BOS @ TOR, Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 90-62, 1st, 2½ up	SP: Clay Buchholz (22, RHP, 3-0, 1.50) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (3-0) 18 9 4 3 8 17 0 1.50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-0 15 8 4 3 6 14 0 1.80 69 2007-09-01 BAL W 9 0 0 0 3 9 0 115 93 2007-08-17 LAA W 6 8 4 3 3 5 0 91 44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR Has never faced TOR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 47-28 Road: 43-34 ExtrInn: 2-5 vsRHP: 66-39 vsLHP: 24-23 1-Run: 22-25 vsEast: 40-28 vsCntrl:20-11 vsWest: 18-17 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 152 Tue, Sep 18 @TOR L 3-4 90-62 1st 2.5 up 151 Mon, Sep 17 @TOR L 1-6 90-61 1st 3.5 up 150 Sun, Sep 16 NYY L 3-4 90-60 1st 4.5 up 149 Sat, Sep 15 NYY W 10-1 90-59 1st 5.5 up 148 Fri, Sep 14 NYY L 7-8 89-59 1st 4.5 up 147 Wed, Sep 12 TBD W 5-4 89-58 1st 5.0 up 146 Tue, Sep 11 TBD W 16-10 88-58 1st 5.0 up 145 Mon, Sep 10 TBD L 0-1 87-58 1st 5.0 up 144 Sun, Sep 9 @BAL W 3-2 87-57 1st 5.5 up 143 Sat, Sep 8 @BAL L 5-11 86-57 1st 5.5 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:17-13
Toronto Blue Jays, 76-75, 3rd, 13½ GB, 11 GB in WC	SP: Jesse Litsch (22, RHP, 5-9, 4.37) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (5-9) 90.2 105 53 44 28 45 13 4.37 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-5 36.1 43 29 22 8 23 8 5.45 43 2007-09-14 BAL L 3 7 4 4 1 5 1 66 33 2007-09-09 TBD L 5 7 3 3 0 5 3 92 46 2007-09-03 BOS L 3.1 7 7 7 1 2 1 66 19 2007-08-28 OAK ND 6 4 2 2 1 3 0 98 58 2007-08-23 LAA W 6.1 6 3 2 2 2 1 102 51 2007-08-18 BAL L 6 6 5 2 1 4 1 104 49 2007-08-13 KCR L 6.2 6 5 2 2 2 1 102 48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-1 10 16 8 8 2 4 1 7.20 36 2007-09-03 BOS L 3.1 7 7 7 1 2 1 66 19 2007-07-15 BOS W 6.2 9 1 1 1 2 0 94 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 46-31 Road: 30-44 ExtrInn: 7-8 vsRHP: 52-58 vsLHP: 24-17 1-Run: 27-24 vsEast: 29-32 vsCntrl:19-18 vsWest: 18-17 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 151 Tue, Sep 18 BOS W 4-3 76-75 3rd 13.5 gb 150 Mon, Sep 17 BOS W 6-1 75-75 3rd 14.5 gb 149 Sun, Sep 16 BAL L 6-8 (12) 74-75 3rd 15.5 gb 148 Sat, Sep 15 BAL W 8-3 74-74 3rd 15.5 gb 147 Fri, Sep 14 BAL L 2-6 73-74 3rd 15.5 gb 146 Thu, Sep 13 NYY W 2-1 73-73 3rd 15.5 gb 145 Wed, Sep 12 NYY L 1-4 72-73 3rd 16.0 gb 144 Tue, Sep 11 NYY L 2-9 72-72 3rd 15.0 gb 143 Mon, Sep 10 @DET L 4-5 72-71 3rd 14.0 gb 142 Sun, Sep 9 @TBD L 2-3 72-70 3rd 14.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Sep 18, 2007 TOR 4 BOS 3 W:A.J. Burnett (9-7), L: Eric Gagne (3-2), S: Scott Downs (1) Mon, Sep 17, 2007 TOR 6 BOS 1 W:Dustin McGowan (11-9), L: Tim Wakefield (16-11), S: none Wed, Sep 05, 2007 TOR 6 @BOS 4 W:Jeremy Accardo (4-3), L: Hideki Okajima (3-2), S: none Tue, Sep 04, 2007 BOS 5 TOR 3 W:Josh Beckett (17-6), L: Roy Halladay (14-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (33) Mon, Sep 03, 2007 BOS 13 TOR 10 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (14-11), L: Jesse Litsch (5-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (32) Sun, Jul 15, 2007 TOR 2 @BOS 1 W:Jesse Litsch (2-3), L: Josh Beckett (12-3), S: Jeremy Accardo (13) Sat, Jul 14, 2007 BOS 9 TOR 4 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (11-6), L: Dustin McGowan (5-5), S: none 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 Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 9-8; 2006 - TOR won 12-7; 2005 - TOR won 11-7; All-Time - BOS leads 239-191

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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 5.90

OAK 4.63

WSN 4.09

RA/G

SDP 3.98

WSN 4.78

TBD 5.83

M. Ordonez .356

M. DeRosa .294

J. LaRue .143

OBP

B. Bonds .483

M. Diaz .366

J. LaRue .235

SLG

C. Ross .682

T. Buck .474

P. Bako .255

OPS

C. Ross 1.097

I. Suzuki .834

J. LaRue .502

ERA

J. Peavy 2.39

R. Hill 4.01

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

K. Wells 6.49

S. Trachsel 3.04

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.34 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Litsch
G/S/vB 49.Accardo
G/S/vB 58.Banks
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 46.Kennedy*
G/S/vB 22.League
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB 7.Towers
G/S/vB 40.Wolfe
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 32/17 .115/.250/.154/.404 .354/.448 .620 25/.480 0/0 0/1

11.Clayton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/1.056 ··· ··· 8/.858 ··· 211/148 .253/.303/.342/.645 .633/.650 .669 1/.000 2/1 1/7

13.Cora* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 222/193 .237/.288/.369/.657 .385/.701 .739 36/.319 1/1 2/5

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 7/1.000 3/.666 23/.399 ··· 4/.833 13/.750 1/3.000 572/411 .270/.332/.386/.718 .762/.701 .677 99/.661 26/6 6/1

7.Drew* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 12/.666 ··· 2/.500 7/1.179 ··· 3/.333 2/1.500 1/.000 517/390 .261/.366/.391/.757 .621/.802 .741 89/.793 3/2 8/6

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 86/67 .367/.407/.557/.964 .757/1.024 .600 64/1.023 7/0 3/0

12.Hinske* G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.667 ··· 21/.762 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 193/173 .215/.332/.429/.761 .900/.745 .552 45/.886 3/0 6/3

32.Kielty# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/1.667 6/.500 ··· 10/1.600 1/3.000 4/.750 5/.200 ··· 86/30 .247/.291/.325/.615 .634/.578 .766 38/.757 0/0 1/0

25.Lowell G/S/vP 5/1.850 5/.600 ··· 6/1.167 7/1.238 4/.250 19/.380 1/2.000 3/.000 12/2.114 2/.000 609/435 .329/.384/.505/.889 .868/.897 .778 114/.929 3/2 19/15

23.Lugo G/S/vP 5/.800 3/.666 ··· 6/2.633 8/1.500 13/1.077 4/.000 2/.500 4/1.417 44/.920 1/.000 595/426 .241/.298/.354/.652 .663/.648 .544 98/.655 30/6 7/19

28.Mirabelli G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 16/1.038 1/.000 2/1.000 7/1.571 ··· 118/99 .219/.299/.390/.690 .771/.675 .700 1/2.000 0/0 5/1

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/20 .182/.280/.227/.507 .650/.472 .452 17/.561 0/0 0/0

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 5/1.150 2/.000 ··· 18/1.038 14/.445 1/.000 12/1.017 4/1.250 7/2.214 18/1.577 1/.000 627/426 .321/.435/.596/1.031 .789/1.151 1.003 118/1.227 3/0 31/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/1.167 ··· 5/.400 4/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 544/365 .320/.383/.439/.823 .841/.814 .748 112/.756 6/1 7/6

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 13/.808 13/1.058 3/1.334 27/1.426 3/2.000 2/.000 31/.775 2/.000 548/388 .292/.385/.495/.880 1.092/.796 .871 17/1.145 0/0 20/2

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 9/.555 10/.200 2/2.500 16/1.349 4/.500 5/.933 23/.484 2/2.500 483/344 .254/.358/.398/.756 .804/.737 .748 83/.710 1/1 13/6

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 8/.375 6/.333 11/.864 1/.000 3/.333 13/1.371 2/2.000 607/434 .288/.392/.456/.848 .820/.859 .889 93/.939 4/2 16/3

IP 90.2 62.0 1.0 55.0 54.1 69.1 106.2 9.1 57.2 103.1 39.2 TOTAL .279/.361/.440/.801 .795/.803 .766 87/22 150/77

ERA-K/9

4.37/4.5

2.32/7.5

0.00/0.0

2.29/9.0

4.31/9.0

2.47/4.9

4.89/3.9

4.82/4.8

3.28/7.2

5.40/6.4

2.27/4.5

3.97/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (9-2-0)
Mirabelli (32-9-5)
Varitek (57-18-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 397/.293 257/.213 3/.000 227/.215 230/.221 284/.251 485/.288 47/.390 242/.203 450/.295 147/.197 .249 Ramirez
Crisp
Drew
Moss
Hinske
Kielty
Ellsbury 115/0/0/8
0/139/0/7
0/3/125/3
9/0/3/1
24/0/12/1
8/1/15/1
18/9/0/0

OPS .808 .583 .000 .586 .630 .665 .786 .983 .571 .825 .581 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 209/.899 127/.420 3/.000 119/.508 108/.744 103/.661 113/.573 21/1.113 94/.632 225/.888 58/1.017 .746

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 188/.711 130/.743 / 108/.671 122/.535 181/.668 372/.847 26/.871 148/.532 225/.764 89/.291 .664

Home 151/.812 119/.513 3/.000 125/.535 119/.645 145/.630 244/.761 26/1.081 123/.478 247/.737 88/.595 .681

Last 28d days 110/.895 43/.781 3/.000 32/.613 41/.661 41/.840 16/.804 15/.867 29/.406 9/1.542 48/.577

HR/SB/CS 13/6/3 4/9/1 0/0/0 3/0/1 3/5/2 4/1/1 9/8/4 1/0/0 0/8/1 18/13/2 4/0/0 150/129/20

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

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Buchholz
G/S/vB 41.Corey
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 83.Gagne
G/S/vB 43.Hansack
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
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

8.Adams* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 8/.625 3/2.334 5/1.267 4/.000 36/34 .310/.444/.483/.927 .500/.941 .989 30/1.065 1/1 1/0

13.Fasano G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 49/40 .178/.229/.311/.540 .347/.582 .327 / 0/0 1/3

2.Hill G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 6/.334 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.250 10/.311 14/.643 9/.555 611/464 .277/.322/.443/.765 .905/.720 .835 108/.895 4/2 16/12

7.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /

3.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 10/1.350 11/.473 16/.884 261/185 .245/.304/.333/.637 1.002/.489 .620 78/.503 4/1 2/0

26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 6/.900 ··· 267/198 .227/.272/.385/.656 .520/.700 .756 13/.647 1/2 9/0

18.Luna G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 26/12 .174/.231/.304/.535 .631/.432 .603 15/.833 1/0 1/1

6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.833 12/.083 1/.000 333/247 .246/.271/.324/.595 .772/.534 .635 76/.511 7/2 1/7

1.Olmedo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 28/24 .185/.185/.259/.444 .000/.522 .500 18/.222 0/0 0/1

17.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 6/.833 5/1.000 2/2.500 5/.650 2/.000 6/.334 7/1.229 20/.956 5/1.100 472/357 .242/.318/.394/.712 .794/.684 .658 90/.521 2/0 10/5

15.Rios G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 3/1.000 5/1.400 9/1.111 16/1.964 8/1.125 665/506 .299/.353/.499/.853 1.012/.804 .840 113/.649 15/4 23/7

24.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 8/.542 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 15/.785 365/320 .299/.378/.567/.945 .931/.946 .917 76/1.109 2/1 19/6

59.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/39 .203/.263/.230/.492 .546/.433 .359 15/.000 1/0 0/0

35.Thomas G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 6/.334 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 11/2.181 17/1.298 32/.583 589/452 .271/.374/.479/.853 1.064/.789 .942 104/.921 0/0 25/

10.Wells G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 7/.572 2/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 3/2.334 9/.000 14/1.096 18/1.250 19/.948 638/488 .246/.303/.404/.706 .835/.668 .700 111/.463 10/4 16/3

9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 4/1.167 10/.929 4/.250 11/.300 12/.350 357/274 .248/.334/.414/.748 .817/.735 .853 90/.817 0/0 9/8

IP 18.0 5.0 38.1 47.1 7.2 38.1 67.0 54.1 53.1 130.1 51.1 TOTAL .258/.325/.419/.744 .856/.709 .763 51/20 155/93

ERA-K/9

1.50/8.5

0.00/5.4

2.35/8.2

4.18/8.4

4.70/5.8

3.05/5.9

2.28/8.1

1.82/13.4

3.88/6.8

4.97/5.3

3.16/4.7

3.86/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fasano (11-3-1)
Thigpen (5-3-1)
Zaun (70-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 68/.155 16/.214 157/.200 202/.251 38/.273 165/.246 264/.196 210/.147 237/.222 581/.277 204/.242 .247 Rios
Lind
Wells
Stairs
Johnson 0/12/146/11
70/0/0/5
0/147/0/5
43/0/16/3
67/0/1/2

OPS .454 .552 .616 .688 .914 .694 .555 .454 .717 .776 .677 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.538 7/.452 64/.648 97/.602 23/.963 88/.774 94/.655 117/.359 95/.661 292/.737 87/.501 .694

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 26/.323 9/.625 93/.596 105/.768 15/.833 77/.597 170/.500 93/.574 142/.755 289/.815 117/.807 .716

Road 11/.384 4/.750 79/.489 90/.654 18/.603 78/.628 134/.483 99/.326 101/.719 320/.792 106/.711 .684

Last 28d days 41/.199 16/.552 41/.593 31/.688 12/.432 33/.797 34/1.282 32/.354 36/.798 58/.746 45/.758

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/2/2 3/1/0 2/0/0 1/0/1 6/4/0 4/4/0 7/5/2 14/0/0 7/1/2 139/98/29

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