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Game Preview: CLE @ BOS, 7:10pm, Wednesday, August 3, 2011 @Fenway Park

Indians, 54-53, 54-53 2nd, 3 GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Carlos Carrasco (24, RHP, 8-9, 4.67)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-9)			117.2	121	65	61	37	80	15	4.67
2010 (2-2)			44.2	47	20	19	14	38	6	3.83
2009 (0-4)			22.1	40	23	22	11	11	6	8.87

Last 7 GS		1-6	38.2	45	30	27	14	31	11	6.28	43
2011-07-29	KCR	L	3.1	7	7	7	3	1	3	60	16
2011-07-22	CHW	L	6.1	6	3	3	4	6	1	102	51
2011-07-16	@BAL	L	7.0	5	3	3	2	6	1	103	59
2011-07-10	TOR	L	3.0	7	5	5	2	4	1	72	27
2011-07-05	NYY	L	4.0	10	6	6	3	3	2	93	18
2011-06-29	@ARI	W	7.0	4	2	2	0	7	2	106	68
2011-06-24	@SFG	L	8.0	6	4	1	0	4	1	91	64

Last 5 v.BOS		0-1	3.1	9	3	3	1	1	0	8.10	30
2009-10-01	@BOS	L	3.1	9	3	3	1	1	0	63	30

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

 Home:   29-24   Road:   25-29   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  41-36   vsLHP:  13-17   1-Run:  18-17
 vsEast: 18-17   vsCntrl:16-18   vsWest:  9-11 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Tue, Aug  2  @BOS  L   2-3       54-53  2nd  3.0 gb
106 Mon, Aug  1  @BOS  W   9-6       54-52  2nd  2.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 31   KCR  L   3-5       53-52  2nd  2.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 30   KCR  W   5-2       53-51  2nd  1.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 29   KCR  L   0-12      52-51  2nd  2.5 gb
102 Wed, Jul 27   LAA  L   1-3       52-50  2nd  2.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 26   LAA  L   1-2       52-49  2nd  2.0 gb
100 Mon, Jul 25   LAA  W   3-2       52-48  2nd  1.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 24   CHW  L   2-4       51-48  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Fri, Jul 22   CHW  L   0-3       51-47  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

RedSox, 67-41, 67-41 1st, 1 up

SP: Tim Wakefield (44, RHP, 6-4, 5.06)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (6-4)			99.2	101	64	56	30	52	16	5.06
2010 (4-10)			140.0	153	92	83	36	84	19	5.34
2009 (11-5)			129.2	137	67	66	50	72	12	4.58

Last 7 GS		3-2	44.1	52	33	29	11	27	8	5.89	43
2011-07-29	@CHW	L	7.0	3	3	3	2	5	1	101	62
2011-07-24	SEA	W	6.1	10	7	7	1	4	2	100	28
2011-07-18	@BAL	ND	4.2	9	7	3	2	3	2	93	27
2011-07-06	TOR	W	7.0	9	3	3	1	7	0	106	53
2011-07-01	@HOU	ND	5.1	11	5	5	0	0	0	91	26
2011-06-25	@PIT	L	6.0	7	5	5	4	2	1	86	36
2011-06-19	MIL	W	8.0	3	3	3	1	6	2	99	69

Last 5 v.CLE		3-0	32.1	22	10	9	13	24	1	2.51	60
2010-06-08	@CLE	W	7.1	4	2	1	0	6	1	105	70
2009-05-07	CLE	W	6.0	4	2	2	4	3	0	101	55
2009-04-27	@CLE	ND	7.0	1	0	0	4	5	0	112	76
2008-09-23	CLE	W	6.0	6	4	4	1	6	0	99	49
2008-04-15	@CLE	ND	6.0	7	2	2	4	4	0	106	50

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

 Home:   34-20   Road:   33-21   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  42-29   vsLHP:  25-12   1-Run:  13-10
 vsEast: 28-12   vsCntrl:15-13   vsWest: 14-8  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Tue, Aug  2   CLE  W   3-2       67-41  1st  1.0 up
107 Mon, Aug  1   CLE  L   6-9       66-41  1st  1.0 up
106 Sun, Jul 31  @CHW  W   5-3       66-40  1st  2.0 up
105 Sat, Jul 30  @CHW  W  10-2       65-40  1st  2.0 up
104 Fri, Jul 29  @CHW  L   1-3       64-40  1st  2.5 up
103 Thu, Jul 28   KCR  L   3-4       64-39  1st  2.5 up
102 Wed, Jul 27   KCR  W  12-5       64-38  1st  3.0 up
101 Tue, Jul 26   KCR  W  13-9       63-38  1st  2.0 up
100 Mon, Jul 25   KCR  L   1-3 (14)  62-38  1st  2.0 up
 99 Sun, Jul 24   SEA  W  12-8       62-37  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:22-8

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 BOS  3  CLE  2        W:Jonathan Papelbon (3-0), L: Vinnie Pestano (1-1), S: none
Mon, Aug 01, 2011 CLE  9 @BOS  6        W:Rafael Perez (4-1), L: Daniel Bard (1-5), S: none
Wed, May 25, 2011 BOS 14 @CLE  2        W:Jon Lester (7-1), L: Mitch Talbot (1-1), S: none
Tue, May 24, 2011 BOS  4 @CLE  2        W:Josh Beckett (4-1), L: Fausto Carmona (3-5), S: Jonathan Papelbon (9)
Mon, May 23, 2011 CLE  3  BOS  2        W:Joe Smith (2-1), L: Daniel Bard (1-4), S: Chris Perez (13)
Thu, Apr 07, 2011 CLE  1  BOS  0        W:Rafael Perez (2-0), L: Daniel Bard (0-2), S: Chris Perez (2)
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 CLE  8  BOS  4        W:Rafael Perez (1-0), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 CLE  3  BOS  1        W:Josh Tomlin (1-0), L: Josh Beckett (0-1), S: Chris Perez (1)

Thu, Aug 05, 2010 BOS  6  CLE  2        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (8-3), L: Josh Tomlin (1-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (26)
Wed, Aug 04, 2010 CLE  9 @BOS  1        W:Justin Masterson (4-10), L: Jon Lester (11-7), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - CLE over 5-3; 2010 - Tied 4-4; 2009 - BOS won 7-2; All-Time - CLE leads 1020-957

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 5.51 BAL 4.13 SEA 3.31	RA/G PHI 3.30 MIL 4.25 BAL 5.30	BA A. Gonzalez .356 M. Izturis .272 A. Dunn .165	OBP J. Bautista .460 A. Jones .333 A. Rios .251	SLG J. Bautista .662 C. Lee .426 C. Getz .286	OPS J. Bautista 1.121 C. Pena .764 A. Rios .545	ERA J. Cueto 1.72 E. Jackson 3.78 J. Happ 6.01	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.69 A. Ogando 6.70 C. Pavano 3.72

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.51

BAL 4.13

SEA 3.31

RA/G

PHI 3.30

MIL 4.25

BAL 5.30

A. Gonzalez .356

M. Izturis .272

A. Dunn .165

OBP

J. Bautista .460

A. Jones .333

A. Rios .251

SLG

J. Bautista .662

C. Lee .426

C. Getz .286

OPS

J. Bautista 1.121

C. Pena .764

A. Rios .545

ERA

J. Cueto 1.72

E. Jackson 3.78

J. Happ 6.01

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.69

A. Ogando 6.70

C. Pavano 3.72

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Indians Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Albers
G/S/vB 51.Bard
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB 43.Williams*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 445/309 .270/.325/.380/.705 .591/.753 .683 91/.690 13/5 6/2

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 11/.293 1/.000 2/.000 3/4.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 3/1.167 469/326 .293/.346/.501/.847 .792/.872 .811 91/.894 13/3 19/12

16.Donald G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3.000 ··· 3/1 .000/.333/.000/.333 .500/.000 3/.333 0/0 0/0

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 6/1.300 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 365/319 .267/.364/.360/.724 .791/.714 .588 74/.629 2/3 3/3

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 15/.367 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/.000 256/188 .291/.379/.475/.854 .588/.957 .844 88/.642 0/0 10/

9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 7/.143 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/1.750 ··· 277/195 .214/.303/.333/.636 .836/.552 .560 30/.633 2/1 5/5

26.Kearns G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.200 4/2.417 ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 1/2.000 162/90 .214/.313/.307/.620 .563/.670 .692 36/.676 0/4 2/1

7.LaPorta G/S/vP 5/1.850 ··· 3/1.167 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.250 3/1.667 292/228 .238/.295/.415/.710 .628/.733 .708 68/.616 1/0 10/7

6.Marson G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 148/87 .233/.288/.331/.618 .909/.428 .732 29/.815 1/1 1/2

41.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 428/298 .229/.350/.421/.771 .811/.754 .690 86/.781 4/2 15/8

IP 99.2 73.1 44.0 51.1 30.0 44.2 35.2 6.1 TOTAL .246/.316/.391/.707 .683/.717 .684 .680 57/28 99/73

ERA-K/9

5.06/4.7

3.19/5.3

2.25/9.0

2.28/8.6

3.90/7.8

3.43/12.3

4.54/7.1

8.53/5.7

3.92/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Marson (20-19-3)
Santana (46-13-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 426/.263 310/.210 181/.214 197/.174 124/.220 183/.228 147/.252 32/.370 .243 Fukudome
Brantley
Kearns 0/1/87/5
55/51/0/3
32/0/19/1

OPS .788 .638 .574 .530 .714 .612 .705 .938 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 170/.634 137/.608 77/.684 109/.638 58/.785 88/.522 58/.889 14/.929 .687

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 256/.891 173/.661 104/.496 88/.391 66/.655 95/.698 89/.588 18/.945 .707

Home 212/.769 203/.631 108/.634 97/.467 80/.825 97/.623 88/.677 22/1.040

Last 28d days 81/.960 77/.475 38/.452 41/.626 41/.714 34/.269 33/.626 32/.938

HR/SB/CS 16/4/5 6/5/0 2/5/2 4/7/1 3/2/0 3/3/0 5/1/2 0/0/0 101/94/33

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

RedSox Batters (5.51 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 59.Carrasco
G/S/vB 37.Durbin
G/S/vB 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 52.Pestano
G/S/vB 46.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP 9/1.111 2/.000 2/2.000 7/.453 5/.400 5/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 209/145 .224/.262/.391/.653 .946/.527 .618 25/.696 10/2 5/10

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.096 6/2.167 4/.250 10/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 338/229 .245/.280/.379/.659 .439/.762 .650 60/.657 12/5 7/2

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 3/1.334 4/1.750 3/.000 2/1.500 4/1.500 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.333 490/347 .318/.374/.510/.885 .724/.949 .903 108/1.025 31/10 17/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 2/2.500 3/.333 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 487/324 .356/.417/.569/.986 .747/1.105 1.036 102/.972 1/0 18/3

54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 95/32 .167/.263/.321/.585 .720/.325 .529 24/1.069 2/2 3/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 2/1.000 7/.429 3/2.667 5/.200 10/.200 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 417/282 .288/.376/.536/.912 1.009/.867 .998 88/.800 1/1 20/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 2/.500 9/.222 2/.000 5/.800 6/.666 ··· 2/no AB 2/1.000 498/356 .312/.406/.487/.893 1.180/.783 .935 108/1.208 22/3 15/4

16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 139/115 .331/.374/.548/.922 1.049/.896 .820 82/.836 1/2 4/2

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/2.500 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 249/174 .265/.329/.482/.812 .671/.873 .851 54/1.019 0/0 10/1

10.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· 9/.476 1/.000 3/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 255/184 .272/.343/.373/.715 .682/.728 .804 83/.759 3/1 5/7

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 11/.473 ··· ··· 5/.600 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 181/121 .238/.315/.425/.740 .776/.721 .721 39/.654 0/0 7/0

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 2/1.500 8/.393 3/.000 3/.333 6/1.133 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 433/302 .275/.388/.497/.885 1.052/.815 1.117 93/.855 3/0 16/7

IP 117.2 41.1 34.2 37.2 44.0 40.1 44.1 42.1 TOTAL .281/.354/.458/.813 .808/.814 .867 .877 76/26 133/52

ERA-K/9

4.67/6.1

6.53/7.4

4.93/6.0

3.11/6.0

2.25/5.7

3.12/13.0

3.05/8.1

1.06/6.6

3.99/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (56-22-12)
Varitek (38-11-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 505/.267 191/.310 158/.306 158/.221 177/.241 161/.197 175/.185 170/.205 .257 Ellsbury
Reddick
McDonald
Gonzalez
Crawford 0/103/0/5
19/3/16/2
19/5/16/1
0/0/2/0
79/0/0/0

OPS .752 .841 .854 .651 .606 .594 .627 .512 .719

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 268/.895 88/.798 78/1.184 86/.641 88/.465 63/.867 67/.529 51/.310 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.593 103/.874 80/.534 72/.659 89/.754 98/.408 108/.687 119/.597 .663

Road 251/.664 97/.951 68/.682 69/.635 77/.688 90/.507 78/.685 89/.584

Last 28d days 95/.986 28/.646 43/1.094 28/1.140 42/.773 37/.631 42/.685 49/.324

HR/SB/CS 15/5/2 5/4/2 6/6/0 3/5/0 1/2/4 4/1/0 7/11/2 0/1/2 102/66/32

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