BOS @ CIN, Saturday, June 14, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 42-28, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 4-4, 4.33) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-4) 81 73 42 39 36 53 10 4.33 2007 (17-12) 189 191 104 100 64 110 22 4.76 2006 (7-11) 140 135 80 72 51 90 19 4.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 43 38 23 22 15 34 6 4.60 52 2008-06-07 SEA W 7 5 2 2 2 6 0 106 63 2008-06-02 @BAL ND 7 5 2 2 4 3 0 109 58 2008-05-28 @SEA L 8 5 1 1 0 8 1 96 76 2008-05-23 @OAK L 5 8 8 8 4 4 2 99 19 2008-05-17 MIL ND 5.1 6 3 3 3 5 1 108 46 2008-05-11 @MIN L 2.2 7 7 6 2 2 2 74 18 2008-05-06 @DET W 8 2 0 0 0 6 0 98 84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CIN 1-1 15 12 13 13 12 7 3 7.80 39 1993-07-02 @CIN L 6 8 9 9 3 3 2 84 20 1993-04-22 CIN W 9 4 4 4 9 4 1 126 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 28-7 Road: 14-21 ExtrInn: 2-1 vsRHP: 32-26 vsLHP: 10-2 1-Run: 10-8 vsEast: 16-13 vsCntrl:12-5 vsWest: 11-9 IL: 3-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 70 Fri, Jun 13 @CIN L 1-3 42-28 1st 1.5 up 69 Thu, Jun 12 BAL W 9-2 42-27 1st 2.5 up 68 Wed, Jun 11 BAL W 6-3 41-27 1st 2.0 up 67 Tue, Jun 10 BAL L 6-10 40-27 1st 1.0 up 66 Sun, Jun 8 SEA W 2-1 40-26 1st 1.5 up 65 Sat, Jun 7 SEA W 11-3 39-26 1st 0.5 up 64 Fri, Jun 6 SEA L 0-8 38-26 1st 0.5 up 63 Thu, Jun 5 TBR W 7-1 38-25 1st 1.5 up 62 Wed, Jun 4 TBR W 5-1 37-25 1st 0.5 up 61 Tue, Jun 3 TBR W 7-4 36-25 2nd 0.5 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Cincinnati Reds, 33-36, 6th, 10½ GB, 7 GB in WC	SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 9-2, 1.56) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-2) 81 52 18 14 43 96 3 1.56 2007 (2-1) 34 34 18 17 15 29 4 4.50 2006 (1-6) 33.1 52 28 27 17 15 7 7.29 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-0 44 27 9 9 24 52 1 1.84 65 2008-06-09 @FLA W 6 3 3 3 5 5 0 101 54 2008-06-04 @PHI W 7 2 0 0 2 8 0 113 79 2008-05-30 ATL ND 6 5 2 2 3 7 0 102 58 2008-05-23 @SDP ND 6 2 1 1 2 12 0 92 74 2008-05-18 CLE W 6 4 2 2 4 5 1 111 57 2008-05-13 FLA W 6 7 1 1 2 5 0 110 57 2008-05-07 CHC W 7 4 0 0 6 10 0 118 73 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 21-12 Road: 12-24 ExtrInn: 4-3 vsRHP: 20-24 vsLHP: 13-12 1-Run: 12-7 vsEast: 12-12 vsCntrl:10-16 vsWest: 7-8 IL: 4-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 69 Fri, Jun 13 BOS W 3-1 33-36 6th 10.5 gb 68 Thu, Jun 12 STL W 6-2 32-36 6th 11.5 gb 67 Wed, Jun 11 STL L 0-10 31-36 6th 11.5 gb 66 Tue, Jun 10 STL L 2-7 31-35 6th 10.5 gb 65 Mon, Jun 9 @FLA W 9-4 31-34 6th 9.5 gb 64 Sun, Jun 8 @FLA L 2-9 30-34 6th 10.0 gb 63 Sat, Jun 7 @FLA L 7-8 30-33 5th 9.0 gb 62 Fri, Jun 6 @FLA W 11-3 30-32 5th 9.0 gb 61 Thu, Jun 5 @PHI L 0-5 29-32 6th 10.0 gb 60 Wed, Jun 4 @PHI W 2-0 29-31 5th 9.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Jun 13, 2008 CIN 3 BOS 1 W:Aaron Harang (3-9), L: Justin Masterson (3-1), S: Francisco Cordero (13) Wed, Jun 15, 2005 BOS 6 CIN 1 W:Bronson Arroyo (5-3), L: Aaron Harang (4-5), S: none Tue, Jun 14, 2005 BOS 7 CIN 0 W:David Wells (5-4), L: Luke Hudson (1-1), S: none Mon, Jun 13, 2005 BOS 10 CIN 3 W:Matt Clement (7-1), L: Eric Milton (3-8), S: none Season Series: 2008 - CIN leads 1-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - BOS leads 3-1

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 5.57

HOU 4.51

WSN 3.70

RA/G

TOR 3.68

NYY 4.57

TEX 5.84

C. Jones .414

J. Rollins .278

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .500

L. Gonzalez .348

R. Cano .260

SLG

L. Berkman .711

F. Thomas .444

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

C. Jones 1.165

S. Drew .800

A. Cabrera .529

ERA

E. Volquez 1.56

J. Moyer 4.12

B. Bonser 6.35

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.67

E. Jackson 6.14

L. Hernandez 2.82

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB 41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB 45.Bray*
G/S/vB 51.Burton
G/S/vB 48.Cordero
G/S/vB 52.Herrera*
G/S/vB 57.Lincoln
G/S/vB 25.Weathers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Casey* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.762 9/1.413 97/83 .371/.423/.461/.883 .896/.881 .696 32/.921 0/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/59 .254/.320/.328/.648 1.071/.535 .809 29/.249 0/0 0/

13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 9/.777 45/40 .300/.378/.350/.728 1.550/.631 .739 24/.440 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 7/1.571 1/5.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 174/140 .253/.298/.367/.665 .787/.636 .580 78/.479 10/2 2/

7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 9/1.056 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.900 12/.349 227/189 .317/.423/.550/.973 .947/.978 .846 91/1.205 2/1 10/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 244/195 .279/.368/.394/.762 .664/.787 .619 101/.732 29/3 4/

25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.700 ··· 3/.000 21/.742 209/171 .270/.325/.503/.828 1.088/.776 .806 103/.884 1/1 10/

23.Lugo G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/no AB ··· 8/.250 ··· 5/.000 8/.000 225/186 .268/.354/.314/.669 .648/.673 .574 89/.631 8/3 0/

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/27 .258/.343/.484/.827 .542/.893 .778 13/.685 0/0 2/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 307/245 .260/.311/.365/.676 .702/.669 .621 111/.556 6/0 4/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 8/1.125 1/3.000 ··· 14/1.400 ··· 10/1.933 ··· 280/235 .302/.389/.551/.940 .819/.964 .993 104/.945 1/0 15/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 5/1.600 ··· ··· 11/.788 ··· 5/2.000 ··· 202/166 .257/.327/.437/.764 .889/.736 .726 76/.751 0/0 7/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 272/230 .301/.375/.519/.894 1.210/.843 .905 94/.729 3/2 10/

IP 81.0 30.2 19.2 35.1 30.2 3.0 30.2 23.1 TOTAL .279/.355/.444/.799 .837/.791 .749 .770 60/12 78/44

ERA-K/9

1.56/10.7

4.11/10.0

2.75/8.2

2.55/9.9

2.64/10.0

9.00/12.0

4.70/7.3

4.24/6.2

4.43/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (24-6-8)
Varitek (25-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 338/.184 135/.261 87/.240 153/.245 129/.167 14/.308 125/.230 108/.269 .264 Ramirez
Drew
Crisp
Moss
Ellsbury
Lugo
Youkilis 51/0/0/4
0/1/55/4
0/53/0/3
3/0/7/2
31/29/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .553 .774 .697 .660 .582 .973 .692 .859 .775

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 178/.635 51/.817 43/.846 63/.677 54/.529 5/.200 51/.666 39/.606 .767

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/.456 84/.744 44/.546 90/.649 75/.613 9/1.333 74/.710 69/.999 .781

Home 157/.625 75/.983 25/.247 81/.526 67/.480 10/1.200 51/.425 55/.908 .739

Last 28d days 137/.548 62/.939 59/.593 66/.468 50/.586 14/.973 46/.430 43/.866

HR/SB/CS 3/3/3 6/2/0 1/2/0 3/3/0 3/2/1 1/0/0 5/0/0 5/1/0 90/34/11

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

Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Bako* G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 6/.666 174/116 .239/.314/.413/.727 .777/.699 .601 56/.449 0/2 6/

32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 79/51 .382/.468/.632/1.101 .820/1.246 1.429 79/1.101 2/2 4/

54.Cabrera G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/

44.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 265/181 .232/.400/.522/.922 .792/.979 .892 108/1.121 1/1 17/

28.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 261/185 .243/.330/.443/.773 .757/.778 .748 91/.683 1/0 10/

3.Griffey* G/S/vP 24/.988 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/1.200 275/187 .252/.364/.404/.768 .686/.806 .723 106/.842 0/1 7/

7.Janish G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/34 .204/.278/.224/.502 .789/.335 .547 52/.482 0/0 0/

23.Patterson* G/S/vP 12/.166 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.286 4/1.167 4/.250 6/.000 170/140 .195/.232/.352/.584 .372/.631 .736 45/.250 9/4 5/

46.Phillips G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 20/12 .167/.250/.222/.472 .375/.533 .200 20/.472 0/0 0/

4.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 287/199 .265/.314/.489/.802 1.148/.651 .792 118/.706 11/2 12/

26.Ross G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/44 .231/.351/.323/.674 .698/.654 .993 54/.645 0/0 1/

17.Valentin# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 52/44 .208/.250/.271/.521 .536/.518 .571 20/.583 0/0 0/

19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 240/156 .270/.342/.484/.825 .928/.772 .890 108/.753 4/3 11/

IP 81.0 30.1 27.2 17.2 24.2 28.0 29.1 20.0 TOTAL .249/.328/.411/.739 .802/.710 .764 .712 49/22 78/52

ERA-K/9

4.33/5.9

2.97/8.9

3.90/8.1

5.09/7.1

2.55/5.1

2.89/8.0

1.84/11.1

5.85/4.5

3.89/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bako (25-11-3)
Ross (8-0-3)
Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 351/.240 133/.211 121/.250 79/.225 103/.247 116/.231 114/.211 94/.305 .244 Griffey
Patterson
Dunn
Bruce 0/0/62/3
0/47/0/2
65/0/0/2
2/12/11/0

OPS .716 .671 .696 .642 .688 .621 .535 .874 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 115/.705 58/.643 45/.530 31/.762 52/.690 47/.618 59/.545 40/1.097 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 236/.722 75/.694 76/.799 48/.566 51/.681 69/.623 55/.524 54/.710 .684

Road 212/.726 60/.446 57/.707 32/.460 34/.759 63/.509 51/.718 50/.809 .688

Last 28d days 136/.701 44/.746 53/.490 55/.611 36/.633 42/.770 42/.483 47/.579

HR/SB/CS 10/17/4 1/2/0 2/4/0 2/0/0 2/1/2 2/0/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 59/49/14

Usage ······X· o·X····X ·X·X···· ···X·Xo· o·o····X ···X·o·· ··o··oX· ·oX·····

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: BOS @ CIN, 3:55pm, Saturday, June 14, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 4-4, 4.33)

SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 9-2, 1.56)

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