TBR @ BOS, Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 86-57, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Andy Sonnanstine (25, RHP, 13-7, 4.66) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (13-7) 168 193 94 87 30 101 19 4.66 2007 (6-10) 130.2 151 87 85 26 97 18 5.85 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 40.1 44 22 21 7 25 6 4.69 48 2008-09-05 @TOR L 6 5 4 4 1 3 1 80 48 2008-08-30 BAL ND 3.1 7 6 5 1 2 2 91 25 2008-08-24 @CHW ND 6.1 9 4 4 1 1 2 81 39 2008-08-18 LAA W 5.1 5 3 3 2 3 1 104 47 2008-08-13 @OAK W 6 6 2 2 1 6 0 91 57 2008-08-07 @SEA ND 7.1 5 1 1 0 4 0 85 68 2008-08-02 DET W 6 7 2 2 1 6 0 102 55 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-1 20.1 28 20 20 5 12 3 8.85 35 2007-09-22 BOS ND 5.1 8 5 5 2 1 1 94 31 2007-09-11 @BOS ND 3.1 8 5 5 1 3 1 80 26 2007-08-21 BOS L 5 8 7 7 0 5 0 99 28 2007-08-15 @BOS W 6.2 4 3 3 2 3 1 102 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 53-21 Road: 33-36 ExtrInn: 8-6 vsRHP: 62-36 vsLHP: 24-21 1-Run: 27-16 vsEast: 35-26 vsCntrl:17-13 vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 143 Tue, Sep 9 @BOS W 5-4 86-57 1st 1.5 up 142 Mon, Sep 8 @BOS L 0-3 85-57 1st 0.5 up 141 Sun, Sep 7 @TOR L 0-1 85-56 1st 1.5 up 140 Sat, Sep 6 @TOR L 4-7 (13) 85-55 1st 2.5 up 139 Fri, Sep 5 @TOR L 4-6 85-54 1st 2.5 up 138 Thu, Sep 4 NYY W 7-5 85-53 1st 3.5 up 137 Wed, Sep 3 NYY L 4-8 84-53 1st 3.0 up 136 Tue, Sep 2 NYY L 2-7 84-52 1st 4.0 up 135 Sun, Aug 31 BAL W 10-4 84-51 1st 5.5 up 134 Sat, Aug 30 BAL W 10-9 83-51 1st 4.5 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Boston Red Sox, 85-59, 2nd, 1½ GB, 6 up in WC	SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 12-9, 4.20) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-9) 154.1 157 74 72 30 152 17 4.20 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 3-4 42.1 52 24 23 6 45 3 4.89 50 2008-09-05 @TEX W 5 4 0 0 0 7 0 80 66 2008-08-17 TOR L 2.1 8 8 8 1 3 1 55 11 2008-08-11 @CHW W 8 7 1 1 0 8 0 104 72 2008-08-05 @KCR W 6.2 4 2 2 2 7 0 90 63 2008-07-30 LAA L 5.1 11 8 7 1 8 1 100 23 2008-07-25 NYY L 7 9 1 1 1 6 0 110 60 2008-07-19 @LAA L 8 9 4 4 1 6 1 107 53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 49-20 Road: 36-39 ExtrInn: 7-2 vsRHP: 64-47 vsLHP: 21-12 1-Run: 17-21 vsEast: 31-27 vsCntrl:21-9 vsWest: 22-16 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 144 Tue, Sep 9 TBR L 4-5 85-59 2nd 1.5 gb 143 Mon, Sep 8 TBR W 3-0 85-58 2nd 0.5 gb 142 Sun, Sep 7 @TEX W 7-2 84-58 2nd 1.5 gb 141 Sat, Sep 6 @TEX L 8-15 83-58 2nd 2.5 gb 140 Fri, Sep 5 @TEX W 8-1 83-57 2nd 2.5 gb 139 Wed, Sep 3 BAL W 5-4 82-57 2nd 3.0 gb 138 Tue, Sep 2 BAL W 14-2 81-57 2nd 4.0 gb 137 Mon, Sep 1 BAL W 7-4 80-57 2nd 5.0 gb 136 Sun, Aug 31 CHW L 2-4 79-57 2nd 5.5 gb 135 Sat, Aug 30 CHW W 8-2 79-56 2nd 4.5 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Sep 09, 2008 TBR 5 @BOS 4 W:Dan Wheeler (4-5), L: Jonathan Papelbon (5-4), S: Troy Percival (28) Mon, Sep 08, 2008 BOS 3 TBR 0 W:Jon Lester (14-5), L: Edwin Jackson (11-10), S: Jonathan Papelbon (36) Wed, Jul 02, 2008 TBR 7 BOS 6 W:Gary Glover (1-2), L: Craig Hansen (1-3), S: Dan Wheeler (3) Tue, Jul 01, 2008 TBR 3 BOS 1 W:Matt Garza (7-4), L: Tim Wakefield (5-6), S: Grant Balfour (2) Mon, Jun 30, 2008 TBR 5 BOS 4 W:James Shields (6-5), L: Justin Masterson (4-2), S: J.P. Howell (2) Thu, Jun 05, 2008 BOS 7 TBR 1 W:Jon Lester (4-3), L: James Shields (4-4), S: none Wed, Jun 04, 2008 BOS 5 TBR 1 W:Josh Beckett (6-4), L: Edwin Jackson (3-5), S: none Tue, Jun 03, 2008 BOS 7 TBR 4 W:Justin Masterson (2-0), L: Matt Garza (4-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (17) Sun, May 04, 2008 BOS 7 TBR 3 W:Jon Lester (2-2), L: Scott Kazmir (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (9) Sat, May 03, 2008 BOS 12 TBR 4 W:Josh Beckett (3-2), L: James Shields (3-2), S: none Season Series: 2008 - Tied 7-7; 2007 - BOS won 13-5; 2006 - BOS won 10-9; All-Time - BOS leads 118-65

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 5.48

TBR 4.64

SDP 3.86

RA/G

TOR 3.79

NYY 4.59

TEX 5.94

R. Furcal .366

C. Jackson .294

J. Towles .141

OBP

A. Pujols .467

C. Lee .368

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .655

N. Markakis .482

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.121

R. Howard .842

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.28

G. Smith 4.05

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.19

J. Lester 6.56

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Beckett
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 43.Hansack
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 63.Masterson
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 62.Pauley
G/S/vB 59.Smith
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 314/185 .256/.329/.416/.745 .843/.678 .763 108/.855 2/2 9/

5.Baldelli G/S/vP 7/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/.455 56/18 .300/.375/.560/.935 .970/.863 .826 48/.980 0/0 3/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 13/.847 9/1.127 ··· 4/1.250 6/.334 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 432/301 .281/.319/.353/.672 .895/.574 .627 86/.882 18/5 1/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 27/.998 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/5.000 246/235 .274/.354/.472/.825 .495/.840 .591 66/.924 1/0 10/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 8/.821 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 6/1.917 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 340/276 .241/.338/.432/.770 .579/.817 .615 84/.856 4/2 12/

41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 15/.800 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.333 2/1.000 5/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 15/1.067 391/337 .249/.332/.477/.809 .454/.866 .884 61/.743 9/3 19/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 17/.945 12/.733 ··· 4/.917 3/2.667 1/2.000 7/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 641/439 .280/.351/.381/.732 .682/.754 .687 115/.745 6/5 5/

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

24.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2 .500/.500/2.000/2.500 /2.500 5.000 1/5.000 0/0 1/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 9/1.333 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 6/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 435/314 .278/.352/.533/.885 .868/.891 .921 / 7/0 22/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 14/.286 10/.400 ··· 3/.666 6/.167 2/.000 7/1.143 ··· ··· 3/1.000 410/299 .299/.354/.412/.766 .707/.796 .739 65/.756 0/4 6/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 13/.481 4/1.750 ··· 7/1.286 6/2.267 4/.250 4/1.833 ··· 1/no AB 6/1.167 536/339 .245/.373/.486/.859 .668/.974 .853 116/.989 1/1 27/

38.Perez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 12/2 .182/.250/.273/.523 .311/1.500 .523 12/.523 2/0 0/

9.Riggans G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 152/82 .222/.287/.407/.694 .781/.623 .737 41/.520 0/0 6/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 61/18 .186/.213/.271/.484 .519/.399 .308 25/.160 1/0 1/

2.Upton G/S/vP 12/.583 6/1.500 ··· 3/.000 7/1.429 4/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 11/.495 606/420 .274/.383/.398/.781 .779/.781 .771 107/.817 42/15 8/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 178/104 .217/.303/.395/.698 .665/.722 .691 67/.611 3/0 7/

IP 154.1 64.2 54.0 78.2 55.1 62.0 8.1 14.0 43.2 TOTAL .262/.340/.421/.760 .720/.779 .727 .802 131/47 153/74

ERA-K/9

4.20/8.9

3.76/8.9

/0.0

2.67/5.3

3.20/6.9

2.93/8.5

1.89/10.3

8.64/7.6

5.79/6.4

5.56/5.4

3.96/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (40-23-6)
Riggans (24-1-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 642/.262 271/.215 / 221/.250 327/.216 236/.229 242/.212 42/.359 56/.224 199/.295 .250 Upton
Gross
Hinske
Ruggiano
Riggans
Baldelli
Zobrist
Perez 0/134/0/12
2/17/105/8
28/0/48/3
18/5/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/4/0
11/5/1/0
3/2/1/0

OPS .708 .633 .700 .681 .653 .547 .995 .801 .865 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 344/.733 123/.575 / 115/.617 162/.791 101/.567 129/.593 21/1.246 28/.345 90/1.024 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 298/.678 148/.682 / 106/.785 165/.578 135/.720 113/.496 21/.762 28/1.268 109/.730 .708

Home 261/.843 131/.536 / 131/.646 168/.738 112/.784 124/.501 30/.938 27/.379 85/.812 .725

Last 28d days 34/.974 56/.398 / 41/.507 51/.736 36/.660 43/.651 20/.926 25/1.186 52/1.059

HR/SB/CS 17/7/5 5/7/0 // 4/1/3 9/9/0 6/0/1 4/2/0 1/1/0 4/0/0 7/4/0 132/87/31

Usage ····X··· o·X·X··o X·oo··o· ····X·X· o···X··· XXo····· ···X···X ··oX···o ···X····

Boston Red Sox Batters (5.31 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 52.Salas
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

55.Bailey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/22 .286/.405/.486/.890 .961/.807 1.019 34/.978 0/0 2/

44.Bay G/S/vP 3/1.333 1/.000 6/1.667 1/5.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 21/.611 613/470 .291/.374/.530/.904 .830/.924 .943 102/.974 10/0 29/

54.Carter* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/3 .667/.667/.667/1.333 /1.333 1.333 / 0/0 0/

22.Casey* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.666 2/1.000 7/.629 ··· ··· 5/1.000 188/157 .345/.404/.421/.825 .971/.796 .992 23/.634 1/0 0/

30.Cash G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 139/105 .230/.295/.333/.628 .953/.527 .605 20/.683 0/0 2/

13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· 4/1.500 2/1.000 3/1.167 5/1.100 1/.000 2/2.500 151/130 .295/.387/.372/.759 .731/.764 .853 64/.814 1/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 9/.944 9/.555 6/1.467 6/.750 7/.714 5/.000 6/.000 1/.000 2/.500 370/279 .290/.347/.418/.765 .774/.760 .772 78/1.049 20/7 7/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 11/1.091 5/.400 7/.762 3/.666 8/1.125 9/1.625 ··· 3/2.667 10/.200 451/358 .280/.408/.522/.930 .937/.928 .933 14/.220 4/1 19/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/.000 2/1.000 3/2.000 3/.666 5/1.267 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 536/411 .263/.327/.363/.690 .702/.687 .757 96/.591 45/8 7/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/3.000 389/275 .288/.340/.422/.762 .629/.819 .834 82/.854 2/3 6/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 11/1.505 6/1.500 11/.489 7/.858 3/1.667 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.667 16/.414 443/347 .277/.339/.466/.805 .944/.768 .799 16/1.375 2/2 16/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 239/167 .272/.354/.426/.780 .994/.688 .824 101/.776 0/0 2/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 11/.964 3/.666 2/.000 8/1.625 7/.714 11/.273 14/.381 2/2.500 9/.708 426/329 .268/.378/.486/.864 .636/.932 1.008 106/.916 1/0 18/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 11/.282 3/.000 4/1.000 4/1.250 6/.750 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.000 655/499 .327/.374/.496/.870 .938/.849 .901 115/1.109 17/1 17/

28.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.667 175/95 .235/.382/.368/.750 .650/.831 .841 2/1.000 0/1 3/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 7/1.881 8/.125 20/1.017 5/1.200 4/.500 8/.625 8/.696 ··· 6/.833 443/343 .225/.314/.366/.679 .821/.638 .683 82/.812 0/1 12/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 8/.375 4/1.500 8/1.071 7/.453 6/1.167 2/.500 2/1.000 3/2.667 5/1.733 553/448 .315/.387/.564/.951 1.036/.932 1.004 82/.966 3/5 25/

IP 168.0 48.2 52.1 72.2 79.0 37.0 41.1 4.1 62.1 TOTAL .284/.361/.452/.813 .854/.801 .859 .880 111/30 157/75

ERA-K/9

4.66/5.4

1.66/12.9

2.06/2.9

4.71/5.1

2.51/9.3

4.38/9.2

4.79/8.1

10.38/14.7

2.74/7.1

3.76/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (34-15-13)
Ross (24-10-6)
Varitek (53-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 714/.288 187/.136 213/.275 325/.279 328/.200 162/.248 172/.177 19/.294 244/.179 .245 Drew
Bay
Ellsbury
Crisp
Kotsay
Carter
Bailey
Youkilis 0/1/104/6
139/0/0/6
55/57/29/4
0/103/0/3
0/84/8/3
1/0/0/0
3/0/1/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .782 .441 .640 .812 .600 .690 .702 .839 .586 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 326/.764 72/.403 68/.785 145/.867 120/.551 96/.600 86/.700 8/1.292 94/.593 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 388/.796 115/.465 145/.576 180/.768 208/.627 66/.820 86/.705 11/.545 150/.582 .704

Road 365/.787 102/.469 108/.578 188/.837 158/.679 66/.813 74/.804 4/.833 131/.665 .764

Last 28d days 117/.875 54/.613 43/.539 51/1.059 45/.640 30/.593 20/1.296 19/.839 45/.503

HR/SB/CS 19/1/3 2/2/1 2/2/3 11/10/1 6/10/2 1/0/2 9/6/1 0/0/0 9/1/1 139/68/26

Usage ····X··· o··XX·X· ···X·oo· ·····X·X ·X·oo·X· ·····o·X X··o··X· ······oo X·oo·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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Game Preview: TBR @ BOS, 7:05pm, Wednesday, September 10, 2008 @Fenway Park II

SP: Andy Sonnanstine (25, RHP, 13-7, 4.66)

SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 12-9, 4.20)

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