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Game Preview: TEX @ BOS, 4:10pm, Saturday, September 3, 2011 @Fenway Park

Rangers, 79-60, 79-60 1st, 4½ up

SP: Colby Lewis (31, RHP, 11-9, 4.19)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (11-9)			171.2	160	85	80	48	140	31	4.19
2010 (12-13)			201.0	174	90	83	65	196	21	3.72
2007 (0-2)			37.2	44	28	27	14	23	7	6.45

Last 7 GS		1-2	43.1	47	25	24	11	31	7	4.98	48
2011-08-28	LAA	ND	6.0	8	5	5	1	3	1	104	38
2011-08-23	BOS	L	6.0	9	7	7	2	2	2	102	26
2011-08-18	@LAA	ND	7.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	112	74
2011-08-13	@OAK	W	6.1	3	1	1	0	8	0	101	71
2011-08-07	CLE	ND	7.1	5	3	3	1	3	1	108	58
2011-08-02	@DET	ND	4.0	10	5	4	3	3	1	85	24
2011-07-27	MIN	L	6.2	8	4	4	2	5	2	105	45

Last 5 v.BOS		2-2	28.2	30	17	17	9	27	5	5.34	48
2011-08-23	BOS	L	6.0	9	7	7	2	2	2	102	26
2011-04-02	BOS	W	6.0	6	3	3	2	4	1	108	50
2010-08-14	BOS	L	6.2	6	1	1	2	9	0	117	65
2010-07-16	@BOS	W	5.0	4	3	3	1	7	1	104	53
2010-04-20	@BOS	ND	5.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	105	48

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

 Home:   44-28   Road:   35-32   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  58-41   vsLHP:  21-19   1-Run:  16-21
 vsEast: 20-19   vsCntrl:22-18   vsWest: 28-14 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Fri, Sep  2  @BOS  W  10-0       79-60  1st  4.5 up
138 Thu, Sep  1   TBR  W   7-2       78-60  1st  3.5 up
137 Wed, Aug 31   TBR  L   1-4       77-60  1st  3.5 up
136 Tue, Aug 30   TBR  W   2-0       77-59  1st  3.5 up
135 Sun, Aug 28   LAA  W   9-5       76-59  1st  3.0 up
134 Sat, Aug 27   LAA  L   4-8       75-59  1st  2.0 up
133 Fri, Aug 26   LAA  W  11-7       75-58  1st  3.0 up
132 Thu, Aug 25   BOS  L   0-6       74-58  1st  2.0 up
131 Wed, Aug 24   BOS  L   2-13      74-57  1st  2.5 up
130 Tue, Aug 23   BOS  L   5-11      74-56  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

RedSox, 83-54, 83-54 2nd, ½ GB, 9½ up in WC

SP: Erik Bedard (32, LHP, 4-9, 3.45)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (4-9)			117.1	103	53	45	39	113	13	3.45
2009 (5-3)			83.0	65	29	26	34	90	8	2.82
2008 (6-4)			81.0	70	38	33	37	72	9	3.67

Last 7 GS		0-4	34.1	33	20	18	14	33	4	4.72	50
2011-08-27	OAK	ND	4.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	78	59
2011-08-22	@TEX	L	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	108	45
2011-08-16	TBR	L	6.0	7	3	1	0	6	1	102	56
2011-08-09	@MIN	ND	5.0	3	2	2	4	6	0	90	55
2011-08-04	CLE	ND	5.0	7	3	3	0	5	0	70	46
2011-07-29	TBR	L	1.1	3	5	5	4	2	0	57	26
2011-06-27	ATL	L	7.0	4	3	3	1	5	2	106	61

Last 5 v.TEX		0-2	30.2	23	14	12	9	22	5	3.52	55
2011-08-22	@TEX	L	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	108	45
2011-05-03	TEX	ND	7.0	2	2	2	2	3	0	103	66
2011-04-04	@TEX	L	5.0	4	5	3	2	3	2	95	44
2009-07-12	TEX	ND	5.2	3	2	2	4	5	1	93	56
2009-05-05	TEX	ND	7.0	7	1	1	0	7	1	102	66

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

 Home:   41-28   Road:   42-26   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  53-36   vsLHP:  30-18   1-Run:  17-12
 vsEast: 32-17   vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest: 20-13 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Fri, Sep  2   TEX  L   0-10      83-54  2nd  0.5 gb
136 Thu, Sep  1   NYY  L   2-4       83-53  1st  0.5 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 TEX 10 @BOS  0        W:Derek Holland (13-5), L: Andrew Miller (6-2), S: none
Thu, Aug 25, 2011 BOS  6 @TEX  0        W:Andrew Miller (6-1), L: Alexi Ogando (12-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 BOS 13 @TEX  2        W:Josh Beckett (11-5), L: Matt Harrison (10-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 BOS 11 @TEX  5        W:John Lackey (12-9), L: Colby Lewis (11-9), S: none
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 TEX  4  BOS  0        W:C.J. Wilson (13-5), L: Erik Bedard (4-9), S: none
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 TEX  5  BOS  1        W:Matt Harrison (1-0), L: Clay Buchholz (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 02, 2011 TEX 12  BOS  5        W:Colby Lewis (1-0), L: John Lackey (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 TEX  9  BOS  5        W:Darren Oliver (1-0), L: Daniel Bard (0-1), S: none

Sun, Aug 15, 2010 TEX  7  BOS  3        W:C.J. Wilson (11-5), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (8-4), S: none
Sat, Aug 14, 2010 BOS  3 @TEX  1        W:Jon Lester (13-7), L: Colby Lewis (9-9), S: Felix Doubront (1)
Season Series: 2011 - TEX over 5-3; 2010 - TEX won 6-4; 2009 - TEX won 7-2; All-Time - BOS leads 326-291

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 5.43 CLE 4.22 SFG 3.38	RA/G PHI 3.25 PIT 4.23 BAL 5.26	BA A. Gonzalez .342 E. Encarnacion .273 A. Dunn .163	OBP J. Bautista .449 C. Lee .337 A. Rios .252	SLG J. Bautista .638 M. Wieters .441 A. Dunn .288	OPS J. Bautista 1.087 G. Sanchez .776 A. Rios .570	ERA J. Weaver 2.28 C. Morton 3.74 A. Burnett 5.25	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.67 T. Lilly 6.94 B. Penny 3.74

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.43

CLE 4.22

SFG 3.38

RA/G

PHI 3.25

PIT 4.23

BAL 5.26

A. Gonzalez .342

E. Encarnacion .273

A. Dunn .163

OBP

J. Bautista .449

C. Lee .337

A. Rios .252

SLG

J. Bautista .638

M. Wieters .441

A. Dunn .288

OPS

J. Bautista 1.087

G. Sanchez .776

A. Rios .570

ERA

J. Weaver 2.28

C. Morton 3.74

A. Burnett 5.25

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.67

T. Lilly 6.94

B. Penny 3.74

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

Rangers Batters (5.08 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Bedard*
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Albers
G/S/vB 51.Bard
G/S/vB 64.Bowden
G/S/vB 61.Doubront*
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 11/.637 3/.000 10/.958 6/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.666 567/427 .274/.337/.348/.685 .703/.679 .705 104/.714 34/10 4/25

29.Beltre G/S/vP 17/.529 2/.000 6/1.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 8/.000 5/.400 430/323 .275/.316/.500/.816 .936/.779 .684 9/.472 0/1 20/11

3.Blanco# G/S/vP 3/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 74/52 .203/.236/.333/.569 .618/.562 .400 1/.000 0/1 2/3

9.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 4/.250 229/187 .303/.330/.450/.781 .900/.753 .836 56/.761 8/4 5/1

23.Gentry G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 113/51 .240/.327/.292/.619 .553/.698 .553 16/.277 14/0 0/1

6.German G/S/vP 10/.522 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 17/.983 2/.000 12/.667 2/3.000 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 4/1.250 5/.400 442/317 .296/.342/.522/.864 .730/.918 .829 105/.789 8/1 19/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 29/.786 3/2.334 12/.872 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 5/.650 8/2.000 618/455 .243/.345/.451/.796 .885/.764 .667 115/.907 23/2 24/9

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 468/354 .266/.330/.428/.758 .571/.819 .757 91/.733 2/2 16/4

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 8/.250 4/.500 6/1.500 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/3.000 347/254 .263/.326/.373/.699 .447/.792 .633 65/.861 8/6 8/4

25.Napoli G/S/vP 16/1.067 3/.000 4/1.000 5/.200 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 4/.250 351/239 .291/.387/.576/.964 .967/.962 .954 99/.888 3/2 22/3

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 14/.500 1/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/1.000 387/274 .276/.308/.393/.702 .634/.729 .612 85/.663 0/2 5/7

15.Treanor G/S/vP 2/5.000 2/.000 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/.500 2/.500 231/178 .225/.350/.305/.654 .634/.660 .565 1/.000 2/2 3/4

10.Young G/S/vP 37/.576 5/1.800 12/.444 5/.200 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 7/.429 6/.000 591/444 .335/.376/.486/.862 .909/.846 .791 108/.834 6/2 11/6

IP 117.1 90.1 55.2 62.2 11.2 4.0 37.1 54.2 45.2 TOTAL .276/.334/.447/.781 .771/.784 .718 .783 121/40 167/104

ERA-K/9

3.45/8.7

2.99/6.1

4.69/8.7

2.15/9.2

2.31/6.2

4.50/6.8

3.62/8.4

2.80/11.8

3.74/7.3

3.92/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (15-11-1)
Torrealba (51-25-5)
Treanor (40-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 483/.234 378/.206 246/.254 238/.170 53/.292 17/.286 156/.232 215/.202 183/.230 .244 Murphy
Hamilton
Chavez
Blanco
Gentry
Moreland 74/13/15/5
69/30/0/5
8/54/5/3
0/0/1/1
1/45/3/0
0/0/34/0

OPS .659 .625 .716 .511 .671 .912 .733 .537 .655 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.639 168/.570 105/.877 137/.596 19/.702 10/1.214 80/.784 106/.470 72/.802 .692

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 341/.668 210/.668 141/.599 101/.391 34/.653 7/.571 76/.681 109/.604 111/.561 .704

Home 270/.689 237/.617 143/.775 119/.500 46/.748 17/.912 92/.907 113/.550 110/.625

Last 28d days 89/.631 61/.545 59/1.223 36/.282 22/.714 4/.250 29/.593 29/.138 30/.400

HR/SB/CS 13/3/2 6/5/0 5/5/3 5/7/1 0/2/1 1/2/2 4/5/0 3/4/0 6/1/2 125/121/41

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

RedSox Batters (5.34 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 58.Hamburger
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 22.Tateyama
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB 55.Valdez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/1.333 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 259/176 .243/.277/.385/.662 .875/.564 .616 47/.704 14/2 5/10

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 12/.667 1/2.000 14/.517 3/.000 7/.829 ··· 4/.833 5/1.850 1/.000 9/.222 ··· 448/295 .251/.285/.394/.679 .559/.739 .664 94/.684 17/5 10/2

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 8/.542 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.167 ··· 3/.500 4/1.000 1/5.000 4/.750 ··· 610/425 .313/.372/.523/.895 .816/.928 .947 102/.875 36/12 24/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 6/2.833 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 5/.400 ··· 3/.667 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 612/401 .342/.404/.552/.956 .754/1.061 .918 108/.877 1/0 23/3

36.Jackson G/S/vP 4/.500 3/.000 2/1.500 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 371/231 .247/.313/.339/.652 .675/.638 .727 45/.397 3/1 4/2

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 6/1.333 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.500 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 301/192 .265/.313/.379/.692 .895/.574 .780 85/.613 0/1 4/15

54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 140/45 .190/.264/.357/.621 .742/.371 .449 44/.712 2/3 5/2

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 15/1.262 ··· 7/1.762 2/.000 7/.453 ··· 2/.500 16/.851 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 501/333 .311/.397/.588/.985 1.035/.960 1.045 68/1.493 1/1 28/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 11/.455 1/.000 6/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 7/.619 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 618/432 .308/.396/.474/.871 1.077/.785 .903 103/.817 25/6 18/4

16.Reddick* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 221/184 .275/.326/.460/.786 .793/.785 .767 70/.428 1/2 6/4

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 7/.429 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 4/1.250 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 321/216 .248/.308/.463/.771 .628/.841 .740 60/.716 0/0 13/4

10.Scutaro G/S/vP 18/.247 2/.000 11/.855 5/.000 5/.400 ··· 7/1.000 6/.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 342/245 .270/.331/.371/.703 .671/.715 .743 72/.774 4/2 5/10

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 3/.333 9/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 223/149 .236/.309/.447/.756 .784/.742 .773 38/.916 0/0 10/0

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 8/.946 ··· 6/.167 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.667 8/.661 ··· 6/2.267 ··· 477/328 .264/.377/.477/.855 .959/.808 1.034 28/.500 3/0 17/7

IP 171.2 63.1 22.0 53.1 47.1 1.0 41.1 44.2 41.2 58.1 1.0 TOTAL .278/.348/.457/.806 .798/.809 .834 .788 94/33 171/66

ERA-K/9

4.19/7.3

1.28/9.2

2.86/6.1

2.87/6.8

4.18/8.9

0.00/0.0

3.70/8.7

2.22/7.4

3.46/8.6

2.47/11.6

0.00/9.0

3.85/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (66-30-18)
Varitek (55-11-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 719/.244 239/.165 86/.200 216/.196 205/.251 3/.000 182/.267 187/.230 165/.200 220/.172 3/.000 .247 Ellsbury
Reddick
Jackson
McDonald
Crawford
Aviles
Gonzalez 0/129/0/6
21/3/40/5
21/0/28/4
20/9/25/1
105/0/0/1
1/0/3/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .743 .487 .568 .611 .754 .000 .752 .578 .597 .560 .000 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 396/.858 134/.523 40/.231 117/.591 96/.569 1/.000 79/.831 80/.608 71/.826 116/.460 2/.000 .748

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 323/.606 105/.441 46/.859 99/.632 109/.929 2/.000 103/.693 107/.555 94/.426 104/.665 1/.000 .680

Road 352/.658 112/.590 32/.858 82/.573 95/.744 / 74/.784 70/.699 66/.530 99/.571 3/.000

Last 28d days 132/.729 43/.430 63/.596 43/.316 33/.212 3/.000 35/.592 29/.667 46/.543 35/.943 3/.000

HR/SB/CS 31/8/7 4/8/0 2/0/3 4/0/3 7/4/0 0/0/0 4/1/3 3/4/2 6/3/2 10/0/0 0/0/0 148/72/43

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