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Game Preview: BOS @ TBR, 7:10pm, Saturday, July 14, 2012 @Tropicana Field

RedSox, 44-43, 44-43 4th, 9½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Clay Buchholz (27, RHP, 8-2, 5.53)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (8-2) 86.1 99 55 53 34 58 15 5.53
2011 (6-3) 82.2 76 34 32 31 60 10 3.48
2010 (17-7) 173.2 142 55 45 67 120 9 2.33
Last 7 GS 4-1 47.1 44 17 17 12 38 5 3.23 57
2012-06-19 MIA W 6.0 9 5 5 1 3 1 87 36
2012-06-12 @MIA W 7.0 5 1 1 2 9 1 103 70
2012-06-07 BAL W 9.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 125 84
2012-06-01 @TOR W 8.0 6 2 2 2 7 2 108 67
2012-05-27 TBR ND 7.0 8 2 2 1 6 0 111 58
2012-05-21 @BAL ND 5.1 6 5 5 4 2 1 94 34
2012-05-16 @TBR L 5.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 87 51
Last 5 v.TBR 2-1 31.1 26 12 11 10 26 2 3.16 57
2012-05-27 TBR ND 7.0 8 2 2 1 6 0 111 58
2012-05-16 @TBR L 5.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 87 51
2012-04-14 TBR W 7.0 6 5 5 3 5 1 104 47
2011-06-16 @TBR W 5.0 2 1 1 3 5 0 81 61
2010-08-28 @TBR ND 7.1 4 2 1 2 5 1 110 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-24   Road:   22-19   ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:  26-34   vsLHP:  18-9    1-Run:   9-12
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:13-8    vsWest:  5-9  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 85 Sat, Jul  7   NYY  W   9-5       43-42  4th  8.5 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  7   NYY  L   1-6       42-42  4th  8.5 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  6   NYY  L   8-10      42-41  4th  8.5 gb
 82 Wed, Jul  4  @OAK  L   2-3       42-40  4th  7.5 gb
 81 Tue, Jul  3  @OAK  L   2-3       42-39  4th  6.5 gb
 80 Mon, Jul  2  @OAK  L   1-6       42-38  3rd  6.5 gb
 79 Sun, Jul  1  @SEA  W   2-1 (10)  42-37  3rd  6.5 gb
 78 Sat, Jun 30  @SEA  L   2-3 (11)  41-37  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Rays, 45-42, 45-42 3rd, 8½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: David Price (26, LHP, 11-4, 2.82)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (11-4) 111.2 97 37 35 37 105 10 2.82
2011 (12-13) 224.1 192 93 87 63 218 22 3.49
2010 (19-6) 208.2 170 71 63 79 188 15 2.72
Last 7 GS 5-1 45.1 35 16 15 16 48 5 2.98 60
2012-07-04 NYY ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 8 1 116 71
2012-06-29 DET W 7.0 5 2 2 1 7 1 78 65
2012-06-24 @PHI W 7.0 4 1 1 3 8 1 112 70
2012-06-19 @WSN W 7.0 6 4 3 1 4 2 98 54
2012-06-13 NYM L 5.0 9 7 7 3 8 0 109 26
2012-06-07 @NYY W 5.0 3 1 1 4 8 0 109 61
2012-06-01 BAL W 7.1 4 0 0 2 5 0 113 73
Last 5 v.BOS 2-1 28.0 23 9 9 13 23 3 2.89 56
2012-05-26 @BOS ND 7.0 8 1 1 3 5 0 115 59
2012-04-13 @BOS L 3.0 4 3 3 3 3 0 83 39
2011-09-18 @BOS ND 4.0 3 2 2 3 2 0 78 47
2011-08-17 @BOS W 8.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 116 79
2011-07-15 BOS W 6.0 5 3 3 1 7 3 121 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-20   Road:   21-22   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  34-24   vsLHP:  11-18   1-Run:  16-12
 vsEast: 20-16   vsCntrl: 6-14   vsWest: 10-3  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Fri, Jul 13   BOS  L   1-3       45-42  3rd  8.5 gb
 86 Sun, Jul  8  @CLE  W   7-6       45-41  3rd  7.5 gb
 85 Sat, Jul  7  @CLE  L   3-7       44-41  3rd  7.5 gb
 84 Fri, Jul  6  @CLE  W  10-3       44-40  3rd  7.0 gb
 83 Thu, Jul  5  @CLE  L   1-3       43-40  3rd  7.0 gb
 82 Wed, Jul  4   NYY  L   3-4       43-39  3rd  6.5 gb
 81 Tue, Jul  3   NYY  W   7-4       43-38  3rd  5.5 gb
 80 Mon, Jul  2   NYY  W   4-3       42-38  3rd  6.5 gb
 79 Sun, Jul  1   DET  L   3-5       41-38  4th  7.5 gb
 78 Sat, Jun 30   DET  L   2-6       41-37  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 BOS  3 @TBR  1        W:Franklin Morales (2-2), L: Jeremy Hellickson (4-6), S: Alfredo Aceves (20)
Sun, May 27, 2012 TBR  4 @BOS  3        W:Jake McGee (2-1), L: Alfredo Aceves (0-2), S: Fernando Rodney (16)
Sat, May 26, 2012 BOS  3  TBR  2        W:Rich Hill (1-0), L: Fernando Rodney (2-1), S: none
Fri, May 25, 2012 TBR  7 @BOS  4        W:Alex Cobb (2-0), L: Jon Lester (3-4), S: Fernando Rodney (15)
Thu, May 17, 2012 BOS  5 @TBR  3        W:Felix Doubront (4-1), L: Matt Moore (1-4), S: Alfredo Aceves (8)
Wed, May 16, 2012 TBR  2  BOS  1        W:Jeremy Hellickson (4-0), L: Clay Buchholz (4-2), S: Fernando Rodney (12)
Mon, Apr 16, 2012 TBR  1 @BOS  0        W:James Shields (2-0), L: Daniel Bard (0-2), S: Fernando Rodney (4)
Sun, Apr 15, 2012 BOS  6  TBR  4        W:Vicente Padilla (1-0), L: Matt Moore (0-1), S: Alfredo Aceves (2)
Sat, Apr 14, 2012 BOS 13  TBR  5        W:Clay Buchholz (1-0), L: Burke Badenhop (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 13, 2012 BOS 12  TBR  2        W:Josh Beckett (1-1), L: David Price (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - BOS over 6-4; 2011 - TBR won 12-6; 2010 - TBR won 11-7; All-Time - BOS leads 147-104

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
RedSox Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 14.Price*
G/S/vB
31.Badenhop
G/S/vB
40.Davis
G/S/vB
43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.McGee*
G/S/vB
62.Peralta
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP 11/.455 5/1.900 5/.200 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.667 3/1.167 7/1.429 350/250 .261/.285/.412/.697 .886/.624 .717 77/.639 9/4 9/8
77.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/18 .625/.647/.750/1.397 /1.397 2.000 18/1.397 3/0 0/0
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 17/1.086 3/.666 9/.222 6/.967 13/.923 3/.000 5/2.000 2/.500 35/24 .194/.286/.258/.544 .764/.440 .429 5/.400 0/0 0/0
50.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 27/25 .308/.333/.423/.756 .000/.818 .333 25/.818 0/0 0/4
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 21/.508 ··· 9/.889 4/2.417 6/1.300 5/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 371/238 .283/.329/.416/.745 .787/.720 .683 86/.823 0/0 6/3
23.Lillibridge G/S/vP 6/.800 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 81/47 .162/.213/.176/.388 .149/.573 .402 20/.200 7/2 0/0
64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 189/123 .291/.328/.526/.854 .842/.860 .715 53/.959 3/1 10/7
66.Nava# G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 211/154 .270/.386/.420/.805 .562/.895 .689 91/.675 3/0 3/1
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 26/.581 2/2.000 12/.705 15/.267 21/.762 2/.000 9/.666 13/1.058 366/238 .313/.410/.616/1.026 .966/1.059 .861 93/1.175 0/1 23/0
5.Punto# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.250 4/.667 ··· 10/.675 13/.739 120/101 .212/.322/.293/.615 .451/.647 .715 36/.596 4/0 1/2
7.Ross G/S/vP 8/.708 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 6/1.000 1/.000 3/.667 3/.666 231/162 .262/.343/.535/.878 1.185/.750 .830 79/.870 1/1 13/0
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 10/.550 1/.000 4/.750 4/1.250 5/1.350 2/.000 6/.000 4/1.250 253/211 .240/.292/.515/.808 .571/.855 .780 71/.735 0/0 17/6
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 4/1.667 3/1.000 1/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 10/.555 108/53 .269/.358/.527/.885 .845/.927 .776 20/.800 1/0 4/2
12.Sweeney* G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 9/1.111 3/1.000 5/.650 1/.000 3/.333 4/2.000 196/176 .279/.318/.393/.711 .325/.753 .731 13/.404 0/0 0/2
IP 111.2 36.1 40.1 3.1 30.1 29.2 33.2 38.2 TOTAL .268/.329/.440/.770 .784/.764 .715 .787 38/15 100/49
ERA-K/9 2.82/8.5 3.47/6.7 3.12/9.4 8.10/13.6 3.86/7.4 1.82/10.0 4.81/10.4 0.93/8.8 3.73/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (49-11-5)
 Shoppach (16-7-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 451/.237 160/.281 171/.216 18/.154 123/.234 116/.178 134/.208 145/.175 .244  Nava
 Sweeney
 Ross
 Gonzalez
 Ellsbury
 Lillibridge
51/0/0/5
0/17/43/3
20/7/38/3
0/0/18/1
0/8/0/0
16/8/4/0
OPS .647 .768 .645 .543 .726 .487 .725 .420 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.539 51/.772 79/.485 12/.542 57/.660 53/.690 75/.691 84/.408 .715
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 350/.679 109/.766 92/.770 6/.533 66/.782 63/.315 59/.770 61/.436 .691
Home 215/.558 87/.639 91/.668 13/.587 61/.759 60/.274 70/.674 78/.284
Last 28d days 103/.652 31/.972 42/.885 18/.543 37/.482 30/.695 26/.853 28/.286
HR/SB/CS 10/10/4 5/1/0 5/2/0 0/0/0 4/2/3 2/0/0 7/0/0 1/1/0 88/55/16
Usage ········ o·····oo ······XX o······o X·····X· o······· ·····o·· ·····o··
Rays Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
91.Aceves
G/S/vB
32.Albers
G/S/vB
48.Atchison
G/S/vB
37.Melancon
G/S/vB
30.Miller*
G/S/vB
46.Morales*
G/S/vB
44.Padilla
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
36.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· 5/.800 89/50 .146/.202/.317/.519 .675/.397 .581 46/.656 0/0 3/2
8.Jennings G/S/vP 4/.250 4/.833 5/.200 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 267/199 .227/.293/.347/.640 .636/.641 .595 88/.584 15/1 5/0
9.Johnson# G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 5/.600 1/.000 234/149 .270/.333/.379/.712 .590/.793 .572 70/.653 15/4 4/9
7.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 3/3.000 2/.500 8/.661 145/88 .311/.366/.409/.775 .929/.676 .933 51/.863 0/0 3/1
21.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 95/60 .222/.337/.296/.633 .751/.583 .459 50/.602 0/1 0/3
35.Matsui* G/S/vP 23/.803 4/.833 4/.500 4/1.750 ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 4/1.750 86/50 .175/.233/.263/.495 .639/.393 .571 37/.476 0/0 2/0
28.Molina G/S/vP 12/.917 5/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 4/.750 149/117 .190/.255/.321/.576 .466/.602 .552 31/.494 0/0 4/3
23.Pena* G/S/vP 27/.619 6/.000 13/.930 6/.000 6/.167 5/.800 9/.000 8/.750 372/239 .198/.333/.367/.700 .612/.751 .797 94/.723 2/1 13/3
10.Rhymes* G/S/vP 9/1.238 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 124/101 .232/.298/.295/.593 .130/.695 .531 29/.612 1/2 1/8
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 10/.777 11/.644 8/1.071 7/.929 1/.000 3/.666 5/.200 6/.167 269/177 .222/.274/.350/.624 .611/.624 .686 52/.643 4/0 6/11
30.Scott* G/S/vP 30/.871 8/.125 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/no AB 5/.650 14/.445 237/154 .203/.257/.406/.663 .484/.758 .584 41/.471 3/0 11/0
2.Upton G/S/vP 20/1.038 15/.498 20/.950 12/.334 3/2.500 8/1.125 4/.250 11/.773 310/211 .245/.302/.372/.674 .593/.709 .719 95/.575 15/4 7/2
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 27/.389 8/.250 9/.889 8/.125 4/1.750 6/2.000 7/.715 7/1.029 354/237 .253/.373/.461/.834 .856/.823 .688 89/.931 9/6 11/7
IP 86.1 44.2 35.1 46.0 15.1 19.2 51.1 33.0 TOTAL .232/.313/.375/.688 .668/.697 .672 .653 70/24 85/71
ERA-K/9 5.53/6.0 4.23/8.5 2.29/5.9 1.76/6.7 7.04/7.6 2.75/9.6 3.16/9.3 3.82/9.0 4.18/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (18-3-0)
 Molina (20-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 381/.295 186/.233 137/.208 181/.219 68/.290 77/.203 215/.223 142/.285 .256  Upton
 Zobrist
 Jennings
 Johnson
 Matsui
0/71/0/7
0/0/60/5
46/18/0/3
3/0/0/0
9/0/5/0
OPS .854 .642 .621 .551 .887 .548 .660 .764 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.952 103/.717 54/.796 82/.522 34/1.057 49/.426 80/.486 69/.713 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 153/.711 83/.550 83/.516 99/.575 34/.716 28/.768 135/.762 73/.811 .729
Road 156/.812 78/.632 61/.584 55/.386 26/.781 33/.599 113/.470 83/.724
Last 28d days 27/1.007 46/.572 33/.717 45/.724 44/.418 27/.730 113/.669 35/.805
HR/SB/CS 15/4/1 4/3/0 5/3/2 2/2/0 5/0/1 1/0/0 6/3/2 2/1/1 91/65/18
Usage o····XX· X·····oo o····X·o ·····X·X o······o X·····X· o·····oX

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.