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Game Preview: BOS @ OAK, 9:05pm, Saturday, May 24, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

Boston Red Sox, 31-20, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 5-3, 4.67)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-3)             54    48  29  28  11  56  9    4.67      
 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         5-2  49.1  45  24  23   7  50  8    4.20   57 
 2008-05-18    MIL   W   7     6   6   6   1   9  4     107   49 
 2008-05-13   @BAL   L   5.2  11   5   5   2   5  1      97   30 
 2008-05-08   @DET   W   7     6   1   1   0   8  0     102   69 
 2008-05-03    TBR   W   8     7   4   4   1   5  2     100   56 
 2008-04-27   @TBR   L   7     4   2   1   1  13  1     107   75 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      2-2  24.1  24  15  15  11  18  2    5.55   47 
 2007-05-02    OAK   W   7     6   3   3   2   7  0     103   58 
 2006-08-29   @OAK   L   7     5   2   2   3   4  0     104   60 
 2006-07-24   @OAK   W   6     5   3   3   2   4  1      96   52 
 2006-07-14    OAK   L   4.1   8   7   7   4   3  1      94   18 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-5    Road:   10-15   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  25-19   vsLHP:   6-1    1-Run:   9-6 
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:12-5    vsWest:  8-4  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Fri, May 23  @OAK  L   3-8       31-20  1st  1.5 up
 50 Thu, May 22   KCR  W  11-8       31-19  1st  2.5 up
 49 Wed, May 21   KCR  W   6-3       30-19  1st  2.0 up
 48 Tue, May 20   KCR  W   2-1       29-19  1st  1.0 up
 47 Mon, May 19   KCR  W   7-0       28-19  1st  1.0 up
 46 Sun, May 18   MIL  W  11-7       27-19  1st  1.0 up
 45 Sat, May 17   MIL  W   7-6       26-19  1st    Tied
 44 Sat, May 17   MIL  W   5-3       25-19  1st    Tied
 43 Wed, May 14  @BAL  L   3-6       24-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 42 Tue, May 13  @BAL  L   4-5       24-18  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Oakland Athletics, 26-23, 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Justin Duchscherer (30, RHP, 3-3, 2.67)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-3)             33.2  31  15  10   9  26  2    2.67      
 2007 (3-3)             16.1  18   9   9   8  13  3    4.96      
 2006 (2-1)             55.2  52  18  18   9  51  4    2.91      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  37.2  37  18  13   9  31  2    3.11   52 
 2008-05-18   @ATL   L   5     7   3   3   2   2  0      74   41 
 2008-05-13   @CLE   L   6.2   4   1   1   2   6  0     110   66 
 2008-05-06    BAL   W   7     4   2   2   2   4  0      85   63 
 2008-05-01   @LAA   W   5     6   6   1   1   6  2      81   46 
 2008-04-26   @SEA   L   5     6   2   2   0   2  0      73   49 
 2008-04-04    CLE   W   5     4   1   1   1   6  0      70   60 
 2003-09-20    SEA   L   4     6   3   3   1   5  0      86   42 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS    Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-11   Road:   12-12   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  19-12   vsLHP:   7-11   1-Run:   8-8 
 vsEast:  9-5    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  6-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Fri, May 23   BOS  W   8-3       26-23  2nd  2.5 gb
 48 Wed, May 21   TBR  W   9-1       25-23  2nd  3.0 gb
 47 Tue, May 20   TBR  L   2-3       24-23  2nd  3.0 gb
 46 Mon, May 19   TBR  L   6-7 (13)  24-22  2nd  2.0 gb
 45 Sun, May 18  @ATL  L   2-5       24-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 44 Sat, May 17  @ATL  W   5-4       24-20  2nd  0.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 16  @ATL  L   2-3       23-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 15  @CLE  L   2-4       23-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 14  @CLE  L   0-2       23-18  2nd  0.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 13  @CLE  L   0-4       23-17  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 23, 2008 OAK  8  BOS  3        W:Rich Harden (3-0), L: Tim Wakefield (3-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 BOS  5 @OAK  0        W:Jon Lester (1-1), L: Alan Embree (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 01, 2008 BOS  2 @OAK  1        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-0), L: Joe Blanton (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (2)
Wed, Mar 26, 2008 OAK  5  BOS  1        W:Rich Harden (1-0), L: Jon Lester (0-1), S: none
Tue, Mar 25, 2008 BOS  6 @OAK  5 (10)   W:Hideki Okajima (1-0), L: Huston Street (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (1)

Wed, Sep 26, 2007 BOS 11  OAK  6        W:Mike Timlin (2-1), L: Jerry Blevins (0-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 BOS  7  OAK  3        W:Curt Schilling (9-8), L: Chad Gaudin (11-13), S: none
Thu, Jun 07, 2007 BOS  1 @OAK  0        W:Curt Schilling (6-2), L: Joe Blanton (5-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 06, 2007 OAK  3  BOS  2        W:Joe Kennedy (2-4), L: Tim Wakefield (5-7), S: Santiago Casilla (1)
Tue, Jun 05, 2007 OAK  2  BOS  0        W:Lenny DiNardo (2-2), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (7-4), S: Alan Embree (5)
Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 3-2; 2007 - Tied 4-4; 2006 - OAK won 7-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1037-847

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

CHC  5.81

MIN  4.54

SDP  3.36

RA/G

OAK  3.69

KCR  4.54

TEX  5.58

BA

C. Jones  .415

A. Huff  .246

R. Howard  .202

OBP

C. Jones  .487

C. Pena  .310

R. Cano  .265

SLG

L. Berkman  .773

A. Rios  .381

K. Suzuki  .298

OPS

L. Berkman  1.240

J. Lopez  .695

M. Bourn  .574

ERA

E. Volquez  1.34

S. Chacon  4.11

K. Rogers  6.66

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.04

P. Maholm  6.37

J. Garland  1.96

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.25 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Duchscherer
G/S/vB
51.Braden*
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
29.Foulke
G/S/vB
57.Gaudin
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Casey* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/1.067 2/2.500 3/.000 2/1.000 69/60 .355/.420/.468/.888 1.069/.861 .686 10/.900 0/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 57/45 .314/.368/.392/.761 1.467/.582 .979 22/.714 0/0 0/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 6/1.167 2/1.000 4/.000 1/no AB 25/21 .409/.480/.455/.935 1.417/.850 1.000 20/.718 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 5/.933 ··· 1/2.000 3/2.000 5/.400 7/.572 2/.000 113/90 .295/.324/.457/.781 1.109/.703 .749 65/.772 6/0 2/
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 10/.400 2/.000 7/.829 2/.000 159/133 .289/.390/.430/.820 .842/.815 .907 74/.814 1/1 4/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 175/144 .297/.399/.428/.826 .667/.862 .579 91/.786 19/2 4/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.334 1/.000 11/.920 3/.000 134/110 .285/.336/.520/.856 .890/.847 .855 100/.974 0/1 6/
23.Lugo G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/1.000 7/.429 9/.000 5/.650 3/.666 162/137 .292/.354/.340/.694 .624/.707 .599 71/.705 6/3 0/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 12/.334 ··· 1/.000 7/1.429 15/.976 12/.875 6/.167 216/177 .245/.352/.457/.808 .519/.874 .633 105/1.021 0/0 10/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/.000 1/no AB 232/188 .300/.338/.413/.751 .736/.755 .677 116/.644 6/0 3/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 12/.416 14/1.500 5/.600 206/177 .280/.364/.489/.853 .779/.865 .921 104/.587 1/0 8/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/.334 8/1.071 8/1.482 5/1.400 145/121 .295/.372/.519/.892 .913/.888 .844 80/.969 0/0 6/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.900 3/.000 9/.583 5/.000 210/181 .317/.381/.570/.951 1.245/.910 1.007 106/.961 2/2 9/
IP 33.2 10.1 21.1 21.1 11.1 43.0 21.1 TOTAL .293/.364/.460/.823 .861/.816 .790 .821 41/9 55/28
ERA-K/9 2.67/6.9 3.48/9.6 1.27/11.8 4.22/8.5 3.18/9.6 3.56/6.7 4.22/11.0 3.34/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (21-3-7)
 Varitek (15-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 136/.250 42/.256 85/.192 87/.241 49/.227 177/.248 86/.205 .238  Crisp
 Drew
 Ramirez
 Ellsbury
 Youkilis
 Lugo
0/35/0/3
0/0/38/3
44/0/0/3
19/24/9/2
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .642 .643 .490 .717 .670 .669 .682 .657
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.625 10/.600 35/.567 31/.803 23/.366 98/.620 41/.999 .627
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 59/.663 32/.657 50/.436 56/.668 26/.906 79/.730 45/.414 .679
Home 45/.488 11/.282 41/.460 42/.471 26/.522 85/.624 49/.814 .613
Last 28d days 117/.650 42/.643 52/.540 43/.587 21/.770 80/.772 36/.461
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 0/0/0 0/3/1 2/0/0 1/2/0 5/1/2 3/1/0 32/22/14
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· X··XX··X ····oX·X ····X·o· ····XX·· o···X·X·
Oakland Athletics Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.49 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 190/142 .213/.332/.319/.650 .696/.633 .653 85/.556 0/0 2/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/17 .217/.250/.304/.554 .571/.548 .500 15/.486 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.600 10/.600 195/134 .254/.282/.389/.671 .711/.653 .701 110/.622 2/0 5/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 8/.125 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.667 2/1.000 4/1.500 3/1.334 210/151 .267/.329/.398/.726 .817/.692 .743 107/.680 2/2 3/
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 173/128 .258/.434/.462/.896 .702/.969 .959 95/1.119 0/0 7/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/27 .186/.210/.237/.447 .377/.539 .626 38/.433 7/1 0/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 11/.682 ··· 4/.500 3/.333 1/3.000 1/.000 6/.500 5/.650 179/124 .242/.326/.395/.721 .525/.807 .629 69/.755 5/2 4/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 155/118 .224/.361/.344/.705 .642/.726 .686 88/.781 1/0 3/
2.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/9 .333/.375/.400/.775 .762/.778 .500 16/.775 0/0 0/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 187/132 .240/.301/.298/.599 .538/.625 .737 97/.461 1/1 1/
5.Sweeney G/S/vP 10/.311 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 14/.453 116/60 .302/.353/.415/.769 .735/.798 .699 48/.675 0/0 2/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 126/113 .294/.360/.385/.745 .657/.755 .693 69/.840 3/0 1/
35.Thomas G/S/vP 19/.316 1/no AB 9/1.111 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 34/.582 170/124 .246/.365/.437/.801 .575/.890 .895 89/.944 0/0 7/
IP 54.0 23.0 18.1 8.1 18.1 20.0 23.0 14.0 TOTAL .250/.333/.372/.705 .621/.744 .716 .707 21/6 34/32
ERA-K/9 4.67/9.3 3.13/8.2 5.40/7.9 7.56/6.5 2.95/5.9 0.90/7.7 2.35/10.6 7.07/2.6 4.20/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (2-1-0)
 Suzuki (20-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 219/.234 103/.217 83/.284 41/.250 78/.239 79/.197 89/.224 61/.327 .245  Brown
 Cust
 Davis
 Sweeney
27/1/34/4
34/0/0/1
3/26/1/1
0/37/14/0
OPS .675 .690 .813 .814 .662 .577 .583 .937 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.629 44/.629 27/.644 17/.983 41/.567 30/.600 48/.560 26/1.212 .699
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.730 59/.735 56/.900 24/.701 37/.741 49/.563 41/.609 35/.722 .727
Road 136/.625 45/.504 36/.743 16/.606 24/.606 38/.406 38/.775 34/.775 .702
Last 28d days 141/.736 40/.744 35/.809 33/.792 32/.531 41/.586 48/.594 27/.454
HR/SB/CS 9/2/1 1/2/0 2/1/0 2/0/0 1/1/2 2/0/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 48/36/9
Usage ·····X·· XX····X· ··oo·XX· ·Xo···X· ·oXo··X· ···X···· ·o·X·oo· X·X···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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