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Game Preview: BOS @ TEX, 8:05pm, Saturday, May 4, 2013 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

RedSox, 20-9, 20-9 1st, 2½ up

SP: John Lackey (34, RHP, 1-1, 2.61)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-1) 10.1 10 3 3 3 12 1 2.61
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 1-3 34.0 46 28 27 15 26 2 7.15 39
2013-04-28 HOU W 6.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 81 60
2013-04-06 @TOR L 4.1 5 2 2 1 8 1 77 52
2011-09-25 @NYY ND 6.0 5 4 3 3 4 0 86 49
2011-09-19 BAL ND 4.1 11 8 8 2 3 0 105 10
2011-09-14 TOR ND 5.1 7 2 2 1 4 0 115 49
2011-09-09 @TBR L 3.0 5 5 5 3 2 1 69 28
2011-09-04 TEX L 5.0 8 6 6 3 1 0 103 25
Last 5 v.TEX 1-2 24.1 36 23 23 10 14 4 8.51 35
2011-09-04 TEX L 5.0 8 6 6 3 1 0 103 25
2011-08-23 @TEX W 6.2 7 4 4 3 5 1 106 46
2011-04-02 @TEX L 3.2 10 9 9 2 3 2 86 6
2010-07-17 TEX ND 7.0 7 2 2 2 3 0 115 56
2009-10-01 TEX ND 2.0 4 2 2 0 2 1 40 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-5    Road:    9-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  13-6    vsLHP:   7-3    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  6-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Fri, May  3  @TEX  L   0-7       20-9   1st  2.5 up
 28 Thu, May  2  @TOR  W   3-1       20-8   1st  2.5 up
 27 Wed, May  1  @TOR  W  10-1       19-8   1st  2.0 up
 26 Tue, Apr 30  @TOR  L   7-9       18-8   1st  2.0 up
 25 Sun, Apr 28   HOU  W   6-1       18-7   1st  2.5 up
 24 Sat, Apr 27   HOU  W   8-4       17-7   1st  2.0 up
 23 Fri, Apr 26   HOU  W   7-3       16-7   1st  2.0 up
 22 Thu, Apr 25   HOU  W   7-2       15-7   1st  2.0 up
 21 Wed, Apr 24   OAK  W   6-5       14-7   1st  2.0 up
 20 Tue, Apr 23   OAK  L   0-13 (7)  13-7   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-9
Rangers, 18-11, 18-11 1st, 1½ up

SP: Alexi Ogando (29, RHP, 2-2, 3.38)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-2) 32.0 28 14 12 12 27 4 3.38
2012 (2-0) 66.0 49 26 24 17 66 9 3.27
2011 (13-8) 169.0 149 73 66 43 126 16 3.51
Last 7 GS 2-2 35.0 28 14 12 12 29 4 3.09 55
2013-04-28 @MIN L 6.0 4 3 3 2 3 1 97 53
2013-04-23 @LAA ND 7.0 6 4 2 3 5 1 98 55
2013-04-18 @CHC L 2.1 6 5 5 2 2 2 71 25
2013-04-13 @SEA ND 5.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 98 57
2013-04-08 TBR W 5.1 3 1 1 3 2 0 89 57
2013-04-03 @HOU W 6.1 4 0 0 1 10 0 94 74
2012-06-10 @SFG ND 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 39 61
Last 5 v.BOS 0-1 4.0 6 6 6 1 5 4 13.50 30
2011-08-25 BOS L 4.0 6 6 6 1 5 4 77 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-4    Road:    9-7    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  10-6    vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:   6-2 
 vsEast:  3-1    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest: 11-5  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Fri, May  3   BOS  W   7-0       18-11  1st  1.5 up
 28 Thu, May  2   CHW  L   1-3       17-11  1st  1.5 up
 27 Wed, May  1   CHW  L   2-5       17-10  1st  2.0 up
 26 Tue, Apr 30   CHW  W  10-6       17-9   1st  2.0 up
 25 Sun, Apr 28  @MIN  L   0-5       16-9   1st  2.5 up
 24 Sat, Apr 27  @MIN  L   2-7       16-8   1st  3.5 up
 23 Fri, Apr 26  @MIN  W   4-3       16-7   1st  3.5 up
 22 Thu, Apr 25  @MIN  W   2-1       15-7   1st  2.5 up
 21 Wed, Apr 24  @LAA  W  11-3       14-7   1st  1.5 up
 20 Tue, Apr 23  @LAA  L   4-5 (11)  13-7   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 03, 2013 TEX  7  BOS  0        W:Derek Holland (2-2), L: Felix Doubront (3-1), S: none

Wed, Aug 08, 2012 TEX 10 @BOS  9        W:Alexi Ogando (2-0), L: Clayton Mortensen (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (23)
Tue, Aug 07, 2012 TEX  6 @BOS  3        W:Ryan Dempster (6-5), L: Jon Lester (5-10), S: Joe Nathan (22)
Mon, Aug 06, 2012 BOS  9  TEX  2        W:Aaron Cook (3-5), L: Yu Darvish (11-8), S: none
Wed, Jul 25, 2012 TEX  5  BOS  3        W:Derek Holland (7-5), L: Josh Beckett (5-9), S: Joe Nathan (20)
Tue, Jul 24, 2012 BOS  2 @TEX  1        W:Vicente Padilla (4-0), L: Joe Nathan (1-3), S: Alfredo Aceves (21)
Mon, Jul 23, 2012 TEX  9  BOS  1        W:Scott Feldman (4-6), L: Felix Doubront (10-5), S: none
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 TEX  6 @BOS  3        W:Derek Holland (2-0), L: Josh Beckett (1-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 TEX 18 @BOS  3        W:Colby Lewis (2-0), L: Jon Lester (0-2), S: none
Sun, Sep 04, 2011 TEX 11 @BOS  4        W:Matt Harrison (11-9), L: John Lackey (12-11), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - TEX over 1-0; 2012 - TEX won 6-2; 2011 - TEX won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 329-299

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

OAK  5.47

TBR  4.29

MIA  2.73

 RA/G

TEX  3.24

TBR  4.21

HOU  5.73

 BA

C. Santana  .383

M. Trout  .270

A. Hicks  .115

 OBP

C. Santana  .468

A. Escobar  .333

J. Keppinger  .189

 SLG

C. Davis  .690

J. Altuve  .429

A. Hicks  .154

 OPS

C. Santana  1.147

M. Moreland  .761

A. Hicks  .385

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.01

C. Tillman  3.63

P. Humber  7.58

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  13.49

M. Minor  7.21

J. Saunders  3.50

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

RedSox Batters (5.10 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 44.Frasor
G/S/vB		 50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB		 55.Lowe
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 58.Ortiz*
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB		 49.Tepesch
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Carp* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 31/27 .464/.516/1.000/1.516 .833/1.599 2.032 31/1.516 0/0 2/0
23.Ciriaco G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 26/15 .238/.346/.381/.727 .808/.667 .619 19/.649 1/0 0/2
7.Drew* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 36/1.271 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 69/48 .186/.290/.322/.612 .579/.626 .675 69/.612 0/0 1/1
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 5/.000 8/1.000 1/2.000 4/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 136/86 .286/.338/.405/.743 .469/.908 .883 111/.750 11/2 1/1
5.Gomes G/S/vP 2/.000 8/.946 3/.333 13/1.538 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 64/32 .220/.391/.340/.731 .872/.603 .968 50/.713 0/0 1/0
16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 116/84 .193/.233/.394/.627 .713/.595 .768 94/.617 0/1 6/2
12.Napoli G/S/vP 4/.000 6/.333 1/no AB 12/1.084 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/94 .274/.325/.573/.898 .910/.894 .846 103/1.018 0/0 6/1
29.Nava# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/1.167 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/79 .298/.396/.536/.932 .943/.928 .910 92/.913 0/1 5/0
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 5/1.400 24/.809 ··· 11/.637 11/.473 ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/28 .465/.489/.837/1.327 .728/1.723 1.135 47/1.327 0/0 3/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 4/.000 13/.398 1/no AB 9/.222 3/1.334 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 131/97 .304/.405/.357/.762 .805/.747 .658 106/.761 6/1 0/0
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/16 .229/.308/.514/.822 .880/.732 .635 33/.920 0/0 3/0
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 2/2.500 8/1.911 ··· 1/.000 8/1.071 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 81/65 .222/.309/.417/.725 .404/.798 .544 66/.699 0/1 3/2
18.Victorino# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.333 ··· 36/.564 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/56 .289/.353/.316/.669 .601/.678 .810 63/.606 3/2 0/0
IP 32.0 7.2 11.2 10.1 9.0 14.1 13.0 14.2 28.0 TOTAL .271/.348/.449/.797 .714/.835 .827 .809 22/8 31/13
ERA-K/9 3.38/7.6 2.35/8.2 6.94/9.2 4.35/5.2 2.00/10.0 3.77/7.6 0.69/6.2 0.61/4.9 3.54/5.8 3.09/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ross (8-3-1)
 Saltalamacchia (12-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 132/.237 34/.258 54/.340 41/.243 37/.229 60/.250 54/.245 56/.216 114/.259 .234  Victorino
 Nava
 Carp
 Ellsbury
 Gomes
0/0/20/4
9/0/12/1
7/0/0/0
0/29/0/0
12/0/0/0
OPS .700 .840 .849 .722 .613 .682 .580 .580 .733 .652
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.593 10/.100 18/1.069 14/1.024 15/.533 21/.286 14/.665 19/1.036 62/.782 .646
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 70/.798 24/1.144 36/.743 27/.576 22/.664 39/.914 40/.550 37/.361 52/.669 .656
Home 22/.431 15/.771 26/.906 18/.111 13/.558 23/.438 26/.525 27/.579 63/.715
Last 28d days 108/.765 27/.667 50/.878 39/.622 30/.714 45/.608 49/.615 50/.611 114/.733
HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 2/1/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/1 4/0/0 22/8/3
Usage ·····X·· ··X··o·· ·o·X··X· o······· ·······o ··o··o·o ·X·o·X·· ·o·X···o ··X·····
Rangers Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB		 40.Bailey
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 30.Miller*
G/S/vB		 59.Mortensen
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
1.Andrus G/S/vP 24/.535 13/.462 ··· 5/.400 6/.167 4/1.750 6/.000 1/.000 127/87 .248/.290/.308/.598 .565/.612 .455 104/.568 5/0 0/0
15.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.800 4/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/7 .333/.412/.700/1.112 1.351/.286 1.317 33/1.148 0/0 3/0
29.Beltre G/S/vP 58/.545 8/.536 ··· 8/.417 6/.533 2/2.500 4/1.000 1/2.000 120/82 .241/.292/.455/.747 .898/.679 .862 99/.765 0/0 6/3
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/3.000 9/1.056 3/3.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 102/74 .305/.441/.451/.892 .768/.942 .986 82/.815 0/0 2/
17.Cruz G/S/vP 25/.530 5/.650 1/.000 3/.666 4/1.833 1/2.000 8/.125 2/1.000 119/77 .299/.370/.514/.884 1.074/.782 .808 98/.797 1/1 6/1
3.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/9 .214/.267/.357/.624 .900/.444 .000 15/.670 0/0 0/0
23.Gentry G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/19 .220/.304/.360/.664 .776/.446 .713 49/.565 4/1 0/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 38/1.313 6/.167 2/.000 6/1.917 3/.000 5/1.850 7/.929 1/3.000 128/81 .342/.414/.544/.958 .689/1.119 1.044 105/.986 3/1 5/4
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 57/50 .269/.333/.365/.699 .571/.718 .949 46/.798 0/0 1/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 7/.572 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 105/56 .271/.324/.438/.761 .699/.812 1.022 86/.853 0/0 3/2
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 20/1.214 5/.400 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.200 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 102/67 .168/.225/.284/.510 .464/.535 .691 81/.512 0/1 2/0
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 46/.569 ··· ··· 4/1.250 2/2.000 8/.875 3/.666 2/.000 93/53 .276/.312/.437/.749 .564/.891 .844 73/.708 0/0 4/0
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 26/14 .182/.280/.227/.507 .333/.685 .435 26/.507 0/0 0/1
IP 10.1 12.1 6.2 6.1 13.2 13.0 11.2 9.1 TOTAL .265/.333/.424/.758 .750/.762 .840 .752 13/4 32/11
ERA-K/9 2.61/10.5 1.46/14.6 9.45/5.4 4.26/15.7 3.95/8.5 2.77/10.4 1.54/10.8 1.93/6.8 3.54/9.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (6-2-0)
 Soto (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 44/.244 47/.140 33/.333 31/.217 56/.200 50/.217 44/.186 42/.297 .231  Martin
 Murphy
 Baker
 Cruz
 Gentry
1/18/2/1
28/0/0/1
7/0/1/0
0/0/28/0
0/19/0/0
OPS .613 .469 1.141 .637 .586 .695 .600 .759 .684
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 27/.505 27/.310 19/.856 15/.800 29/.607 31/.626 27/.302 25/.414 .621
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 17/.765 20/.671 14/1.500 16/.466 27/.564 19/.816 17/1.059 17/1.303 .738
Road 19/.760 12/.348 19/.513 14/.722 34/.555 24/.883 15/.333 26/.901
Last 28d days 25/.497 41/.432 22/1.630 25/.650 49/.518 39/.545 38/.696 42/.759
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 1/1/0 3/1/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 2/0/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 27/20/3
Usage ·····X·· ·····o·· ·o·X···· ·X····o· X·X··o·o ·o·X··oo ·o···o·X X·X···oo

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.