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Game Preview: TOR @ BOS, 1:35pm, Sunday, July 22, 2012 @Fenway Park

Blue Jays, 47-47, 47-47 5th, 10 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Henderson Alvarez (22, RHP, 5-7, 4.29)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-7) 113.1 129 60 54 27 42 18 4.29
2011 (1-3) 63.2 64 26 25 8 40 8 3.53
Last 7 GS 2-2 41.1 53 26 24 10 21 6 5.23 44
2012-07-16 @NYY ND 6.0 5 2 2 4 6 1 105 56
2012-07-05 KCR L 5.1 8 5 5 2 4 0 94 34
2012-06-30 LAA W 7.0 7 1 1 0 3 0 80 62
2012-06-25 @BOS W 5.0 6 5 3 1 2 1 92 40
2012-06-18 @MIL ND 4.0 11 6 6 2 1 0 81 15
2012-06-12 WSN L 7.0 9 4 4 0 3 3 101 46
2012-06-07 @CHW ND 7.0 7 3 3 1 2 1 108 52
Last 5 v.BOS 1-1 23.1 22 10 8 4 10 3 3.09 53
2012-06-25 @BOS W 5.0 6 5 3 1 2 1 92 40
2012-06-01 BOS L 6.1 8 4 4 1 2 1 99 42
2012-04-09 BOS ND 6.0 4 1 1 1 2 1 95 61
2011-09-05 BOS ND 6.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 95 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-20   Road:   22-27   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  37-32   vsLHP:  10-15   1-Run:   5-13
 vsEast: 14-19   vsCntrl:15-9    vsWest:  9-10 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Sat, Jul 21  @BOS  W   7-3       47-47  5th 10.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 20  @BOS  W   6-1       46-47  5th 11.0 gb
 92 Wed, Jul 18  @NYY  L   0-6  (7)  45-47  5th 12.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul 17  @NYY  L   1-6       45-46  5th 11.5 gb
 90 Mon, Jul 16  @NYY  L   3-6       45-45  5th 10.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 15   CLE  W   3-0       45-44  4th  9.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 14   CLE  W  11-9       44-44  4th 10.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 13   CLE  L   0-1       43-44  5th 10.5 gb
 86 Sun, Jul  8  @CHW  W  11-9       43-43  4th  9.5 gb
 85 Sat, Jul  7  @CHW  L   0-2       42-43  5th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
RedSox, 48-47, 48-47 4th, 9½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jon Lester (28, LHP, 5-7, 4.80)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-7) 116.1 129 68 62 33 98 12 4.80
2011 (15-9) 191.2 166 77 74 75 182 20 3.47
2010 (19-9) 208.0 167 81 75 83 225 14 3.25
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.2 50 25 24 10 45 5 5.06 49
2012-07-17 CHW L 4.0 7 6 6 3 4 1 91 25
2012-07-08 NYY L 4.1 9 5 4 2 6 0 101 31
2012-07-03 @OAK ND 6.2 4 1 1 1 9 1 107 70
2012-06-27 TOR W 7.0 7 4 4 0 4 2 100 51
2012-06-22 ATL L 7.0 10 3 3 1 5 0 118 49
2012-06-16 @CHC W 6.2 7 3 3 1 8 1 102 55
2012-06-10 WSN ND 7.0 6 3 3 2 9 0 107 60
Last 5 v.TOR 3-1 34.0 15 8 8 5 34 3 2.12 69
2012-06-27 TOR W 7.0 7 4 4 0 4 2 100 51
2012-04-11 @TOR L 8.0 3 3 3 2 6 0 116 68
2011-09-06 @TOR W 7.0 3 0 0 1 11 0 100 81
2011-07-05 TOR ND 4.0 0 0 0 1 5 0 50 66
2011-06-12 @TOR W 8.0 2 1 1 1 8 1 102 81
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-27   Road:   23-20   ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:  28-36   vsLHP:  20-11   1-Run:   9-12
 vsEast: 16-22   vsCntrl:16-9    vsWest:  5-9  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Sat, Jul 21   TOR  L   3-7       48-47  4th  9.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 20   TOR  L   1-6       48-46  4th  9.5 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 19   CHW  W   3-1       48-45  3rd  9.5 gb
 92 Wed, Jul 18   CHW  W  10-1       47-45  3rd 10.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul 17   CHW  L   5-7       46-45  4th 10.5 gb
 90 Mon, Jul 16   CHW  W   5-1       46-44  3rd  9.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 15  @TBR  W   7-3       45-44  4th  9.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 14  @TBR  L   3-5       44-44  4th 10.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 13  @TBR  W   3-1       44-43  4th  9.5 gb
 86 Sun, Jul  8   NYY  L   3-7       43-43  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 21, 2012 TOR  7 @BOS  3        W:Carlos Villanueva (5-0), L: Aaron Cook (2-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 20, 2012 TOR  6 @BOS  1        W:Aaron Laffey (2-1), L: Josh Beckett (5-8), S: none
Wed, Jun 27, 2012 BOS 10  TOR  4        W:Jon Lester (5-5), L: Ricky Romero (8-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 BOS  5  TOR  1        W:Andrew Miller (2-0), L: Luis Perez (2-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 25, 2012 TOR  9 @BOS  6        W:Henderson Alvarez (4-6), L: Felix Doubront (8-4), S: Casey Janssen (8)
Sun, Jun 03, 2012 TOR  5  BOS  1        W:Drew Hutchison (5-2), L: Daniel Bard (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 02, 2012 BOS  7 @TOR  4        W:Felix Doubront (6-2), L: Kyle Drabek (4-6), S: Alfredo Aceves (14)
Fri, Jun 01, 2012 BOS  7 @TOR  2        W:Clay Buchholz (5-2), L: Henderson Alvarez (3-5), S: none
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 TOR  3  BOS  1        W:Ricky Romero (1-0), L: Jon Lester (0-1), S: Sergio Santos (1)
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 TOR  7  BOS  3        W:Kyle Drabek (1-0), L: Daniel Bard (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - TOR over 6-5; 2011 - BOS won 10-8; 2010 - BOS won 12-6; All-Time - BOS leads 286-228

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 2012 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

TEX  5.04

PHI  4.20

SDP  3.67

 RA/G

WSN  3.56

ARI  4.32

COL  5.68

 BA

A. McCutchen  .371

M. Young  .268

B. Ryan  .187

 OBP

J. Votto  .465

A. Gonzalez  .336

J. Smoak  .257

 SLG

A. McCutchen  .644

H. Ramirez  .430

D. Gordon  .282

 OPS

A. McCutchen  1.070

C. Davis  .766

C. Pennington  .541

 ERA

R. Dempster  2.11

B. Colon  3.88

J. Arrieta  6.13

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.42

J. Lester  7.58

D. Lowe  3.17

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Blue Jays Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 32.Albers
G/S/vB		 37.Melancon
G/S/vB		 30.Miller*
G/S/vB		 46.Morales*
G/S/vB		 44.Padilla
G/S/vB		 63.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP 22/.623 5/.650 3/.333 2/.500 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 291/217 .238/.276/.443/.719 .770/.701 .710 63/.917 1/0 14/4
11.Davis G/S/vP 20/.568 5/1.000 8/.250 2/1.000 ··· 8/1.292 7/.929 1/3.000 221/136 .249/.305/.388/.693 .654/.717 .646 77/.505 25/7 4/6
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 22/.577 7/.000 15/.690 4/.833 6/1.667 1/.000 4/.750 2/no AB 389/292 .296/.388/.584/.972 1.077/.937 .910 93/1.120 9/2 26/2
5.Escobar G/S/vP 26/.619 2/.000 13/.770 3/.666 11/.830 2/.500 4/.750 ··· 390/292 .249/.294/.339/.632 .628/.634 .562 84/.645 3/1 6/9
68.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/32 .214/.271/.476/.747 .813/.697 .395 4/.750 0/0 3/0
43.Gose* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 13/10 .091/.231/.091/.322 .667/.200 .322 13/.322 0/0 0/0
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 10/.200 2/.000 4/2.750 2/.000 10/1.350 5/1.000 9/1.000 ··· 373/273 .239/.329/.376/.705 .624/.734 .667 75/.685 10/1 10/8
13.Lawrie G/S/vP 10/.422 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 3/1.334 1/2.000 2/.000 379/274 .278/.323/.406/.729 .827/.690 .710 86/.600 12/8 8/12
26.Lind* G/S/vP 25/.327 11/.473 9/.777 4/.500 2/.500 2/.000 7/1.714 1/.000 209/164 .233/.306/.407/.714 .548/.761 .636 77/.927 0/0 8/4
6.Mathis G/S/vP 9/.555 5/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 8/.250 ··· 83/59 .250/.296/.526/.823 1.031/.732 .503 19/1.389 1/0 5/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 2/.500 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 390/286 .245/.314/.467/.781 .677/.817 .826 100/.692 4/2 17/5
45.Snider* G/S/vP 8/.000 5/1.800 6/.334 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/7 .286/.375/.429/.804 .000/.929 .804 8/.804 0/0 0/0
17.Vizquel# G/S/vP 6/.900 3/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 5/.666 7/1.167 ··· 81/59 .200/.250/.200/.450 .473/.441 .413 19/.328 2/0 0/1
IP 116.1 47.2 36.2 19.2 23.0 52.2 35.0 12.1 TOTAL .251/.319/.430/.749 .738/.753 .710 .776 72/26 133/67
ERA-K/9 4.80/7.6 3.97/8.1 2.21/5.9 5.95/6.9 2.74/10.6 3.25/9.4 3.60/9.3 1.46/5.9 4.11/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (33-19-9)
 Gomes (0-0-0)
 Mathis (14-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 501/.282 200/.231 146/.209 84/.263 89/.198 220/.218 149/.277 50/.261 .254  Davis
 Rasmus
 Snider
 Gose
 Encarnacion
 Vizquel
 Gomes
66/5/10/4
0/93/0/4
2/0/0/0
0/0/4/0
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .780 .649 .636 .821 .567 .651 .748 .610 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 137/.712 111/.686 59/.808 41/.985 56/.371 83/.468 72/.682 20/.461 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 364/.805 89/.602 87/.531 43/.666 33/.911 137/.761 77/.808 30/.715 .732
Home 287/.885 116/.662 82/.661 52/.942 51/.440 107/.851 66/.772 33/.581
Last 28d days 99/.871 45/.680 29/.764 42/.390 26/.669 74/.655 34/.800 23/.792
HR/SB/CS 12/7/2 4/3/0 5/5/2 5/0/1 2/0/0 6/3/2 2/1/1 0/2/1 95/70/21
Usage ····X··· ··X··oX· X··o···o ·X·o··Xo oX·o···o o···o··· X····o·· Xo··X·o·
RedSox Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Alvarez
G/S/vB		 58.Beck
G/S/vB		 39.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 31.Lyon
G/S/vB		 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 377/264 .261/.286/.410/.696 .848/.633 .651 75/.678 10/4 10/9
77.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 46/31 .364/.378/.477/.855 .400/1.086 .957 46/.855 4/0 0/1
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 14/.693 ··· 10/.600 7/1.262 5/.200 24/9 .318/.375/.318/.693 .708/.667 .693 24/.693 3/0 0/0
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 12/.817 ··· 1/no AB 4/1.000 6/.900 65/36 .279/.323/.361/.684 .844/.551 .750 35/.771 1/0 0/0
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 11/.764 ··· 2/.500 2/3.000 ··· 14/.517 9/.222 15/.600 399/250 .294/.336/.433/.769 .825/.734 .827 86/.919 0/0 8/4
64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 221/140 .285/.317/.502/.819 .821/.818 .843 65/.517 3/1 11/9
66.Nava# G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 230/166 .255/.380/.410/.789 .515/.896 .842 83/.482 3/0 4/1
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 9/1.222 1/.000 1/5.000 15/1.000 ··· 1/.000 9/.708 8/1.089 350/234 .265/.324/.394/.718 .699/.727 .722 52/.683 6/3 6/1
5.Punto# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 9/.347 8/.000 9/1.083 122/102 .208/.317/.287/.604 .426/.640 .500 33/.549 4/0 1/2
7.Ross G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 1/2.000 4/2.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 5/1.350 262/178 .274/.349/.565/.914 1.199/.781 .993 86/.882 1/1 16/0
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· ··· 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.900 5/1.000 271/229 .228/.280/.496/.776 .571/.814 .796 70/.569 0/0 18/6
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 122/53 .274/.358/.528/.887 .856/.927 .996 25/.860 1/0 5/2
12.Sweeney* G/S/vP 11/1.155 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 15/.734 2/.000 203/181 .270/.312/.381/.693 .348/.732 .663 20/.317 0/0 0/2
IP 113.1 6.1 2.0 37.2 3.0 37.0 36.2 56.2 TOTAL .268/.328/.439/.767 .784/.758 .804 .722 44/15 110/55
ERA-K/9 4.29/3.3 2.84/7.1 9.00/9.0 2.39/9.3 6.00/0.0 3.16/8.8 1.23/8.8 2.86/9.8 4.44/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (54-14-5)
 Shoppach (16-7-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 482/.288 26/.174 11/.333 146/.204 11/.182 157/.257 138/.190 239/.213 .257  Nava
 Ross
 Sweeney
 Gonzalez
 Crawford
 Ellsbury
55/0/1/5
20/7/45/5
0/19/44/3
0/0/18/1
6/0/0/0
0/15/0/0
OPS .811 .535 1.232 .569 .364 .673 .525 .666 .768
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 263/.859 15/.795 6/1.000 78/.474 6/.333 52/.702 69/.589 132/.687 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 219/.755 11/.191 5/1.400 68/.681 5/.400 105/.658 69/.460 107/.644 .784
Road 213/.803 9/.222 / 71/.503 5/.800 84/.740 75/.474 110/.633
Last 28d days 100/.765 3/.000 11/1.232 38/.454 11/.364 41/.730 41/.603 93/.589
HR/SB/CS 18/2/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 4/3/1 0/0/0 3/7/1 2/5/3 6/4/2 120/47/25
Usage ·····X·· ·····o·· ·······X ·X·····X ····oo·X o··X···X Xo····X· X·····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.