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Game Preview: NYY @ BOS, 8:05pm, Sunday, July 27, 2008 @Fenway Park II

New York Yankees, 58-45, 3rd, 3 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Sidney Ponson (31, RHP, 6-1, 4.02)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-1)             78.1  99  47  35  27  36  6    4.02      
 2007 (2-5)             37.2  54  31  29  17  23  7    6.93      
 2006 (4-5)             85   108  62  59  36  48 10    6.25      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  38.2  57  26  22  17  17  5    5.12   39 
 2008-07-21    MIN   W   5.2   9   3   3   2   2  0     100   39 
 2008-07-09    TBR  ND   6     5   1   1   2   4  1      83   60 
 2008-07-02    TEX  ND   5     9   7   7   3   1  2      83   19 
 2008-06-27   @NYM   W   6     5   0   0   4   4  0      93   62 
 2008-06-04    CLE  ND   4     8   6   2   3   1  1      90   28 
 2008-05-31    OAK   W   7     9   4   4   0   4  0     101   47 
 2008-05-26   @TBR   L   5    12   5   5   3   1  1      94   21 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      1-2  26.1  41  23  18  15  16  1    6.15   36 
 2007-05-06    BOS   L   5.1   8   4   3   4   5  0      99   39 
 2006-08-18   @BOS  ND   3     9   7   6   1   4  0      78   18 
 2005-07-08    BOS   L   5.1   9   5   5   5   3  0     104   28 
 2005-06-01   @BOS   W   6.2   8   3   0   3   3  0      97   52 
 2004-10-02    BOS  ND   6     7   4   4   2   1  1      96   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-22   Road:   25-23   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  41-30   vsLHP:  17-15   1-Run:  20-11
 vsEast: 22-19   vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest: 12-3  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Sat, Jul 26  @BOS  W  10-3       58-45  3rd  3.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 25  @BOS  W   1-0       57-45  3rd  3.0 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
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12
Boston Red Sox, 60-45, 2nd, 2 GB, 3 up in WC

SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 8-3, 3.20)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-3)            132.1 130  50  47  44  88  9    3.20      
 2007 (4-0)             63    61  33  32  31  50 10    4.57      
 2006 (7-2)             81.1  91  43  43  43  60  7    4.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-0  50    53  15  15   8  34  2    2.70   57 
 2008-07-21   @SEA   W   7.1   8   0   0   0   6  0     103   68 
 2008-07-08    MIN  ND   7.1   9   5   5   3   6  0     117   43 
 2008-07-03   @NYY   W   9     5   0   0   2   8  0     105   83 
 2008-06-28   @HOU  ND   5     9   6   6   0   3  2      76   28 
 2008-06-22    STL  ND   7.1   9   2   2   1   3  0     101   54 
 2008-06-17   @PHI   W   7     6   0   0   1   5  0      99   69 
 2008-06-12    BAL   W   7     7   2   2   1   3  0     101   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      1-0  12.2  13   7   7   5  12  1    4.97   51 
 2008-07-03   @NYY   W   9     5   0   0   2   8  0     105   83 
 2006-08-18    NYY  ND   3.2   8   7   7   3   4  1      95   18 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-13   Road:   24-32   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  45-38   vsLHP:  15-7    1-Run:  14-17
 vsEast: 20-21   vsCntrl:15-5    vsWest: 14-12 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Sat, Jul 26   NYY  L   3-10      60-45  2nd  2.0 gb
104 Fri, Jul 25   NYY  L   0-1       60-44  2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 NYY 10 @BOS  3        W:Andy Pettitte (12-7), L: Tim Wakefield (6-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 NYY  1 @BOS  0        W:Joba Chamberlain (3-3), L: Josh Beckett (9-7), S: Mariano Rivera (26)
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)
Season Series: 2008 - NYY leads 6-5; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 11-8; All-Time - NYY leads 1105-920

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  5.58

COL  4.61

WSN  3.73

RA/G

OAK  3.79

CLE  4.59

TEX  5.87

BA

C. Jones  .369

M. Lowell  .285

T. Pena  .152

OBP

C. Jones  .466

Y. Escobar  .357

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .624

J. Werth  .472

T. Pena  .201

OPS

L. Berkman  1.065

C. Guillen  .821

T. Pena  .375

ERA

C. Lee  2.29

Z. Greinke  4.06

M. Hendrickson  6.01

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.84

M. Mussina  6.01

K. Rogers  3.48

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New York Yankees Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lester*
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 7/.715 3/1.667 1/no AB 21/.348 6/1.100 9/.956 11/.788 434/304 .279/.353/.444/.796 .763/.810 .782 94/.729 13/7 11/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 123/87 .250/.279/.414/.692 .669/.702 .625 45/.590 0/1 4/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 5/1.800 2/1.000 3/1.000 4/.750 7/.679 7/2.167 7/.858 393/261 .250/.306/.351/.657 .597/.692 .647 82/.601 8/2 8/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 5/1.400 4/2.083 3/2.000 8/.679 9/1.222 8/.661 8/.750 406/283 .270/.306/.404/.710 .851/.650 .622 87/.956 1/4 9/
17.Christian G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 25/8 .273/.360/.364/.724 .878/.393 .646 12/.817 3/1 0/
18.Damon* G/S/vP 7/1.571 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.600 8/.000 22/.272 373/258 .313/.383/.458/.841 .750/.880 .831 43/.733 15/6 6/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.667 4/2.750 6/.750 7/1.000 8/.583 22/.827 350/240 .252/.394/.522/.916 .897/.925 .826 71/.806 2/1 20/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 7/.453 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.417 11/.764 35/.819 431/298 .285/.346/.404/.749 .798/.728 .774 98/.802 5/2 6/
19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 78/53 .232/.321/.348/.668 .598/.698 .796 8/.125 0/0 1/
26.Molina G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· 6/1.833 207/139 .220/.269/.296/.564 .500/.596 .555 55/.509 0/0 0/
29.Nady G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 365/281 .327/.384/.530/.914 .963/.899 .984 85/.975 1/1 13/
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/.167 5/.000 3/1.167 3/1.167 5/.933 7/1.262 24/.924 356/252 .324/.404/.595/1.000 1.002/.999 .853 95/.968 15/1 21/
39.Sexson G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.666 2/.500 5/1.400 1/.000 2/.000 21/.688 303/223 .216/.317/.375/.691 .995/.585 .875 47/.751 1/0 11/
IP 132.1 42.1 29.0 39.2 41.0 44.1 28.1 TOTAL .270/.343/.417/.759 .739/.769 .736 .717 67/27 98/53
ERA-K/9 3.20/6.0 4.46/9.1 5.90/7.8 2.72/5.0 2.63/8.6 2.23/10.6 5.72/5.1 3.82/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Moeller (12-7-0)
 Molina (28-26-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 551/.259 181/.234 140/.239 164/.269 177/.242 172/.211 131/.298 .245  Nady
 Abreu
 Cabrera
 Damon
 Christian
1/0/82/10
0/0/98/8
0/99/1/5
68/6/0/1
5/0/3/0
OPS .696 .675 .689 .761 .667 .555 .827 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 163/.611 78/.622 58/.783 86/.712 69/.561 95/.560 60/.948 .714
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 388/.733 103/.718 82/.625 78/.811 108/.738 77/.548 71/.725 .691
Home 278/.690 84/.606 77/.748 97/.709 80/.789 86/.465 62/.841 .713
Last 28d days 92/.604 36/.619 31/.897 42/.855 31/.410 33/.689 26/.481
HR/SB/CS 9/6/3 3/6/0 2/1/0 3/1/3 4/0/1 3/2/0 3/3/0 90/74/25
Usage ·····X·· ·o·X··X· X··X···· Xo······ ·o·oo··· ···ooo·· X·······
Boston Red Sox Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Ponson
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
38.Giese
G/S/vB
34.Marte*
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 7/.572 22/1.132 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 148/121 .356/.412/.452/.864 .984/.835 1.032 33/.873 1/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 108/85 .235/.296/.357/.653 .885/.592 .659 19/.632 0/0 2/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 8/.833 9/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 72/65 .279/.380/.361/.741 1.071/.705 .802 14/.862 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 8/1.000 9/1.375 1/.000 8/.625 1/.000 13/.500 1/.000 3/.000 263/207 .248/.307/.385/.692 .847/.648 .745 49/.414 14/3 5/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 7/1.000 16/1.438 1/.000 8/1.000 4/.250 5/.800 1/.000 ··· 374/299 .287/.401/.554/.955 .992/.946 .999 91/.814 2/1 19/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 398/308 .259/.327/.355/.682 .626/.698 .795 100/.518 35/7 5/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 8/.125 22/.546 ··· ··· 4/.000 10/.733 ··· 2/1.500 365/293 .285/.351/.477/.827 .876/.815 .852 97/.675 1/2 13/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 82/57 .286/.346/.386/.731 .962/.628 .631 34/.603 0/0 1/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 48/1.285 10/.300 ··· 11/.989 ··· 22/.888 ··· 1/no AB 254/201 .257/.354/.482/.836 .628/.892 .976 8/.750 0/0 13/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/2.667 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.333 3/.000 2/.500 472/366 .317/.363/.455/.817 .918/.788 .792 103/.944 11/1 9/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 54/.992 8/.625 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 43/.568 ··· ··· 407/328 .298/.398/.524/.922 .749/.966 .900 84/1.079 1/0 19/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 44/.925 5/.900 1/.000 7/1.429 1/.000 35/.809 ··· 3/.000 313/248 .215/.297/.351/.648 .735/.626 .691 68/.483 0/0 8/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 9/1.000 12/1.053 ··· ··· ··· 8/.833 1/.000 4/1.500 408/340 .313/.382/.547/.930 1.083/.902 .930 96/.929 3/4 17/
IP 78.1 43.1 24.1 47.0 37.2 46.1 12.1 33.2 TOTAL .278/.354/.441/.795 .819/.789 .837 .751 81/23 114/56
ERA-K/9 4.02/4.1 3.32/8.5 2.59/6.3 3.45/9.2 2.39/10.5 1.17/11.1 1.46/10.2 2.94/8.5 3.92/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (31-14-11)
 Varitek (43-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 354/.310 180/.259 99/.198 193/.216 150/.160 169/.168 47/.167 141/.216 .259  Ramirez
 Drew
 Crisp
 Ellsbury
 Youkilis
62/0/0/6
0/1/87/5
0/77/0/3
54/43/12/3
0/0/2/0
OPS .812 .827 .527 .592 .549 .426 .425 .636 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 195/.905 86/.973 59/.504 60/.657 80/.589 88/.361 24/.382 71/.683 .698
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 159/.705 94/.707 40/.558 133/.562 70/.503 81/.499 23/.471 70/.592 .725
Road 118/.722 84/.803 9/.583 87/.632 57/.497 75/.328 19/.498 60/.669 .733
Last 28d days 77/.966 29/.287 24/.390 38/.729 41/.149 42/.607 47/.425 40/.707
HR/SB/CS 6/1/4 10/5/6 1/5/1 4/3/1 3/1/3 2/5/1 0/2/0 4/3/1 85/75/40
Usage ·····X·· ·o··X··o ····o··· o··o··X· X····o·X ·X·o··oX o···oo·X 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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