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Game Preview: BOS @ TBR, 1:40pm, Sunday, April 27, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Boston Red Sox, 15-11, 1st, Tied

SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 2-1, 5.12)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             19.1  14  11  11   6  16  1    5.12      
 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  45.1  38  20  20  10  45  6    3.97   57 
 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 
 2008-04-06   @TOR   L   4.2   3   5   5   4   6  1      92   40 
 2007-09-27    MIN   L   6    10   5   5   0   6  2      99   38 
 2007-09-21   @TBD   W   6     4   1   1   2   8  0     113   66 
 2007-09-15    NYY   W   7     3   1   1   2   7  1     108   72 
 2007-09-09   @BAL   W   7     7   2   2   0   8  2     116   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-4    Road:    6-7    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  12-10   vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   5-2 
 vsEast:  3-7    vsCntrl: 4-1    vsWest:  8-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Sat, Apr 26  @TBR  L   1-2       15-11  1st    Tied
 25 Fri, Apr 25  @TBR  L   4-5 (11)  15-10  1st  0.5 up
 24 Thu, Apr 24   LAA  L   5-7       15-9   1st  1.0 up
 23 Wed, Apr 23   LAA  L   4-6       15-8   1st  2.0 up
 22 Tue, Apr 22   LAA  W   7-6       15-7   1st  3.0 up
 21 Mon, Apr 21   TEX  W   8-3       14-7   1st  2.0 up
 20 Sun, Apr 20   TEX  W   6-5       13-7   1st  1.5 up
 19 Sat, Apr 19   TEX  W   5-3       12-7   1st  0.5 up
 18 Fri, Apr 18   TEX  W  11-3       11-7   1st  0.5 up
 17 Thu, Apr 17  @NYY  W   7-5       10-7   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-11
Tampa Bay Rays, 13-11, 3rd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 2-1, 3.30)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             30    34  18  11   8  21  2    3.30      
 2007 (12-8)           215   202  98  92  36 184 28    3.85      
 2006 (6-8)            124.2 141  69  67  38 104 18    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  45    42  21  14  10  31  3    2.80   55 
 2008-04-22    TOR   W   7     6   4   2   2   5  1     104   56 
 2008-04-16   @MIN  ND   5     8   5   3   1   5  0      96   39 
 2008-04-11    BAL  ND   6     7   5   2   1   4  0      95   47 
 2008-04-06   @NYY   L   5     8   2   2   1   5  1      96   47 
 2008-03-31   @BAL   W   7     5   2   2   3   2  0      85   58 
 2007-09-14   @SEA  ND   8     4   1   1   2   5  0      99   73 
 2007-09-09    TOR   W   7     4   2   2   0   5  1     106   66 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      0-2  21.1  20  11  11   6  24  4    4.64   52 
 2007-08-13   @BOS   L   6     5   1   1   0   5  0     106   63 
 2007-07-28    BOS  ND   5     6   3   3   1   7  0      93   49 
 2006-08-04    BOS  ND   5.1   5   2   2   2   7  1     100   55 
 2006-07-06    BOS   L   5     4   5   5   3   5  3      91   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-7    Road:    4-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  10-7    vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast: 10-6    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Sat, Apr 26   BOS  W   2-1       13-11  3rd  1.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25   BOS  W   5-4 (11)  12-11  3rd  2.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24   TOR  W   5-3       11-11  4th  3.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23   TOR  W   5-3       10-11  4th  4.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22   TOR  W   6-4        9-11  5th  5.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20   CHW  L   0-6        8-11  5th  4.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   CHW  W   5-0        8-10  5th  3.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   CHW  L   2-9        7-10  5th  3.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @MIN  W   7-3        7-9   5th  2.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @MIN  L   5-6        6-9   5th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 TBR  2  BOS  1        W:Scott Dohmann (2-0), L: Clay Buchholz (1-2), S: Troy Percival (5)
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 TBR  5  BOS  4 (11)   W:Scott Dohmann (1-0), L: Mike Timlin (2-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 23, 2007 TBD  5  BOS  4        W:Edwin Jackson (5-15), L: Tim Wakefield (16-12), S: Al Reyes (25)
Sat, Sep 22, 2007 BOS  8 @TBD  6        W:Eric Gagne (4-2), L: Al Reyes (2-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (36)
Fri, Sep 21, 2007 BOS  8 @TBD  1        W:Josh Beckett (20-6), L: Scott Kazmir (13-9), S: none
Wed, Sep 12, 2007 BOS  5  TBD  4        W:Jonathan Papelbon (1-2), L: Al Reyes (2-3), S: none
Tue, Sep 11, 2007 BOS 16  TBD 10        W:Bryan Corey (1-0), L: Jon Switzer (0-1), S: none
Mon, Sep 10, 2007 TBD  1 @BOS  0        W:Scott Kazmir (12-8), L: Curt Schilling (8-7), S: Al Reyes (24)
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 TBD  2  BOS  1        W:Edwin Jackson (4-12), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-10), S: Al Reyes (19)
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 BOS  8 @TBD  6        W:Jon Lester (2-0), L: Andy Sonnanstine (2-9), S: Jonathan Papelbon (30)
Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 2-0; 2007 - BOS won 13-5; 2006 - BOS won 10-9; All-Time - BOS leads 111-60

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Boston Red Sox Batters (5.12 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB
24.Birkins*
G/S/vB
27.Dohmann
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
40.Percival
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
36.Cash G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 33/18 .111/.242/.148/.391 .354/.421 .620 / 0/0 0/1
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 7/.572 1/2.000 3/.333 8/.125 7/.714 4/.000 5/.000 2/.500 591/426 .268/.330/.382/.712 .751/.697 .668 / 28/6 6/1
7.Drew* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 2/1.000 7/1.096 4/1.500 8/1.571 ··· 7/.286 552/422 .270/.373/.423/.796 .638/.846 .763 / 4/2 11/6
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 127/98 .353/.394/.509/.902 .802/.931 .772 / 9/0 3/0
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· / /// / / / /
23.Lugo G/S/vP 6/1.100 4/1.833 2/1.500 10/.800 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 630/455 .237/.294/.349/.643 .651/.640 .547 / 33/6 8/19
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 29/24 .280/.379/.440/.819 .650/.851 .718 / 0/0 0/0
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 12/1.508 5/.900 7/.000 15/1.783 5/1.000 10/.300 13/.413 9/.708 667/457 .332/.445/.621/1.066 .852/1.171 1.005 / 3/1 35/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 4/.917 5/.400 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 581/395 .317/.380/.442/.823 .870/.800 .729 / 7/1 8/6
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 12/.650 2/.500 5/.200 6/.834 5/.650 5/.933 17/.996 4/.750 569/408 .296/.388/.493/.881 1.095/.801 .871 / 0/0 20/2
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 4/2.500 8/2.275 1/no AB 8/.625 6/.834 3/.666 518/371 .255/.367/.421/.787 .801/.782 .781 / 1/2 17/6
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 11/.091 2/.000 7/.143 4/1.833 4/1.250 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 625/451 .288/.390/.453/.843 .815/.854 .889 / 4/2 16/3
IP 215.0 34.1 32.2 77.1 51.0 46.1 40.0 74.2 TOTAL .295/.369/.444/.812 .782/.818 .757 .824 18/4 23/13
ERA-K/9 3.85/7.7 8.13/7.9 3.31/7.2 4.89/5.9 7.59/8.6 4.86/8.9 1.80/8.1 5.30/9.9 3.79/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (9-2-0)
 Varitek (63-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 874/.247 170/.340 136/.257 334/.288 244/.318 211/.249 150/.171 321/.256 .243  Ramirez
 Crisp
 Drew
 Moss
 Ellsbury
120/0/0/8
0/144/0/7
0/4/133/3
13/0/4/1
22/16/1/0
OPS .697 .903 .749 .832 .882 .777 .505 .757 .678
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 413/.673 65/.846 66/.677 151/.845 59/.874 103/.653 63/.626 144/.773 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 461/.718 105/.937 70/.815 183/.821 185/.884 108/.902 87/.418 177/.745 .618
Home 487/.685 81/.816 64/.619 180/.811 109/.704 118/.773 77/.402 149/.800 .673
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 28/9/6 3/1/0 3/3/2 12/6/2 8/2/1 6/3/0 3/2/3 11/4/0 20/18/4
Usage ····X··· ········ oo······ ·oX···X· ·X······ oXo···o· o·XXo·X· ·X·Xo·o·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Beckett
G/S/vB
53.Aardsma
G/S/vB
30.Corey
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
51.Tavarez
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 6/1.500 4/.250 4/.500 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 570/415 .265/.339/.361/.699 .857/.641 .684 / 23/3 5/26
Cannizaro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 13/.770 ··· 2/2.000 4/2.083 4/1.250 2/.000 8/.804 6/.334 20/.513 627/421 .315/.355/.466/.820 .837/.812 .764 / 50/10 11/4
31.Gomes G/S/vP 12/.450 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· 6/1.133 7/1.286 13/1.231 394/285 .244/.322/.460/.782 .918/.730 .746 / 12/4 17/0
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 210/195 .235/.329/.437/.766 .424/.788 .887 / 3/1 7/2
37.Haynes* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 48/46 .267/.313/.311/.624 .000/.652 .846 / 1/2 0/0
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 1/5.000 15/1.067 218/193 .204/.317/.398/.714 .760/.708 .879 / 3/0 6/3
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 3/.333 7/.143 2/1.500 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 5/.650 559/383 .285/.359/.411/.770 .862/.728 .779 / 12/8 7/7
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 7/.286 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.666 3/1.334 2/1.500 434/311 .227/.286/.356/.641 .718/.607 .591 / 3/1 9/14
23.Pena* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 2/2.000 2/2.500 5/1.800 2/.500 4/1.833 2/.500 6/1.167 612/452 .282/.411/.627/1.037 .953/1.068 1.103 / 1/0 46/8
9.Riggans G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 10/9 .100/.100/.100/.200 2.000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/2
2.Upton G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 3/.000 4/2.250 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 2/.000 10/.550 548/404 .300/.386/.508/.894 .901/.892 .843 / 22/8 24/14
IP 200.2 32.1 9.1 44.0 40.2 69.0 58.1 134.2 55.1 TOTAL .260/.333/.403/.736 .735/.736 .736 .736 24/14 25/17
ERA-K/9 3.27/8.7 6.40/10.0 1.93/5.8 2.05/8.4 3.10/5.7 2.22/8.2 1.85/13.0 5.15/5.1 3.42/5.0 4.70/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 822/.245 151/.300 32/.231 176/.183 174/.240 272/.202 224/.146 604/.281 222/.232 .252  Upton
 Gomes
 Gross
 Crawford
 Haynes
 Hinske
0/79/0/11
26/0/32/5
3/5/45/3
139/0/0/3
8/12/13/1
24/0/12/1
OPS .663 .867 .630 .564 .695 .561 .463 .779 .664 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 410/.684 59/.789 15/.583 73/.578 93/.805 98/.648 126/.400 303/.723 92/.500 .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 412/.641 92/.904 17/.670 103/.555 81/.565 174/.512 98/.543 301/.834 130/.779 .786
Road 364/.637 80/1.094 11/.495 88/.461 82/.664 134/.483 105/.358 324/.797 116/.721 .709
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 17/14/6 4/0/0 0/1/0 4/2/2 2/0/1 6/5/0 5/4/0 14/0/0 7/3/2 27/23/4
Usage ········ ·XX··X·· ·X······ ··o··X·X ·ooX·X·o ··X·X··· ····o·oo ··X·X··· ·X·Xo··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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