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Boston Red Sox vs. Minnesota Twins, at Fenway Park, June 17, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Start Time:

7:10et (local)

Venue:

Fenway Park

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Fenway Park

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

72° (based on last ten years)

Twins

Manager:

Ron Gardenhire

Game #:

On This Date:

45-52

Red Sox

Manager:

John Farrell

Game #:

On This Date:

71-49

Season Series
Tue, May 13, 2014 MIN  8  BOS  6     
Wed, May 14, 2014 BOS  9 @MIN  4     
Thu, May 15, 2014 MIN  4  BOS  3 (10)
Mon, Jun 16, 2014 BOS  1  MIN  0     

Tue, Jun 17, 2014 MIN    @BOS  7:10pm
Wed, Jun 18, 2014 MIN    @BOS  1:35pm

                         All times ET

Minnesota Twins

32-36, 4th, 5 GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   15-17   Road:   17-19   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  22-27   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:   9-11
 vsEast: 12-7    vsCntrl:12-12   vsWest:  4-9  IL: 4-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Mon, Jun 16  @BOS  L   0-1       32-36  4th  5.0 gb
 67 Sun, Jun 15  @DET  L   3-4       32-35  4th  5.0 gb
 66 Sat, Jun 14  @DET  L   9-12      32-34  4th  4.0 gb
 65 Fri, Jun 13  @DET  W   2-0       32-33  3rd  3.0 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 11  @TOR  W   7-2       31-33  5th  3.5 gb
 63 Tue, Jun 10  @TOR  W   4-0       30-33  5th  4.5 gb
 62 Mon, Jun  9  @TOR  L   4-5       29-33  5th  5.0 gb
 61 Sun, Jun  8   HOU  L   5-14      29-32  5th  5.0 gb
 60 Sat, Jun  7   HOU  W   8-0       29-31  4th  5.0 gb
 59 Fri, Jun  6   HOU  L   4-5       28-31  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Boston Red Sox

32-38, 4th, 8½ GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   18-19   Road:   14-19   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  19-27   vsLHP:  13-11   1-Run:   9-15
 vsEast: 13-19   vsCntrl: 7-13   vsWest:  6-3  IL: 6-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Mon, Jun 16   MIN  W   1-0       32-38  4th  8.5 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 15   CLE  L   2-3 (11)  31-38  4th  9.0 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 14   CLE  L   2-3       31-37  4th  8.0 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 13   CLE  W  10-3       31-36  4th  8.0 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 12   CLE  W   5-2       30-36  4th  8.0 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 11  @BAL  L   0-6       29-36  4th  9.0 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 10  @BAL  W   1-0       29-35  4th  9.0 gb
 63 Mon, Jun  9  @BAL  L   0-4       28-35  4th 10.0 gb
 62 Sun, Jun  8  @DET  W   5-3       28-34  4th  9.0 gb
 61 Sat, Jun  7  @DET  L   6-8       27-34  4th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 16, 2014 BOS  1  MIN  0        W:Rubby De La Rosa (2-2), L: Kevin Correia (3-8), S: Koji Uehara (15)
Thu, May 15, 2014 MIN  4  BOS  3 (10)   W:Brian Duensing (1-1), L: Andrew Miller (1-2), S: none
Wed, May 14, 2014 BOS  9 @MIN  4        W:Felix Doubront (2-3), L: Kevin Correia (1-5), S: none
Tue, May 13, 2014 MIN  8  BOS  6        W:Glen Perkins (1-0), L: Andrew Miller (1-1), S: none

Sun, May 19, 2013 BOS  5 @MIN  1        W:John Lackey (2-4), L: Pedro Hernandez (2-1), S: none
Sat, May 18, 2013 BOS 12 @MIN  5        W:Craig Breslow (1-0), L: Scott Diamond (3-4), S: none
Fri, May 17, 2013 BOS  3 @MIN  2 (10)   W:Alex Wilson (1-0), L: Josh Roenicke (1-1), S: Koji Uehara (1)
Thu, May 09, 2013 MIN  5 @BOS  3        W:Kevin Correia (4-2), L: John Lackey (1-3), S: Glen Perkins (8)
Wed, May 08, 2013 MIN 15 @BOS  8        W:Ryan Pressly (1-0), L: Allen Webster (0-1), S: none
Tue, May 07, 2013 MIN  6 @BOS  1        W:Scott Diamond (3-2), L: Ryan Dempster (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - tied 2-2; 2013 - BOS won 4-3; 2012 - BOS won 4-3; All-Time - BOS leads 960-927

SP: Phil Hughes (28, RHP, 7-2, 3.17)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (7-2)			82.1	83	30	29	8	72	7	3.17
2013 (4-14)			145.2	170	91	84	42	121	24	5.19
2012 (16-13)			191.1	196	101	89	46	165	35	4.19

Last 7 GS		4-1	48.0	44	11	11	2	43	3	2.06	63
2014-06-11	@TOR	W	7.0	7	0	0	0	9	0	101	72
2014-06-06	HOU	L	6.0	6	5	5	0	7	3	99	47
2014-06-01	@NYY	W	8.0	3	2	2	2	6	0	100	72
2014-05-27	TEX	ND	7.0	8	3	3	0	3	0	98	52
2014-05-21	@SDP	W	7.0	7	0	0	0	7	0	94	70
2014-05-15	BOS	ND	6.0	5	1	1	0	8	0	97	66
2014-05-09	@DET	W	7.0	8	0	0	0	3	0	86	64

Last 5 v.BOS		3-1	31.2	26	13	9	5	31	5	2.56	59
2014-05-15	BOS	ND	6.0	5	1	1	0	8	0	97	66
2013-06-01	BOS	L	4.1	7	5	5	2	7	1	100	34
2012-09-13	@BOS	W	7.1	5	0	0	1	7	0	95	74
2012-08-17	BOS	W	7.0	4	4	0	1	4	1	106	64
2012-07-27	BOS	W	7.0	5	3	3	1	5	3	110	59

SP: Jon Lester (30, LHP, 7-7, 3.33)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (7-7)			92.0	93	42	34	24	99	8	3.33
2013 (15-8)			213.1	209	94	89	67	177	19	3.75
2012 (9-14)			205.1	216	117	110	68	166	25	4.82

Last 7 GS		4-3	43.1	50	21	20	14	41	5	4.15	50
2014-06-12	CLE	W	7.2	8	2	1	1	4	0	109	60
2014-06-07	@DET	L	4.1	12	5	5	1	0	2	90	18
2014-06-01	TBR	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	12	0	112	80
2014-05-27	@ATL	W	6.0	8	3	3	3	7	1	111	48
2014-05-22	TOR	L	6.1	10	7	7	2	3	2	106	26
2014-05-16	DET	L	5.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	94	59
2014-05-10	@TEX	W	7.0	4	3	3	3	8	0	103	62

Last 5 v.MIN		1-3	36.1	36	18	17	12	29	1	4.21	53
2012-08-02	MIN	L	8.0	7	3	3	0	7	0	105	63
2012-04-23	@MIN	ND	7.0	6	5	5	4	4	1	112	45
2011-08-10	@MIN	L	7.1	8	4	4	5	4	0	119	45
2010-05-20	MIN	W	9.0	6	2	1	0	9	0	103	78
2010-04-12	@MIN	L	5.0	9	4	4	3	5	0	107	35

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

Twins Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 55.Capuano*
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 54.Mujica
G/S/vB 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 99/71 .231/.293/.440/.732 .558/.802 .504 80/.818 0/2 4/2

2.Dozier G/S/vP 3/1.667 4/.250 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 310/230 .239/.352/.456/.807 .860/.786 .710 103/.710 15/4 15/4

5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 187/140 .308/.351/.465/.816 .862/.800 .791 92/.762 1/1 2/2

25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 74/43 .108/.194/.154/.348 .311/.375 .265 0/ 6/0 0/1

26.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .600/.600/.600/1.200 1.000/1.333 1.200 5/1.200 0/0 0/0

1.Fuld* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/2.000 ··· ··· 4/1.334 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 101/82 .228/.290/.380/.670 .599/.687 .696 12/.633 5/0 1/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 24/.908 2/.500 11/.955 11/1.090 10/.300 2/1.500 2/1.000 3/.000 281/186 .258/.338/.331/.669 .496/.758 .683 108/.590 3/0 2/0

17.Morales# G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 4/1.750 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.500 7/1.762 31/22 .310/.355/.414/.769 .444/.909 .769 31/.769 0/0 0/

9.Nunez G/S/vP 16/.321 3/.666 5/.800 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 4/.000 73/42 .290/.319/.435/.754 .548/.918 .606 43/.755 1/2 2/3

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/2.667 2/.000 1/2.000 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 75/52 .174/.227/.304/.531 .713/.448 .509 36/.230 0/1 3/1

39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/87 .340/.382/.447/.828 1.100/.758 .828 84/.792 5/0 2/0

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 18/.583 5/.400 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.250 4/.500 ··· 4/.000 220/159 .304/.370/.397/.767 .742/.776 .779 72/.684 0/0 2/3

16.Willingham G/S/vP 16/.620 7/1.429 2/.500 9/1.556 4/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 6/.000 112/85 .279/.429/.512/.940 .899/.955 .955 89/.978 0/0 5/0

IP 92.0 38.1 22.2 28.2 29.0 24.1 30.0 31.2 TOTAL .246/.326/.377/.703 .680/.712 .682 .686 39/13 55/36

ERA-K/9

3.33/9.7

1.64/4.9

4.37/6.3

3.45/8.2

2.48/14.3

6.29/6.3

2.40/9.3

0.57/11.9

3.70/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fryer (1-0-0)
Suzuki (23-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 383/.263 150/.257 106/.289 127/.243 119/.187 106/.302 122/.246 114/.159 .260 Arcia
Fuld
Escobar
Nunez
Parmelee
Santana
Willingham 0/0/22/4
3/18/4/3
2/1/0/2
7/0/2/1
4/0/17/1
0/17/0/0
23/0/0/0

OPS .718 .684 .746 .700 .504 .864 .673 .423 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 89/.746 58/.745 48/.742 48/.690 46/.473 39/1.018 55/.732 58/.185 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 294/.710 92/.646 58/.748 79/.705 73/.524 67/.767 67/.623 56/.657 .729

Home 194/.665 100/.626 56/.776 58/.678 58/.287 61/1.065 66/.656 69/.428

Last 28d days 140/.879 42/.578 48/.845 35/.946 40/.450 33/.583 45/.679 48/.154

HR/SB/CS 8/5/2 1/1/1 1/1/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 5/4/1 3/0/0 2/0/1 64/43/13

Usage ····X··· Xo·X···X ·XX····· ·····X·· oXoo··o· ·····o·· ·Xo·o·o· ooo·o·o·

Red Sox Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Hughes
G/S/vB 61.Burton
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB 56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bogaerts G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 283/194 .277/.364/.426/.790 .887/.746 .856 111/.846 2/2 6/8

25.Bradley* G/S/vP 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 233/140 .205/.293/.298/.591 .613/.575 .659 84/.561 5/0 1/0

7.Drew* G/S/vP 2/.000 6/1.000 5/1.400 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 23/21 .238/.304/.286/.590 1.000/.549 1.286 23/.590 1/0 0/0

5.Gomes G/S/vP 6/.334 3/2.000 6/1.500 3/.000 5/.200 5/.933 1/.000 1/no AB 173/84 .241/.341/.386/.727 .931/.522 .795 68/.629 0/0 5/2

10.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 88/54 .237/.306/.276/.582 .579/.584 .695 41/.685 0/3 0/1

26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 161/92 .333/.375/.456/.831 .921/.763 .955 122/.851 4/1 1/5

12.Napoli G/S/vP 12/1.334 6/.333 13/.398 2/1.000 6/1.333 4/.500 16/.683 1/.000 224/163 .267/.388/.417/.806 .842/.791 .870 41/.720 1/1 6/2

29.Nava# G/S/vP 13/.462 3/.333 4/.250 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 123/92 .204/.301/.296/.597 .262/.718 .582 48/.737 2/1 2/3

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 30/1.153 3/1.167 6/.334 1/.000 5/3.050 13/.923 7/1.429 1/5.000 292/190 .246/.353/.468/.820 .830/.816 .718 107/.612 0/0 15/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 33/.978 3/1.666 7/.971 5/1.400 4/1.000 10/.311 7/.453 ··· 313/220 .264/.339/.372/.710 .814/.668 .692 112/.637 2/4 3/1

40.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 18/.334 4/1.833 17/.544 4/.833 22/.190 15/.276 6/.833 4/.500 217/143 .271/.301/.389/.690 .480/.798 .736 88/.770 0/0 4/4

3.Ross G/S/vP 5/1.800 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 84/44 .169/.238/.312/.550 .675/.443 .478 32/.526 0/1 2/3

38.Sizemore* G/S/vP 6/.000 2/no AB 5/.000 ··· 15/1.114 9/.666 3/2.667 1/.000 205/148 .216/.288/.324/.612 .459/.672 .591 77/.558 5/0 2/1

IP 82.1 28.1 26.1 29.0 16.0 29.1 32.2 24.0 TOTAL .245/.327/.371/.698 .709/.693 .732 .681 24/14 50/40

ERA-K/9

3.17/7.9

6.04/6.4

3.08/4.8

2.17/6.5

2.81/4.5

2.76/12.0

4.68/5.0

3.38/7.1

4.39/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pierzynski (30-9-3)
Ross (13-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 333/.259 126/.264 111/.258 112/.206 63/.196 121/.212 151/.291 94/.217 .271 Bradley
Sizemore
Nava
Gomes
Holt 1/58/6/7
24/18/14/3
7/0/23/1
41/0/11/1
6/0/2/1

OPS .671 .813 .749 .530 .526 .593 .775 .653 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 161/.511 54/.858 41/.661 53/.643 27/.499 27/.667 59/.726 46/.620 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 172/.816 72/.777 70/.800 59/.430 36/.547 94/.570 92/.804 48/.685 .745

Road 163/.664 67/.555 55/.574 68/.524 37/.641 65/.519 72/.926 56/.711

Last 28d days 136/.611 50/.877 38/.793 44/.656 47/.517 33/.656 52/.800 37/.483

HR/SB/CS 7/2/0 5/4/0 3/1/1 1/0/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 2/1/1 58/40/6

Usage ·····X·· oX···Xo· ··X···X· ·o·o·X·o ·XX····X ···X··X· ··X····· X·X····o

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 2014 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 5.13

ARI 4.10

SDP 2.99

RA/G

OAK 3.33

PIT 4.23

ARI 4.92

T. Tulowitzki .355

M. Joyce .266

J. Gyorko .162

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .447

D. LeMahieu .330

J. Gyorko .213

SLG

T. Tulowitzki .662

J. Werth .409

J. Gyorko .270

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.109

B. Gardner .739

J. Gyorko .482

ERA

T. Hudson 1.81

D. Hutchison 3.62

J. Nicasio 5.92

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 10.82

J. Quintana 7.42

K. Gibson 4.50

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.