MIN @ BOS, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 50-40, 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC	SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 9-5, 5.18) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-5) 116.1 162 75 67 23 43 15 5.18 2007 (11-11) 204.1 247 116 112 79 90 34 4.93 2006 (13-13) 216 246 125 116 78 128 29 4.83 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 40 59 31 28 10 19 6 6.30 38 2008-07-04 CLE W 6 5 3 3 3 4 2 102 51 2008-06-28 MIL L 7 7 5 4 4 5 0 115 46 2008-06-22 ARI W 7 9 3 1 1 5 0 104 55 2008-06-17 WSN W 7 5 1 1 0 1 0 77 64 2008-06-12 @CLE L 3 12 7 7 0 1 2 70 8 2008-06-07 @CHW L 4 8 7 7 1 2 1 60 19 2008-06-02 NYY ND 6 13 5 5 1 1 1 107 26 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-2 14 26 15 14 7 6 3 9.00 30 2008-05-12 BOS W 6 10 3 3 1 1 1 92 40 2006-06-20 @BOS L 1.2 8 6 6 2 0 0 56 13 1999-07-20 @BOS L 6.1 8 6 5 4 5 2 125 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-18 Road: 18-22 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 39-26 vsLHP: 11-14 1-Run: 17-15 vsEast: 7-11 vsCntrl:24-16 vsWest: 5-9 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 90 Tue, Jul 8 @BOS L 5-6 50-40 2nd 2.5 gb 89 Mon, Jul 7 @BOS L 0-1 50-39 2nd 1.5 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:16-4 Last 30:19-11
Boston Red Sox, 54-39, 2nd, 3 GB, 2½ up in WC	SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 8-5, 3.70) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-5) 107 97 45 44 22 105 12 3.70 2007 (20-7) 200.2 189 76 73 40 194 17 3.27 2006 (16-11) 204.2 191 120 114 74 158 36 5.01 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 46 42 14 14 11 40 2 2.74 59 2008-07-04 @NYY W 6 4 3 3 2 4 0 102 54 2008-06-29 @HOU ND 7 8 2 2 1 4 1 111 56 2008-06-23 ARI L 8 5 2 2 2 8 0 115 70 2008-06-15 @CIN W 7 6 0 0 2 6 0 98 69 2008-06-10 BAL ND 6 8 4 4 1 3 0 113 42 2008-06-04 TBR W 6 7 1 1 0 5 0 92 59 2008-05-30 @BAL ND 6 4 2 2 3 10 1 118 63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 1-1 14 16 5 5 0 11 2 3.21 57 2007-09-27 MIN L 6 10 5 5 0 6 2 99 38 2006-09-21 MIN W 8 6 0 0 0 5 0 103 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-10 Road: 21-29 ExtrInn: 4-2 vsRHP: 40-35 vsLHP: 14-4 1-Run: 13-16 vsEast: 18-18 vsCntrl:14-5 vsWest: 11-9 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 93 Tue, Jul 8 MIN W 6-5 54-39 2nd 3.0 gb 92 Mon, Jul 7 MIN W 1-0 53-39 2nd 4.0 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jul 08, 2008 BOS 6 MIN 5 W:David Aardsma (3-2), L: Matt Guerrier (4-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (27) Mon, Jul 07, 2008 BOS 1 MIN 0 W:Hideki Okajima (2-2), L: Brian Bass (3-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (26) 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) Season Series: 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - BOS won 4-3; 2006 - MIN won 5-1; All-Time - BOS leads 937-913

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 5.46

COL 4.49

WSN 3.58

RA/G

OAK 3.63

MIN 4.59

TEX 5.74

C. Jones .379

C. Crawford .284

T. Pena .155

OBP

C. Jones .477

M. Cabrera .356

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .663

T. Hunter .462

T. Pena .204

OPS

L. Berkman 1.103

A. Ethier .814

T. Pena .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.78

D. Lowe 4.02

M. Hendrickson 6.24

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.47

A. Wainwright 6.09

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Beckett
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

32.Buscher* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 76/62 .314/.342/.400/.742 .286/.851 .862 67/.747 0/1 1/

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 203/146 .313/.362/.438/.800 .733/.829 .736 103/.733 4/1 4/

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 381/280 .263/.298/.366/.664 .709/.647 .642 116/.545 21/9 5/

23.Harris G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 317/228 .254/.309/.359/.668 .536/.722 .665 88/.748 1/1 4/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/1.333 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 288/229 .266/.326/.463/.790 .490/.864 .736 81/1.009 0/1 12/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP 5/2.400 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 3/1.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 4/.250 1/no AB 339/243 .324/.414/.449/.864 .918/.840 .712 97/.927 0/1 4/

27.Monroe G/S/vP 3/.667 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 11/.773 156/79 .211/.282/.437/.719 .453/.972 .599 36/.762 0/0 8/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 6/.666 3/.667 3/1.666 2/.500 3/1.167 6/.167 6/.834 2/.000 387/264 .313/.377/.487/.864 .756/.917 .900 110/.934 0/1 12/

8.Punto# G/S/vP 6/.833 3/.667 5/1.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 4/.666 103/62 .293/.353/.446/.799 .742/.839 .772 35/.934 4/2 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 20/.563 0/0 0/

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 65/49 .315/.413/.407/.820 1.303/.668 .776 31/1.126 4/1 0/

21.Young G/S/vP 9/1.111 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 5/1.200 343/254 .288/.335/.392/.727 .684/.742 .768 83/.898 9/4 3/

IP 107.0 38.0 36.1 24.2 34.2 37.2 39.2 22.2 TOTAL .277/.334/.405/.739 .683/.761 .712 .813 53/26 60/57

ERA-K/9

3.70/8.8

2.84/9.5

4.46/8.9

5.84/7.7

2.34/5.2

2.87/8.6

2.27/11.3

6.75/5.2

3.81/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (33-17-1)
Redmond (10-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 437/.238 165/.207 157/.250 116/.232 142/.254 164/.259 155/.201 108/.312 .243 Young
Gomez
Kubel
Span
Monroe
Punto 83/0/0/8
0/84/0/6
10/0/18/2
0/1/18/2
0/7/2/1
0/2/0/0

OPS .659 .641 .702 .668 .720 .698 .551 .890 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 229/.637 71/.614 65/.609 44/.832 74/.741 64/.586 88/.535 49/1.080 .702

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 208/.685 94/.662 92/.771 72/.573 68/.699 100/.772 67/.571 59/.731 .694

Home 164/.715 87/.806 69/.635 62/.704 81/.728 72/.843 80/.424 44/.945 .708

Last 28d days 114/.592 39/.502 40/.643 37/.718 43/.752 48/.884 42/.583 23/.959

HR/SB/CS 12/5/3 1/2/0 3/6/0 2/1/0 3/1/2 4/0/1 3/2/0 3/2/0 80/66/19

Usage ····X··· o·····o· ··X·o·Xo ······oX ··oXo·X· ·oX·X·X· XoX·X··· ···o····

Boston Red Sox Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Hernandez
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

55.Bailey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/2 .000/.429/.000/.429 .200/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

22.Casey* G/S/vP 33/1.290 ··· 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 ··· 4/.500 96/76 .233/.302/.337/.639 .921/.568 .595 28/.494 0/0 1/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 46/.590 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 13/.490 5/.650 64/57 .263/.344/.351/.695 1.071/.649 .669 19/.616 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 5/.900 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 7/.333 6/2.833 9/.472 7/.286 234/187 .259/.309/.410/.719 .983/.651 .775 69/.785 13/3 5/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 43/1.086 1/.000 5/1.467 ··· 3/.000 5/.400 3/1.667 10/.633 328/264 .298/.405/.559/.964 .984/.959 .975 114/.964 2/1 16/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/1.250 343/267 .271/.343/.380/.723 .619/.752 .849 112/.619 35/7 5/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 56/.971 3/5.000 9/.333 ··· 2/2.000 7/.714 8/.536 3/.000 311/253 .295/.357/.513/.870 1.056/.830 .876 114/.994 1/2 13/

23.Lugo G/S/vP 20/.789 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 13/.840 7/1.238 298/237 .264/.349/.327/.676 .756/.656 .762 84/.691 11/4 1/

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/3.000 ··· 76/57 .279/.329/.412/.741 .516/.805 .638 42/.652 1/1 2/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.500 9/1.112 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.167 1/.000 4/1.000 414/323 .313/.355/.459/.814 .997/.762 .808 120/1.097 9/0 9/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 5/1.800 3/.666 6/.334 ··· 5/.200 2/2.500 7/.000 3/3.333 363/298 .280/.377/.500/.877 .706/.917 .856 95/.655 1/0 17/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 6/.834 1/no AB 8/1.167 ··· 2/.000 5/2.467 4/.250 5/1.600 276/222 .215/.297/.354/.651 .662/.648 .710 78/.382 0/0 7/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.833 4/.750 5/.800 ··· 354/301 .314/.384/.542/.926 1.063/.903 .922 90/1.131 3/4 13/

IP 116.1 55.0 80.0 19.0 36.0 48.0 36.2 24.1 TOTAL .278/.353/.445/.798 .837/.788 .835 .787 77/22 103/52

ERA-K/9

5.18/3.3

4.58/4.1

6.19/6.8

1.42/8.5

2.75/6.8

3.56/6.6

1.23/9.8

2.59/4.8

4.20/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (29-11-10)
Varitek (37-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 516/.336 245/.296 362/.287 76/.188 154/.268 207/.249 138/.205 97/.253 .280 Drew
Ramirez
Crisp
Moss
Ellsbury
Bailey
Youkilis
Lugo 0/1/77/5
56/0/0/4
0/69/0/3
10/0/11/2
47/38/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .867 .839 .760 .510 .758 .709 .535 .679 .763

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 231/.842 88/.735 169/.766 30/.588 55/.668 74/.716 75/.569 56/.525 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 285/.888 157/.897 193/.755 46/.456 99/.805 133/.704 63/.496 41/.896 .779

Road 211/.921 115/.887 104/.832 26/.362 67/.875 89/.945 44/.702 43/.750 .816

Last 28d days 130/.805 58/.593 41/.826 16/.063 41/.614 48/.657 39/.391 19/.786

HR/SB/CS 15/2/3 9/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 5/6/1 3/4/0 1/3/2 98/43/18

Usage ····X··· ·o··o··X ···X··o· ········ ·o··X·X· X·ooX··· ··oX···o o······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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SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 9-5, 5.18)

SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 8-5, 3.70)

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