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Game Preview: DET @ BOS, 1:35pm, Monday, May 28, 2012 @Fenway Park

Tigers, 23-24, 23-24 3rd, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Doug Fister (28, RHP, 0-2, 1.84)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-2)			29.1	26	7	6	7	22	3	1.84
2011 (11-13)			216.1	193	76	68	37	146	11	2.83
2010 (6-14)			171.0	187	85	78	32	93	13	4.11

Last 7 GS		2-2	45.1	32	8	7	7	36	4	1.39	65
2012-05-23	@CLE	ND	6.2	5	2	2	2	3	1	111	57
2012-05-17	MIN	L	6.0	9	4	3	2	5	2	109	43
2012-05-12	@OAK	L	6.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	105	64
2012-05-07	@SEA	ND	7.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	73	72
2012-04-07	BOS	ND	3.2	3	0	0	1	3	0	51	57
2011-09-26	CLE	W	8.0	3	0	0	0	9	0	109	85
2011-09-16	@OAK	W	8.0	3	1	1	0	5	1	91	77

Last 5 v.BOS		1-2	28.0	27	12	9	9	19	1	2.89	52
2012-04-07	BOS	ND	3.2	3	0	0	1	3	0	51	57
2011-04-30	@BOS	W	5.2	5	0	0	5	4	0	108	58
2010-09-13	BOS	L	7.1	6	5	5	1	3	1	105	48
2010-08-23	@BOS	L	6.1	6	5	2	1	6	0	105	52
2010-07-25	BOS	ND	5.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	92	47

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

 Home:   11-12   Road:   12-12   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  17-17   vsLHP:   6-7    1-Run:   8-10
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest:  4-10 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Sun, May 27  @MIN  W   4-3       23-24  3rd  3.0 gb
 46 Sat, May 26  @MIN  W   6-3       22-24  3rd  4.0 gb
 45 Fri, May 25  @MIN  W  10-6       21-24  3rd  5.0 gb
 44 Thu, May 24  @CLE  L   1-2       20-24  3rd  6.0 gb
 43 Wed, May 23  @CLE  L   2-4       20-23  3rd  5.0 gb
 42 Tue, May 22  @CLE  L   3-5       20-22  3rd  4.0 gb
 41 Sun, May 20   PIT  W   4-3       20-21  3rd  3.0 gb
 40 Sat, May 19   PIT  L   3-4       19-21  3rd  4.0 gb
 39 Fri, May 18   PIT  W   6-0       19-20  2nd  3.0 gb
 38 Thu, May 17   MIN  L   3-4       18-20  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

RedSox, 23-24, 23-24 5th, 5½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Felix Doubront (24, LHP, 4-2, 3.96)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-2)			50.0	48	25	22	23	53	4	3.96
2011 (0-0)			10.1	12	7	7	8	6	1	6.10
2010 (2-2)			25.0	27	16	12	10	23	3	4.32

Last 7 GS		4-2	40.0	35	19	16	19	40	3	3.60	53
2012-05-22	@BAL	L	6.0	4	2	2	2	9	1	108	63
2012-05-17	@TBR	W	5.2	6	2	1	4	7	0	97	54
2012-05-12	CLE	W	6.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	109	65
2012-05-07	@KCR	W	6.1	7	5	3	3	2	0	111	42
2012-05-01	OAK	L	4.0	6	5	5	2	8	0	94	36
2012-04-26	@CHW	W	6.0	5	3	3	3	2	1	110	49
2012-04-21	NYY	ND	6.0	4	1	1	3	7	1	99	64

Has never faced DET as starter.

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

 Home:   10-13   Road:   13-11   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  14-17   vsLHP:   9-7    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  3-4  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Sun, May 27   TBR  L   3-4       23-24  5th  5.5 gb
 46 Sat, May 26   TBR  W   3-2       23-23  5th  5.5 gb
 45 Fri, May 25   TBR  L   4-7       22-23  5th  6.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 08, 2012 DET 13  BOS 12 (11)   W:Duane Below (2-0), L: Mark Melancon (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 07, 2012 DET 10  BOS  0        W:Duane Below (1-0), L: Josh Beckett (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 05, 2012 DET  3  BOS  2        W:Jose Valverde (1-0), L: Mark Melancon (0-1), S: none

Sun, May 29, 2011 DET  3  BOS  0        W:Justin Verlander (5-3), L: Josh Beckett (4-2), S: Jose Valverde (12)
Sun, May 29, 2011 BOS  4 @DET  3        W:Matt Albers (1-2), L: Jose Valverde (2-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (10)
Fri, May 27, 2011 BOS  6 @DET  3        W:Tim Wakefield (2-1), L: Rick Porcello (4-3), S: none
Thu, May 26, 2011 BOS 14 @DET  1  (8)   W:Alfredo Aceves (2-0), L: Max Scherzer (6-2), S: none
Thu, May 19, 2011 BOS  4  DET  3        W:Jonathan Papelbon (2-0), L: Al Alburquerque (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 18, 2011 BOS  1  DET  0        W:Daniel Bard (1-3), L: Daniel Schlereth (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (8)
Sun, Aug 01, 2010 BOS  4  DET  3        W:Jonathan Papelbon (4-4), L: Brad Thomas (4-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 3-0; 2011 - BOS won 5-1; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1018-951

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 5.75 ARI 4.19 PIT 2.98	RA/G WSN 3.28 SDP 4.16 MIN 5.62	BA P. Konerko .399 N. Markakis .263 R. Weeks .152	OBP D. Wright .484 H. Pence .332 I. Davis .226	SLG J. Hamilton .753 W. Betemit .420 B. Ryan .250	OPS J. Hamilton 1.175 C. Headley .755 K. Suzuki .514	ERA B. Beachy 1.77 D. Haren 3.76 C. Buchholz 7.19	K/9IP M. Scherzer 12.00 J. Beckett 7.19 H. Alvarez 2.60

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.75

ARI 4.19

PIT 2.98

RA/G

WSN 3.28

SDP 4.16

MIN 5.62

P. Konerko .399

N. Markakis .263

R. Weeks .152

OBP

D. Wright .484

H. Pence .332

I. Davis .226

SLG

J. Hamilton .753

W. Betemit .420

B. Ryan .250

OPS

J. Hamilton 1.175

C. Headley .755

K. Suzuki .514

ERA

B. Beachy 1.77

D. Haren 3.76

C. Buchholz 7.19

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 12.00

J. Beckett 7.19

H. Alvarez 2.60

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Tigers Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Doubront*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 149/109 .237/.318/.412/.730 .653/.757 .529 83/.732 2/0 5/3

52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/19 .381/.458/.476/.935 .333/1.156 .935 25/.935 3/0 0/0

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 191/138 .249/.288/.381/.669 .621/.688 .826 97/.731 3/1 5/0

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 8/.393 3/1.667 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 25/1.002 208/149 .312/.370/.503/.873 .857/.874 .795 113/.819 2/1 9/7

12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 136/109 .328/.378/.528/.906 .788/.928 .868 103/.929 1/0 4/0

28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/1.080 ··· 11/.773 6/.666 5/.733 4/1.750 203/133 .317/.379/.489/.868 .659/.986 .879 110/.898 1/0 7/6

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/63 .164/.261/.164/.425 .533/.415 .246 40/.311 1/0 0/2

9.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 39/13 .286/.316/.429/.744 .704/.833 .918 18/.548 0/0 1/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 5/.900 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 19/.897 166/121 .241/.327/.345/.672 .839/.610 .599 88/.717 1/1 2/1

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 131/86 .151/.215/.218/.434 .392/.456 .530 71/.457 1/1 1/2

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/1.492 82/62 .203/.268/.257/.525 .211/.626 .419 41/.647 0/0 0/2

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 23/6 .158/.304/.158/.462 .567/.167 .466 15/.500 0/0 0/0

21.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 14/.714 159/109 .252/.302/.361/.662 .668/.659 .677 85/.677 0/1 2/1

IP 50.0 22.2 21.0 27.0 10.1 9.2 15.2 20.0 TOTAL .262/.327/.403/.729 .663/.758 .724 .758 21/5 42/33

ERA-K/9

3.96/9.5

4.76/9.5

2.14/5.6

1.00/6.7

1.74/7.9

1.86/11.1

4.02/7.5

5.40/9.4

4.62/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (29-12-4)
Laird (11-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 221/.247 100/.235 80/.192 104/.198 41/.143 34/.129 73/.290 88/.288 .262 Kelly
Boesch
Raburn
Berry
Young
Dirks 8/8/10/2
0/0/43/2
18/0/10/1
0/5/0/0
14/0/0/0
23/1/1/0

OPS .708 .675 .591 .501 .440 .402 .738 .791 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.733 58/.616 37/.744 54/.582 25/.383 21/.443 34/.603 43/.558 .733

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 142/.694 42/.750 43/.471 50/.414 16/.527 13/.322 39/.851 45/1.019 .766

Home 90/.760 57/.687 41/.406 77/.577 29/.252 18/.222 45/.796 35/.977

Last 28d days 124/.640 63/.529 48/.508 53/.412 37/.368 34/.402 36/.817 47/.721

HR/SB/CS 4/6/0 2/2/0 3/1/1 1/1/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 53/31/8

Usage ·····X·· X···X·oo ··o··X·· ··X····· ·X··o·X· ·o··X·X· o·o··o·· o···X·oo

RedSox Batters (5.23 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Fister
G/S/vB 64.Below*
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 20.Dotel
G/S/vB 49.Marte
G/S/vB 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 8/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 204/139 .260/.284/.453/.737 1.008/.612 .674 111/.632 6/3 8/3

23.Byrd G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 10/.583 ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 144/100 .201/.238/.239/.477 .746/.355 .319 66/.541 0/3 1/3

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 5/.800 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.200 4/1.167 ··· ··· 9/.222 ··· 209/128 .269/.330/.419/.749 .690/.789 .779 111/.760 0/0 4/1

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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/57 .307/.330/.557/.886 .840/.915 .829 91/.886 2/1 5/4

66.Nava# G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/43 .286/.448/.490/.938 .569/1.148 1.181 67/.938 1/0 2/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 14/.594 1/.000 25/.686 15/.287 8/1.500 ··· ··· 4/3.167 ··· 201/128 .305/.383/.559/.942 .908/.962 1.107 107/.726 0/1 10/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 10/1.000 7/1.238 9/1.319 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 217/151 .294/.350/.452/.802 .711/.840 .822 118/.779 3/2 5/1

26.Podsednik* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 7/1.429 4/1.417 5/.200 ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· 13/13 .455/.455/.727/1.182 /1.182 .857 13/1.182 1/0 1/0

5.Punto# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 49/39 .132/.292/.158/.450 .550/.423 .333 23/.381 0/0 0/1

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 125/104 .265/.304/.556/.860 .659/.899 .806 73/.896 0/0 8/3

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 4/.500 3/.666 8/.393 ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/36 .288/.382/.525/.908 .851/.962 1.256 33/1.030 1/0 2/1

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 8/.804 ··· 10/.200 7/.971 4/.250 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 91/67 .250/.330/.388/.717 1.125/.590 .806 19/1.036 0/0 3/2

IP 29.1 22.0 20.0 20.0 15.2 48.2 19.1 7.1 TOTAL .270/.330/.453/.783 .786/.782 .802 .759 15/11 59/21

ERA-K/9

1.84/6.8

2.45/7.8

2.70/13.5

4.50/7.7

2.87/12.6

/0.0

3.14/8.5

4.66/7.9

0.00/11.1

4.05/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (21-4-2)
Shoppach (10-4-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 120/.230 82/.208 88/.257 84/.297 61/.175 / 202/.247 89/.257 29/.160 .259 Byrd
Nava
Gonzalez
Podsednik
Lin 0/41/2/1
17/0/0/1
0/0/6/0
0/5/0/0
0/1/5/0

OPS .638 .494 .683 .760 .510 .726 .796 .481 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.616 38/.438 40/.639 44/.645 16/.683 / 62/.748 48/1.079 6/1.500 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 42/.678 44/.543 48/.721 40/.895 45/.451 / 140/.715 41/.475 23/.310 .707

Road 77/.508 27/.724 39/.665 41/.841 32/.460 / 112/.617 50/.809 11/.864

Last 28d days 106/.644 40/.679 41/.495 48/.786 30/.660 / 112/.771 43/.694 22/.432

HR/SB/CS 3/0/1 1/2/1 0/1/0 1/1/1 1/2/1 // 7/1/3 2/7/0 0/1/0 48/40/15

Usage ····X··· o····X·· ·XX····X ··X·X··o ·X·····o ··X····· ooX····· X·X·····

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.