BOS @ SEA, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 59-43, 2nd, ½ GB, 3 up in WC	SP: Clay Buchholz (23, RHP, 2-5, 5.88) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-5) 52 62 39 34 27 51 4 5.88 2007 (3-1) 22.2 14 6 4 10 22 0 1.59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 37.1 44 27 23 21 39 2 5.54 44 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 2008-04-26 @TBR L 8 3 2 2 2 9 1 113 75 2008-04-21 TEX W 6 5 0 0 2 6 0 103 66 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.SEA Has never faced SEA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-11 Road: 23-32 ExtrInn: 4-2 vsRHP: 44-37 vsLHP: 15-6 1-Run: 14-16 vsEast: 20-19 vsCntrl:15-5 vsWest: 13-12 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 102 Tue, Jul 22 @SEA W 4-2 59-43 2nd 0.5 gb 101 Mon, Jul 21 @SEA W 4-0 58-43 2nd 1.5 gb 100 Sun, Jul 20 @LAA L 3-5 57-43 2nd 1.5 gb 99 Sat, Jul 19 @LAA L 2-4 57-42 2nd 1.5 gb 98 Fri, Jul 18 @LAA L 3-11 57-41 2nd 0.5 gb 97 Sun, Jul 13 BAL W 2-1 57-40 1st 0.5 up 96 Sat, Jul 12 BAL W 12-1 56-40 2nd 0.5 gb 95 Fri, Jul 11 BAL L 3-7 55-40 2nd 1.5 gb 94 Wed, Jul 9 MIN W 18-5 55-39 2nd 2.0 gb 93 Tue, Jul 8 MIN W 6-5 54-39 2nd 3.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:15-15
Seattle Mariners, 38-62, 4th, 23 GB, 20 GB in WC	SP: Felix Hernandez (22, RHP, 7-6, 2.95) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-6) 119 105 44 39 41 109 9 2.95 2007 (14-7) 190.1 209 88 83 53 165 20 3.92 2006 (12-14) 191 195 105 96 60 176 23 4.52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 44 28 11 9 8 47 2 1.84 65 2008-07-18 CLE W 6 4 2 2 2 8 1 99 62 2008-07-11 @KCR L 5 4 3 3 1 8 0 83 54 2008-06-23 @NYM ND 4.2 2 1 1 0 2 0 47 58 2008-06-17 FLA W 7.1 6 4 3 1 9 1 107 60 2008-06-11 @TOR W 8 4 1 0 1 8 0 97 79 2008-06-06 @BOS W 6 6 0 0 3 5 0 106 62 2008-05-31 DET W 7 2 0 0 0 7 0 87 80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 3-1 35.1 29 13 12 14 27 3 3.06 58 2008-06-06 @BOS W 6 6 0 0 3 5 0 106 62 2008-05-26 BOS L 7.2 7 5 5 5 5 1 112 45 2007-06-26 BOS ND 5.2 11 6 5 2 5 1 97 28 2007-04-11 @BOS W 9 1 0 0 2 6 0 111 89 2006-07-22 BOS W 7 4 2 2 2 6 1 99 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 20-31 Road: 18-31 ExtrInn: 2-4 vsRHP: 28-43 vsLHP: 10-19 1-Run: 11-19 vsEast: 10-20 vsCntrl: 8-16 vsWest: 11-17 IL: 9-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 100 Tue, Jul 22 BOS L 2-4 38-62 4th 23.0 gb 99 Mon, Jul 21 BOS L 0-4 38-61 4th 22.0 gb 98 Sun, Jul 20 CLE L 2-6 38-60 4th 22.0 gb 97 Sat, Jul 19 CLE L 6-9 38-59 4th 21.0 gb 96 Fri, Jul 18 CLE W 8-2 38-58 4th 20.0 gb 95 Sun, Jul 13 @KCR W 4-3 37-58 4th 20.0 gb 94 Sat, Jul 12 @KCR L 4-5 36-58 4th 20.0 gb 93 Fri, Jul 11 @KCR L 1-3 36-57 4th 19.0 gb 92 Thu, Jul 10 @OAK L 2-3 (11) 36-56 4th 19.0 gb 91 Wed, Jul 9 @OAK W 6-4 36-55 4th 18.0 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jul 22, 2008 BOS 4 @SEA 2 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (11-1), L: R.A. Dickey (2-5), S: Jonathan Papelbon (30) Mon, Jul 21, 2008 BOS 4 @SEA 0 W:Jon Lester (8-3), L: Jarrod Washburn (4-9), S: Jonathan Papelbon (29) Sun, Jun 08, 2008 BOS 2 SEA 1 W:Justin Masterson (3-0), L: Sean Green (1-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (18) Sat, Jun 07, 2008 BOS 11 SEA 3 W:Tim Wakefield (4-4), L: Miguel Batista (3-7), S: none Fri, Jun 06, 2008 SEA 8 @BOS 0 W:Felix Hernandez (4-5), L: Bartolo Colon (3-1), S: none Wed, May 28, 2008 SEA 1 BOS 0 W:Erik Bedard (4-3), L: Tim Wakefield (3-4), S: J.J. Putz (6) Tue, May 27, 2008 SEA 4 BOS 3 W:J.J. Putz (2-2), L: Mike Timlin (2-3), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 5-3; 2007 - SEA won 5-4; 2006 - SEA won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 200-147

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

CLE 4.55

SDP 3.75

RA/G

OAK 3.63

NYM 4.54

TEX 5.84

C. Jones .371

A. Huff .285

T. Pena .152

OBP

A. Pujols .468

M. Grudzielanek .359

T. Pena .174

SLG

L. Berkman .628

R. Vazquez .470

O. Vizquel .200

OPS

A. Pujols 1.073

B. Giles .825

T. Pena .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.87

M. Cain 4.08

M. Hendrickson 6.01

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.81

G. Floyd 6.19

L. Hernandez 3.31

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Seattle Mariners Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB 48.Corcoran
G/S/vB 54.Green
G/S/vB 36.Jimenez*
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 35.Morrow
G/S/vB 20.Putz
G/S/vB 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Casey* G/S/vP 9/.888 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/5.000 5/.650 3/2.333 142/116 .362/.415/.462/.877 .945/.861 .697 29/.875 1/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/83 .234/.298/.362/.660 .873/.607 .645 19/.874 0/0 2/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 72/65 .279/.380/.361/.741 1.071/.705 .713 15/.792 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 13/.258 ··· 7/.143 ··· 4/.833 3/.333 7/.000 2/1.000 251/198 .251/.310/.395/.705 .897/.651 .647 46/.635 14/3 5/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 16/1.063 4/1.833 4/1.750 1/no AB 2/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 4/.250 360/288 .294/.406/.561/.966 .954/.968 .927 87/.901 2/1 18/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 388/298 .261/.330/.359/.689 .602/.716 .590 101/.534 35/7 5/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 16/.783 1/no AB 6/.533 1/.000 3/1.000 5/.200 7/.286 2/1.000 351/282 .285/.348/.484/.832 .897/.816 .809 97/.798 1/2 13/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 69/48 .300/.338/.417/.755 1.082/.609 .863 21/.611 0/0 1/

44.Moss* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/63 .295/.337/.462/.799 .664/.842 .884 31/.959 1/1 2/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 14/.445 ··· 5/.200 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 457/354 .320/.364/.462/.825 .946/.790 .836 103/1.080 9/0 9/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 10/.522 1/.000 5/.800 1/no AB 4/.250 2/.000 12/.432 16/1.525 403/327 .301/.402/.530/.932 .780/.969 .941 93/1.016 1/0 19/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 13/.398 ··· 5/.650 1/no AB 2/.500 4/.750 9/1.842 10/.200 304/240 .219/.303/.359/.662 .747/.639 .626 69/.531 0/0 8/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 10/.522 1/.000 6/.733 ··· 3/.667 2/.500 6/.833 ··· 393/328 .311/.382/.555/.937 1.078/.911 .938 95/1.005 3/4 17/

IP 119.0 31.2 54.0 11.2 45.1 31.2 20.0 19.2 TOTAL .280/.356/.447/.803 .824/.798 .764 .810 79/22 113/56

ERA-K/9

2.95/8.2

3.41/5.7

2.67/8.2

0.77/8.5

4.17/8.3

1.71/11.9

4.95/10.8

2.75/11.0

4.31/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (29-12-11)
Varitek (42-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 490/.239 136/.237 230/.225 43/.083 211/.268 123/.143 97/.266 80/.229 .266 Ramirez
Drew
Crisp
Ellsbury
Moss
Youkilis 61/0/0/6
0/1/84/5
0/74/0/3
52/43/12/3
11/0/14/2
0/0/2/0

OPS .663 .606 .613 .381 .744 .505 .746 .565 .746

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 277/.738 53/.578 98/.731 18/.176 101/.860 50/.702 46/.780 42/.543 .778

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 213/.566 83/.623 132/.524 25/.513 110/.633 73/.372 51/.718 38/.589 .722

Home 278/.694 74/.746 132/.512 35/.307 125/.652 65/.347 64/.757 38/.718 .735

Last 28d days 44/.591 64/.540 45/.341 43/.381 51/.689 43/.519 3/.000 23/.261

HR/SB/CS 9/8/2 0/1/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 3/4/0 5/1/0 1/0/1 0/1/0 88/51/20

Usage ····X··· X·X·X··· ··o····· Xo··o··· ·XX·o··· ···o···· ··o····· o·o·····

Seattle Mariners Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Buchholz
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

29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/.666 4/.500 3/.000 6/.000 13/1.616 413/310 .261/.332/.437/.768 1.013/.691 .700 102/.823 7/1 16/

5.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 5/1.100 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 355/264 .262/.275/.367/.642 .643/.642 .735 78/.474 1/2 3/

16.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 5/.800 149/85 .273/.372/.281/.653 .815/.534 .672 63/.702 12/2 0/

15.Burke G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 65/40 .250/.308/.350/.658 .920/.475 .667 12/1.000 0/0 1/

13.Cairo G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 9/.393 118/89 .225/.298/.284/.583 .636/.564 .668 38/.724 4/2 0/

9.Clement* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/108 .171/.258/.342/.599 .583/.602 .531 58/.596 0/0 5/

28.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 4/.000 3/.333 12/1.318 432/308 .278/.345/.451/.796 .874/.765 .859 103/.795 1/3 13/

2.Johjima G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 3/3.334 269/203 .207/.250/.283/.533 .495/.545 .570 43/.261 2/0 3/

39.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/5 .111/.200/.111/.311 .200/.400 .311 10/.311 0/0 0/

4.Lopez G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 3/.000 5/.500 3/.666 6/.800 429/314 .296/.317/.412/.729 .826/.693 .794 96/.722 4/1 6/

8.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 1/.000 133/126 .248/.303/.339/.642 .286/.663 .637 62/.522 0/1 2/

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/1.334 3/.333 2/1.000 3/.666 13/.885 456/338 .302/.363/.375/.738 .634/.773 .790 103/.813 34/3 4/

3.Vidro# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.800 3/.666 1/.000 6/.666 295/222 .223/.266/.318/.584 .592/.584 .559 59/.579 1/1 5/

IP 52.0 40.2 27.1 37.2 39.0 43.1 27.0 TOTAL .255/.312/.371/.683 .765/.656 .697 .671 68/18 74/61

ERA-K/9

5.88/8.8

4.65/8.8

5.27/7.9

2.87/5.0

2.77/8.5

2.28/10.6

6.00/5.0

3.80/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Burke (7-7-2)
Clement (10-2-1)
Johjima (34-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 240/.294 176/.242 127/.229 159/.277 170/.252 168/.204 126/.303 .244 Ibanez
Suzuki
Bloomquist
Reed
Cairo 98/0/0/7
0/69/30/5
4/17/13/0
4/19/13/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .788 .696 .651 .778 .689 .544 .846 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 128/.767 76/.639 51/.749 83/.741 67/.579 94/.543 59/.965 .706

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 112/.811 100/.742 76/.586 76/.814 103/.762 74/.543 67/.740 .694

Road 145/.856 93/.773 57/.585 67/.828 94/.576 82/.630 69/.814 .691

Last 28d days 48/.955 44/.810 30/.661 37/.935 28/.705 34/.540 21/.501

HR/SB/CS 4/2/1 3/6/0 2/1/0 3/1/2 4/0/1 3/2/0 3/3/0 87/71/22

Usage ····X··· ··X····· ····o··· ····X··· o······· oo······ ····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 @ SEA, 4:40pm, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 @Safeco Field

SP: Clay Buchholz (23, RHP, 2-5, 5.88)

SP: Felix Hernandez (22, RHP, 7-6, 2.95)

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