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Game Preview: BOS @ TBR, 1:40pm, Sunday, September 11, 2011 @Tropicana Field

RedSox, 85-60, 85-60 2nd, 2½ GB, 5 up in WC

SP: Jon Lester (27, LHP, 15-6, 2.93)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (15-6)			172.0	141	59	56	63	167	17	2.93
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		4-2	44.1	32	12	11	20	43	1	2.23	61
2011-09-06	@TOR	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	11	0	100	81
2011-09-01	NYY	ND	5.0	7	1	1	3	6	0	114	52
2011-08-27	OAK	W	6.0	3	2	1	2	4	1	87	62
2011-08-21	@KCR	W	6.0	3	1	1	4	3	0	113	61
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

Last 5 v.TBR		4-1	33.0	17	7	6	16	45	0	1.64	69
2011-08-16	TBR	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	8	0	113	74
2011-04-12	TBR	L	7.0	7	3	3	2	8	0	109	57
2010-09-06	TBR	W	6.0	4	2	2	3	10	0	94	63
2010-08-27	@TBR	W	7.0	2	1	0	5	10	0	106	76
2010-05-25	@TBR	W	6.0	1	0	0	5	9	0	111	74

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

 Home:   42-29   Road:   43-31   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  54-40   vsLHP:  31-20   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 33-22   vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest: 21-14 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
145 Sat, Sep 10  @TBR  L   5-6 (11)  85-60  2nd  2.5 gb
144 Fri, Sep  9  @TBR  L   2-7       85-59  2nd  2.5 gb
143 Thu, Sep  8  @TOR  L   4-7       85-58  2nd  2.5 gb
142 Wed, Sep  7  @TOR  L  10-11      85-57  2nd  2.5 gb
141 Tue, Sep  6  @TOR  W  14-0       85-56  2nd  2.5 gb
140 Mon, Sep  5  @TOR  L   0-1 (11)  84-56  2nd  2.5 gb
139 Sun, Sep  4   TEX  L   4-11      84-55  2nd  1.5 gb
138 Sat, Sep  3   TEX  W  12-7       84-54  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Rays, 80-64, 80-64 3rd, 7 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: James Shields (29, RHP, 14-10, 2.77)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (14-10)			218.0	169	72	67	54	205	22	2.77
2010 (13-15)			203.1	246	128	117	51	187	34	5.18
2009 (11-12)			219.2	239	113	101	52	167	29	4.14

Last 7 GS		5-1	57.2	39	13	13	12	52	5	2.03	70
2011-09-05	TEX	W	9.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	124	79
2011-08-31	@TEX	W	8.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	110	80
2011-08-26	@TOR	W	9.0	7	1	1	1	12	1	125	80
2011-08-21	SEA	ND	7.1	12	7	7	1	7	2	110	32
2011-08-16	@BOS	L	8.0	3	3	3	1	6	1	114	69
2011-08-09	KCR	W	9.0	6	0	0	3	8	0	117	80
2011-08-03	TOR	W	7.1	3	1	1	3	6	1	112	71

Last 5 v.BOS		2-3	34.2	28	17	17	10	33	4	4.41	56
2011-08-16	@BOS	L	8.0	3	3	3	1	6	1	114	69
2011-07-16	BOS	L	6.0	6	6	6	3	8	2	106	41
2011-06-14	BOS	W	9.0	5	0	0	3	5	0	110	79
2010-08-29	BOS	W	6.2	7	3	3	1	8	0	107	55
2010-06-29	@BOS	L	5.0	7	5	5	2	6	1	109	37

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

 Home:   41-33   Road:   39-31   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  54-46   vsLHP:  26-18   1-Run:  24-17
 vsEast: 31-23   vsCntrl:21-17   vsWest: 16-18 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Sat, Sep 10   BOS  W   6-5 (11)  80-64  3rd  7.0 gb
143 Fri, Sep  9   BOS  W   7-2       79-64  3rd  8.0 gb
142 Wed, Sep  7   TEX  W   5-4 (10)  78-64  3rd  9.5 gb
141 Tue, Sep  6   TEX  L   0-8       77-64  3rd 10.5 gb
140 Mon, Sep  5   TEX  W   5-1       77-63  3rd  9.5 gb
139 Sun, Sep  4   BAL  W   8-1       76-63  3rd  9.5 gb
138 Sat, Sep  3   BAL  W   6-3       75-63  3rd  9.5 gb
137 Fri, Sep  2   BAL  L   2-3       74-63  3rd  9.5 gb
136 Thu, Sep  1  @TEX  L   2-7       74-62  3rd  9.0 gb
135 Wed, Aug 31  @TEX  W   4-1       74-61  3rd  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 10, 2011 TBR  6  BOS  5 (11)   W:Brandon Gomes (2-1), L: Daniel Bard (2-7), S: none
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 TBR  7  BOS  2        W:Wade Davis (10-8), L: John Lackey (12-12), S: none
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 TBR  4 @BOS  0        W:David Price (11-10), L: John Lackey (11-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 TBR  6 @BOS  2        W:Jeff Niemann (8-4), L: Erik Bedard (4-8), S: none
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 BOS  3  TBR  1        W:Jon Lester (12-6), L: James Shields (11-10), S: Jonathan Papelbon (28)
Sun, Jul 17, 2011 BOS  1 @TBR  0 (16)   W:Alfredo Aceves (5-1), L: Adam Russell (1-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (21)
Sat, Jul 16, 2011 BOS  9 @TBR  5        W:John Lackey (7-8), L: James Shields (8-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 15, 2011 TBR  9  BOS  6        W:David Price (9-7), L: Andrew Miller (3-1), S: Kyle Farnsworth (18)
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 BOS  4 @TBR  2        W:Clay Buchholz (6-3), L: David Price (7-6), S: Jonathan Papelbon (13)
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 BOS  3 @TBR  0        W:Josh Beckett (6-2), L: Jeremy Hellickson (7-5), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - TBR over 8-5; 2010 - TBR won 11-7; 2009 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - BOS leads 140-96

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 5.41 CLE 4.20 SFG 3.34	RA/G PHI 3.25 STL 4.31 BAL 5.27	BA A. Gonzalez .340 R. Theriot .271 K. Johnson .212	OBP J. Bautista .444 N. Walker .338 V. Wells .252	SLG J. Bautista .629 P. Bourjos .440 O. Cabrera .302	OPS J. Bautista 1.073 C. Santana .776 O. Cabrera .568	ERA C. Kershaw 2.36 M. Latos 3.72 B. Duensing 5.34	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.41 E. Santana 6.95 B. Penny 3.68

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.41

CLE 4.20

SFG 3.34

RA/G

PHI 3.25

STL 4.31

BAL 5.27

A. Gonzalez .340

R. Theriot .271

K. Johnson .212

OBP

J. Bautista .444

N. Walker .338

V. Wells .252

SLG

J. Bautista .629

P. Bourjos .440

O. Cabrera .302

OPS

J. Bautista 1.073

C. Santana .776

O. Cabrera .568

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.36

M. Latos 3.72

B. Duensing 5.34

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.41

E. Santana 6.95

B. Penny 3.68

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RedSox Batters (5.39 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Shields
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 47.Gomes
G/S/vB 74.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 9/1.111 265/181 .245/.279/.388/.666 .864/.577 .731 40/.633 14/3 5/10

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 6/.000 3/1.167 11/1.011 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/2.750 1/.000 ··· 479/317 .250/.286/.400/.685 .559/.748 .687 95/.711 17/5 11/2

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 37/.670 4/.000 6/.967 3/.000 12/.833 1/.000 4/1.750 2/.000 19/.579 650/453 .317/.375/.534/.909 .848/.935 .878 109/1.070 36/13 26/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 13/1.129 11/.573 4/2.417 1/no AB 4/1.167 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 645/426 .340/.406/.557/.963 .756/1.069 1.011 109/.957 1/0 25/3

36.Jackson G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 372/231 .246/.312/.338/.650 .670/.638 .589 26/.115 3/1 4/2

60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/17 .304/.407/.391/.799 .733/.840 .799 27/.799 0/0 0/0

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 3/.000 ··· 8/1.071 316/204 .255/.305/.364/.668 .870/.555 .554 82/.541 0/1 4/15

54.McDonald G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 154/47 .203/.273/.355/.628 .751/.354 .771 52/.650 2/3 5/2

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 46/1.204 7/.571 15/.267 ··· 18/.610 ··· 7/.857 3/.666 31/.623 539/359 .316/.403/.584/.987 1.036/.962 .917 75/1.247 1/1 29/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 42/.882 6/2.000 9/1.111 2/1.000 15/.582 ··· 5/1.100 1/.000 26/.804 655/459 .297/.383/.457/.839 1.016/.767 .786 111/.647 25/7 18/5

16.Reddick* G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 246/205 .299/.346/.496/.841 .825/.844 .854 75/.729 1/2 7/4

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 9/.111 2/2.000 3/1.666 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 7/1.404 347/234 .247/.303/.478/.781 .657/.841 .799 69/.784 1/0 16/5

10.Scutaro G/S/vP 60/.610 3/.000 8/.125 3/.666 13/.487 ··· 7/1.738 ··· 8/.393 375/269 .284/.346/.389/.735 .753/.728 .727 89/.782 4/2 5/11

71.Spears* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 28/.510 6/.167 5/.900 1/.000 6/.333 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 19/.950 231/154 .233/.307/.451/.758 .771/.752 .742 34/1.074 0/0 11/0

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 45/.350 8/.875 17/1.012 2/.500 13/1.567 ··· 7/.619 ··· 26/.709 506/347 .261/.375/.467/.842 .983/.779 .667 39/.550 3/0 17/8

IP 218.0 44.2 54.1 31.1 28.1 22.0 61.1 39.1 34.2 TOTAL .279/.349/.460/.809 .803/.811 .781 .803 95/36 182/72

ERA-K/9

2.77/8.5

3.83/8.9

2.32/7.5

3.45/6.9

6.04/8.0

4.91/9.0

3.23/7.8

3.89/6.4

5.71/2.6

3.59/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lavarnway (0-0-0)
Saltalamacchia (70-31-19)
Varitek (60-12-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 850/.216 185/.217 219/.222 139/.263 126/.231 102/.292 234/.193 172/.222 147/.288 .235 Ellsbury
Reddick
Jackson
Crawford
McDonald
Gonzalez
Aviles
Spears 0/137/0/6
21/3/47/5
21/0/29/4
112/0/0/1
21/11/28/1
0/0/2/0
1/0/4/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .617 .680 .631 .707 .698 .893 .613 .653 .910 .687

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 447/.625 76/.547 100/.708 57/.861 62/.504 54/.581 107/.432 89/.623 74/1.046 .668

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 403/.609 109/.775 119/.571 82/.604 64/.913 48/1.276 127/.768 83/.685 73/.777 .703

Home 454/.598 99/.630 118/.636 82/.546 56/.646 58/1.031 109/.383 80/.588 53/.840

Last 28d days 156/.544 26/1.105 40/1.014 19/.616 23/.503 24/.788 26/.315 19/.433 /

HR/SB/CS 22/1/5 4/8/3 5/1/1 3/3/1 4/5/1 5/4/0 7/4/2 3/4/0 10/1/2 142/91/31

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

Rays Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.34 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 48.Atchison
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 70.Weiland
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 4/1.750 4/.750 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 230/195 .198/.233/.230/.464 .423/.471 .534 29/.552 3/1 1/7

22.Damon* G/S/vP 29/.864 5/.400 9/.730 1/no AB 7/1.286 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 17/.118 2/.000 11/1.182 571/416 .258/.315/.411/.726 .753/.716 .633 90/.811 14/4 14/0

5.Fuld* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 343/258 .242/.313/.363/.675 .554/.714 .726 28/.643 20/8 3/3

30.Guyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/7 .190/.190/.476/.667 .857/.286 .692 16/.600 0/0 2/0

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 2/.000 5/1.600 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 251/217 .227/.304/.364/.668 .609/.677 .646 51/.787 1/2 5/4

8.Jennings G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 208/140 .296/.385/.536/.922 .914/.925 .855 114/.819 15/6 9/1

9.Johnson# G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 177/88 .191/.251/.331/.583 .655/.518 .570 16/.619 5/7 4/1

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 2/.500 5/.000 6/.167 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.400 2/.500 1/.000 466/381 .280/.352/.493/.845 .697/.878 .916 78/.846 12/1 18/3

11.Kotchman* G/S/vP 8/.393 7/1.762 3/.333 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 11/.909 2/1.500 3/2.334 492/364 .314/.380/.436/.816 .703/.858 .876 97/.588 1/2 9/2

31.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/9 .071/.133/.143/.276 .500/.111 .276 11/.382 0/0 0/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP 36/.690 7/.143 13/.785 5/1.600 9/.958 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 7/.286 3/2.000 3/.000 494/366 .242/.344/.482/.826 .962/.781 .773 111/.974 2/1 25/13

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 13/.322 8/.143 6/.900 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 384/238 .216/.313/.354/.668 .853/.557 .618 74/.737 11/7 7/10

16.Ruggiano G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 109/61 .243/.269/.398/.667 .576/.739 .656 9/.222 1/1 4/0

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 22/.739 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 226/109 .173/.268/.310/.578 .713/.433 .465 28/.532 0/0 8/3

2.Upton G/S/vP 48/.497 13/.413 16/.563 8/.250 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 13/.237 3/1.667 2/2.000 556/401 .226/.310/.394/.704 .639/.727 .602 91/.735 27/9 19/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 30/.573 6/.167 6/1.167 5/.000 7/.286 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 9/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 604/421 .271/.355/.463/.818 .869/.801 .711 97/.611 16/6 15/5

IP 172.0 98.0 58.1 21.0 65.2 15.1 6.1 40.0 57.2 16.0 49.1 TOTAL .243/.318/.401/.719 .737/.712 .692 .732 129/56 147/66

ERA-K/9

2.93/8.7

2.94/6.2

4.47/9.3

4.71/5.6

2.88/9.3

3.52/7.1

8.53/5.7

3.60/8.6

2.65/11.7

6.75/2.8

4.38/7.1

4.04/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (47-10-4)
Lobaton (1-1-0)
Shoppach (22-18-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 707/.223 409/.204 259/.258 92/.310 254/.174 69/.274 30/.348 167/.236 227/.197 77/.323 201/.246 .245 Joyce
Fuld
Upton
Jennings
Zobrist
Ruggiano
Rodriguez
Johnson
Guyer
Damon 14/0/111/8
74/7/6/5
0/133/0/5
36/8/1/2
0/0/36/1
26/2/5/1
2/0/0/0
1/1/0/0
2/0/4/0
16/0/0/0

OPS .658 .626 .720 .800 .531 .783 1.119 .748 .529 .862 .694 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 183/.578 183/.581 109/.862 40/.861 143/.594 24/.768 18/1.286 85/.777 115/.444 30/.531 78/.764 .694

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 524/.686 226/.662 150/.620 52/.752 111/.446 45/.791 12/.861 82/.719 112/.618 47/1.079 123/.649 .716

Road 401/.611 172/.638 107/.635 20/.956 135/.559 14/.548 8/.946 70/.481 114/.508 55/.683 82/.744

Last 28d days 127/.494 81/.475 56/1.199 25/.778 40/.553 38/.901 17/1.137 29/.704 27/.151 29/.713 45/.699

HR/SB/CS 17/14/11 7/7/0 5/5/3 0/1/0 5/7/1 3/2/1 1/2/3 5/5/0 3/4/0 1/0/1 7/1/2 135/130/43

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

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.