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Game Preview: BOS @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, August 21, 2011 @Kauffman Stadium

RedSox, 76-49, 76-49 2nd, ½ GB, 9 up in WC

SP: Jon Lester (27, LHP, 12-6, 3.22)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (12-6) 148.0 125 55 53 53 143 16 3.22
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 3-2 44.2 29 11 11 16 43 2 2.22 63
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
2011-07-05 TOR ND 4.0 0 0 0 1 5 0 50 66
2011-06-30 @PHI W 7.0 2 0 0 2 5 0 120 76
Last 5 v.KCR 3-1 34.1 21 6 6 13 33 0 1.57 67
2011-07-25 KCR ND 5.1 7 1 1 2 6 0 89 54
2010-05-30 KCR W 7.0 4 1 1 4 5 0 105 66
2009-07-10 KCR W 8.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 115 80
2008-05-19 KCR W 9.0 0 0 0 2 9 0 130 94
2006-08-08 @KCR L 5.0 6 4 4 3 5 0 105 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   38-24   Road:   38-25   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  48-35   vsLHP:  28-14   1-Run:  17-12
 vsEast: 31-15   vsCntrl:20-16   vsWest: 15-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Sat, Aug 20  @KCR  L   4-9       76-49  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Royals, 52-75, 52-75 5th, 16 GB, 25 GB in WC

SP: Danny Duffy (22, LHP, 3-7, 5.66)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-7) 82.2 98 52 52 41 69 12 5.66
Last 7 GS 2-4 36.2 41 26 26 17 32 3 6.38 44
2011-08-16 NYY L 3.0 8 8 8 2 3 1 90 12
2011-08-11 @TBR L 7.0 5 3 3 3 2 0 103 54
2011-08-06 DET L 5.0 5 3 3 3 4 0 105 46
2011-07-31 @CLE W 5.0 8 2 2 3 6 1 89 46
2011-07-26 @BOS ND 3.2 6 6 6 3 5 0 102 27
2011-07-19 CHW W 7.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 94 63
2011-07-07 DET L 6.0 4 2 2 1 6 1 102 61
Last 5 v.BOS 0-0 3.2 6 6 6 3 5 0 14.73 27
2011-07-26 @BOS ND 3.2 6 6 6 3 5 0 102 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-36   Road:   19-39   ExtrInn:10-7 
 vsRHP:  41-54   vsLHP:  11-21   1-Run:  21-25
 vsEast: 14-19   vsCntrl:19-29   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Sat, Aug 20   BOS  W   9-4       52-75  5th 16.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 20, 2011 KCR  9  BOS  4        W:Felipe Paulino (2-9), L: Matt Albers (4-4), S: none
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
Season Series: 2011 - BOS over 4-3; 2010 - BOS won 4-3; 2009 - BOS won 5-3; All-Time - KCR leads 215-214

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  5.42

BAL  4.20

SEA  3.35

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

BOS  4.20

BAL  5.37

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .343

J. Bruce  .271

A. Dunn  .169

 OBP

J. Bautista  .457

A. Pierzynski  .338

V. Wells  .234

 SLG

J. Bautista  .639

N. Swisher  .430

C. Getz  .284

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.096

Y. Molina  .773

A. Rios  .566

 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 (5.31 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Duffy*
G/S/vB		 47.Adcock
G/S/vB		 46.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 59.Paulino
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.334 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 248/172 .236/.269/.384/.654 .884/.554 .747 58/.692 12/2 5/10
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 6/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 406/272 .251/.285/.379/.664 .525/.730 .653 102/.621 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 .841 115/.862 33/11 22/0
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 6/.000 ··· 2/2.500 4/.833 561/375 .343/.403/.538/.941 .778/1.020 .927 113/.821 1/0 18/3
60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 13/9 .273/.385/.273/.657 .500/.730 .657 13/.657 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 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 116/40 .175/.259/.350/.608 .765/.314 .724 33/.732 2/3 4/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 2/3.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 464/313 .300/.388/.557/.945 1.002/.918 .896 89/.995 1/1 24/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 2/3.500 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.666 5/.400 2/.000 4/2.333 568/406 .308/.399/.474/.873 1.106/.784 .865 114/.884 24/6 16/4
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 186/159 .305/.355/.509/.864 .986/.843 .906 78/.643 1/2 6/3
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.600 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 293/201 .246/.307/.459/.766 .615/.836 .771 66/.719 0/0 12/4
10.Scutaro G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 291/215 .276/.343/.375/.718 .700/.725 .672 65/.794 4/1 5/8
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 204/141 .228/.308/.411/.720 .794/.686 .734 40/.719 0/0 8/0
IP 82.2 49.1 49.1 56.0 55.0 46.1 104.1 51.1 22.1 53.1 TOTAL .278/.349/.452/.801 .803/.800 .766 .767 88/31 151/61
ERA-K/9 5.66/7.5 4.56/5.1 1.64/9.5 3.54/7.1 2.29/8.8 1.55/10.5 4.40/7.9 4.21/8.2 4.03/5.2 3.54/8.3 4.51/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (64-27-16)
 Varitek (48-11-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 379/.298 218/.270 192/.172 246/.220 229/.216 177/.173 452/.290 222/.271 91/.272 228/.232 .272  Ellsbury
 Reddick
 Crawford
 McDonald
 Gonzalez
 Aviles
0/119/0/6
19/3/31/5
95/0/0/1
20/7/21/1
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .883 .779 .579 .694 .649 .508 .784 .741 .847 .663 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.841 96/.828 69/.600 115/.691 103/.835 76/.569 234/.820 116/.659 43/.668 106/.654 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 282/.898 122/.738 123/.565 131/.696 126/.494 101/.463 218/.747 106/.824 48/.985 122/.671 .762
Home 191/.875 96/.649 111/.611 125/.758 126/.636 90/.335 218/.811 139/.573 71/.939 121/.480
Last 28d days 118/1.000 50/.636 51/.555 42/.805 37/.911 63/.486 126/.811 46/.977 31/1.054 59/.731
HR/SB/CS 12/10/7 5/2/1 5/2/4 4/5/1 5/6/1 3/0/0 9/10/2 6/0/1 5/2/1 5/3/3 128/92/41
Usage ····X··· ·o··X·X· ···X···· o·o·oX·· ··o·X··X X··oX··· X····X·· ···X··o· ·X···Xo· o·X··o·X
Royals Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.20 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		 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 12/.817 5/1.350 5/1.267 5/1.000 2/.000 6/.666 11/.000 521/392 .295/.370/.459/.829 .914/.802 .852 114/.981 1/1 15/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 22/.931 2/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 1/2.000 9/1.792 6/1.333 559/389 .305/.338/.476/.814 .762/.836 .717 107/.932 16/7 16/3
2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/.500 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 481/360 .252/.287/.333/.620 .556/.641 .519 101/.629 18/7 2/14
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 5/.200 5/.900 7/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 5/.400 2/.500 525/398 .277/.330/.463/.793 .982/.734 .823 110/.877 19/8 15/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/2.000 4/1.750 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 401/297 .256/.314/.284/.597 .635/.584 .630 45/.535 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 6/.000 2/1.500 4/1.750 2/1.500 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 559/390 .299/.372/.491/.863 .819/.881 .947 122/.956 13/7 16/2
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/2.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 408/295 .271/.321/.419/.740 .566/.808 .775 106/.666 6/4 10/6
12.Maier* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 88/54 .253/.364/.360/.724 .624/.789 .742 15/.667 1/0 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 231/172 .204/.258/.261/.518 .285/.598 .474 90/.547 0/0 1/4
27.Pena# G/S/vP 5/.800 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/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 35/34 .182/.200/.242/.442 .000/.456 .325 35/.442 0/0 0/1
IP 148.0 82.1 51.0 58.0 34.2 51.2 41.0 TOTAL .267/.325/.399/.724 .708/.730 .721 .763 121/48 92/73
ERA-K/9 3.22/8.7 3.06/5.8 3.71/9.2 2.17/9.2 3.89/8.0 2.96/11.7 3.95/7.0 3.91/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 606/.231 346/.216 217/.233 221/.169 146/.234 206/.211 167/.241 .245  Gordon
 Cabrera
 Francoeur
 Maier
119/0/0/19
8/116/2/12
0/0/123/12
7/8/8/0
OPS .681 .647 .634 .519 .758 .562 .676 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 155/.554 153/.595 93/.782 126/.618 74/.825 100/.499 67/.865 .692
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 451/.725 193/.687 124/.524 95/.383 72/.692 106/.622 100/.552 .707
Road 349/.645 131/.668 91/.589 113/.551 57/.540 99/.540 63/.729
Last 28d days 132/.650 57/.639 53/.863 37/.643 46/.772 32/.125 37/.581
HR/SB/CS 16/10/11 6/5/0 3/5/3 5/7/1 4/5/0 3/4/0 5/1/2 114/112/38
Usage ····X··· ·X·X···o X···X··X ··o·o··· X···o··o ··o·o··· X··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.