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Game Preview: NYY @ BOS, 7:05pm, Friday, July 25, 2008 @Fenway Park II

New York Yankees, 56-45, 3rd, 3 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Joba Chamberlain (22, RHP, 2-3, 2.52)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-3)             71.1  60  22  20  33  84  3    2.52      
 2007 (2-0)             24    12   2   1   6  34  1    0.38      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  41    38  11  11  17  46  1    2.41   58 
 2008-07-19    OAK  ND   6     6   1   1   1   8  0      96   63 
 2008-07-11   @TOR   L   6.2   7   3   3   0   9  1     108   57 
 2008-07-06    BOS  ND   6     4   3   3   4   5  0     101   53 
 2008-07-01    TEX  ND   4     5   2   2   4   6  0      91   46 
 2008-06-25   @PIT   W   6.2   6   0   0   1   7  0     114   68 
 2008-06-19    SDP  ND   5.2   4   1   1   3   9  0     100   63 
 2008-06-13   @HOU  ND   6     6   1   1   4   2  0      89   54 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      0-0   6     4   3   3   4   5  0    4.50   53 
 2008-07-06    BOS  ND   6     4   3   3   4   5  0     101   53 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-22   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  39-30   vsLHP:  17-15   1-Run:  19-11
 vsEast: 20-19   vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest: 12-3  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Wed, Jul 23   MIN  W   5-1       56-45  3rd  3.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22   MIN  W   8-2       55-45  3rd  3.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21   MIN  W  12-4       54-45  3rd  4.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20   OAK  W   2-1       53-45  3rd  4.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19   OAK  W   4-3 (12)  52-45  3rd  5.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18   OAK  W   7-1       51-45  3rd  5.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @TOR  L   1-4       50-45  3rd  6.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @TOR  W   9-4       50-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @TOR  L   0-5       49-44  3rd  6.5 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 10  @PIT  L   2-4       49-43  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Boston Red Sox, 60-43, 1st, Tied

SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 9-6, 3.98)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-6)            120   114  54  53  25 113 15    3.98      
 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         3-2  47    48  20  20  11  33  4    3.83   54 
 2008-07-19   @LAA   L   8     9   4   4   1   6  1     107   53 
 2008-07-09    MIN   W   5     8   5   5   2   2  2     104   31 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      4-1  34.1  31  14  14   7  27  2    3.67   56 
 2008-07-04   @NYY   W   6     4   3   3   2   4  0     102   54 
 2008-04-17   @NYY   W   8     6   3   3   1   5  0     105   62 
 2008-04-12    NYY   W   6.2   5   3   3   1   5  0      88   56 
 2007-09-15    NYY   W   7     3   1   1   2   7  1     108   72 
 2007-08-29   @NYY   L   6.2  13   4   4   1   6  1     110   37 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-11   Road:   24-32   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  45-37   vsLHP:  15-6    1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast: 20-19   vsCntrl:15-5    vsWest: 14-12 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Wed, Jul 23  @SEA  W   6-3 (12)  60-43  2nd  0.5 gb
102 Tue, Jul 22  @SEA  W   4-2       59-43  2nd  0.5 gb
101 Mon, Jul 21  @SEA  W   4-0       58-43  2nd  1.5 gb
100 Sun, Jul 20  @LAA  L   3-5       57-43  2nd  1.5 gb
 99 Sat, Jul 19  @LAA  L   2-4       57-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 98 Fri, Jul 18  @LAA  L   3-11      57-41  2nd  0.5 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 13   BAL  W   2-1       57-40  1st  0.5 up
 96 Sat, Jul 12   BAL  W  12-1       56-40  2nd  0.5 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 11   BAL  L   3-7       55-40  2nd  1.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul  9   MIN  W  18-5       55-39  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 06, 2008 NYY  5  BOS  4 (10)   W:Mariano Rivera (3-3), L: Jonathan Papelbon (3-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 NYY  2  BOS  1        W:Mike Mussina (11-6), L: Justin Masterson (4-3), S: Mariano Rivera (23)
Fri, Jul 04, 2008 BOS  6 @NYY  4        W:Josh Beckett (8-5), L: Darrell Rasner (4-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (25)
Thu, Jul 03, 2008 BOS  7 @NYY  0        W:Jon Lester (7-3), L: Andy Pettitte (9-6), S: none
Thu, Apr 17, 2008 BOS  7 @NYY  5        W:Josh Beckett (2-1), L: Mike Mussina (1-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 NYY 15  BOS  9        W:LaTroy Hawkins (1-0), L: Julian Tavarez (0-1), S: Brian Bruney (1)
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 BOS  8  NYY  5        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-0), L: Philip Hughes (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 BOS  4  NYY  3        W:Josh Beckett (1-1), L: Mike Mussina (1-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (4)
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 NYY  4 @BOS  1        W:Chien-Ming Wang (3-0), L: Mike Timlin (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 16, 2007 NYY  4 @BOS  3        W:Joba Chamberlain (2-0), L: Curt Schilling (8-8), S: Mariano Rivera (28)
Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 5-4; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 11-8; All-Time - NYY leads 1103-920

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  4.58

SDP  3.74

RA/G

OAK  3.63

CLE  4.53

TEX  5.88

BA

C. Jones  .369

K. Suzuki  .286

T. Pena  .152

OBP

C. Jones  .466

G. Laird  .360

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .625

C. Coste  .469

T. Pena  .201

OPS

L. Berkman  1.063

J. Loney  .822

T. Pena  .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

R. Nolasco  3.99

I. Snell  6.10

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

T. Wellemeyer  6.13

L. Hernandez  3.31

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

New York Yankees Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Beckett
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
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 78/.724 3/1.667 ··· 20/.367 6/1.100 9/.956 11/.788 425/296 .275/.348/.440/.788 .770/.796 .762 99/.755 13/7 11/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 123/87 .250/.279/.414/.692 .669/.702 .625 53/.635 0/1 4/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 31/.688 2/1.000 3/1.000 3/1.000 6/.833 7/2.167 6/1.000 384/254 .248/.305/.349/.654 .607/.683 .641 88/.554 7/1 8/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 31/.975 4/2.083 2/1.500 7/.786 8/1.375 8/.661 8/.750 397/276 .265/.301/.391/.692 .866/.617 .577 92/.891 1/3 8/
17.Christian G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/7 .286/.375/.381/.756 .878/.452 .686 15/.641 3/1 0/
18.Damon* G/S/vP 31/.729 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.600 8/.000 22/.272 364/249 .315/.384/.463/.847 .750/.891 .844 47/.698 13/6 6/
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 65/55 .161/.238/.179/.417 .000/.491 .705 65/.417 5/0 0/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 30/.845 3/.667 3/2.667 5/.933 6/1.166 8/.583 22/.827 341/233 .256/.399/.533/.932 .916/.940 .854 75/.829 2/1 20/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 32/.756 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.417 11/.764 34/.847 421/288 .285/.347/.404/.751 .798/.729 .778 103/.788 5/2 6/
19.Moeller G/S/vP 8/.375 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 78/53 .232/.321/.348/.668 .598/.698 .796 9/.111 0/0 1/
26.Molina G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/1.800 198/131 .222/.260/.300/.560 .508/.587 .545 52/.600 0/0 0/
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 36/.873 4/.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 5/.933 7/1.262 24/.924 347/243 .318/.398/.593/.990 1.002/.986 .825 99/.965 15/1 21/
39.Sexson G/S/vP 10/.700 3/.666 2/.500 5/1.400 1/.000 2/.000 21/.688 303/223 .216/.317/.375/.691 .995/.585 .875 52/.769 1/0 11/
IP 120.0 42.0 28.1 37.2 39.2 44.1 27.0 TOTAL .269/.341/.416/.758 .744/.765 .732 .707 64/24 97/52
ERA-K/9 3.98/8.5 4.50/9.0 5.08/7.6 2.87/5.0 2.72/8.4 2.23/10.6 6.00/5.0 3.78/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Moeller (12-7-0)
 Molina (27-26-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 494/.248 180/.236 133/.237 159/.277 173/.248 172/.211 126/.303 .244  Abreu
 Cabrera
 Damon
 Gardner
 Christian
0/0/96/8
0/97/1/5
68/6/0/1
15/1/0/1
5/0/3/0
OPS .694 .679 .662 .778 .684 .555 .846 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 268/.690 78/.622 54/.730 83/.741 67/.579 95/.560 59/.965 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 226/.699 102/.726 79/.616 76/.814 106/.753 77/.548 67/.740 .690
Home 188/.774 83/.613 70/.700 92/.735 76/.835 86/.465 57/.884 .708
Last 28d days 112/.817 45/.789 31/.667 37/.935 31/.675 37/.609 21/.501
HR/SB/CS 15/6/4 3/6/0 2/1/0 3/1/2 4/0/1 3/2/0 3/3/0 89/71/22
Usage ·····X·· ·X··X··· ·X····o· ······X· ·oo····· ·ooo···· ······o·
Boston Red Sox Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
38.Giese
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
G/S/vB
36.Ramirez
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
30.Robertson
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Casey* G/S/vP 3/.666 22/1.132 ··· 8/.500 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 148/121 .356/.412/.452/.864 .984/.835 1.032 35/.819 1/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 104/83 .234/.298/.362/.660 .873/.607 .670 15/.667 0/0 2/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 1/.000 9/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 72/65 .279/.380/.361/.741 1.071/.705 .802 15/.792 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 4/.333 8/1.286 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 13/.500 1/.000 3/.000 256/203 .251/.312/.392/.704 .897/.651 .775 47/.461 14/3 5/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 5/.200 16/1.438 1/.000 8/.500 3/.333 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 366/294 .291/.407/.555/.962 .954/.964 1.019 93/.887 2/1 18/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 394/304 .262/.330/.359/.689 .626/.708 .815 102/.549 35/7 5/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 5/1.400 22/.546 ··· 8/.708 3/.000 9/.819 ··· 2/1.500 357/288 .287/.350/.483/.833 .897/.818 .868 99/.780 1/2 13/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/53 .292/.338/.400/.738 1.029/.613 .624 27/.594 0/0 1/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 5/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 463/360 .321/.365/.461/.826 .946/.792 .811 104/1.065 10/1 9/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 8/.625 1/.000 29/.752 1/.000 43/.568 ··· ··· 403/327 .301/.402/.530/.932 .780/.969 .922 89/1.069 1/0 19/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 12/.583 1/.000 35/.809 ··· 3/.000 310/245 .217/.300/.355/.655 .735/.634 .709 75/.514 0/0 8/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 5/2.000 12/1.053 ··· 11/.586 ··· 7/.629 ··· 3/1.334 399/334 .311/.381/.551/.932 1.078/.906 .936 97/.992 3/4 17/
IP 71.1 43.0 24.1 41.0 36.1 44.2 11.1 33.1 TOTAL .280/.356/.445/.801 .826/.795 .851 .792 80/23 113/56
ERA-K/9 2.52/10.6 3.35/8.6 2.59/6.3 5.71/5.0 2.48/10.7 1.21/10.9 1.59/11.2 2.97/8.4 3.98/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (29-12-11)
 Varitek (42-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 299/.230 177/.252 99/.198 172/.275 145/.165 163/.168 44/.179 138/.211 .261  Ramirez
 Drew
 Crisp
 Ellsbury
 Youkilis
61/0/0/6
0/1/85/5
0/75/0/3
53/43/12/3
0/0/2/0
OPS .623 .818 .527 .725 .560 .430 .455 .625 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 147/.706 83/.958 59/.504 77/.982 77/.596 85/.374 24/.382 71/.683 .701
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 152/.543 94/.707 40/.558 95/.527 68/.519 78/.492 20/.550 67/.569 .730
Road 128/.609 81/.781 9/.583 77/.747 52/.522 69/.328 16/.598 57/.644 .744
Last 28d days 96/.651 33/.152 45/.619 35/.649 44/.259 39/.602 44/.455 46/.654
HR/SB/CS 3/7/3 10/5/6 1/5/1 3/1/2 3/1/3 2/5/1 0/2/0 4/3/1 84/74/40
Usage ·····X·· ··X··o·· ··o····· ·o·X··o· ···o·Xo· ·o··oX·· ··oo·Xo· ··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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