STL @ BOS, Saturday, June 21, 2008 Game Preview

St. Louis Cardinals, 43-32, 2nd, 3½ GB, 3 up in WC	SP: Mitchell Boggs (24, RHP, 1-0, 5.56) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-0) 11.1 13 7 7 5 3 2 5.56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-0 9.1 10 6 6 5 3 1 5.79 42 2008-06-15 PHI ND 4.1 6 4 4 2 3 0 81 36 2008-06-10 @CIN W 5 4 2 2 3 0 1 72 48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 23-17 Road: 20-15 ExtrInn: 4-5 vsRHP: 29-20 vsLHP: 14-12 1-Run: 17-12 vsEast: 7-2 vsCntrl:22-17 vsWest: 11-9 IL: 3-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 75 Fri, Jun 20 @BOS W 5-4 43-32 2nd 3.5 gb 74 Thu, Jun 19 KCR L 1-4 42-32 2nd 3.5 gb 73 Wed, Jun 18 KCR L 2-3 42-31 2nd 3.5 gb 72 Tue, Jun 17 KCR L 1-2 42-30 2nd 3.5 gb 71 Sun, Jun 15 PHI W 7-6 (10) 42-29 2nd 3.5 gb 70 Sat, Jun 14 PHI W 3-2 41-29 2nd 3.5 gb 69 Fri, Jun 13 PHI L 2-20 40-29 2nd 3.5 gb 68 Thu, Jun 12 @CIN L 2-6 40-28 2nd 3.5 gb 67 Wed, Jun 11 @CIN W 10-0 40-27 2nd 2.5 gb 66 Tue, Jun 10 @CIN W 7-2 39-27 2nd 2.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Boston Red Sox, 46-30, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 8-0, 2.53) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-0) 64 45 21 18 38 55 4 2.53 2007 (15-12) 204.2 191 100 100 80 201 25 4.40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-0 40.2 32 14 11 23 31 2 2.43 55 2008-05-27 @SEA ND 4 4 3 2 0 2 0 65 46 2008-05-22 KCR W 5.2 6 3 3 6 7 0 118 46 2008-05-17 MIL W 6.2 7 2 0 2 6 1 103 60 2008-05-10 @MIN W 7 6 2 2 3 7 0 96 61 2008-05-05 @DET W 5 2 1 1 8 1 0 109 52 2008-04-30 TOR ND 7 2 0 0 2 4 0 111 75 2008-04-18 TEX W 5.1 5 3 3 2 4 1 101 48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL Has never faced STL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 28-8 Road: 18-22 ExtrInn: 3-1 vsRHP: 35-27 vsLHP: 11-3 1-Run: 10-9 vsEast: 16-13 vsCntrl:12-5 vsWest: 11-9 IL: 7-3 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 76 Fri, Jun 20 STL L 4-5 46-30 1st 1.5 up 75 Wed, Jun 18 @PHI W 7-4 46-29 1st 2.0 up 74 Tue, Jun 17 @PHI W 3-0 45-29 1st 2.0 up 73 Mon, Jun 16 @PHI L 2-8 44-29 1st 2.0 up 72 Sun, Jun 15 @CIN W 9-0 44-28 1st 2.5 up 71 Sat, Jun 14 @CIN W 6-4 (10) 43-28 1st 1.5 up 70 Fri, Jun 13 @CIN L 1-3 42-28 1st 1.5 up 69 Thu, Jun 12 BAL W 9-2 42-27 1st 2.5 up 68 Wed, Jun 11 BAL W 6-3 41-27 1st 2.0 up 67 Tue, Jun 10 BAL L 6-10 40-27 1st 1.0 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Jun 20, 2008 STL 5 @BOS 4 W:Kyle Lohse (9-2), L: Tim Wakefield (4-5), S: Ryan Franklin (10) Wed, Jun 08, 2005 BOS 4 @STL 0 W:David Wells (4-4), L: Chris Carpenter (8-4), S: none Tue, Jun 07, 2005 STL 9 BOS 2 W:Jeff Suppan (5-5), L: Matt Clement (6-1), S: none Mon, Jun 06, 2005 STL 7 BOS 1 W:Matt Morris (7-0), L: Tim Wakefield (4-6), S: none Thu, Jun 12, 2003 STL 8 @BOS 7 (13) W:Esteban Yan (2-1), L: Ramiro Mendoza (1-3), S: none Wed, Jun 11, 2003 BOS 13 STL 1 W:John Burkett (4-3), L: Brett Tomko (2-5), S: none Tue, Jun 10, 2003 STL 9 @BOS 7 W:Steve Kline (3-4), L: Brandon Lyon (2-3), S: Cal Eldred (8) Season Series: 2008 - STL leads 1-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - STL leads 5-2

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 2008 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

TEX 5.48

TBR 4.55

WSN 3.68

RA/G

OAK 3.73

SDP 4.59

TEX 5.76

C. Jones .390

D. Eckstein .278

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .483

J. Votto .352

C. Patterson .227

SLG

L. Berkman .701

D. Murphy .452

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

L. Berkman 1.147

J. Upton .799

A. Cabrera .529

ERA

E. Volquez 1.71

D. McGowan 4.15

B. Bonser 6.48

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.42

R. Nolasco 6.13

L. Hernandez 2.71

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 56.Hansen
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 252/184 .254/.333/.482/.815 .640/.884 .838 74/.684 1/1 11/

54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/52 .245/.336/.340/.676 .663/.682 .607 42/.697 2/1 1/

16.Duncan* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 185/161 .230/.324/.335/.660 .255/.724 .677 47/.347 1/1 4/

8.Glaus G/S/vP 9/2.111 1/.000 6/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 14/1.262 298/212 .260/.362/.441/.803 .911/.760 .892 97/.782 0/1 9/

3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 3/.000 217/139 .241/.315/.313/.628 .731/.576 .567 72/.508 6/3 1/

7.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 13/.539 182/150 .256/.308/.304/.611 .613/.611 .508 48/.689 4/1 1/

21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 10/.400 84/65 .211/.333/.324/.657 .566/.684 .728 36/.876 0/0 2/

47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 259/167 .301/.375/.624/.998 .932/1.034 1.125 102/.723 4/1 16/

12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 165/105 .289/.331/.322/.654 .618/.673 .515 57/.527 0/2 0/

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 233/158 .294/.352/.389/.741 1.045/.604 .724 66/.738 0/1 4/

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 115/67 .276/.321/.314/.636 .636/.636 .791 47/.607 5/1 0/

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 275/205 .305/.366/.446/.812 .461/.927 .869 82/.891 5/0 5/

IP 64.0 33.2 30.1 18.2 26.2 31.1 32.1 21.2 TOTAL .269/.348/.414/.762 .760/.762 .770 .706 30/15 73/39

ERA-K/9

2.53/7.7

2.67/8.8

3.56/8.0

5.79/7.2

2.36/5.4

3.16/9.2

1.95/11.4

7.06/5.0

3.84/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (7-4-0)
Molina (23-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 275/.195 145/.200 130/.241 87/.247 110/.240 132/.244 125/.202 105/.322 .244 Schumaker
Ankiel
Barton
Ludwick
Duncan 38/22/25/6
0/60/0/2
22/0/5/2
15/5/56/1
33/0/0/1

OPS .627 .635 .672 .684 .681 .665 .539 .918 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.733 64/.611 52/.521 34/.732 57/.622 55/.624 64/.521 47/1.132 .711

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.540 81/.654 78/.777 53/.654 53/.733 77/.696 61/.556 58/.745 .692

Home 159/.690 76/.826 64/.687 47/.761 69/.649 59/.846 63/.397 44/.945 .713

Last 28d days 18/.588 42/.505 47/.425 46/.570 32/.726 53/.796 36/.430 44/.886

HR/SB/CS 4/6/2 1/2/0 2/4/0 2/1/0 2/1/2 3/0/1 3/2/0 3/2/0 68/53/16

Usage o···XX·o ··X···o· ··X···o· ··o·o··o X··Xo·o· ··oo··X· ····Xo··

Boston Red Sox Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 68.Boggs
G/S/vB 34.Flores*
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 63.Perez
G/S/vB 36.Springer
G/S/vB 27.Villone*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Casey* G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 1/.000 16/.599 ··· ··· 8/.833 18/.466 111/91 .373/.423/.471/.894 .979/.874 1.012 42/.904 1/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/67 .240/.310/.307/.616 1.004/.519 .544 27/.310 0/0 0/

13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.800 52/46 .289/.385/.356/.740 1.267/.673 .697 27/.557 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 193/155 .260/.300/.412/.712 .840/.681 .740 80/.613 12/2 5/

7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.833 16/.976 255/207 .327/.435/.597/1.032 .951/1.050 1.099 96/1.405 2/1 13/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 269/213 .279/.360/.395/.754 .613/.792 .901 94/.628 34/4 5/

25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.629 6/.333 ··· ··· 4/1.750 11/1.273 236/190 .274/.335/.495/.830 1.046/.782 .834 102/.794 1/1 11/

23.Lugo G/S/vP ··· ··· 14/.690 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 21/.745 246/199 .278/.369/.349/.718 .779/.704 .789 84/.767 9/3 1/

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/36 .250/.318/.450/.768 .542/.806 .805 22/.634 0/0 2/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 336/264 .277/.326/.403/.729 .816/.705 .753 104/.679 7/0 6/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 14/1.429 7/1.738 ··· ··· 3/.666 14/.904 294/242 .296/.384/.533/.917 .744/.957 .880 88/1.072 1/0 15/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· ··· 14/.445 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 219/175 .240/.320/.408/.728 .756/.721 .806 74/.410 0/0 7/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/.962 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.096 287/243 .303/.373/.524/.896 1.197/.848 .864 77/.748 3/2 11/

IP 11.1 19.1 34.2 21.1 36.2 14.0 20.2 27.2 TOTAL .280/.356/.450/.806 .832/.800 .851 .771 70/13 90/47

ERA-K/9

5.56/2.4

4.66/6.5

2.86/5.7

6.75/5.5

2.70/7.6

3.86/9.0

2.61/8.7

5.86/8.4

4.05/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (25-8-9)
Varitek (28-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 51/.289 95/.263 155/.254 101/.276 155/.261 58/.200 87/.224 128/.269 .261 Ramirez
Drew
Crisp
Moss
Ellsbury
Lugo
Youkilis 53/0/0/4
0/1/61/4
0/58/0/3
5/0/8/2
36/31/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .839 .784 .758 .838 .689 .650 .638 .761 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/1.014 45/.835 60/.706 35/.536 57/.608 27/.931 28/.877 53/.550 .734

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 22/.618 50/.741 95/.790 66/.985 98/.737 31/.433 59/.521 75/.905 .739

Road 29/.883 50/.613 70/.708 38/.819 64/.786 24/.530 43/.512 49/.619 .743

Last 28d days 51/.839 36/.810 53/1.019 13/.397 55/.800 45/.825 38/.443 47/1.017

HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 1/4/0 2/1/1 3/4/1 4/2/0 1/1/0 1/1/2 2/0/0 65/30/15

Usage ·····X·· oo···o·· X·o··XoX ·X·o···· ··X··X·· ·X···X·· o··o·o·o ···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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Game Preview: STL @ BOS, 3:55pm, Saturday, June 21, 2008 @Fenway Park II

SP: Mitchell Boggs (24, RHP, 1-0, 5.56)

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 8-0, 2.53)

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