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Boston Red Sox, 62-40, 1st, 7½ up

SP: Tim Wakefield (40, RHP, 11-9, 4.74)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TBD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (11-9)           125.1 124  68  66  44  67 15    4.74      
 2006 (7-11)           140   135  80  72  51  90 19    4.63      
 2005 (16-12)          225.1 210 113 104  68 151 35    4.15      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  42.2  54  30  30   9  18  8    6.33   40 
 2007-07-22    CHW   W   6.1   6   4   4   2   2  0      96   45 
 2007-07-17    KCR   L   6.1   9   6   6   0   1  0      78   32 
 2007-07-12    TOR   W   6     9   4   4   0   2  2      89   40 
 2007-07-04    TBD   W   6.1   7   4   4   2   2  1      90   43 
 2007-06-29    TEX   W   6.2   7   1   1   4   4  0     101   56 
 2007-06-23    SDP   L   5.1   8   6   6   0   4  3      75   32 
 2007-06-17    SFG   W   5.2   8   5   5   1   3  2      93   35 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBD      3-1  35    27  15  14   9  17  6    3.60   56 
 2007-07-04    TBD   W   6.1   7   4   4   2   2  1      90   43 
 2006-07-06    TBD   W   5     4   4   4   3   3  3      90   43 
 2006-05-28    TBD   W   8     5   0   0   1   4  0     108   75 
 2006-04-20    TBD   L   8     4   3   2   2   2  1     108   64 
 2005-09-21    TBD  ND   7.2   7   4   4   1   6  1      93   54 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-19   Road:   28-21   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  46-26   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  15-16
 vsEast: 21-11   vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest: 13-12 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Thu, Jul 26  @CLE  W  14-9       62-40  1st  7.5 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 38-63, 5th, 23½ GB, 20½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Hammel (24, RHP, 1-0, 5.82)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-0)             21.2  24  14  14  16  19  3    5.82      
 2006 (0-6)             44    61  38  38  21  32  7    7.77      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-4  34    47  28  28  16  25  6    7.41   38 
 2007-07-21    NYY  ND   4     3   2   2   3   1  1      68   46 
 2006-10-01    CLE   L   5.1   9   6   6   1   8  0      86   33 
 2006-09-26    BOS   L   4     9   5   5   2   3  1      89   25 
 2006-09-19    BAL   L   4.1  10   5   5   1   3  0      89   25 
 2006-09-13    NYY   L   4.2   6   6   6   3   3  2      95   28 
 2006-09-06    MIN  ND   6     3   1   1   3   4  1      99   63 
 2006-08-31    CHW  ND   5.2   7   3   3   3   3  1      87   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      0-1   4     9   5   5   2   3  1   11.25   25 
 2006-09-26    BOS   L   4     9   5   5   2   3  1      89   25 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-28   Road:   16-35   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  26-45   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:  12-12
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:11-19   vsWest: 10-10 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Thu, Jul 26  @BAL  L   7-10      38-63  5th 23.5 gb
100 Wed, Jul 25  @BAL  L   1-6       38-62  5th 22.5 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 24  @BAL  L   0-3       38-61  5th 22.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 22  @NYY  L   4-21      38-60  5th 21.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 21  @NYY  L   5-17      38-59  5th 20.0 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 21  @NYY  L   3-7       38-58  5th 20.0 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 20  @NYY  W  14-4       38-57  5th 18.5 gb
 94 Thu, Jul 19   LAA  L   0-3       37-57  5th 18.5 gb
 93 Wed, Jul 18   LAA  W   7-2       37-56  5th 18.5 gb
 92 Tue, Jul 17   LAA  W   8-3       36-56  5th 19.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 7-23
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 05, 2007 BOS 15  TBD  4    W:Josh Beckett (12-2), L: J.P. Howell (1-3), S: none
Wed, Jul 04, 2007 BOS  7  TBD  5    W:Tim Wakefield (9-8), L: Edwin Jackson (1-9), S: Jonathan Papelbon (20)
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 BOS  4  TBD  1    W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (10-5), L: Scott Kazmir (5-5), S: none

Wed, Sep 27, 2006 TBD 11 @BOS  0    W:Tim Corcoran (5-9), L: Josh Beckett (16-11), S: none
Tue, Sep 26, 2006 BOS  5  TBD  1    W:Curt Schilling (15-7), L: Jason Hammel (0-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 06, 2006 TBD  7  BOS  6 (10)   W:Shawn Camp (4-0), L: Julian Tavarez (2-4), S: none
Sat, Aug 05, 2006 TBD  8  BOS  5    W:Casey Fossum (6-4), L: David Wells (0-2), S: Brian Meadows (8)
Fri, Aug 04, 2006 BOS  3 @TBD  2    W:Curt Schilling (14-4), L: Seth McClung (3-11), S: Jonathan Papelbon (30)
Thu, Jul 06, 2006 BOS 12 @TBD  5    W:Tim Wakefield (7-8), L: James Shields (4-2), S: none
Wed, Jul 05, 2006 TBD  5  BOS  2    W:Tim Corcoran (3-0), L: Jason Johnson (3-10), S: Brian Meadows (4)
Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 3-0; 2006 - BOS won 10-9; 2005 - BOS won 13-6; All-Time - BOS leads 101-53

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  5.86

ATL  4.68

WSN  3.81

RA/G

SDP  3.74

CLE  4.77

TBD  6.31

BA

M. Ordonez  .355

M. Cuddyer  .289

R. Langerhans  .156

OBP

B. Bonds  .491

W. Betemit  .361

D. Navarro  .245

SLG

R. Braun  .676

A. Hill  .458

D. Navarro  .261

OPS

R. Braun  1.075

L. Berkman  .818

D. Navarro  .506

ERA

C. Young  1.82

D. Davis  4.13

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 (5.11 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays Pitchers (6.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Hammel
G/S/vB
22.Camp
G/S/vB
27.Dohmann
G/S/vB
15.Fossum*
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
49.Hammel
G/S/vB
28.Reyes
G/S/vB
11.Ryu
G/S/vB
53.Salas
G/S/vB
41.Stokes
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cora* G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/.666 3/.000 12/.349 1/.000 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 155/139 .268/.313/.428/.741 .580/.760 .939 34/.617 0/1 2/4
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 2/.500 11/.864 ··· 9/.333 3/.333 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 384/284 .282/.336/.409/.745 .847/.709 .732 93/.950 17/5 5/0
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.333 4/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 350/253 .247/.354/.375/.729 .615/.773 .707 84/.705 1/2 6/4
12.Hinske* G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/.333 ··· 9/.222 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 129/116 .205/.302/.420/.722 .539/.743 .587 47/.658 1/0 4/3
25.Lowell G/S/vP 3/1.334 5/.600 2/1.000 18/.457 1/2.000 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 394/278 .308/.358/.510/.868 .859/.870 .700 99/.879 2/2 15/14
23.Lugo G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 398/288 .225/.288/.331/.619 .771/.565 .451 85/.911 25/3 6/10
28.Mirabelli G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 4/2.417 3/.333 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 97/85 .182/.258/.307/.565 .533/.568 .628 26/.672 0/0 3/1
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 5/2.200 6/1.917 2/.000 26/.801 12/2.083 5/2.200 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 406/275 .320/.433/.558/.991 .689/1.140 1.011 92/.941 1/0 16/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 2/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 342/232 .315/.389/.434/.823 .821/.825 .767 107/.766 2/0 4/3
22.Pena G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.000 3/1.000 13/.496 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 150/86 .219/.287/.394/.681 .769/.615 .961 36/.662 0/1 5/3
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 1/.000 6/1.500 2/.500 20/.900 4/.000 1/.000 6/.833 ··· ··· 1/no AB 424/308 .303/.403/.517/.920 1.245/.803 .898 103/1.107 0/0 17/1
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 2/1.500 8/.804 3/3.334 11/.546 2/2.000 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 325/227 .268/.357/.421/.778 .749/.791 .736 77/.699 1/1 9/5
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.619 4/.000 12/.533 ··· 3/.333 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 403/294 .308/.404/.463/.867 .878/.864 .835 78/.665 2/1 9/3
IP 21.2 39.1 4.2 70.2 50.2 21.2 36.0 23.0 16.0 47.1 TOTAL .277/.359/.440/.799 .813/.793 .761 53/16 102/55
ERA-K/9 5.82/7.9 6.64/8.2 7.71/11.5 7.77/6.1 4.80/5.5 5.82/7.9 4.75/10.0 6.65/5.5 3.38/7.9 7.42/5.1 6.01/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 102/.279 192/.358 21/.316 341/.344 220/.281 102/.279 147/.189 106/.315 73/.186 230/.362 .298  Ramirez
 Crisp
 Pena
 Drew
 Hinske
89/0/0/7
0/93/0/5
17/12/29/3
0/0/84/1
16/0/8/0
OPS .834 .973 1.013 .951 .790 .834 .629 .873 .698 .975 .849
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/.695 65/.989 10/.900 117/.917 101/.882 52/.695 77/.716 55/1.008 43/.612 113/1.032 .838
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 50/.975 127/.964 11/1.122 224/.970 119/.714 50/.975 70/.531 51/.731 30/.825 117/.921 .857
Home 47/.816 107/.775 / 193/1.015 119/.845 47/.816 73/.422 64/.901 41/.710 121/.908 .816
Last 28d days 53/.954 50/1.269 21/1.013 47/1.151 49/.676 53/.954 19/1.171 11/1.323 9/.619 67/1.124
HR/SB/CS 3/2/1 7/2/0 2/1/0 14/10/0 5/5/1 3/2/1 7/1/0 2/2/2 2/1/1 9/3/1 133/64/29
Usage ·····X·· ····X·X· X···XoX· ····XX·· X···X··o ·····X·· X····o·· ·····X·· o·X····· ·X···XXo
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
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
17.Casanova# G/S/vP 7/1.857 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 65/44 .250/.323/.607/.930 .794/.996 .289 32/1.017 0/0 6/3
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 66/.895 2/3.000 2/2.500 ··· 7/.929 3/2.334 15/.467 425/291 .290/.341/.441/.782 .816/.766 .708 87/.708 32/8 6/4
31.Gomes G/S/vP 20/.983 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 4/1.250 12/1.333 186/122 .263/.323/.473/.796 .945/.719 .719 70/.680 4/1 8/0
16.Harris G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 370/256 .302/.363/.446/.809 .874/.782 .815 98/.660 3/0 8/11
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 288/189 .281/.364/.398/.762 .958/.657 .729 109/.616 8/3 3/6
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/3.000 268/195 .178/.245/.261/.506 .428/.536 .496 60/.472 3/0 2/5
14.Norton# G/S/vP 13/.413 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 1/no AB 10/1.156 125/113 .206/.352/.284/.636 .350/.667 .705 47/.430 1/0 2/0
23.Pena* G/S/vP 18/.851 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/5.000 6/.900 4/1.750 341/263 .283/.394/.601/.995 .828/1.044 .955 103/.991 1/0 24/5
2.Upton G/S/vP 5/.650 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 285/207 .340/.423/.571/.994 1.007/.988 .901 59/1.206 13/6 12/13
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 11/.182 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.400 413/294 .274/.324/.457/.781 .912/.733 .808 89/.816 1/4 16/8
9.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 126/78 .252/.315/.351/.666 .749/.613 .800 50/.767 3/0 0/13
26.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 423/309 .293/.326/.424/.750 .777/.740 .742 100/.832 6/3 9/7
IP 125.1 17.1 28.1 50.2 36.2 35.2 32.2 TOTAL .266/.334/.429/.763 .810/.744 .742 84/31 113/85
ERA-K/9 4.74/4.8 1.56/8.8 3.18/6.4 0.89/7.6 1.72/13.0 3.03/6.6 3.31/3.9 3.71/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Casanova (8-4-3)
 Navarro (45-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 531/.261 67/.158 122/.245 191/.165 145/.160 157/.233 127/.237 .246  Young
 Upton
 Crawford
 Gomes
 Norton
0/26/75/9
0/22/0/4
94/0/0/2
6/0/24/2
2/0/4/0
OPS .758 .433 .708 .434 .493 .678 .687 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 226/.705 26/.571 64/.764 63/.412 79/.471 63/.436 44/.471 .683
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 305/.796 41/.353 58/.646 128/.445 66/.520 94/.848 83/.803 .710
Road 236/.696 27/.268 59/.658 98/.437 71/.292 48/.589 62/.862 .657
Last 28d days 135/.810 48/.445 39/.565 47/.446 31/.647 39/.692 50/.265
HR/SB/CS 15/24/5 0/2/2 1/0/1 2/1/0 3/3/0 2/4/1 5/0/2 83/59/18
Usage ····X··· ···XX··X o··o·X·X o·o·X·oo ··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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