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Game Preview: BOS @ SEA, 10:10pm, Wednesday, September 5, 2012 @Safeco Field

RedSox, 63-74, 63-74 4th, 14 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Aaron Cook (33, RHP, 3-8, 5.35)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-8)			70.2	84	51	42	12	11	10	5.35
2011 (3-10)			97.0	127	67	65	37	48	9	6.03
2010 (6-8)			127.2	147	77	72	52	62	11	5.08

Last 7 GS		1-5	34.2	50	32	28	9	8	6	7.27	35
2012-08-31	@OAK	L	2.2	7	6	6	0	0	1	37	20
2012-08-25	KCR	ND	6.0	7	3	3	1	0	0	72	45
2012-08-21	LAA	L	5.0	11	5	4	1	4	1	85	30
2012-08-15	@BAL	L	5.1	3	5	2	3	1	0	71	46
2012-08-06	TEX	W	7.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	98	60
2012-08-01	DET	L	4.2	9	6	6	0	0	2	86	22
2012-07-27	@NYY	L	4.0	7	6	6	1	1	2	65	24

Last 5 v.SEA		1-0	9.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.00	85
2012-06-29	@SEA	W	9.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	81	85

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

 Home:   32-38   Road:   31-36   ExtrInn: 2-8 
 vsRHP:  38-55   vsLHP:  25-19   1-Run:  14-17
 vsEast: 20-28   vsCntrl:24-16   vsWest:  8-23 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Tue, Sep  4  @SEA  W   4-3       63-74  4th 14.0 gb
136 Mon, Sep  3  @SEA  L   1-4       62-74  4th 15.0 gb
135 Sun, Sep  2  @OAK  L   2-6       62-73  4th 15.0 gb
134 Sat, Sep  1  @OAK  L   1-7       62-72  4th 15.0 gb
133 Fri, Aug 31  @OAK  L   2-20      62-71  4th 14.0 gb
132 Thu, Aug 30  @LAA  L   2-5       62-70  4th 14.0 gb
131 Wed, Aug 29  @LAA  L   3-10      62-69  4th 13.5 gb
130 Tue, Aug 28  @LAA  L   5-6       62-68  4th 13.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Mariners, 66-71, 66-71 4th, 15 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Millwood (37, RHP, 4-12, 4.38)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-12)			150.0	162	83	73	52	101	12	4.38
2011 (4-3)			54.1	58	26	24	8	36	9	3.98
2010 (4-16)			190.2	223	116	108	65	132	30	5.10

Last 7 GS		1-4	41.0	52	26	23	12	21	6	5.05	43
2012-08-31	LAA	L	5.0	9	5	4	4	1	1	117	28
2012-08-26	@CHW	L	6.2	7	4	3	1	3	1	86	48
2012-08-20	CLE	ND	6.0	5	3	3	3	0	1	94	47
2012-08-14	TBR	ND	7.0	8	2	2	1	8	0	102	60
2012-08-08	@BAL	L	4.0	8	7	7	1	3	2	87	20
2012-08-03	@NYY	L	6.0	9	4	4	1	3	1	109	40
2012-07-28	KCR	W	6.1	6	1	0	1	3	0	106	61

Last 5 v.BOS		2-1	31.2	28	12	11	15	21	4	3.13	54
2010-09-22	@BOS	L	5.0	7	6	6	1	5	2	83	33
2010-05-02	BOS	ND	8.0	5	2	2	4	4	2	109	64
2009-08-14	BOS	ND	5.2	3	1	1	5	4	0	110	58
2009-07-20	BOS	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	111	54
2009-06-05	@BOS	W	7.0	7	1	0	4	5	0	117	62

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

 Home:   35-33   Road:   31-38   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  44-47   vsLHP:  22-24   1-Run:  21-24
 vsEast: 15-24   vsCntrl:25-16   vsWest: 18-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Tue, Sep  4   BOS  L   3-4       66-71  4th 15.0 gb
136 Mon, Sep  3   BOS  W   4-1       66-70  4th 15.0 gb
135 Sun, Sep  2   LAA  W   2-1       65-70  4th 15.0 gb
134 Sat, Sep  1   LAA  L   2-5       64-70  4th 15.0 gb
133 Fri, Aug 31   LAA  L   1-9       64-69  4th 15.0 gb
132 Thu, Aug 30  @MIN  W   5-4       64-68  4th 14.0 gb
131 Wed, Aug 29  @MIN  L   0-10      63-68  4th 14.5 gb
130 Tue, Aug 28  @MIN  W   5-2       63-67  4th 14.5 gb
129 Mon, Aug 27  @MIN  W   1-0       62-67  4th 14.5 gb
128 Sun, Aug 26  @CHW  L   3-4  (7)  61-67  4th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 04, 2012 BOS  4 @SEA  3        W:Jon Lester (9-11), L: Blake Beavan (9-9), S: Andrew Bailey (2)
Mon, Sep 03, 2012 SEA  4  BOS  1        W:Jason Vargas (14-9), L: Clay Buchholz (11-5), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (23)
Sun, Jul 01, 2012 BOS  2 @SEA  1 (10)   W:Vicente Padilla (2-0), L: Brandon League (0-5), S: Alfredo Aceves (19)
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 SEA  3  BOS  2 (11)   W:Shawn Kelley (2-2), L: Alfredo Aceves (0-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 BOS  5 @SEA  0        W:Aaron Cook (2-1), L: Hector Noesi (2-10), S: none
Thu, Jun 28, 2012 SEA  1  BOS  0        W:Felix Hernandez (6-5), L: Scott Atchison (2-1), S: none
Tue, May 15, 2012 BOS  5  SEA  0        W:Josh Beckett (3-4), L: Blake Beavan (1-4), S: none
Mon, May 14, 2012 BOS  6  SEA  1        W:Jon Lester (2-3), L: Jason Vargas (4-3), S: none

Sun, Aug 14, 2011 SEA  5  BOS  3        W:Charlie Furbush (3-4), L: Tim Wakefield (6-5), S: Brandon League (29)
Sat, Aug 13, 2011 SEA  5  BOS  4        W:Felix Hernandez (11-10), L: Josh Beckett (9-5), S: Brandon League (28)
Season Series: 2012 - BOS over 5-3; 2011 - BOS won 5-4; 2010 - BOS won 7-3; All-Time - BOS leads 220-161

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 5.16 CIN 4.35 HOU 3.63	RA/G WSN 3.58 TEX 4.29 COL 5.49	BA A. McCutchen .347 J. Heyward .273 C. Pena .191	OBP J. Mauer .413 R. Weeks .335 J. Smoak .260	SLG R. Braun .605 D. Young .440 J. Weeks .302	OPS R. Braun .994 C. Davis .776 J. Smoak .577	ERA F. Hernandez 2.51 L. Harrell 3.81 R. Romero 5.85	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.28 A. Sanchez 7.38 H. Alvarez 3.42

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.16

CIN 4.35

HOU 3.63

RA/G

WSN 3.58

TEX 4.29

COL 5.49

A. McCutchen .347

J. Heyward .273

C. Pena .191

OBP

J. Mauer .413

R. Weeks .335

J. Smoak .260

SLG

R. Braun .605

D. Young .440

J. Weeks .302

OPS

R. Braun .994

C. Davis .776

J. Smoak .577

ERA

F. Hernandez 2.51

L. Harrell 3.81

R. Romero 5.85

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.28

A. Sanchez 7.38

H. Alvarez 3.42

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RedSox Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 25.Millwood
G/S/vB 58.Capps
G/S/vB 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB 18.Iwakuma
G/S/vB 23.Kelley
G/S/vB 53.Kinney
G/S/vB 44.Luetge*
G/S/vB 36.Perez*
G/S/vB 46.Pryor
G/S/vB 50.Ramirez
G/S/vB 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP 11/.546 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 499/350 .256/.284/.397/.681 .749/.652 .666 79/.670 12/5 13/13

77.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 176/119 .316/.328/.427/.754 .812/.727 .588 93/.704 10/0 2/4

56.De Jesus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/16 .265/.316/.353/.669 .377/1.080 .536 1/.000 1/1 0/1

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 14/.748 1/no AB 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 245/155 .262/.306/.362/.669 .630/.693 .564 108/.674 11/1 2/1

50.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 66/39 .283/.333/.400/.733 .499/.899 .420 35/.743 0/0 1/5

58.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/13 .053/.143/.105/.248 .111/.348 .261 22/.248 0/0 0/1

55.Kalish* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 94/78 .216/.255/.250/.505 .775/.450 .514 9/.667 3/2 0/3

60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/50 .178/.238/.260/.498 .237/.664 .473 65/.529 0/0 1/1

22.Loney* G/S/vP 8/1.768 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 12/.878 ··· ··· 1/.000 392/305 .260/.304/.352/.657 .548/.688 .663 66/.771 0/3 5/6

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 21/.549 1/2.000 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 532/364 .292/.348/.447/.796 .869/.763 .815 111/1.026 15/5 12/5

26.Podsednik* G/S/vP 31/.623 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/.000 153/124 .336/.354/.393/.747 .890/.713 .626 83/.629 8/2 1/0

7.Ross G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 35/1.343 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 426/299 .274/.336/.507/.843 1.095/.739 .674 97/.727 1/1 20/1

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 382/334 .228/.283/.464/.747 .583/.771 .747 66/.618 0/1 23/7

IP 150.0 11.0 43.0 97.1 35.0 21.1 37.0 21.2 14.0 30.2 65.1 TOTAL .268/.322/.430/.752 .776/.742 .691 .695 79/22 149/82

ERA-K/9

4.38/6.1

4.91/10.6

2.30/10.5

3.14/7.4

3.34/9.3

3.80/10.6

3.16/8.5

1.66/9.5

2.57/11.6

3.82/7.3

2.62/9.8

3.73/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lavarnway (13-1-0)
Saltalamacchia (73-17-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 647/.278 51/.286 164/.161 397/.234 154/.277 92/.176 156/.235 93/.262 59/.250 127/.235 271/.207 .245 Ross
Podsednik
Ciriaco
Ellsbury
Kalish 21/7/74/7
21/18/4/2
2/1/2/0
0/55/0/0
2/20/6/0

OPS .744 .761 .493 .699 .743 .605 .640 .644 .868 .694 .594 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 324/.724 24/.756 77/.379 201/.654 47/.908 36/.718 90/.441 47/.815 24/.733 64/.715 143/.635 .693

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 323/.762 27/.766 87/.595 196/.744 107/.670 56/.534 66/.909 46/.461 35/.959 63/.672 128/.548 .701

Home 312/.747 27/.693 76/.562 232/.619 66/.574 38/.188 75/.563 39/.488 29/.966 74/.491 132/.567

Last 28d days 108/.795 40/.769 22/.668 124/.506 8/.571 44/.456 33/.996 17/.567 27/1.096 / 44/.646

HR/SB/CS 12/17/3 0/5/1 3/9/3 13/5/6 4/2/0 1/4/0 2/3/0 0/0/0 4/2/0 4/2/0 4/10/1 141/108/36

Usage ····X··· X···X·X· ·····X·X ··X····X o······· ·Xo·o··X o···X·X· o······o ···X·o·· ········ ·oXX·X·o

Mariners Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Cook
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 52.Carpenter
G/S/vB 53.Hill*
G/S/vB 37.Melancon
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
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

13.Ackley* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.667 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 570/374 .232/.301/.333/.633 .688/.605 .608 104/.668 13/3 10/5

20.Carp* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 165/129 .204/.309/.352/.661 .658/.662 .736 11/.182 1/0 5/2

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 10/.000 3/.833 6/.334 14/1.389 ··· 3/.333 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 35/.723 ··· 188/120 .185/.260/.278/.537 .499/.560 .457 13/.917 4/1 2/1

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 7/.858 7/1.238 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/1.000 8/.536 ··· 80/47 .278/.342/.458/.800 1.267/.436 .631 31/.869 3/1 3/0

27.Jaso* G/S/vP 3/.666 6/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 298/257 .273/.391/.450/.841 .346/.919 .858 74/.823 4/0 8/0

61.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 107/89 .196/.257/.206/.463 .284/.501 .269 7/.000 1/2 0/0

16.Liddi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 114/57 .231/.289/.365/.655 .569/.741 .610 / 1/1 3/4

63.Montero G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 467/316 .264/.302/.406/.708 .902/.616 .603 75/.719 0/2 15/3

30.Olivo G/S/vP 5/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 3/.666 2/2.500 8/.250 ··· 266/152 .215/.226/.356/.583 .615/.558 .583 39/.615 1/4 9/4

4.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/37 .167/.184/.354/.538 .000/.715 .414 7/1.000 0/0 2/0

12.Robinson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 113/74 .250/.324/.370/.694 .585/.751 .731 83/.739 6/3 2/1

26.Ryan G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.600 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 407/260 .197/.282/.279/.561 .682/.488 .577 73/.402 10/5 2/7

55.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 5/1.200 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 459/310 .245/.299/.413/.712 .756/.690 .640 52/.759 18/3 14/3

15.Seager* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 540/355 .251/.314/.407/.721 .705/.729 .609 97/.681 12/5 16/10

17.Smoak# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 6/.167 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 450/300 .193/.260/.317/.577 .574/.579 .492 75/.596 1/0 14/3

10.Thames* G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 1/4.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 260/207 .237/.282/.398/.680 .575/.706 .883 76/.737 1/1 7/2

33.Wells G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 255/129 .224/.291/.388/.679 .803/.564 .593 19/.393 3/0 8/0

IP 70.2 70.1 6.2 55.2 0.1 15.0 36.0 35.2 32.0 45.1 33.0 TOTAL .232/.294/.363/.657 .665/.653 .610 .670 94/32 121/55

ERA-K/9

5.35/1.4

4.73/8.2

1.35/6.7

3.07/8.9

0.00/0.0

2.40/7.8

7.50/7.0

3.53/10.6

2.25/7.3

4.37/9.5

1.64/8.5

4.57/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (17-7-3)
Montero (47-10-6)
Olivo (44-19-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 301/.295 300/.237 27/.200 234/.239 2/.000 63/.226 161/.290 145/.198 128/.211 196/.282 135/.266 .261 Wells
Saunders
Figgins
Carp
Thames
Robinson
Liddi
Peguero
Gutierrez 51/9/10/4
8/105/1/4
37/9/1/2
24/0/0/1
44/0/28/0
30/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
2/0/9/0
0/19/0/0

OPS .804 .696 .539 .681 .500 .651 .861 .592 .641 .818 .650 .752

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 163/.832 160/.735 13/.885 104/.656 1/ 38/.609 71/1.004 87/.403 61/.570 95/.807 52/.628 .745

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.771 140/.653 14/.220 130/.699 1/.000 25/.708 90/.748 58/.879 67/.697 101/.829 83/.664 .757

Road 114/.743 146/.579 11/.673 106/.599 2/.500 22/.853 66/.865 75/.595 44/.615 101/.819 50/.680

Last 28d days 87/.867 59/.842 27/.539 40/.809 2/.500 6/.500 41/.878 34/.516 29/.802 25/.701 56/.662

HR/SB/CS 10/0/1 9/6/1 0/0/0 5/2/2 0/1/0 0/5/1 8/0/1 3/0/0 4/3/2 6/3/1 1/3/1 157/105/28

Usage ····X··· ···XX·XX X··o···· o·o·X··· ·o······ ·X·o···· ··o·X··· ··X···X· ········ o···X··· o·o·o·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.