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Game Preview: BOS @ PIT, 1:35pm, Sunday, June 26, 2011 @PNC Park

RedSox, 44-32, 44-32 2nd, ½ GB

SP: Andrew Miller (26, LHP, 0-0, 4.76)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-0) 5.2 7 3 3 3 6 1 4.76
2010 (1-5) 32.2 51 34 31 26 28 6 8.54
2009 (3-5) 80.0 85 52 43 43 59 7 4.84
Last 7 GS 1-5 28.1 49 31 29 22 29 6 9.21 33
2011-06-20 SDP ND 5.2 7 3 3 3 6 1 89 46
2010-09-29 @ATL L 3.0 4 4 4 4 2 1 76 33
2010-09-24 @MIL L 4.1 8 4 4 2 4 0 85 33
2010-09-19 CHC L 1.1 3 5 5 4 1 0 42 25
2010-09-13 PHI L 5.0 9 7 5 3 5 3 94 27
2010-09-08 @PHI L 4.0 11 7 7 3 5 1 87 14
2010-09-03 ATL W 5.0 7 1 1 3 6 0 103 52
Last 5 v.PIT 1-1 11.1 13 7 7 5 5 2 5.56 42
2009-07-04 PIT W 6.2 8 3 3 1 4 2 89 49
2009-04-20 @PIT L 4.2 5 4 4 4 1 0 100 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-16   Road:   22-16   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  28-22   vsLHP:  16-10   1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast: 18-9    vsCntrl:10-9    vsWest: 11-8  IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Sat, Jun 25  @PIT  L   4-6       44-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 24  @PIT  L   1-3       44-31  1st  0.5 up
 74 Wed, Jun 22   SDP  L   1-5  (8)  44-30  1st  0.5 up
 73 Tue, Jun 21   SDP  L   4-5       44-29  1st  1.0 up
 72 Mon, Jun 20   SDP  W  14-5       44-28  1st  1.5 up
 71 Sun, Jun 19   MIL  W  12-3       43-28  1st  1.5 up
 70 Sat, Jun 18   MIL  L   2-4       42-28  1st  1.5 up
 69 Fri, Jun 17   MIL  W  10-4       42-27  1st  2.5 up
 68 Thu, Jun 16  @TBR  W   4-2       41-27  1st  1.5 up
 67 Wed, Jun 15  @TBR  W   3-0       40-27  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Pirates, 39-37, 39-37 3rd, 3 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: James McDonald (26, RHP, 5-4, 4.86)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-4) 79.2 87 44 43 42 62 11 4.86
2010 (4-6) 71.2 70 32 32 29 68 4 4.02
2009 (5-5) 63.0 60 34 28 34 54 6 4.00
Last 7 GS 3-1 39.0 44 15 15 20 27 4 3.46 49
2011-06-21 BAL ND 4.2 7 3 3 4 3 2 104 37
2011-06-16 @HOU W 5.2 7 3 3 4 4 0 109 43
2011-06-11 NYM W 6.0 8 2 2 3 2 0 86 47
2011-06-05 PHI L 4.0 3 3 3 5 3 0 79 42
2011-05-31 @NYM ND 6.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 106 59
2011-05-25 ATL ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 6 1 99 57
2011-05-19 @CIN W 6.2 7 1 1 1 4 1 103 59
Has never faced BOS as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-19   Road:   20-18   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  26-30   vsLHP:  13-7    1-Run:  12-7 
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:16-10   vsWest:  9-10 IL: 6-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Sat, Jun 25   BOS  W   6-4       39-37  3rd  3.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 24   BOS  W   3-1       38-37  3rd  3.0 gb
 74 Wed, Jun 22   BAL  W   5-4       37-37  4th  3.0 gb
 73 Tue, Jun 21   BAL  W   9-3       36-37  4th  4.0 gb
 72 Mon, Jun 20   BAL  L   3-8       35-37  4th  4.5 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 19  @CLE  L   2-5 (11)  35-36  4th  4.0 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 18  @CLE  L   1-5       35-35  4th  4.0 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 17  @CLE  L   1-5       35-34  4th  3.0 gb
 68 Thu, Jun 16  @HOU  W   5-4       35-33  4th  3.0 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 15  @HOU  W   7-3       34-33  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 25, 2011 PIT  6  BOS  4        W:Jeff Karstens (5-4), L: Tim Wakefield (4-3), S: Joel Hanrahan (22)
Fri, Jun 24, 2011 PIT  3  BOS  1        W:Paul Maholm (4-8), L: Jon Lester (9-4), S: Joel Hanrahan (21)

Sun, Jun 19, 2005 BOS  8  PIT  0        W:Matt Clement (8-1), L: Kip Wells (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 18, 2005 PIT  2 @BOS  0        W:Rick White (3-3), L: Alan Embree (1-4), S: Jose Mesa (18)
Fri, Jun 17, 2005 BOS  6  PIT  5        W:Keith Foulke (4-3), L: Rick White (2-3), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2003 PIT  5  BOS  4        W:Brian Boehringer (3-1), L: Ramiro Mendoza (1-2), S: Mike Williams (16)
Wed, Jun 04, 2003 BOS  8 @PIT  3        W:Derek Lowe (5-3), L: Jeff D'Amico (4-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 04, 2003 BOS 11 @PIT  4        W:Byung-Hyun Kim (2-5), L: Kris Benson (5-6), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - PIT over 2-0; 2010 -  0-0; 2009 -  0-0; All-Time - Tied 4-4

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  5.33

CHW  4.14

SFG  3.40

 RA/G

PHI  3.28

LAD  4.32

CHC  4.99

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .358

C. Patterson  .266

A. Dunn  .176

 OBP

J. Bautista  .473

R. Roberts  .337

C. Figgins  .235

 SLG

J. Bautista  .664

M. Olivo  .408

C. Figgins  .252

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.137

M. Cabrera  .747

C. Figgins  .487

 ERA

J. Beckett  1.86

J. Niese  3.67

F. Carmona  5.98

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  9.78

D. Lowe  6.68

C. Pavano  3.52

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

RedSox Batters (5.33 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.McDonald
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 34.McCutchen
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 43.Veras
G/S/vB		 48.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Cameron G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/34 .156/.220/.278/.498 .541/.412 .539 37/.249 0/0 3/1
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 220/182 .233/.332/.328/.660 .606/.671 .690 66/.539 0/1 4/0
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 340/242 .304/.367/.464/.831 .657/.900 .891 108/.834 24/10 9/0
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 6/1.267 3/.000 3/1.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 344/227 .358/.410/.610/1.020 .767/1.148 1.016 105/1.273 1/0 16/2
54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 45/15 .119/.178/.190/.368 .381/.343 .269 22/.232 1/1 1/1
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 306/211 .311/.389/.581/.970 .998/.958 .961 93/1.093 1/0 17/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 344/241 .277/.394/.404/.797 1.040/.698 .809 105/1.052 14/2 6/4
16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/25 .462/.516/.769/1.285 1.333/1.280 1.476 22/1.389 1/0 1/0
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 170/117 .256/.318/.436/.754 .668/.794 .661 55/.931 0/0 5/1
10.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/2.000 ··· 137/99 .282/.346/.379/.725 .836/.682 .593 61/.848 1/0 2/4
44.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 39/28 .297/.316/.486/.802 .455/.947 .792 18/.974 0/0 0/2
33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.143 ··· 127/84 .245/.336/.373/.709 .705/.711 .744 40/.981 0/0 3/0
20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.571 1/.000 307/210 .274/.394/.496/.890 1.035/.826 .667 99/.898 1/0 11/5
IP 79.2 36.1 38.0 34.1 33.2 6.2 TOTAL .278/.353/.450/.802 .781/.812 .769 .874 52/19 87/38
ERA-K/9 4.86/7.0 1.24/7.7 2.37/4.7 3.67/11.0 2.94/10.1 4.05/2.7 3.53/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (43-14-6)
 Varitek (28-8-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 358/.282 137/.202 154/.271 146/.223 142/.186 30/.273 .257  Ellsbury
 Drew
 Cameron
 Sutton
 McDonald
 Reddick
0/73/0/5
0/0/57/3
4/2/24/0
1/0/0/0
11/4/5/0
5/1/3/0
OPS .816 .527 .744 .632 .588 .809 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.837 63/.510 63/.891 55/.665 63/.719 16/.875 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 218/.802 74/.542 91/.642 91/.612 79/.482 14/.729 .653
Home 172/.720 80/.507 94/.762 77/.707 74/.487 18/.421
Last 28d days 123/.828 45/.298 73/1.019 41/.626 53/.503 30/.809
HR/SB/CS 11/9/3 1/1/0 4/4/2 3/2/1 3/3/1 1/1/0 65/50/16
Usage ····X··· Xo·o·X·· oo···X·· ·o·oo·o· ·X·oo·oo o···Xoo·
Pirates Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Miller*
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 32.Albers
G/S/vB		 48.Atchison
G/S/vB		 51.Bard
G/S/vB		 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB		 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB		 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 6/2.000 5/.000 257/195 .238/.295/.333/.629 .644/.623 .571 87/.600 1/4 2/4
3.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP 15/.938 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 132/63 .262/.295/.317/.613 .567/.662 .597 43/.674 4/0 0/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 215/188 .251/.344/.439/.783 .226/.868 .728 66/.800 3/2 8/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 328/251 .285/.390/.466/.855 .961/.822 .814 106/.922 15/5 10/4
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 35/27 .206/.206/.265/.471 .875/.346 .500 35/.471 0/0 0/1
37.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 9/.444 3/.000 5/.600 15/.757 33/1.045 12/.733 281/203 .232/.311/.364/.675 .760/.641 .704 88/.643 1/1 6/7
38.Paul* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 125/109 .270/.298/.365/.663 .192/.734 .400 71/.740 9/2 1/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 ··· 296/225 .262/.349/.352/.701 .857/.654 .773 102/.667 14/6 3/2
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 318/220 .254/.324/.392/.716 .538/.801 .601 104/.637 4/2 8/4
2.Wood G/S/vP 2/1.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 133/92 .220/.267/.309/.576 .481/.619 .632 55/.724 0/0 2/0
IP 5.2 48.2 29.2 13.1 36.2 29.0 69.1 22.2 TOTAL .242/.312/.354/.666 .653/.671 .625 .658 55/25 50/47
ERA-K/9 4.76/9.5 3.70/5.2 3.03/8.2 4.73/6.1 2.45/8.6 4.03/12.1 4.54/4.3 5.96/7.1 4.01/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McKenry (7-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 26/.304 212/.231 127/.232 58/.327 139/.176 123/.252 288/.228 98/.287 .239  McCutchen
 Tabata
 Diaz
 Paul
 Jones
0/73/0/7
67/2/0/4
7/0/29/3
16/3/35/2
0/0/49/2
OPS .950 .689 .605 .804 .547 .667 .725 .806 .694
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 3/1.000 97/.654 56/.696 23/.757 73/.641 62/.614 118/.627 39/1.007 .680
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 23/.941 115/.718 71/.536 35/.838 66/.431 61/.721 170/.791 59/.678 .706
Road / 62/.707 55/.498 7/.929 71/.696 58/.699 135/.741 34/.794
Last 28d days 26/.950 94/.772 41/.714 14/.819 39/.298 30/.798 137/.748 41/.526
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 4/5/0 1/4/0 0/1/0 3/4/1 2/1/0 11/3/2 4/1/1 67/71/22
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· oo·X·X·· ········ X···X··· ····o··· X·····X· ·o·XX·Xo

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.