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Boston Red Sox vs. Washington Nationals, at Fenway Park, April 15, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Start Time:

1:35et (local)

Venue:

Fenway Park

Tickets:

Tickets for games at Fenway Park

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

58° (based on last ten years)

Nationals

Manager:

Matt Williams

Game #:

On This Date:

15-20

Red Sox

Manager:

John Farrell

Game #:

On This Date:

37-35

Season Series
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 BOS  9  WSN  4     
Tue, Apr 14, 2015 BOS  8  WSN  7     

Wed, Apr 15, 2015 WSN    @BOS  1:35pm

                         All times ET

Washington Nationals

2-6, 4th, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    1-2    Road:    1-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   2-5    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Tue, Apr 14  @BOS  L   7-8        2-6   4th  4.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13  @BOS  L   4-9        2-5   4th  4.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @PHI  W   4-3 (10)   2-4   4th  3.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @PHI  L   2-3 (10)   1-4   4th  4.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10  @PHI  L   1-4        1-3   4th  3.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  9   NYM  L   3-6        1-2   3rd  2.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  8   NYM  W   2-1        1-1   2nd  1.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  6   NYM  L   1-3        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-6    Last 20: 2-6    Last 30: 2-6

Boston Red Sox

6-2, 1st, 1 up / Schedule

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

 Home:    2-0    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   5-2    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Tue, Apr 14   WSN  W   8-7        6-2   1st  1.0 up
  7 Mon, Apr 13   WSN  W   9-4        5-2   1st  1.0 up
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @NYY  L   4-14       4-2   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @NYY  W   8-4        4-1   1st  1.0 up
  4 Fri, Apr 10  @NYY  W   6-5 (19)   3-1   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  9  @PHI  W   6-2        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  8  @PHI  L   2-4        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  6  @PHI  W   8-0        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-2    Last 20: 6-2    Last 30: 6-2

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 14, 2015 BOS  8  WSN  7        W:Edward Mujica (1-0), L: Blake Treinen (0-1), S: Koji Uehara (1)
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 BOS  9  WSN  4        W:Rick Porcello (1-1), L: Jordan Zimmermann (1-1), S: none

Sun, Jun 10, 2012 WSN  4 @BOS  3        W:Tom Gorzelanny (2-1), L: Alfredo Aceves (0-4), S: Tyler Clippard (8)
Sat, Jun 09, 2012 WSN  4 @BOS  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (8-2), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-1), S: Tyler Clippard (7)
Fri, Jun 08, 2012 WSN  7 @BOS  4        W:Stephen Strasburg (7-1), L: Felix Doubront (6-3), S: Tyler Clippard (6)
Thu, Jun 25, 2009 WSN  9  BOS  3        W:Jordan Zimmermann (3-3), L: John Smoltz (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 24, 2009 BOS  6 @WSN  4        W:Jon Lester (6-6), L: Craig Stammen (1-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (17)
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 BOS 11 @WSN  3        W:Manny Delcarmen (2-1), L: Julian Tavarez (3-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 21, 2006 BOS  9  WSN  3        W:Jon Lester (2-0), L: Shawn Hill (1-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 20, 2006 BOS 11  WSN  3        W:Tim Wakefield (5-8), L: Livan Hernandez (5-8), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - BOS over 2-0; 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; All-Time - BOS leads 15-11

SP: Gio Gonzalez (29, LHP, 0-1, 4.26)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (0-1)			6.1	5	3	3	4	4	0	4.26
2014 (10-10)			158.2	134	66	63	56	162	10	3.57
2013 (11-8)			195.2	169	79	73	76	192	17	3.36

Last 7 GS		4-2	45.0	32	17	15	10	39	3	3.00	60
2015-04-10	@PHI	L	6.1	5	3	3	4	4	0	95	51
2014-09-25	NYM	W	7.0	1	0	0	2	12	0	103	85
2014-09-18	@MIA	W	7.0	6	2	2	0	5	0	96	62
2014-09-12	@NYM	L	6.2	6	4	3	1	7	0	110	54
2014-09-07	PHI	W	6.0	5	2	1	0	3	0	105	59
2014-09-01	@LAD	W	6.0	3	3	3	2	4	1	74	56
2014-08-26	@PHI	ND	6.0	6	3	3	1	4	2	87	51

Last 5 v.BOS		3-1	29.0	32	17	17	12	27	6	5.28	47
2012-06-09	@BOS	W	6.1	3	2	2	2	5	0	98	62
2011-08-26	@BOS	W	5.2	7	4	4	3	5	2	105	41
2011-04-20	BOS	L	6.0	8	4	4	1	9	2	104	48
2010-07-21	BOS	W	6.0	7	4	4	2	3	1	107	43
2010-06-01	@BOS	ND	5.0	7	3	3	4	5	1	108	42

SP: Wade Miley (28, LHP, 0-0, 3.38)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (0-0)			5.1	4	2	2	2	6	0	3.38
2014 (8-12)			201.1	207	103	97	75	183	23	4.34
2013 (10-10)			202.2	201	88	80	66	147	21	3.55

Last 7 GS		1-3	36.2	44	18	18	19	32	1	4.42	48
2015-04-10	@NYY	ND	5.1	4	2	2	2	6	0	90	56
2014-09-27	STL	ND	5.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	100	50
2014-09-21	@COL	L	4.1	8	6	6	4	4	0	79	23
2014-09-15	SFG	W	7.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	103	63
2014-09-09	@SFG	L	2.0	5	3	3	4	1	0	58	31
2014-09-02	@SDP	ND	7.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	85	62
2014-08-27	LAD	L	6.0	7	3	3	4	6	1	100	48

Last 5 v.WSN		1-2	31.0	37	11	7	13	16	1	2.03	51
2014-08-21	@WSN	ND	6.2	8	0	0	6	4	0	114	56
2013-09-29	WSN	ND	7.0	8	2	1	1	2	0	101	56
2013-06-26	@WSN	L	7.0	7	3	2	1	4	1	100	56
2012-08-11	WSN	L	4.1	9	6	4	1	2	0	68	26
2011-08-25	@WSN	W	6.0	5	0	0	4	4	0	98	62

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Nationals Batters (3.00 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Miley*
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 59.Layne*
G/S/vB 63.Masterson
G/S/vB 54.Mujica
G/S/vB 41.Ogando
G/S/vB 28.Ross*
G/S/vB 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB 46.Varvaro
G/S/vB 35.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.den Dekker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 174/154 .250/.345/.322/.667 .600/.673 .658 2/.000 7/4 0/1

20.Desmond G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· 6/1.467 11/.191 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 10/.311 ··· 648/485 .255/.313/.430/.743 .771/.734 .752 32/.550 24/5 24/24

5.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.533 8/.804 ··· 18/.513 6/.334 15/.650 6/.666 9/1.111 ··· ··· 529/405 .258/.324/.340/.664 .689/.656 .746 35/.746 1/1 7/16

8.Espinosa G/S/vP 9/.777 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 8/.125 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 364/249 .219/.283/.351/.634 .859/.532 .561 11/1.232 8/1 8/5

34.Harper* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 395/288 .273/.344/.423/.768 .765/.769 .839 35/.692 2/2 13/4

4.Johnson G/S/vP 4/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 201/132 .235/.266/.348/.614 .728/.553 .646 8/.500 0/1 2/1

59.Lobaton# G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/1.025 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 230/167 .234/.287/.304/.591 .483/.633 .535 7/.286 0/0 2/2

12.Moore G/S/vP 8/1.125 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 100/67 .231/.300/.385/.685 .717/.669 .698 12/.167 0/0 4/3

40.Ramos G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/.000 7/.286 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.166 ··· 361/277 .267/.299/.399/.698 .820/.661 .699 25/.493 0/0 11/5

25.Robinson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/8 .333/.400/.333/.733 .000/.929 2.000 19/.789 0/0 0/0

3.Taylor G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 43/36 .205/.279/.359/.638 1.095/.553 .813 35/.740 0/2 1/0

26.Uggla G/S/vP 8/.964 2/.000 2/.000 4/.250 7/.000 5/.650 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 157/118 .149/.229/.213/.442 .343/.475 .541 18/.278 0/0 2/11

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 9/1.667 ··· ··· 7/.629 10/.733 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 8/.750 ··· 240/181 .280/.342/.449/.790 .779/.794 .750 35/.631 0/0 5/4

IP 201.1 54.1 19.0 128.2 60.0 25.0 78.1 63.0 54.2 21.0 TOTAL .197/.262/.331/.593 .435/.614 .624 .593 2/3 7/9

ERA-K/9

4.34/8.2

5.96/6.1

0.95/6.6

5.88/8.1

3.90/6.5

6.84/7.9

6.20/5.9

2.86/9.1

2.63/8.2

2.57/9.4

4.16/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lobaton (27-13-1)
Ramos (30-18-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 866/.269 260/.319 76/.212 592/.283 253/.294 122/.314 365/.319 261/.240 218/.228 86/.256 .213 Harper
den Dekker
Johnson
Zimmerman
Taylor
Escobar
Moore 90/7/10/9
28/18/1/4
23/1/11/4
30/0/0/2
0/10/5/0
1/0/0/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .746 .887 .591 .826 .790 .795 .851 .660 .632 .632 .623

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 192/.727 118/.838 48/.411 317/.910 114/.904 55/.732 117/.766 123/.615 81/.481 36/.667 .574

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 674/.752 142/.927 28/.929 275/.729 139/.694 67/.848 248/.892 138/.702 137/.720 50/.603 .700

Home 424/.817 147/.951 35/.730 291/.789 136/.926 53/.804 225/.842 135/.678 107/.519 53/.505

Last 28d days 22/.523 19/.387 20/.644 49/.653 16/.875 16/.813 10/.350 13/.397 11/.573 22/.988

HR/SB/CS 23/4/6 8/1/0 0/0/0 12/5/2 6/4/2 1/3/0 9/2/2 5/0/0 5/1/0 2/1/0 9/3/3

Usage ····X··· ··X·XX·· ··X·Xo·· X····X·· X·o·oo·· X··Xo·o· ···oo·X· oX··o··· ··XoX··· ····X···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Red Sox Batters (6.38 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 30.Barrett
G/S/vB 29.Cedeno*
G/S/vB 35.Stammen
G/S/vB 22.Storen
G/S/vB 46.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

50.Betts G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 213/152 .291/.368/.444/.812 .843/.798 .792 39/.739 7/3 5/4

2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 594/422 .240/.297/.362/.660 .755/.621 .725 34/1.033 2/3 12/20

5.Craig G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· 2/.500 3/1.334 4/1.000 ··· 505/375 .215/.279/.315/.594 .693/.559 .692 10/.425 2/1 8/0

10.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/.000 263/205 .218/.318/.324/.642 .602/.654 .804 27/.451 1/0 5/1

26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 492/312 .281/.331/.381/.711 .763/.682 .742 11/1.364 12/2 4/7

3.Leon# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/46 .156/.229/.219/.447 .511/.413 .281 10/.819 0/0 1/1

12.Napoli G/S/vP 13/.985 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 14/.143 500/360 .248/.370/.419/.789 .923/.739 .802 33/.350 3/2 17/8

29.Nava* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 408/341 .270/.346/.361/.706 .399/.769 .702 16/.866 4/2 4/4

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 15/1.092 ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 18/.533 602/407 .263/.355/.517/.873 .893/.863 .849 36/.653 0/0 35/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 15/.652 ··· 1/no AB 4/1.750 ··· 6/.167 609/440 .278/.337/.376/.712 .727/.707 .676 43/.928 6/6 7/2

13.Ramirez G/S/vP 12/.334 1/2.000 1/no AB 20/1.826 10/.650 2/1.000 512/390 .283/.369/.448/.817 .869/.801 .779 37/.914 14/5 13/16

48.Sandoval# G/S/vP 11/.282 2/.000 2/1.500 13/.558 2/1.500 1/2.000 638/433 .279/.324/.415/.739 .563/.824 .774 40/.681 0/0 16/11

18.Victorino G/S/vP 6/1.300 ··· ··· 9/.444 5/.400 3/.333 133/90 .268/.303/.382/.685 .758/.650 .674 24/.350 2/0 2/0

IP 158.2 40.2 7.0 72.2 56.1 36.0 TOTAL .259/.350/.379/.728 .769/.718 .913 .728 7/0 10/8

ERA-K/9

3.57/9.2

2.66/10.8

3.86/6.4

3.84/6.9

1.12/7.4

1.75/7.0

3.45/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hanigan (30-8-1)
Leon (3-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 653/.230 174/.220 30/.333 304/.276 224/.215 152/.244 .265 Nava
Betts
Craig
Holt
Victorino 38/0/69/9
0/28/12/3
11/0/82/3
8/10/35/1
0/0/30/1

OPS .647 .605 .833 .708 .540 .596 .681

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 159/.628 62/.750 15/1.067 137/.767 97/.592 90/.569 .684

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 494/.653 112/.529 15/.600 167/.660 127/.500 62/.634 .677

Road 356/.696 86/.554 15/.333 116/.819 98/.545 63/.532

Last 28d days 26/.718 13/.322 15/.900 17/.525 9/.476 7/.143

HR/SB/CS 10/8/6 1/3/2 1/0/0 5/5/1 2/4/1 0/5/2 4/6/1

Usage ····X··· ·oo··o·· ·XX·oo·· o·oXo·X· ··X···o· o··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 2015 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

For the 2014 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

LAA 4.77

MIA 3.98

SDP 3.30

RA/G

SEA 3.42

CLE 4.03

COL 5.05

J. Altuve .341

J. Upton .270

C. Davis .196

OBP

A. McCutchen .410

C. Headley .328

M. Dominguez .256

SLG

J. Abreu .581

C. Utley .407

Z. Cozart .300

OPS

V. Martinez .974

H. Kendrick .744

Z. Cozart .568

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.77

W. Chen 3.54

C. Buchholz 5.34

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.85

T. Koehler 7.20

M. Buehrle 5.30

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.