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Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees, at Fenway Park, August 31, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, August 31, 2015
Start Time:
7:10et (local)
Venue:
Fenway Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
77° (based on last ten years)
Yankees
Manager:
Joe Girardi
Game #:
130
On This Date:
63-48
Red Sox
Manager:
John Farrell
Game #:
133
On This Date:
52-49
Season Series
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 BOS  6 @NYY  5 (19)
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 BOS  8 @NYY  4     
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 NYY 14  BOS  4     
Fri, May 01, 2015 NYY  3 @BOS  2     
Sat, May 02, 2015 NYY  4 @BOS  2     
Sun, May 03, 2015 NYY  8 @BOS  5     
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 NYY  5 @BOS  1     
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 BOS  5  NYY  3     
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 NYY  8 @BOS  6     
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 NYY 13  BOS  3     
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 BOS  2 @NYY  1     
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 NYY  2  BOS  1     

Mon, Aug 31, 2015 NYY    @BOS  7:10pm
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 NYY    @BOS  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 02, 2015 NYY    @BOS  4:05pm
Mon, Sep 28, 2015 BOS    @NYY  7:05pm
Tue, Sep 29, 2015 BOS    @NYY  7:05pm
Wed, Sep 30, 2015 BOS    @NYY  7:05pm
Thu, Oct 01, 2015 BOS    @NYY  7:05pm

                         All times ET
New York Yankees
72-57, 2nd, 1½ GB, 4 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   37-26   Road:   35-31   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  50-43   vsLHP:  22-14   1-Run:  21-20
 vsEast: 28-22   vsCntrl:18-11   vsWest: 17-16 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sun, Aug 30  @ATL  W  20-6       72-57  2nd  1.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 29  @ATL  W   3-1       71-57  2nd  1.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 28  @ATL  W  15-4       70-57  2nd  1.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26   HOU  L   2-6       69-57  2nd  2.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25   HOU  L   1-15      69-56  2nd  1.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 24   HOU  W   1-0       69-55  1st    Tied
123 Sun, Aug 23   CLE  L   3-4       68-55  2nd  0.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 22   CLE  W   6-2       68-54  1st  0.5 up
121 Fri, Aug 21   CLE  L   3-7       67-54  1st  0.5 up
120 Thu, Aug 20   CLE  L   2-3       67-53  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Boston Red Sox
60-70, 5th, 14 GB, 12½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-32   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  45-48   vsLHP:  15-22   1-Run:  16-18
 vsEast: 20-30   vsCntrl:15-15   vsWest: 15-18 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sun, Aug 30  @NYM  L   4-5       60-70  5th 14.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29  @NYM  W   3-1       60-69  5th 13.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28  @NYM  W   6-4 (10)  59-69  5th 13.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 26  @CHW  W   3-0       58-69  5th 13.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 25  @CHW  L   4-5       57-69  5th 13.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 24  @CHW  W   5-4       57-68  5th 12.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23   KCR  L   6-8       56-68  5th 13.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 22   KCR  L   3-6       56-67  5th 12.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 21   KCR  W   7-2       56-66  5th 11.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 20   KCR  W   4-1       55-66  5th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 NYY  2  BOS  1        W:Justin Wilson (4-0), L: Eduardo Rodriguez (6-4), S: Andrew Miller (24)
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 BOS  2 @NYY  1        W:Steven Wright (5-4), L: Luis Severino (0-1), S: Koji Uehara (24)
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 NYY 13  BOS  3        W:Masahiro Tanaka (8-4), L: Henry Owens (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 NYY  8 @BOS  6        W:Nathan Eovaldi (9-2), L: Wade Miley (8-8), S: none
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 BOS  5  NYY  3        W:Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2), L: Ivan Nova (1-3), S: Koji Uehara (22)
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 NYY  5 @BOS  1        W:Michael Pineda (9-5), L: Clay Buchholz (7-7), S: none
Sun, May 03, 2015 NYY  8 @BOS  5        W:Adam Warren (2-1), L: Joe Kelly (1-1), S: Andrew Miller (10)
Sat, May 02, 2015 NYY  4 @BOS  2        W:Nathan Eovaldi (2-0), L: Wade Miley (1-3), S: Dellin Betances (1)
Fri, May 01, 2015 NYY  3 @BOS  2        W:Esmil Rogers (1-1), L: Junichi Tazawa (0-1), S: Andrew Miller (9)
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 NYY 14  BOS  4        W:Masahiro Tanaka (1-1), L: Clay Buchholz (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - NYY over 8-4; 2014 - NYY won 12-7; 2013 - BOS won 13-6; All-Time - NYY leads 1158-958

SP: Ivan Nova (28, RHP, 5-6, 4.50)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (5-6) 62.0 60 32 31 23 39 6 4.50
2014 (2-2) 20.2 32 19 19 6 12 6 8.27
2013 (9-6) 139.1 135 49 48 44 116 9 3.10
Last 7 GS 4-3 38.1 35 22 22 16 27 3 5.17 48
2015-08-25 HOU L 4.0 7 7 7 4 1 1 86 17
2015-08-20 CLE L 5.0 6 3 3 2 4 0 94 45
2015-08-14 @TOR W 7.0 5 3 3 1 3 0 105 57
2015-08-08 TOR L 5.1 4 4 4 2 6 1 102 48
2015-08-02 @CHW W 6.0 5 1 1 2 7 0 90 63
2015-07-27 @TEX W 5.0 5 2 2 2 3 0 75 50
2015-07-22 BAL W 6.0 3 2 2 3 3 1 94 58
Last 5 v.BOS 2-2 28.0 33 16 14 8 22 4 4.50 47
2015-07-11 @BOS L 6.2 8 4 4 0 3 1 86 45
2014-04-13 BOS W 7.1 8 2 2 0 4 1 97 58
2013-09-15 @BOS L 4.0 6 5 4 4 2 1 89 30
2013-09-05 BOS ND 4.0 5 3 3 2 3 1 96 41
2012-07-08 @BOS W 6.0 6 2 1 2 10 0 111 62

SP: Eduardo Rodriguez (22, LHP, 7-5, 4.39)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (7-5) 92.1 87 47 45 27 69 12 4.39
Last 7 GS 2-3 39.2 43 26 24 11 23 7 5.45 46
2015-08-23 KCR ND 6.0 7 4 2 0 1 1 104 47
2015-08-18 CLE W 8.0 6 1 1 0 5 1 114 71
2015-08-12 @MIA L 5.0 9 8 8 1 2 1 92 18
2015-08-06 @NYY L 7.0 6 2 2 2 5 1 103 60
2015-07-31 TBR ND 5.0 6 3 3 4 4 0 110 43
2015-07-26 DET W 7.0 3 1 1 1 6 1 95 72
2015-07-20 @LAA L 1.2 6 7 7 3 0 2 36 12
Last 5 v.NYY 1-1 13.1 11 4 4 3 7 3 2.70 58
2015-08-06 @NYY L 7.0 6 2 2 2 5 1 103 60
2015-07-11 NYY W 6.1 5 2 2 1 2 2 95 56

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

Yankees Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 37.Hembree
G/S/vB		 59.Layne*
G/S/vB		 64.Machi
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 28.Ross*
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
36.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 5/.400 398/293 .282/.344/.480/.825 .816/.828 .818 94/1.086 0/0 13/3
31.Bird* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/52 .255/.339/.412/.751 .929/.727 .691 59/.751 0/0 2/0
14.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 5/.700 ··· 8/.929 5/.000 1/.000 391/304 .201/.274/.385/.659 .688/.651 .654 76/.661 0/2 16/7
22.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 7/2.000 13/1.419 ··· 7/.000 1/.000 9/.222 6/.833 5/.400 373/245 .278/.342/.383/.726 .692/.743 .746 107/.714 17/8 7/0
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 7/.334 14/.978 ··· 5/.400 ··· 8/.750 4/.833 6/1.100 536/384 .272/.357/.416/.773 .768/.775 .693 106/.566 18/5 12/2
18.Gregorius* G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 454/336 .263/.313/.359/.672 .567/.707 .727 95/.713 4/2 7/11
12.Headley# G/S/vP 5/.200 6/.833 2/1.500 3/1.667 8/.929 3/.333 7/.286 4/.500 514/360 .277/.339/.404/.743 .768/.732 .792 98/.813 0/2 10/20
34.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 8/2.321 ··· 8/.500 ··· 6/.533 5/.700 6/.533 427/327 .247/.321/.475/.796 .809/.791 .696 87/.824 0/0 23/6
66.Murphy G/S/vP 5/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 133/75 .279/.311/.385/.696 .687/.701 .731 25/.573 0/0 1/3
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 7/1.738 10/1.933 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 5/1.100 4/.250 16/.875 501/355 .257/.363/.489/.853 1.049/.776 .828 86/.547 3/0 26/1
17.Ryan G/S/vP 3/.666 7/1.429 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 4/.000 ··· 72/35 .224/.268/.358/.626 .937/.299 .615 31/.310 0/0 0/3
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 6/.333 20/.494 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 9/.889 7/.572 8/.804 462/312 .255/.357/.548/.906 .787/.958 .906 54/.541 2/0 31/3
24.Young G/S/vP 5/.400 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 5/3.000 2/.500 2/.000 303/171 .247/.307/.465/.772 1.008/.593 .802 37/.577 3/1 14/1
IP 92.1 48.2 13.0 41.1 46.2 54.0 50.1 54.2 TOTAL .255/.325/.428/.754 .777/.744 .739 .701 47/20 171/79
ERA-K/9 4.39/6.7 4.25/6.5 4.85/4.8 4.14/8.9 5.21/5.8 3.83/7.7 3.93/7.7 3.79/8.1 4.53/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (36-22-1)
 Murphy (17-6-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 389/.246 215/.280 54/.288 180/.247 208/.254 228/.241 215/.251 228/.268 .267  Gardner
 Beltran
 Ellsbury
 Young
 Ryan
93/33/0/6
0/0/93/4
0/81/0/4
41/15/68/3
0/0/2/0
OPS .709 .822 .796 .706 .753 .793 .712 .725 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.922 80/.823 18/1.278 86/.409 82/.363 81/.636 83/.647 94/.779 .727
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 303/.647 135/.822 36/.542 94/.980 126/1.003 147/.882 132/.752 134/.686 .782
Home 219/.696 119/.665 30/.500 89/.885 103/.756 117/.836 117/.660 128/.770
Last 28d days 110/.787 39/1.036 27/.630 34/.732 44/.648 40/.998 38/.596 42/1.052
HR/SB/CS 12/2/2 8/1/2 2/1/0 3/3/1 5/2/1 12/3/2 5/0/0 4/4/1 144/59/32
Usage ·······X ··o····· X·o····· ·oo··o·o ·oo···oo ··X··o·X o·o·o·o· ··X·X··X
Red Sox Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Nova
G/S/vB		 68.Betances
G/S/vB		 48.Miller*
G/S/vB		 55.Mitchell
G/S/vB		 57.Pinder
G/S/vB		 45.Shreve*
G/S/vB		 43.Warren
G/S/vB		 41.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
50.Betts G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.667 3/.000 512/386 .272/.318/.447/.765 .726/.778 .813 86/.813 17/4 12/2
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP 9/.347 9/.333 3/.333 2/1.500 1/.000 2/2.000 14/.616 2/1.000 515/375 .315/.344/.405/.749 .914/.688 .817 106/.703 7/1 4/8
25.Bradley* G/S/vP 5/.400 4/.250 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 8/.625 1/2.000 134/90 .259/.343/.534/.878 1.237/.703 1.090 81/1.180 3/0 6/1
38.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 175/115 .295/.328/.434/.761 .961/.656 .854 72/.948 3/1 5/5
31.De Aza* G/S/vP 10/1.700 7/.453 1/no AB 4/1.000 1/4.000 1/.000 7/.572 ··· 290/247 .261/.319/.436/.755 .458/.804 .761 38/.749 5/3 7/1
10.Hanigan G/S/vP 8/1.250 4/.750 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.171 4/.833 169/126 .253/.347/.336/.683 .916/.602 .804 36/.745 0/0 2/2
26.Holt* G/S/vP 3/.666 6/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 10/.650 1/.000 416/313 .283/.354/.388/.742 .785/.728 .739 85/.709 7/1 2/8
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 26/1.053 7/.000 6/.733 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 14/.902 3/.000 505/352 .264/.352/.515/.867 .621/.983 .914 98/1.134 0/0 28/1
13.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/2.334 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 6/.733 4/.833 430/307 .249/.291/.426/.717 .710/.720 .707 49/.376 6/3 19/4
30.Rutledge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 49/32 .325/.375/.400/.775 .855/.730 .782 41/.855 0/0 1/3
48.Sandoval* G/S/vP 6/.833 1/2.000 7/.143 ··· ··· 4/1.250 6/1.167 6/.000 453/316 .251/.300/.384/.684 .470/.779 .795 90/.687 0/0 10/14
47.Shaw* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/72 .303/.352/.576/.928 1.067/.855 1.337 83/.865 0/1 7/0
23.Swihart# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 234/162 .280/.326/.381/.707 .638/.736 .774 65/.946 3/2 2/2
IP 62.0 67.1 46.1 23.1 23.1 50.2 110.0 47.1 TOTAL .264/.324/.411/.735 .750/.730 .801 .824 58/16 126/79
ERA-K/9 4.50/5.7 1.34/14.2 1.94/13.6 3.86/8.5 2.70/7.3 1.95/10.3 3.19/6.8 3.23/9.5 3.94/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (22-11-4)
 Swihart (30-12-14)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 267/.255 261/.139 185/.152 103/.274 100/.247 203/.185 444/.232 192/.229 .252  Betts
 De Aza
 Ramirez
 Bradley
 Castillo
 Holt
 Shaw
0/113/0/9
52/1/37/4
92/0/0/3
11/14/18/3
0/6/45/2
12/2/17/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .742 .442 .459 .709 .792 .614 .645 .599 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 135/.822 118/.391 34/.681 41/.435 43/1.024 77/.668 180/.587 65/.637 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 132/.657 143/.485 151/.408 62/.879 57/.618 126/.580 264/.686 127/.579 .708
Road 127/.734 125/.405 98/.504 52/.737 48/.822 78/.553 252/.698 81/.640
Last 28d days 97/.779 51/.620 42/.659 44/.660 46/.843 43/.715 47/.534 45/.745
HR/SB/CS 6/4/2 3/15/3 3/0/1 2/2/0 4/1/0 6/1/1 9/4/4 1/6/1 135/53/28
Usage ·····X·· ·X·····X ·o····X· o·X····· X···X··X o···X··o o···X··· ·oX····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  5.52

OAK  4.11

ATL  3.65

 RA/G

STL  2.98

MIA  4.18

COL  5.30

 BA

M. Cabrera  .358

T. Frazier  .266

C. Carter  .183

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .460

C. Gonzalez  .330

O. Infante  .232

 SLG

B. Harper  .629

S. Choo  .426

B. Hamilton  .290

 OPS

B. Harper  1.085

K. Calhoun  .757

O. Infante  .539

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.61

N. Karns  3.69

K. Lohse  6.27

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.03

J. Chavez  7.73

M. Buehrle  4.21

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.