BOS @ CHW, Friday, August 24, 2007 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 76-51, 1st, 5 up	SP: Josh Beckett (27, RHP, 15-5, 3.15) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (15-5) 154.1 140 57 54 30 148 9 3.15 2006 (16-11) 204.2 191 120 114 74 158 36 5.01 2005 (15-8) 178.2 153 75 67 58 166 14 3.38 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 52.1 45 16 15 9 56 3 2.58 64 2007-08-17 LAA ND 7 5 2 1 1 8 0 104 68 2007-08-11 BAL W 8.2 8 2 2 0 8 0 115 68 2007-08-05 SEA W 6.2 8 1 1 2 9 0 107 61 2007-07-31 BAL L 8 9 5 5 2 6 1 110 48 2007-07-25 CLE L 8 4 1 1 0 7 1 114 77 2007-07-20 CHW W 6 4 3 3 2 10 1 114 60 2007-07-15 TOR L 8 7 2 2 2 8 0 118 66 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 2-0 15.2 16 8 8 4 22 4 4.60 53 2007-07-20 CHW W 6 4 3 3 2 10 1 114 60 2006-07-08 CHW W 6 10 5 5 2 4 3 96 34 2004-06-17 CHW ND 3.2 2 0 0 0 8 0 52 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 40-23 Road: 36-28 ExtrInn: 2-5 vsRHP: 56-31 vsLHP: 20-20 1-Run: 18-19 vsEast: 30-17 vsCntrl:16-11 vsWest: 18-17 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 127 Wed, Aug 22 @TBD L 1-2 76-51 1st 5.0 up 126 Tue, Aug 21 @TBD W 8-6 76-50 1st 6.0 up 125 Mon, Aug 20 @TBD W 6-0 75-50 1st 5.0 up 124 Sun, Aug 19 LAA L 1-3 74-50 1st 4.0 up 123 Sat, Aug 18 LAA W 10-5 74-49 1st 5.0 up 122 Fri, Aug 17 LAA L 5-7 73-49 1st 5.0 up 121 Fri, Aug 17 LAA W 8-4 73-48 1st 5.0 up 120 Wed, Aug 15 TBD L 5-6 72-48 1st 5.0 up 119 Tue, Aug 14 TBD W 2-1 72-47 1st 5.0 up 118 Mon, Aug 13 TBD W 3-0 71-47 1st 4.0 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Chicago White Sox, 56-70, 4th, 14 GB, 16½ GB in WC	SP: Jon Garland (27, RHP, 8-9, 4.84) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (8-9) 156.1 172 94 84 48 71 18 4.84 2006 (18-7) 211.1 247 112 106 41 112 26 4.51 2005 (18-10) 221 212 92 86 47 115 26 3.50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 34.2 54 37 32 13 18 9 8.31 33 2007-08-19 SEA L 2.2 10 10 5 1 1 2 77 8 2007-08-14 OAK L 5.2 6 4 4 3 3 3 104 41 2007-08-08 CLE ND 7 6 3 3 0 5 1 101 58 2007-08-02 NYY ND 1.1 9 8 8 0 1 1 56 5 2007-07-27 TOR W 7.1 10 3 3 1 3 0 114 48 2007-07-22 BOS L 4.2 6 6 6 5 3 2 112 26 2007-07-17 CLE ND 6 7 3 3 3 2 0 122 45 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-2 28.2 34 17 17 14 19 6 5.34 44 2007-07-22 BOS L 4.2 6 6 6 5 3 2 112 26 2006-09-04 BOS ND 6 5 1 1 1 3 0 104 60 2005-08-13 BOS L 5.1 9 5 5 2 4 1 108 32 2005-07-22 BOS W 6.2 7 2 2 3 5 1 117 54 2004-08-14 BOS ND 6 7 3 3 3 4 2 108 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 28-33 Road: 28-37 ExtrInn: 5-5 vsRHP: 43-46 vsLHP: 13-24 1-Run: 12-20 vsEast: 16-19 vsCntrl:26-21 vsWest: 10-16 IL: 4-14 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 126 Wed, Aug 22 KCR L 6-7 56-70 4th 13.5 gb 125 Tue, Aug 21 KCR W 5-2 56-69 4th 12.5 gb 124 Mon, Aug 20 KCR W 4-3 55-69 4th 13.5 gb 123 Sun, Aug 19 @SEA L 5-11 54-69 5th 14.0 gb 122 Sat, Aug 18 @SEA L 5-7 54-68 5th 14.0 gb 121 Fri, Aug 17 @SEA L 4-5 54-67 4th 13.0 gb 120 Thu, Aug 16 @OAK L 5-8 (10) 54-66 4th 12.5 gb 119 Wed, Aug 15 @OAK L 2-3 54-65 4th 11.5 gb 118 Tue, Aug 14 @OAK L 3-4 54-64 4th 11.5 gb 117 Sun, Aug 12 SEA L 0-6 54-63 4th 11.0 gb Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Jul 22, 2007 BOS 8 CHW 5 W:Tim Wakefield (11-9), L: Jon Garland (7-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (22) Sat, Jul 21, 2007 BOS 11 CHW 2 W:Kason Gabbard (4-0), L: John Danks (6-7), S: none Fri, Jul 20, 2007 BOS 10 CHW 3 W:Josh Beckett (13-3), L: Jose Contreras (5-12), S: none Thu, Jul 19, 2007 CHW 4 @BOS 2 W:Javier Vazquez (7-5), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (11-7), S: Bobby Jenks (26) Wed, Sep 06, 2006 CHW 8 @BOS 1 W:Jose Contreras (12-7), L: Kyle Snyder (4-4), S: none Tue, Sep 05, 2006 BOS 1 CHW 0 W:Kason Gabbard (1-3), L: Javier Vazquez (11-9), S: Mike Timlin (4) Mon, Sep 04, 2006 BOS 3 CHW 2 (10) W:Mike Timlin (6-4), L: Brandon McCarthy (3-6), S: none Sun, Jul 09, 2006 CHW 6 BOS 5 (19) W:Cliff Politte (2-2), L: Rudy Seanez (2-1), S: none Sat, Jul 08, 2006 BOS 9 @CHW 6 W:Josh Beckett (11-4), L: David Riske (0-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (26) Fri, Jul 07, 2006 BOS 7 @CHW 2 W:Jon Lester (4-0), L: Mark Buehrle (9-6), S: none Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 3-1; 2006 - BOS won 4-2; 2005 - BOS won 4-3; All-Time - BOS leads 941-906

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

NYY 5.97

BAL 4.65

WSN 3.93

RA/G

SDP 3.90

BAL 4.79

TBD 5.98

M. Ordonez .352

J. Pierre .291

R. Langerhans .153

OBP

B. Bonds .493

C. Jackson .363

J. Hairston .253

SLG

R. Braun .643

J. Hermida .473

N. Punto .258

OPS

B. Bonds 1.081

K. Youkilis .830

R. Langerhans .535

ERA

C. Young 2.12

S. Mitre 4.02

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 11.15

D. Willis 6.33

S. Trachsel 2.97

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.13 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Garland
G/S/vB 63.Bukvich
G/S/vB 52.Contreras
G/S/vB 34.Floyd
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 57.Logan*
G/S/vB 47.MacDougal
G/S/vB 36.Myers*
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 62.Wassermann
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 7/ .000/.143/.000/.143 .143/ .250 7/.143 0/0 0/0

13.Cora* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 12/.697 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 189/170 .257/.311/.401/.713 .485/.740 .811 34/.579 1/1 2/4

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 24/.476 3/.000 27/1.133 ··· 2/.000 ··· 10/.400 2/1.500 5/.700 1/.000 477/344 .272/.335/.392/.727 .738/.723 .700 98/.658 21/5 5/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· 7/1.143 7/1.229 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 8/.143 ··· ··· 433/321 .264/.363/.391/.753 .662/.786 .758 83/.851 2/2 6/6

12.Hinske* G/S/vP 30/1.057 2/.500 17/.728 ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/1.000 5/1.350 4/1.250 1/2.000 150/135 .198/.320/.413/.733 .651/.742 .590 21/.786 3/0 5/3

32.Kielty# G/S/vP 24/.650 ··· 10/1.725 ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 1/3.000 3/.333 ··· 50/15 .222/.280/.244/.524 .544/.481 .683 10/.600 0/0 0/0

25.Lowell G/S/vP 9/.555 1/2.000 10/.856 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 500/353 .314/.370/.506/.876 .864/.880 .775 111/.918 2/2 17/15

23.Lugo G/S/vP 6/.167 1/3.000 22/1.056 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 6/.334 5/1.100 ··· 1/.000 501/356 .242/.300/.353/.652 .681/.640 .530 109/.749 27/5 6/16

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 21/1.182 ··· 25/.789 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 18/.896 6/.666 ··· 514/345 .321/.434/.564/.998 .739/1.133 .981 113/1.023 2/0 21/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 434/287 .323/.394/.445/.840 .859/.830 .796 98/.864 5/0 6/5

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 25/1.902 1/.000 23/.642 ··· 4/.250 ··· 4/1.417 4/1.417 4/.750 1/no AB 531/381 .290/.380/.491/.872 1.070/.797 .854 112/.793 0/0 19/1

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 12/.533 1/.000 19/.701 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 405/286 .261/.353/.401/.754 .738/.761 .695 85/.666 1/1 10/5

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 10/.633 1/.000 8/.500 ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 519/372 .288/.385/.444/.830 .841/.825 .867 121/.679 3/2 12/3

IP 156.1 30.0 141.1 29.1 54.1 40.0 30.2 41.2 41.2 14.0 TOTAL .277/.359/.436/.795 .788/.798 .768 68/19 120/68

ERA-K/9

4.84/4.1

2.70/4.8

6.18/5.4

7.06/5.8

2.82/8.1

4.28/5.8

5.28/8.5

3.02/4.7

5.18/8.0

3.21/5.1

4.84/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (2-2-0)
Varitek (49-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 672/.280 132/.254 653/.304 137/.336 205/.194 172/.277 144/.261 181/.256 185/.278 55/.188 .276 Ramirez
Crisp
Kielty
Drew
Hinske 111/0/0/8
0/116/0/5
4/1/8/1
0/3/104/1
17/0/12/0

OPS .783 .765 .816 .983 .491 .740 .768 .722 .807 .523 .778

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 345/.735 43/.640 344/.937 63/1.068 84/.556 80/.550 37/.866 92/.829 78/.883 11/1.602 .803

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 327/.832 89/.821 309/.683 74/.910 121/.447 92/.899 107/.735 89/.611 107/.753 44/.284 .762

Home 337/.742 74/.899 297/.792 87/1.074 108/.496 94/.791 57/.646 115/.628 91/.902 26/.317 .771

Last 28d days 118/1.038 50/.720 103/.863 82/.836 37/.056 44/.654 32/.519 21/1.108 35/.734 42/.481

HR/SB/CS 18/1/4 4/1/0 16/21/5 10/6/0 2/4/0 5/5/1 2/5/0 4/4/2 4/0/1 0/1/0 142/74/17

Usage ····X··· ··ooX··X ·X····X· ·X··oX·· ··oo···· ··ooo·oX ···oo··X ·Xo····· ··oXo··X ··oo·Xo·

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Beckett
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 83.Gagne
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 39.Snyder
G/S/vB 51.Tavarez
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Dye G/S/vP 5/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 4/.000 6/.000 9/.472 451/324 .245/.308/.483/.791 .924/.740 .748 100/.987 2/1 24/2

17.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/2.000 19/.485 262/187 .274/.329/.355/.684 .483/.762 .728 61/.780 7/2 2/2

27.Fields G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 282/194 .245/.299/.463/.762 1.079/.618 .850 103/.762 1/1 15/8

26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/49 .223/.331/.313/.643 .598/.713 .783 22/.473 1/4 2/0

44.Hall G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 3/2.667 5/1.400 11/.364 87/44 .224/.230/.259/.489 .644/.341 .357 25/.613 0/0 0/3

14.Konerko G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 3/.333 9/1.194 9/.708 8/.875 503/358 .270/.358/.507/.865 .950/.828 .869 81/.851 0/0 25/4

7.Owens* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 245/193 .246/.295/.294/.589 .544/.601 .574 100/.633 19/3 1/2

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 9/.666 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 9/.889 9/.000 4/.833 407/307 .269/.315/.415/.730 .700/.740 .661 76/.868 0/1 12/2

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 7/.858 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 4/2.000 12/.788 2/1.000 170/113 .257/.323/.382/.705 .776/.669 .672 83/.704 9/4 2/4

1.Richar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/51 .186/.304/.390/.694 .649/.709 .649 71/.694 1/2 3/0

25.Thome* G/S/vP 30/.930 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 3/4.000 9/.958 10/1.178 408/274 .265/.409/.509/.919 .604/1.084 .950 90/.713 0/0 21/0

5.Uribe G/S/vP 4/1.250 4/.500 5/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.917 10/.222 4/.250 421/299 .225/.279/.366/.645 .870/.553 .727 87/.796 1/6 13/15

IP 154.1 28.0 41.1 60.2 45.2 45.2 116.2 42.0 TOTAL .246/.319/.399/.718 .731/.713 .734 59/31 142/79

ERA-K/9

3.15/8.6

2.57/9.0

3.92/8.7

1.19/7.7

1.77/13.4

3.55/6.5

5.01/5.2

3.00/4.3

3.77/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (19-2-3)
Pierzynski (53-15-11)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 629/.236 116/.204 175/.245 230/.171 178/.149 201/.235 523/.283 165/.232 .247 Dye
Podsednik
Gonzalez
Owens
Erstad 0/0/106/9
42/0/0/2
15/10/10/2
11/51/0/1
5/43/1/1

OPS .628 .625 .679 .453 .473 .704 .780 .664 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 301/.665 49/.749 83/.575 78/.450 100/.379 84/.622 267/.730 67/.491 .688

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 328/.594 67/.541 92/.776 152/.455 78/.592 117/.765 256/.829 98/.778 .709

Road 254/.559 63/.498 75/.610 120/.440 89/.341 79/.702 290/.800 91/.799 .676

Last 28d days 124/.610 49/.891 43/1.106 42/.509 33/.382 44/.796 84/.782 38/.581

HR/SB/CS 9/10/3 3/2/2 3/1/0 3/2/0 4/4/0 4/5/2 11/0/0 6/1/2 106/82/27

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

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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Game Preview: BOS @ CHW, 2:05pm, Friday, August 24, 2007 @U.S. Cellular Field

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SP: Josh Beckett (27, RHP, 15-5, 3.15)

SP: Jon Garland (27, RHP, 8-9, 4.84)

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