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Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, at Fenway Park, May 23, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Start Time:
7:15et (local)
Venue:
Fenway Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
65° (based on last ten years)
Angels
Manager:
Mike Scioscia
Game #:
43
On This Date:
23-22
Red Sox
Manager:
John Farrell
Game #:
43
On This Date:
48-48
Season Series
Fri, May 22, 2015 LAA 12 @BOS  5     

Sat, May 23, 2015 LAA    @BOS  7:15pm
Sun, May 24, 2015 LAA    @BOS  1:35pm
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 BOS    @LAA 10:05pm
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 BOS    @LAA  9:05pm
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 BOS    @LAA  8:05pm
Mon, Jul 20, 2015 BOS    @LAA 10:05pm

                         All times ET
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
22-20, 2nd, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-9    Road:   12-11   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  15-17   vsLHP:   7-3    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast:  5-3    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest: 15-11 IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Fri, May 22  @BOS  W  12-5       22-20  2nd  4.5 gb
 41 Thu, May 21  @TOR  L   4-8       21-20  2nd  5.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 20  @TOR  W   4-3       21-19  2nd  5.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 19  @TOR  W   3-2       20-19  2nd  5.5 gb
 38 Mon, May 18  @TOR  L   6-10      19-19  2nd  5.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 17  @BAL  L   0-3       19-18  2nd  5.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 16  @BAL  W   6-1       19-17  2nd  4.5 gb
 35 Fri, May 15  @BAL  W   3-1       18-17  2nd  4.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 13   COL  W   2-1 (11)  17-17  2nd  4.0 gb
 33 Tue, May 12   COL  W   5-2       16-17  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Boston Red Sox
19-23, 4th, 4½ GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-12   Road:   11-11   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  14-16   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   8-5 
 vsEast: 10-15   vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 4-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Fri, May 22   LAA  L   5-12      19-23  4th  4.5 gb
 41 Thu, May 21   TEX  L   1-3       19-22  4th  3.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 20   TEX  L   1-2       19-21  3rd  2.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 19   TEX  W   4-3       19-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 17  @SEA  L   0-5       18-20  3rd  3.5 gb
 37 Sat, May 16  @SEA  W   4-2       18-19  3rd  3.5 gb
 36 Fri, May 15  @SEA  L   1-2       17-19  3rd  3.5 gb
 35 Thu, May 14  @SEA  W   2-1       17-18  3rd  3.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 13  @OAK  W   2-0       16-18  4th  4.5 gb
 33 Tue, May 12  @OAK  L   2-9       15-18  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 22, 2015 LAA 12 @BOS  5        W:Garrett Richards (4-2), L: Rick Porcello (4-3), S: none

Thu, Aug 21, 2014 LAA  2 @BOS  0        W:Matt Shoemaker (12-4), L: Rubby De La Rosa (4-5), S: Jason Grilli (12)
Wed, Aug 20, 2014 LAA  8 @BOS  3        W:Cory Rasmus (3-1), L: Clay Buchholz (5-8), S: none
Tue, Aug 19, 2014 LAA  4 @BOS  3        W:Joe Smith (5-1), L: Koji Uehara (5-3), S: Huston Street (34)
Mon, Aug 18, 2014 LAA  4 @BOS  2        W:C.J. Wilson (10-8), L: Brandon Workman (1-7), S: Kevin Jepsen (1)
Sun, Aug 10, 2014 BOS  3 @LAA  1        W:Rubby De La Rosa (4-4), L: Joe Smith (4-1), S: Koji Uehara (25)
Sat, Aug 09, 2014 LAA  5  BOS  4 (19)   W:Matt Shoemaker (10-4), L: Brandon Workman (1-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2014 BOS  4 @LAA  2        W:Allen Webster (2-1), L: Jered Weaver (12-7), S: Koji Uehara (24)
Sun, Jul 07, 2013 LAA  3  BOS  0        W:Jered Weaver (3-4), L: John Lackey (6-6), S: Ernesto Frieri (22)
Sat, Jul 06, 2013 LAA  9  BOS  7 (11)   W:Dane De La Rosa (4-1), L: Craig Breslow (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - LAA over 1-0; 2014 - LAA won 5-2; 2013 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BOS leads 332-295

SP: C.J. Wilson (34, LHP, 2-2, 3.06)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-2) 53.0 47 20 18 13 36 2 3.06
2014 (13-10) 175.2 169 95 88 85 151 17 4.51
2013 (17-7) 212.1 200 93 80 85 188 15 3.39
Last 7 GS 1-2 45.0 45 20 18 12 34 2 3.60 53
2015-05-18 @TOR ND 5.0 10 4 4 2 3 0 98 32
2015-05-12 COL W 8.0 5 2 2 1 6 0 111 69
2015-05-06 SEA ND 7.0 7 2 2 0 4 1 96 59
2015-05-01 @SFG ND 7.0 4 2 1 1 5 0 94 67
2015-04-25 TEX ND 5.2 7 1 1 3 4 0 103 52
2015-04-18 @HOU L 6.2 3 2 2 4 8 1 108 64
2015-04-12 KCR L 5.2 9 7 6 1 4 0 94 28
Last 5 v.BOS 2-2 28.0 39 18 14 12 25 1 4.50 44
2014-08-18 @BOS W 5.1 5 1 1 5 5 0 115 54
2013-07-05 BOS L 6.2 10 3 1 2 5 0 121 49
2013-06-08 @BOS L 5.0 8 4 3 3 5 0 104 39
2012-08-29 BOS W 6.0 8 3 3 2 4 0 108 46
2012-08-23 @BOS ND 5.0 8 7 6 0 6 1 98 31

SP: Steven Wright (30, RHP, 1-1, 4.02)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-1) 15.2 17 8 7 7 9 3 4.02
2014 (0-1) 21.0 21 8 6 4 22 2 2.57
2013 (2-0) 13.1 12 8 8 9 10 0 5.40
Last 7 GS 0-2 11.0 10 8 5 5 9 1 4.09 48
2015-05-17 @SEA L 5.0 5 3 2 1 4 1 83 50
2014-09-26 NYY L 5.0 4 2 0 2 4 0 92 57
2013-08-06 @HOU ND 1.0 1 3 3 2 1 0 38 38
Has never faced LAA as starter.

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Angels Batters (3.88 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Wright
G/S/vB		 68.Barnes
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 59.Layne*
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 28.Ross*
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 14/.690 1/4.000 16/.846 5/.600 6/1.000 7/.143 172/137 .269/.316/.325/.641 .725/.618 .596 101/.749 1/2 1/5
56.Calhoun* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.000 5/1.400 2/2.500 3/.000 164/119 .295/.350/.436/.786 .856/.760 .640 104/.718 1/1 4/1
7.Cowgill G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/.334 5/1.200 2/.000 1/.000 66/32 .180/.231/.295/.526 .599/.440 .546 27/.481 1/1 1/0
24.Cron G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 99/65 .200/.222/.274/.496 .647/.414 .443 49/.392 0/0 1/1
8.Featherston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/19 .050/.130/.050/.180 .200/.170 .220 16/.205 2/0 0/0
6.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 3/1.000 169/134 .234/.284/.442/.726 .981/.663 .710 97/.707 1/0 8/4
12.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 144/112 .254/.319/.317/.637 .794/.595 .613 88/.560 0/0 1/4
17.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.333 7/.429 5/2.467 5/1.267 99/81 .172/.263/.276/.538 .762/.493 .711 45/.783 0/0 2/1
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 2/5.000 12/.444 ··· 8/1.292 1/.000 5/.200 10/.800 127/121 .164/.228/.250/.478 .733/.466 .538 70/.573 0/2 1/0
39.Krauss* G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 26/24 .120/.154/.280/.434 .000/.471 .540 26/.434 0/0 1/0
58.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/19 .250/.242/.375/.617 .670/.579 .191 33/.617 0/0 1/0
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 10/.971 4/.250 5/1.350 3/.666 162/124 .235/.290/.436/.726 .573/.774 .808 89/.803 1/1 8/0
27.Trout G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.100 ··· 15/1.103 14/.629 7/.453 4/.000 181/141 .303/.398/.561/.959 .954/.960 1.013 106/.969 8/2 11/0
IP 15.2 8.2 19.1 12.0 17.0 14.0 19.0 13.0 TOTAL .235/.292/.366/.659 .749/.633 .661 .677 15/11 40/24
ERA-K/9 4.02/5.2 3.12/5.2 3.72/7.5 3.00/6.0 3.18/7.4 5.14/5.8 1.42/8.5 2.08/10.4 4.60/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Iannetta (19-5-2)
 Perez (2-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 69/.274 41/.297 85/.254 50/.214 68/.206 63/.309 72/.191 47/.159 .260  Calhoun
 Cowgill
 Trout
 Joyce
 Krauss
0/0/38/2
26/3/4/2
0/41/0/2
30/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .816 .852 .770 .558 .693 .874 .560 .532 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 49/.719 22/.739 32/.983 28/.374 26/.462 18/.689 26/.654 26/.584 .714
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 20/1.034 19/.977 53/.644 22/.807 42/.850 45/.947 46/.503 21/.476 .787
Home / 8/1.518 45/.786 15/.673 35/.772 42/.802 41/.620 20/.350
Last 28d days 47/.738 33/.946 42/1.107 30/.500 40/.786 37/.901 39/.618 30/.312
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 2/2/0 3/0/1 0/0/0 3/0/1 2/0/0 3/2/1 2/0/0 49/23/9
Usage ·····X·· X·o··X·· X····o·· ·oo···oo ·X···X·· X······· ··oo··oo ···X··o·
Red Sox Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (3.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 48.Alvarez*
G/S/vB		 64.Morin
G/S/vB		 63.Pestano
G/S/vB		 37.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 59.Salas
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 16.Street
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
50.Betts G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 187/142 .232/.290/.387/.677 .539/.722 .848 107/.724 5/1 5/1
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.333 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 150/111 .270/.324/.387/.711 .712/.710 .698 86/.661 2/0 2/5
38.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/4 .250/.250/.250/.500 /.500 .500 4/.500 0/0 0/1
26.Holt* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· 8/.500 3/.666 3/.000 1/no AB 97/75 .294/.375/.424/.799 .785/.803 .615 62/.666 1/0 1/1
3.Leon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/28 .152/.243/.152/.395 .000/.551 .423 20/.269 0/0 0/0
12.Napoli G/S/vP 37/.679 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 6/1.000 4/.000 8/.125 6/.167 150/104 .182/.280/.333/.613 .668/.589 .692 80/.638 1/1 5/2
29.Nava# G/S/vP 9/.889 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 11/.546 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 70/62 .167/.261/.200/.461 .452/.462 .290 35/.458 0/0 0/0
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 19/.557 4/1.250 2/1.000 3/.333 16/.327 3/.666 2/.000 10/.300 165/116 .239/.333/.415/.749 .310/.954 .913 92/.784 0/0 6/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 27/1.148 3/.000 3/.666 4/.750 10/.300 1/.000 5/.800 7/.834 188/141 .280/.358/.421/.779 .769/.782 .886 106/.785 1/1 5/3
13.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/1.158 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.100 8/.268 3/2.667 157/113 .257/.306/.486/.792 1.093/.681 .713 84/.680 1/2 10/2
48.Sandoval# G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 9/.777 153/110 .268/.340/.413/.753 .142/1.003 .834 81/.847 0/0 5/3
23.Swihart# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/39 .176/.192/.235/.428 .385/.442 .377 53/.428 0/0 0/0
18.Victorino G/S/vP 7/.572 3/.333 ··· ··· 6/.750 3/.666 1/no AB 3/.000 65/37 .241/.369/.333/.703 1.045/.458 .679 22/1.132 3/0 1/0
IP 53.0 19.0 15.0 9.2 10.2 16.0 18.2 17.2 TOTAL .235/.313/.368/.681 .619/.703 .731 .680 14/5 42/24
ERA-K/9 3.06/6.1 2.84/8.5 6.00/7.8 4.66/9.3 2.53/6.7 3.38/7.3 2.41/9.1 2.55/10.2 3.61/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Leon (1-3-1)
 Swihart (12-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 217/.237 76/.123 63/.228 46/.289 45/.289 66/.220 77/.239 71/.200 .234  Betts
 Ramirez
 Victorino
 Nava
 Holt
 Castillo
0/40/0/3
35/0/0/2
0/0/19/1
6/0/14/1
4/2/9/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .610 .527 .637 .870 .767 .623 .571 .469 .663
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.596 38/.536 23/.733 16/.866 27/.490 30/.685 41/.717 39/.431 .673
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 155/.616 38/.518 40/.581 30/.875 18/1.158 36/.570 36/.406 32/.515 .655
Road 105/.528 33/.642 32/.861 25/1.068 28/1.007 27/.370 37/.462 33/.338
Last 28d days 108/.640 38/.423 35/.629 18/1.087 28/.804 24/.214 49/.581 46/.590
HR/SB/CS 2/3/4 3/0/0 2/1/0 2/1/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 0/1/0 41/29/13
Usage ····X··· oX··o··· X···Xo·· ·X··X··· ····X··· o·····o· ··oo··oX ··oo···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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TOR  5.14

CHC  4.22

PHI  3.11

 RA/G

STL  3.10

MIN  4.39

COL  5.28

 BA

D. Gordon  .386

J. Martinez  .266

C. Carter  .157

 OBP

B. Harper  .475

A. Hechavarria  .327

E. Gattis  .221

 SLG

B. Harper  .750

S. Souza  .417

J. Ramirez  .254

 OPS

B. Harper  1.225

B. Moss  .749

J. Ramirez  .519

 ERA

S. Miller  1.33

C. Kluber  3.79

K. Kendrick  6.58

 K/9IP

D. Salazar  12.36

S. Miller  7.17

J. Guthrie  3.42

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.