BOS @ NYY, Friday, July 4, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 51-37, 2nd, 3 GB, 2½ up in WC	SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 7-5, 3.65) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-5) 101 93 42 41 20 101 12 3.65 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 2-2 47 45 13 13 9 45 3 2.49 60 2008-06-29 @HOU ND 7 8 2 2 1 4 1 111 56 2008-06-23 ARI L 8 5 2 2 2 8 0 115 70 2008-06-15 @CIN W 7 6 0 0 2 6 0 98 69 2008-06-10 BAL ND 6 8 4 4 1 3 0 113 42 2008-06-04 TBR W 6 7 1 1 0 5 0 92 59 2008-05-30 @BAL ND 6 4 2 2 3 10 1 118 63 2008-05-24 @OAK L 7 7 2 2 0 9 1 107 64 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 3-1 34.2 35 15 15 8 28 2 3.89 54 2008-04-17 @NYY W 8 6 3 3 1 5 0 105 62 2008-04-12 NYY W 6.2 5 3 3 1 5 0 88 56 2007-09-15 NYY W 7 3 1 1 2 7 1 108 72 2007-08-29 @NYY L 6.2 13 4 4 1 6 1 110 37 2007-06-03 NYY ND 6.1 8 4 4 3 5 0 117 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 31-10 Road: 20-27 ExtrInn: 4-1 vsRHP: 37-33 vsLHP: 14-4 1-Run: 11-14 vsEast: 17-16 vsCntrl:12-5 vsWest: 11-9 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 88 Thu, Jul 3 @NYY W 7-0 51-37 2nd 3.0 gb 87 Wed, Jul 2 @TBR L 6-7 50-37 2nd 3.5 gb 86 Tue, Jul 1 @TBR L 1-3 50-36 2nd 2.5 gb 85 Mon, Jun 30 @TBR L 4-5 50-35 2nd 1.5 gb 84 Sun, Jun 29 @HOU L 2-3 50-34 2nd 0.5 gb 83 Sat, Jun 28 @HOU L 10-11 50-33 1st 0.5 up 82 Fri, Jun 27 @HOU W 6-1 50-32 1st 0.5 up 81 Wed, Jun 25 ARI W 5-0 49-32 1st 1.0 up 80 Tue, Jun 24 ARI W 5-4 48-32 1st 1.0 up 79 Mon, Jun 23 ARI L 1-2 47-32 1st 1.0 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:17-13
New York Yankees, 45-41, 3rd, 8 GB, 5 GB in WC	SP: Darrell Rasner (27, RHP, 4-6, 4.42) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-6) 57 66 29 28 14 38 6 4.42 2007 (1-3) 24.2 29 14 11 8 11 4 4.01 2006 (3-1) 20.1 18 10 10 5 11 2 4.43 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-6 38 52 25 24 12 27 4 5.68 42 2008-06-29 @NYM L 5 8 2 2 3 3 1 102 43 2008-06-24 @PIT L 5 10 7 7 0 4 2 87 23 2008-06-18 SDP W 5 3 2 2 5 4 0 96 52 2008-06-11 @OAK L 3.2 9 7 6 1 4 0 85 20 2008-06-06 KCR L 8 9 2 2 0 4 0 118 60 2008-06-01 @MIN L 5.1 8 4 4 2 5 0 111 39 2008-05-26 @BAL L 6 5 1 1 1 3 1 98 60 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 23-21 Road: 22-20 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 31-27 vsLHP: 14-14 1-Run: 14-11 vsEast: 15-16 vsCntrl:11-15 vsWest: 9-3 IL:10-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 86 Thu, Jul 3 BOS L 0-7 45-41 3rd 8.0 gb 85 Wed, Jul 2 TEX W 18-7 45-40 3rd 7.5 gb 84 Tue, Jul 1 TEX L 2-3 44-40 3rd 7.5 gb 83 Mon, Jun 30 TEX L 1-2 44-39 3rd 6.5 gb 82 Sun, Jun 29 @NYM L 1-3 44-38 3rd 5.5 gb 81 Sat, Jun 28 @NYM W 3-2 44-37 3rd 5.0 gb 80 Fri, Jun 27 @NYM W 9-0 43-37 3rd 6.0 gb 79 Fri, Jun 27 NYM L 6-15 42-37 3rd 6.0 gb 78 Wed, Jun 25 @PIT W 10-0 42-36 3rd 5.5 gb 77 Tue, Jun 24 @PIT L 5-12 41-36 3rd 5.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Jul 03, 2008 BOS 7 @NYY 0 W:Jon Lester (7-3), L: Andy Pettitte (9-6), S: none Thu, Apr 17, 2008 BOS 7 @NYY 5 W:Josh Beckett (2-1), L: Mike Mussina (1-3), S: none Wed, Apr 16, 2008 NYY 15 BOS 9 W:LaTroy Hawkins (1-0), L: Julian Tavarez (0-1), S: Brian Bruney (1) Sun, Apr 13, 2008 BOS 8 NYY 5 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-0), L: Philip Hughes (0-2), S: none Sat, Apr 12, 2008 BOS 4 NYY 3 W:Josh Beckett (1-1), L: Mike Mussina (1-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (4) Fri, Apr 11, 2008 NYY 4 @BOS 1 W:Chien-Ming Wang (3-0), L: Mike Timlin (0-1), S: none Sun, Sep 16, 2007 NYY 4 @BOS 3 W:Joba Chamberlain (2-0), L: Curt Schilling (8-8), S: Mariano Rivera (28) Sat, Sep 15, 2007 BOS 10 NYY 1 W:Josh Beckett (19-6), L: Chien-Ming Wang (18-7), S: none Fri, Sep 14, 2007 NYY 8 @BOS 7 W:Brian Bruney (3-1), L: Jonathan Papelbon (1-3), S: Mariano Rivera (27) Thu, Aug 30, 2007 NYY 5 BOS 0 W:Chien-Ming Wang (16-6), L: Curt Schilling (8-6), S: none Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 4-2; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 11-8; All-Time - NYY leads 1101-919

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 5.44

ARI 4.50

WSN 3.67

RA/G

OAK 3.68

MIL 4.55

TEX 5.67

C. Jones .389

I. Rodriguez .283

T. Pena .162

OBP

C. Jones .483

O. Hudson .358

T. Pena .184

SLG

L. Berkman .676

B. Hawpe .456

T. Pena .214

OPS

C. Jones 1.117

T. Wigginton .811

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.96

C. Wang 4.07

B. Arroyo 6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.71

V. Padilla 6.10

L. Hernandez 3.18

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Rasner
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 38.Giese
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Casey* G/S/vP ··· 21/1.191 ··· 8/.500 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 115/94 .358/.409/.453/.862 .931/.845 .739 29/.844 1/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/71 .235/.308/.333/.641 .921/.564 .669 28/.423 0/0 1/

13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 9/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 62/55 .273/.355/.364/.718 1.071/.674 .737 24/.701 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 8/1.286 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 11/.546 ··· 1/.000 218/171 .276/.321/.437/.758 .983/.695 .712 69/.871 13/3 5/

7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 15/1.544 1/.000 8/.500 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 306/243 .304/.412/.577/.989 .975/.992 .980 109/1.195 2/1 16/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 321/247 .266/.342/.379/.721 .592/.760 .622 95/.579 35/5 5/

25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· 21/.572 ··· 8/.708 2/.000 8/.661 ··· 1/.000 290/232 .300/.362/.514/.876 1.056/.834 .869 105/.990 1/2 12/

23.Lugo G/S/vP ··· 17/.437 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 17/.627 ··· 1/2.000 283/222 .268/.357/.335/.692 .756/.674 .618 83/.752 11/3 1/

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/53 .277/.333/.415/.749 .516/.820 .884 50/.681 0/1 2/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 392/302 .309/.352/.461/.813 1.009/.754 .820 110/1.104 9/0 9/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 8/.625 1/.000 29/.752 ··· 41/.565 ··· ··· 345/281 .279/.371/.498/.869 .718/.906 .891 90/.704 1/0 16/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 12/.583 1/.000 33/.861 ··· 1/.000 264/210 .218/.303/.363/.666 .662/.668 .616 77/.387 0/0 7/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 11/1.155 ··· 11/.586 ··· 6/.533 ··· 1/2.000 334/281 .308/.377/.532/.909 1.063/.883 .918 86/.950 3/2 13/

IP 57.0 37.0 22.1 36.1 29.0 37.1 5.0 26.1 TOTAL .279/.354/.449/.803 .838/.794 .773 .808 76/17 101/50

ERA-K/9

4.42/6.0

3.89/8.5

2.82/6.5

5.94/4.5

3.10/9.6

0.96/10.1

1.80/9.0

2.73/7.9

4.23/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (27-9-9)
Varitek (35-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 248/.288 156/.287 90/.193 154/.281 122/.198 133/.155 20/.235 110/.214 .265 Drew
Ramirez
Crisp
Moss
Ellsbury
Lugo
Youkilis 0/1/72/5
56/0/0/4
0/64/0/3
9/0/10/2
42/37/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .780 .918 .522 .753 .652 .405 .535 .610 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 148/.770 72/1.081 54/.530 67/.996 67/.693 65/.310 16/.579 53/.778 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.794 84/.794 36/.508 87/.578 55/.603 68/.498 4/.250 57/.468 .746

Home 104/.615 79/1.008 86/.523 80/.728 73/.720 64/.484 11/.182 61/.604 .725

Last 28d days 128/.906 34/.708 74/.448 40/.794 51/.666 43/.637 20/.535 54/.613

HR/SB/CS 6/2/2 10/5/6 1/4/1 3/1/2 3/1/2 2/3/0 0/1/0 3/3/0 78/68/33

Usage ····X··· ·X···oX· X·oo··X· Xo····X· ·X·oo·X· ··X··o·· X·X·X··· ··XX·oo·

New York Yankees Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Beckett
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

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 75/.738 3/.666 2/3.000 ··· 19/.387 5/1.350 8/1.125 11/.788 358/251 .281/.349/.451/.800 .820/.791 .826 106/.781 11/5 10/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 94/63 .258/.287/.461/.748 .691/.776 .825 47/.716 0/1 4/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 29/.691 2/2.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 2/1.500 5/.400 5/2.800 5/1.200 324/215 .245/.308/.352/.660 .612/.684 .643 102/.541 6/1 7/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 28/1.089 3/.000 4/2.083 2/1.500 5/.200 8/1.375 7/.453 7/.858 334/234 .252/.287/.366/.654 .774/.603 .703 98/.799 1/3 6/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 30/.646 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.600 8/.000 22/.272 350/238 .317/.385/.465/.850 .771/.885 .855 105/.766 13/6 6/

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/12 .100/.182/.100/.282 /.282 .282 12/.282 2/0 0/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 27/.931 1/.000 2/.500 3/2.667 4/1.250 5/1.400 8/.583 22/.827 296/197 .265/.399/.555/.953 .955/.952 1.034 102/.978 2/1 18/

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 58/36 .173/.232/.212/.444 .243/.567 .105 10/.000 0/0 0/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 29/.765 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 10/.522 34/.847 351/240 .279/.342/.384/.726 .745/.717 .686 112/.722 5/2 4/

19.Moeller G/S/vP 8/.375 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 71/47 .254/.338/.381/.719 .625/.761 .566 5/.900 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/2.333 159/108 .233/.260/.322/.582 .495/.623 .592 35/.644 0/0 0/

20.Posada# G/S/vP 22/.745 3/.000 4/1.500 2/3.500 4/1.250 7/.143 7/.429 16/.975 154/108 .287/.364/.456/.820 .701/.869 .764 84/.824 0/0 3/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 33/.793 4/.250 3/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 7/1.262 24/.924 282/201 .316/.401/.594/.995 .975/1.003 1.148 111/1.131 11/1 17/

IP 101.0 37.1 34.1 24.2 32.2 35.1 36.0 21.2 TOTAL .271/.342/.422/.764 .740/.776 .781 .772 51/21 85/45

ERA-K/9

3.65/9.0

2.89/9.7

4.72/8.9

5.84/7.7

2.20/5.2

3.06/8.9

2.00/11.8

7.06/5.0

3.85/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (12-7-0)
Molina (25-19-6)
Posada (30-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 412/.241 163/.203 150/.261 116/.232 134/.252 153/.266 139/.191 105/.322 .244 Abreu
Cabrera
Damon
Gardner 0/0/81/7
0/82/1/4
67/6/0/1
2/1/0/0

OPS .665 .636 .727 .668 .707 .709 .524 .918 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 212/.653 71/.614 61/.628 44/.832 70/.722 60/.605 73/.516 47/1.132 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 200/.677 92/.654 89/.799 72/.573 64/.690 93/.779 66/.533 58/.745 .694

Road 248/.631 78/.466 81/.810 54/.620 53/.674 84/.591 66/.648 61/.897 .693

Last 28d days 115/.663 43/.560 39/.689 52/.733 45/.624 45/.983 34/.402 20/1.121

HR/SB/CS 12/5/3 1/2/0 3/5/0 2/1/0 3/1/2 4/0/1 3/2/0 3/2/0 79/62/17

Usage ····X··· ·o··oX·· ·Xo··XX· ·oX··Xo· ·X·X···· ·X··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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Game Preview: BOS @ NYY, 1:05pm, Friday, July 4, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 7-5, 3.65)

SP: Darrell Rasner (27, RHP, 4-6, 4.42)

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