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Game Preview: TBR @ BOS, 1:35pm, Sunday, April 14, 2013 @Fenway Park

Rays, 4-6, 4-6 5th, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Alex Cobb (25, RHP, 1-0, 0.00)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-0) 7.1 4 0 0 3 6 0 0.00
2012 (11-9) 136.1 130 67 61 40 106 11 4.03
2011 (3-2) 52.2 49 21 20 21 37 3 3.42
Last 7 GS 4-1 41.2 30 14 12 15 36 5 2.59 58
2013-04-06 CLE W 7.1 4 0 0 3 6 0 103 73
2012-10-01 BAL W 7.0 2 1 1 2 7 1 88 74
2012-09-26 @BOS W 5.0 3 1 1 3 5 0 91 59
2012-09-17 BOS L 6.0 2 4 3 3 4 1 101 55
2012-09-12 @BAL ND 4.2 7 2 2 2 6 0 87 46
2012-09-04 NYY W 7.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 97 65
2012-08-29 @TEX ND 4.2 8 4 3 1 3 2 92 36
Last 5 v.BOS 2-1 16.0 8 7 5 10 11 1 2.81 56
2012-09-26 @BOS W 5.0 3 1 1 3 5 0 91 59
2012-09-17 BOS L 6.0 2 4 3 3 4 1 101 55
2012-05-25 @BOS W 5.0 3 2 1 4 2 0 96 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-3    Road:    1-3    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   2-5    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Sat, Apr 13  @BOS  L   1-2 (10)   4-6   5th  2.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 10  @TEX  W   2-0        4-5   4th  1.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  9  @TEX  L   1-6        3-5   4th  2.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  8  @TEX  L   4-5        3-4   2nd  2.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  7   CLE  L   0-13       3-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  6   CLE  W   6-0        3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  5   CLE  W   4-0        2-2   3rd  1.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  4   BAL  L   3-6        1-2   3rd  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  3   BAL  W   8-7        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Tue, Apr  2   BAL  L   4-7        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-6    Last 30: 4-6
RedSox, 6-4, 6-4 1st, ½ up

SP: Clay Buchholz (28, RHP, 2-0, 0.64)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-0) 14.0 9 1 1 6 12 1 0.64
2012 (11-8) 189.1 187 104 96 64 129 25 4.56
2011 (6-3) 82.2 76 34 32 31 60 10 3.48
Last 7 GS 2-3 44.1 38 20 18 20 32 5 3.65 54
2013-04-08 BAL W 7.0 3 0 0 4 8 0 113 75
2013-04-03 @NYY W 7.0 6 1 1 2 4 1 94 63
2012-10-01 @NYY L 1.2 6 8 8 2 2 3 56 11
2012-09-25 TBR L 6.0 8 5 4 2 5 1 99 41
2012-09-20 @TBR ND 7.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 94 71
2012-09-15 @TOR ND 7.0 4 2 1 5 5 0 111 63
2012-09-09 TOR L 8.2 7 4 4 3 4 0 121 55
Last 5 v.TBR 0-3 31.1 29 13 12 7 28 1 3.45 56
2012-09-25 TBR L 6.0 8 5 4 2 5 1 99 41
2012-09-20 @TBR ND 7.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 94 71
2012-07-14 @TBR L 6.1 3 4 4 1 8 0 87 58
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-2    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   3-2    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Sat, Apr 13   TBR  W   2-1 (10)   6-4   1st  0.5 up
  9 Thu, Apr 11   BAL  L   2-3        5-4   1st    Tied
  8 Wed, Apr 10   BAL  L   5-8        5-3   1st  1.0 up
  7 Mon, Apr  8   BAL  W   3-1        5-2   1st  2.0 up
  6 Sun, Apr  7  @TOR  W  13-0        4-2   1st  1.0 up
  5 Sat, Apr  6  @TOR  L   0-5        3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  5  @TOR  W   6-4        3-1   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  4  @NYY  L   2-4        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  3  @NYY  W   7-4        2-0   1st  1.0 up
  1 Mon, Apr  1  @NYY  W   8-2        1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 6-4    Last 30: 6-4 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 13, 2013 BOS  2  TBR  1 (10)   W:Junichi Tazawa (2-0), L: Brandon Gomes (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 26, 2012 TBR  4 @BOS  2        W:Alex Cobb (10-9), L: Jon Lester (9-14), S: Fernando Rodney (45)
Tue, Sep 25, 2012 TBR  5 @BOS  2        W:David Price (19-5), L: Clay Buchholz (11-7), S: none
Thu, Sep 20, 2012 TBR  7  BOS  4        W:Burke Badenhop (2-2), L: Andrew Bailey (1-1), S: none
Wed, Sep 19, 2012 TBR 13  BOS  3        W:Chris Archer (1-3), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-6), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2013 - BOS over 1-0; 2012 - Tied 9-9; 2011 - TBR won 12-6; All-Time - BOS leads 151-109

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 2013 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

For the 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Rays Batters (3.30 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (3.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Buchholz
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 40.Bailey
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 30.Miller*
G/S/vB		 59.Mortensen
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 63.Wilson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Duncan G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 264/136 .203/.288/.388/.676 .695/.658 .779 26/.551 1/2 11/2
11.Escobar G/S/vP 17/.938 4/.500 ··· 8/1.339 11/.830 3/1.334 1/.000 7/.000 ··· 608/441 .253/.300/.344/.644 .644/.643 .635 39/.387 5/1 9/12
5.Fuld* G/S/vP 2/1.500 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 4/1.334 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 107/69 .255/.318/.327/.644 .623/.656 .764 21/.200 7/2 0/1
8.Jennings G/S/vP 14/.432 6/1.300 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 563/418 .246/.314/.388/.702 .735/.691 .714 42/.712 31/2 13/0
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 11/.300 3/.000 1/.000 9/.619 10/1.350 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 581/423 .225/.313/.365/.678 .607/.705 .627 26/.626 14/2 16/11
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 22/.798 6/.000 6/.334 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 462/358 .241/.341/.429/.769 .631/.810 .818 29/.466 4/3 17/2
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 197/132 .222/.323/.317/.640 .751/.593 .675 13/.538 0/1 2/4
21.Loney* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/.733 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 465/367 .249/.293/.336/.630 .508/.662 .637 26/.561 0/3 6/6
3.Longoria G/S/vP 33/.678 10/.200 4/.833 1/no AB 6/.333 ··· 2/.000 12/.250 ··· 312/234 .289/.369/.527/.896 1.064/.842 .807 40/.738 2/3 17/8
28.Molina G/S/vP 19/.892 6/.400 ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 274/220 .223/.286/.355/.640 .469/.680 .590 20/.721 3/1 8/4
19.Roberts G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 489/319 .235/.296/.360/.656 .648/.661 .671 18/.556 10/6 12/9
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 12/.673 11/.644 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 342/215 .213/.281/.326/.607 .655/.575 .578 15/.583 5/0 6/18
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 36/.378 10/.300 6/2.067 1/no AB 7/1.571 ··· 3/1.667 11/.473 ··· 668/471 .270/.377/.471/.848 .879/.835 .916 41/.890 14/9 20/12
IP 189.1 84.0 15.1 59.2 40.1 42.0 44.0 36.0 TOTAL .221/.295/.306/.601 .567/.614 .478 .601 5/2 4/3
ERA-K/9 4.56/6.1 5.36/8.0 7.04/8.2 2.72/10.1 3.35/11.4 3.21/8.8 1.43/9.2 1.75/10.8 /0.0 3.03/9.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (42-8-0)
 Molina (39-19-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 802/.263 361/.254 74/.318 254/.187 169/.194 173/.212 172/.227 130/.160 / .228  Zobrist
 Duncan
 Jennings
 Joyce
 Fuld
 Roberts
0/0/71/6
57/0/2/4
111/21/1/4
33/0/89/2
14/6/15/2
1/0/0/0
OPS .757 .748 .862 .648 .588 .691 .558 .466 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 429/.761 190/.814 38/1.084 124/.525 102/.429 82/.660 67/.519 71/.545 / .662
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 373/.751 171/.677 36/.636 130/.763 67/.829 91/.714 105/.583 59/.369 / .716
Home 403/.799 173/.839 34/.711 135/.548 80/.555 99/.675 101/.563 73/.294 /
Last 28d days 55/.518 43/.951 16/.330 25/1.240 8/.500 21/.619 22/.818 15/.276 3/.333
HR/SB/CS 25/9/2 11/6/1 2/1/1 8/9/0 3/0/0 7/4/2 1/4/1 4/1/0 // 13/5/2
Usage ·····X·· ··X····X o··X·o·· o··X·X·· ··oo···· ··X···X· o·Xo···· o·oo···· ··o·····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

RedSox Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Cobb
G/S/vB		 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 47.Gomes
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 35.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
44.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 32/.473 / /
37.Carp* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 189/145 .213/.312/.341/.654 .722/.631 .701 2/.000 1/0 5/2
23.Ciriaco G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 272/190 .293/.315/.390/.705 .764/.678 .803 7/.929 16/3 2/9
7.Drew* G/S/vP 4/1.750 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· 5/1.100 327/231 .223/.309/.348/.657 .563/.697 .638 12/.350 1/2 7/8
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 3/1.666 6/.967 4/.666 4/.500 7/1.738 3/.666 2/.500 5/.650 323/213 .271/.313/.370/.682 .648/.701 .801 49/.733 14/3 4/3
5.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 8/.000 3/no AB 3/1.167 8/1.875 1/.000 6/.000 3/.000 333/137 .262/.377/.491/.868 .974/.715 .764 22/.599 3/1 18/2
16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 286/186 .288/.325/.509/.835 .906/.798 .841 42/.837 4/1 15/9
12.Napoli G/S/vP 3/1.167 7/.762 1/.000 2/2.500 3/1.666 1/no AB 5/1.100 10/1.225 417/285 .227/.343/.469/.812 .706/.861 .785 43/.637 1/0 24/7
29.Nava# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.167 ··· 317/222 .243/.352/.390/.742 .613/.797 .800 29/1.309 3/0 6/2
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 8/.250 10/1.167 4/.500 2/.000 9/.583 1/.000 3/.000 10/1.125 623/437 .290/.347/.449/.797 .848/.775 .831 45/.716 20/6 15/5
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 12/.733 196/108 .256/.321/.449/.770 .712/.818 .779 12/.583 1/0 9/2
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 7/.571 4/1.250 2/.000 5/.000 6/.000 2/.000 7/.714 2/.000 448/391 .222/.288/.454/.742 .494/.779 .761 29/.825 0/1 25/7
18.Victorino# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 4/2.500 666/472 .255/.321/.383/.704 .906/.629 .695 45/.744 39/6 11/2
IP 136.1 27.0 17.2 55.1 67.0 30.0 74.2 67.2 TOTAL .259/.333/.422/.756 .581/.867 .590 .756 10/2 12/2
ERA-K/9 4.03/7.0 4.00/8.3 5.09/7.6 1.95/11.9 3.63/11.3 2.10/8.7 0.60/9.2 3.72/7.2 4.48/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (42-11-8)
 Ross (19-15-4)
 Saltalamacchia (80-18-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 569/.254 120/.216 83/.235 212/.168 264/.200 120/.176 282/.167 306/.270 .257  Victorino
 Nava
 Ellsbury
 Carp
 Gomes
 Ciriaco
48/109/1/9
76/0/4/5
0/73/0/2
24/0/0/1
39/0/3/1
2/3/2/0
OPS .690 .588 .773 .452 .629 .490 .417 .676 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 322/.735 51/.723 33/1.047 90/.665 137/.556 59/.510 160/.435 139/.643 .840
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 247/.633 69/.494 50/.593 122/.291 127/.708 61/.470 122/.394 167/.699 .697
Road 270/.770 50/.487 36/.837 105/.471 132/.642 63/.488 137/.520 175/.760
Last 28d days 27/.426 13/1.051 19/.652 20/.850 17/.588 20/.926 14/1.378 18/.465
HR/SB/CS 11/19/2 1/3/0 2/3/0 3/0/0 9/3/1 2/3/0 2/2/1 2/10/1 13/10/2
Usage ·······X o····Xo· X···Xoo· o··Xo··· o··o···o o··o·ooX ···o··X· ·····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.