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Game Preview: MIL @ BOS, 7:10pm, Saturday, June 18, 2011 @Fenway Park II

Brewers, 39-32, 39-32 1st, 1 up

SP: Randy Wolf (34, LHP, 4-4, 3.20)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (4-4)			84.1	78	35	30	26	65	10	3.20
2010 (13-12)			215.2	213	107	100	87	142	29	4.17
2009 (11-7)			214.1	178	81	77	58	160	24	3.23

Last 7 GS		1-1	41.2	39	15	14	15	30	4	3.02	54
2011-06-13	@CHC	ND	7.0	6	0	0	0	7	0	98	72
2011-06-08	NYM	ND	6.2	4	1	1	2	6	0	109	66
2011-06-03	@FLA	ND	5.0	5	4	4	2	4	2	105	43
2011-05-28	SFG	ND	7.1	3	2	1	2	5	0	97	69
2011-05-22	COL	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	100	67
2011-05-17	@LAD	L	5.1	5	2	2	4	2	1	119	48
2011-05-11	SDP	ND	3.1	12	5	5	2	1	1	73	15

Last 5 v.BOS		2-1	33.0	30	11	10	13	24	7	2.73	56
2004-06-26	@BOS	ND	4.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	77	46
2003-06-21	BOS	ND	6.2	6	2	2	4	2	2	103	52
2001-06-08	@BOS	L	8.0	8	3	3	0	7	3	109	61
2000-06-03	BOS	W	7.0	3	2	2	4	9	1	116	68
1999-07-17	@BOS	W	7.1	6	3	2	4	3	1	121	55

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

 Home:   25-9    Road:   14-23   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  33-24   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl:17-16   vsWest:  9-4  IL: 0-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Fri, Jun 17  @BOS  L   4-10      39-32  1st  1.0 up
 70 Thu, Jun 16  @CHC  L   7-12      39-31  1st  1.0 up
 69 Wed, Jun 15  @CHC  W   9-5       39-30  1st  1.0 up
 68 Tue, Jun 14  @CHC  L   4-5 (10)  38-30  1st    Tied
 67 Mon, Jun 13  @CHC  L   0-1       38-29  1st    Tied
 66 Sun, Jun 12   STL  W   4-3       38-28  1st  0.5 up
 65 Sat, Jun 11   STL  W   5-3       37-28  2nd  0.5 gb
 64 Fri, Jun 10   STL  W   8-0       36-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 63 Thu, Jun  9   NYM  L   1-4       35-28  2nd  2.5 gb
 62 Wed, Jun  8   NYM  W   7-6       35-27  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

RedSox, 42-27, 42-27 1st, 2½ up

SP: Jon Lester (27, LHP, 9-2, 3.73)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (9-2)			89.1	81	37	37	33	87	11	3.73
2010 (19-9)			208.0	167	81	75	83	225	14	3.25
2009 (15-8)			203.1	186	80	77	64	225	20	3.41

Last 7 GS		5-1	43.0	45	25	25	18	41	6	5.23	49
2011-06-12	@TOR	W	8.0	2	1	1	1	8	1	102	81
2011-06-07	@NYY	W	6.0	8	3	3	1	5	0	112	48
2011-05-30	CHW	L	5.2	8	7	7	4	4	1	127	25
2011-05-25	@CLE	W	6.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	97	72
2011-05-20	CHC	W	6.0	12	5	5	2	5	0	104	31
2011-05-15	@NYY	W	6.0	5	4	4	4	7	2	109	49
2011-05-10	@TOR	ND	5.1	7	5	5	5	5	2	114	34

Has never faced MIL as starter.

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

 Home:   20-13   Road:   22-14   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  27-20   vsLHP:  15-7    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast: 18-9    vsCntrl:10-9    vsWest: 11-8  IL: 3-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Fri, Jun 17   MIL  W  10-4       42-27  1st  2.5 up
 68 Thu, Jun 16  @TBR  W   4-2       41-27  1st  1.5 up
 67 Wed, Jun 15  @TBR  W   3-0       40-27  1st  1.5 up
 66 Tue, Jun 14  @TBR  L   0-4       39-27  1st  1.5 up
 65 Sun, Jun 12  @TOR  W  14-1       39-26  1st  2.0 up
 64 Sat, Jun 11  @TOR  W  16-4       38-26  1st  2.0 up
 63 Fri, Jun 10  @TOR  W   5-1       37-26  1st  2.0 up
 62 Thu, Jun  9  @NYY  W   8-3       36-26  1st  2.0 up
 61 Wed, Jun  8  @NYY  W  11-6       35-26  1st  1.0 up
 60 Tue, Jun  7  @NYY  W   6-4       34-26  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:23-7

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 17, 2011 BOS 10  MIL  4        W:John Lackey (5-5), L: Marco Estrada (1-4), S: none

Sun, May 18, 2008 BOS 11  MIL  7        W:Josh Beckett (5-3), L: Carlos Villanueva (2-5), S: none
Sat, May 17, 2008 BOS  7  MIL  6        W:Craig Hansen (1-2), L: Salomon Torres (3-1), S: Mike Timlin (1)
Sat, May 17, 2008 BOS  5  MIL  3        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (7-0), L: Jeff Suppan (2-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (12)
Sun, Jun 08, 2003 BOS  9 @MIL  1        W:Derek Lowe (6-3), L: Glendon Rusch (1-9), S: none
Sat, Jun 07, 2003 BOS 11 @MIL 10        W:Brandon Lyon (2-2), L: Mike DeJean (2-4), S: Mike Timlin (1)
Fri, Jun 06, 2003 MIL  9  BOS  3        W:Jayson Durocher (2-0), L: Hector Almonte (0-1), S: none
Sun, Sep 14, 1997 BOS  2 @MIL  1        W:Butch Henry (7-2), L: Jose Mercedes (6-10), S: Tom Gordon (8)
Sat, Sep 13, 1997 BOS  2 @MIL  1        W:Tim Wakefield (11-15), L: Scott Karl (10-12), S: Tom Gordon (7)
Fri, Sep 12, 1997 BOS  4 @MIL  2        W:Jeff Suppan (7-2), L: Jeff D'Amico (8-6), S: Tom Gordon (6)
Season Series: 2011 - BOS over 1-0; 2010 -  0-0; 2009 -  0-0; All-Time - BOS leads 217-184

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 2011 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 5.32 CHW 4.10 SDP 3.35	RA/G PHI 3.31 CHW 4.30 CHC 5.04	BA A. Gonzalez .352 M. Wieters .268 D. Uggla .172	OBP J. Bautista .486 B. Zobrist .339 D. Uggla .240	SLG J. Bautista .679 J. Willingham .410 C. Figgins .261	OPS J. Bautista 1.165 C. Pena .747 C. Figgins .506	ERA J. Beckett 1.86 J. Lester 3.73 J. Vazquez 6.85	K/9IP M. Garza 9.79 G. Floyd 6.67 C. Pavano 3.63

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.32

CHW 4.10

SDP 3.35

RA/G

PHI 3.31

CHW 4.30

CHC 5.04

A. Gonzalez .352

M. Wieters .268

D. Uggla .172

OBP

J. Bautista .486

B. Zobrist .339

D. Uggla .240

SLG

J. Bautista .679

J. Willingham .410

C. Figgins .261

OPS

J. Bautista 1.165

C. Pena .747

C. Figgins .506

ERA

J. Beckett 1.86

J. Lester 3.73

J. Vazquez 6.85

K/9IP

M. Garza 9.79

G. Floyd 6.67

C. Pavano 3.63

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Brewers Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Albers
G/S/vB 51.Bard
G/S/vB 64.Bowden
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 13/1.338 2/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 5/.400 19/1.000 6/.500 243/195 .231/.255/.336/.591 .517/.610 .508 77/.593 0/2 3/9

8.Braun G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.500 ··· ··· 1/5.000 3/.000 1/.000 303/240 .311/.396/.561/.957 .793/.994 .818 102/.962 16/4 15/0

30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 4/1.000 95/90 .213/.315/.263/.578 1.000/.561 .479 39/.597 2/0 0/1

28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/1.025 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 7/2.214 304/227 .300/.418/.608/1.026 .779/1.118 .903 105/1.245 0/0 19/2

27.Gomez G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/1.000 ··· 198/145 .220/.275/.356/.631 .811/.559 .591 24/.601 15/1 4/0

1.Hart G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 3/3.500 5/.400 167/135 .276/.337/.474/.811 1.061/.752 .713 86/1.014 2/2 6/0

25.Kotsay* G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 21/.986 3/1.000 136/129 .246/.324/.295/.619 1.314/.584 .488 41/.519 3/0 0/1

16.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/26 .286/.323/.429/.751 .650/.766 .846 2/2.500 0/0 1/0

20.Lucroy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 193/157 .270/.313/.410/.723 .717/.724 .554 83/.539 0/0 6/3

14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 286/229 .230/.287/.326/.612 .401/.665 .568 96/.412 0/1 4/12

2.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/91 .351/.379/.505/.884 .779/.903 .870 73/.832 3/2 1/2

23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 5/1.000 322/258 .289/.358/.502/.860 .808/.873 .795 115/.886 7/2 13/8

9.Wilson G/S/vP 12/.083 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 11/.909 1/.000 24/16 .261/.292/.609/.900 1.929/.438 1.071 14/1.203 1/0 2/0

IP 89.1 43.2 25.0 33.2 4.0 28.0 55.1 18.0 TOTAL .256/.321/.419/.740 .706/.748 .656 .763 50/14 79/40

ERA-K/9

3.73/8.8

3.30/4.9

3.24/8.6

2.67/8.8

0.00/2.2

4.18/12.5

4.39/4.1

7.00/6.5

3.98/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kottaras (6-2-2)
Lucroy (31-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 377/.242 186/.233 106/.234 126/.181 17/.200 120/.259 232/.236 78/.307 .239 Gomez
Braun
Hart
Morgan
Counsell
Kotsay 0/56/0/3
70/0/0/3
0/0/39/2
2/20/14/0
1/0/0/0
4/7/23/0

OPS .711 .681 .589 .553 .494 .684 .731 .867 .687

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 82/.491 88/.657 50/.646 69/.680 4/.500 60/.635 103/.493 32/1.124 .660

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 295/.776 98/.702 56/.541 57/.393 13/.490 60/.733 129/.921 46/.696 .710

Home 140/.802 124/.668 58/.758 61/.385 10/.733 62/.670 125/.755 47/.862

Last 28d days 107/.612 94/.721 30/.526 36/.306 17/.494 43/.862 133/.669 25/.532

HR/SB/CS 11/6/6 4/4/0 0/4/0 3/4/1 0/1/0 2/1/0 8/2/1 4/1/1 58/67/19

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

RedSox Batters (5.32 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Wolf*
G/S/vB 59.Axford
G/S/vB 48.Dillard
G/S/vB 41.Estrada
G/S/vB 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB 46.Herrera*
G/S/vB 50.Loe
G/S/vB 52.Mitre
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Cameron G/S/vP 16/.606 ··· ··· ··· 28/.436 5/2.133 ··· 6/.334 90/34 .150/.213/.288/.501 .554/.412 .433 38/.478 0/0 3/1

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 4/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 9/.583 ··· 11/1.637 1/2.000 278/186 .243/.275/.384/.659 .474/.750 .636 95/.914 8/4 6/2

7.Drew* G/S/vP 12/1.599 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 8/.500 1/no AB 6/.533 4/.500 201/164 .227/.328/.331/.660 .623/.668 .636 59/.492 0/1 4/0

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 306/223 .312/.372/.475/.846 .708/.897 .777 111/.945 24/9 8/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 18/.742 1/.000 1/no AB 2/4.000 5/.400 4/.250 ··· 9/.000 311/210 .352/.408/.612/1.020 .723/1.161 1.029 108/1.179 1/0 15/0

54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/13 .138/.219/.241/.460 .616/.237 .653 10/.311 1/1 1/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 1/2.000 11/.489 2/1.500 282/196 .320/.394/.608/1.002 1.004/1.000 1.031 101/1.191 0/0 17/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/2.000 6/.666 1/.000 310/222 .262/.375/.373/.748 1.067/.629 .706 104/.913 13/2 5/3

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 7/.619 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.500 154/105 .248/.312/.433/.744 .682/.774 .865 58/.883 0/0 5/1

10.Scutaro G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 5/.000 14/.286 111/82 .273/.345/.354/.699 .779/.671 .832 35/.863 1/0 1/4

44.Sutton# G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 35/26 .324/.324/.529/.853 .556/.960 1.000 35/.853 0/0 0/0

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 8/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 12/.583 1/3.000 12/1.318 2/2.500 115/80 .230/.325/.370/.695 .633/.722 .681 40/1.018 0/0 3/0

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 11/.586 ··· 10/1.200 ··· 276/191 .257/.380/.478/.858 .994/.800 1.053 97/.693 1/0 10/4

IP 84.1 31.1 12.2 44.2 17.1 1.2 33.2 29.0 TOTAL .274/.348/.447/.795 .786/.799 .824 .871 50/18 81/32

ERA-K/9

3.20/6.9

2.87/12.4

2.84/9.9

4.84/7.2

0.52/4.7

21.60/0.0

5.35/7.2

2.79/3.1

3.78/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (41-12-6)
Varitek (26-7-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 359/.245 140/.238 49/.200 184/.247 72/.258 11/.600 145/.250 120/.243 .250 Ellsbury
Drew
Sutton
Crawford
McDonald
Cameron 0/66/0/5
0/0/50/3
1/0/0/0
67/0/0/0
7/3/5/0
3/2/20/0

OPS .716 .611 .523 .746 .584 1.736 .714 .663 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/.467 59/.404 24/.590 93/.801 23/.367 6/1.500 69/.775 48/.706 .686

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 300/.762 81/.770 25/.458 91/.689 49/.681 5/2.000 76/.660 72/.635 .705

Road 199/.742 64/.785 35/.492 91/.933 30/.655 11/1.736 69/.803 66/.664

Last 28d days 131/.580 49/.456 49/.523 49/.917 23/.534 11/1.736 50/.718 49/.710

HR/SB/CS 10/9/1 1/1/1 0/1/0 6/2/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 4/2/0 2/5/1 64/44/12

Usage ····X··· ··X··Xo· X·oo···o X··o···· ··oo···· Xo······ ··o·Xoo· ·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.