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Game Preview: TBR @ BOS, 7:10pm, Friday, May 25, 2012 @Fenway Park

Rays, 27-18, 27-18 2nd, 1 GB, 4 up in WC

SP: Alex Cobb (24, RHP, 1-0, 2.57)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 7.0 6 2 2 2 6 0 2.57
2011 (3-2) 52.2 49 21 20 21 37 3 3.42
Last 7 GS 3-2 42.2 40 15 14 15 33 2 2.95 55
2012-05-19 ATL W 7.0 6 2 2 2 6 0 113 61
2011-08-06 OAK L 4.1 8 5 5 4 4 1 93 27
2011-07-30 @SEA L 6.1 6 3 3 1 9 1 105 57
2011-07-24 @KCR W 7.0 6 0 0 0 2 0 85 67
2011-07-18 NYY ND 6.0 3 2 1 4 3 0 99 59
2011-06-18 FLA W 6.1 3 2 2 2 2 0 101 59
2011-06-13 @DET ND 5.2 8 1 1 2 7 0 102 54
Has never faced BOS as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-7    Road:   10-11   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  21-10   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:  11-3 
 vsEast: 13-10   vsCntrl: 3-3    vsWest: 10-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Wed, May 23   TOR  W   5-4 (11)  27-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 44 Tue, May 22   TOR  W   8-5       26-18  2nd  2.0 gb
 43 Mon, May 21   TOR  L   2-6       25-18  2nd  2.0 gb
 42 Sun, May 20   ATL  L   0-2       25-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 41 Sat, May 19   ATL  W   5-2       25-16  2nd  2.0 gb
 40 Fri, May 18   ATL  L   3-5       24-16  2nd  2.0 gb
 39 Thu, May 17   BOS  L   3-5       24-15  2nd  1.0 gb
 38 Wed, May 16   BOS  W   2-1       24-14  1st    Tied
 37 Tue, May 15  @TOR  W   4-3       23-14  1st    Tied
 36 Mon, May 14  @TOR  W   7-1       22-14  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:19-11
RedSox, 22-22, 22-22 5th, 5½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jon Lester (28, LHP, 3-3, 3.95)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-3) 57.0 55 28 25 19 37 4 3.95
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 3-2 42.0 46 24 21 14 27 4 4.50 48
2012-05-19 @PHI W 6.0 8 4 4 1 3 1 90 42
2012-05-14 SEA W 9.0 8 1 1 0 6 0 119 73
2012-05-09 @KCR L 5.0 6 4 1 1 3 0 108 47
2012-05-04 BAL ND 6.0 5 3 3 3 2 1 99 49
2012-04-28 @CHW W 7.0 5 0 0 1 7 0 122 73
2012-04-23 @MIN ND 7.0 6 5 5 4 4 1 112 45
2012-04-17 TEX L 2.0 8 7 7 4 2 1 80 10
Last 5 v.TBR 2-3 31.0 27 14 14 13 33 1 4.06 55
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
2011-08-16 TBR W 7.0 3 1 1 1 8 0 113 74
2011-04-12 TBR L 7.0 7 3 3 2 8 0 109 57
2010-09-06 TBR W 6.0 4 2 2 3 10 0 94 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-11   Road:   13-11   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  14-15   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  3-4  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Wed, May 23  @BAL  W   6-5       22-22  5th  5.5 gb
 43 Tue, May 22  @BAL  L   1-4       21-22  5th  6.5 gb
 42 Mon, May 21  @BAL  W   8-6       21-21  4th  5.5 gb
 41 Sun, May 20  @PHI  W   5-1       20-21  5th  6.5 gb
 40 Sat, May 19  @PHI  W   7-5       19-21  5th  7.5 gb
 39 Fri, May 18  @PHI  L   4-6       18-21  5th  7.5 gb
 38 Thu, May 17  @TBR  W   5-3       18-20  5th  6.5 gb
 37 Wed, May 16  @TBR  L   1-2       17-20  5th  6.5 gb
 36 Tue, May 15   SEA  W   5-0       17-19  5th  5.5 gb
 35 Mon, May 14   SEA  W   6-1       16-19  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 17, 2012 BOS  5 @TBR  3        W:Felix Doubront (4-1), L: Matt Moore (1-4), S: Alfredo Aceves (8)
Wed, May 16, 2012 TBR  2  BOS  1        W:Jeremy Hellickson (4-0), L: Clay Buchholz (4-2), S: Fernando Rodney (12)
Mon, Apr 16, 2012 TBR  1 @BOS  0        W:James Shields (2-0), L: Daniel Bard (0-2), S: Fernando Rodney (4)
Sun, Apr 15, 2012 BOS  6  TBR  4        W:Vicente Padilla (1-0), L: Matt Moore (0-1), S: Alfredo Aceves (2)
Sat, Apr 14, 2012 BOS 13  TBR  5        W:Clay Buchholz (1-0), L: Burke Badenhop (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 13, 2012 BOS 12  TBR  2        W:Josh Beckett (1-1), L: David Price (1-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 18, 2011 TBR  8 @BOS  5        W:Jake McGee (3-1), L: Tim Wakefield (7-7), S: Joel Peralta (5)
Sat, Sep 17, 2011 TBR  4 @BOS  3        W:Jeff Niemann (11-7), L: Jon Lester (15-8), S: Joel Peralta (4)
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 BOS  4  TBR  3        W:Josh Beckett (13-5), L: James Shields (15-11), S: Jonathan Papelbon (30)
Thu, Sep 15, 2011 TBR  9 @BOS  2        W:Jeremy Hellickson (13-10), L: Kyle Weiland (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - BOS over 4-2; 2011 - TBR won 12-6; 2010 - TBR won 11-7; All-Time - BOS leads 145-102

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  5.38

NYM  4.16

PIT  2.86

 RA/G

WSN  3.27

SDP  4.07

MIN  5.55

 BA

D. Wright  .405

N. Cruz  .260

R. Weeks  .155

 OBP

D. Wright  .500

A. Beltre  .331

C. Barmes  .206

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .758

J. Kipnis  .418

A. Ramirez  .253

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.187

B. McCann  .756

A. Ramirez  .481

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.77

T. Cahill  3.74

C. Buchholz  7.84

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.64

J. Johnson  7.23

D. Lowe  2.30

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

Rays Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.98 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		 53.Hill*
G/S/vB		 30.Miller*
G/S/vB		 46.Morales*
G/S/vB		 44.Padilla
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 66/31 .213/.262/.230/.491 .757/.198 .635 45/.351 0/0 0/3
9.Johnson# G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/1.500 1/.000 101/59 .276/.357/.379/.736 .793/.698 1.031 81/.757 8/3 2/3
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 2/.500 5/.000 7/.286 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 4/3.250 162/117 .274/.391/.526/.917 .638/1.023 .823 95/.824 2/0 8/0
28.Molina G/S/vP 17/.745 5/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 4/.750 82/69 .173/.244/.307/.551 .490/.560 .573 41/.511 0/0 2/2
23.Pena* G/S/vP 47/1.086 6/.000 12/1.017 5/.000 ··· 4/1.000 4/.000 8/.750 198/127 .217/.364/.379/.743 .629/.807 .634 110/.628 1/1 6/2
10.Rhymes* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 66/47 .250/.318/.283/.602 .105/.800 .644 66/.602 1/1 0/5
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 18/.492 10/.111 8/1.071 4/.833 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 5/.200 151/103 .246/.299/.366/.665 .768/.615 .655 84/.762 2/0 4/7
30.Scott* G/S/vP 8/.000 7/.143 ··· 2/3.000 4/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 14/.445 158/99 .243/.310/.479/.789 .543/.934 .796 102/.669 0/0 8/
44.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/3 .500/.556/.750/1.306 1.100/1.667 9/1.306 0/0 0/0
24.Thompson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 13/7 .091/.231/.091/.322 .533/.143 13/.322 2/1 0/0
2.Upton G/S/vP 54/.611 15/.498 20/.950 10/.200 ··· 7/1.286 1/.000 9/.958 127/84 .300/.357/.482/.839 1.022/.754 .581 100/.852 10/1 4/2
26.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/16 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 36/.688 7/.143 9/.889 5/.000 ··· 6/2.000 4/.500 6/.583 186/127 .217/.355/.434/.789 .680/.839 1.066 101/.831 3/4 6/4
IP 57.0 21.2 20.0 24.0 9.1 8.2 14.1 19.1 TOTAL .246/.335/.406/.740 .749/.736 .734 .710 39/16 51/41
ERA-K/9 3.95/5.8 4.15/9.5 2.25/5.8 1.13/6.8 1.93/8.7 2.08/11.4 4.40/6.3 5.59/9.3 4.63/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gimenez (15-3-0)
 Molina (10-3-3)
 Vogt (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 238/.256 95/.235 77/.200 92/.198 37/.156 31/.143 68/.310 86/.295 .265  Upton
 Zobrist
 Joyce
 Gimenez
 Vogt
 Thompson
 Johnson
0/30/0/4
0/0/34/1
28/0/19/1
1/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .702 .638 .616 .496 .458 .444 .776 .810 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.478 54/.641 35/.791 46/.585 23/.419 20/.466 31/.624 42/.571 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 172/.788 41/.633 42/.483 46/.406 14/.516 11/.384 37/.901 44/1.044 .771
Home 76/.818 52/.619 38/.439 65/.584 25/.251 15/.267 40/.869 33/1.039
Last 28d days 137/.661 65/.457 45/.544 46/.450 37/.458 31/.444 35/.862 48/.735
HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 1/2/0 3/1/1 1/0/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 49/27/7
Usage ·····X·· ·X·ooX·X ··X···X· ·······o ·o·X·o·o ·X·X···o ··o···X· ·X·ooX·X
RedSox Batters (5.36 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Cobb
G/S/vB		 31.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 40.Davis
G/S/vB		 39.Howell*
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.666 5/.200 2/1.000 3/1.667 3/1.167 2/2.500 6/1.667 191/130 .271/.296/.475/.771 1.044/.648 .741 111/.682 5/3 8/3
23.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/2.167 137/96 .203/.235/.242/.477 .802/.336 .303 68/.602 0/3 1/2
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.889 6/1.300 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 198/122 .269/.333/.406/.739 .710/.758 .761 113/.682 0/0 3/0
67.Lin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .200/.200/.200/.400 1.000/.000 5/.400 0/0 0/0
64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 84/53 .296/.321/.568/.889 .791/.947 .826 84/.889 2/1 5/3
66.Nava# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 55/35 .350/.491/.600/1.091 .563/1.420 1.708 55/1.091 1/0 2/1
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 12/.705 20/.728 1/.000 9/.666 4/.500 12/1.151 188/120 .315/.383/.583/.966 .947/.977 1.181 106/.806 0/1 10/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 14/.665 15/.582 1/.000 6/.900 1/.000 2/.000 204/142 .296/.348/.462/.810 .668/.871 .843 118/.764 3/2 5/1
26.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 8/.929 ··· 2/.000 ··· 14/.585 5/5 .500/.500/1.250/1.750 /1.750 5/1.750 0/0 1/0
5.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.667 ··· 10/.675 ··· 11/.829 47/37 .135/.298/.162/.460 .550/.435 .347 28/.333 0/0 0/1
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.750 4/1.250 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 2/.000 116/97 .273/.302/.555/.856 .655/.896 .793 68/.840 0/0 7/3
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 10/.555 67/36 .281/.379/.509/.888 .804/.962 1.233 36/.859 1/0 2/1
20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 8/.700 14/1.589 ··· 8/.536 ··· 4/1.417 79/59 .243/.316/.400/.716 1.300/.545 .847 10/1.067 0/0 3/2
IP 7.0 21.0 21.1 14.1 14.2 19.1 6.0 22.2 TOTAL .273/.331/.461/.792 .795/.791 .824 .756 13/11 57/18
ERA-K/9 2.57/7.7 4.29/7.7 2.11/8.0 3.14/8.8 1.84/12.2 5.12/10.7 1.50/7.5 0.40/8.7 3.54/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (19-3-2)
 Shoppach (8-4-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 28/.240 90/.235 91/.229 59/.231 59/.204 79/.219 26/.182 86/.173 .240  Byrd
 Nava
 Gonzalez
 Podsednik
 Lin
0/39/0/1
14/0/0/1
0/0/4/0
0/2/0/0
0/1/3/0
OPS .566 .678 .599 .707 .512 .799 .490 .394 .689
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 19/.498 26/.644 42/.583 29/.550 32/.588 40/.687 14/.762 50/.350 .705
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 9/.708 64/.692 49/.607 30/.852 27/.422 39/.918 12/.167 36/.456 .676
Road / 43/1.024 41/.428 35/.823 28/.816 34/.875 14/.539 38/.607
Last 28d days 28/.566 51/.556 50/.664 33/.587 39/.394 46/.729 26/.490 55/.463
HR/SB/CS 0/1/0 4/0/0 2/1/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 5/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 48/27/7
Usage ·····X·· ··oXo··o ··X····X ······oo ·o··o··· ·oo··o·· ···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.