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Game Preview: NYY @ BOS, 7:10pm, Thursday, September 1, 2011 @Fenway Park

Yankees, 81-53, 81-53 2nd, 1½ GB, 9 up in WC

SP: A.J. Burnett (34, RHP, 9-11, 5.31)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (9-11) 161.0 160 101 95 72 137 25 5.31
2010 (10-15) 186.2 204 118 109 78 145 25 5.26
2009 (13-9) 207.0 193 99 93 97 195 25 4.04
Last 7 GS 1-4 36.1 55 37 37 14 33 8 9.17 34
2011-08-26 @BAL L 5.0 9 9 9 2 5 2 116 16
2011-08-20 @MIN L 1.2 5 7 7 3 1 1 61 15
2011-08-15 @KCR W 5.2 10 3 3 1 2 0 88 38
2011-08-09 LAA ND 6.0 7 4 4 3 6 1 105 45
2011-08-03 @CHW ND 4.1 13 7 7 0 3 1 85 12
2011-07-29 BAL L 8.0 5 4 4 2 10 2 114 64
2011-07-23 OAK L 5.2 6 3 3 3 6 1 100 48
Last 5 v.BOS 0-3 26.0 38 34 29 12 23 7 10.04 29
2011-06-08 BOS L 5.2 7 8 7 4 3 1 105 24
2010-10-02 @BOS ND 6.0 6 4 2 2 5 1 105 51
2010-05-09 @BOS L 4.1 9 9 8 3 4 1 97 12
2010-04-06 @BOS ND 5.0 7 4 3 1 5 1 94 43
2009-08-22 @BOS L 5.0 9 9 9 2 6 3 97 17
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   41-26   Road:   40-27   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  53-40   vsLHP:  28-13   1-Run:  16-18
 vsEast: 27-24   vsCntrl:21-14   vsWest: 20-10 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Wed, Aug 31  @BOS  L   5-9       81-53  2nd  1.5 gb
133 Tue, Aug 30  @BOS  W   5-2       81-52  2nd  0.5 gb
132 Mon, Aug 29  @BAL  W   3-2       80-52  2nd  1.5 gb
131 Sun, Aug 28  @BAL  W   8-3       79-52  2nd  2.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 28  @BAL  L   0-2       78-52  2nd  2.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 26  @BAL  L   5-12      78-51  2nd  1.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 25   OAK  W  22-9       78-50  2nd  1.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 24   OAK  L   4-6 (10)  77-50  2nd  1.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 23   OAK  L   5-6       77-49  1st    Tied
125 Sun, Aug 21  @MIN  W   3-0       77-48  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
RedSox, 83-52, 83-52 1st, 1½ up

SP: Jon Lester (27, LHP, 14-6, 3.09)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (14-6) 160.0 131 58 55 59 150 17 3.09
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 4-2 45.2 33 14 13 19 40 3 2.56 60
2011-08-27 OAK W 6.0 3 2 1 2 4 1 87 62
2011-08-21 @KCR W 6.0 3 1 1 4 3 0 113 61
2011-08-16 TBR W 7.0 3 1 1 1 8 0 113 74
2011-08-10 @MIN L 7.1 8 4 4 5 4 0 119 45
2011-08-05 NYY L 6.0 5 3 3 4 7 0 108 53
2011-07-30 @CHW W 8.0 4 2 2 1 8 2 98 73
2011-07-25 KCR ND 5.1 7 1 1 2 6 0 89 54
Last 5 v.NYY 4-1 31.1 24 10 10 15 33 2 2.87 59
2011-08-05 NYY L 6.0 5 3 3 4 7 0 108 53
2011-06-07 @NYY W 6.0 8 3 3 1 5 0 112 48
2011-05-15 @NYY W 6.0 5 4 4 4 7 2 109 49
2010-09-25 @NYY W 7.0 2 0 0 3 8 0 102 78
2010-08-09 @NYY W 6.1 4 0 0 3 6 0 99 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   41-26   Road:   42-26   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  53-35   vsLHP:  30-17   1-Run:  17-12
 vsEast: 32-16   vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest: 20-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Wed, Aug 31   NYY  W   9-5       83-52  1st  1.5 up
134 Tue, Aug 30   NYY  L   2-5       82-52  1st  0.5 up
133 Sat, Aug 27   OAK  W   4-0       82-51  1st  2.0 up
132 Sat, Aug 27   OAK  W   9-3       81-51  1st  2.0 up
131 Fri, Aug 26   OAK  L   5-15      80-51  1st  1.0 up
130 Thu, Aug 25  @TEX  W   6-0       80-50  1st  1.0 up
129 Wed, Aug 24  @TEX  W  13-2       79-50  1st  1.0 up
128 Tue, Aug 23  @TEX  W  11-5       78-50  1st    Tied
127 Mon, Aug 22  @TEX  L   0-4       77-50  2nd  1.0 gb
126 Sun, Aug 21  @KCR  W   6-1       77-49  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 BOS  9  NYY  5        W:Josh Beckett (12-5), L: Phil Hughes (4-5), S: none
Tue, Aug 30, 2011 NYY  5 @BOS  2        W:CC Sabathia (18-7), L: John Lackey (12-10), S: Mariano Rivera (35)
Sun, Aug 07, 2011 BOS  3  NYY  2 (10)   W:Daniel Bard (2-5), L: Phil Hughes (2-4), S: none
Sat, Aug 06, 2011 BOS 10  NYY  4        W:John Lackey (10-8), L: CC Sabathia (16-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 05, 2011 NYY  3 @BOS  2        W:Boone Logan (3-2), L: Jon Lester (11-5), S: Mariano Rivera (29)
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 BOS  8 @NYY  3        W:Josh Beckett (5-2), L: CC Sabathia (7-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 BOS 11 @NYY  6        W:Tim Wakefield (3-1), L: A.J. Burnett (6-4), S: Alfredo Aceves (1)
Tue, Jun 07, 2011 BOS  6 @NYY  4        W:Jon Lester (8-2), L: Freddy Garcia (4-5), S: Jonathan Papelbon (12)
Sun, May 15, 2011 BOS  7 @NYY  5        W:Jon Lester (5-1), L: Freddy Garcia (2-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (7)
Sat, May 14, 2011 BOS  6 @NYY  0        W:Josh Beckett (3-1), L: CC Sabathia (3-3), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - BOS over 11-3; 2010 - Tied 9-9; 2009 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - NYY leads 1129-953

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

NYY  5.46

BAL  4.23

SFG  3.36

 RA/G

PHI  3.25

OAK  4.24

BAL  5.27

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .341

C. Granderson  .273

A. Dunn  .163

 OBP

J. Bautista  .451

E. Encarnacion  .339

V. Wells  .250

 SLG

J. Bautista  .645

C. Lee  .439

A. Dunn  .288

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.096

B. Phillips  .774

A. Rios  .570

 ERA

J. Cueto  2.05

J. Garcia  3.73

J. Lackey  5.94

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.74

D. Hudson  6.93

B. Penny  3.74

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Yankees Batters (5.46 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Lester*
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 32.Albers
G/S/vB		 51.Bard
G/S/vB		 64.Bowden
G/S/vB		 46.Morales*
G/S/vB		 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB		 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cano* G/S/vP 43/.531 2/2.500 11/1.064 9/.222 5/1.200 2/1.000 18/.686 3/1.334 569/386 .306/.350/.532/.881 .911/.867 .877 105/.944 8/1 23/9
17.Cervelli G/S/vP 5/.650 2/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.500 2/1.500 126/98 .265/.328/.354/.682 .607/.702 .600 27/1.004 4/0 2/5
12.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.667 123/106 .277/.341/.375/.716 .706/.719 .807 55/.605 0/0 1/0
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 6/.334 5/1.100 7/1.143 5/.000 2/.500 ··· 15/1.145 3/1.000 501/395 .265/.345/.373/.718 .625/.742 .717 102/.578 38/11 5/2
14.Granderson* G/S/vP 17/.610 7/.143 5/.400 6/2.500 ··· 1/no AB 18/.823 5/.200 591/404 .273/.375/.584/.959 .983/.946 .960 113/1.067 24/10 38/3
2.Jeter G/S/vP 48/.708 7/.000 16/.192 7/.143 5/.400 ··· 29/.718 20/.721 510/370 .295/.354/.383/.737 .925/.666 .746 104/.857 14/5 4/8
18.Jones G/S/vP 22/.847 1/.000 3/.667 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 11/.664 164/42 .254/.354/.514/.868 .920/.718 .739 34/1.285 0/0 11/1
55.Martin G/S/vP 8/.875 3/2.334 8/.250 3/.000 ··· 6/.900 2/.000 3/1.667 412/294 .238/.325/.418/.744 .714/.754 .703 71/.885 8/1 17/10
26.Nunez G/S/vP 5/.650 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 276/177 .269/.314/.387/.701 .737/.680 .706 69/.679 19/5 4/16
20.Posada# G/S/vP 27/.536 ··· 8/.536 9/.222 5/1.800 ··· 13/.539 7/1.738 353/287 .239/.317/.398/.715 .298/.813 .554 43/.838 0/2 12/1
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 35/.788 4/.750 12/.444 7/.971 3/1.667 ··· 20/1.025 8/.250 363/271 .289/.361/.478/.839 .694/.888 .800 19/.616 4/1 14/5
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 40/.895 4/.250 10/.600 13/.693 7/.286 1/2.000 8/.393 4/1.833 546/381 .270/.386/.464/.851 .950/.808 .807 106/1.001 2/2 21/0
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 33/.613 7/1.000 17/1.020 15/1.466 4/.500 2/.500 18/.535 5/1.600 591/401 .247/.343/.504/.847 .979/.793 .822 109/.748 3/1 35/3
IP 160.0 89.0 54.2 62.0 9.0 37.1 54.2 45.0 TOTAL .268/.348/.454/.801 .832/.788 .771 .850 126/39 188/79
ERA-K/9 3.09/8.4 2.83/6.1 4.28/8.7 2.03/9.1 2.00/3.0 3.62/8.4 2.80/11.8 3.80/7.4 3.87/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (23-3-3)
 Martin (73-32-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 656/.224 369/.203 240/.246 234/.164 42/.316 156/.232 215/.202 181/.233 .242  Granderson
 Swisher
 Gardner
 Jones
 Nunez
0/131/0/9
0/0/123/9
126/11/0/6
28/0/13/1
1/0/1/0
OPS .667 .615 .679 .497 .723 .733 .537 .662 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.566 164/.569 103/.840 135/.590 17/.787 80/.784 106/.470 72/.802 .686
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 487/.703 205/.651 137/.561 99/.366 25/.678 76/.681 109/.604 109/.571 .702
Home 281/.709 228/.601 137/.715 115/.472 35/.835 92/.907 113/.550 108/.637
Last 28d days 132/.576 56/.467 59/1.016 37/.330 11/.955 29/.593 29/.138 33/.494
HR/SB/CS 17/14/11 6/5/0 3/5/3 5/7/1 0/1/1 4/5/0 3/4/0 6/1/2 122/120/40
Usage ····X··· ·o··X·X· ·o···X·X o···o··· ····X··· ·X·····o o···o··o ····o·X·
RedSox Batters (5.40 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB		 38.Ayala
G/S/vB		 48.Logan*
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 29.Soriano
G/S/vB		 53.Wade
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 4/.500 5/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 258/176 .244/.278/.387/.665 .886/.564 .620 49/.717 14/2 5/10
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 62/.776 5/.400 14/.786 23/.909 6/.666 4/.500 ··· 444/292 .253/.288/.398/.686 .563/.747 .677 98/.807 17/5 10/2
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 31/.884 4/.500 6/1.834 12/.282 9/.583 3/.333 1/.000 601/420 .313/.371/.526/.897 .824/.927 .952 102/.931 36/11 24/0
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 5/.650 3/.000 3/.333 9/.111 4/.000 605/396 .341/.402/.552/.953 .752/1.058 .913 110/.816 1/0 23/3
Jackson G/S/vP 9/.476 2/3.500 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 368/230 .249/.315/.342/.658 .686/.641 .740 46/.434 3/1 4/2
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 12/.417 3/1.167 1/.000 4/.000 5/.400 2/.000 1/2.000 294/187 .271/.317/.387/.705 .913/.583 .809 78/.655 0/1 4/15
54.McDonald G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 137/45 .195/.270/.366/.636 .768/.371 .471 41/.766 2/3 5/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 43/.985 5/.000 13/.725 29/.898 7/.715 5/2.467 1/no AB 494/328 .313/.399/.594/.993 1.049/.964 1.060 69/1.489 1/1 28/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 43/.980 5/1.350 5/1.467 13/.154 13/1.189 7/.500 1/.000 612/428 .308/.397/.470/.867 1.091/.775 .897 106/.775 24/6 17/4
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 216/180 .282/.333/.472/.805 .816/.803 .805 70/.505 1/2 6/4
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 5/.400 3/2.000 7/.715 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 317/212 .252/.312/.469/.781 .628/.858 .760 64/.716 0/0 13/4
10.Scutaro G/S/vP 29/.725 3/.000 1/.000 18/.896 8/1.125 10/.300 1/2.000 337/240 .272/.333/.374/.708 .671/.722 .754 74/.762 4/2 5/10
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 30/.685 2/2.500 2/2.000 38/.742 4/.000 5/.600 1/.000 220/149 .240/.313/.454/.767 .819/.742 .795 35/.999 0/0 10/0
IP 161.0 45.2 35.1 51.0 53.1 25.2 28.2 TOTAL .280/.350/.460/.811 .808/.812 .845 .816 93/32 170/66
ERA-K/9 5.31/7.7 1.97/6.3 2.80/10.2 2.12/8.5 1.35/13.7 4.56/6.7 2.20/6.6 3.69/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (66-29-18)
 Varitek (54-11-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 709/.259 193/.278 154/.237 193/.223 223/.186 109/.226 113/.206 .254  Ellsbury
 Reddick
 Jackson
 McDonald
 Crawford
 Aviles
 Gonzalez
0/127/0/6
20/3/39/5
20/0/28/4
20/9/24/1
104/0/0/1
1/0/3/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .801 .746 .682 .555 .534 .645 .584 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 369/.775 103/.733 95/.767 91/.619 115/.517 47/1.011 52/.630 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 340/.828 90/.760 59/.547 102/.496 108/.552 62/.390 61/.544 .686
Road 300/.903 94/.741 75/.752 97/.662 116/.444 38/.388 61/.514
Last 28d days 92/1.106 52/.950 27/.682 36/.624 40/.520 34/.587 40/.566
HR/SB/CS 25/17/6 4/3/0 4/2/1 3/1/0 1/13/2 2/4/0 3/2/1 117/97/36
Usage ·····X·· X····XX· oo·o··X· ·XX····o ··XX···o ·XX··o·X ·o···XX·

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.