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Game Preview: TEX @ BOS, 7:10pm, Tuesday, August 7, 2012 @Fenway Park

Rangers, 63-45, 63-45 1st, 5 up

SP: Ryan Dempster (35, RHP, 5-5, 2.82)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (5-5)			108.2	90	36	34	30	89	11	2.82
2011 (10-14)			202.1	211	111	108	82	191	23	4.80
2010 (15-12)			215.1	198	110	92	86	208	25	3.85

Last 7 GS		4-2	42.2	38	15	15	11	32	5	3.16	56
2012-08-02	LAA	ND	4.2	9	8	8	3	6	2	103	17
2012-07-25	@PIT	L	6.0	5	3	3	0	6	2	93	56
2012-07-20	@STL	L	6.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	94	42
2012-07-14	ARI	W	6.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	89	66
2012-07-08	@NYM	W	5.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	63	63
2012-06-15	BOS	W	7.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	106	68
2012-06-10	@MIN	W	8.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	117	79

Last 5 v.BOS		2-1	23.2	23	12	12	11	15	4	4.56	49
2012-06-15	BOS	W	7.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	106	68
2001-06-12	@BOS	L	6.0	7	4	4	3	4	2	113	43
1999-07-18	@BOS	ND	3.2	7	7	7	3	2	2	77	18
1998-06-28	BOS	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	103	68

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

 Home:   34-21   Road:   29-24   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  44-30   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  13-13
 vsEast: 14-8    vsCntrl:16-14   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Mon, Aug  6  @BOS  L   2-9       63-45  1st  5.0 up
107 Sun, Aug  5  @KCR  L   6-7 (10)  63-44  1st  5.5 up
106 Sat, Aug  4  @KCR  W   4-2       63-43  1st  5.5 up
105 Fri, Aug  3  @KCR  W   5-3       62-43  1st  4.5 up
104 Thu, Aug  2   LAA  W  15-9       61-43  1st  4.5 up
103 Wed, Aug  1   LAA  W  11-10(10)  60-43  1st  4.0 up
102 Tue, Jul 31   LAA  L   2-6       59-43  1st  3.0 up
101 Mon, Jul 30   LAA  L   8-15      59-42  1st  3.5 up
100 Sun, Jul 29   CHW  W   2-0       59-41  1st  4.5 up
 99 Sat, Jul 28   CHW  L   2-5       58-41  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

RedSox, 55-55, 55-55 4th, 9 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jon Lester (28, LHP, 5-9, 5.36)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (5-9)			134.1	149	86	80	40	113	18	5.36
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		1-4	40.0	47	34	33	13	38	10	7.43	41
2012-08-02	MIN	L	8.0	7	3	3	0	7	0	105	63
2012-07-28	@NYY	ND	6.0	4	4	4	2	6	2	101	52
2012-07-22	TOR	L	4.0	9	11	11	5	2	4	94	-3
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

Last 5 v.TEX		1-2	29.1	34	19	18	11	24	5	5.52	46
2012-04-17	TEX	L	2.0	8	7	7	4	2	1	80	10
2011-04-01	@TEX	ND	5.1	6	5	5	1	0	3	88	35
2010-08-14	@TEX	W	8.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	109	77
2010-07-18	TEX	L	8.0	9	4	3	3	6	0	118	53
2009-08-14	@TEX	ND	6.0	6	3	3	3	11	1	117	56

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

 Home:   29-32   Road:   26-23   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  33-42   vsLHP:  22-13   1-Run:  11-13
 vsEast: 18-24   vsCntrl:19-13   vsWest:  7-11 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Mon, Aug  6   TEX  W   9-2       55-55  4th  9.0 gb
109 Sun, Aug  5   MIN  W   6-4       54-55  4th 10.0 gb
108 Sat, Aug  4   MIN  L   4-6       53-55  4th 10.0 gb
107 Fri, Aug  3   MIN  L   5-6 (10)  53-54  4th 10.0 gb
106 Thu, Aug  2   MIN  L   0-5       53-53  4th  9.0 gb
105 Wed, Aug  1   DET  L   5-7       53-52  4th  8.5 gb
104 Tue, Jul 31   DET  W   4-1  (6)  53-51  4th  7.5 gb
103 Mon, Jul 30   DET  W   7-3       52-51  4th  8.5 gb
102 Sun, Jul 29  @NYY  W   3-2 (10)  51-51  5th  9.5 gb
101 Sat, Jul 28  @NYY  W   8-6       50-51  5th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 06, 2012 BOS  9  TEX  2        W:Aaron Cook (3-5), L: Yu Darvish (11-8), S: none
Wed, Jul 25, 2012 TEX  5  BOS  3        W:Derek Holland (7-5), L: Josh Beckett (5-9), S: Joe Nathan (20)
Tue, Jul 24, 2012 BOS  2 @TEX  1        W:Vicente Padilla (4-0), L: Joe Nathan (1-3), S: Alfredo Aceves (21)
Mon, Jul 23, 2012 TEX  9  BOS  1        W:Scott Feldman (4-6), L: Felix Doubront (10-5), S: none
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 TEX  6 @BOS  3        W:Derek Holland (2-0), L: Josh Beckett (1-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 TEX 18 @BOS  3        W:Colby Lewis (2-0), L: Jon Lester (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 04, 2011 TEX 11 @BOS  4        W:Matt Harrison (11-9), L: John Lackey (12-11), S: none
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 BOS 12  TEX  7        W:Erik Bedard (5-9), L: Colby Lewis (11-10), S: none
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 TEX 10 @BOS  0        W:Derek Holland (13-5), L: Andrew Miller (6-2), S: none
Thu, Aug 25, 2011 BOS  6 @TEX  0        W:Andrew Miller (6-1), L: Alexi Ogando (12-6), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 4-2; 2011 - TEX won 6-4; 2010 - TEX won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 329-296

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 5.09 CIN 4.33 MIA 3.67	RA/G WSN 3.58 DET 4.35 COL 5.80	BA A. McCutchen .369 C. Hart .272 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 N. Swisher .338 J. Smoak .253	SLG A. McCutchen .626 M. Napoli .434 J. Carroll .292	OPS J. Votto 1.069 D. Murphy .773 J. Smoak .573	ERA J. Weaver 2.13 M. Moore 3.84 E. Santana 5.83	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.31 A. Burnett 7.39 D. Lowe 3.10

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.09

CIN 4.33

MIA 3.67

RA/G

WSN 3.58

DET 4.35

COL 5.80

A. McCutchen .369

C. Hart .272

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

N. Swisher .338

J. Smoak .253

SLG

A. McCutchen .626

M. Napoli .434

J. Carroll .292

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

D. Murphy .773

J. Smoak .573

ERA

J. Weaver 2.13

M. Moore 3.84

E. Santana 5.83

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.31

A. Burnett 7.39

D. Lowe 3.10

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Rangers Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 18/.764 3/.000 7/1.000 3/.333 5/.400 3/.000 1/2.000 3/1.667 479/336 .296/.368/.401/.770 .708/.797 .794 96/.804 18/7 2/10

29.Beltre G/S/vP 17/.850 2/.000 7/.286 3/1.666 8/.417 3/2.667 46/.724 1/5.000 439/310 .310/.349/.505/.853 .672/.929 .844 95/.753 1/0 19/6

17.Cruz G/S/vP 15/1.671 6/1.666 6/.666 2/2.500 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 436/313 .261/.323/.462/.786 .935/.728 .675 92/.876 7/4 17/1

23.Gentry G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 208/110 .328/.400/.421/.821 .918/.736 .886 47/.813 10/5 1/0

14.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 55/33 .241/.241/.315/.556 .500/.594 .469 3/.000 0/0 0/2

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 22/.747 2/.000 8/.417 2/5.000 5/.400 4/1.167 4/1.000 4/.750 434/286 .281/.346/.563/.908 .847/.941 .935 92/.523 6/3 29/5

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 23/.804 3/2.334 6/1.100 4/.750 6/1.917 2/1.000 ··· 4/2.417 494/359 .279/.346/.447/.793 1.024/.707 .666 95/.838 19/7 13/13

18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.200 2/5.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 199/170 .282/.333/.514/.847 .757/.863 .704 26/.906 1/0 11/1

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 9/.555 5/.400 13/.693 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.000 315/271 .300/.387/.474/.861 .857/.862 .681 72/.849 8/2 9/1

25.Napoli G/S/vP 11/1.936 4/.250 6/.900 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 22/.636 1/.000 355/239 .226/.346/.434/.781 .550/.896 .803 70/.871 1/0 17/6

9.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/5 .286/.364/.286/.649 .733/.400 .625 11/.649 1/1 0/2

8.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/3.333 5/.000 1/.000 210/149 .199/.290/.344/.635 .673/.619 .643 54/.744 0/0 6/7

10.Young G/S/vP 30/.867 5/1.800 7/.619 1/3.000 5/1.100 1/.000 4/.833 4/.833 448/315 .271/.297/.348/.645 .753/.600 .698 91/.604 2/2 3/4

IP 134.1 56.2 46.2 25.1 27.2 63.0 39.0 19.0 TOTAL .278/.341/.444/.785 .783/.787 .749 .759 77/32 127/59

ERA-K/9

5.36/7.6

4.29/7.9

2.51/8.5

7.46/6.8

3.25/10.7

3.14/9.1

4.62/9.9

1.42/8.1

4.29/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (38-9-8)
Soto (40-15-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 579/.283 237/.233 192/.229 113/.287 111/.202 263/.216 171/.295 75/.254 .257 Cruz
Hamilton
Gentry
Murphy
Moreland 6/0/100/7
67/55/1/4
0/83/2/3
71/2/10/3
0/0/3/0

OPS .809 .666 .656 .860 .613 .633 .834 .622 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 162/.721 132/.677 82/.632 52/1.021 72/.393 98/.453 82/.795 27/.566 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 417/.844 105/.650 110/.673 61/.721 39/1.028 165/.739 89/.870 48/.654 .751

Home 342/.919 137/.735 112/.734 71/.929 63/.551 133/.784 79/.902 58/.609

Last 28d days 99/1.048 54/.706 37/.458 45/.817 35/.798 68/.494 33/1.191 48/.711

HR/SB/CS 18/7/2 6/3/0 5/0/2 6/0/1 3/0/0 6/5/2 5/1/1 1/2/1 117/77/24

Usage ····X··· ·oX·X··· ·ooX·X·o ·X·o·o·· ··oX·X·· ·X····o· ·o·X···X X··o·X··

RedSox Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 11.Darvish
G/S/vB 50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 41.Ogando
G/S/vB 28.Ross*
G/S/vB 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 5/1.200 2/.000 ··· ··· 416/291 .258/.286/.404/.690 .796/.645 .692 70/.675 10/4 11/10

77.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 79/51 .338/.346/.468/.814 .750/.849 .888 65/.719 6/0 1/1

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 4/.917 1/3.000 5/1.000 3/.833 1/.000 ··· 77/47 .292/.325/.500/.825 .905/.774 .937 77/.825 3/0 3/1

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/1.500 1/2.000 5/.400 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 128/79 .274/.328/.385/.713 .647/.756 .832 98/.754 3/0 1/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 20/.721 2/.000 4/1.250 1/2.000 5/.000 3/3.334 1/.000 ··· 461/294 .307/.351/.456/.808 .841/.787 .886 90/1.063 0/0 11/4

55.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/68 .213/.259/.253/.513 .641/.488 .538 18/.600 3/2 0/2

60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/6 .111/.200/.222/.422 .000/.733 .422 10/.422 0/0 0/0

64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 272/178 .289/.320/.496/.816 .932/.756 .787 87/.699 4/1 13/9

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 4/.250 3/.000 4/2.250 1/no AB 3/1.334 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 412/278 .267/.324/.409/.733 .736/.731 .729 74/.760 8/4 9/2

5.Punto# G/S/vP 6/.333 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/109 .204/.307/.278/.585 .426/.614 .478 9/.222 4/0 1/2

7.Ross G/S/vP 16/.521 4/.833 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 320/222 .268/.335/.511/.846 1.075/.746 .935 90/.757 1/1 16/0

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 4/.750 1/2.000 4/.250 ··· 7/.929 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 312/268 .227/.285/.486/.771 .591/.801 .741 63/.627 0/1 20/6

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 146/66 .258/.340/.492/.832 .816/.851 .937 38/.689 1/0 5/4

IP 108.2 35.1 134.0 19.1 43.1 45.1 53.2 19.1 TOTAL .268/.326/.437/.763 .784/.753 .801 .735 53/18 126/63

ERA-K/9

2.82/7.4

3.06/7.4

4.57/10.3

5.59/8.9

2.91/10.6

2.78/9.1

1.68/6.0

5.12/7.9

4.03/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lavarnway (0-0-0)
Saltalamacchia (59-14-5)
Shoppach (18-10-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 442/.222 153/.257 598/.238 86/.176 177/.239 177/.198 210/.213 85/.346 .250 Ross
Gonzalez
Ciriaco
Crawford
Kalish
Ellsbury 21/7/53/5
0/0/18/1
0/0/1/0
19/0/0/0
0/19/4/0
0/30/0/0

OPS .632 .663 .719 .630 .640 .581 .580 .925 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 203/.586 80/.671 351/.742 28/.626 108/.637 72/.588 90/.540 31/1.077 .702

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 239/.670 73/.654 247/.685 58/.631 69/.646 105/.576 120/.610 54/.835 .724

Road 233/.533 68/.677 317/.723 16/.946 65/.535 92/.486 103/.629 27/.631

Last 28d days 98/.884 27/.667 151/.814 33/.690 35/1.000 47/.817 33/.847 27/.616

HR/SB/CS 11/15/2 1/8/1 12/17/2 3/0/0 5/3/0 4/3/0 3/1/1 4/3/0 115/71/19

Usage ····X··· ··oXo··· X····X·· Xo·····X ····XX·· ··oX·Xo· ·X··oX·X o··o·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.