 McDonald
 Aviles
 Spears
 Gonzalez
83/22/35/8
41/34/23/3
24/5/27/2
23/13/37/2
1/0/4/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .738 .496 .614 .768 .705 .649 .535 .627
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 486/.829 159/.538 / 64/.391 88/.802 97/.620 412/.709 / 124/.472 .653
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 353/.616 118/.439 / 65/.837 108/.739 94/.791 281/.560 / 119/.597 .596
Road 444/.681 135/.544 / 57/.771 84/.788 86/.837 307/.595 / 116/.503
Last 28d days 51/.662 27/.556 60/.870 4/.500 4/.500 25/.822 23/.490 13/.397 6/.333
HR/SB/CS 35/10/7 5/9/0 // 3/3/4 6/1/3 7/8/0 16/2/3 // 11/0/0 4/4/2
Usage ·····X·· ·oX·X·oo ··X····X ·······X ········ ·oX··Xo· ··oX·X·X ·Xo····· ····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.