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Game Preview: TOR @ BOS, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 14, 2007 @Fenway Park II

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Toronto Blue Jays, 44-45, 2nd, 10 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Dustin McGowan (25, RHP, 5-4, 4.65)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-4)             71.2  67  37  37  28  57  4    4.65      
 2006 (1-2)             27.1  35  27  22  25  22  2    7.24      
 2005 (1-3)             45.1  49  34  32  17  34  7    6.35      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  42.2  38  18  18  15  32  1    3.80   54 
 2007-07-04    OAK   W   7     4   0   0   2   4  0     101   71 
 2007-06-29    SEA   L   5     8   5   5   3   4  0     101   32 
 2007-06-24    COL   W   9     1   0   0   1   7  0     109   91 
 2007-06-19    LAD   L   1.2   8   6   6   2   2  0      65   15 
 2007-06-13    SFG   W   6     7   2   2   4   6  0      96   52 
 2007-06-08    LAD  ND   7     4   2   2   0   4  1      81   65 
 2007-06-02    CHW   W   7     6   3   3   3   5  0     103   55 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS    Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-19   Road:   18-26   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  27-36   vsLHP:  17-9    1-Run:  16-15
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl:13-13   vsWest:  4-9  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Fri, Jul 13  @BOS  W   6-5       44-45  2nd 10.0 gb
 88 Thu, Jul 12  @BOS  L   4-7       43-45  3rd 11.0 gb
 87 Sun, Jul  8   CLE  W   1-0       43-44  2nd 10.0 gb
 86 Sat, Jul  7   CLE  L   4-9       42-44  2nd 11.0 gb
 85 Fri, Jul  6   CLE  W   8-6       42-43  2nd 11.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  4  @OAK  W  10-3       41-43  2nd 11.5 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  3  @OAK  L   1-3       40-43  3rd 11.5 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  2  @OAK  W  11-7       40-42  2nd 10.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  1  @SEA  L   1-2       39-42  2nd 10.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 30  @SEA  L   3-8       39-41  2nd 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Boston Red Sox, 54-35, 1st, 10 up

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (26, RHP, 10-6, 3.84)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (10-6)           119.2 110  51  51  38 123 12    3.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  47    36  12  12  17  55  4    2.30   64 
 2007-07-08    DET   L   5    10   6   6   1   4  3      90   26 
 2007-07-03    TBD   W   8     4   0   0   1   9  0     122   82 
 2007-06-27    SEA  ND   8     3   1   1   1   8  0     113   79 
 2007-06-22    SDP   W   6     5   1   1   5   9  0     126   62 
 2007-06-16    SFG   W   7     3   0   0   3   8  0     112   76 
 2007-06-10    ARI   L   6     4   2   2   4   9  0     120   61 
 2007-06-05    OAK   L   7     7   2   2   2   8  1     130   61 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      1-1  13     8   3   3   6  18  1    2.08   67 
 2007-05-09    TOR   W   7     5   1   1   3   8  1     108   68 
 2007-04-17    TOR   L   6     3   2   2   3  10  0     105   65 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-15   Road:   25-20   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  41-22   vsLHP:  13-13   1-Run:  14-13
 vsEast: 20-10   vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest: 13-12 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Fri, Jul 13   TOR  L   5-6       54-35  1st 10.0 up
 88 Thu, Jul 12   TOR  W   7-4       54-34  1st 10.0 up
 87 Sun, Jul  8  @DET  L   5-6       53-34  1st 10.0 up
 86 Sat, Jul  7  @DET  L   2-3 (13)  53-33  1st 11.0 up
 85 Fri, Jul  6  @DET  L   2-9       53-32  1st 11.0 up
 84 Thu, Jul  5   TBD  W  15-4       53-31  1st 12.0 up
 83 Wed, Jul  4   TBD  W   7-5       52-31  1st 11.5 up
 82 Tue, Jul  3   TBD  W   4-1       51-31  1st 11.0 up
 81 Mon, Jul  2   TEX  W   7-3       50-31  1st 10.5 up
 80 Sun, Jul  1   TEX  L   1-2       49-31  1st 10.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 TOR  6 @BOS  5    W:Shaun Marcum (5-3), L: Kyle Snyder (1-2), S: Jeremy Accardo (12)
Thu, Jul 12, 2007 BOS  7  TOR  4    W:Tim Wakefield (10-8), L: Roy Halladay (10-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (21)
Thu, May 10, 2007 BOS  8 @TOR  0    W:Tim Wakefield (4-3), L: Roy Halladay (4-2), S: none
Wed, May 09, 2007 BOS  9 @TOR  3    W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-2), L: Tomokazu Ohka (2-4), S: none
Tue, May 08, 2007 BOS  9 @TOR  2    W:Josh Beckett (7-0), L: Victor Zambrano (0-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 24, 2007 TOR 10 @BOS  3    W:Roy Halladay (3-0), L: Julian Tavarez (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 23, 2007 TOR  7 @BOS  3    W:Tomokazu Ohka (1-2), L: Tim Wakefield (2-2), S: Jason Frasor (2)
Thu, Apr 19, 2007 BOS  5 @TOR  3    W:Mike Timlin (1-0), L: Shaun Marcum (1-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (4)
Wed, Apr 18, 2007 BOS  4 @TOR  1    W:Tim Wakefield (2-1), L: Tomokazu Ohka (0-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (3)
Tue, Apr 17, 2007 TOR  2  BOS  1    W:Gustavo Chacin (2-0), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-2), S: Jason Frasor (1)
Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 6-4; 2006 - TOR won 12-7; 2005 - TOR won 11-7; All-Time - BOS leads 236-187

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 2007 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

DET  5.91

ATL  4.60

WSN  3.70

RA/G

SDP  3.43

CLE  4.70

TBD  6.18

BA

M. Ordonez  .360

M. Redmond  .287

R. Langerhans  .166

OBP

B. Bonds  .511

D. DeJesus  .363

D. Navarro  .232

SLG

R. Braun  .695

M. Cuddyer  .454

D. Navarro  .248

OPS

B. Bonds  1.095

M. DeRosa  .816

D. Navarro  .480

ERA

C. Young  2.00

J. Francis  4.15

K. Wells  6.25

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.91

D. Willis  6.10

A. Cook  2.66

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Matsuzaka
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
39.Snyder
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Clark* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 49/47 .244/.347/.293/.640 .000/.670 .666 30/.498 1/0 0/0
11.Clayton G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 10/.200 186/131 .236/.295/.339/.634 .615/.642 .649 32/.708 2/0 1/6
25.Glaus G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 12/1.317 258/195 .280/.388/.495/.883 1.136/.801 .802 73/.653 0/1 11/5
2.Hill G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 8/.393 8/.625 357/267 .268/.326/.431/.757 .933/.696 .632 85/.617 3/1 9/7
3.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.071 15/.948 57/36 .260/.339/.400/.739 1.117/.528 .877 20/.743 2/0 1/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 171/123 .278/.293/.352/.645 .880/.555 .595 59/.491 3/2 1/4
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 6/1.166 3/1.000 4/.833 2/.000 5/.400 6/1.500 3/2.000 241/179 .256/.332/.456/.788 .957/.726 .865 9/.583 0/0 8/2
47.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 151/101 .212/.275/.277/.552 .517/.571 .643 13/.154 0/1 1/3
15.Rios G/S/vP 7/1.238 2/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 5/1.400 7/1.000 8/1.125 398/298 .304/.359/.542/.901 1.086/.840 .931 107/.993 9/2 18/5
24.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 15/.785 217/185 .288/.350/.556/.906 .804/.922 .916 76/.961 1/1 14/5
35.Thomas G/S/vP 6/.333 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 10/1.900 30/.627 347/265 .255/.378/.444/.822 .942/.785 .850 97/.997 0/0 14/
10.Wells G/S/vP 6/.334 5/.800 ··· ··· 9/.000 13/1.052 18/1.000 376/287 .252/.314/.437/.751 .888/.710 .803 107/.869 5/3 13/1
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/1.056 2/.000 11/.384 156/116 .241/.321/.391/.712 .639/.748 .607 80/.776 0/0 3/2
IP 119.2 11.2 24.1 44.1 33.2 33.2 27.0 TOTAL .259/.328/.427/.755 .835/.729 .749 27/13 103/61
ERA-K/9 3.84/9.2 1.54/6.9 2.96/6.3 0.81/7.7 1.87/12.8 3.21/6.7 4.00/3.7 3.79/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Phillips (43-4-2)
 Zaun (27-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 500/.242 44/.135 105/.241 169/.169 134/.157 149/.238 110/.257 .251  Rios
 Stairs
 Wells
 Johnson
0/9/85/4
21/0/12/2
0/86/0/1
12/0/0/0
OPS .693 .395 .724 .437 .495 .694 .761 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 240/.677 18/.312 56/.779 57/.420 74/.458 60/.404 39/.534 .697
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 260/.708 26/.439 49/.658 112/.445 60/.540 89/.901 71/.887 .723
Home 235/.691 21/.488 50/.735 77/.402 66/.688 101/.746 53/.610 .751
Last 28d days 136/.604 41/.426 41/.721 46/.498 38/.434 49/.657 59/.647
HR/SB/CS 12/8/4 0/2/1 1/0/1 1/1/0 3/3/0 2/3/1 5/0/0 75/52/13
Usage ·····X·· ·o····Xo ·····ooo ·X····X· ·X····o· ·······X ·····XX·
Boston Red Sox Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.McGowan
G/S/vB
49.Accardo
G/S/vB
57.De Jong
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
44.Janssen
G/S/vB
56.Tallet*
G/S/vB
40.Wolfe
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 143/127 .278/.326/.444/.770 .580/.796 .592 41/.782 0/1 2/3
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 5/.733 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 328/244 .261/.317/.380/.697 .831/.650 .666 81/1.057 16/5 5/0
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 12/.666 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 311/227 .260/.370/.393/.763 .633/.813 .784 86/.923 1/2 6/4
12.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 105/94 .191/.305/.393/.698 .637/.704 .738 32/.900 0/0 3/3
25.Lowell G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/.750 ··· 6/1.167 6/1.100 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 344/242 .302/.352/.521/.873 .830/.890 1.047 84/.754 2/1 14/13
23.Lugo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/2.633 7/1.714 13/1.077 2/1.000 ··· 347/252 .202/.273/.300/.573 .787/.496 .712 65/.506 23/2 5/9
28.Mirabelli G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 85/73 .182/.259/.312/.571 .533/.575 .517 24/.649 0/0 3/1
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 15/1.133 12/.523 1/.000 6/2.167 1/.000 367/249 .318/.436/.556/.992 .693/1.141 .962 96/.862 1/0 14/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 288/197 .312/.396/.440/.836 .827/.841 .864 99/.759 1/0 3/3
22.Pena G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 134/77 .213/.284/.369/.653 .775/.561 .485 36/.451 0/1 4/3
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 13/.808 12/1.151 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 368/266 .288/.386/.478/.864 1.204/.743 .898 89/.905 0/0 12/1
33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 9/.555 10/.200 ··· 4/.500 ··· 287/203 .278/.366/.440/.806 .807/.805 .872 77/.814 1/0 8/5
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 8/.375 3/.667 2/.500 ··· 352/256 .324/.418/.498/.916 .892/.925 .979 67/.867 2/1 9/2
IP 71.2 36.2 9.0 35.0 36.1 47.0 40.0 11.0 TOTAL .274/.358/.437/.795 .816/.788 .829 48/13 89/51
ERA-K/9 4.65/7.2 2.70/9.6 8.00/7.0 2.31/9.8 4.46/8.9 2.30/4.6 3.15/8.3 3.27/4.1 4.37/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mirabelli (24-5-5)
 Varitek (28-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 304/.246 156/.210 42/.297 147/.202 156/.207 190/.241 166/.193 45/.244 .253  Ramirez
 Crisp
 Pena
 Drew
 Hinske
80/0/0/6
0/80/0/3
14/12/25/3
0/0/75/1
11/0/6/0
OPS .659 .578 .813 .613 .641 .634 .534 .728 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 159/.722 74/.386 25/1.049 74/.510 69/.723 62/.560 56/.624 18/1.333 .732
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 145/.588 82/.746 17/.437 73/.718 87/.580 128/.670 110/.487 27/.272 .710
Road 177/.687 81/.610 24/.958 64/.705 77/.683 97/.557 91/.566 16/.411 .733
Last 28d days 97/.569 43/.710 32/.823 35/.544 38/.833 53/.845 50/.611 30/.677
HR/SB/CS 4/12/0 2/5/1 0/3/0 3/0/1 3/3/1 2/1/0 0/3/1 2/0/0 96/81/10
Usage ········ ·····X·X ······X· ·o···o·X ······X· ·X·····X ·X····X· ·o····X·

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.

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