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Game Preview: HOU @ BOS, 6:35pm, Thursday, April 25, 2013 @Fenway Park

Astros, 7-14, 7-14 4th, 7 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Philip Humber (30, RHP, 0-4, 6.63)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-4) 19.0 25 14 14 5 8 2 6.63
2012 (5-5) 102.0 113 74 73 44 85 23 6.44
2011 (9-9) 163.0 151 71 68 41 116 14 3.75
Last 7 GS 1-5 33.2 46 27 27 12 13 9 7.22 39
2013-04-20 CLE L 0.1 8 8 8 1 0 1 30 2
2013-04-14 @LAA L 7.0 7 2 2 1 4 1 92 58
2013-04-08 @SEA L 6.0 5 3 3 1 2 0 86 51
2013-04-03 TEX L 5.2 5 1 1 2 2 0 85 55
2012-08-03 LAA ND 5.2 10 6 6 4 1 2 109 22
2012-07-28 @TEX W 6.0 4 1 1 2 4 1 100 62
2012-07-22 @DET L 3.0 7 6 6 1 0 4 57 20
Last 5 v.BOS 2-2 23.1 29 19 19 6 17 4 7.33 40
2012-07-17 @BOS W 6.0 6 2 2 0 3 0 104 55
2012-04-26 BOS L 5.0 8 9 9 3 5 3 115 17
2011-07-30 BOS L 4.2 6 4 4 2 4 0 86 38
2011-05-31 @BOS W 7.2 9 4 4 1 5 1 97 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-8    Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-9    vsLHP:   2-5    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  6-12 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Wed, Apr 24   SEA  W  10-3        7-14  4th  7.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 23   SEA  W   3-2        6-14  5th  7.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 22   SEA  L   1-7        5-14  5th  8.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 21   CLE  L   4-5        5-13  5th  7.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 20   CLE  L   6-19       5-12  5th  6.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 19   CLE  W   3-2        5-11  5th  6.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 17  @OAK  L   5-7        4-11  5th  7.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 16  @OAK  L   3-4        4-10  4th  6.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 15  @OAK  L   2-11       4-9   4th  5.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 14  @LAA  L   1-4        4-8   4th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 7-14
RedSox, 14-7, 14-7 1st, 2 up

SP: Clay Buchholz (28, RHP, 4-0, 0.90)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-0) 30.0 19 3 3 11 29 1 0.90
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 4-2 44.2 37 16 15 17 40 5 3.02 58
2013-04-20 KCR W 8.0 8 2 2 1 6 0 104 63
2013-04-14 TBR W 8.0 2 0 0 4 11 0 109 85
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
Has never faced HOU as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-5    Road:    7-2    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-5    vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast:  8-4    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Wed, Apr 24   OAK  W   6-5       14-7   1st  2.0 up
 20 Tue, Apr 23   OAK  L   0-13 (7)  13-7   1st  1.0 up
 19 Mon, Apr 22   OAK  W   9-6       13-6   1st  2.0 up
 18 Sun, Apr 21   KCR  L   4-5 (10)  12-6   1st  1.5 up
 17 Sun, Apr 21   KCR  L   2-4       12-5   1st  1.5 up
 16 Sat, Apr 20   KCR  W   4-3       12-4   1st  2.0 up
 15 Thu, Apr 18  @CLE  W   6-3       11-4   1st  2.5 up
 14 Wed, Apr 17  @CLE  W   6-3       10-4   1st  1.5 up
 13 Tue, Apr 16  @CLE  W   7-2        9-4   1st  1.5 up
 12 Mon, Apr 15   TBR  W   3-2        8-4   1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:14-7 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 03, 2011 BOS  2 @HOU  1        W:Josh Beckett (7-3), L: Mark Melancon (5-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (17)
Sat, Jul 02, 2011 BOS 10 @HOU  4        W:Andrew Miller (2-0), L: J.A. Happ (3-10), S: none
Fri, Jul 01, 2011 BOS  7 @HOU  5        W:Dan Wheeler (1-1), L: Sergio Escalona (1-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (16)
Sun, Jun 29, 2008 HOU  3  BOS  2        W:Doug Brocail (4-3), L: David Aardsma (2-2), S: Jose Valverde (21)
Sat, Jun 28, 2008 HOU 11  BOS 10        W:Doug Brocail (3-3), L: Manny Delcarmen (0-2), S: Jose Valverde (20)
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 BOS  6 @HOU  1        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (9-1), L: Runelvys Hernandez (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (24)
Sun, Jun 15, 2003 BOS  3  HOU  2 (14)   W:Jason Shiell (2-0), L: Nate Bland (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 14, 2003 BOS  8  HOU  4        W:Derek Lowe (7-3), L: Tim Redding (4-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 13, 2003 BOS  4  HOU  3        W:Ryan Rupe (1-0), L: Ricky Stone (4-2), S: Brandon Lyon (7)
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - BOS won 3-0; All-Time - BOS leads 7-2

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

L. Lynn  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

M. Minor  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

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

Astros Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Buchholz
G/S/vB		 40.Bailey
G/S/vB		 51.Bard
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
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 630/461 .290/.340/.399/.740 .911/.676 .754 94/.874 33/11 7/11
28.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 171/148 .228/.282/.411/.694 .435/.736 .673 42/.833 1/3 5/2
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/54 .204/.250/.265/.515 .578/.458 .557 34/.941 1/1 1/0
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 260/151 .239/.350/.514/.864 .898/.837 .888 87/.740 0/0 16/6
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 295/238 .257/.334/.401/.735 .361/.831 .668 72/.655 0/0 6/6
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 186/84 .259/.332/.410/.741 .759/.718 .831 30/.833 0/1 4/4
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/66 .269/.310/.449/.758 .433/.855 .702 20/.628 0/1 4/2
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 113/88 .284/.310/.477/.787 .655/.824 .992 74/.630 0/0 5/1
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 219/164 .234/.280/.327/.607 .296/.713 .601 53/.880 3/3 2/5
4.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/17 .257/.297/.371/.669 .461/.915 .863 18/1.098 0/0 1/1
21.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 130/117 .237/.300/.466/.766 .154/.839 .997 10/.700 0/1 6/0
12.Pena* G/S/vP 36/.553 5/.933 9/.444 8/.833 2/.500 1/2.000 5/.200 ··· 600/418 .197/.330/.354/.684 .636/.705 .670 83/.674 2/3 19/7
IP 189.1 15.1 59.1 40.1 42.0 44.0 36.0 TOTAL .257/.312/.427/.739 .768/.723 .807 .739 9/4 25/12
ERA-K/9 4.56/6.1 7.04/8.2 6.22/5.8 3.35/11.4 3.21/8.8 1.43/9.2 1.75/10.8 /0.0 3.56/10.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (57-13-8)
 Corporan (14-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 802/.263 74/.318 277/.271 169/.194 173/.212 172/.227 130/.160 / .226  Barnes
 Ankiel
 Martinez
 Wright
1/32/5/3
0/62/0/2
31/0/6/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .757 .862 .852 .588 .691 .558 .466 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 429/.761 38/1.084 154/.803 102/.429 82/.660 67/.519 71/.545 / .648
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 373/.751 36/.636 123/.913 67/.829 91/.714 105/.583 59/.369 / .731
Home 403/.799 34/.711 110/.819 80/.555 99/.675 101/.563 73/.294 /
Last 28d days 115/.535 43/.440 / 23/.728 38/.661 38/.605 32/.607 15/.650
HR/SB/CS 25/9/2 2/1/1 9/9/3 3/0/0 7/4/2 1/4/1 4/1/0 // 24/16/3
Usage ····X··· X·XoX·oX o··X··X· ··Xo···· X·oX···X X··X··oo ··oX····

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 (4.76 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Humber
G/S/vB		 62.Ambriz
G/S/vB		 54.Blackley*
G/S/vB		 68.Cisnero
G/S/vB		 56.Clemens
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 43.Peacock
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Carp* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 189/145 .213/.312/.341/.654 .722/.631 .701 13/1.295 1/0 5/2
23.Ciriaco G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 272/190 .293/.315/.390/.705 .764/.678 .803 19/.530 16/3 2/9
7.Drew* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.250 327/231 .223/.309/.348/.657 .563/.697 .638 44/.432 1/2 7/8
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 9/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/no AB 323/213 .271/.313/.370/.682 .648/.701 .801 98/.776 14/3 4/3
5.Gomes G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 2/.000 333/137 .262/.377/.491/.868 .974/.715 .764 42/.631 3/1 18/2
16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 286/186 .288/.325/.509/.835 .906/.798 .841 83/.573 4/1 15/9
12.Napoli G/S/vP 4/1.833 ··· 10/.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 417/285 .227/.343/.469/.812 .706/.861 .785 91/.889 1/0 24/7
29.Nava# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 317/222 .243/.352/.390/.742 .613/.797 .800 68/1.008 3/0 6/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 383/245 .318/.415/.611/1.026 .985/1.050 1.169 17/1.217 0/1 23/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 9/.365 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.500 623/437 .290/.347/.449/.797 .848/.775 .831 94/.742 20/6 15/5
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 196/108 .256/.321/.449/.770 .712/.818 .779 26/.394 1/0 9/2
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 8/1.625 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 3/2.667 448/391 .222/.288/.454/.742 .494/.779 .761 61/.750 0/1 25/7
18.Victorino# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 5/1.600 3/1.000 666/472 .255/.321/.383/.704 .906/.629 .695 83/.677 39/6 11/2
IP 102.0 19.1 107.2 55.0 67.0 52.1 TOTAL .252/.332/.404/.736 .606/.785 .664 .736 19/6 18/6
ERA-K/9 6.44/7.5 4.19/10.3 4.10/5.9 /0.0 /0.0 6.05/7.5 /0.0 3.63/10.6 3.27/9.3 5.19/5.7

 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 462/.276 83/.206 444/.243 / / 253/.297 / 300/.239 223/.226 .284  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 .846 .613 .694 .870 .694 .638 .848
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 264/.893 27/.487 125/.630 / / 100/.974 / 146/.724 133/.538 .908
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 198/.783 56/.675 319/.719 / / 153/.798 / 154/.665 90/.790 .787
Road 225/.702 37/.628 229/.797 / / 139/.955 / 148/.721 100/.533
Last 28d days 87/.884 54/.765 15/1.246 14/.381 55/.775 53/1.029 82/1.011 38/.768 43/.602
HR/SB/CS 23/15/1 0/2/1 10/2/4 // // 8/5/1 // 5/10/2 4/3/1 30/10/4
Usage ····X··· ·o·X·X·o ·X··X··· ··X····· o···X··· X···X··· ··X····· ·oo··o·o ···o·X·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.