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Game Preview: BOS @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, August 20, 2011 @Kauffman Stadium

RedSox, 76-48, 76-48 2nd, ½ GB, 10 up in WC

SP: Tim Wakefield (44, RHP, 6-5, 4.90)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-5) 121.1 123 77 66 34 66 19 4.90
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 2-2 46.2 53 33 26 10 33 8 5.01 46
2011-08-14 @SEA L 8.0 9 5 4 2 4 1 94 48
2011-08-08 @MIN ND 7.0 8 5 3 0 4 1 102 49
2011-08-03 CLE ND 6.2 5 3 3 2 6 1 99 56
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
Last 5 v.KCR 1-2 28.0 36 24 22 11 16 4 7.07 38
2010-05-28 KCR L 3.2 12 9 9 3 1 1 88 -1
2010-04-09 @KCR ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 6 2 96 62
2009-09-21 @KCR ND 5.0 5 5 4 7 2 1 103 34
2008-08-06 @KCR W 6.0 4 2 1 0 6 0 81 64
2007-07-17 KCR L 6.1 9 6 6 0 1 0 78 32
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   38-24   Road:   38-24   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  48-34   vsLHP:  28-14   1-Run:  17-12
 vsEast: 31-15   vsCntrl:20-15   vsWest: 15-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Fri, Aug 19  @KCR  W   7-1       76-48  2nd  0.5 gb
123 Thu, Aug 18  @KCR  W   4-3       75-48  2nd  0.5 gb
122 Wed, Aug 17   TBR  L   0-4       74-48  2nd  0.5 gb
121 Tue, Aug 16   TBR  L   2-6       74-47  2nd  0.5 gb
120 Tue, Aug 16   TBR  W   3-1       74-46  2nd  0.5 gb
119 Sun, Aug 14  @SEA  L   3-5       73-46  1st  0.5 up
118 Sat, Aug 13  @SEA  L   4-5       73-45  1st  1.0 up
117 Fri, Aug 12  @SEA  W   6-4       73-44  1st  2.0 up
116 Wed, Aug 10  @MIN  L   2-5       72-44  1st  1.5 up
115 Tue, Aug  9  @MIN  W   4-3       72-43  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Royals, 51-75, 51-75 5th, 16 GB, 26 GB in WC

SP: Felipe Paulino (27, RHP, 1-9, 4.30)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-9) 98.1 107 52 47 35 89 9 4.30
2010 (1-9) 91.2 95 63 52 46 83 4 5.11
2009 (3-11) 97.2 126 73 68 37 93 20 6.27
Last 7 GS 1-3 41.2 44 20 20 18 39 4 4.32 50
2011-08-15 NYY L 5.1 8 5 5 5 4 0 107 31
2011-08-10 @TBR ND 5.0 3 1 1 4 1 1 84 54
2011-08-05 DET ND 6.2 6 3 3 2 7 1 114 55
2011-07-30 @CLE ND 6.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 104 66
2011-07-24 TBR L 5.2 7 4 4 2 6 0 105 43
2011-07-17 @MIN L 7.0 7 4 4 1 8 1 113 54
2011-07-05 @CHW W 6.0 9 3 3 2 9 1 120 49
Has never faced BOS as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-36   Road:   19-39   ExtrInn:10-7 
 vsRHP:  40-54   vsLHP:  11-21   1-Run:  21-25
 vsEast: 13-19   vsCntrl:19-29   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Fri, Aug 19   BOS  L   1-7       51-75  5th 16.0 gb
125 Thu, Aug 18   BOS  L   3-4       51-74  5th 15.0 gb
124 Wed, Aug 17   NYY  W   5-4       51-73  5th 14.5 gb
123 Tue, Aug 16   NYY  L   7-9       50-73  5th 15.5 gb
122 Mon, Aug 15   NYY  L   4-7       50-72  5th 14.5 gb
121 Sun, Aug 14  @CHW  L   2-6       50-71  5th 14.5 gb
120 Sat, Aug 13  @CHW  L   4-5       50-70  5th 14.5 gb
119 Fri, Aug 12  @CHW  W   5-1       50-69  5th 13.5 gb
118 Thu, Aug 11  @TBR  L   1-4       49-69  5th 13.5 gb
117 Wed, Aug 10  @TBR  L   7-8       49-68  5th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 19, 2011 BOS  7 @KCR  1        W:Andrew Miller (5-1), L: Jeff Francis (4-14), S: Alfredo Aceves (2)
Thu, Aug 18, 2011 BOS  4 @KCR  3        W:Josh Beckett (10-5), L: Luke Hochevar (8-10), S: Jonathan Papelbon (29)
Thu, Jul 28, 2011 KCR  4 @BOS  3        W:Luke Hochevar (7-8), L: Josh Beckett (9-4), S: Joakim Soria (19)
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 BOS 12  KCR  5        W:John Lackey (9-8), L: Bruce Chen (5-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 BOS 13  KCR  9        W:Alfredo Aceves (6-1), L: Nathan Adcock (1-1), S: none
Mon, Jul 25, 2011 KCR  3 @BOS  1 (14)   W:Louis Coleman (1-2), L: Randy Williams (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (18)

Sun, May 30, 2010 BOS  8  KCR  1        W:Jon Lester (6-2), L: Brad Thompson (0-4), S: none
Sat, May 29, 2010 BOS  1  KCR  0        W:Clay Buchholz (7-3), L: Zack Greinke (1-6), S: Jonathan Papelbon (12)
Fri, May 28, 2010 KCR 12 @BOS  5        W:Kyle Davies (4-3), L: Tim Wakefield (1-3), S: none
Thu, May 27, 2010 KCR  4 @BOS  3        W:Brian Bannister (4-3), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (12)
Season Series: 2011 - BOS over 4-2; 2010 - BOS won 4-3; 2009 - BOS won 5-3; All-Time - Tied 214-214

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

BAL  4.17

SEA  3.38

 RA/G

PHI  3.29

BOS  4.16

BAL  5.34

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .346

K. Fukudome  .272

A. Dunn  .168

 OBP

J. Bautista  .457

M. Joyce  .338

V. Wells  .234

 SLG

J. Bautista  .639

I. Kinsler  .431

C. Getz  .284

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.096

P. Bourjos  .768

A. Rios  .564

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.89

M. Pineda  3.77

J. Reyes  5.44

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.44

D. Holland  6.84

B. Penny  3.60

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

RedSox Batters (5.32 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Paulino
G/S/vB		 47.Adcock
G/S/vB		 46.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 23.Duffy*
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB		 38.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 243/167 .237/.271/.388/.659 .884/.559 .768 57/.723 12/2 5/10
13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 402/269 .248/.283/.377/.661 .514/.731 .646 103/.659 17/5 7/2
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.333 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 562/398 .313/.370/.517/.887 .757/.938 .841 120/.868 33/11 22/0
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/1.167 556/370 .346/.406/.543/.950 .778/1.035 .944 113/.877 1/0 18/3
60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/5 .125/.222/.125/.347 .500/.200 .347 9/.347 0/0 0/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 254/166 .264/.311/.394/.705 .983/.554 .588 38/.606 0/1 4/13
54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 112/36 .170/.259/.350/.609 .765/.288 .733 29/.750 2/3 4/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/3.000 2/.500 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 464/313 .300/.388/.557/.945 1.002/.918 .896 94/.983 1/1 24/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 2/2.500 5/.400 2/.000 3/2.500 564/402 .307/.399/.474/.872 1.106/.782 .863 115/.867 24/6 16/4
16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 182/155 .307/.357/.515/.872 .986/.853 .926 79/.675 1/2 6/3
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 289/198 .246/.308/.458/.766 .622/.833 .771 66/.765 0/0 12/4
10.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 286/210 .279/.342/.380/.721 .700/.729 .677 64/.762 4/1 5/8
33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 204/141 .228/.308/.411/.720 .794/.686 .734 40/.719 0/0 8/0
IP 98.1 49.1 49.1 55.2 55.0 82.2 44.2 51.1 22.1 52.1 TOTAL .278/.349/.453/.803 .803/.802 .768 .783 88/31 151/61
ERA-K/9 4.30/8.1 4.56/5.1 1.64/9.5 3.56/6.9 2.29/8.8 5.66/7.5 1.61/10.7 4.21/8.2 4.03/5.2 3.61/8.3 4.51/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (64-26-16)
 Varitek (48-11-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 424/.287 218/.270 192/.172 244/.217 229/.216 379/.298 172/.178 222/.271 91/.272 224/.232 .272  Ellsbury
 Reddick
 Crawford
 McDonald
 Gonzalez
 Aviles
0/119/0/6
19/3/30/5
94/0/0/1
20/6/21/1
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .785 .779 .579 .691 .649 .883 .524 .741 .847 .666 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 222/.834 96/.828 69/.600 114/.678 103/.835 97/.841 75/.577 116/.659 43/.668 104/.668 .794
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 202/.733 122/.738 123/.565 130/.702 126/.494 282/.898 97/.483 106/.824 48/.985 120/.665 .762
Home 190/.817 96/.649 111/.611 123/.753 126/.636 191/.875 85/.356 139/.573 71/.939 117/.479
Last 28d days 126/.825 50/.636 55/.513 45/.814 37/.911 118/1.000 58/.531 46/.977 31/1.054 61/.713
HR/SB/CS 9/10/2 5/2/1 5/2/4 4/5/1 5/6/1 12/10/7 3/0/0 6/0/1 5/2/1 5/3/3 128/92/41
Usage ····X··· o··X·X·· ··X····X ·o·oX··· ·o·X··X· ···X···· ··oX···X ··X··o·· X···Xo·· ·X··o·X·
Royals Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.16 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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 14/.972 5/1.350 4/1.167 5/1.000 2/.000 6/.666 10/.000 516/387 .293/.368/.456/.824 .914/.795 .843 113/.929 1/1 15/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 15/1.038 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 9/1.792 5/1.650 554/384 .306/.339/.479/.817 .762/.842 .723 106/.957 16/7 16/3
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 477/356 .252/.287/.334/.621 .556/.643 .519 97/.635 18/7 2/13
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.900 7/1.000 2/.000 3/.667 5/.400 2/.500 521/395 .275/.328/.461/.789 .990/.726 .816 106/.861 19/7 15/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/2.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 397/294 .256/.314/.284/.598 .642/.583 .633 44/.626 19/7 0/5
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 59/52 .268/.305/.393/.698 .629/.700 .838 59/.698 4/2 1/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 8/1.196 2/1.500 3/.667 2/1.500 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 554/385 .296/.370/.486/.855 .819/.871 .935 121/.891 13/7 16/2
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 404/292 .268/.319/.413/.732 .534/.809 .760 106/.626 6/4 10/6
12.Maier* G/S/vP 8/.833 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 88/54 .253/.364/.360/.724 .624/.789 .742 19/.628 1/0 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 227/169 .198/.253/.251/.505 .290/.578 .439 90/.488 0/0 1/4
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 215/151 .258/.298/.359/.656 .614/.675 .491 43/.612 0/0 3/2
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 31/31 .200/.194/.267/.460 /.460 .333 31/.460 0/0 0/1
IP 121.1 82.1 50.2 58.0 33.1 51.2 40.0 TOTAL .266/.325/.398/.722 .708/.728 .717 .744 121/47 92/71
ERA-K/9 4.90/4.9 3.06/5.8 2.84/9.2 2.17/9.2 4.05/8.1 2.96/11.7 4.05/7.2 3.87/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (44-24-3)
 Perez (7-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 518/.262 346/.216 211/.222 221/.169 141/.236 206/.211 163/.240 .243  Gordon
 Cabrera
 Francoeur
 Maier
118/0/0/19
8/115/2/12
0/0/122/12
7/8/8/0
OPS .777 .647 .604 .519 .756 .562 .680 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 219/.696 153/.595 90/.725 126/.618 71/.800 100/.499 65/.861 .688
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 299/.837 193/.687 121/.517 95/.383 70/.713 106/.622 98/.564 .706
Road 278/.791 131/.668 85/.512 113/.551 52/.510 99/.540 59/.745
Last 28d days 148/.768 68/.639 47/.755 37/.643 41/.767 32/.125 33/.592
HR/SB/CS 19/5/6 6/5/0 3/5/3 5/7/1 4/5/0 3/4/0 5/1/2 114/112/37
Usage ·····X·· X·X···o· ···X··X· ·o·o···X ···o··oo ·o·o···o ··oo····

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.