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Game Preview: BOS @ DET, 1:05pm, Sunday, April 8, 2012 @Comerica Park

RedSox, 0-2, 0-2 4th, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Clay Buchholz (27, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
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
2009 (7-4) 92.0 91 44 43 36 68 13 4.21
Last 7 GS 3-0 44.0 32 15 14 12 37 4 2.86 59
2011-06-16 @TBR W 5.0 2 1 1 3 5 0 81 61
2011-06-10 @TOR W 7.0 3 1 1 2 6 0 100 71
2011-06-03 OAK ND 4.2 8 6 5 2 5 0 99 29
2011-05-29 @DET ND 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 2 98 50
2011-05-23 @CLE ND 7.1 4 2 2 2 4 1 94 64
2011-05-18 DET ND 7.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 127 75
2011-05-13 @NYY W 7.0 5 2 2 1 7 1 110 65
Last 5 v.DET 1-1 34.1 20 8 6 14 21 3 1.57 64
2011-05-29 @DET ND 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 2 98 50
2011-05-18 DET ND 7.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 127 75
2010-08-01 DET ND 8.0 2 2 1 4 5 0 109 73
2010-05-14 @DET W 6.1 3 1 1 5 3 0 111 61
2009-08-13 DET L 7.0 5 2 1 3 3 1 100 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    0-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-2    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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: 0-2    Last 20: 0-2    Last 30: 0-2
Tigers, 2-0, 2-0 1st, 1 up

SP: Max Scherzer (27, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (15-9) 195.0 207 101 96 56 174 29 4.43
2010 (12-11) 195.2 174 84 76 70 184 20 3.50
2009 (9-11) 170.1 166 94 78 63 174 20 4.12
Last 7 GS 2-2 37.2 43 22 22 10 38 8 5.26 48
2011-09-27 CLE W 5.2 7 4 4 2 7 0 109 44
2011-09-21 @KCR ND 5.0 5 2 2 1 5 0 84 53
2011-09-15 @OAK L 5.0 7 5 5 1 8 3 91 40
2011-09-10 MIN ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 6 1 118 62
2011-09-04 CHW W 7.0 5 0 0 0 6 0 113 73
2011-08-29 KCR L 3.0 10 7 7 1 2 3 65 12
2011-08-24 @TBR ND 5.0 4 2 2 2 4 1 97 53
Last 5 v.BOS 0-2 13.1 22 14 14 5 5 4 9.45 32
2011-05-26 BOS L 2.0 7 7 7 2 1 1 61 13
2010-07-31 @BOS ND 6.1 9 1 1 1 3 0 116 53
2010-05-14 BOS L 5.0 6 6 6 2 1 3 109 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-0    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-0    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  2-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Sat, Apr  7   BOS  W  10-0        2-0   1st  1.0 up
  1 Thu, Apr  5   BOS  W   3-2        1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 2-0    Last 20: 2-0    Last 30: 2-0 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Sat, Jul 31, 2010 BOS  5  DET  4        W:Hideki Okajima (4-3), L: Phil Coke (6-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 2-0; 2011 - BOS won 5-1; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1018-950

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

J. Vazquez  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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

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 (1.00 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (1.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 31.Balester
G/S/vB		 64.Below*
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 20.Dotel
G/S/vB		 48.Porcello
G/S/vB		 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/.000 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 309/216 .255/.289/.409/.698 .924/.601 .691 6/.000 14/4 7/12
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 2/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 8/.250 5/2.350 5/2.600 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 732/509 .321/.376/.552/.928 .841/.965 .910 7/.000 39/15 32/0
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 11/.384 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 4/1.167 2/1.000 3/.667 9/.222 ··· 715/472 .338/.410/.548/.957 .787/1.046 .986 8/.929 1/0 27/4
54.McDonald G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 175/58 .236/.303/.401/.704 .804/.506 .811 1/.000 2/3 6/3
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 7/2.381 ··· 1/.000 24/.717 14/.310 8/1.500 4/.500 ··· 4/3.167 ··· 605/404 .309/.398/.554/.953 .989/.934 .874 7/.786 1/1 29/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.804 7/1.238 9/1.319 6/.733 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 731/515 .307/.387/.474/.861 1.010/.800 .804 8/.536 26/8 21/7
5.Punto# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 3/.667 17/.393 ··· 2/.000 ··· 166/109 .278/.388/.421/.809 .798/.814 .997 0/ 1/1 1/3
7.Ross G/S/vP 4/1.250 5/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 8/.536 ··· 461/351 .240/.325/.405/.730 .698/.740 .726 8/.000 5/2 14/1
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.500 ··· 386/263 .235/.288/.450/.737 .635/.786 .753 6/.500 1/0 16/6
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.666 7/.453 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 253/128 .176/.268/.339/.607 .788/.431 .658 1/2.000 0/0 11/3
12.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 5/.000 3/.666 13/1.433 ··· 3/2.334 1/2.000 299/249 .265/.346/.341/.687 .404/.743 .630 8/1.482 1/1 1/0
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 8/.804 ··· ··· 10/.200 7/.971 4/.250 6/1.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 517/355 .258/.373/.459/.833 .987/.764 .667 8/.000 3/0 17/9
IP 195.0 35.2 29.0 61.0 108.2 54.0 182.0 49.0 72.1 16.0 TOTAL .188/.221/.266/.486 .282/.524 .486 .486 1/0 0/2
ERA-K/9 4.43/8.0 4.54/8.6 4.34/4.3 2.95/9.3 4.47/5.7 3.50/10.3 4.75/5.1 3.49/8.1 2.24/8.6 6.75/7.9 1.00/9.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 833/.272 159/.268 127/.252 241/.218 474/.279 218/.185 784/.292 212/.209 301/.198 76/.323 .188  Ross
 Ellsbury
 Sweeney
 McDonald
 Aviles
 Gonzalez
83/22/35/8
0/154/0/6
41/34/23/3
23/13/37/2
1/0/4/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .781 .807 .660 .581 .728 .574 .774 .699 .580 .921 .486
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 464/.841 61/.733 53/.661 125/.639 167/.584 85/.845 470/.857 100/.529 179/.687 39/1.036 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 369/.706 98/.847 74/.659 116/.517 307/.806 133/.410 314/.650 112/.863 122/.432 37/.806 .185
Home 461/.741 86/.674 65/.818 132/.644 196/.816 103/.513 368/.820 107/.741 169/.634 28/.851
Last 28d days / / 8/.250 4/1.000 3/.333 5/.400 / / 6/1.700 /
HR/SB/CS 29/12/9 7/5/1 2/2/1 5/3/2 5/10/6 6/1/1 18/16/4 6/5/3 5/9/3 3/4/0 0/1/0
Usage X······· X······· 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.

Tigers Batters (6.50 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (6.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Buchholz
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 32.Albers
G/S/vB		 48.Atchison
G/S/vB		 51.Bard
G/S/vB		 19.Beckett
G/S/vB		 64.Bowden
G/S/vB		 61.Doubront*
G/S/vB		 37.Melancon
G/S/vB		 46.Morales*
G/S/vB		 44.Padilla
G/S/vB		 78.Thomas*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 6/1.100 3/.666 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 9/1.194 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 551/403 .295/.389/.506/.895 .779/.939 .949 8/1.500 3/1 19/6
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 12/.584 3/.333 3/1.167 1/.000 3/1.666 9/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 472/354 .283/.341/.458/.799 .752/.814 .833 9/.000 5/3 16/3
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 18/.666 4/.500 8/.393 3/1.667 5/1.000 15/.910 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 24/1.047 ··· 688/507 .344/.448/.586/1.033 .990/1.047 1.011 9/1.889 2/1 30/13
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 8/.393 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 235/204 .251/.296/.406/.703 .871/.675 .801 4/1.000 5/2 7/2
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/1.080 ··· ··· 6/2.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/1.000 3/2.334 ··· 692/499 .299/.415/.566/.981 .822/1.046 1.096 8/2.000 1/1 38/15
14.Jackson G/S/vP 14/.297 4/1.417 7/.572 1/.000 1/.000 9/1.056 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 668/463 .249/.317/.374/.690 .732/.672 .752 10/1.475 22/5 10/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 281/259 .245/.291/.381/.672 .381/.698 .564 0/ 2/1 7/5
9.Laird G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 7/.453 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 108/89 .232/.302/.358/.660 .902/.610 .670 / 1/1 1/3
27.Peralta G/S/vP 14/.774 4/.833 5/.900 2/1.000 5/.400 20/.644 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 17/1.012 ··· 576/403 .299/.345/.478/.824 .765/.848 .898 8/1.339 0/2 21/7
25.Raburn G/S/vP 12/.878 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 418/261 .256/.297/.432/.729 .807/.681 .693 8/.250 1/1 14/17
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 5/.200 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/1.492 ··· 294/237 .260/.311/.384/.695 .832/.662 .786 4/.250 0/0 5/3
36.Thomas* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/5.000 ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· / /// / 0/ / /
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/17 .270/.308/.324/.632 .792/.423 .801 0/ 0/0 0/1
21.Young G/S/vP 4/.500 1/no AB 4/1.250 1/.000 2/1.500 18/.918 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 12/.666 ··· 503/361 .268/.302/.393/.695 .759/.670 .732 8/.500 1/0 12/7
IP 82.2 114.0 64.2 30.1 73.0 193.0 20.0 10.1 74.1 46.1 8.2 TOTAL .328/.395/.627/1.022 .656/1.269 1.022 1.022 0/0 5/1
ERA-K/9 3.48/6.5 2.61/6.3 4.73/9.5 3.26/5.0 3.33/9.1 2.89/8.2 4.05/7.7 6.10/5.2 2.78/8.0 3.69/8.2 4.15/9.3 /0.0 6.61/4.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (85-40-7)
 Kelly (0-0-1)
 Laird (16-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 353/.241 474/.204 289/.251 122/.279 288/.179 767/.211 90/.241 47/.316 309/.234 193/.237 36/.226 / .328  Jackson
 Boesch
 Young
 Raburn
 Dirks
 Kelly
0/152/0/8
57/0/51/7
115/0/0/7
52/2/20/4
38/16/22/4
17/4/39/1
OPS .706 .621 .733 .710 .546 .608 .700 .952 .631 .757 .656 1.022
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 177/.706 210/.576 119/.829 49/.769 162/.611 451/.562 34/.678 21/1.347 130/.704 100/.789 14/1.192 / 1.070
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 176/.706 264/.656 170/.667 73/.669 126/.461 316/.671 56/.714 26/.632 179/.581 93/.725 22/.283 / .988
Road 210/.698 200/.629 123/.683 32/.692 150/.584 407/.602 22/.551 17/.820 147/.640 82/.463 20/.721 /
Last 28d days / 2/2.000 5/1.100 6/.667 / 23/1.393 3/.333 / 3/1.333 2/.000 3/2.167 2/1.000
HR/SB/CS 10/6/3 8/9/0 7/6/4 0/1/3 5/7/1 21/31/4 3/2/1 1/2/3 5/6/2 6/6/0 0/0/0 // 5/0/0
Usage ··o····· o······· X······· X······· o······· ··o····· ··o····· ··o····· 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.