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Boston Red Sox vs. Minnesota Twins, at Fenway Park, June 18, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Start Time:
1:35et (local)
Venue:
Fenway Park
Tickets:
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
73° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Game #:
70
On This Date:
46-46
Red Sox
Manager:
Game #:
72
On This Date:
50-54
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 BOS  2  MIN  1     

Wed, Jun 18, 2014 MIN    @BOS  1:35pm

                         All times ET
32-37, 5th, 5½ GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-17   Road:   17-20   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  22-27   vsLHP:  10-10   1-Run:   9-12
 vsEast: 12-8    vsCntrl:12-12   vsWest:  4-9  IL: 4-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Tue, Jun 17  @BOS  L   1-2       32-37  5th  5.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
33-38, 4th, 7½ GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-19   Road:   14-19   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  20-27   vsLHP:  13-11   1-Run:  10-15
 vsEast: 13-19   vsCntrl: 8-13   vsWest:  6-3  IL: 6-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Tue, Jun 17   MIN  W   2-1       33-38  4th  7.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 17, 2014 BOS  2  MIN  1        W:Jon Lester (8-7), L: Phil Hughes (7-3), S: Edward Mujica (2)
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
Season Series: 2014 - BOS over 3-2; 2013 - BOS won 4-3; 2012 - BOS won 4-3; All-Time - BOS leads 961-927

SP: Kyle Gibson (26, RHP, 6-5, 3.55)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (6-5) 76.0 71 30 30 25 38 4 3.55
2013 (2-4) 51.0 69 38 37 20 29 7 6.53
Last 7 GS 3-3 40.0 38 16 16 8 22 4 3.60 53
2014-06-13 @DET W 7.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 110 68
2014-06-07 HOU W 7.0 3 0 0 3 5 0 106 73
2014-06-02 @MIL L 6.0 6 4 4 0 1 1 77 45
2014-05-28 TEX ND 6.0 6 0 0 0 4 0 107 64
2014-05-23 @SFG L 5.0 5 5 5 0 4 2 72 41
2014-05-16 SEA W 7.0 6 1 1 2 4 0 96 63
2014-05-10 @DET L 2.0 7 6 6 1 1 1 48 18
Has never faced BOS as starter.

SP: John Lackey (35, RHP, 8-4, 3.24)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (8-4) 94.1 97 37 34 18 81 8 3.24
2013 (10-13) 189.1 179 80 74 40 161 26 3.52
2011 (12-12) 160.0 203 119 114 56 108 20 6.41
Last 7 GS 4-2 48.1 51 17 15 7 38 3 2.79 57
2014-06-13 CLE W 6.2 7 3 3 1 5 1 110 52
2014-06-08 @DET W 8.0 7 3 2 1 5 0 112 62
2014-06-02 @CLE L 8.0 8 3 3 2 3 0 96 55
2014-05-28 ATL W 6.1 8 0 0 0 9 0 105 66
2014-05-23 @TBR ND 7.0 5 0 0 1 3 0 108 69
2014-05-17 DET L 5.1 9 6 5 2 4 1 96 30
2014-05-11 @TEX W 7.0 7 2 2 0 9 1 105 64
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 35.1 23 11 6 9 24 3 1.53 64
2013-05-19 @MIN W 6.0 1 1 0 0 5 0 84 73
2013-05-09 MIN L 7.0 6 5 1 1 8 1 102 60
2010-04-14 @MIN W 6.2 7 2 2 4 2 0 107 50
2009-07-24 MIN W 7.2 4 2 2 2 3 2 114 64
2008-08-21 MIN ND 8.0 5 1 1 2 6 0 105 72
Twins Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lackey
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP 5/2.350 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 103/72 .221/.282/.421/.703 .502/.790 .475 84/.777 0/2 4/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 314/231 .237/.348/.450/.799 .838/.783 .695 103/.718 15/4 15/4
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.333 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 190/140 .305/.351/.460/.811 .840/.800 .781 95/.752 1/1 2/2
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 5/.400 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 3/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.334 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 104/82 .221/.282/.368/.650 .515/.687 .658 15/.497 5/0 1/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 31/.954 2/.500 11/.955 11/1.090 10/.300 2/1.500 3/.666 3/.000 285/187 .258/.337/.333/.670 .513/.754 .685 108/.588 3/0 2/0
17.Morales# G/S/vP 6/.733 1/.000 4/1.750 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 4/.500 7/1.762 35/23 .273/.314/.364/.678 .333/.867 .678 35/.678 0/0 0/
9.Nunez G/S/vP 15/1.050 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 2/.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 32/.256 0/1 3/1
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 115/88 .346/.386/.458/.844 1.171/.750 .851 84/.854 6/0 2/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 35/.594 6/.334 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.250 4/.500 ··· 4/.000 223/160 .305/.369/.396/.765 .750/.771 .776 71/.705 0/0 2/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP 6/.000 7/1.429 2/.500 9/1.556 4/.500 2/.000 1/no AB 6/.000 116/86 .270/.422/.494/.917 .850/.942 .919 93/.947 0/0 5/0
IP 94.1 38.2 23.0 28.2 29.0 25.1 31.0 31.2 TOTAL .244/.324/.375/.699 .674/.709 .676 .684 40/13 55/36
ERA-K/9 3.24/7.7 1.63/4.9 4.30/6.3 3.45/8.2 2.48/14.3 6.04/6.8 2.32/9.9 0.57/11.9 3.66/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fryer (1-0-0)
 Suzuki (24-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 391/.263 151/.255 108/.286 127/.243 119/.187 109/.293 125/.239 114/.159 .259  Arcia
 Fuld
 Escobar
 Nunez
 Willingham
 Parmelee
 Santana
0/0/23/4
3/19/4/3
2/1/0/2
7/0/2/1
24/0/0/1
4/0/17/1
0/17/0/0
OPS .693 .679 .744 .700 .504 .838 .656 .423 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 222/.687 58/.745 49/.725 48/.690 46/.473 41/.966 57/.706 58/.185 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 169/.702 93/.639 59/.759 79/.705 73/.524 68/.755 68/.614 56/.657 .726
Home 226/.710 101/.620 58/.771 58/.678 58/.287 64/1.011 69/.626 69/.428
Last 28d days 146/.604 43/.564 50/.839 25/1.059 35/.483 36/.531 48/.634 45/.164
HR/SB/CS 8/13/1 1/1/1 1/1/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 5/4/1 3/0/0 2/0/1 64/44/13
Usage ····X··· oXo·X··· o·XX···· ······X· ·oXoo··o o·····o· o·Xo·o·o ·ooo·o·o
Red Sox Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Gibson
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 287/198 .278/.362/.425/.787 .887/.743 .849 111/.793 2/2 6/8
25.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· 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
210.Cecchini* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1 .500/.500/1.000/1.500 .000/3.000 1.500 2/1.500 0/0 0/0
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.000 5/1.400 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 26/24 .250/.308/.333/.641 1.000/.610 1.200 26/.641 1/0 0/0
5.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 6/1.500 3/.000 5/.200 5/.933 1/.000 1/no AB 176/87 .236/.335/.378/.714 .931/.503 .767 66/.650 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/.000 165/96 .338/.378/.464/.842 .921/.785 .968 122/.864 5/1 1/5
12.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 6/.333 13/.398 2/1.000 6/1.333 4/.500 16/.683 1/.000 227/166 .268/.388/.416/.803 .842/.788 .865 44/.716 1/1 6/2
29.Nava# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 4/.250 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 126/95 .198/.294/.288/.582 .262/.693 .550 51/.691 2/1 2/3
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 6/.334 1/.000 5/3.050 13/.923 7/1.429 1/5.000 296/194 .246/.351/.464/.816 .830/.808 .712 106/.639 0/0 15/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 7/.971 5/1.400 4/1.000 10/.311 7/.453 ··· 317/224 .267/.341/.377/.718 .814/.679 .706 111/.674 2/4 3/1
40.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.833 17/.544 4/.833 22/.190 15/.276 6/.833 4/.500 217/143 .271/.301/.389/.690 .480/.798 .736 83/.744 0/0 4/3
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 87/47 .163/.230/.300/.530 .675/.414 .445 35/.479 0/1 2/3
IP 76.0 28.1 26.1 29.0 16.0 29.1 32.2 24.0 TOTAL .246/.326/.371/.697 .709/.692 .730 .674 25/14 50/39
ERA-K/9 3.55/4.5 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 4.36/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (30-9-3)
 Ross (14-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 319/.242 126/.264 111/.258 112/.206 63/.196 121/.212 151/.291 94/.217 .271  Bradley
 Nava
 Gomes
 Holt
1/59/6/7
7/0/24/1
42/0/11/1
6/1/3/1
OPS .640 .813 .749 .530 .526 .593 .775 .653 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 171/.721 54/.858 41/.661 53/.643 27/.499 27/.667 59/.726 46/.620 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.543 72/.777 70/.800 59/.430 36/.547 94/.570 92/.804 48/.685 .742
Road 151/.775 67/.555 55/.574 68/.524 37/.641 65/.519 72/.926 56/.711
Last 28d days 121/.607 50/.877 38/.793 41/.655 47/.517 30/.728 52/.800 37/.483
HR/SB/CS 4/3/2 5/4/0 3/1/1 1/0/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 2/1/1 58/41/6
Usage ····X··· ·oX···Xo ···X···X ··o·o·X· ··XX···· ····X··X ···X···· ·X·X····

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

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.