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Game Preview: TEX @ BOS, 7:05pm, Thursday, August 14, 2008 @Fenway Park II

Texas Rangers, 61-60, 2nd, 15 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Tommy Hunter (21, RHP, 0-1, 10.61)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)              9.1  16  11  11   2   8  3   10.61      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-1   9.1  16  11  11   2   8  3   10.61   30 
 2008-08-06    NYY   L   4.1   8   5   5   0   4  1      77   31 
 2008-08-01    TOR  ND   5     8   6   6   2   4  2      87   29 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS    Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-26   Road:   30-34   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  47-37   vsLHP:  14-23   1-Run:  23-12
 vsEast: 15-21   vsCntrl:16-16   vsWest: 20-15 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Wed, Aug 13  @BOS  L   4-8       61-60  2nd 15.0 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12  @BOS  L  17-19      61-59  2nd 15.0 gb
119 Sun, Aug 10  @BAL  W  15-7       61-58  2nd 14.0 gb
118 Sat, Aug  9  @BAL  L   0-9       60-58  2nd 14.0 gb
117 Fri, Aug  8  @BAL  L   1-9       60-57  2nd 13.0 gb
116 Thu, Aug  7   NYY  L   0-3       60-56  2nd 12.0 gb
115 Wed, Aug  6   NYY  L   3-5       60-55  2nd 11.5 gb
114 Tue, Aug  5   NYY  W   8-6       60-54  2nd 10.5 gb
113 Mon, Aug  4   NYY  W   9-5       59-54  2nd 11.5 gb
112 Sun, Aug  3   TOR  W   8-4       58-54  2nd 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Boston Red Sox, 70-51, 2nd, 3 GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 13-2, 2.90)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (13-2)           114.2  85  40  37  67  98  8    2.90      
 2007 (15-12)          204.2 191 100 100  80 201 25    4.40      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  44.2  32  12  12  23  38  3    2.42   60 
 2008-08-09   @CHW   W   8     4   1   1   3   4  0     106   71 
 2008-08-03    OAK   W   6     4   2   2   2   8  1     105   62 
 2008-07-28    LAA   L   5     7   6   6   2   3  2      91   30 
 2008-07-22   @SEA   W   7.1   5   2   2   3   6  0      99   63 
 2008-07-13    BAL   W   6     4   0   0   5   7  0     115   66 
 2008-07-07    MIN  ND   7.1   6   0   0   3   5  0     108   68 
 2008-07-02   @TBR  ND   5     2   1   1   5   5  0     101   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      2-0  10.1  12   8   8   5  10  3    6.97   42 
 2008-04-18    TEX   W   5.1   5   3   3   2   4  1     101   48 
 2007-05-25   @TEX   W   5     7   5   5   3   6  2      85   36 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   42-16   Road:   28-35   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  52-42   vsLHP:  18-9    1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 21-21   vsCntrl:19-8    vsWest: 19-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Wed, Aug 13   TEX  W   8-4       70-51  2nd  3.0 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12   TEX  W  19-17      69-51  2nd  3.0 gb
119 Mon, Aug 11  @CHW  W   5-1       68-51  2nd  4.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10  @CHW  L   5-6       67-51  2nd  4.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9  @CHW  W   6-2       67-50  2nd  3.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8  @CHW  L   3-5       66-50  2nd  3.5 gb
115 Wed, Aug  6  @KCR  W   8-2       66-49  2nd  3.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug  5  @KCR  W   8-2       65-49  2nd  3.0 gb
113 Mon, Aug  4  @KCR  L   3-4       64-49  2nd  3.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  3   OAK  W   5-2       64-48  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 BOS  8  TEX  4        W:Jon Lester (11-4), L: Luis Mendoza (3-6), S: none
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 BOS 19  TEX 17        W:Hideki Okajima (3-2), L: Frank Francisco (2-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (32)
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 BOS  8  TEX  3        W:Clay Buchholz (1-1), L: Dustin Nippert (1-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 20, 2008 BOS  6  TEX  5        W:Tim Wakefield (2-0), L: C.J. Wilson (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (7)
Sat, Apr 19, 2008 BOS  5  TEX  3        W:Javier Lopez (1-0), L: Joaquin Benoit (1-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (6)
Fri, Apr 18, 2008 BOS 11  TEX  3        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-0), L: Luis Mendoza (0-2), S: none

Mon, Jul 02, 2007 BOS  7  TEX  3        W:Kason Gabbard (2-0), L: Brandon McCarthy (4-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 01, 2007 TEX  2 @BOS  1        W:Kameron Loe (5-6), L: Julian Tavarez (5-6), S: Eric Gagne (10)
Sat, Jun 30, 2007 TEX  5 @BOS  4        W:Ron Mahay (1-0), L: Josh Beckett (11-2), S: Eric Gagne (9)
Fri, Jun 29, 2007 BOS  2  TEX  1        W:Tim Wakefield (8-8), L: Jamey Wright (1-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (19)
Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 6-0; 2007 - BOS won 6-4; 2006 - BOS won 5-4; All-Time - BOS leads 314-272

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  5.69

MIL  4.71

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.94

MIN  4.63

TEX  6.06

BA

C. Jones  .370

J. Inglett  .289

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

D. Ortiz  .360

T. Pena  .180

SLG

A. Pujols  .605

C. Jackson  .483

T. Pena  .206

OPS

C. Jones  1.064

O. Infante  .833

T. Pena  .386

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

H. Kuroda  4.02

I. Snell  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.69 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.17 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
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
63.Masterson
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
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 254/176 .242/.336/.406/.742 .861/.688 .653 51/.686 3/2 5/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.666 5/.200 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/2.200 392/251 .321/.448/.594/1.041 1.131/.985 .868 59/.992 4/3 20/
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/3.000 301/191 .298/.381/.477/.858 .884/.843 .722 101/1.140 4/1 8/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 5/1.600 1/no AB 5/1.800 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 10/1.100 11/1.727 252/237 .286/.353/.406/.760 .536/.773 .831 45/.793 1/1 2/
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 167/111 .276/.317/.564/.881 1.026/.811 .791 103/.821 0/1 11/
16.Ellison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 12/8 .273/.333/.273/.606 .833/.500 .606 12/.606 0/0 0/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 2/3.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 532/362 .302/.367/.551/.918 .814/.966 .780 107/.913 7/0 28/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 5/.900 2/5.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 566/419 .319/.376/.516/.892 .822/.916 .887 114/.686 26/1 17/
15.Laird G/S/vP 4/.500 2/1.500 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 265/196 .292/.344/.429/.773 .738/.785 .842 62/.694 1/3 6/
30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 32/13 .167/.219/.300/.519 .325/.808 1.043 23/.733 0/0 1/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 205/131 .233/.337/.341/.677 .448/.816 .634 37/.793 0/2 3/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/no AB 2/1.500 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 297/251 .318/.384/.477/.860 .455/.932 .807 47/.891 0/1 6/
10.Young G/S/vP 6/1.667 2/.000 5/1.800 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 8/.715 534/394 .288/.337/.413/.750 .837/.719 .702 108/.644 8/0 10/
IP 114.2 41.0 50.0 43.2 67.0 46.2 51.1 33.0 TOTAL .282/.352/.461/.814 .773/.830 .761 .806 64/18 149/105
ERA-K/9 2.90/7.7 3.73/9.7 4.32/8.5 2.68/5.1 3.36/7.3 2.51/7.9 1.93/10.5 5.45/5.2 3.87/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (40-17-2)
 Saltalamacchia (38-8-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 490/.206 183/.223 215/.245 181/.264 280/.207 200/.227 199/.202 150/.293 .247  Byrd
 Hamilton
 Boggs
 Bradley
 Ellison
 Catalanotto
4/50/31/7
0/75/33/7
58/0/2/5
1/0/19/4
2/1/2/0
23/0/0/0
OPS .645 .687 .694 .741 .677 .652 .523 .838 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 254/.732 78/.608 95/.635 94/.669 150/.818 80/.564 108/.538 68/1.053 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 236/.555 105/.746 120/.743 87/.815 130/.522 120/.712 91/.507 82/.660 .692
Home 274/.760 95/.856 109/.628 111/.702 150/.724 100/.755 105/.428 72/.866 .723
Last 28d days 104/.664 15/1.443 44/.726 28/.829 50/.607 32/.404 38/.342 29/.724
HR/SB/CS 8/11/3 2/2/0 4/7/0 3/1/3 9/7/0 5/0/1 3/2/0 5/3/0 107/77/28
Usage ····X··· ·X·X···· ·X···o·X oo······ o··X···X ·X·o···· ·Xo····X o···o···
Boston Red Sox Batters (5.14 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (6.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Hunter
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
60.Madrigal
G/S/vB
57.Nippert
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
44.Bay G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 4/.500 2/2.000 14/.833 515/395 .289/.379/.517/.896 .740/.941 .958 114/.821 9/0 23/
22.Casey* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 3/2.500 1/.000 29/.845 169/140 .353/.414/.438/.852 1.041/.812 1.030 31/.614 1/0 0/
30.Cash G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 119/95 .222/.286/.333/.619 .935/.541 .609 18/.284 0/0 2/
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 8/.417 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/.986 87/78 .280/.372/.347/.719 .819/.707 .690 18/.656 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 8/.393 3/1.000 5/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 296/224 .247/.301/.384/.685 .845/.632 .742 62/.546 14/4 6/
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 3/.333 32/.913 442/349 .284/.412/.531/.943 .937/.944 .962 105/.794 4/1 19/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/2.000 2/4.000 ··· 440/339 .272/.336/.376/.712 .706/.714 .772 76/.673 38/7 7/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 4/.583 1/.000 142/96 .295/.357/.451/.808 .937/.744 .833 89/.853 0/0 1/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 19/.734 3/.667 3/.000 ··· 5/1.000 3/1.667 7/1.571 325/254 .260/.360/.484/.844 .642/.900 1.025 79/.857 1/0 16/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 5/.600 3/1.500 ··· ··· 5/1.400 3/1.666 4/1.750 545/419 .320/.364/.459/.822 .890/.802 .803 111/.848 12/1 10/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 16/.750 2/4.000 12/.555 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 365/278 .214/.304/.342/.646 .721/.622 .704 77/.617 0/1 8/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 3/3.500 2/2.000 ··· 3/.333 3/2.334 4/.000 475/389 .320/.387/.573/.960 1.055/.941 1.001 102/1.060 3/4 22/
IP 9.1 37.1 48.2 45.2 18.0 39.2 68.1 66.2 TOTAL .280/.357/.443/.800 .824/.794 .848 .773 91/25 129/68
ERA-K/9 10.61/7.7 5.79/7.7 3.88/10.9 3.15/5.1 5.50/5.5 7.03/5.9 3.95/4.9 4.59/6.2 5.41/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (31-15-12)
 Varitek (46-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 49/.348 178/.248 208/.219 175/.201 77/.284 196/.331 291/.279 291/.266 .290  Drew
 Bay
 Ellsbury
 Crisp
 Youkilis
0/1/101/6
117/0/0/4
54/51/15/3
0/85/0/3
0/0/2/0
OPS .984 .822 .702 .598 .803 .924 .780 .708 .829
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/1.098 87/.651 104/.656 69/.542 37/1.003 97/.828 138/.879 140/.775 .858
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 24/.875 91/.994 104/.750 106/.634 40/.620 99/1.014 153/.688 151/.648 .804
Road / 92/.828 111/.618 75/.623 43/.899 117/1.037 165/.842 149/.666 .838
Last 28d days 49/.984 12/1.167 41/.657 45/.739 44/.752 102/.888 67/.809 62/.930
HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 6/1/0 7/6/1 3/3/0 2/2/1 5/4/1 5/0/1 4/8/1 139/93/31
Usage ·······X ····X··X ·X··o··· ···X···· ·o·o·X·X X····X·· ·X··X··· ·X·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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