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Boston Red Sox vs. Minnesota Twins, at Fenway Park, July 23, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Start Time:

7:10et (local)

Venue:

Fenway Park

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

82° (based on last ten years)

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

On This Date:

48-56

Red Sox

Manager:

John Farrell

Game #:

On This Date:

50-55

Season Series
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 BOS  8 @MIN  1     
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 BOS 15 @MIN  4     
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 MIN  7  BOS  4 (10)
Thu, Jul 21, 2016 BOS 13  MIN  2     
Fri, Jul 22, 2016 MIN  2 @BOS  1     

Sat, Jul 23, 2016 MIN    @BOS  7:10pm
Sun, Jul 24, 2016 MIN    @BOS  1:35pm

                         All times ET

Minnesota Twins

36-60, 5th, 20½ GB, 19 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   20-29   Road:   16-31   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  25-45   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:  10-17
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl: 9-24   vsWest: 15-10 IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Fri, Jul 22  @BOS  W   2-1       36-60  5th 20.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 21  @BOS  L   2-13      35-60  5th 21.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 20  @DET  W   4-1       35-59  5th 21.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 19  @DET  W   6-2       34-59  5th 21.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 18  @DET  L   0-1       33-59  5th 21.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 17   CLE  L   1-6       33-58  5th 21.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 16   CLE  W   5-4 (11)  33-57  5th 20.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 15   CLE  L   2-5       32-57  5th 21.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 10  @TEX  W  15-5       32-56  5th 20.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  9  @TEX  W   8-6       31-56  5th 21.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Boston Red Sox

54-40, 2nd, ½ GB, 3 up in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   33-21   Road:   21-19   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  46-29   vsLHP:   8-11   1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast: 21-20   vsCntrl:10-10   vsWest: 15-7  IL: 8-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Fri, Jul 22   MIN  L   1-2       54-40  2nd  0.5 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 21   MIN  W  13-2       54-39  1st  0.5 up
 92 Wed, Jul 20   SFG  W  11-7       53-39  1st  0.5 up
 91 Tue, Jul 19   SFG  W   4-0       52-39  2nd  0.5 gb
 90 Sun, Jul 17  @NYY  L   1-3       51-39  2nd  2.0 gb
 89 Sat, Jul 16  @NYY  W   5-2       51-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 88 Fri, Jul 15  @NYY  W   5-3       50-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 87 Sun, Jul 10   TBR  W   4-0       49-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 86 Sat, Jul  9   TBR  W   4-1       48-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 85 Fri, Jul  8   TBR  W   6-5       47-38  3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 22, 2016 MIN  2 @BOS  1        W:Kyle Gibson (3-6), L: Eduardo Rodriguez (2-4), S: Brandon Kintzler (7)
Thu, Jul 21, 2016 BOS 13  MIN  2        W:Steven Wright (12-5), L: Tyler Duffey (5-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 MIN  7  BOS  4 (10)   W:Michael Tonkin (2-2), L: Matt Barnes (2-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 BOS 15 @MIN  4        W:Heath Hembree (3-0), L: Kyle Gibson (0-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 BOS  8 @MIN  1        W:Steven Wright (7-4), L: Tyler Duffey (2-5), S: none

Thu, Jun 04, 2015 MIN  8 @BOS  4        W:Aaron Thompson (1-1), L: Koji Uehara (2-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 03, 2015 MIN  2 @BOS  0        W:Trevor May (4-3), L: Rick Porcello (4-5), S: Glen Perkins (20)
Wed, Jun 03, 2015 BOS  6  MIN  3        W:Eduardo Rodriguez (2-0), L: Phil Hughes (4-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 02, 2015 BOS  1  MIN  0        W:Clay Buchholz (3-6), L: Mike Pelfrey (4-2), S: Koji Uehara (11)
Wed, May 27, 2015 MIN  6  BOS  4        W:Phil Hughes (4-4), L: Rick Porcello (4-4), S: Glen Perkins (18)
Season Series: 2016 - BOS over 3-2; 2015 - MIN won 5-2; 2014 - BOS won 4-2; All-Time - BOS leads 967-934

SP: Ricky Nolasco (33, RHP, 4-8, 5.02)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (4-8)			114.2	130	70	64	25	85	16	5.02
2015 (5-2)			37.1	50	31	28	14	35	3	6.75
2014 (6-12)			159.0	203	96	95	38	115	22	5.38

Last 7 GS		2-4	43.1	50	24	23	12	22	7	4.78	46
2016-07-18	@DET	L	6.0	3	1	1	3	0	1	100	59
2016-07-09	@TEX	W	6.0	9	4	3	0	2	1	99	42
2016-07-04	OAK	L	6.0	4	3	3	3	4	0	110	53
2016-06-29	@CHW	L	5.2	9	7	7	1	5	3	95	27
2016-06-23	PHI	L	6.2	10	4	4	4	1	1	106	35
2016-06-18	NYY	ND	7.0	8	2	2	0	5	1	93	58
2016-06-13	@LAA	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	5	0	106	50

Last 5 v.BOS		2-2	31.0	29	18	17	3	22	4	4.94	51
2015-05-25	BOS	W	7.2	7	2	2	0	5	0	103	62
2014-05-13	BOS	ND	6.0	6	3	3	1	6	2	102	53
2013-08-23	BOS	W	8.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	101	84
2012-06-20	@BOS	L	3.1	9	9	9	1	1	1	64	6
2012-06-13	BOS	L	6.0	5	4	3	1	4	1	75	51

SP: David Price (30, LHP, 9-7, 4.36)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (9-7)			130.0	132	64	63	28	141	16	4.36
2015 (18-5)			220.1	190	70	60	47	225	17	2.45
2014 (15-12)			248.1	230	100	90	38	271	25	3.26

Last 7 GS		2-4	46.1	57	20	20	4	50	6	3.88	54
2016-07-17	@NYY	L	5.2	11	3	3	1	1	0	106	35
2016-07-10	TBR	W	8.0	4	0	0	1	10	0	113	83
2016-07-05	TEX	L	8.0	8	3	3	1	10	1	109	63
2016-06-29	@TBR	L	6.1	9	4	4	1	10	1	103	48
2016-06-24	@TEX	ND	2.1	12	6	6	0	1	1	59	10
2016-06-19	SEA	W	8.0	8	1	1	0	7	1	110	69
2016-06-14	BAL	L	8.0	5	3	3	0	11	2	105	71

Last 5 v.MIN		5-0	38.1	23	6	4	9	39	1	0.94	73
2015-08-03	MIN	W	8.0	3	1	1	2	11	1	119	81
2015-07-09	@MIN	W	8.0	5	2	0	3	8	0	117	73
2015-04-27	@MIN	W	6.1	6	3	3	2	7	0	108	54
2015-04-06	MIN	W	8.2	5	0	0	0	5	0	101	79
2014-09-28	MIN	W	7.1	4	0	0	2	8	0	112	76

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

Twins Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 24.Price*
G/S/vB 68.Barnes
G/S/vB 37.Hembree
G/S/vB 59.Layne*
G/S/vB 28.Ross*
G/S/vB 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB 29.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Buxton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 186/125 .200/.246/.335/.581 .530/.605 .564 51/.628 7/0 1/2

37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 95/68 .233/.274/.356/.629 .453/.700 .783 30/.778 0/0 2/2

2.Dozier G/S/vP 34/.687 4/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· 392/303 .249/.335/.466/.801 1.113/.711 .907 94/.948 7/0 17/5

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 12/.583 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 207/153 .258/.282/.369/.650 .767/.610 .487 31/.484 1/2 3/8

36.Grossman# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 6/.000 ··· 217/139 .277/.410/.441/.851 1.016/.752 .773 75/.777 1/3 6/3

26.Kepler* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 197/129 .236/.311/.483/.794 .730/.828 .737 95/.875 2/0 10/3

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 38/.469 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.900 7/.762 3/2.667 393/297 .262/.364/.372/.736 .571/.792 .695 82/.631 2/0 8/2

9.Nunez G/S/vP 48/.604 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.650 3/.333 371/278 .302/.328/.454/.782 .863/.755 .833 99/.723 23/6 12/10

20.Rosario* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 172/133 .244/.259/.402/.661 .411/.730 .699 51/.965 3/1 5/2

22.Sano G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 286/233 .244/.343/.459/.802 1.028/.754 .846 75/.809 1/0 14/11

39.Santana# G/S/vP 19/.737 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 184/143 .244/.284/.349/.633 .437/.688 .531 44/.695 11/8 2/2

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 36/.681 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 234/160 .284/.322/.422/.744 .842/.698 .799 60/.789 0/0 5/3

19.Vargas# G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/38 .308/.426/.718/1.143 2.095/.931 1.419 47/1.143 0/0 3/0

IP 130.0 47.0 37.0 27.1 34.2 33.1 42.1 TOTAL .248/.314/.411/.726 .760/.714 .716 .798 62/20 112/68

ERA-K/9

4.36/9.8

2.87/8.8

2.19/8.5

3.29/7.9

4.15/10.1

3.51/10.0

2.55/6.2

4.30/8.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Centeno (8-1-2)
Suzuki (31-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 546/.262 196/.225 165/.263 112/.237 145/.219 135/.222 178/.264 .253 Kepler
Grossman
Buxton
Santana
Rosario
Sano
Escobar 0/4/50/4
45/1/0/3
0/54/0/2
5/38/2/2
38/10/0/2
0/0/38/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .728 .683 .690 .653 .577 .655 .679 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.735 77/.792 59/1.086 59/.665 51/.461 59/.454 91/.736 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 410/.726 119/.615 106/.471 53/.640 94/.637 76/.814 87/.621 .752

Home 305/.711 116/.689 109/.701 77/.710 84/.705 78/.527 93/.777

Last 28d days 119/.748 38/.482 36/.795 27/.625 43/.559 24/.940 38/.687

HR/SB/CS 16/1/0 5/7/2 3/3/1 1/1/4 1/0/1 5/4/1 1/1/0 110/41/22

Usage ·····X·· ··X···X· o·o··o·· o·oo·o·· X·Xo·o·o X······· ··oX···o

Red Sox Batters (5.64 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 62.Boshers*
G/S/vB 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB 65.May
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 55.Rogers*
G/S/vB 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

50.Betts G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 443/361 .307/.345/.534/.879 .741/.910 .947 92/.994 16/1 20/1

2.Bogaerts G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 6/.334 425/348 .324/.381/.469/.850 .895/.840 .880 87/.664 11/3 11/9

25.Bradley* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/3.667 370/270 .294/.373/.543/.916 .758/.972 .950 83/.717 7/1 15/3

64.Brentz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/18 .302/.333/.419/.752 .850/.611 .588 37/.808 0/0 1/1

10.Hanigan G/S/vP 8/.875 2/1.000 1/.000 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 88/71 .183/.239/.256/.495 .180/.571 .448 12/.583 0/0 1/0

18.Hill G/S/vP 20/.700 2/2.500 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/3.000 309/214 .280/.352/.410/.761 .735/.773 .707 56/.789 4/2 8/2

12.Holt* G/S/vP ··· 3/.833 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 2/.500 171/147 .262/.335/.423/.758 .542/.787 .757 41/1.054 3/0 5/2

3.Leon# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 77/45 .417/.455/.694/1.149 1.420/.969 1.015 51/1.053 0/0 3/1

40.Martinez# G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 66/41 .286/.308/.381/.689 .638/.718 .817 12/.432 0/2 1/3

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 16/1.375 6/.834 1/2.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 4/.833 ··· 5/.400 373/288 .326/.418/.665/1.083 .799/1.168 1.209 83/.991 2/0 24/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 15/.534 ··· 1/3.000 5/.800 4/1.500 6/.000 ··· 5/1.100 419/342 .303/.371/.441/.812 .715/.833 .813 92/.788 5/1 9/4

13.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/.666 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.650 378/294 .279/.357/.441/.799 .984/.746 .811 72/1.021 7/2 11/3

47.Shaw* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 359/277 .262/.326/.455/.781 .582/.842 .880 64/.774 4/1 11/13

IP 114.2 29.2 14.1 29.2 32.2 49.1 31.1 46.2 TOTAL .290/.356/.477/.832 .808/.839 .865 .853 60/10 119/52

ERA-K/9

5.02/6.7

2.73/8.2

2.51/10.1

2.12/6.1

6.06/12.7

3.83/8.2

2.59/9.5

3.86/11.2

4.89/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hanigan (14-6-17)
Leon (10-7-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 484/.290 120/.217 58/.214 118/.246 149/.259 211/.251 132/.270 195/.246 .281 Bradley
Betts
Holt
Martinez
Shaw
Brentz 0/90/0/10
0/0/93/8
42/0/0/5
8/8/8/2
1/0/0/0
13/0/0/0

OPS .795 .592 .545 .683 .818 .704 .716 .757 .796

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 220/.732 46/.451 26/.385 43/.543 51/.635 84/.745 45/.495 66/1.023 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 264/.847 74/.682 32/.681 75/.764 98/.907 127/.673 87/.832 129/.624 .822

Road 247/.769 52/.619 24/.583 44/.506 83/.865 113/.732 50/.838 81/.795

Last 28d days 98/.810 24/.743 13/.538 40/.583 26/.728 39/.856 33/.455 37/.730

HR/SB/CS 16/5/1 2/2/0 1/1/0 4/0/0 6/3/0 6/1/0 4/0/1 7/9/1 129/43/12

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

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 2016 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

BOS 5.64

ARI 4.42

ATL 3.39

RA/G

WSN 3.51

PHI 4.51

CIN 5.78

J. Altuve .358

J. Ellsbury .272

D. Norris .203

OBP

J. Altuve .427

T. Story .340

D. Norris .261

SLG

D. Ortiz .665

E. Nunez .454

N. Ahmed .299

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.083

T. Shaw .781

N. Ahmed .564

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

M. Leake 4.00

D. Smyly 5.64

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.30

T. Roark 7.63

M. Pelfrey 4.02

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.