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Game Preview: TEX @ BOS, 1:35pm, Wednesday, August 8, 2012 @Fenway Park

Rangers, 64-45, 64-45 1st, 5½ up

SP: Matt Harrison (26, LHP, 13-6, 3.17)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (13-6)			142.0	142	51	50	39	84	11	3.17
2011 (14-9)			185.2	180	79	70	57	126	13	3.39
2010 (3-2)			78.1	80	45	41	39	46	10	4.71

Last 7 GS		4-3	49.2	49	15	15	17	29	4	2.72	56
2012-08-03	@KCR	W	6.2	8	2	2	3	3	0	109	50
2012-07-28	CHW	L	7.0	7	5	5	3	4	2	103	44
2012-07-22	@LAA	L	6.0	8	4	4	2	4	1	95	42
2012-07-15	@SEA	W	9.0	5	0	0	4	3	0	114	76
2012-07-05	@CHW	L	8.0	8	2	2	2	5	1	108	61
2012-06-29	OAK	W	8.0	8	2	2	1	7	0	121	64
2012-06-24	COL	W	5.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	74	58

Last 5 v.BOS		3-1	29.0	35	20	20	9	24	4	6.21	44
2011-09-04	@BOS	W	7.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	111	58
2011-08-24	BOS	L	5.0	11	7	7	1	4	0	93	20
2011-04-03	BOS	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	108	69
2010-04-21	@BOS	ND	4.0	5	6	6	3	3	3	75	28
2008-09-06	BOS	W	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	103	45

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

 Home:   34-21   Road:   30-24   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  44-30   vsLHP:  20-15   1-Run:  13-13
 vsEast: 15-8    vsCntrl:16-14   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Tue, Aug  7  @BOS  W   6-3       64-45  1st  5.5 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

RedSox, 55-56, 55-56 4th, 9 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Josh Beckett (32, RHP, 5-9, 4.54)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (5-9)			111.0	110	57	56	31	84	9	4.54
2011 (13-7)			193.0	146	65	62	52	175	21	2.89
2010 (6-6)			127.2	151	89	82	45	116	20	5.78

Last 7 GS		1-3	39.2	43	25	24	15	33	0	5.45	47
2012-07-31	DET	ND	2.2	1	1	1	2	2	0	49	52
2012-07-25	@TEX	L	7.0	9	4	4	2	3	0	114	44
2012-07-20	TOR	L	6.0	7	5	4	3	7	0	96	44
2012-07-15	@TBR	W	6.0	8	3	3	2	7	0	104	49
2012-07-06	NYY	ND	5.0	8	6	6	2	5	0	90	30
2012-06-30	@SEA	ND	6.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	85	57
2012-06-11	@MIA	L	7.0	6	4	4	1	5	0	97	53

Last 5 v.TEX		1-2	32.0	37	21	21	11	22	6	5.91	45
2012-07-25	@TEX	L	7.0	9	4	4	2	3	0	114	44
2012-04-18	TEX	L	7.0	7	3	3	1	7	1	110	57
2011-08-24	@TEX	W	6.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	110	62
2010-08-13	@TEX	ND	5.0	10	6	6	1	4	3	94	26
2010-04-21	TEX	ND	7.0	7	7	7	5	4	1	114	34

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

 Home:   29-33   Road:   26-23   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  33-43   vsLHP:  22-13   1-Run:  11-13
 vsEast: 18-24   vsCntrl:19-13   vsWest:  7-12 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Tue, Aug  7   TEX  L   3-6       55-56  4th  9.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 07, 2012 TEX  6 @BOS  3        W:Ryan Dempster (6-5), L: Jon Lester (5-10), S: Joe Nathan (22)
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
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 5-2; 2011 - TEX won 6-4; 2010 - TEX won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 329-297

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 5.10 CIN 4.30 MIA 3.67	RA/G WSN 3.56 DET 4.35 COL 5.76	BA A. McCutchen .372 C. Headley .273 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 Y. Alonso .340 J. Smoak .253	SLG A. McCutchen .628 M. Napoli .434 J. Carroll .294	OPS J. Votto 1.069 C. Santana .774 J. Smoak .573	ERA J. Weaver 2.13 V. Worley 3.83 E. Santana 5.83	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.31 D. Haren 7.32 D. Lowe 3.10

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.10

CIN 4.30

MIA 3.67

RA/G

WSN 3.56

DET 4.35

COL 5.76

A. McCutchen .372

C. Headley .273

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

Y. Alonso .340

J. Smoak .253

SLG

A. McCutchen .628

M. Napoli .434

J. Carroll .294

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

C. Santana .774

J. Smoak .573

ERA

J. Weaver 2.13

V. Worley 3.83

E. Santana 5.83

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.31

D. Haren 7.32

D. Lowe 3.10

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Rangers Batters (5.10 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Beckett
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 20/.688 3/.000 7/1.000 4/.250 5/.400 3/.000 1/2.000 4/1.750 484/338 .295/.367/.399/.766 .693/.798 .785 101/.782 18/7 2/10

29.Beltre G/S/vP 31/.459 2/.000 7/.286 4/1.250 8/.417 3/2.667 46/.724 2/2.500 444/312 .307/.345/.499/.843 .656/.922 .823 100/.713 1/0 19/6

17.Cruz G/S/vP 15/.204 6/1.666 6/.666 3/2.334 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 440/314 .264/.325/.463/.788 .928/.733 .681 96/.881 7/4 17/1

23.Gentry G/S/vP 3/1.000 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 11/5 1/0

14.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 55/33 .241/.241/.315/.556 .500/.594 .469 3/.000 0/0 0/2

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 23/1.178 2/.000 8/.417 3/5.000 5/.400 4/1.167 4/1.000 5/1.000 439/288 .284/.349/.562/.910 .843/.947 .938 97/.552 6/3 29/5

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 17/.548 3/2.334 6/1.100 5/1.000 6/1.917 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.850 499/361 .280/.347/.447/.793 1.015/.709 .668 100/.836 19/7 13/14

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 8/.875 1/.000 6/1.000 2/5.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 200/170 .280/.332/.511/.843 .731/.863 .697 27/.870 1/0 11/1

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 14/1.179 5/.400 14/.742 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.000 319/271 .301/.388/.478/.866 .890/.862 .695 76/.871 8/2 9/1

25.Napoli G/S/vP 16/1.046 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/5 .222/.357/.222/.579 .619/.400 .530 14/.579 1/1 0/2

8.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 3/3.333 5/.000 1/.000 214/150 .200/.290/.342/.632 .673/.614 .637 58/.726 0/0 6/7

10.Young G/S/vP 30/.590 5/1.800 7/.619 2/1.500 5/1.100 1/.000 4/.833 4/.833 452/316 .271/.299/.348/.647 .762/.598 .701 95/.614 2/2 3/4

IP 111.0 56.2 47.0 26.2 27.2 63.0 39.0 19.2 TOTAL .278/.341/.443/.784 .779/.787 .747 .755 78/32 127/60

ERA-K/9

4.54/6.8

4.29/7.9

2.68/8.4

7.43/7.1

3.25/10.7

3.14/9.1

4.62/9.9

1.37/8.2

4.30/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 469/.259 237/.233 194/.227 120/.290 111/.202 263/.216 171/.295 79/.267 .257 Cruz
Hamilton
Gentry
Murphy
Moreland 6/0/101/7
68/56/1/4
0/84/2/3
72/2/10/3
0/0/3/0

OPS .703 .666 .656 .855 .613 .633 .834 .642 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 268/.760 132/.677 84/.633 53/1.032 72/.393 98/.453 82/.795 28/.618 .721

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 201/.628 105/.650 110/.673 67/.715 39/1.028 165/.739 89/.870 51/.655 .748

Home 248/.660 137/.735 114/.733 78/.915 63/.551 133/.784 79/.902 62/.635

Last 28d days 99/.761 54/.706 39/.465 52/.810 35/.798 68/.494 33/1.191 52/.734

HR/SB/CS 9/12/2 6/3/0 5/1/2 6/0/1 3/0/0 6/5/2 5/1/1 1/2/1 117/78/24

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

RedSox Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
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 13/.154 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 6/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 420/295 .256/.283/.400/.683 .796/.636 .680 74/.637 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 12/.788 2/1.000 4/.917 1/3.000 5/1.000 3/.833 1/.000 ··· 81/51 .289/.321/.500/.821 .905/.772 .924 81/.821 3/0 3/1

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 11/.637 2/.000 4/1.500 1/2.000 5/.400 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 132/82 .264/.318/.372/.690 .633/.727 .778 102/.724 3/0 1/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 9/.347 3/1.000 4/1.250 1/2.000 5/.000 3/3.334 1/.000 ··· 465/298 .307/.351/.457/.807 .841/.787 .884 94/1.050 0/0 11/4

55.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 85/72 .203/.247/.241/.488 .641/.460 .498 22/.483 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 ··· ··· 1/2.000 273/178 .292/.322/.510/.832 .932/.756 .816 88/.749 4/1 14/9

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 14/.517 4/.000 4/2.250 1/no AB 3/1.334 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 416/282 .268/.325/.408/.734 .736/.733 .731 78/.765 8/4 9/2

5.Punto# G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/111 .200/.302/.273/.575 .426/.602 .464 11/.182 4/0 1/2

7.Ross G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.650 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 324/226 .271/.337/.517/.855 1.075/.761 .948 94/.790 1/1 16/0

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 6/.500 1/2.000 4/.250 ··· 8/1.071 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 316/272 .231/.288/.486/.774 .591/.804 .746 67/.650 0/1 20/6

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

IP 142.0 36.1 134.0 19.1 44.1 45.1 54.0 19.1 TOTAL .267/.326/.437/.762 .783/.753 .800 .734 53/18 127/63

ERA-K/9

3.17/5.3

2.97/7.9

4.57/10.3

5.59/8.9

2.84/10.6

2.78/9.1

1.67/6.0

5.12/7.9

3.99/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lavarnway (0-0-0)
Saltalamacchia (60-14-5)
Shoppach (18-10-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 583/.262 157/.257 598/.238 86/.176 180/.241 177/.198 211/.212 85/.346 .250 Ross
Gonzalez
Ciriaco
Crawford
Kalish
Ellsbury 21/7/53/5
0/0/18/1
0/0/1/0
20/0/0/0
0/19/5/0
0/31/0/0

OPS .703 .666 .719 .630 .641 .581 .577 .925 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 139/.491 82/.693 351/.742 28/.626 110/.644 72/.588 91/.534 31/1.077 .702

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 444/.772 75/.636 247/.685 58/.631 70/.636 105/.576 120/.610 54/.835 .725

Road 343/.677 72/.683 317/.723 16/.946 68/.541 92/.486 104/.622 27/.631

Last 28d days 120/.750 31/.680 151/.814 33/.690 38/.970 47/.817 34/.819 27/.616

HR/SB/CS 11/1/2 1/8/1 12/17/2 3/0/0 5/3/0 4/3/0 3/1/1 4/3/0 116/71/19

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