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Game Preview: CHW @ BOS, 7:05pm, Friday, August 29, 2008 @Fenway Park II

Chicago White Sox, 76-57, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 10-11, 4.37)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-11)          171   173  85  83  46 163 21    4.37      
 2007 (15-8)           216.2 197  95  90  50 213 29    3.74      
 2006 (11-12)          202.2 206 116 109  56 184 23    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  50    42  21  21  12  46  5    3.78   59 
 2008-08-23    TBR   L   7     5   4   4   1   4  0      90   54 
 2008-08-17   @OAK   W   8     4   1   1   0   8  0      91   78 
 2008-08-12    KCR   W   8     5   0   0   1  10  0     109   81 
 2008-08-07    DET   L   7     8   5   5   4   8  2     122   45 
 2008-08-01   @KCR   W   6     5   2   2   2   3  0      98   55 
 2008-07-27   @DET   L   7    11   6   6   2   3  2     106   32 
 2008-07-21    TEX   L   7     4   3   3   2  10  1     113   65 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      2-2  31.2  32  18  18  11  38  7    5.12   51 
 2007-08-26    BOS   L   6     6   7   7   3  10  3     109   39 
 2007-07-19   @BOS   W   6.1   9   2   2   2   5  0     109   50 
 2006-09-05   @BOS   L   8     3   1   1   3  11  0     112   80 
 2004-09-25   @BOS  ND   4.2   7   5   5   2   4  1      97   32 
 2004-06-29    BOS   W   6.2   7   3   3   1   8  3     115   55 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   46-22   Road:   30-35   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  48-41   vsLHP:  28-16   1-Run:  19-14
 vsEast: 12-18   vsCntrl:36-21   vsWest: 16-12 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Wed, Aug 27  @BAL  L   3-11      76-57  1st  1.0 up
132 Tue, Aug 26  @BAL  W   8-3       76-56  1st  2.0 up
131 Mon, Aug 25  @BAL  W   4-3       75-56  1st  1.0 up
130 Sun, Aug 24   TBR  W   6-5 (10)  74-56  1st    Tied
129 Sat, Aug 23   TBR  L   3-5       73-56  2nd  1.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22   TBR  L   4-9       73-55  2nd  1.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20   SEA  W  15-3       73-54  1st  0.5 up
126 Tue, Aug 19   SEA  W   5-0       72-54  1st  0.5 up
125 Mon, Aug 18   SEA  W  13-5       71-54  1st  0.5 up
124 Sun, Aug 17  @OAK  W  13-1       70-54  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Boston Red Sox, 77-56, 2nd, 4½ GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 15-2, 2.98)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (15-2)           132.2 105  47  44  78 117 10    2.98      
 2007 (15-12)          204.2 191 100 100  80 201 25    4.40      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  44.1  40  18  18  21  40  5    3.65   55 
 2008-08-24   @TOR  ND   6     8   5   5   1   8  2     105   43 
 2008-08-19   @BAL   W   5     6   2   2   5   6  0     105   48 
 2008-08-14    TEX   W   7     6   0   0   5   5  0     111   65 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-1  13     6   4   4   9  10  0    2.77   61 
 2008-08-09   @CHW   W   8     4   1   1   3   4  0     106   71 
 2007-07-19    CHW   L   5     2   3   3   6   6  0     109   51 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-18   Road:   34-38   ExtrInn: 7-2 
 vsRHP:  58-46   vsLHP:  19-10   1-Run:  16-20
 vsEast: 27-26   vsCntrl:19-8    vsWest: 20-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Thu, Aug 28  @NYY  L   2-3       77-56  2nd  4.5 gb
132 Wed, Aug 27  @NYY  W  11-3       77-55  2nd  3.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 26  @NYY  W   7-3       76-55  2nd  3.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24  @TOR  W   6-5 (11)  75-55  2nd  4.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23  @TOR  L   0-11      74-55  2nd  5.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22  @TOR  W   8-4       74-54  2nd  4.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @BAL  L   6-11      73-54  2nd  4.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @BAL  W   7-2       73-53  2nd  4.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 18  @BAL  W   6-3       72-53  2nd  4.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17   TOR  L   4-15      71-53  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 11, 2008 BOS  5 @CHW  1        W:Josh Beckett (11-8), L: John Danks (9-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 CHW  6  BOS  5        W:Gavin Floyd (12-6), L: Clay Buchholz (2-8), S: Bobby Jenks (24)
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 BOS  6 @CHW  2        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-2), L: Boone Logan (2-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 CHW  5  BOS  3        W:Mark Buehrle (9-10), L: Jon Lester (10-4), S: Bobby Jenks (23)

Sun, Aug 26, 2007 BOS 11 @CHW  1        W:Julian Tavarez (7-9), L: Javier Vazquez (11-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 25, 2007 BOS 14 @CHW  2        W:Tim Wakefield (16-10), L: Mark Buehrle (9-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 24, 2007 BOS 10 @CHW  1        W:Curt Schilling (8-5), L: John Danks (6-12), S: none
Fri, Aug 24, 2007 BOS 11 @CHW  3        W:Josh Beckett (16-5), L: Jon Garland (8-10), S: none
Sun, Jul 22, 2007 BOS  8  CHW  5        W:Tim Wakefield (11-9), L: Jon Garland (7-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (22)
Sat, Jul 21, 2007 BOS 11  CHW  2        W:Kason Gabbard (4-0), L: John Danks (6-7), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - BOS won 7-1; 2006 - BOS won 4-2; All-Time - BOS leads 947-908

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  5.54

FLA  4.62

WSN  3.76

RA/G

TOR  3.88

SFG  4.60

TEX  6.00

BA

C. Jones  .359

N. Punto  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .466

J. Posada  .364

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .636

J. Hardy  .481

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.101

E. Hinske  .837

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

B. Looper  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.20

J. Jurrjens  6.38

L. Hernandez  3.47

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

Chicago White Sox Batters (5.17 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Matsuzaka
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
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 163/98 .235/.273/.444/.718 .863/.618 .597 15/.976 4/1 7/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 4/1.417 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 7/1.000 10/.900 597/432 .274/.326/.364/.690 .754/.667 .671 108/.755 18/4 7/
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.125 358/269 .249/.316/.461/.777 .341/.919 .673 9/.222 0/3 17/
23.Dye G/S/vP 5/.200 4/.500 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 10/.422 524/372 .296/.347/.575/.922 .876/.940 .847 96/.830 3/2 32/
17.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 12/1.200 501/336 .248/.357/.421/.778 .660/.837 .765 75/.719 0/1 16/
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 11/.364 115/67 .283/.333/.340/.673 .969/.456 .804 25/.612 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 3/.667 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 4/.250 9/.777 423/296 .234/.350/.393/.743 .704/.759 .620 82/1.110 2/0 13/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 7/.572 3/.000 6/1.166 1/.000 4/.500 3/.666 5/1.100 473/352 .293/.323/.438/.761 .803/.746 .761 90/.789 1/0 12/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 6/.733 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 553/397 .292/.398/.582/.979 .964/.985 .979 98/1.194 7/3 36/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 393/273 .307/.324/.492/.816 .936/.763 .799 98/.858 9/8 15/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 6/1.100 2/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 510/366 .232/.352/.434/.786 .759/.794 .623 79/1.001 3/2 22/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 6/.333 1/no AB 11/.382 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 11/1.555 486/345 .252/.374/.522/.897 .862/.911 .969 86/.937 1/0 28/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 5/.650 6/.334 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.200 263/202 .238/.293/.377/.670 .895/.605 .653 88/.698 1/2 5/
IP 132.2 56.0 49.1 73.2 53.0 58.0 40.2 TOTAL .268/.340/.458/.798 .799/.798 .755 .865 56/27 198/95
ERA-K/9 2.98/7.9 4.18/8.8 2.92/5.5 3.30/7.1 2.89/8.2 1.71/10.1 5.09/5.1 4.00/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (31-8-1)
 Pierzynski (82-19-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 570/.218 241/.234 203/.256 309/.214 226/.229 222/.194 185/.290 .250  Griffey
 Quentin
 Swisher
 Dye
 Ramirez
 Anderson
0/13/91/7
126/0/0/5
8/68/17/3
0/0/122/3
0/11/0/1
1/77/2/0
OPS .668 .670 .721 .679 .659 .500 .829 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 296/.749 110/.618 104/.634 158/.782 96/.576 118/.534 83/1.012 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 274/.585 131/.714 99/.808 151/.576 130/.722 104/.462 102/.676 .707
Home 302/.751 112/.610 116/.669 155/.734 108/.816 108/.416 82/.844 .734
Last 28d days 132/.712 50/.677 31/.460 54/.567 46/.673 47/.340 51/.886
HR/SB/CS 10/12/5 4/7/0 4/1/3 9/8/0 6/0/1 3/2/0 6/4/0 124/82/31
Usage ····X··· ·XX·Xo·· ··o··X·· X·o·X·X· X·o·o·X· o·o·X·o· ·X···X··
Boston Red Sox Batters (5.19 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB
41.Broadway
G/S/vB
53.Carrasco
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
49.Ramirez*
G/S/vB
61.Russell
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
55.Bailey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/9 .278/.381/.333/.714 .606/.873 .833 13/.846 0/0 0/
44.Bay G/S/vP 10/.522 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 12/.633 4/1.000 ··· 569/440 .293/.374/.522/.897 .791/.926 .943 110/.908 10/0 26/
22.Casey* G/S/vP 34/1.048 ··· ··· 22/.438 4/1.000 16/1.000 ··· 4/1.750 182/151 .345/.407/.424/.831 .971/.801 .992 34/.682 1/0 0/
30.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 131/100 .229/.298/.339/.637 .984/.533 .591 23/.554 0/0 2/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 15/.619 ··· 2/.000 8/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 124/109 .269/.374/.337/.711 .619/.724 .807 45/.683 1/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 17/.853 1/.000 11/.364 6/.334 2/.000 6/.650 ··· 7/.686 336/254 .263/.322/.394/.716 .787/.691 .734 69/.741 16/6 7/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 2/1.000 495/380 .262/.323/.356/.679 .663/.683 .742 86/.648 41/8 7/
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 36/.528 ··· ··· 8/.500 2/1.500 6/.000 ··· 5/1.550 349/249 .289/.339/.419/.758 .616/.817 .805 78/.859 2/3 6/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 192/136 .295/.363/.464/.827 .978/.763 .948 102/.941 0/0 2/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 23/.948 ··· 7/.821 5/1.300 2/2.500 7/1.714 1/.000 9/.819 379/297 .265/.377/.489/.866 .676/.920 1.028 107/.885 1/0 17/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 7/1.142 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 2/.000 5/1.100 2/.000 2/.500 603/464 .317/.362/.479/.841 .894/.825 .830 112/.977 12/1 15/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 17/.181 ··· 9/.111 3/1.666 4/.250 5/.400 1/.000 4/.500 405/315 .225/.316/.368/.684 .817/.646 .698 77/.807 0/1 11/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 11/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/no AB 7/1.071 3/1.334 2/.500 528/432 .316/.386/.563/.950 1.031/.933 1.008 102/1.066 3/4 24/
IP 171.0 9.2 28.2 56.2 48.1 31.2 22.1 53.2 TOTAL .281/.358/.446/.804 .830/.797 .850 .845 98/28 145/73
ERA-K/9 4.37/8.6 8.38/2.8 2.20/7.2 3.81/12.4 1.68/5.0 3.41/3.4 4.84/8.5 2.85/10.9 3.93/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (33-15-12)
 Varitek (49-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 726/.260 45/.333 109/.175 247/.215 187/.216 135/.280 97/.256 216/.200 .256  Bay
 Ellsbury
 Kotsay
 Crisp
 Bailey
 Youkilis
129/0/0/6
54/54/25/3
0/84/1/3
0/95/0/3
3/0/1/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .746 1.021 .494 .701 .569 .679 .682 .572 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 368/.760 19/1.068 45/.417 77/.797 97/.561 52/.762 48/.790 106/.471 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 358/.731 26/.986 64/.549 170/.658 90/.575 83/.625 49/.581 110/.667 .697
Road 364/.800 21/1.526 42/.661 122/.791 80/.564 41/.720 24/.935 103/.517 .756
Last 28d days 142/.562 45/1.021 58/.416 39/1.018 42/.394 40/.720 52/.535 45/.711
HR/SB/CS 21/6/2 3/0/1 1/2/2 10/14/1 1/4/0 1/4/0 1/0/0 5/3/0 124/113/27
Usage ·····X·· ·X······ ····oX·· ···X··o· ···oX··· ······X· ··X···X· ···o·Xo·

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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