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Game Preview: HOU @ BOS, 1:35pm, Sunday, April 28, 2013 @Fenway Park

Astros, 7-17, 7-17 5th, 9 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (28, RHP, 3-2, 4.13)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-2) 24.0 27 14 11 11 16 2 4.13
2012 (7-13) 168.1 165 90 87 66 165 23 4.65
2011 (6-11) 186.0 177 93 78 70 176 24 3.77
Last 7 GS 5-2 37.1 33 14 11 13 27 2 2.65 55
2013-04-23 SEA W 5.0 8 1 1 2 2 0 96 47
2013-04-17 @OAK L 0.2 5 6 6 3 0 0 46 15
2013-04-12 @LAA W 7.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 96 74
2013-04-06 OAK L 5.2 6 5 2 1 4 2 122 46
2013-03-31 TEX W 5.2 5 2 2 3 5 0 97 53
2012-10-02 @CHC W 6.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 80 66
2012-09-26 STL W 7.1 2 0 0 0 7 0 104 81
Last 5 v.BOS 0-0 6.0 4 4 4 4 10 1 6.00 54
2011-07-01 BOS ND 6.0 4 4 4 4 10 1 106 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-8    Road:    3-9    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-11   vsLHP:   2-6    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  6-12 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Sat, Apr 27  @BOS  L   4-8        7-17  5th  9.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 26  @BOS  L   3-7        7-16  5th  9.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 25  @BOS  L   2-7        7-15  5th  8.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 7-17
RedSox, 17-7, 17-7 1st, 2 up

SP: John Lackey (34, RHP, 0-1, 4.15)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-1) 4.1 5 2 2 1 8 1 4.15
2011 (12-12) 160.0 203 119 114 56 108 20 6.41
2010 (14-11) 215.0 233 114 105 72 156 18 4.40
Last 7 GS 0-4 35.0 48 32 30 17 25 3 7.71 37
2013-04-06 @TOR L 4.1 5 2 2 1 8 1 77 52
2011-09-25 @NYY ND 6.0 5 4 3 3 4 0 86 49
2011-09-19 BAL ND 4.1 11 8 8 2 3 0 105 10
2011-09-14 TOR ND 5.1 7 2 2 1 4 0 115 49
2011-09-09 @TBR L 3.0 5 5 5 3 2 1 69 28
2011-09-04 TEX L 5.0 8 6 6 3 1 0 103 25
2011-08-30 NYY L 7.0 7 5 4 4 3 1 119 44
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 4.2 8 6 6 4 4 2 11.57 24
2007-06-18 HOU ND 4.2 8 6 6 4 4 2 103 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-5    Road:    7-2    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  12-5    vsLHP:   5-2    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast:  8-4    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  5-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Sat, Apr 27   HOU  W   8-4       17-7   1st  2.0 up
 23 Fri, Apr 26   HOU  W   7-3       16-7   1st  2.0 up
 22 Thu, Apr 25   HOU  W   7-2       15-7   1st  2.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-7 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 27, 2013 BOS  8  HOU  4        W:Felix Doubront (3-0), L: Brad Peacock (1-3), S: none
Fri, Apr 26, 2013 BOS  7  HOU  3        W:Ryan Dempster (1-2), L: Erik Bedard (0-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 25, 2013 BOS  7  HOU  2        W:Clay Buchholz (5-0), L: Philip Humber (0-5), S: none

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
Season Series: 2013 - BOS over 3-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - BOS won 3-0; All-Time - BOS leads 10-2

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

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  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 (4.04 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (3.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 630/461 .290/.340/.399/.740 .911/.676 .754 104/.825 33/11 7/11
28.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 171/148 .228/.282/.411/.694 .435/.736 .673 44/.716 1/3 5/2
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/54 .204/.250/.265/.515 .578/.458 .557 36/.988 1/1 1/0
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 260/151 .239/.350/.514/.864 .898/.837 .888 96/.765 0/0 16/6
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 295/238 .257/.334/.401/.735 .361/.831 .668 76/.732 0/0 6/6
13.Cedeno G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 186/84 .259/.332/.410/.741 .759/.718 .831 30/.783 0/1 4/4
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/66 .269/.310/.449/.758 .433/.855 .702 24/.625 0/1 4/2
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 113/88 .284/.310/.477/.787 .655/.824 .992 82/.643 0/0 5/1
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 219/164 .234/.280/.327/.607 .296/.713 .601 64/.920 3/3 2/5
19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 / /// / 18/.402 / /
4.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 37/17 .257/.297/.371/.669 .461/.915 .863 25/.845 0/0 1/1
21.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.750 ··· 130/117 .237/.300/.466/.766 .154/.839 .997 20/.721 0/1 6/0
12.Pena* G/S/vP 39/1.036 5/.933 11/.455 9/.730 2/.500 1/2.000 6/.167 ··· 600/418 .197/.330/.354/.684 .636/.705 .670 89/.632 2/3 19/7
IP 15.1 59.1 40.1 42.0 44.0 36.0 TOTAL .252/.311/.411/.721 .743/.710 .753 .716 11/4 25/14
ERA-K/9 /0.0 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 3.49/10.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 74/.318 277/.271 169/.194 173/.212 172/.227 130/.160 / .222  Barnes
 Ankiel
 Martinez
 Wright
1/32/5/3
0/62/0/2
31/0/6/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .862 .852 .588 .691 .558 .466 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 38/1.084 154/.803 102/.429 82/.660 67/.519 71/.545 / .633
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 36/.636 123/.913 67/.829 91/.714 105/.583 59/.369 / .716
Home / 34/.711 110/.819 80/.555 99/.675 101/.563 73/.294 /
Last 28d days 19/.760 43/.440 6/.750 27/.607 41/.695 43/.623 36/.623 23/.504
HR/SB/CS // 2/1/1 9/9/3 3/0/0 7/4/2 1/4/1 4/1/0 // 24/18/3
Usage ···X·XoX o·X····· o·oo··X· ·o···Xo· oo·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 (5.08 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
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 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 189/145 .213/.312/.341/.654 .722/.631 .701 20/1.292 1/0 5/2
23.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 272/190 .293/.315/.390/.705 .764/.678 .803 23/.737 16/3 2/9
7.Drew* G/S/vP 12/1.445 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 2/1.000 4/1.250 327/231 .223/.309/.348/.657 .563/.697 .638 52/.474 1/2 7/8
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/1.000 1/no AB 323/213 .271/.313/.370/.682 .648/.701 .801 113/.752 14/3 4/3
5.Gomes G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 7/.286 2/.000 333/137 .262/.377/.491/.868 .974/.715 .764 49/.578 3/1 18/2
16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 286/186 .288/.325/.509/.835 .906/.798 .841 95/.676 4/1 15/9
12.Napoli G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/.920 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 4/1.833 2/1.500 417/285 .227/.343/.469/.812 .706/.861 .785 104/.899 1/0 24/7
29.Nava# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 317/222 .243/.352/.390/.742 .613/.797 .800 82/.925 3/0 6/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/.333 2/.500 383/245 .318/.415/.611/1.026 .985/1.050 1.169 30/1.422 0/1 23/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/.667 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 5/.400 4/1.250 623/437 .290/.347/.449/.797 .848/.775 .831 108/.820 20/6 15/5
3.Ross G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 196/108 .256/.321/.449/.770 .712/.818 .779 30/.818 1/0 9/2
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 4/.750 3/2.667 448/391 .222/.288/.454/.742 .494/.779 .761 70/.775 0/1 25/7
18.Victorino# G/S/vP 8/1.225 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 168.1 19.1 107.2 55.0 67.0 52.1 TOTAL .270/.346/.440/.786 .695/.821 .764 .786 22/6 23/9
ERA-K/9 4.65/8.8 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 5.55/6.2

 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 733/.254 83/.206 444/.243 / / 253/.297 / 300/.239 223/.226 .296  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 .752 .613 .694 .870 .694 .638 .877
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 370/.784 27/.487 125/.630 / / 100/.974 / 146/.724 133/.538 .916
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 363/.720 56/.675 319/.719 / / 153/.798 / 154/.665 90/.790 .838
Road 440/.889 37/.628 229/.797 / / 139/.955 / 148/.721 100/.533
Last 28d days 84/.782 62/.836 27/.899 21/.401 67/.770 59/1.062 103/1.029 41/.710 51/.661
HR/SB/CS 23/13/10 0/2/1 10/2/4 // // 8/5/1 // 5/10/2 4/3/1 35/13/4
Usage ····X··· X···o·X· X·X·X··X ··X··X·· ·X·o···X ·X·X···X X····X·· o···oo·· Xo····o·

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.