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Game Preview: BOS @ SEA, 10:10pm, Saturday, August 13, 2011 @Safeco Field

RedSox, 73-44, 73-44 1st, 2 up

SP: Josh Beckett (31, RHP, 9-4, 2.17)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (9-4) 145.0 97 36 35 39 127 12 2.17
2010 (6-6) 127.2 151 89 82 45 116 20 5.78
2009 (17-6) 212.1 198 99 91 55 199 25 3.86
Last 7 GS 3-1 47.0 37 12 11 8 47 6 2.11 64
2011-08-07 NYY ND 6.0 6 1 1 2 5 1 101 59
2011-08-02 CLE ND 6.0 6 2 2 0 7 2 85 59
2011-07-28 KCR L 7.0 5 4 3 3 8 1 109 58
2011-07-23 SEA W 7.0 7 1 1 1 7 1 118 65
2011-07-17 @TBR ND 8.0 1 0 0 0 6 0 106 86
2011-07-08 BAL W 5.0 7 3 3 2 3 1 68 42
2011-07-03 @HOU W 8.0 5 1 1 0 11 0 102 79
Last 5 v.SEA 4-0 32.2 28 9 8 10 33 4 2.20 61
2011-07-23 SEA W 7.0 7 1 1 1 7 1 118 65
2010-08-25 SEA W 6.1 4 3 3 1 7 2 101 59
2010-07-23 @SEA ND 5.2 5 1 1 3 5 0 98 57
2009-05-16 @SEA W 7.0 4 3 2 3 5 1 120 61
2007-08-05 @SEA W 6.2 8 1 1 2 9 0 107 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   37-22   Road:   36-22   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  46-32   vsLHP:  27-12   1-Run:  16-11
 vsEast: 30-13   vsCntrl:18-15   vsWest: 15-8  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
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
114 Mon, Aug  8  @MIN  W   8-6       71-43  1st  1.5 up
113 Sun, Aug  7   NYY  W   3-2 (10)  70-43  1st  1.0 up
112 Sat, Aug  6   NYY  W  10-4       69-43  1st    Tied
111 Fri, Aug  5   NYY  L   2-3       68-43  2nd  1.0 gb
110 Thu, Aug  4   CLE  L   3-7       68-42  1st    Tied
109 Wed, Aug  3   CLE  W   4-3       68-41  1st  1.0 up
108 Tue, Aug  2   CLE  W   3-2       67-41  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9
Mariners, 50-67, 50-67 4th, 16 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Felix Hernandez (25, RHP, 10-10, 3.31)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (10-10) 179.1 156 72 66 55 174 14 3.31
2010 (13-12) 249.2 194 80 63 70 232 17 2.27
2009 (19-5) 238.2 200 81 66 71 217 15 2.49
Last 7 GS 2-3 50.1 44 18 18 13 50 7 3.22 60
2011-08-07 @LAA L 8.0 4 2 2 0 12 1 98 78
2011-08-02 OAK W 6.1 5 2 2 3 9 1 113 61
2011-07-27 @NYY W 7.0 5 1 1 4 5 0 112 64
2011-07-22 @BOS L 6.1 11 6 6 4 2 1 117 25
2011-07-16 TEX L 7.2 9 4 4 1 6 2 118 50
2011-07-10 @LAA ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 6 1 109 62
2011-07-05 @OAK ND 8.0 4 1 1 0 10 1 122 80
Last 5 v.BOS 1-1 33.2 34 16 14 13 34 3 3.74 54
2011-07-22 @BOS L 6.1 11 6 6 4 2 1 117 25
2011-05-01 @BOS ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 10 0 111 66
2010-08-25 @BOS W 7.1 4 2 1 1 9 1 122 72
2009-07-03 @BOS ND 7.0 7 3 3 2 7 1 105 56
2008-07-23 BOS ND 6.0 6 3 2 5 6 0 108 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-30   Road:   21-37   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  40-46   vsLHP:  10-21   1-Run:  18-21
 vsEast: 13-19   vsCntrl:12-17   vsWest: 16-22 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Fri, Aug 12   BOS  L   4-6       50-67  4th 16.0 gb
116 Wed, Aug 10  @TEX  W   4-3       50-66  4th 15.0 gb
115 Tue, Aug  9  @TEX  L   6-7       49-66  4th 16.0 gb
114 Mon, Aug  8  @TEX  L   2-9       49-65  4th 15.0 gb
113 Sun, Aug  7  @LAA  L   1-2       49-64  4th 14.0 gb
112 Sat, Aug  6  @LAA  W   5-1       49-63  4th 13.0 gb
111 Fri, Aug  5  @LAA  L   0-1 (10)  48-63  4th 14.0 gb
110 Wed, Aug  3   OAK  W   7-4       48-62  4th 12.5 gb
109 Tue, Aug  2   OAK  W   4-2       47-62  4th 13.5 gb
108 Mon, Aug  1   OAK  W   8-4       46-62  4th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 7-23

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 12, 2011 BOS  6 @SEA  4        W:John Lackey (11-8), L: Blake Beavan (3-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (27)
Sun, Jul 24, 2011 BOS 12  SEA  8        W:Tim Wakefield (6-3), L: Michael Pineda (8-7), S: none
Sat, Jul 23, 2011 BOS  3  SEA  1        W:Josh Beckett (9-3), L: Blake Beavan (1-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (23)
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 BOS  7  SEA  4        W:John Lackey (8-8), L: Felix Hernandez (8-9), S: Jonathan Papelbon (22)
Sun, May 01, 2011 BOS  3  SEA  2        W:Jonathan Papelbon (1-0), L: Jamey Wright (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 30, 2011 SEA  2 @BOS  0        W:Doug Fister (2-3), L: John Lackey (2-3), S: Brandon League (7)
Fri, Apr 29, 2011 SEA  5 @BOS  4        W:Jason Vargas (1-2), L: Bobby Jenks (1-2), S: Brandon League (6)

Wed, Sep 15, 2010 BOS  5 @SEA  1        W:Clay Buchholz (16-7), L: David Pauley (2-8), S: none
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 BOS  9 @SEA  6        W:Rich Hill (1-0), L: Brandon League (9-7), S: none
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 BOS  5 @SEA  1        W:Jon Lester (17-8), L: Doug Fister (5-12), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - BOS over 5-2; 2010 - BOS won 7-3; 2009 - SEA won 4-2; All-Time - BOS leads 215-156

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  5.44

ATL  4.17

SEA  3.33

 RA/G

PHI  3.29

TEX  4.21

BAL  5.32

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .350

R. Theriot  .271

A. Dunn  .161

 OBP

J. Bautista  .444

M. Izturis  .336

V. Wells  .241

 SLG

J. Bautista  .627

H. Kendrick  .430

C. Getz  .285

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.071

B. Gardner  .762

A. Rios  .566

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.78

R. Dickey  3.75

J. Happ  6.26

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.09

E. Jackson  6.92

B. Penny  3.56

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

RedSox Batters (5.44 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 57.Cortes
G/S/vB		 60.Gray
G/S/vB		 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB		 43.League
G/S/vB		 50.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 4/.750 1/.000 222/154 .232/.269/.394/.663 .917/.554 .744 38/.745 11/2 5/10
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 28/.654 ··· 3/.000 11/1.056 5/.400 10/1.725 376/254 .257/.292/.393/.685 .525/.760 .661 98/.758 14/5 7/2
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 19/.652 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 5/.650 533/381 .313/.367/.504/.872 .745/.921 .829 123/.840 31/11 19/0
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 36/.816 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· 13/.923 528/354 .350/.411/.553/.964 .750/1.068 .942 116/.883 1/0 18/3
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 5/1.000 2/2.000 229/152 .264/.314/.404/.718 .992/.573 .546 13/.647 0/1 4/11
54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 99/33 .182/.273/.364/.636 .801/.315 .756 21/1.190 2/2 4/1
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 25/.789 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.833 13/.923 17/.912 456/308 .299/.386/.560/.946 1.010/.916 .897 99/.940 1/1 24/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 28/.829 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.833 5/.400 9/1.270 536/386 .311/.403/.478/.881 1.156/.777 .853 118/.943 23/6 15/4
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 167/141 .322/.371/.544/.915 .965/.906 .965 92/.771 1/2 6/3
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 20/.513 ··· 1/.000 8/.929 2/1.000 2/.000 274/193 .257/.321/.470/.791 .636/.856 .785 63/.950 0/0 11/3
10.Scutaro G/S/vP 29/.562 ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 14/.214 283/207 .278/.342/.373/.714 .700/.719 .663 87/.731 4/1 5/8
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 16/.321 ··· ··· 1/2.000 7/.453 4/.250 193/130 .229/.311/.406/.716 .794/.678 .766 43/.522 0/0 7/0
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 20/.628 ··· 1/3.000 4/1.250 10/.200 11/.000 463/323 .267/.380/.479/.859 1.000/.800 .647 96/.661 3/0 16/7
IP 179.1 4.0 35.0 41.1 45.1 51.1 TOTAL .281/.353/.458/.811 .811/.811 .766 .810 81/30 144/57
ERA-K/9 3.31/8.7 4.50/0.0 3.60/5.1 3.48/5.2 2.98/6.0 3.51/6.0 3.64/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (60-26-15)
 Varitek (44-11-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 733/.235 19/.313 149/.267 188/.296 180/.229 216/.251 .244  Ellsbury
 Reddick
 McDonald
 Crawford
 Aviles
 Gonzalez
0/112/0/6
19/3/25/5
19/5/18/1
88/0/0/1
0/0/3/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .638 .734 .714 .828 .584 .731 .674
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 398/.615 7/.286 72/.654 78/.755 90/.593 108/.728 .663
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 335/.665 12/1.028 77/.771 110/.880 90/.576 108/.733 .683
Home 336/.651 17/.567 69/.622 89/.830 93/.465 99/.680
Last 28d days 114/.669 15/.800 53/.763 43/1.286 28/.502 62/.723
HR/SB/CS 14/22/7 0/2/1 2/3/3 6/1/0 2/2/1 6/6/1 93/74/33
Usage ·····X·· o······o o··X···· ···o···o ··o···o· ··o·X··X
Mariners Batters (3.33 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Beckett
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
3.Bard# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 8/.250 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 52/39 .224/.269/.367/.637 .481/.687 .639 29/.618 0/0 1/2
20.Carp* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· 132/103 .322/.379/.504/.883 1.117/.816 .712 90/1.005 0/2 4/3
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 11/.637 3/1.667 2/1.000 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 8/.000 252/192 .216/.257/.263/.520 .632/.485 .403 85/.650 10/2 1/0
4.Kennedy* G/S/vP 15/.467 3/.666 3/.333 1/no AB 2/.000 8/.536 4/1.167 346/279 .241/.286/.369/.654 .472/.698 .667 69/.498 7/2 7/5
30.Olivo G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 4/.000 5/.200 1/3.000 4/.500 1/.000 374/268 .217/.249/.369/.618 .551/.644 .535 74/.518 5/4 14/10
1.Rodriguez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 5/.400 ··· 96/69 .177/.287/.304/.591 .342/.674 .391 9/.873 1/2 1/3
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 410/285 .220/.317/.387/.704 .770/.672 .729 56/.508 0/0 12/7
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 28/.472 3/.666 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 9/.730 5/1.800 519/365 .267/.309/.315/.624 .639/.617 .600 105/.615 30/5 1/3
33.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 158/64 .268/.338/.444/.781 .825/.719 .737 34/.782 2/1 5/1
2.Wilson G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 8/1.000 1/.000 3/1.667 2/1.500 13/.693 170/92 .236/.269/.280/.550 .555/.545 .509 36/.727 5/2 0/3
IP 145.0 76.2 47.2 56.0 32.0 49.2 38.0 TOTAL .230/.292/.337/.629 .615/.635 .615 .689 93/33 69/73
ERA-K/9 2.17/7.9 3.29/5.3 2.45/9.2 2.25/9.0 4.22/7.9 3.08/11.8 4.26/7.6 3.91/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bard (11-4-0)
 Olivo (54-24-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 562/.191 326/.224 197/.215 214/.170 136/.237 200/.218 156/.245 .244  Gutierrez
 Suzuki
 Wells
 Carp
0/70/0/7
0/0/109/6
9/6/55/3
13/0/0/0
OPS .547 .665 .600 .527 .770 .579 .692 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 342/.535 144/.636 84/.730 122/.639 67/.821 98/.509 63/.839 .692
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 220/.565 182/.688 113/.507 92/.373 69/.724 102/.648 93/.595 .706
Road 289/.521 116/.721 79/.526 109/.553 50/.533 96/.558 59/.745
Last 28d days 132/.585 68/.744 43/.664 45/.648 49/.866 39/.154 34/.514
HR/SB/CS 12/16/4 6/5/0 3/5/3 5/7/1 4/2/0 3/4/0 5/1/2 107/104/37
Usage ·····X·· ··o·o·oo ···X·o·X X··o·XX· o··X·o·· o··ooX·· ·····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.