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Game Preview: BOS @ TBR, 7:10pm, Wednesday, September 19, 2012 @Tropicana Field

RedSox, 68-81, 68-81 4th, 16½ GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (31, RHP, 1-5, 7.14)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-5) 40.1 43 33 32 18 37 7 7.14
2011 (3-3) 37.1 32 24 22 23 26 4 5.30
2010 (9-6) 153.2 137 84 80 74 133 13 4.69
Last 7 GS 1-3 29.1 34 26 25 14 26 6 7.67 42
2012-09-14 @TOR ND 5.1 3 4 4 3 5 0 98 48
2012-09-08 TOR L 1.1 5 5 5 1 2 1 42 25
2012-09-02 @OAK L 3.2 7 6 6 4 4 2 97 23
2012-08-27 KCR W 7.0 5 1 0 2 6 0 101 69
2012-07-02 @OAK L 1.0 4 5 5 2 0 2 28 23
2012-06-26 TOR ND 5.2 6 1 1 1 5 0 100 57
2012-06-21 MIA ND 5.1 4 4 4 1 4 1 101 47
Last 5 v.TBR 0-4 23.0 37 27 26 17 22 7 10.17 30
2011-04-11 TBR L 2.0 8 7 7 2 2 2 47 12
2010-09-07 TBR L 4.2 8 8 8 4 4 2 88 16
2010-07-05 @TBR ND 5.0 8 5 4 4 4 0 112 33
2010-06-30 TBR L 6.0 4 3 3 4 7 0 111 55
2009-04-09 TBR L 5.1 9 4 4 3 5 3 100 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-43   Road:   35-38   ExtrInn: 2-8 
 vsRHP:  42-61   vsLHP:  26-20   1-Run:  16-20
 vsEast: 25-34   vsCntrl:24-16   vsWest:  8-24 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
149 Tue, Sep 18  @TBR  W   7-5       68-81  4th 16.5 gb
148 Mon, Sep 17  @TBR  W   5-2       67-81  5th 17.0 gb
147 Sun, Sep 16  @TOR  L   0-5       66-81  5th 17.5 gb
146 Sat, Sep 15  @TOR  W   3-2       66-80  4th 16.5 gb
145 Fri, Sep 14  @TOR  W   8-5       65-80  5th 16.5 gb
144 Thu, Sep 13   NYY  L   0-2       64-80  5th 17.5 gb
143 Wed, Sep 12   NYY  L   4-5       64-79  5th 16.5 gb
142 Tue, Sep 11   NYY  W   4-3       64-78  5th 15.5 gb
141 Sun, Sep  9   TOR  L   3-4       63-78  5th 16.5 gb
140 Sat, Sep  8   TOR  L   2-9       63-77  5th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Rays, 78-70, 78-70 3rd, 6 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Archer (23, RHP, 0-3, 3.22)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-3) 22.1 15 10 8 7 28 2 3.22
Last 7 GS 0-2 18.2 12 9 7 4 25 2 3.38 61
2012-09-08 TEX ND 7.0 4 2 2 2 11 1 99 70
2012-06-26 @KCR L 5.2 5 4 4 1 7 1 94 49
2012-06-20 @WSN L 6.0 3 3 1 1 7 0 82 64
Has never faced BOS as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-34   Road:   39-36   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  55-47   vsLHP:  23-23   1-Run:  20-26
 vsEast: 32-30   vsCntrl:13-17   vsWest: 24-14 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
148 Tue, Sep 18   BOS  L   5-7       78-70  3rd  6.0 gb
147 Mon, Sep 17   BOS  L   2-5       78-69  3rd  5.5 gb
146 Sun, Sep 16  @NYY  L   4-6       78-68  3rd  5.0 gb
145 Sat, Sep 15  @NYY  L   3-5       78-67  3rd  4.0 gb
144 Fri, Sep 14  @NYY  W   6-4       78-66  3rd  3.0 gb
143 Thu, Sep 13  @BAL  L   2-3 (14)  77-66  3rd  4.0 gb
142 Wed, Sep 12  @BAL  L   2-3       77-65  3rd  3.0 gb
141 Tue, Sep 11  @BAL  L   2-9       77-64  3rd  2.0 gb
140 Sun, Sep  9   TEX  W   6-0       77-63  3rd  2.0 gb
139 Sat, Sep  8   TEX  L   2-4 (10)  76-63  3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 18, 2012 BOS  7 @TBR  5        W:Felix Doubront (11-9), L: Kyle Farnsworth (1-6), S: Andrew Bailey (5)
Mon, Sep 17, 2012 BOS  5 @TBR  2        W:Aaron Cook (4-10), L: Alex Cobb (9-9), S: none
Sun, Jul 15, 2012 BOS  7 @TBR  3        W:Josh Beckett (5-7), L: James Shields (8-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2012 TBR  5  BOS  3        W:David Price (12-4), L: Clay Buchholz (8-3), S: Fernando Rodney (26)
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)
Season Series: 2012 - BOS over 9-5; 2011 - TBR won 12-6; 2010 - TBR won 11-7; All-Time - BOS leads 150-105

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 (4.69 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Archer
G/S/vB
31.Badenhop
G/S/vB
40.Davis
G/S/vB
49.De La Rosa
G/S/vB
43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
47.Gomes
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.McGee*
G/S/vB
62.Peralta
G/S/vB
27.Ramos*
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 6/1.533 5/.200 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.667 3/1.167 2/2.500 8/1.500 533/380 .250/.281/.384/.665 .742/.634 .644 77/.602 14/5 13/14
77.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 222/157 .292/.312/.396/.708 .796/.672 .571 102/.613 14/0 2/7
56.De Jesus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/20 .237/.286/.316/.602 .377/.850 .513 5/.000 1/1 0/2
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 11/.364 1/2.000 6/.967 3/.000 14/1.000 4/.500 6/2.067 3/.666 2/.500 299/197 .272/.318/.380/.698 .700/.697 .616 108/.793 14/2 4/2
50.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 83/48 .303/.349/.461/.810 .596/.966 .624 52/.865 0/0 2/5
58.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 41/24 .061/.205/.091/.296 .259/.323 .286 41/.296 1/0 0/2
55.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 103/87 .229/.272/.260/.532 .775/.487 .514 18/.742 3/2 0/4
60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 118/83 .170/.237/.283/.520 .419/.564 .535 81/.566 0/0 2/2
22.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 2/1.500 437/343 .256/.298/.341/.640 .528/.670 .648 78/.611 0/3 5/6
66.Nava# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 5/.200 269/193 .244/.356/.378/.734 .536/.811 .667 22/.429 3/0 4/1
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 6/.900 15/.619 2/1.000 9/1.111 4/.500 15/.582 2/.000 7/.762 1/.000 3/.000 573/401 .290/.346/.454/.800 .863/.774 .781 99/1.032 16/5 15/5
26.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 10/.222 ··· 8/.929 ··· 4/.000 ··· 14/.585 186/152 .298/.318/.345/.663 .813/.630 .565 85/.447 8/2 1/0
62.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /
7.Ross G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 4/.833 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 476/343 .276/.341/.504/.845 1.068/.761 .711 102/.805 2/1 21/1
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 6/.833 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 5/1.350 3/.000 6/.000 2/.000 6/.834 414/363 .231/.292/.469/.762 .548/.793 .749 62/.804 0/1 24/7
IP 22.1 60.2 65.0 3.0 24.2 13.2 49.0 49.1 61.1 29.0 68.1 TOTAL .265/.320/.424/.744 .774/.732 .683 .687 91/23 158/93
ERA-K/9 3.22/11.3 3.12/6.1 2.63/10.9 21.00/6.0 3.28/8.0 5.93/7.9 2.94/7.5 2.01/11.7 3.67/11.3 2.17/8.7 0.66/9.0 3.28/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lavarnway (22-3-0)
 Saltalamacchia (77-17-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 89/.188 256/.262 264/.195 16/.500 107/.189 68/.245 198/.224 190/.175 242/.196 118/.179 258/.166 .230  Ross
 Nava
 Podsednik
 Ellsbury
 Ciriaco
 Kalish
22/7/84/8
64/0/2/5
28/18/4/3
0/67/0/1
2/1/2/0
3/20/9/0
OPS .549 .696 .577 1.634 .506 .850 .697 .471 .630 .499 .420 .657
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 36/.688 88/.844 122/.497 5/1.400 47/.584 29/1.135 95/.640 82/.689 128/.554 57/.529 145/.460 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 53/.456 168/.620 142/.639 11/1.768 60/.445 39/.633 103/.749 108/.300 114/.715 61/.470 113/.371 .637
Home 26/.574 119/.617 139/.601 3/.667 61/.542 35/.779 96/.628 91/.421 120/.590 57/.491 132/.310
Last 28d days 44/.573 29/.457 46/.342 8/1.125 39/.589 9/.508 23/1.563 38/.267 41/.879 20/.721 36/.297
HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 6/1/0 5/4/2 2/0/1 0/2/0 2/3/0 6/3/4 3/0/0 9/3/1 2/3/0 2/2/1 133/95/28
Usage ·····X·· ooo··o·o X·X··oX· ·X·····X X··X·oo· ·oX····· ·Xo··o·o o··X·oX· X···XoX· ·Xo····X o···XX··
Rays Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Matsuzaka
G/S/vB
91.Aceves
G/S/vB
48.Atchison
G/S/vB
40.Bailey
G/S/vB
32.Breslow*
G/S/vB
52.Carpenter
G/S/vB
53.Hill*
G/S/vB
37.Melancon
G/S/vB
30.Miller*
G/S/vB
59.Mortensen
G/S/vB
44.Padilla
G/S/vB
63.Tazawa
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Brignac* G/S/vP 1/2.000 5/.400 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 20/15 .105/.150/.105/.255 .400/.205 .200 2/.000 0/0 0/1
13.Francisco G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 186/99 .246/.290/.383/.673 .634/.707 .677 55/.706 0/1 3/1
5.Fuld* G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 94/61 .273/.319/.352/.671 .658/.679 .506 41/.531 7/2 0/1
16.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/37 .224/.275/.259/.534 .750/.221 .414 19/.892 0/0 0/3
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 4/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 504/372 .248/.315/.389/.705 .736/.694 .658 84/.739 27/2 12/0
9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 329/217 .244/.306/.353/.658 .586/.705 .537 23/.652 18/6 6/14
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 17/.871 5/.000 5/.400 4/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/2.600 ··· 420/322 .246/.346/.434/.780 .615/.830 .746 64/.531 4/2 15/2
7.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 10/1.270 3/.000 4/3.000 ··· 9/.819 ··· 368/250 .317/.360/.417/.777 .903/.717 .834 87/.647 1/0 6/3
21.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 188/128 .228/.333/.323/.656 .765/.614 .602 18/.492 0/1 2/4
3.Longoria G/S/vP 16/1.105 9/.222 6/1.667 4/.833 5/.200 ··· ··· 4/1.750 6/.333 ··· 7/1.286 1/.000 252/184 .276/.353/.484/.837 1.185/.713 .884 97/.787 2/3 12/7
28.Molina G/S/vP 7/.429 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.750 ··· 256/205 .201/.267/.308/.574 .433/.608 .575 41/.514 3/1 6/4
23.Pena* G/S/vP 35/.897 7/.000 6/.000 4/.500 6/.500 ··· ··· 6/.167 6/.666 2/.500 8/.750 1/2.000 560/388 .194/.329/.345/.673 .601/.706 .680 51/.700 2/3 17/7
19.Roberts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/2.000 1/.000 6/.167 1/.000 457/303 .237/.300/.352/.652 .645/.655 .630 79/.599 10/6 10/9
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/.833 11/.644 7/.929 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 6/.167 ··· 338/214 .214/.279/.328/.607 .651/.578 .639 3/.333 5/0 6/18
30.Scott* G/S/vP 23/1.180 8/.125 3/1.667 1/.000 8/1.875 ··· 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 14/.445 ··· 308/216 .218/.266/.421/.687 .491/.770 .695 42/.508 4/0 13/0
24.Thompson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 21/8 .105/.190/.105/.296 .397/.125 .229 2/1.000 5/2 0/0
2.Upton G/S/vP 20/.691 16/.544 12/.334 8/.750 4/.833 ··· ··· 5/1.800 9/1.555 1/no AB 11/.773 ··· 572/406 .249/.302/.441/.743 .784/.727 .797 99/.877 30/6 23/2
26.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 19/18 .000/.053/.000/.053 .000/.056 .000 2/.500 0/0 0/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 18/1.143 9/.333 8/.125 6/2.067 5/1.350 ··· 1/no AB 5/1.400 7/1.571 ··· 7/1.029 2/2.000 609/422 .267/.371/.461/.832 .833/.831 .754 102/.841 14/9 17/11
IP 40.1 75.1 46.2 11.2 59.2 3.1 17.2 40.0 38.1 35.1 47.0 38.0 TOTAL .237/.313/.382/.695 .693/.696 .668 .695 127/43 147/109
ERA-K/9 7.14/8.3 4.66/8.1 1.74/6.6 3.09/9.2 2.87/8.6 0.00/2.7 2.04/8.1 6.98/7.4 3.29/11.0 2.55/8.2 4.60/9.6 1.42/9.7 4.54/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gimenez (19-3-0)
 Lobaton (39-8-0)
 Molina (37-16-6)
 Vogt (0-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 183/.270 318/.236 184/.221 48/.227 247/.227 14/.000 72/.197 176/.270 156/.191 143/.206 206/.299 153/.248 .258  Upton
 Zobrist
 Jennings
 Joyce
 Fuld
 Francisco
 Brignac
 Roberts
 Johnson
 Gimenez
 Vogt
 Thompson
0/128/0/8
0/0/71/6
98/21/0/4
33/0/76/2
12/6/14/2
21/0/26/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
OPS .834 .695 .553 .633 .654 .308 .582 .804 .570 .628 .843 .607 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.933 168/.764 83/.515 22/1.009 110/.619 4/.667 41/.559 77/.942 94/.383 66/.542 100/.828 59/.586 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.731 150/.620 101/.583 26/.317 137/.681 10/.200 31/.608 99/.697 62/.852 77/.694 106/.857 94/.620 .745
Road 79/.983 150/.563 58/.400 23/.547 111/.571 5/.400 25/.740 70/.843 79/.579 52/.633 105/.858 58/.619
Last 28d days 83/.900 64/.920 3/.667 42/.645 39/.667 14/.308 15/.267 39/.724 29/.595 23/.847 32/.973 46/.313
HR/SB/CS 7/10/0 10/6/1 2/2/0 1/0/1 5/2/2 0/2/0 0/5/1 8/0/1 3/0/0 4/4/2 6/4/1 1/4/1 166/118/30
Usage ····X··· ······X· ··o····· o··Xo··o o··o·o·o ····o·X· ·o····o· ·X···X·· ··o···X· X···X··· o···X·o· oo··oX·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.