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Game Preview: BOS @ OAK, 4:05pm, Sunday, May 25, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

Boston Red Sox, 31-21, 1st, ½ up

SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 3-2, 3.41)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-2)             66    55  27  25  31  42  6    3.41      
 2007 (4-0)             63    61  33  32  31  50 10    4.57      
 2006 (7-2)             81.1  91  43  43  43  60  7    4.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-0  45.2  37  15  13  16  32  4    2.56   58 
 2008-05-19    KCR   W   9     0   0   0   2   9  0     130   94 
 2008-05-14   @BAL  ND   6     5   2   2   2   4  0      86   56 
 2008-05-09   @MIN  ND   5.1   8   5   3   1   2  0      94   37 
 2008-05-04    TBR   W   6     4   1   1   3   5  1     112   62 
 2008-04-29    TOR  ND   8     1   0   0   4   6  0      97   82 
 2008-04-23    LAA  ND   5     9   4   4   2   1  2      80   32 
 2008-04-19    TEX  ND   6.1  10   3   3   2   5  1     106   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-1  20    20  10   9  14  19  4    4.05   48 
 2008-04-02   @OAK   W   6.2   3   0   0   3   3  0      94   68 
 2008-03-26   @OAK   L   4     5   4   4   3   4  1      83   37 
 2007-09-26    OAK  ND   4.1   7   5   4   3   9  2      94   37 
 2006-07-13    OAK  ND   5     5   1   1   5   3  1     103   51 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-5    Road:   10-16   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  25-20   vsLHP:   6-1    1-Run:   9-6 
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:12-5    vsWest:  8-5  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Sat, May 24  @OAK  L   0-3       31-21  1st  0.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Oakland Athletics, 27-23, 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Joe Blanton (27, RHP, 2-6, 3.87)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-6)             74.1  83  35  32  16  34  6    3.87      
 2007 (14-10)          230   240 106 101  40 140 16    3.95      
 2006 (16-12)          194.1 241 111 104  58 107 17    4.82      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  48.1  54  23  20   9  25  5    3.72   51 
 2008-05-19    TBR  ND   6     6   4   4   1   5  1     100   48 
 2008-05-14   @CLE   L   7     4   2   2   2   4  2     101   63 
 2008-05-07    BAL  ND   5.2   8   2   2   3   3  0     101   45 
 2008-05-02    TEX   L   7     7   4   2   1   1  0     101   51 
 2008-04-27   @SEA   W   7     8   2   2   2   3  1      99   54 
 2008-04-22    MIN   L   7.2   9   5   4   0   7  1     109   50 
 2008-04-16    SEA   L   8    12   4   4   0   2  0     101   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      0-2  31    35  15  15  10  16  1    4.35   48 
 2008-04-01    BOS   L   6     7   2   2   1   3  0      99   52 
 2008-03-25    BOS  ND   5.2   7   3   3   1   3  0      94   45 
 2007-09-26   @BOS  ND   5    11   5   5   3   4  0      93   26 
 2007-06-07    BOS   L   7.1   4   1   1   3   2  1     117   65 
 2007-05-01   @BOS  ND   7     6   4   4   2   4  0     106   51 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-11   Road:   12-12   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  20-12   vsLHP:   7-11   1-Run:   8-8 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  6-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Sat, May 24   BOS  W   3-0       27-23  2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 24, 2008 OAK  3  BOS  0        W:Justin Duchscherer (4-3), L: Josh Beckett (5-4), S: Huston Street (10)
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)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - Tied 4-4; 2006 - OAK won 7-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1037-848

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  5.78

MIN  4.51

SDP  3.33

RA/G

OAK  3.62

KCR  4.57

TEX  5.57

BA

C. Jones  .417

F. Sanchez  .250

J. Thome  .205

OBP

C. Jones  .488

A. Rios  .323

K. Greene  .263

SLG

L. Berkman  .769

J. Lopez  .393

O. Cabrera  .295

OPS

L. Berkman  1.241

R. Weeks  .711

O. Cabrera  .578

ERA

E. Volquez  1.34

P. Byrd  4.10

K. Rogers  6.66

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.04

N. Robertson  6.33

J. Garland  1.96

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.15 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Blanton
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 5/.200 ··· ··· 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 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.167 2/1.000 4/.000 2/.000 28/24 .360/.429/.400/.829 1.417/.739 .863 23/.623 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 16/.388 ··· 1/2.000 3/2.000 5/.400 7/.572 2/.000 116/93 .287/.316/.444/.760 1.109/.680 .712 64/.752 6/0 2/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 10/.633 ··· ··· 10/.400 2/.000 7/.829 2/.000 162/136 .283/.383/.420/.803 .842/.795 .872 73/.776 1/1 4/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 179/148 .289/.390/.416/.806 .667/.836 .550 91/.738 19/2 4/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 18/.513 ··· 2/.000 6/.334 1/.000 11/.920 3/.000 137/113 .278/.328/.508/.836 .890/.824 .823 103/.944 0/1 6/
23.Lugo G/S/vP 25/.640 ··· 2/1.000 7/.429 9/.000 5/.650 3/.666 162/137 .292/.354/.340/.694 .624/.707 .599 68/.739 6/3 0/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 21/.777 ··· 1/.000 7/1.429 15/.976 12/.875 6/.167 219/180 .246/.352/.455/.806 .519/.870 .634 108/1.010 0/0 10/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 12/.917 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 236/192 .295/.332/.406/.737 .736/.738 .653 116/.644 6/0 3/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 21/1.182 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 12/.416 14/1.500 5/.600 206/177 .280/.364/.489/.853 .779/.865 .921 100/.612 1/0 8/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 20/.668 ··· 1/2.000 6/.334 8/1.071 8/1.482 5/1.400 148/124 .290/.372/.511/.883 .913/.878 .829 79/.983 0/0 6/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 19/1.007 ··· ··· 5/.900 3/.000 9/.583 5/.000 213/184 .312/.376/.561/.936 1.245/.894 .977 105/.955 2/2 9/
IP 74.1 10.1 21.1 21.1 11.1 43.0 22.1 TOTAL .289/.359/.453/.812 .861/.803 .770 .812 41/9 55/28
ERA-K/9 3.87/4.1 3.48/9.6 1.27/11.8 4.22/8.5 3.18/9.6 3.56/6.7 4.03/10.9 3.27/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (21-3-7)
 Varitek (16-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 315/.279 42/.256 85/.192 87/.241 49/.227 177/.248 89/.198 .234  Crisp
 Drew
 Ramirez
 Ellsbury
 Youkilis
 Lugo
0/36/0/3
0/0/39/3
44/0/0/3
20/24/9/2
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .732 .643 .490 .717 .670 .669 .657 .648
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 166/.619 10/.600 35/.567 31/.803 23/.366 98/.620 43/.947 .615
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.859 32/.657 50/.436 56/.668 26/.906 79/.730 46/.405 .672
Home 228/.729 11/.282 41/.460 42/.471 26/.522 85/.624 52/.765 .598
Last 28d days 137/.743 32/.508 47/.488 43/.587 21/.770 80/.772 39/.424
HR/SB/CS 6/0/1 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·· ·····oX· ·····X·o ·····XX· oo···X·X
Oakland Athletics Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lester*
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 8/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 190/142 .213/.332/.319/.650 .696/.633 .653 84/.538 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 11/.818 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.600 10/.600 199/138 .249/.276/.381/.657 .711/.633 .673 110/.585 2/0 5/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 6/.733 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/.667 2/1.000 4/1.500 3/1.334 214/155 .272/.332/.400/.732 .817/.700 .752 107/.676 2/3 3/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 176/131 .252/.426/.452/.878 .702/.943 .923 97/1.074 0/0 7/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/28 .200/.222/.250/.472 .377/.593 .670 37/.500 8/1 0/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 10/.543 ··· 4/.500 3/.333 1/3.000 1/.000 6/.500 5/.650 182/127 .244/.326/.394/.720 .525/.804 .630 67/.789 5/2 4/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 159/122 .217/.352/.333/.686 .642/.699 .651 91/.736 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 6/.333 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 190/135 .241/.302/.299/.600 .538/.626 .735 95/.492 1/1 1/
5.Sweeney G/S/vP 8/.833 2/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 14/.453 120/64 .309/.358/.427/.786 .735/.827 .739 47/.689 0/0 2/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 130/117 .295/.359/.411/.770 .657/.782 .740 72/.897 3/0 2/
35.Thomas G/S/vP 6/.900 1/no AB 10/1.178 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 34/.582 174/128 .248/.368/.434/.802 .575/.889 .894 89/.987 0/0 7/
IP 66.0 23.0 19.1 8.1 18.1 20.0 23.0 14.0 TOTAL .251/.333/.373/.706 .621/.744 .716 .710 22/7 35/32
ERA-K/9 3.41/5.7 3.13/8.2 5.59/7.5 7.56/6.5 2.95/5.9 0.90/7.7 2.35/10.6 7.07/2.6 4.18/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 274/.229 103/.217 89/.291 41/.250 78/.239 79/.197 89/.224 61/.327 .246  Brown
 Cust
 Davis
 Sweeney
28/1/35/4
35/0/0/1
3/27/1/1
0/38/15/0
OPS .672 .690 .819 .814 .662 .577 .583 .937 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 84/.594 44/.629 28/.620 17/.983 41/.567 30/.600 48/.560 26/1.212 .696
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 190/.707 59/.735 61/.917 24/.701 37/.741 49/.563 41/.609 35/.722 .729
Road 114/.704 45/.504 42/.766 16/.606 24/.606 38/.406 38/.775 34/.775 .702
Last 28d days 129/.438 40/.744 41/.823 33/.792 32/.531 41/.586 48/.594 27/.454
HR/SB/CS 6/3/0 1/2/0 2/2/0 2/0/0 1/1/2 2/0/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 49/37/10
Usage ·····X·· ·XX····X 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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