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Game Preview: BOS @ KCR, 8:10pm, Monday, August 4, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

Boston Red Sox, 64-48, 2nd, 3 GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Clay Buchholz (23, RHP, 2-6, 5.94)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-6)             63.2  75  48  42  32  63  7    5.94      
 2007 (3-1)             22.2  14   6   4  10  22  0    1.59      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  35    49  34  29  22  36  4    7.46   36 
 2008-07-29    LAA   L   6.1   6   6   5   3   5  1      90   41 
 2008-07-23   @SEA  ND   5.1   7   3   3   2   7  2      98   47 
 2008-07-18   @LAA   L   4.2   8   8   4   2   2  1      83   24 
 2008-07-11    BAL   L   5     5   4   4   5   6  0     107   42 
 2008-05-12   @MIN   L   4.1   8   7   7   5   4  0      89   18 
 2008-05-07   @DET  ND   4    10   5   5   1   6  0      82   27 
 2008-05-02    TBR   W   5.1   5   1   1   4   6  0      96   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR    Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-16   Road:   24-32   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  47-40   vsLHP:  17-8    1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast: 21-21   vsCntrl:15-5    vsWest: 17-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Sun, Aug  3   OAK  W   5-2       64-48  2nd  3.0 gb
111 Sat, Aug  2   OAK  W  12-2       63-48  2nd  3.0 gb
110 Fri, Aug  1   OAK  W   2-1 (12)  62-48  2nd  3.0 gb
109 Wed, Jul 30   LAA  L   2-9       61-48  2nd  3.0 gb
108 Tue, Jul 29   LAA  L   2-6       61-47  2nd  2.0 gb
107 Mon, Jul 28   LAA  L   5-7       61-46  2nd  1.0 gb
106 Sun, Jul 27   NYY  W   9-2       61-45  2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Kansas City Royals, 52-60, 4th, 10½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (29, RHP, 9-9, 4.22)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-9)            140.2 138  68  66  46 106 14    4.22      
 2007 (9-13)           216   218  98  88  62 156 22    3.67      
 2006 (11-8)           186.2 183 106  93  84 156 24    4.48      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  45.1  44  15  14  12  26  3    2.78   55 
 2008-07-29   @OAK   W   7     5   2   2   2   8  0     101   65 
 2008-07-24    TBR   W   7     5   0   0   1   4  0     100   70 
 2008-07-19   @CHW   W   6.1   2   1   1   1   6  0      91   70 
 2008-07-12    SEA  ND   6.2  10   4   4   1   1  1      98   38 
 2008-07-07   @TBR  ND   5.1   7   2   2   4   5  0     115   47 
 2008-07-02   @BAL   L   6     9   5   4   2   0  1      89   34 
 2008-06-27    STL   W   7     6   1   1   1   2  1     103   62 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      2-1  33.1  31  13  13   8  28  5    3.51   56 
 2008-05-20   @BOS   L   7     5   2   2   2   8  0     119   65 
 2007-04-02    BOS   W   7.1   6   1   1   1   6  0     103   67 
 2006-08-26    BOS  ND   7     5   2   2   1   7  1     107   65 
 2006-04-17   @BOS  ND   6     8   4   4   1   3  2     102   42 
 2005-05-15    BOS   W   6     7   4   4   3   4  2     110   43 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-30   Road:   26-30   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  30-45   vsLHP:  22-15   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 12-22   vsCntrl:17-21   vsWest: 10-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Sun, Aug  3   CHW  W  14-3       52-60  4th 10.5 gb
111 Sat, Aug  2   CHW  W   9-7       51-60  4th 11.0 gb
110 Fri, Aug  1   CHW  L   2-4       50-60  4th 12.0 gb
109 Wed, Jul 30  @OAK  W   4-3 (10)  50-59  4th 11.5 gb
108 Tue, Jul 29  @OAK  W   5-2       49-59  4th 11.5 gb
107 Mon, Jul 28  @OAK  W   4-2       48-59  4th 12.5 gb
106 Sun, Jul 27   TBR  W   6-1       47-59  4th 13.5 gb
105 Sat, Jul 26   TBR  L   3-5       46-59  5th 14.5 gb
104 Fri, Jul 25   TBR  L   3-5       46-58  5th 13.5 gb
103 Thu, Jul 24   TBR  W   4-2       46-57  4th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 22, 2008 BOS 11  KCR  8        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (8-0), L: Brian Bannister (4-6), S: Jonathan Papelbon (14)
Wed, May 21, 2008 BOS  6  KCR  3        W:Bartolo Colon (1-0), L: Brett Tomko (2-5), S: none
Tue, May 20, 2008 BOS  2  KCR  1        W:Justin Masterson (1-0), L: Gil Meche (3-6), S: Jonathan Papelbon (13)
Mon, May 19, 2008 BOS  7  KCR  0        W:Jon Lester (3-2), L: Luke Hochevar (3-3), S: none

Wed, Jul 18, 2007 KCR  6 @BOS  5        W:Odalis Perez (5-8), L: Julian Tavarez (5-8), S: Octavio Dotel (10)
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 KCR  9 @BOS  3        W:Jimmy Gobble (4-1), L: Tim Wakefield (10-9), S: none
Mon, Jul 16, 2007 BOS  4  KCR  0        W:Kason Gabbard (3-0), L: Brian Bannister (5-6), S: none
Thu, Apr 05, 2007 BOS  4 @KCR  1        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-0), L: Zack Greinke (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (1)
Wed, Apr 04, 2007 BOS  7 @KCR  1        W:Josh Beckett (1-0), L: Odalis Perez (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 02, 2007 KCR  7  BOS  1        W:Gil Meche (1-0), L: Curt Schilling (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 4-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - KCR won 5-4; All-Time - KCR leads 205-199

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  5.63

MIL  4.63

SDP  3.75

RA/G

OAK  3.88

MIN  4.63

TEX  5.91

BA

C. Jones  .369

D. Wright  .286

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. Uggla  .359

T. Pena  .169

SLG

R. Ludwick  .614

C. Blake  .475

T. Pena  .196

OPS

C. Jones  1.062

D. DeJesus  .818

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.33

J. Maine  4.13

I. Snell  6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.04

T. Wellemeyer  6.12

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Boston Red Sox Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Meche
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
51.Tejeda
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
44.Bay G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 12/.633 3/.333 ··· 6/1.267 474/361 .285/.380/.527/.907 .752/.953 .847 104/.879 7/0 23/
22.Casey* G/S/vP 13/.308 2/.500 ··· 5/.600 16/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 150/122 .360/.420/.456/.876 1.021/.840 .684 30/.947 1/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/88 .228/.288/.347/.635 .885/.571 .645 17/.529 0/0 2/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 8/.625 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 81/72 .271/.363/.343/.705 .819/.691 .713 17/.745 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 20/.929 5/.000 5/1.000 5/1.600 5/.650 ··· 3/1.333 3/1.667 275/209 .250/.305/.393/.698 .864/.643 .648 45/.506 14/3 6/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 6/.900 4/3.000 2/.500 1/no AB 5/.650 2/2.000 1/.000 5/.933 399/316 .286/.406/.545/.951 .929/.956 .921 79/.851 3/1 19/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 418/324 .259/.323/.352/.675 .620/.691 .592 83/.482 35/7 5/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 15/.467 4/1.167 2/1.500 5/1.000 22/1.195 ··· 2/.500 8/.125 395/314 .280/.342/.462/.804 .907/.778 .812 92/.579 1/2 13/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/67 .295/.353/.420/.773 .992/.645 .819 56/.733 0/0 1/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 21/1.576 8/.696 4/.833 6/1.000 6/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.533 286/223 .259/.360/.481/.842 .633/.902 .724 40/.855 1/0 14/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 6/.666 3/.666 3/.666 3/1.334 5/1.100 1/.000 2/.000 5/.200 506/388 .313/.358/.448/.806 .923/.770 .838 100/.777 11/1 9/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 15/.277 6/1.917 2/2.500 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 337/260 .218/.306/.356/.661 .748/.636 .616 64/.674 0/0 8/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 9/.888 3/1.167 2/1.000 6/.733 6/1.267 ··· 2/.000 6/2.000 441/362 .315/.381/.559/.940 1.134/.901 .929 95/1.026 3/4 20/
IP 140.2 57.0 26.0 37.2 22.0 51.1 50.2 23.1 TOTAL .279/.355/.442/.797 .835/.787 .761 .787 83/23 121/63
ERA-K/9 4.22/6.8 2.21/6.6 2.08/5.9 5.50/6.0 2.86/4.5 2.98/9.8 1.42/9.4 4.63/9.7 4.60/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (31-15-11)
 Varitek (46-12-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 593/.256 235/.231 107/.207 157/.271 89/.247 210/.220 189/.147 99/.179 .267  Drew
 Bay
 Ellsbury
 Crisp
 Youkilis
0/1/93/5
108/0/0/4
54/47/14/3
0/80/0/3
0/0/2/0
OPS .718 .630 .598 .856 .623 .576 .461 .592 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 302/.714 94/.629 48/.714 71/.983 31/.658 96/.760 98/.529 45/.798 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 291/.721 141/.630 59/.501 86/.758 58/.603 114/.417 91/.390 54/.415 .727
Home 276/.785 112/.606 62/.731 90/.912 50/.594 106/.522 84/.366 72/.785 .742
Last 28d days 133/.611 52/.776 24/.851 41/.626 59/.634 43/.647 49/.528 49/.619
HR/SB/CS 14/4/0 4/2/2 1/0/0 10/2/1 1/1/0 1/3/1 4/2/1 2/5/0 113/50/17
Usage ·····X·· ·X··oo·X ····o··X ··X····· ·X··o··· ·o··X·o· ·X··oXoo X·······
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Buchholz
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
59.Smith
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 219/152 .340/.365/.550/.916 1.221/.785 .853 103/1.093 3/1 7/
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 4/2.500 ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 297/213 .247/.323/.407/.730 .850/.684 .712 66/.902 0/3 8/
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 320/225 .271/.331/.394/.725 .992/.615 .727 91/.841 0/1 7/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 4/.500 3/.000 2/1.500 4/.583 ··· 5/.650 399/262 .301/.361/.457/.818 .723/.869 .823 92/.727 9/7 10/
3.German G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 133/64 .244/.300/.336/.636 .515/.764 .776 51/.987 6/2 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 319/237 .275/.321/.346/.667 .528/.715 .809 93/.721 3/4 2/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.250 3/2.667 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 467/322 .252/.343/.406/.749 .541/.846 .774 94/.723 4/2 12/
11.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 10/.800 426/311 .261/.291/.456/.747 .983/.662 .724 66/.658 2/0 16/
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/18 .308/.333/.308/.641 .800/.544 .633 28/.641 0/0 0/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/3.000 229/158 .261/.293/.477/.770 1.048/.648 .647 29/.755 3/0 10/
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 197/140 .148/.169/.196/.365 .521/.304 .403 13/.000 3/1 1/
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 3/.667 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 5/.200 423/298 .243/.312/.381/.693 .622/.724 .685 75/.508 3/2 10/
IP 63.2 46.2 42.0 61.1 44.0 48.1 7.1 30.1 TOTAL .264/.318/.394/.713 .765/.690 .732 .754 60/29 86/59
ERA-K/9 5.94/8.9 4.05/8.3 2.57/5.1 3.67/6.6 2.66/8.2 2.05/10.6 2.45/7.4 5.34/5.0 3.81/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (36-7-3)
 Olivo (14-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 291/.292 197/.227 175/.268 259/.213 190/.238 186/.200 28/.130 138/.289 .245  Guillen
 Teahen
 DeJesus
 German
 Maier
 Gload
37/0/39/8
22/1/68/4
52/41/13/3
18/0/0/0
0/9/0/0
3/0/2/0
OPS .803 .653 .756 .697 .674 .522 .520 .797 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 151/.852 86/.580 89/.686 144/.817 76/.577 101/.524 18/.243 63/.933 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 140/.751 111/.711 86/.825 115/.554 114/.740 85/.519 10/1.025 75/.683 .692
Road 169/.872 97/.738 67/.828 113/.676 97/.571 86/.648 4/ 69/.814 .691
Last 28d days 99/.913 40/.444 33/.919 29/.730 29/.493 38/.405 3/.000 30/.483
HR/SB/CS 7/2/2 3/7/0 3/1/3 9/7/0 5/0/1 3/2/0 1/0/0 3/3/0 98/77/27
Usage ·····X·· X·o·X··o ··o·o·X· ·X··X·X· X·X··o·· o·X··o·· ·o······ ··o····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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