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Game Preview: BOS @ CLE, 7:05pm, Thursday, July 26, 2007 @Jacobs Field

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Boston Red Sox, 61-40, 1st, 6½ up

SP: Kason Gabbard (25, LHP, 4-0, 2.97)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (4-0)             36.1  24  12  12  15  26  2    2.97      
 2006 (1-3)             25.2  24  11  10  16  15  0    3.51      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-0  41    29  12  12  19  28  2    2.63   57 
 2007-07-21    CHW   W   7     3   1   1   1   1  0      86   67 
 2007-07-16    KCR   W   9     3   0   0   1   8  0     107   88 
 2007-07-07    DET  ND   6.1   3   2   2   2   3  0      94   60 
 2007-07-02    TEX   W   5.2   3   3   3   4   5  1     100   52 
 2007-06-26    SEA  ND   3.1   6   4   4   6   2  1      82   28 
 2007-05-20    ATL   W   5     6   2   2   1   7  0     100   53 
 2006-09-12    BAL  ND   4.2   5   0   0   4   2  0      87   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE    Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-19   Road:   27-21   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  46-26   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  15-16
 vsEast: 21-11   vsCntrl:15-11   vsWest: 13-12 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Wed, Jul 25  @CLE  L   0-1       61-40  1st  6.5 up
100 Tue, Jul 24  @CLE  W   1-0       61-39  1st  7.5 up
 99 Mon, Jul 23  @CLE  W   6-2       60-39  1st  7.5 up
 98 Sun, Jul 22   CHW  W   8-5       59-39  1st  7.5 up
 97 Sat, Jul 21   CHW  W  11-2       58-39  1st  7.5 up
 96 Fri, Jul 20   CHW  W  10-3       57-39  1st  8.0 up
 95 Thu, Jul 19   CHW  L   2-4       56-39  1st  7.0 up
 94 Wed, Jul 18   KCR  L   5-6       56-38  1st  7.0 up
 93 Tue, Jul 17   KCR  L   3-9       56-37  1st  8.0 up
 92 Mon, Jul 16   KCR  W   4-0       56-36  1st  9.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Cleveland Indians, 59-42, 2nd, 1½ GB, 4 up in WC

SP: Cliff Lee (28, LHP, 5-7, 5.95)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-7)             87.2  96  62  58  32  59 15    5.95      
 2006 (14-11)          200.2 224 114  98  58 129 29    4.40      
 2005 (18-5)           202   194  91  85  52 143 22    3.79      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  42    44  28  27  15  33  5    5.79   46 
 2007-07-21    TEX   L   6.2   8   7   7   1   5  0     114   34 
 2007-07-16    CHW   L   5.1   9   7   7   3   5  0      98   24 
 2007-07-06    TOR   L   4     6   6   5   3   0  1      92   25 
 2007-07-01    TBD   W   8     4   1   1   2   9  1     107   77 
 2007-06-26    OAK  ND   6     6   3   3   2   3  2      95   49 
 2007-06-18    PHI   W   7     5   1   1   0   5  1      94   68 
 2007-06-13    FLA   W   5     6   3   3   4   6  0      91   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      2-1  29.1  29  13  13  15  29  4    3.99   52 
 2007-05-28    BOS   L   5     6   3   3   2   4  1      97   45 
 2006-04-26    BOS   W   6     4   1   1   4   7  1     110   63 
 2005-06-28    BOS  ND   5.1   7   5   5   3   4  0     101   35 
 2005-06-22    BOS  ND   7     6   2   2   3   6  2     103   60 
 2004-05-12    BOS   W   6     6   2   2   3   8  0     108   57 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-17   Road:   24-25   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  41-28   vsLHP:  18-14   1-Run:  20-14
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:21-12   vsWest: 13-8  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Wed, Jul 25   BOS  W   1-0       59-42  2nd  1.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 24   BOS  L   0-1       58-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 23   BOS  L   2-6       58-41  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 22  @TEX  W   8-3       58-40  2nd  1.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 21  @TEX  L   5-8       57-40  2nd  2.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 20  @TEX  W   3-2       57-39  2nd  1.0 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 19  @TEX  W   7-5       56-39  2nd  2.0 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 18   CHW  L   1-5       55-39  2nd  2.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 17   CHW  W   6-5 (11)  55-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 16   CHW  L  10-11      54-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 25, 2007 CLE  1  BOS  0    W:Fausto Carmona (13-4), L: Josh Beckett (13-4), S: Joe Borowski (29)
Tue, Jul 24, 2007 BOS  1 @CLE  0    W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (12-7), L: C.C. Sabathia (13-5), S: Jonathan Papelbon (23)
Mon, Jul 23, 2007 BOS  6 @CLE  2    W:Jon Lester (1-0), L: Jake Westbrook (1-6), S: Manny Delcarmen (1)
Wed, May 30, 2007 CLE  8 @BOS  4    W:Paul Byrd (6-1), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (7-3), S: none
Tue, May 29, 2007 BOS  4  CLE  2    W:Josh Beckett (8-0), L: Jeremy Sowers (1-5), S: Hideki Okajima (4)
Mon, May 28, 2007 BOS  5  CLE  3    W:Curt Schilling (5-2), L: Cliff Lee (2-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (13)

Thu, Aug 03, 2006 CLE  7 @BOS  6    W:Jake Westbrook (8-7), L: Josh Beckett (13-6), S: Jason Davis (1)
Wed, Aug 02, 2006 BOS  6  CLE  5    W:Jonathan Papelbon (3-1), L: Fausto Carmona (1-6), S: none
Tue, Aug 01, 2006 CLE  6 @BOS  3    W:C.C. Sabathia (8-7), L: Jason Johnson (3-11), S: none
Mon, Jul 31, 2006 BOS  9  CLE  8    W:Kyle Snyder (3-2), L: Fausto Carmona (1-5), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 4-2; 2006 - CLE won 4-3; 2005 - BOS won 4-2; All-Time - CLE leads 1008-937

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  5.82

TOR  4.65

WSN  3.77

RA/G

SDP  3.65

CLE  4.73

TBD  6.27

BA

M. Ordonez  .353

J. Rollins  .288

R. Langerhans  .156

OBP

B. Bonds  .494

D. Johnson  .360

D. Navarro  .244

SLG

R. Braun  .664

K. Mench  .454

D. Navarro  .264

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.073

N. Swisher  .815

D. Navarro  .508

ERA

C. Young  1.82

A. Pettitte  4.12

J. Contreras  6.22

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.12

B. Arroyo  6.36

A. Cook  3.12

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lee*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
56.Cabrera
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
61.Stanford*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/139 .268/.313/.428/.741 .580/.760 .939 34/.617 0/1 2/4
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 3/1.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 379/283 .281/.335/.409/.744 .840/.712 .730 88/.959 17/5 5/0
7.Drew* G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/no AB 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 350/253 .247/.354/.375/.729 .615/.773 .707 84/.705 1/2 6/4
12.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 129/116 .205/.302/.420/.722 .539/.743 .587 47/.658 1/0 4/3
25.Lowell G/S/vP 9/.333 3/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 389/277 .304/.355/.509/.864 .834/.875 .686 94/.860 2/2 15/14
23.Lugo G/S/vP 20/.671 4/2.500 3/1.667 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 392/286 .226/.290/.334/.624 .782/.569 .456 79/.958 25/3 6/9
28.Mirabelli G/S/vP 3/2.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/85 .182/.258/.307/.565 .533/.568 .628 26/.672 0/0 3/1
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 12/.667 6/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 401/274 .320/.431/.560/.991 .684/1.138 1.011 87/.939 1/0 16/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 336/230 .318/.393/.439/.832 .834/.832 .786 101/.794 2/0 4/3
22.Pena G/S/vP 7/1.429 4/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 145/84 .197/.269/.341/.610 .722/.527 .820 31/.333 0/1 4/3
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 18/1.250 6/.533 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 3/.666 419/307 .298/.399/.494/.893 1.194/.788 .840 98/.996 0/0 15/1
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 11/.573 3/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.750 320/226 .265/.356/.422/.778 .738/.795 .734 72/.691 1/1 9/5
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 9/.666 3/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 398/293 .312/.407/.469/.876 .900/.867 .850 73/.698 2/1 9/3
IP 87.2 47.0 39.2 32.2 5.1 40.2 30.0 24.0 TOTAL .276/.358/.437/.795 .805/.791 .753 53/16 99/54
ERA-K/9 5.95/6.1 1.15/7.7 4.99/7.9 5.79/10.5 1.69/13.6 4.43/8.8 2.10/10.2 4.13/5.6 4.43/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mirabelli (26-7-5)
 Varitek (33-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 394/.274 168/.172 173/.296 153/.287 24/.250 186/.269 122/.190 107/.278 .273  Ramirez
 Crisp
 Pena
 Drew
 Hinske
88/0/0/7
0/92/0/5
17/12/28/3
0/0/84/1
16/0/8/0
OPS .831 .442 .727 .921 .725 .763 .558 .687 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 100/.982 67/.532 84/.716 66/1.205 10/.786 68/.700 46/.315 31/1.029 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 294/.778 101/.382 89/.739 87/.723 14/.671 118/.797 76/.701 76/.557 .743
Home 188/.813 76/.460 81/.624 95/.829 21/.841 89/.809 78/.532 72/.746 .731
Last 28d days 109/.748 48/.401 47/.517 24/1.450 24/.725 43/.686 40/.712 26/.650
HR/SB/CS 15/3/1 2/1/2 3/5/2 7/4/3 0/0/1 3/3/2 4/1/1 1/1/0 98/62/26
Usage ····X··· ·X·X··X· ·····XX· ········ ··Xo···X ··X·X··· ···X··o· ··X····X
Cleveland Indians Batters (5.24 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Gabbard*
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 374/275 .252/.280/.326/.606 .530/.633 .586 85/.500 12/3 2/11
1.Blake G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/1.194 9/.708 434/304 .270/.350/.466/.816 .864/.795 .700 105/.786 2/4 14/10
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 48/47 .273/.313/.545/.858 .000/.877 1.131 46/.897 0/2 3/0
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 317/216 .318/.388/.518/.906 .978/.873 .938 76/1.177 0/1 12/5
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/59 .303/.346/.525/.871 .984/.772 1.084 51/.956 5/0 6/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 5/.933 1/5.000 431/269 .255/.385/.438/.823 .853/.806 .789 105/.748 1/1 16/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 3/1.334 402/251 .318/.383/.543/.926 .938/.918 .920 97/.987 0/0 17/2
8.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.000 207/100 .277/.330/.426/.756 .847/.662 .793 48/.529 1/3 6/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 295/242 .243/.336/.333/.669 .566/.691 .641 57/.711 0/0 3/2
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 6/2.033 5/1.400 415/303 .279/.353/.445/.798 .856/.777 .968 97/.663 3/2 14/14
15.Rouse* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/64 .121/.203/.136/.339 .000/.402 .339 20/.318 1/1 0/3
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 110/82 .309/.376/.526/.902 1.237/.799 1.006 33/.360 0/0 4/1
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.533 5/.000 473/317 .275/.385/.470/.855 .760/.903 .918 112/.817 27/5 18/2
IP 36.1 17.1 27.1 49.2 36.2 35.2 32.2 TOTAL .271/.348/.437/.785 .808/.774 .812 54/24 120/63
ERA-K/9 2.97/6.4 1.56/8.8 3.29/6.6 0.91/7.6 1.72/13.0 3.03/6.6 3.31/3.9 3.70/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (45-19-3)
 Shoppach (17-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 143/.192 67/.158 119/.253 188/.168 145/.160 157/.233 127/.237 .247  Michaels
 Nixon
 Blake
 Sizemore
 Francisco
 Gutierrez
52/1/19/3
0/0/72/3
0/0/7/2
0/100/0/1
12/0/2/0
7/4/37/0
OPS .582 .433 .728 .442 .493 .678 .687 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 31/.435 26/.571 63/.777 63/.412 79/.471 63/.436 44/.471 .683
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 112/.623 41/.353 56/.671 125/.456 66/.520 94/.848 83/.803 .710
Road 44/.809 27/.268 56/.697 95/.451 71/.292 48/.589 62/.862 .658
Last 28d days 100/.431 48/.445 36/.614 44/.477 31/.647 39/.692 50/.265
HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 0/2/2 1/0/1 2/1/0 3/3/0 2/4/1 5/0/2 81/59/18
Usage ····X··· ··XX··XX ··o·X·X· ·o·X·oo· ·o·X···o ······X· ··X··X·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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