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Game Preview: MIN @ BOS, 7:05pm, Monday, July 7, 2008 @Fenway Park II

Minnesota Twins, 50-38, 2nd, 1 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (26, RHP, 5-2, 3.65)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-2)             69    71  28  28  12  57 11    3.65      
 2007 (9-9)            143.2 162  70  68  29 102 15    4.26      
 2006 (5-8)             83.1 114  63  59  16  62 17    6.37      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  39    41  13  13   7  30  5    3.00   54 
 2008-07-01    DET   W   6     7   3   3   0   5  1     100   51 
 2008-06-26   @SDP   W   6     6   3   3   2   3  1     101   49 
 2008-06-20    ARI   W   6     7   1   1   1   7  1     112   60 
 2008-06-15   @MIL   L   6     7   3   3   2   9  1     101   53 
 2008-06-10   @CLE   L   7     8   1   1   1   1  0      95   57 
 2008-06-05    BAL  ND   5     5   2   2   1   3  1      99   51 
 2008-05-03    DET  ND   3     1   0   0   0   2  0      43   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS    Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-18   Road:   18-20   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  39-25   vsLHP:  11-13   1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:24-16   vsWest:  5-9  IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sun, Jul  6   CLE  W   4-3       50-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  5   CLE  W   9-6       49-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  4   CLE  W  12-3       48-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  2   DET  W   7-0       47-38  2nd  2.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  1   DET  W   6-4       46-38  2nd  2.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jun 30   DET  L   4-5       45-38  2nd  2.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 29   MIL  W   5-0       45-37  2nd  1.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 28   MIL  L   1-5       44-37  2nd  1.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 27   MIL  W   7-6       44-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jun 26  @SDP  W   4-3       43-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:17-3    Last 30:20-10
Boston Red Sox, 52-39, 2nd, 5 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 9-1, 3.12)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-1)             75    55  29  26  49  65  5    3.12      
 2007 (15-12)          204.2 191 100 100  80 201 25    4.40      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  34.1  33  18  15  22  32  2    3.93   50 
 2008-07-02   @TBR  ND   5     2   1   1   5   5  0     101   59 
 2008-06-27   @HOU   W   5     2   0   0   3   4  0      87   64 
 2008-06-21    STL   L   1     6   7   7   3   1  1      48   11 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-0  15    12   4   4   5  15  1    2.40   65 
 2008-05-10   @MIN   W   7     6   2   2   3   7  0      96   61 
 2007-09-28    MIN   W   8     6   2   2   2   8  1     119   68 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-10   Road:   21-29   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  38-35   vsLHP:  14-4    1-Run:  11-16
 vsEast: 18-18   vsCntrl:12-5    vsWest: 11-9  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Sun, Jul  6  @NYY  L   4-5 (10)  52-39  2nd  5.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul  5  @NYY  L   1-2       52-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul  4  @NYY  W   6-4       52-37  2nd  3.0 gb
 88 Thu, Jul  3  @NYY  W   7-0       51-37  2nd  3.0 gb
 87 Wed, Jul  2  @TBR  L   6-7       50-37  2nd  3.5 gb
 86 Tue, Jul  1  @TBR  L   1-3       50-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 85 Mon, Jun 30  @TBR  L   4-5       50-35  2nd  1.5 gb
 84 Sun, Jun 29  @HOU  L   2-3       50-34  2nd  0.5 gb
 83 Sat, Jun 28  @HOU  L  10-11      50-33  1st  0.5 up
 82 Fri, Jun 27  @HOU  W   6-1       50-32  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 12, 2008 MIN  7  BOS  3        W:Livan Hernandez (6-1), L: Clay Buchholz (2-3), S: none
Sun, May 11, 2008 MIN  9  BOS  8        W:Nick Blackburn (3-2), L: Tim Wakefield (3-2), S: Joe Nathan (12)
Sat, May 10, 2008 BOS  5 @MIN  2        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (6-0), L: Glen Perkins (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (11)
Fri, May 09, 2008 MIN  7  BOS  6        W:Jesse Crain (1-1), L: Jonathan Papelbon (2-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 30, 2007 MIN  3 @BOS  2        W:Matt Garza (5-7), L: Julian Tavarez (7-11), S: Joe Nathan (37)
Sat, Sep 29, 2007 BOS  6  MIN  4        W:Tim Wakefield (17-12), L: Nick Blackburn (0-2), S: Hideki Okajima (5)
Fri, Sep 28, 2007 BOS  5  MIN  2        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (15-12), L: Kevin Slowey (4-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (37)
Thu, Sep 27, 2007 MIN  5 @BOS  4        W:Boof Bonser (8-12), L: Josh Beckett (20-7), S: Joe Nathan (36)
Sun, May 06, 2007 BOS  4 @MIN  3        W:Curt Schilling (4-1), L: Sidney Ponson (2-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (10)
Sat, May 05, 2007 MIN  2  BOS  1        W:Johan Santana (4-2), L: Julian Tavarez (1-3), S: Joe Nathan (8)
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 3-1; 2007 - BOS won 4-3; 2006 - MIN won 5-1; All-Time - BOS leads 935-913

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

COL  4.52

WSN  3.62

RA/G

OAK  3.68

SFG  4.58

TEX  5.74

BA

C. Jones  .388

R. Braun  .284

T. Pena  .159

OBP

C. Jones  .485

R. Winn  .357

T. Pena  .181

SLG

L. Berkman  .667

J. Kubel  .465

T. Pena  .210

OPS

C. Jones  1.125

A. Ethier  .815

T. Pena  .392

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.96

P. Maholm  4.05

M. Hendrickson  6.24

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.49

A. Wainwright  6.09

L. Hernandez  3.33

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Matsuzaka
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/58 .333/.361/.424/.785 .286/.914 1.007 63/.796 0/1 1/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 194/141 .320/.364/.450/.813 .736/.846 .760 103/.726 4/1 4/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 373/276 .269/.305/.374/.679 .739/.657 .675 117/.596 21/8 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP 12/1.011 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 313/227 .250/.306/.346/.653 .469/.725 .634 91/.666 1/1 4/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 7/.762 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 284/225 .266/.324/.465/.789 .490/.864 .732 81/1.024 0/1 12/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 218/191 .228/.266/.305/.571 .303/.610 .736 17/.450 0/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 4/.250 1/no AB 331/239 .325/.415/.454/.869 .937/.840 .715 97/.927 0/1 4/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 7/.572 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 11/.773 151/79 .219/.291/.453/.744 .486/.972 .641 35/.786 0/0 8/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 6/1.500 3/.667 3/1.666 2/.500 3/1.167 5/.000 6/.834 2/.000 379/261 .307/.369/.481/.850 .730/.907 .870 110/.886 0/1 12/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.667 5/1.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 4/.666 95/57 .286/.351/.417/.768 .748/.779 .655 27/.870 4/1 1/
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 69/33 .297/.333/.359/.693 .697/.688 .658 23/.577 0/0 0/
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/44 .313/.411/.417/.827 1.300/.702 .780 23/1.251 4/1 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 15/.619 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 5/1.200 335/250 .288/.334/.394/.729 .693/.741 .774 78/.885 9/4 3/
IP 75.0 37.1 36.1 24.2 34.2 37.0 37.2 22.2 TOTAL .277/.334/.406/.739 .681/.762 .712 .804 53/24 60/57
ERA-K/9 3.12/7.8 2.89/9.7 4.46/8.9 5.84/7.7 2.34/5.2 2.92/8.8 2.39/11.5 6.75/5.2 3.84/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (32-17-1)
 Redmond (10-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 329/.201 163/.203 157/.250 116/.232 142/.254 161/.262 148/.203 108/.312 .243  Young
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Span
 Monroe
 Punto
81/0/0/8
0/82/0/6
10/0/18/2
0/1/16/2
0/7/2/1
0/2/0/0
OPS .642 .636 .702 .668 .720 .703 .553 .890 .697
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.728 71/.614 65/.609 44/.832 74/.741 63/.575 81/.537 49/1.080 .697
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 169/.562 92/.654 92/.771 72/.573 68/.699 98/.789 67/.571 59/.731 .697
Home 171/.767 85/.801 69/.635 62/.704 81/.728 69/.860 73/.418 44/.945 .708
Last 28d days 54/.714 37/.471 46/.608 44/.797 43/.752 50/.985 35/.598 23/.959
HR/SB/CS 5/9/2 1/2/0 3/6/0 2/1/0 3/1/2 4/0/1 3/2/0 3/2/0 80/66/17
Usage ····X··· ····o··o X·o·Xo·· ····oX·· oXo·X·X· X·X·X··o X·X····· ·o······
Boston Red Sox Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB
60.Bass
G/S/vB
26.Bonser
G/S/vB
49.Breslow*
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Casey* G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 7/.453 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 10/.400 6/.833 120/99 .360/.408/.450/.859 .931/.843 .976 26/.746 1/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 94/74 .238/.309/.345/.654 .921/.584 .619 26/.535 0/0 1/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 13/.490 5/.650 64/57 .263/.344/.351/.695 1.071/.649 .669 22/.527 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 7/1.143 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.400 6/2.833 9/.472 7/.286 230/183 .264/.314/.418/.732 .983/.666 .806 69/.838 13/3 5/
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.467 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 3/1.667 10/.633 320/256 .299/.409/.564/.974 .984/.971 .998 110/1.039 2/1 16/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 1/3.000 1/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 335/260 .268/.342/.376/.719 .584/.757 .847 109/.590 35/7 5/
25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· 2/5.000 9/.333 ··· 2/2.000 6/.834 8/.536 3/.000 303/245 .297/.356/.517/.873 1.056/.833 .886 110/1.003 1/2 13/
23.Lugo G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 13/.840 7/1.238 291/230 .263/.351/.328/.679 .756/.658 .773 78/.694 11/4 1/
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 72/53 .277/.333/.415/.749 .516/.820 .643 38/.659 0/1 2/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 9/1.112 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 4/1.000 406/315 .312/.355/.458/.813 .997/.759 .804 116/1.134 9/0 9/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 6/.334 ··· 5/.200 1/.000 7/.000 3/3.333 355/290 .278/.377/.493/.871 .706/.910 .840 91/.662 1/0 16/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 1/5.000 1/no AB 8/1.167 ··· 2/.000 5/2.467 4/.250 5/1.600 273/219 .218/.300/.358/.658 .662/.658 .730 79/.404 0/0 7/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 3/.000 5/.800 ··· 346/293 .311/.382/.534/.916 1.063/.891 .900 86/1.052 3/4 13/
IP 69.0 54.2 80.0 19.0 35.1 47.0 36.2 24.0 TOTAL .278/.354/.445/.799 .835/.790 .840 .794 76/22 102/51
ERA-K/9 3.65/7.4 4.45/4.1 6.19/6.8 1.42/8.5 2.80/6.9 3.06/6.3 1.23/9.8 2.25/4.5 4.20/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (29-9-9)
 Varitek (37-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 285/.262 241/.291 362/.287 76/.188 152/.272 200/.236 138/.205 95/.247 .280  Drew
 Ramirez
 Crisp
 Moss
 Ellsbury
 Lugo
 Youkilis
0/1/75/5
56/0/0/4
0/67/0/3
9/0/10/2
45/37/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .719 .826 .760 .510 .769 .671 .535 .660 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.698 87/.744 169/.766 30/.588 54/.681 72/.708 75/.569 55/.477 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 145/.739 154/.871 193/.755 46/.456 98/.814 128/.650 63/.496 40/.921 .777
Road 152/.805 111/.859 104/.832 26/.362 65/.904 82/.871 44/.702 41/.707 .820
Last 28d days 132/.746 60/.499 41/.826 16/.063 43/.744 52/.699 39/.391 17/.694
HR/SB/CS 11/2/1 9/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/5/1 3/4/0 1/3/2 97/42/18
Usage ·····X·· ··o··Xo· ·X··o··· ······o· ··X·X·o· ooX···X· oX···o·· ·····oo·

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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