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Game Preview: TEX @ BOS, 1:35pm, Sunday, July 18, 2010 @Fenway Park II

Rangers, 52-39, 52-39 1st, 3½ up

SP: C.J. Wilson (29, LHP, 7-5, 3.35)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-5)			113.0	86	48	42	55	82	7	3.35
2009 (5-6)			73.2	66	29	23	32	84	3	2.81
2008 (2-2)			46.1	49	35	31	27	41	8	6.02

Last 7 GS		3-2	43.1	27	16	14	27	30	3	2.91	57
2010-07-11	BAL	L	4.2	3	3	3	5	5	0	111	46
2010-07-06	CLE	W	6.0	2	1	1	2	4	1	102	66
2010-07-01	@LAA	L	5.2	5	2	2	4	4	0	104	51
2010-06-26	HOU	W	7.0	5	2	2	4	3	1	112	58
2010-06-20	@HOU	ND	7.0	6	4	2	3	4	0	120	54
2010-06-15	@FLA	ND	6.0	2	2	2	6	6	1	111	60
2010-06-09	SEA	W	7.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	116	62

Last 5 v.BOS		1-0	6.2	4	0	0	2	2	0	0.00	66
2010-04-22	@BOS	W	6.2	4	0	0	2	2	0	105	66

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   31-19   Road:   21-20   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  36-26   vsLHP:  16-13   1-Run:  16-14
 vsEast:  8-16   vsCntrl:16-12   vsWest: 14-7  IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Sat, Jul 17  @BOS  L   2-3 (11)  52-39  1st  3.5 up
 90 Fri, Jul 16  @BOS  W   8-4       52-38  1st  4.5 up
 89 Thu, Jul 15  @BOS  W   7-2       51-38  1st  4.5 up
 88 Sun, Jul 11   BAL  L   1-4       50-38  1st  4.5 up
 87 Sat, Jul 10   BAL  L   1-6       50-37  1st  4.5 up
 86 Fri, Jul  9   BAL  L   6-7 (10)  50-36  1st  4.5 up
 85 Thu, Jul  8   BAL  L   4-6       50-35  1st  5.5 up
 84 Wed, Jul  7   CLE  W   4-3       50-34  1st  5.5 up
 83 Tue, Jul  6   CLE  W  12-1       49-34  1st  4.5 up
 82 Mon, Jul  5   CLE  L   3-9       48-34  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:19-11

RedSox, 52-39, 52-39 3rd, 5½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Jon Lester (26, LHP, 11-3, 2.78)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (11-3)			120.0	87	38	37	44	124	6	2.78
2009 (15-8)			203.1	186	80	77	64	225	20	3.41
2008 (16-6)			210.1	202	78	75	66	152	14	3.21

Last 7 GS		5-1	47.1	37	13	13	12	47	2	2.47	63
2010-07-09	@TOR	W	6.0	4	2	2	2	6	1	96	60
2010-07-03	BAL	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	100	69
2010-06-27	@SFG	W	9.0	5	1	1	1	9	0	103	81
2010-06-22	@COL	L	6.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	90	61
2010-06-16	ARI	W	7.0	4	2	2	3	7	1	103	65
2010-06-10	@CLE	ND	6.0	9	6	6	1	8	0	109	37
2010-06-05	@BAL	W	6.1	4	0	0	3	4	0	102	66

Last 5 v.TEX		2-0	33.0	30	13	13	12	37	3	3.55	57
2009-08-14	@TEX	ND	6.0	6	3	3	3	11	1	117	56
2009-06-06	TEX	W	9.0	2	1	1	2	11	0	107	88
2008-08-13	TEX	W	7.1	7	3	3	1	6	1	108	57
2008-04-19	TEX	ND	6.1	10	3	3	2	5	1	106	44
2006-06-10	TEX	ND	4.1	5	3	3	4	4	0	102	41

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   30-19   Road:   22-20   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  35-27   vsLHP:  17-12   1-Run:  15-15
 vsEast: 20-21   vsCntrl:10-9    vsWest:  9-4  IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Sat, Jul 17   TEX  W   3-2 (11)  52-39  3rd  5.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 16   TEX  L   4-8       51-39  3rd  6.5 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 15   TEX  L   2-7       51-38  3rd  5.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 11  @TOR  W   3-2       51-37  3rd  5.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 10  @TOR  L   5-9       50-37  3rd  5.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  9  @TOR  W  14-3       50-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  7  @TBR  L   4-6       49-36  3rd  4.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  6  @TBR  L   2-3       49-35  3rd  3.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  5  @TBR  L   5-6       49-34  3rd  2.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  4   BAL  L   1-6       49-33  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 BOS  3  TEX  2 (11)   W:Manny Delcarmen (3-2), L: Alexi Ogando (3-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 TEX  8 @BOS  4        W:Colby Lewis (9-5), L: Felix Doubront (1-2), S: none
Thu, Jul 15, 2010 TEX  7 @BOS  2        W:Tommy Hunter (6-0), L: Tim Wakefield (3-8), S: none
Thu, Apr 22, 2010 TEX  3 @BOS  0        W:C.J. Wilson (1-1), L: Clay Buchholz (1-2), S: Darren Oliver (1)
Wed, Apr 21, 2010 BOS  8  TEX  7 (12)   W:Hideki Okajima (2-1), L: Dustin Nippert (0-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 20, 2010 BOS  7  TEX  6        W:Jonathan Papelbon (1-1), L: Frank Francisco (2-3), S: none

Sun, Aug 16, 2009 TEX  4  BOS  3        W:Dustin Nippert (4-1), L: Junichi Tazawa (1-2), S: Frank Francisco (17)
Sat, Aug 15, 2009 TEX  7  BOS  2        W:Derek Holland (6-7), L: Brad Penny (7-7), S: Neftali Feliz (1)
Fri, Aug 14, 2009 BOS  8 @TEX  4        W:Takashi Saito (3-3), L: Frank Francisco (2-2), S: none
Wed, Jul 22, 2009 TEX  3  BOS  1        W:Dustin Nippert (2-0), L: Clay Buchholz (1-1), S: Doug Mathis (1)
Season Series: 2010 - tied 3-3; 2009 - TEX won 7-2; 2008 - BOS won 9-1; All-Time - BOS leads 322-283

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 2010 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

BOS 5.38

ARI 4.51

PIT 3.31

RA/G

SDP 3.44

COL 4.40

ARI 5.76

J. Hamilton .348

C. Rasmus .280

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

B. Abreu .352

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .635

L. Berkman .451

B. Wood .225

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

M. Napoli .803

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.62

J. Verlander 3.86

S. Kazmir 6.92

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.01

M. Garza 6.83

N. Blackburn 3.15

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Rangers Batters (5.16 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 51.Bard
G/S/vB 53.Cabrera
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 61.Doubront*
G/S/vB 59.Manuel
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 56.Ramirez
G/S/vB 62.Richardson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 4/.666 2/1.000 2/no AB 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.667 1/no AB 397/292 .270/.355/.311/.666 .660/.668 .625 96/.618 23/10 0/11

14.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 86/59 .277/.294/.325/.619 .706/.582 .609 13/.641 1/0 0/2

3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 77/51 .239/.329/.269/.598 .414/.691 .531 17/.899 0/1 0/4

29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 280/215 .272/.305/.360/.666 .623/.677 .609 66/.578 8/6 3/2

17.Cruz G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 2/1.000 1/2.000 6/1.500 4/.500 2/.500 1/3.000 213/143 .316/.376/.588/.964 1.051/.920 .855 87/.733 10/3 11/1

19.Davis* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 75/57 .197/.280/.273/.553 .356/.612 .489 22/.540 1/0 0/1

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 11/.955 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.933 6/1.500 3/1.167 1/.000 8/1.089 12/.258 3/.666 1/.000 369/270 .324/.371/.551/.922 1.080/.865 .858 96/.927 4/4 20/2

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 10/1.067 2/3.000 ··· 2/2.000 5/1.200 3/.333 1/3.000 6/.167 2/1.000 4/.750 1/.000 381/257 .348/.392/.629/1.021 .752/1.150 .883 89/1.150 7/1 22/3

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 14/.547 1/.000 3/.000 6/.900 6/.367 3/.666 1/.000 4/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 300/231 .307/.401/.413/.815 1.092/.734 .688 95/1.001 9/3 4/2

11.Molina G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 2/.000 5/.650 3/1.833 ··· 259/184 .257/.310/.359/.669 .922/.569 .637 58/.750 0/0 5/1

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· 4/.833 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 238/159 .263/.321/.376/.696 .731/.678 .593 45/.812 4/1 3/1

15.Treanor G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 199/136 .228/.308/.363/.670 .495/.753 .668 37/.555 1/1 5/2

10.Young G/S/vP 18/1.265 3/.333 4/.250 7/.762 9/.944 3/.666 1/.000 7/.453 5/.000 8/.125 1/no AB 412/301 .299/.352/.471/.823 .958/.772 .728 96/.787 3/2 12/13

IP 120.0 31.2 43.2 1.1 34.1 15.1 7.0 28.0 38.0 37.2 6.2 TOTAL .278/.343/.425/.768 .744/.778 .700 .780 73/32 92/66

ERA-K/9

2.78/9.3

4.26/7.1

1.85/9.3

20.25/0.0

4.46/6.0

4.11/5.9

3.86/3.9

5.79/7.1

3.32/7.3

4.78/6.0

2.70/5.4

4.34/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (54-15-3)
Treanor (33-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 486/.203 128/.217 166/.155 7/.400 148/.214 72/.286 28/.200 135/.328 154/.203 161/.261 32/.333 .254 Hamilton
Murphy
Cruz
Borbon
Guerrero 73/21/0/6
28/1/41/5
1/0/49/3
0/78/0/2
0/0/12/1

OPS .580 .666 .489 1.571 .661 .779 .806 .929 .656 .800 .999 .728

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 124/.535 66/.830 84/.326 2/.500 66/.642 21/.396 8/.708 64/.861 82/.790 68/.835 16/1.108 .752

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 362/.596 62/.494 82/.652 5/1.850 82/.675 51/.943 20/.829 71/.989 72/.493 93/.775 16/.854 .707

Home 249/.623 87/.671 76/.388 7/1.571 93/.691 48/.780 15/.872 72/.856 83/.533 88/.864 19/1.099

Last 28d days 107/.479 45/.559 23/.221 7/1.571 18/1.299 47/.773 28/.806 29/1.332 33/.625 48/.798 25/.810

HR/SB/CS 6/11/3 3/5/1 4/2/0 1/0/0 4/0/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 5/1/1 6/3/0 6/2/0 2/1/0 83/94/23

Usage ········ ··X····o o·····X· ·X······ o······· ·X······ ··X····· ·o······ X·····o· ·Xo····o ·oX····o

RedSox Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 64.Ogando
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Beltre G/S/vP 15/1.159 ··· 8/.625 5/2.200 9/1.431 7/.429 ··· 30/.200 357/258 .329/.370/.541/.911 1.006/.875 .851 74/.956 1/1 14/14

68.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

23.Cameron G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 17/.694 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 27/.697 140/109 .283/.343/.417/.760 1.368/.594 .754 53/.930 0/1 3/2

36.Cash G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 94/71 .169/.250/.253/.503 .523/.497 .396 33/.316 0/0 2/0

7.Drew* G/S/vP 8/.542 1/.000 3/1.666 6/.533 8/.375 3/.333 ··· 15/.533 313/216 .275/.355/.480/.834 .468/1.002 .865 54/.875 2/1 11/0

22.Hall G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/1.167 2/1.000 1/.000 200/123 .234/.322/.423/.744 .723/.758 .746 66/.734 3/0 8/6

54.McDonald G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/5.000 220/138 .272/.330/.415/.746 .840/.689 .684 53/.865 6/0 6/1

44.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .143/.143/.143/.286 .000/.500 .000 7/.286 0/0 0/0

60.Nava# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 97/73 .294/.381/.471/.852 .583/.936 1.009 67/.738 0/1 1/0

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 5/1.800 9/1.333 11/1.636 1/.000 1/no AB 14/.559 318/229 .260/.381/.546/.926 .576/1.071 .945 80/.941 0/1 18/0

3.Patterson* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 9/1.444 10/.222 5/.400 ··· 5/.650 148/121 .204/.259/.423/.682 .305/.766 .564 37/.741 6/0 6/1

16.Scutaro G/S/vP 11/.282 3/.000 6/.000 8/.125 5/.400 7/.762 2/.500 6/.167 415/306 .278/.343/.369/.712 .762/.695 .718 94/.615 2/3 4/11

30.Shealy G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/0

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 6/2.233 5/.900 7/.619 7/.619 ··· 6/.900 370/276 .297/.405/.578/.984 1.311/.879 .984 76/.826 3/1 18/2

IP 113.0 38.2 41.0 115.2 41.2 37.2 17.2 41.0 TOTAL .273/.348/.464/.812 .822/.808 .822 .778 30/10 121/63

ERA-K/9

3.35/6.5

3.72/9.8

4.17/11.0

3.42/8.7

5.40/8.2

1.43/6.2

1.02/7.1

1.32/9.9

3.93/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Brown (0-0-0)
Cash (23-7-4)
Molina (3-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 474/.210 157/.193 176/.266 474/.209 202/.311 144/.200 70/.153 150/.185 .245 McDonald
Patterson
Nava
Hall
Cameron
Drew 16/47/15/5
29/9/0/2
25/0/0/1
30/7/6/1
0/37/0/1
0/0/78/0

OPS .625 .587 .703 .630 .899 .520 .464 .524 .712

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.294 73/.421 69/.609 233/.662 90/.966 46/.751 18/.289 71/.449 .709

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 371/.720 84/.732 107/.759 241/.599 112/.846 98/.411 52/.525 79/.596 .715

Road 184/.612 56/.221 74/.737 259/.576 76/.786 67/.520 30/.401 79/.692

Last 28d days 99/.665 32/.737 43/.636 99/.774 50/1.059 35/.422 56/.461 34/.435

HR/SB/CS 7/10/5 3/0/0 3/7/1 12/6/2 6/11/0 1/2/1 1/2/0 2/4/3 93/69/24

Usage ······X· ·o······ ·X····o· ·X······ ········ oo····o· X·X···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.