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Game Preview: BOS @ TEX, 8:05pm, Monday, August 22, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

RedSox, 77-49, 77-49 2nd, ½ GB, 9 up in WC

SP: Erik Bedard (32, LHP, 4-8, 3.44)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (4-8)			107.1	94	49	41	34	104	12	3.44
2009 (5-3)			83.0	65	29	26	34	90	8	2.82
2008 (6-4)			81.0	70	38	33	37	72	9	3.67

Last 7 GS		1-4	37.1	30	18	14	11	39	3	3.38	56
2011-08-16	TBR	L	6.0	7	3	1	0	6	1	102	56
2011-08-09	@MIN	ND	5.0	3	2	2	4	6	0	90	55
2011-08-04	CLE	ND	5.0	7	3	3	0	5	0	70	46
2011-07-29	TBR	L	1.1	3	5	5	4	2	0	57	26
2011-06-27	ATL	L	7.0	4	3	3	1	5	2	106	61
2011-06-22	@WSN	L	6.0	3	2	0	2	10	0	87	70
2011-06-15	LAA	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	96	76

Last 5 v.TEX		0-1	26.2	23	16	14	12	20	6	4.73	50
2011-05-03	TEX	ND	7.0	2	2	2	2	3	0	103	66
2011-04-04	@TEX	L	5.0	4	5	3	2	3	2	95	44
2009-07-12	TEX	ND	5.2	3	2	2	4	5	1	93	56
2009-05-05	TEX	ND	7.0	7	1	1	0	7	1	102	66
2008-05-12	@TEX	ND	2.0	7	6	6	4	2	2	64	16

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

 Home:   38-24   Road:   39-25   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  48-35   vsLHP:  29-14   1-Run:  17-12
 vsEast: 31-15   vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest: 15-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Sun, Aug 21  @KCR  W   6-1       77-49  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Rangers, 73-55, 73-55 1st, 4 up

SP: C.J. Wilson (30, LHP, 12-5, 3.20)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (12-5)			174.1	152	75	62	59	159	10	3.20
2010 (15-8)			204.0	161	83	76	93	170	10	3.35
2009 (5-6)			73.2	66	29	23	32	84	3	2.81

Last 7 GS		3-2	42.1	35	21	15	17	42	1	3.19	55
2011-08-17	@LAA	W	7.0	5	2	1	1	6	0	110	66
2011-08-12	@OAK	W	6.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	114	64
2011-08-06	CLE	ND	6.2	5	3	2	2	9	0	112	61
2011-07-31	@TOR	L	3.2	7	7	5	3	2	1	84	22
2011-07-26	MIN	ND	4.0	7	6	5	4	3	0	81	25
2011-07-21	@LAA	L	8.0	2	1	0	1	8	0	112	83
2011-07-16	@SEA	W	7.0	5	1	1	3	7	0	109	67

Last 5 v.BOS		3-0	26.2	17	6	4	10	26	0	1.35	65
2011-04-01	BOS	ND	5.2	6	4	2	2	6	0	109	49
2010-08-15	BOS	W	7.2	4	1	1	1	8	0	113	74
2010-07-18	@BOS	W	6.2	3	1	1	5	10	0	113	69
2010-04-22	@BOS	W	6.2	4	0	0	2	2	0	105	66

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

 Home:   39-23   Road:   34-32   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  54-37   vsLHP:  19-18   1-Run:  16-21
 vsEast: 16-15   vsCntrl:22-18   vsWest: 26-13 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Sun, Aug 21  @CHW  L   0-10      73-55  1st  4.0 up
127 Sat, Aug 20  @CHW  L   2-3       73-54  1st  5.0 up
126 Fri, Aug 19  @CHW  W   7-4       73-53  1st  6.0 up
125 Thu, Aug 18  @LAA  L   1-2       72-53  1st  6.0 up
124 Wed, Aug 17  @LAA  W   4-3       72-52  1st  7.0 up
123 Tue, Aug 16  @LAA  W   7-3       71-52  1st  6.0 up
122 Mon, Aug 15  @LAA  W   8-4       70-52  1st  5.0 up
121 Sun, Aug 14  @OAK  W   7-6       69-52  1st  4.0 up
120 Sat, Aug 13  @OAK  W   7-1       68-52  1st  3.0 up
119 Fri, Aug 12  @OAK  W   9-1       67-52  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 TEX  5  BOS  1        W:Matt Harrison (1-0), L: Clay Buchholz (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 02, 2011 TEX 12  BOS  5        W:Colby Lewis (1-0), L: John Lackey (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 TEX  9  BOS  5        W:Darren Oliver (1-0), L: Daniel Bard (0-1), S: none

Sun, Aug 15, 2010 TEX  7  BOS  3        W:C.J. Wilson (11-5), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (8-4), S: none
Sat, Aug 14, 2010 BOS  3 @TEX  1        W:Jon Lester (13-7), L: Colby Lewis (9-9), S: Felix Doubront (1)
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 TEX 10  BOS  9 (11)   W:Darren O'Day (4-2), L: Tim Wakefield (3-9), S: none
Sun, Jul 18, 2010 TEX  4 @BOS  2        W:C.J. Wilson (8-5), L: Jon Lester (11-4), S: Neftali Feliz (24)
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 BOS  3  TEX  2 (11)   W:Manny Delcarmen (3-2), L: Alexi Ogando (3-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 TEX  8 @BOS  4        W:Colby Lewis (9-5), L: Felix Doubront (1-2), S: none
Thu, Jul 15, 2010 TEX  7 @BOS  2        W:Tommy Hunter (6-0), L: Tim Wakefield (3-8), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - TEX over 3-0; 2010 - TEX won 6-4; 2009 - TEX won 7-2; All-Time - BOS leads 323-289

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 5.40 BAL 4.18 SEA 3.38	RA/G PHI 3.28 TEX 4.20 BAL 5.39	BA A. Gonzalez .343 K. Fukudome .271 A. Dunn .169	OBP J. Bautista .459 N. Walker .340 V. Wells .236	SLG J. Bautista .652 B. Phillips .429 C. Getz .284	OPS J. Bautista 1.111 M. Reynolds .776 A. Rios .575	ERA J. Cueto 1.89 R. Dickey 3.72 B. Arroyo 5.28	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.44 E. Jackson 6.95 B. Penny 3.60

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.40

BAL 4.18

SEA 3.38

RA/G

PHI 3.28

TEX 4.20

BAL 5.39

A. Gonzalez .343

K. Fukudome .271

A. Dunn .169

OBP

J. Bautista .459

N. Walker .340

V. Wells .236

SLG

J. Bautista .652

B. Phillips .429

C. Getz .284

OPS

J. Bautista 1.111

M. Reynolds .776

A. Rios .575

ERA

J. Cueto 1.89

R. Dickey 3.72

B. Arroyo 5.28

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.44

E. Jackson 6.95

B. Penny 3.60

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RedSox Batters (5.32 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Wilson*
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 22.Tateyama
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP 11/.773 ··· 9/1.333 4/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 248/172 .236/.269/.384/.654 .884/.554 .747 52/.746 12/2 5/10

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 16/.521 1/2.000 12/.606 2/.000 4/.833 4/2.417 ··· 9/.222 410/273 .251/.287/.386/.673 .523/.747 .672 100/.701 17/5 8/2

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.500 3/1.334 ··· 4/.750 562/398 .313/.370/.517/.887 .757/.938 .841 109/.879 33/11 22/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 565/376 .343/.404/.537/.940 .773/1.023 .926 111/.831 1/0 18/3

60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/11 .333/.412/.400/.812 .667/.899 .812 17/.812 0/0 0/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 258/167 .265/.310/.393/.703 .972/.552 .588 42/.604 0/1 4/14

54.McDonald G/S/vP 8/.542 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 121/42 .194/.273/.389/.662 .831/.348 .813 38/.888 2/3 5/2

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 13/.154 ··· 5/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 16/.851 ··· 6/.000 464/313 .300/.388/.557/.945 1.002/.918 .896 83/.981 1/1 24/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 8/.875 1/.000 4/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 6/.733 ··· 3/.666 572/407 .306/.396/.470/.867 1.083/.782 .852 112/.882 24/6 16/4

16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 190/161 .298/.347/.497/.844 .914/.832 .865 76/.550 1/2 6/3

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· 2/.500 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 293/201 .246/.307/.459/.766 .615/.836 .771 60/.759 0/0 12/4

10.Scutaro G/S/vP 19/.325 ··· 10/.733 5/.000 6/.600 6/.167 ··· ··· 296/217 .275/.344/.377/.721 .689/.732 .678 64/.815 4/2 5/8

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.333 9/1.000 ··· 1/.000 208/142 .228/.307/.418/.726 .821/.681 .747 44/.748 0/0 8/0

IP 174.1 57.1 12.0 48.1 37.1 40.1 37.0 55.1 TOTAL .278/.349/.453/.802 .803/.802 .769 .784 88/32 153/62

ERA-K/9

3.20/8.2

1.41/9.1

5.25/6.0

3.17/6.7

3.13/9.2

2.01/8.0

2.43/9.5

2.11/11.7

3.74/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 721/.235 220/.175 52/.250 195/.202 165/.269 169/.224 144/.185 207/.163 .247 Ellsbury
Reddick
Crawford
McDonald
Aviles
Gonzalez 0/119/0/6
19/3/32/5
96/0/0/1
20/8/21/1
0/0/3/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .660 .515 .745 .625 .734 .574 .547 .510 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.710 125/.535 20/.311 106/.603 70/.878 72/.621 61/.769 111/.433 .736

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 561/.645 95/.489 32/1.008 89/.649 95/.629 97/.539 83/.385 96/.594 .681

Home 324/.689 108/.434 20/.568 113/.664 91/.693 99/.487 78/.561 108/.453

Last 28d days 122/.721 48/.757 43/.787 43/.570 37/.547 25/.490 54/.431 41/.669

HR/SB/CS 10/19/6 4/8/0 2/0/1 4/0/3 3/1/3 3/4/2 4/2/2 8/0/0 129/67/37

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

Rangers Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Bedard*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 8/.625 2/.000 7/.334 6/1.000 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 520/389 .274/.333/.339/.672 .716/.657 .666 99/.640 32/7 3/25

9.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 204/164 .310/.340/.465/.805 .947/.770 .761 62/.618 7/4 5/1

17.Cruz G/S/vP 13/1.154 4/2.500 5/1.600 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 445/348 .262/.317/.518/.835 1.180/.742 .943 97/.827 9/5 26/6

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/45 .250/.330/.307/.637 .548/.751 .728 5/.000 14/0 0/1

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 14/1.065 2/.000 9/.619 2/3.000 ··· 4/1.250 4/.500 396/283 .302/.346/.524/.870 .756/.915 .905 105/.789 7/1 16/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 26/.802 2/3.500 9/.944 4/.000 ··· 5/.650 7/1.572 570/416 .244/.346/.443/.789 .856/.764 .928 115/.666 21/2 20/8

18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 431/324 .279/.343/.450/.792 .610/.853 .828 100/.871 2/2 16/4

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 8/.250 3/.333 5/.650 1/3.000 ··· 4/.000 1/3.000 312/225 .239/.304/.324/.628 .431/.704 .680 55/.432 6/6 5/4

25.Napoli G/S/vP 13/.885 1/.000 3/.666 5/.200 ··· 4/.833 4/.250 311/206 .294/.386/.587/.973 .984/.968 .979 96/1.022 3/2 20/2

12.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/9 .063/.063/.188/.250 .000/.500 .800 14/.000 0/0 0/0

2.Teagarden G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 36/30 .235/.278/.294/.572 .000/.690 .778 8/.250 0/0 0/0

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 12/.584 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 4/1.250 356/251 .283/.315/.399/.714 .644/.743 .820 90/.911 0/2 4/7

10.Young G/S/vP 34/.509 4/1.750 10/.543 5/.200 ··· 7/.429 5/.000 545/408 .337/.374/.491/.865 .895/.855 .942 111/.877 5/2 10/6

IP 107.1 82.1 51.0 60.0 34.2 51.2 42.0 TOTAL .277/.334/.446/.780 .781/.779 .852 .758 112/37 150/102

ERA-K/9

3.44/8.7

3.06/5.8

3.71/9.2

2.10/9.3

3.89/8.0

2.96/11.7

3.86/7.3

3.89/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (12-9-0)
Teagarden (6-7-1)
Torrealba (49-21-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 440/.233 346/.216 217/.233 227/.164 146/.234 206/.211 170/.236 .244 Cruz
Murphy
Chavez
Hamilton
Gentry
Moreland 18/0/99/6
73/13/9/5
7/46/5/3
58/29/0/3
0/40/3/0
0/0/34/0

OPS .661 .647 .634 .504 .758 .562 .663 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.664 153/.595 93/.782 129/.602 74/.825 100/.499 68/.852 .690

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 310/.660 193/.687 124/.524 98/.370 72/.692 106/.622 102/.541 .704

Road 188/.607 131/.668 91/.589 119/.521 57/.540 99/.540 66/.695

Last 28d days 78/.692 57/.639 48/.963 39/.556 40/.845 29/.138 36/.544

HR/SB/CS 12/3/1 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··· ·X···X·· X··o·o·· ·X···o·· ···o·o·· oX··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.