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Game Preview: BOS @ SEA, 10:10pm, Tuesday, May 27, 2008 @Safeco Field

Boston Red Sox, 32-22, 2nd, ½ GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 8-0, 2.40)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-0)             60    41  18  16  38  53  4    2.40      
 2007 (15-12)          204.2 191 100 100  80 201 25    4.40      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         6-0  41.2  33  15  13  29  31  2    2.81   54 
 2008-05-22    KCR   W   5.2   6   3   3   6   7  0     118   46 
 2008-05-17    MIL   W   6.2   7   2   0   2   6  1     103   60 
 2008-05-10   @MIN   W   7     6   2   2   3   7  0      96   61 
 2008-05-05   @DET   W   5     2   1   1   8   1  0     109   52 
 2008-04-30    TOR  ND   7     2   0   0   2   4  0     111   75 
 2008-04-18    TEX   W   5.1   5   3   3   2   4  1     101   48 
 2008-04-13    NYY   W   5     5   4   4   6   2  0     116   37 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SEA      1-1  27    22  13  13   9  23  2    4.33   55 
 2007-08-04   @SEA   W   7     6   2   2   2  10  2     113   65 
 2007-06-27   @SEA  ND   8     3   1   1   1   8  0     113   79 
 2007-05-03    SEA  ND   5     5   7   7   5   1  0      96   25 
 2007-04-11    SEA   L   7     8   3   3   1   4  0     103   52 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-5    Road:   11-17   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  26-21   vsLHP:   6-1    1-Run:   9-6 
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:12-5    vsWest:  9-6  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Mon, May 26  @SEA  W   5-3       32-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 53 Sun, May 25  @OAK  L   3-6       31-22  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Seattle Mariners, 18-34, 4th, 12½ GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Miguel Batista (37, RHP, 3-6, 6.47)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-6)             48.2  65  37  35  31  35  4    6.47      
 2007 (16-11)          193   209 101  92  85 133 18    4.29      
 2006 (11-8)           206.1 231 116 105  84 110 18    4.58      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  31.2  43  24  23  22  27  3    6.54   41 
 2008-05-22   @DET   L   3     7   5   4   1   2  1      72   28 
 2008-05-16    SDP   L   5.1   9   6   6   3   1  1     105   24 
 2008-05-11    CHW   W   5.1  10   3   3   3   6  0     114   39 
 2008-05-06    TEX   L   2.1   3   6   6   6   2  1      85   23 
 2008-05-01   @CLE  ND   7     4   1   1   3   6  0     101   68 
 2008-04-25    OAK   L   1     2   3   3   5   2  0      47   34 
 2008-04-20   @LAA   W   7.2   8   0   0   1   8  0     110   70 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      1-4  24.2  34  25  20  19  16  3    7.30   35 
 2007-08-05    BOS   L   6     5   3   2   5   3  1     110   50 
 2004-08-24    BOS   L   5.1   8   5   5   4   2  1     102   30 
 2004-08-18   @BOS   L   4     6   6   3   2   2  0      84   32 
 2004-05-23   @BOS   L   3     7   6   5   6   3  0      94   20 
 2004-05-13    BOS   W   6.1   8   5   5   2   6  1     107   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-14   Road:    7-20   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  14-24   vsLHP:   4-10   1-Run:   3-10
 vsEast:  3-14   vsCntrl: 3-8    vsWest: 10-11 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Mon, May 26   BOS  L   3-5       18-34  4th 12.5 gb
 51 Sun, May 25  @NYY  L   5-6       18-33  4th 11.5 gb
 50 Sat, May 24  @NYY  L   6-12      18-32  4th 11.5 gb
 49 Fri, May 23  @NYY  L   2-13      18-31  4th 10.5 gb
 48 Thu, May 22  @DET  L   2-9       18-30  4th  9.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 21  @DET  L   4-9       18-29  4th  9.5 gb
 46 Tue, May 20  @DET  L   8-12      18-28  4th  8.5 gb
 45 Sun, May 18   SDP  W   3-2       18-27  4th  7.5 gb
 44 Sat, May 17   SDP  W   4-2       17-27  4th  7.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 16   SDP  L   4-6       16-27  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 7-23
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 26, 2008 BOS  5 @SEA  3        W:Bartolo Colon (2-0), L: Felix Hernandez (2-5), S: none

Sun, Aug 05, 2007 BOS  9 @SEA  2        W:Josh Beckett (14-5), L: Miguel Batista (11-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 BOS  4 @SEA  3        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-8), L: Jarrod Washburn (8-8), S: Jonathan Papelbon (25)
Fri, Aug 03, 2007 SEA  7  BOS  4        W:Sean Green (5-1), L: Mike Timlin (1-1), S: J.J. Putz (32)
Wed, Jun 27, 2007 SEA  2  BOS  1 (11)   W:Jason Davis (2-0), L: Joel Pineiro (1-1), S: none
Tue, Jun 26, 2007 SEA  8  BOS  7        W:Eric O'Flaherty (5-0), L: Javier Lopez (1-1), S: J.J. Putz (22)
Mon, Jun 25, 2007 SEA  9  BOS  4        W:Jeff Weaver (2-6), L: Julian Tavarez (5-5), S: none
Thu, May 03, 2007 BOS  8  SEA  7        W:Brendan Donnelly (1-1), L: Chris Reitsma (0-1), S: J.C. Romero (1)
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 SEA  3 @BOS  0        W:Felix Hernandez (2-0), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 BOS 14  SEA  3        W:Josh Beckett (2-0), L: Jeff Weaver (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 1-0; 2007 - SEA won 5-4; 2006 - SEA won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 196-144

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  5.71

MIN  4.54

SDP  3.50

RA/G

OAK  3.61

KCR  4.59

TEX  5.51

BA

C. Jones  .416

J. Damon  .265

P. Konerko  .204

OBP

C. Jones  .490

B. Butler  .330

K. Greene  .258

SLG

L. Berkman  .759

J. Mauer  .413

J. Bartlett  .283

OPS

L. Berkman  1.230

S. Schumaker  .755

M. Bourn  .580

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

D. McGowan  3.90

J. Washburn  6.54

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

N. Robertson  6.33

J. Garland  2.38

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.11 RS/G) vs. Seattle Mariners Pitchers (5.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Batista
G/S/vB
41.Dickey
G/S/vB
54.Green
G/S/vB
57.Lowe
G/S/vB
35.Morrow
G/S/vB
20.Putz
G/S/vB
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
18.Rowland-Smith*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Casey* G/S/vP 19/.734 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/5.000 3/.000 3/2.333 1/.000 73/63 .348/.411/.455/.866 .956/.851 .659 14/.786 0/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/45 .314/.368/.392/.761 1.467/.582 .979 22/.714 0/0 0/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 37/.592 ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 29/24 .385/.448/.423/.871 1.550/.739 .913 24/.681 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 5/1.200 4/1.000 5/.200 1/.000 3/.333 5/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 116/93 .287/.316/.444/.760 1.109/.680 .712 61/.791 6/0 2/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 29/.879 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 3/.333 2/.500 170/143 .290/.388/.421/.809 .808/.809 .878 78/.824 1/1 4/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 189/157 .278/.380/.399/.778 .712/.792 .525 97/.726 19/2 4/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 23/.917 3/3.500 4/.833 1/.000 4/.250 6/.334 2/1.000 2/1.500 145/121 .276/.324/.493/.817 .890/.801 .794 111/.910 0/1 6/
23.Lugo G/S/vP 24/.610 5/1.400 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.333 4/.250 1/.000 169/144 .289/.357/.336/.693 .624/.705 .603 72/.734 6/3 0/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 23/1.346 10/.775 1/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB 6/.000 10/.500 3/.000 228/188 .247/.355/.479/.835 .506/.907 .698 117/1.051 0/0 12/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 3/2.000 245/200 .289/.328/.400/.728 .720/.730 .641 121/.637 6/0 3/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 25/1.213 11/1.045 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 10/.400 16/1.525 1/.000 214/185 .291/.374/.492/.866 .779/.879 .940 105/.663 1/0 8/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 17/.698 4/.500 4/.833 1/no AB 4/.750 8/2.125 9/.222 1/.000 156/132 .275/.359/.486/.844 .913/.832 .767 84/.938 0/0 6/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 4/1.167 2/.500 2/.500 6/.833 ··· 3/1.000 217/188 .306/.369/.549/.918 1.245/.874 .940 106/.946 2/2 9/
IP 48.2 11.1 26.1 19.0 11.0 14.0 9.2 25.1 TOTAL .287/.358/.449/.807 .857/.798 .763 .821 41/9 57/32
ERA-K/9 6.47/6.5 5.56/4.8 4.10/6.8 3.79/8.5 1.64/12.3 4.50/12.2 5.59/10.2 2.49/6.8 4.96/6.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 240/.325 48/.267 122/.263 93/.276 51/.244 67/.273 46/.297 100/.227 .282  Crisp
 Drew
 Ramirez
 Ellsbury
 Youkilis
 Lugo
0/37/0/3
0/0/41/3
46/0/0/3
21/26/9/2
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .910 .735 .700 .779 .733 .770 .774 .600 .800
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.879 28/.670 57/.786 42/.786 18/1.069 31/.919 27/.804 49/.728 .835
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 115/.944 20/.824 65/.622 51/.771 33/.549 36/.651 19/.734 51/.479 .772
Home 110/1.048 3/.000 76/.516 40/.661 25/.737 42/.798 22/1.009 36/.747 .768
Last 28d days 118/1.057 18/.748 57/.771 59/.827 34/.753 45/.653 31/.704 69/.544
HR/SB/CS 4/6/2 1/0/0 1/0/1 1/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 50/27/11
Usage ····X··· ···XX··· ·X·XX··· ···X··X· ··X·X··· ·X··X··· ·oo····· o·X··XX·
Seattle Mariners Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Matsuzaka
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
50.Balentien G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/68 .215/.295/.405/.701 .950/.631 .835 88/.701 0/0 4/
29.Beltre G/S/vP 13/.985 2/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 13/1.616 217/171 .247/.327/.448/.776 .930/.735 .650 112/.669 5/1 10/
5.Betancourt G/S/vP 12/.969 ··· 4/1.417 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 186/146 .283/.292/.400/.692 .721/.684 .782 97/.635 1/1 2/
16.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.800 46/29 .162/.326/.162/.488 .652/.395 .515 17/.507 4/2 0/
15.Burke G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 36/20 .219/.306/.344/.649 .875/.425 .343 17/.769 0/0 1/
13.Cairo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 8/.393 41/34 .167/.244/.194/.438 .629/.399 .569 35/.483 1/0 0/
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 12/1.318 221/167 .268/.330/.449/.780 .703/.805 .841 109/.689 1/1 7/
2.Johjima G/S/vP 9/.889 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/3.334 159/127 .227/.264/.313/.577 .510/.594 .762 81/.639 0/0 2/
4.Lopez G/S/vP 12/.432 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.666 2/1.000 5/.500 224/172 .298/.309/.400/.709 .821/.676 .798 109/.681 2/1 2/
8.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 15/15 .214/.267/.214/.481 /.481 .000 15/.481 0/0 0/
44.Sexson G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 21/.688 173/137 .200/.277/.413/.690 1.025/.601 .485 70/.611 0/0 9/
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 14/.297 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 1/2.000 3/.666 12/.833 237/181 .292/.352/.389/.741 .724/.745 .857 118/.786 21/2 3/
3.Vidro# G/S/vP 14/.702 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.666 152/116 .236/.285/.357/.642 .799/.599 .656 57/.792 1/0 3/
IP 60.0 23.0 19.1 10.0 18.2 21.0 24.0 15.0 TOTAL .251/.309/.382/.691 .784/.666 .709 .675 37/10 43/36
ERA-K/9 2.40/8.0 3.13/8.2 5.59/7.5 7.20/6.3 3.38/5.8 0.86/7.7 2.25/10.9 6.60/3.6 4.15/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Burke (4-3-1)
 Johjima (23-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 257/.192 103/.217 89/.291 48/.256 80/.246 83/.200 95/.231 66/.317 .247  Ibanez
 Balentien
 Suzuki
 Bloomquist
 Reed
 Cairo
50/0/0/4
0/0/23/3
0/52/0/3
3/1/10/0
3/1/2/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .629 .690 .819 .775 .714 .573 .588 .893 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.698 44/.629 28/.620 19/.868 42/.701 31/.579 50/.578 29/1.080 .692
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 136/.571 59/.735 61/.917 29/.718 38/.721 52/.569 45/.599 37/.739 .726
Road 98/.530 45/.504 42/.766 23/.598 26/.763 42/.415 44/.758 39/.724 .696
Last 28d days 138/.615 40/.744 37/.790 40/.750 34/.661 45/.578 54/.603 32/.446
HR/SB/CS 4/5/2 1/2/0 2/2/0 2/0/0 2/1/2 2/0/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 50/37/10
Usage ····X··· ···XX··· ··X··oo· ·X··Xo·· ·o··oXo· X·····X· X···o·X· ·X·X·X··

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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