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Game Preview: BOS @ DET, 7:08pm, Friday, June 21, 2013 @Comerica Park

RedSox, 44-31, 44-31 1st, 1 up

SP: Jon Lester (29, LHP, 6-4, 4.37)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-4) 94.2 92 48 46 33 80 11 4.37
2012 (9-14) 205.1 216 117 110 68 166 25 4.82
2011 (15-9) 191.2 166 77 74 75 182 20 3.47
Last 7 GS 1-4 42.0 55 31 30 18 35 7 6.43 41
2013-06-16 @BAL L 5.0 9 5 5 0 8 1 106 37
2013-06-11 @TBR L 4.2 8 7 7 7 3 3 98 16
2013-06-06 TEX ND 6.0 7 3 3 3 4 2 108 47
2013-05-31 @NYY L 6.1 6 4 4 4 5 0 116 46
2013-05-25 CLE ND 7.0 10 4 4 1 8 0 124 48
2013-05-20 @CHW L 6.0 7 6 5 3 2 1 109 35
2013-05-15 @TBR W 7.0 8 2 2 0 5 0 107 58
Last 5 v.DET 0-2 32.0 36 17 17 13 28 3 4.78 49
2012-05-30 DET ND 6.2 10 4 4 0 7 0 120 45
2012-04-05 @DET ND 7.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 107 62
2010-07-30 DET L 6.0 11 4 4 2 7 2 115 39
2010-05-15 @DET ND 7.0 4 4 4 4 10 0 117 59
2008-04-09 DET L 5.1 5 4 4 4 0 1 97 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-15   Road:   21-16   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  30-20   vsLHP:  14-11   1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast: 20-14   vsCntrl:12-9    vsWest: 10-6  IL: 2-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Thu, Jun 20  @DET  L   3-4       44-31  1st  1.0 up
 74 Wed, Jun 19   TBR  L   2-6       44-30  1st  1.5 up
 73 Tue, Jun 18   TBR  W   3-1       44-29  1st  2.5 up
 72 Tue, Jun 18   TBR  W   5-1       43-29  1st  2.5 up
 71 Sun, Jun 16  @BAL  L   3-6       42-29  1st  1.5 up
 70 Sat, Jun 15  @BAL  W   5-4       42-28  1st  2.5 up
 69 Fri, Jun 14  @BAL  L   0-2       41-28  1st  1.5 up
 68 Thu, Jun 13  @BAL  L   4-5 (13)  41-27  1st  2.5 up
 67 Wed, Jun 12  @TBR  W   2-1       41-26  1st  3.0 up
 66 Tue, Jun 11  @TBR  L   3-8       40-26  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Tigers, 40-31, 40-31 1st, 4 up

SP: Doug Fister (29, RHP, 6-4, 3.21)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-4) 92.2 90 38 33 14 76 3 3.21
2012 (10-10) 161.2 156 73 62 37 137 15 3.45
2011 (11-13) 216.1 193 76 68 37 146 11 2.83
Last 7 GS 2-3 49.2 44 18 18 6 43 2 3.26 59
2013-06-16 @MIN W 7.2 2 2 2 2 7 1 110 72
2013-06-10 @KCR L 8.0 9 3 3 0 3 0 103 55
2013-06-05 TBR L 8.1 7 3 3 1 4 0 105 60
2013-05-30 @PIT ND 7.0 4 0 0 1 12 0 116 80
2013-05-25 MIN L 7.0 8 3 3 1 7 1 116 55
2013-05-19 @TEX ND 4.2 9 5 5 1 3 0 113 28
2013-05-14 HOU W 7.0 5 2 2 0 7 0 108 66
Last 5 v.BOS 1-3 28.0 31 16 13 9 18 2 4.18 47
2012-05-28 @BOS L 5.0 11 6 6 1 2 1 89 22
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-12   Road:   16-19   ExtrInn: 2-7 
 vsRHP:  33-23   vsLHP:   7-8    1-Run:   8-11
 vsEast:  9-7    vsCntrl:16-10   vsWest: 11-9  IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Thu, Jun 20   BOS  W   4-3       40-31  1st  4.0 up
 70 Wed, Jun 19   BAL  L   3-13      39-31  1st  3.5 up
 69 Tue, Jun 18   BAL  L   2-5       39-30  1st  4.5 up
 68 Mon, Jun 17   BAL  W   5-1       39-29  1st  5.0 up
 67 Sun, Jun 16  @MIN  W   5-2       38-29  1st  4.5 up
 66 Sat, Jun 15  @MIN  L   3-6       37-29  1st  4.5 up
 65 Fri, Jun 14  @MIN  W   4-0       37-28  1st  4.5 up
 64 Wed, Jun 12  @KCR  L   2-3 (10)  36-28  1st  4.5 up
 63 Tue, Jun 11  @KCR  W   3-2       36-27  1st  5.5 up
 62 Mon, Jun 10  @KCR  L   2-3       35-27  1st  5.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 20, 2013 DET  4  BOS  3        W:Drew Smyly (3-0), L: Andrew Bailey (3-1), S: none

Wed, Aug 01, 2012 DET  7 @BOS  5        W:Rick Porcello (8-6), L: Aaron Cook (2-5), S: Jose Valverde (21)
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 BOS  4  DET  1  (6)   W:Clayton Mortensen (1-0), L: Justin Verlander (11-7), S: Franklin Morales (1)
Mon, Jul 30, 2012 BOS  7  DET  3        W:Clay Buchholz (9-3), L: Max Scherzer (10-6), S: none
Thu, May 31, 2012 DET  7 @BOS  3        W:Max Scherzer (5-3), L: Josh Beckett (4-5), S: none
Wed, May 30, 2012 BOS  6  DET  4        W:Matt Albers (1-0), L: Octavio Dotel (1-2), S: Alfredo Aceves (13)
Tue, May 29, 2012 BOS  6  DET  3        W:Daniel Bard (5-5), L: Justin Verlander (5-3), S: Alfredo Aceves (12)
Mon, May 28, 2012 BOS  7  DET  4        W:Felix Doubront (5-2), L: Doug Fister (0-3), S: none
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
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 1-0; 2012 - Tied 5-5; 2011 - BOS won 5-1; All-Time - BOS leads 1023-954

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 2013 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

BOS  5.01

ATL  4.22

MIA  3.07

 RA/G

PIT  3.45

SEA  4.32

HOU  5.03

 BA

Y. Molina  .366

D. Murphy  .271

B. Upton  .169

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .450

L. Cain  .333

Y. Betancourt  .237

 SLG

C. Davis  .720

A. LaRoche  .432

P. Polanco  .261

 OPS

C. Davis  1.132

J. Willingham  .765

P. Polanco  .549

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.71

K. Lohse  3.68

W. Peralta  6.08

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.17

J. Grimm  7.18

J. Guthrie  4.30

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

RedSox Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Fister
G/S/vB		 52.Alvarez*
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 36.Putkonen
G/S/vB		 57.Reed
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Carp* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 116/100 .324/.379/.686/1.065 .779/1.112 1.031 63/1.127 0/0 8/1
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.583 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 233/160 .215/.300/.371/.671 .571/.717 .542 92/.691 2/0 5/1
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 5/1.267 3/1.167 3/.000 10/.200 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 324/206 .281/.348/.387/.735 .639/.790 .752 99/.928 31/3 1/2
5.Gomes G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 7/.143 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 164/75 .212/.323/.365/.688 .713/.659 .737 53/.763 0/0 5/0
10.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· 2/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 109/70 .423/.477/.557/1.034 1.182/.952 1.124 85/1.050 1/1 1/1
20.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 13/4 .273/.308/.455/.762 .833/.583 .550 4/1.167 0/0 0/0
16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 216/149 .192/.228/.389/.617 .675/.591 .668 31/.469 0/1 9/8
12.Napoli G/S/vP 8/.250 2/1.000 5/1.933 6/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 5/1.400 289/204 .259/.343/.455/.797 .715/.832 .836 84/.720 1/1 9/4
29.Nava# G/S/vP 9/1.069 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 278/201 .281/.381/.459/.840 .694/.897 .814 109/.764 0/1 10/0
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 17/.791 3/1.666 25/.686 18/.355 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 4/3.167 241/148 .310/.386/.610/.996 .772/1.142 1.036 113/.940 2/0 15/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 8/.393 3/.000 10/1.000 9/1.127 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 331/234 .308/.393/.420/.812 .989/.742 .666 111/.747 10/2 4/1
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 6/2.167 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 217/163 .263/.327/.475/.802 .554/.880 .637 78/.794 0/1 8/4
18.Victorino# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 6/.167 187/120 .277/.339/.361/.700 .673/.704 .671 45/.685 8/2 2/1
IP 92.2 11.0 30.0 21.0 27.0 11.1 6.2 43.2 19.1 TOTAL .267/.343/.441/.784 .715/.818 .752 .811 59/13 83/37
ERA-K/9 3.21/7.4 2.45/8.2 1.80/10.5 5.57/8.1 4.33/10.7 1.59/7.2 4.05/5.4 1.85/9.5 5.59/8.9 3.62/9.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lavarnway (3-1-0)
 Saltalamacchia (33-7-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 383/.256 44/.200 116/.198 88/.260 113/.245 45/.175 27/.346 172/.196 84/.237 .239  Victorino
 Nava
 Ellsbury
 Gomes
 Carp
0/2/43/5
27/0/39/3
0/68/0/3
41/0/2/3
21/0/2/0
OPS .635 .698 .572 .691 .734 .500 .910 .548 .796 .661
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 200/.506 12/.879 69/.573 38/.462 53/.703 17/.321 13/1.000 63/.275 48/.912 .632
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 183/.773 32/.629 47/.570 50/.871 60/.762 28/.606 14/.824 109/.713 36/.644 .694
Home 171/.636 44/.698 54/.702 40/.616 49/.981 22/.468 7/.786 74/.434 47/.775
Last 28d days 144/.562 44/.698 37/.706 31/.481 24/1.097 32/.615 12/1.144 55/.506 44/1.285
HR/SB/CS 3/2/3 2/0/0 2/4/0 1/0/1 3/0/1 1/0/0 1/3/1 1/5/2 6/4/0 52/53/17
Usage ····X··· X······· ····X·o· o·X····· ·Xo··X·· X·X··o·· ·X···X·· X··X··X· ·X····X·
Tigers Batters (4.93 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB		 40.Bailey
G/S/vB		 54.Beato
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 41.Lackey
G/S/vB		 30.Miller*
G/S/vB		 56.Morales*
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 63.Wilson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 18/1.381 4/1.250 ··· 6/.533 13/1.052 1/3.000 2/.000 3/.333 3/1.666 ··· 329/261 .359/.450/.630/1.080 1.291/1.025 1.058 113/.930 2/0 19/6
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 236/198 .240/.294/.336/.630 .564/.642 .688 86/.440 5/0 5/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 10/.733 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 6/1.167 8/.750 6/.583 ··· 2/.000 ··· 320/227 .284/.384/.483/.868 1.029/.802 .861 109/.785 0/1 12/3
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 .000/.667 .500 4/.500 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 16/1.125 7/.286 1/.000 10/1.611 54/.723 6/.500 3/1.334 2/1.000 13/.769 ··· 288/228 .293/.339/.402/.741 .631/.770 .713 90/.673 1/0 3/1
4.Infante G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.650 1/.000 12/.667 11/.739 ··· ··· ··· ··· 264/189 .306/.337/.419/.756 .763/.754 .956 91/.691 3/1 4/4
14.Jackson G/S/vP 11/.473 3/.000 1/.000 3/2.333 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 197/152 .291/.352/.391/.743 .675/.762 .783 31/.952 6/1 3/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/5.000 ··· 106/87 .231/.340/.385/.724 .705/.728 .904 33/.965 2/0 3/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 9/1.917 5/.900 1/.000 6/.500 28/.958 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 290/204 .226/.279/.326/.605 .519/.642 .635 97/.656 0/0 5/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP 11/.819 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 105/51 .283/.308/.384/.692 .500/.893 .592 41/.575 0/1 2/1
27.Peralta G/S/vP 27/.998 6/2.000 1/5.000 7/.000 33/.751 1/.000 3/.667 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 279/210 .329/.385/.496/.881 1.132/.800 .999 92/.939 2/2 7/4
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 9/.347 9/.778 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 55/38 .163/.226/.265/.492 .580/.452 .327 20/.528 0/0 0/1
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 88/30 .338/.466/.563/1.029 .977/1.104 1.145 30/1.133 0/0 3/0
IP 94.2 22.1 2.0 20.0 71.1 26.0 10.0 32.1 30.0 21.0 TOTAL .281/.348/.427/.775 .783/.772 .820 .745 21/7 73/27
ERA-K/9 4.37/7.6 4.03/12.1 0.00/9.0 3.15/5.4 3.03/7.7 2.77/14.9 5.40/6.3 2.51/10.6 2.10/12.6 2.57/7.3 3.80/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Holaday (3-0-0)
 Pena (16-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 404/.251 93/.222 8/.250 80/.219 299/.248 112/.216 44/.250 131/.266 117/.176 92/.280 .245  Dirks
 Hunter
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Tuiasosopo
54/3/4/5
0/0/62/3
0/41/0/1
16/20/9/0
29/0/0/0
OPS .732 .797 .500 .604 .690 .631 .775 .728 .585 .749 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.879 52/.730 4/.500 32/.574 179/.591 55/.745 13/.397 75/.678 64/.460 48/.461 .688
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 327/.696 41/.881 4/.500 48/.622 120/.833 57/.511 31/.952 56/.796 53/.730 44/1.055 .751
Road 264/.774 38/1.122 3/.000 32/.460 196/.764 61/.597 32/.634 67/.741 64/.474 54/.740
Last 28d days 137/.983 42/1.145 8/.500 44/.591 134/.789 48/.714 44/.775 49/.708 39/.462 17/.753
HR/SB/CS 11/8/2 6/2/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 9/11/3 3/2/1 1/0/1 4/1/2 4/1/0 0/0/1 82/51/16
Usage ····X··· o·X··X·· ·o··o··· ·Xo····o X····X·· ··X·X··X ·X·····X ··o·o··o o·X··oo· ·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.