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New York Mets vs. Boston Red Sox, at Citi Field, August 28, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, August 28, 2015
Start Time:
7:10et (local)
Venue:
Citi Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
80° (based on last ten years)
Red Sox
Manager:
John Farrell
Game #:
130
On This Date:
58-45
Mets
Manager:
Terry Collins
Game #:
128
On This Date:
20-28
Season Series

Fri, Aug 28, 2015 BOS    @NYM  7:10pm
Sat, Aug 29, 2015 BOS    @NYM  4:05pm
Sun, Aug 30, 2015 BOS    @NYM  1:10pm

                         All times ET
Boston Red Sox
58-69, 5th, 13 GB, 11½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-32   Road:   25-37   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  43-47   vsLHP:  15-22   1-Run:  16-17
 vsEast: 20-30   vsCntrl:15-15   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 8-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
120 Wed, Aug 19   CLE  W   6-4       54-66  5th 13.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18   CLE  W   9-1       53-66  5th 13.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 17   CLE  L   2-8       52-66  5th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
New York Mets
71-56, 1st, 6½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   42-21   Road:   29-35   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  55-44   vsLHP:  16-12   1-Run:  21-21
 vsEast: 34-17   vsCntrl: 9-20   vsWest: 21-12 IL: 7-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Thu, Aug 27  @PHI  W   9-5 (13)  71-56  1st  6.5 up
126 Wed, Aug 26  @PHI  W   9-4       70-56  1st  6.5 up
125 Tue, Aug 25  @PHI  W   6-5       69-56  1st  5.5 up
124 Mon, Aug 24  @PHI  W  16-7       68-56  1st  5.5 up
123 Sun, Aug 23  @COL  W   5-1       67-56  1st  5.0 up
122 Sat, Aug 22  @COL  W  14-9       66-56  1st  5.0 up
121 Fri, Aug 21  @COL  W  14-9       65-56  1st  5.0 up
120 Wed, Aug 19  @BAL  L   4-5       64-56  1st  3.5 up
119 Tue, Aug 18  @BAL  W   5-3       64-55  1st  4.5 up
118 Sun, Aug 16   PIT  L   1-8       63-55  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:22-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 24, 2009 BOS 12  NYM  5        W:Tim Wakefield (6-2), L: Tim Redding (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 23, 2009 NYM  3 @BOS  2        W:Pedro Feliciano (1-1), L: Jonathan Papelbon (0-1), S: J.J. Putz (2)
Fri, May 22, 2009 NYM  5 @BOS  3        W:Johan Santana (6-2), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (12)
Thu, Jun 29, 2006 BOS  4  NYM  2        W:Curt Schilling (10-2), L: Aaron Heilman (0-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (24)
Wed, Jun 28, 2006 BOS 10  NYM  2        W:Josh Beckett (10-3), L: Pedro Martinez (7-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 27, 2006 BOS  9  NYM  4        W:Jon Lester (3-0), L: Alay Soler (2-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2001 NYM  2  BOS  0        W:Glendon Rusch (5-5), L: Rolando Arrojo (2-3), S: Armando Benitez (20)
Fri, Jul 13, 2001 BOS  3 @NYM  1        W:David Cone (5-1), L: Kevin Appier (5-9), S: Derek Lowe (16)
Thu, Jul 12, 2001 NYM  4  BOS  2        W:Al Leiter (5-8), L: Tim Wakefield (6-3), S: Armando Benitez (19)
Sat, Jul 15, 2000 BOS  6  NYM  4        W:Ramon Martinez (7-5), L: Mike Hampton (9-6), S: Derek Lowe (20)
Season Series: 2015 -  0-0; 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; All-Time - BOS leads 11-10

SP: Henry Owens (22, LHP, 2-1, 4.50)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-1) 24.0 22 13 12 7 21 4 4.50
Last 7 GS 2-1 24.0 22 13 12 7 21 4 4.50 52
2015-08-21 KCR W 8.0 4 2 1 1 4 1 103 71
2015-08-16 SEA ND 6.0 10 7 7 1 10 3 99 33
2015-08-09 @DET W 5.0 3 1 1 4 2 0 84 55
2015-08-04 @NYY L 5.0 5 3 3 1 5 0 96 49
Has never faced NYM as starter.

SP: Matt Harvey (26, RHP, 11-7, 2.57)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (11-7) 154.0 123 48 44 32 141 17 2.57
2013 (9-5) 178.1 135 46 45 31 191 7 2.27
2012 (3-5) 59.1 42 19 18 26 70 5 2.73
Last 7 GS 4-1 49.2 33 11 8 10 41 4 1.45 67
2015-08-16 PIT ND 6.0 7 1 1 1 6 1 103 59
2015-08-11 COL W 8.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 97 78
2015-08-05 @MIA W 7.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 88 79
2015-07-31 WSN ND 7.2 5 1 1 0 9 0 109 74
2015-07-25 LAD W 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 2 101 60
2015-07-20 @WSN L 7.0 4 5 2 4 3 0 99 54
2015-07-11 ARI W 7.0 5 2 2 4 9 1 109 64
Has never faced BOS as starter.

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

Red Sox Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Harvey
G/S/vB		 46.Clippard
G/S/vB		 27.Familia
G/S/vB		 36.Gilmartin*
G/S/vB		 44.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 47.Robles
G/S/vB		 72.Torres
G/S/vB		 35.Verrett
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
50.Betts G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 497/371 .273/.320/.440/.759 .726/.771 .705 71/.786 17/4 11/2
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 502/363 .315/.345/.408/.753 .921/.689 .681 102/.777 7/1 4/8
25.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/82 .252/.344/.514/.858 1.268/.642 .651 79/1.119 1/0 5/1
38.Castillo G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 167/107 .304/.337/.449/.787 .961/.688 .688 73/1.020 3/1 5/4
31.De Aza* G/S/vP 4/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 281/238 .268/.323/.447/.770 .458/.824 .780 29/.896 5/3 7/1
10.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 168/125 .255/.349/.338/.687 .916/.607 .541 43/.763 0/0 2/2
26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 404/302 .287/.359/.396/.755 .793/.742 .775 82/.733 7/1 2/8
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.762 ··· ··· ··· 497/344 .260/.350/.499/.849 .621/.959 .779 99/1.039 0/0 26/0
13.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 18/.513 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/1.850 ··· 430/307 .249/.291/.426/.717 .710/.720 .727 58/.444 6/3 19/4
30.Rutledge G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 48/31 .325/.383/.400/.783 .855/.741 .785 40/.865 0/0 1/3
48.Sandoval* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.453 2/1.000 ··· 7/.715 ··· 7/.000 ··· 440/303 .256/.305/.390/.695 .470/.799 .606 78/.739 0/0 10/14
47.Shaw* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/67 .312/.356/.591/.948 1.040/.899 .303 85/1.043 0/1 7/0
23.Swihart# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 222/151 .271/.317/.362/.679 .628/.702 .588 54/.863 1/2 1/2
IP 154.0 54.0 62.2 44.0 27.0 41.2 51.2 31.1 TOTAL .265/.326/.411/.736 .750/.731 .669 .847 54/16 121/77
ERA-K/9 2.57/8.2 2.17/8.2 1.72/9.2 2.25/8.8 8.00/6.0 3.67/9.5 3.66/7.5 2.30/6.9 3.29/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (22-11-4)
 Swihart (29-12-14)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 609/.217 231/.170 245/.195 178/.219 140/.341 166/.195 210/.264 121/.178 .240  Betts
 De Aza
 Ramirez
 Bradley
 Castillo
 Holt
 Shaw
0/110/0/9
50/1/37/4
92/0/0/3
10/14/17/3
0/6/43/2
12/2/17/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .622 .547 .546 .588 .893 .622 .705 .522 .669
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 299/.707 121/.355 108/.545 76/.591 69/.633 58/.481 76/.645 47/.555 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 310/.544 110/.765 137/.547 102/.586 71/1.147 108/.702 134/.737 74/.502 .647
Home 350/.635 134/.633 158/.586 71/.664 60/.916 78/.635 122/.713 37/.573
Last 28d days 75/.497 52/.444 47/.439 48/.517 32/1.102 44/.552 42/.715 34/.408
HR/SB/CS 17/9/3 4/6/1 5/2/1 1/0/2 2/1/0 4/1/1 4/1/1 2/1/0 118/63/21
Usage ········ ·XX··oo· o·X··oo· X··X··X· ·Xoo·o·· X·XoX·X· Xo·o·X·· o···X···
Mets Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Owens*
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 10/.875 11/1.355 5/.800 543/419 .295/.328/.525/.853 .653/.911 .738 116/.941 7/4 26/5
30.Conforto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/83 .273/.360/.494/.853 .533/.875 .771 66/.915 0/0 3/0
23.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 2/3.500 356/268 .262/.312/.407/.718 .690/.726 .730 42/.981 2/0 10/3
7.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 161/133 .278/.348/.549/.896 1.149/.843 .853 79/.961 0/0 9/3
4.Flores G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 444/349 .264/.296/.414/.711 .898/.660 .689 78/.900 0/0 14/12
3.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 17/.301 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/1.400 2/.500 8/.375 548/430 .259/.352/.460/.812 .477/.909 .779 112/.918 11/4 22/5
55.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 4/.000 3/.000 274/242 .260/.308/.437/.745 .744/.745 .726 62/.704 1/1 12/9
12.Lagares G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 417/311 .264/.290/.364/.654 .838/.594 .658 45/1.014 7/3 5/1
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 428/320 .287/.332/.439/.771 .592/.833 .700 102/.948 1/2 10/11
20.Recker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 81/58 .130/.259/.232/.491 .848/.361 .301 14/.536 1/0 2/1
11.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 328/247 .253/.331/.339/.670 .748/.645 .550 54/.666 2/1 2/5
2.Uribe G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 10/1.200 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 346/262 .248/.312/.410/.722 .879/.672 .636 77/.619 2/0 13/8
5.Wright G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/39 .313/.377/.438/.815 1.571/.558 .819 18/.856 2/0 2/2
IP 24.0 48.1 10.2 39.2 44.1 53.2 49.1 54.0 TOTAL .243/.307/.392/.699 .704/.698 .699 .844 46/15 132/71
ERA-K/9 4.50/7.9 4.28/6.5 5.91/5.0 4.31/9.1 5.48/5.9 3.69/7.7 3.83/7.7 3.67/8.2 4.57/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 d'Arnaud (20-9-1)
 Recker (9-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 99/.239 214/.281 44/.286 174/.253 201/.264 223/.239 211/.255 222/.265 .268  Cespedes
 Granderson
 Cuddyer
 Lagares
 Conforto
 Johnson
116/15/0/10
0/2/121/8
66/0/2/4
0/114/1/2
22/0/0/2
29/0/8/2
OPS .728 .826 .842 .716 .781 .782 .720 .710 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 19/.760 80/.823 16/1.313 84/.420 79/.377 81/.636 80/.673 92/.765 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 80/.720 134/.829 28/.555 90/.991 122/1.038 142/.866 131/.747 130/.670 .786
Road 42/.607 95/1.040 14/1.655 85/.542 98/.808 106/.722 94/.786 94/.629
Last 28d days 99/.728 45/.982 17/.647 28/.797 42/.810 35/.952 37/.650 42/1.046
HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 8/1/2 2/0/0 3/3/1 5/2/1 12/3/2 5/0/0 4/4/1 144/58/32
Usage ······X· ·····X·· ·····XX· ··o·oo·· ···oo··· ··o·X··o ·o·o···o ·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 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  5.43

LAD  4.11

ATL  3.65

 RA/G

STL  2.97

CLE  4.17

COL  5.35

 BA

B. Harper  .334

Y. Solarte  .266

C. Carter  .179

 OBP

B. Harper  .460

R. Martin  .329

O. Infante  .231

 SLG

B. Harper  .639

L. Valbuena  .423

B. Hamilton  .290

 OPS

B. Harper  1.099

N. Walker  .752

O. Infante  .539

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.61

A. Wood  3.70

K. Lohse  6.27

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.03

J. Quintana  7.59

M. Buehrle  4.25

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.