BOS @ TEX, Saturday, September 6, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 83-57, 2nd, 2½ GB, 5½ up in WC	SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 8-9, 3.76) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-9) 158 133 72 66 55 102 22 3.76 2007 (17-12) 189 191 104 100 64 110 22 4.76 2006 (7-11) 140 135 80 72 51 90 19 4.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 42.2 38 19 18 9 24 7 3.80 53 2008-08-31 CHW L 6 6 3 3 0 3 1 82 51 2008-08-26 @NYY W 5 8 3 3 1 1 2 80 39 2008-08-06 @KCR W 6 4 2 1 0 6 0 81 64 2008-08-01 OAK ND 6.1 4 0 0 3 4 0 108 66 2008-07-26 NYY L 5.1 8 6 6 4 3 1 94 27 2008-07-20 @LAA L 7 6 4 4 0 1 2 94 50 2008-07-12 BAL W 7 2 1 1 1 6 1 100 74 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 3-1 34.2 26 14 13 8 23 3 3.38 58 2008-04-20 TEX W 8 7 5 5 0 5 2 86 53 2007-06-29 TEX W 6.2 7 1 1 4 4 0 101 56 2007-05-26 @TEX W 7 5 4 4 1 4 0 90 54 2007-04-06 @TEX L 6 3 2 1 2 4 0 96 62 2006-06-09 TEX ND 7 4 2 2 1 6 1 92 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 48-19 Road: 35-38 ExtrInn: 7-2 vsRHP: 62-47 vsLHP: 21-10 1-Run: 17-20 vsEast: 30-26 vsCntrl:21-9 vsWest: 21-15 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 140 Fri, Sep 5 @TEX W 8-1 83-57 2nd 2.5 gb 139 Wed, Sep 3 BAL W 5-4 82-57 2nd 3.0 gb 138 Tue, Sep 2 BAL W 14-2 81-57 2nd 4.0 gb 137 Mon, Sep 1 BAL W 7-4 80-57 2nd 5.0 gb 136 Sun, Aug 31 CHW L 2-4 79-57 2nd 5.5 gb 135 Sat, Aug 30 CHW W 8-2 79-56 2nd 4.5 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 CHW W 8-0 78-56 2nd 4.5 gb 133 Thu, Aug 28 @NYY L 2-3 77-56 2nd 4.5 gb 132 Wed, Aug 27 @NYY W 11-3 77-55 2nd 3.5 gb 131 Tue, Aug 26 @NYY W 7-3 76-55 2nd 3.5 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:21-9
Texas Rangers, 69-73, 2nd, 17 GB, 15 GB in WC	SP: Matt Harrison (22, LHP, 6-3, 5.73) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-3) 59.2 73 44 38 23 25 7 5.73 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 40 47 26 22 14 23 3 4.95 44 2008-09-01 SEA ND 5.2 10 5 4 0 3 1 74 34 2008-08-27 @KCR W 6.2 7 2 1 2 4 0 99 56 2008-08-22 CLE L 3.2 7 5 5 2 3 0 90 28 2008-08-16 TBR W 8 3 0 0 0 8 0 109 84 2008-08-10 @BAL W 5 10 6 6 2 0 2 89 21 2008-08-05 NYY W 6.1 5 2 2 3 3 0 105 55 2008-07-31 SEA L 4.2 5 6 4 5 2 0 95 31 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 35-35 Road: 34-38 ExtrInn: 5-5 vsRHP: 53-47 vsLHP: 16-26 1-Run: 27-16 vsEast: 16-25 vsCntrl:20-21 vsWest: 23-19 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 142 Fri, Sep 5 BOS L 1-8 69-73 2nd 17.0 gb 141 Wed, Sep 3 SEA W 1-0 69-72 2nd 16.5 gb 140 Tue, Sep 2 SEA W 6-4 68-72 2nd 17.5 gb 139 Mon, Sep 1 SEA L 6-12 67-72 2nd 17.5 gb 138 Sun, Aug 31 @LAA W 4-3 67-71 2nd 17.0 gb 137 Sat, Aug 30 @LAA L 3-4 66-71 2nd 18.0 gb 136 Fri, Aug 29 @LAA L 1-3 66-70 2nd 17.0 gb 135 Thu, Aug 28 @LAA L 5-7 66-69 2nd 16.0 gb 134 Wed, Aug 27 @KCR W 3-2 66-68 2nd 15.0 gb 133 Tue, Aug 26 @KCR W 2-1 65-68 2nd 16.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Sep 05, 2008 BOS 8 @TEX 1 W:Josh Beckett (12-9), L: Kevin Millwood (9-8), S: none Thu, Aug 14, 2008 BOS 10 TEX 0 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (14-2), L: Tommy Hunter (0-2), S: none Wed, Aug 13, 2008 BOS 8 TEX 4 W:Jon Lester (11-4), L: Luis Mendoza (3-6), S: none Tue, Aug 12, 2008 BOS 19 TEX 17 W:Hideki Okajima (3-2), L: Frank Francisco (2-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (32) Mon, Apr 21, 2008 BOS 8 TEX 3 W:Clay Buchholz (1-1), L: Dustin Nippert (1-2), S: none Sun, Apr 20, 2008 BOS 6 TEX 5 W:Tim Wakefield (2-0), L: C.J. Wilson (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (7) Sat, Apr 19, 2008 BOS 5 TEX 3 W:Javier Lopez (1-0), L: Joaquin Benoit (1-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (6) Fri, Apr 18, 2008 BOS 11 TEX 3 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-0), L: Luis Mendoza (0-2), S: none Mon, Jul 02, 2007 BOS 7 TEX 3 W:Kason Gabbard (2-0), L: Brandon McCarthy (4-5), S: none Sun, Jul 01, 2007 TEX 2 @BOS 1 W:Kameron Loe (5-6), L: Julian Tavarez (5-6), S: Eric Gagne (10) Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 8-0; 2007 - BOS won 6-4; 2006 - BOS won 5-4; All-Time - BOS leads 316-272

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 5.42

FLA 4.65

SFG 3.85

RA/G

TOR 3.85

CLE 4.58

TEX 5.94

R. Furcal .366

D. Lee .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

A. Callaspo .367

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .642

B. Moss .486

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.110

J. Damon .842

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.32

M. Buehrle 3.98

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

G. Floyd 6.41

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.30 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 43.Loe
G/S/vB 60.Madrigal
G/S/vB 46.Mendoza
G/S/vB 59.Rupe
G/S/vB 56.White*
G/S/vB 45.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

55.Bailey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/20 .290/.421/.516/.937 1.076/.783 .650 30/1.049 0/0 2/

44.Bay G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/2.500 3/2.000 1/no AB 14/.833 596/459 .288/.372/.516/.888 .834/.903 .857 103/.792 10/0 26/

22.Casey* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 5/1.800 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 29/.845 182/151 .345/.407/.424/.831 .971/.801 .679 22/.664 1/0 0/

30.Cash G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 136/104 .236/.301/.341/.643 1.019/.532 .693 21/.714 0/0 2/

13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 9/.365 2/1.500 3/1.334 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 27/.986 146/125 .296/.386/.360/.746 .731/.749 .665 61/.794 1/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 9/.347 4/.750 6/1.333 2/.500 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 354/268 .277/.334/.408/.742 .773/.731 .727 72/.911 18/6 7/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/2.167 ··· ··· 531/406 .264/.326/.364/.690 .702/.687 .637 105/.675 44/8 7/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 9/.000 3/.666 14/.142 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 19/.728 376/269 .288/.339/.427/.765 .652/.812 .688 78/.901 2/3 6/

25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· 4/2.417 4/1.417 9/.347 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/3.000 19/.743 432/342 .275/.338/.459/.797 .862/.780 .801 23/1.135 2/2 15/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 4/2.083 5/.450 1/2.000 1/.000 227/161 .276/.356/.438/.793 1.010/.703 .738 105/.816 0/0 2/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 20/.763 3/.667 11/.489 1/no AB 5/1.850 5/.900 ··· 7/1.571 412/319 .267/.381/.483/.864 .643/.929 .723 107/1.043 1/0 17/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 6/.833 3/1.500 5/.800 1/.000 5/.900 4/1.833 ··· 4/1.750 638/489 .332/.378/.505/.883 .960/.860 .850 118/1.191 17/1 17/

28.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.733 174/94 .230/.379/.363/.742 .650/.817 .640 1/.000 0/1 3/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 16/.750 3/2.167 12/1.318 2/.000 5/.900 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 431/333 .230/.320/.375/.695 .839/.652 .682 82/.812 0/1 12/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 3/3.500 10/1.200 1/.000 5/1.800 3/2.334 ··· 4/.000 538/439 .315/.387/.560/.947 1.014/.933 .897 82/.986 3/4 24/

IP 59.2 44.0 56.2 21.0 27.1 55.0 80.0 0.2 74.2 TOTAL .284/.362/.451/.813 .858/.800 .770 .894 108/28 151/74

ERA-K/9

5.73/3.8

5.11/8.8

3.49/11.6

2.14/5.1

4.94/4.9

8.35/4.7

4.61/4.7

27.00/0.0

4.70/6.4

5.30/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (33-15-12)
Ross (24-10-6)
Varitek (52-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 270/.305 204/.232 237/.208 86/.256 121/.283 273/.339 348/.286 7/.600 333/.271 .288 Bay
Ellsbury
Kotsay
Crisp
Bailey
Youkilis 135/0/0/6
55/57/28/4
0/84/5/3
0/99/0/3
3/0/1/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .871 .766 .661 .755 .793 .922 .809 1.714 .716 .821

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.977 99/.614 120/.626 38/.981 60/.957 140/.878 167/.862 2/1.500 160/.780 .840

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 196/.832 105/.914 117/.697 48/.577 61/.633 133/.969 181/.758 5/1.800 173/.658 .804

Home 165/.800 98/.790 114/.721 65/.738 57/.693 128/.915 171/.771 5/2.050 171/.742 .818

Last 28d days 128/.811 32/.578 39/.556 37/.389 51/.733 40/1.186 80/1.027 7/1.714 54/.690

HR/SB/CS 7/3/3 6/1/1 7/6/1 3/0/0 3/3/1 7/6/2 6/0/1 0/0/0 4/8/1 158/103/34

Usage ····X··· ···X·o·· ··oX·X·· ···oo··· ··o·o··o o···X·X· X···X··X o··o···· ····oX··

Texas Rangers Batters (5.42 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 63.Masterson
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 62.Pauley
G/S/vB 59.Smith
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

4.Arias G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/55 .271/.306/.373/.679 1.429/.580 .678 63/.679 3/0 0/

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 34/.546 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 4/.250 194/137 .268/.320/.413/.733 .756/.723 .870 61/.657 1/0 4/

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 307/211 .230/.337/.406/.743 .832/.701 .790 62/.783 3/2 8/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 14/.500 7/.143 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/2.200 470/314 .327/.446/.583/1.029 1.177/.954 1.204 90/.992 4/3 22/

22.Byrd G/S/vP 8/1.250 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 382/255 .289/.374/.461/.835 .898/.802 .926 101/.923 4/1 10/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 62/.924 6/1.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 10/1.100 3/.666 ··· 11/1.727 267/252 .272/.337/.389/.726 .536/.736 .649 23/.391 1/1 2/

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/39 .256/.326/.410/.736 2.000/.596 .762 43/.736 2/1 1/

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 245/174 .276/.331/.547/.877 .963/.843 .907 98/.795 0/2 14/

6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 116/55 .225/.286/.363/.648 .759/.526 .520 1/ 1/1 3/

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 4/.500 3/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 615/421 .301/.363/.540/.903 .847/.928 1.049 102/.858 8/0 31/

15.Laird G/S/vP 11/.455 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 4/.250 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 325/243 .284/.332/.409/.741 .762/.734 .704 72/.596 2/3 6/

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 229/148 .254/.354/.365/.719 .449/.876 .764 32/.938 0/2 3/

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/9 .273/.273/.818/1.091 .000/1.333 1.400 5/1.400 0/0 2/

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 5/.500 2/1.500 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 330/276 .298/.372/.442/.814 .487/.877 .863 41/.411 0/1 6/

10.Young G/S/vP 47/.724 6/1.467 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.715 630/469 .284/.335/.409/.744 .870/.700 .796 115/.708 8/0 12/

IP 158.0 62.0 52.1 78.2 55.0 59.0 6.1 11.2 41.2 TOTAL .280/.350/.456/.806 .802/.808 .858 .790 71/21 170/115

ERA-K/9

3.76/5.8

3.77/8.9

2.75/5.2

3.20/6.9

2.95/8.3

1.68/10.2

8.53/4.3

4.63/7.7

4.97/5.2

3.91/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (48-19-5)
Saltalamacchia (40-9-6)
Teagarden (1-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 655/.227 261/.216 213/.253 327/.216 235/.230 227/.199 30/.321 47/.220 188/.285 .248 Hamilton
Byrd
Boggs
Bradley
Duran
Catalanotto
Cruz 0/93/34/7
14/54/39/7
69/0/3/6
1/0/19/4
2/0/2/0
26/0/0/0
0/0/11/0

OPS .686 .625 .704 .681 .656 .507 .938 .746 .814 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 267/.662 117/.579 110/.635 162/.791 100/.573 119/.530 16/1.214 24/.269 84/.999 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 388/.703 144/.664 103/.775 165/.578 135/.720 108/.482 14/.643 23/1.241 104/.661 .703

Road 360/.693 135/.688 87/.780 159/.619 124/.539 114/.582 / 20/1.340 103/.815 .693

Last 28d days 47/.884 55/.450 35/.523 61/.643 45/.584 36/.389 8/.625 16/1.242 45/.920

HR/SB/CS 22/23/10 4/7/0 4/1/3 9/9/0 6/0/1 3/2/0 1/1/0 3/0/0 6/4/0 128/85/31

Usage ·····X·· X··o·Xo· ··o·o·o· X·X··Xo· X·····o· ····X··· ···X···· ···o···· ·······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 @ TEX, 8:05pm, Saturday, September 6, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 8-9, 3.76)

SP: Matt Harrison (22, LHP, 6-3, 5.73)

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