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Game Preview: BOS @ HOU, 8:10pm, Monday, August 5, 2013 @Minute Maid Park

RedSox, 68-45, 68-45 1st, 1 up

SP: John Lackey (34, RHP, 7-8, 3.23)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-8) 120.0 118 49 43 25 108 17 3.23
2011 (12-12) 160.0 203 119 114 56 108 20 6.41
2010 (14-11) 215.0 233 114 105 72 156 18 4.40
Last 7 GS 3-3 48.2 49 19 19 8 47 8 3.51 57
2013-07-31 SEA ND 7.0 8 3 3 1 6 0 95 54
2013-07-26 @BAL L 6.1 9 5 5 1 2 3 105 36
2013-07-20 NYY L 6.1 10 4 4 0 7 0 97 44
2013-07-12 @OAK W 7.0 3 2 2 4 5 1 113 64
2013-07-07 @LAA L 7.0 5 2 2 1 9 2 116 67
2013-07-02 SDP W 8.0 6 1 1 1 6 1 103 71
2013-06-26 COL W 7.0 8 2 2 0 12 1 98 65
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 10.2 13 7 7 6 8 2 5.91 42
2013-04-28 HOU W 6.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 81 60
2007-06-18 HOU ND 4.2 8 6 6 4 4 2 103 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-21   Road:   29-24   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  46-31   vsLHP:  22-14   1-Run:  16-11
 vsEast: 28-20   vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest: 18-11 IL: 9-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Sun, Aug  4   ARI  W   4-0       68-45  1st  1.0 up
112 Sat, Aug  3   ARI  W   5-2       67-45  1st  1.0 up
111 Fri, Aug  2   ARI  L   6-7       66-45  1st  1.0 up
110 Thu, Aug  1   SEA  W   8-7       66-44  1st  1.0 up
109 Wed, Jul 31   SEA  W   5-4 (15)  65-44  1st  0.5 up
108 Tue, Jul 30   SEA  W   8-2       64-44  2nd  0.5 gb
107 Mon, Jul 29   TBR  L   1-2       63-44  2nd  0.5 gb
106 Sun, Jul 28  @BAL  W   5-0       63-43  1st  0.5 up
105 Sat, Jul 27  @BAL  W   7-3       62-43  2nd  0.5 gb
104 Fri, Jul 26  @BAL  L   0-6       61-43  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Astros, 36-74, 36-74 5th, 27½ GB, 29½ GB in WC

SP: Brett Oberholtzer (23, LHP, 1-0, 3.77)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-0) 14.1 14 6 6 0 10 2 3.77
Last 7 GS 1-0 7.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 0.00 77
2013-07-31 @BAL W 7.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 87 77
Has never faced BOS as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-37   Road:   18-37   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  26-56   vsLHP:  10-18   1-Run:  14-21
 vsEast:  6-18   vsCntrl: 7-16   vsWest: 15-31 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sun, Aug  4  @MIN  L   2-3       36-74  5th 27.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  3  @MIN  L   4-6       36-73  5th 27.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  2  @MIN  L   3-4 (13)  36-72  5th 26.5 gb
107 Thu, Aug  1  @BAL  L   3-6       36-71  5th 26.5 gb
106 Wed, Jul 31  @BAL  W  11-0       36-70  5th 26.0 gb
105 Tue, Jul 30  @BAL  L   3-4       35-70  5th 27.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 28  @TOR  L   1-2       35-69  5th 26.5 gb
103 Sat, Jul 27  @TOR  W   8-6       35-68  5th 25.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 26  @TOR  L   6-12      34-68  5th 25.5 gb
101 Thu, Jul 25  @TOR  L   0-4       34-67  5th 24.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 6-24

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 28, 2013 BOS  6  HOU  1        W:John Lackey (1-1), L: Bud Norris (3-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 27, 2013 BOS  8  HOU  4        W:Felix Doubront (3-0), L: Brad Peacock (1-3), S: none
Fri, Apr 26, 2013 BOS  7  HOU  3        W:Ryan Dempster (1-2), L: Erik Bedard (0-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 25, 2013 BOS  7  HOU  2        W:Clay Buchholz (5-0), L: Philip Humber (0-5), S: none

Sun, Jul 03, 2011 BOS  2 @HOU  1        W:Josh Beckett (7-3), L: Mark Melancon (5-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (17)
Sat, Jul 02, 2011 BOS 10 @HOU  4        W:Andrew Miller (2-0), L: J.A. Happ (3-10), S: none
Fri, Jul 01, 2011 BOS  7 @HOU  5        W:Dan Wheeler (1-1), L: Sergio Escalona (1-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (16)
Sun, Jun 29, 2008 HOU  3  BOS  2        W:Doug Brocail (4-3), L: David Aardsma (2-2), S: Jose Valverde (21)
Sat, Jun 28, 2008 HOU 11  BOS 10        W:Doug Brocail (3-3), L: Manny Delcarmen (0-2), S: Jose Valverde (20)
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 BOS  6 @HOU  1        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (9-1), L: Runelvys Hernandez (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (24)
Season Series: 2013 - BOS over 4-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - BOS won 3-0; All-Time - BOS leads 11-2

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

DET  5.11

NYM  4.06

MIA  3.22

 RA/G

PIT  3.39

CHC  4.17

HOU  5.26

 BA

M. Cabrera  .360

I. Kinsler  .271

D. Uggla  .193

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .455

J. Castro  .330

J. Arencibia  .247

 SLG

C. Davis  .672

I. Kinsler  .420

J. Keppinger  .275

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.123

M. Joyce  .754

J. Keppinger  .536

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.87

L. Lynn  3.78

E. Volquez  5.56

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.07

P. Hughes  7.38

B. Colon  4.75

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

RedSox Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 65.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB		 54.Blackley*
G/S/vB		 68.Cisnero
G/S/vB		 48.Cosart
G/S/vB		 50.Fields
G/S/vB		 63.Lo
G/S/vB		 43.Peacock
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 61.Zeid
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Carp* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 172/149 .312/.372/.584/.957 .759/.989 .935 34/.860 0/0 8/2
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 4/1.250 ··· 319/216 .244/.329/.427/.756 .600/.831 .639 57/.914 3/0 8/3
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 489/313 .302/.361/.426/.787 .667/.853 .796 93/.830 40/3 5/3
5.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 240/111 .230/.329/.407/.736 .741/.731 .708 46/.747 0/0 8/0
26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/50 .261/.302/.304/.606 .650/.601 .643 46/.587 1/0 0/2
20.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/29 .255/.308/.362/.669 .670/.665 .523 21/.602 0/0 0/0
12.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 11/.920 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· 427/299 .256/.344/.453/.798 .766/.811 .818 79/.884 1/1 14/5
29.Nava# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 391/294 .282/.371/.420/.791 .606/.854 .760 55/.566 0/2 10/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/.500 ··· 401/258 .318/.399/.582/.981 .734/1.128 1.072 97/.911 4/0 21/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 4/1.250 ··· 505/352 .293/.372/.410/.783 .895/.735 .652 102/.572 14/4 8/3
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/2.667 ··· 340/248 .264/.332/.450/.782 .574/.858 .687 71/.716 0/1 10/6
23.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 38/13 .243/.263/.486/.750 1.080/.077 .522 15/.667 0/0 2/1
18.Victorino# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· 338/215 .290/.337/.423/.761 .826/.707 .720 88/.863 14/3 7/2
IP 14.1 35.0 42.2 28.0 18.2 1.2 36.0 40.0 2.2 TOTAL .273/.345/.439/.784 .722/.814 .754 .740 84/17 118/60
ERA-K/9 3.77/6.3 4.89/7.5 3.59/8.6 0.96/3.5 6.27/8.7 0.00/5.3 7.25/8.2 4.05/8.6 0.00/0.0 4.87/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lavarnway (12-5-1)
 Saltalamacchia (56-13-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 58/.246 150/.228 190/.280 107/.194 83/.260 9/.375 165/.264 175/.276 9/.000 .277  Victorino
 Gomes
 Nava
 Ellsbury
 Carp
0/3/76/7
63/0/3/5
45/1/49/4
0/103/0/3
30/0/2/0
OPS .680 .817 .781 .517 .917 .819 .934 .781 .111 .811
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 22/.699 65/.602 91/.811 67/.540 29/.841 7/.452 93/1.157 90/.791 5/.200 .842
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 36/.667 85/.996 99/.754 40/.479 54/.956 2/2.000 72/.667 85/.771 4/.000 .786
Home 20/1.250 84/1.108 122/.841 28/.717 52/.851 / 42/1.091 90/.698 /
Last 28d days 24/.250 27/.801 32/1.084 107/.517 27/1.093 9/.819 27/.622 32/.777 9/.111
HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 10/0/2 3/5/1 0/4/1 5/0/1 0/0/0 10/6/0 5/5/1 0/0/0 140/65/21
Usage ····X··· ··Xo···o ··X·X··o ··X····X X·X··o·X ··X·X··· X······· o·o··X·o ··oo·o··
Astros Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 66.Britton*
G/S/vB		 62.De La Rosa
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 38.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 35.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 446/326 .283/.322/.361/.683 .743/.660 .696 80/.695 28/7 4/8
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 286/188 .245/.298/.356/.654 .897/.530 .774 66/.638 9/7 5/2
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 398/282 .213/.314/.426/.740 .672/.768 .606 74/.542 0/0 19/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 397/311 .263/.330/.454/.784 .643/.823 .813 86/.681 2/1 13/4
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 148/76 .244/.306/.400/.706 .630/.783 .703 30/.340 0/0 6/5
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 390/284 .239/.271/.401/.672 .654/.678 .802 72/.832 0/0 14/11
10.Elmore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/60 .228/.303/.304/.607 .619/.602 .592 45/.633 0/3 1/5
19.Grossman# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 160/125 .250/.350/.324/.674 .881/.612 .626 29/1.216 4/4 1/1
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/13 .158/.158/.158/.316 .333/.308 .000 19/.316 1/0 0/0
59.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/56 .197/.234/.377/.611 .250/.665 .313 41/.612 2/0 3/1
6.Villar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/43 .184/.286/.245/.531 .421/.570 .833 60/.531 6/2 0/3
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/111 .222/.281/.459/.740 .349/.869 .634 79/.804 0/0 8/2
IP 120.0 39.0 9.0 49.0 36.1 51.1 12.1 TOTAL .235/.296/.375/.670 .693/.662 .669 .661 73/35 106/80
ERA-K/9 3.23/8.1 2.54/4.4 0.00/7.0 /0.0 2.94/9.7 3.47/6.7 1.40/12.5 3.65/6.6 3.79/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (47-14-9)
 Corporan (18-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 498/.253 164/.260 30/.214 / 202/.271 154/.270 190/.151 52/.244 .252  Barnes
 Grossman
 Krauss
 Carter
 Hoes
 Elmore
8/69/13/5
19/25/2/2
10/0/7/0
40/0/2/0
1/2/4/0
7/0/1/0
OPS .714 .710 .448 .756 .725 .475 .635 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 292/.610 69/.832 17/.561 / 100/.795 74/.646 102/.334 40/.718 .689
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 206/.860 95/.620 13/.308 / 102/.716 80/.796 88/.639 12/.350 .756
Road 279/.771 72/.567 3/.000 / 97/.767 62/.698 90/.436 21/.396
Last 28d days 113/.811 49/.673 30/.448 / 42/.692 41/.666 45/.225 32/.422
HR/SB/CS 17/21/4 2/0/1 0/1/1 // 7/1/2 4/4/1 5/1/1 0/0/0 120/83/26
Usage ····X··· ·o··Xo·· o···X·X· ·oX·o··· o·X·oo·o oX··X·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.