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Game Preview: BOS @ CLE, 7:05pm, Wednesday, April 17, 2013 @Progressive Field

RedSox, 9-4, 9-4 1st, 1½ up

SP: Alfredo Aceves (30, RHP, 0-0, 6.75)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-0) 9.1 11 7 7 5 9 3 6.75
2012 (2-10) 84.0 80 51 50 31 75 11 5.36
2011 (10-2) 114.0 84 37 33 42 80 8 2.61
Last 7 GS 1-1 33.1 35 24 21 21 20 4 5.67 43
2013-04-11 BAL ND 5.0 6 2 2 3 4 1 79 48
2011-06-21 SDP ND 5.0 4 4 4 6 4 0 98 41
2011-05-31 CHW L 5.0 8 8 6 3 1 0 78 21
2011-05-26 @DET W 6.0 5 1 1 2 6 0 98 62
2011-05-21 CHC ND 5.0 3 1 1 2 2 0 86 57
2009-07-09 @MIN ND 3.1 4 4 3 1 2 1 65 39
2008-09-26 @BOS ND 4.0 5 4 4 4 1 2 77 33
Has never faced CLE as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    5-2    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   6-2    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  8-4    vsCntrl: 1-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
 11 Sun, Apr 14   TBR  W   5-0        7-4   1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-4    Last 30: 9-4
Indians, 5-7, 5-7 4th, 2½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Justin Masterson (28, RHP, 3-0, 0.41)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-0) 22.0 10 1 1 8 20 0 0.41
2012 (11-15) 206.1 212 122 113 88 159 18 4.93
2011 (12-10) 216.0 211 89 77 65 158 11 3.21
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.1 34 14 12 19 38 0 2.49 58
2013-04-12 CHW W 9.0 5 0 0 1 7 0 113 83
2013-04-07 @TBR W 7.0 2 0 0 3 8 0 97 78
2013-04-02 @TOR W 6.0 3 1 1 4 5 0 103 63
2012-10-02 CHW ND 6.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 99 64
2012-09-26 @CHW ND 4.2 7 4 4 4 2 0 109 32
2012-09-21 @KCR L 6.0 7 4 4 2 3 0 99 43
2012-09-15 DET L 4.2 6 4 2 4 8 0 105 44
Last 5 v.BOS 3-1 33.2 22 12 12 10 25 4 3.21 60
2012-05-13 @BOS L 6.0 7 6 6 1 4 1 94 37
2011-08-04 @BOS W 6.0 5 3 3 1 9 1 118 58
2011-05-23 BOS ND 7.2 4 2 2 2 3 1 112 64
2010-08-04 @BOS W 5.0 4 1 1 4 3 1 95 54
2010-06-09 BOS W 9.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 110 87
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   2-3    vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Tue, Apr 16   BOS  L   2-7        5-7   4th  2.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 14   CHW  L   1-3        5-6   3rd  1.5 gb
 10 Sat, Apr 13   CHW  W   9-4        5-5   3rd  0.5 gb
  9 Fri, Apr 12   CHW  W   1-0        4-5   3rd  1.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  9   NYY  L   1-14       3-5   5th  2.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  8   NYY  L   6-11       3-4   5th  1.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  7  @TBR  W  13-0        3-3   3rd  1.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  6  @TBR  L   0-6        2-3   4th  1.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  5  @TBR  L   0-4        2-2   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  4  @TOR  L   8-10       2-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-7    Last 30: 5-7 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 16, 2013 BOS  7 @CLE  2        W:Felix Doubront (1-0), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (0-2), S: none

Sun, Aug 12, 2012 BOS 14 @CLE  1        W:Jon Lester (6-10), L: Corey Kluber (0-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 CLE  5  BOS  2        W:Zach McAllister (5-4), L: Franklin Morales (3-3), S: Chris Perez (31)
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 BOS  3 @CLE  2        W:Clay Buchholz (10-3), L: Chris Seddon (0-1), S: none
Thu, Aug 09, 2012 CLE  5  BOS  3        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (9-11), L: Felix Doubront (10-6), S: Chris Perez (30)
Sun, May 13, 2012 BOS 12  CLE  1        W:Daniel Bard (3-4), L: Justin Masterson (1-3), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2012 BOS  4  CLE  1        W:Felix Doubront (3-1), L: Zach McAllister (1-1), S: Alfredo Aceves (7)
Fri, May 11, 2012 BOS  7  CLE  5        W:Clay Buchholz (4-1), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (3-3), S: Alfredo Aceves (6)
Thu, May 10, 2012 CLE  8 @BOS  3        W:Derek Lowe (5-1), L: Josh Beckett (2-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 04, 2011 CLE  7 @BOS  3        W:Justin Masterson (9-7), L: Franklin Morales (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - BOS over 1-0; 2012 - BOS won 5-3; 2011 - CLE won 6-4; All-Time - CLE leads 1024-964

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.

RedSox Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 42.Masterson
G/S/vB		 42.Allen
G/S/vB		 42.Hagadone*
G/S/vB		 42.Hill*
G/S/vB		 42.Perez
G/S/vB		 42.Pestano
G/S/vB		 42.Shaw
G/S/vB		 42.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
42.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 38/.392 / /
42.Carp* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 189/145 .213/.312/.341/.654 .722/.631 .614 3/.000 1/0 5/2
42.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 272/190 .293/.315/.390/.705 .764/.678 .614 11/.739 16/3 2/9
42.Drew* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/4.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 327/231 .223/.309/.348/.657 .563/.697 .668 19/.451 1/2 7/8
42.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 10/.522 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 4/.750 3/1.167 ··· 4/1.833 323/213 .271/.313/.370/.682 .648/.701 .601 62/.708 14/3 4/3
42.Gomes G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.933 333/137 .262/.377/.491/.868 .974/.715 .987 29/.698 3/1 18/2
42.Middlebrooks G/S/vP 3/2.334 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 286/186 .288/.325/.509/.835 .906/.798 .826 54/.721 4/1 15/9
42.Napoli G/S/vP 14/.895 2/1.500 1/.000 3/.667 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/.200 417/285 .227/.343/.469/.812 .706/.861 .839 56/.705 1/0 24/7
42.Nava# G/S/vP 3/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 317/222 .243/.352/.390/.742 .613/.797 .667 37/1.088 3/0 6/2
42.Pedroia G/S/vP 14/.220 2/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 6/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 623/437 .290/.347/.449/.797 .848/.775 .764 58/.761 20/6 15/5
42.Ross G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 14/.297 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 196/108 .256/.321/.449/.770 .712/.818 .762 16/.650 1/0 9/2
42.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 8/.875 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 448/391 .222/.288/.454/.742 .494/.779 .723 35/.938 0/1 25/7
42.Victorino# G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 11/.614 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 666/472 .255/.321/.383/.704 .906/.629 .714 58/.676 39/6 11/2
IP 206.1 29.0 25.1 19.2 57.2 70.0 59.1 67.0 TOTAL .247/.330/.403/.733 .553/.824 .819 .733 12/4 13/2
ERA-K/9 4.93/6.9 3.72/8.4 6.39/9.2 1.83/9.6 3.59/9.2 2.57/9.8 3.49/6.2 2.96/7.1 4.71/7.8

 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 906/.269 126/.266 116/.263 83/.236 242/.222 286/.207 252/.273 278/.213 .235  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 .736 .710 .778 .685 .652 .631 .747 .594 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 532/.825 59/.776 50/.575 47/.674 130/.538 158/.752 125/.863 111/.585 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 374/.613 67/.654 66/.936 36/.697 112/.780 128/.487 127/.630 167/.600 .721
Home 464/.673 79/.625 71/.774 53/.623 145/.675 155/.635 138/.917 146/.584
Last 28d days 80/.421 37/.905 11/.182 13/.607 16/.783 17/.694 20/.450 14/.357
HR/SB/CS 18/25/7 2/2/2 4/4/1 0/5/1 6/3/0 7/4/2 4/3/3 4/2/2 19/6/3
Usage ····X··· X······· X··o···· X······· ··o····· ··X····· X·oo···· ···X····

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

Indians Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (2.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 42.Aceves
G/S/vB		 42.Bailey
G/S/vB		 42.Miller*
G/S/vB		 42.Mortensen
G/S/vB		 42.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 42.Uehara
G/S/vB		 42.Wilson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
42.Aviles G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 546/388 .250/.282/.381/.663 .753/.626 .684 22/.673 14/6 13/15
42.Bourn* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 7/1.714 ··· ··· ··· ··· 703/446 .274/.348/.391/.739 .728/.745 .767 48/.975 42/13 9/2
42.Brantley* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.333 4/.500 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 609/407 .288/.348/.402/.750 .680/.785 .682 45/.685 12/9 6/1
42.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 616/414 .270/.338/.423/.762 .796/.745 .771 53/.488 9/4 16/19
42.Chisenhall* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 151/112 .268/.311/.430/.741 .442/.848 .923 37/.495 2/1 5/6
42.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 113/83 .225/.372/.303/.675 .848/.599 .799 4/.000 0/0 1/0
42.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/62 .204/.264/.367/.631 .701/.567 .835 14/.357 0/0 4/1
42.Kipnis* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 672/431 .257/.335/.379/.714 .581/.787 .663 35/.390 31/7 14/6
46.Phelps# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 34/24 .212/.235/.303/.538 1.100/.297 .667 1/.000 0/0 1/0
42.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 222/124 .171/.226/.254/.480 .477/.482 .389 24/.725 1/1 1/4
42.Reynolds G/S/vP 14/1.346 6/.666 13/1.442 6/2.167 3/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 538/396 .221/.335/.429/.763 .722/.778 .761 45/.986 1/3 23/11
42.Santana# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.500 5/.400 1/no AB 7/.429 ··· 609/403 .252/.365/.420/.785 .808/.772 .818 35/1.281 3/5 18/9
42.Stubbs G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 544/395 .213/.277/.333/.610 .788/.541 .629 41/.531 30/7 14/5
42.Swisher# G/S/vP 12/1.167 7/1.571 3/.666 5/2.467 7/.715 5/1.400 ··· 624/402 .272/.364/.473/.837 .769/.873 .834 51/.831 2/3 24/6
IP 84.0 15.1 40.1 42.0 44.0 36.0 TOTAL .233/.310/.404/.714 .741/.689 .656 .714 3/1 15/10
ERA-K/9 5.36/8.0 7.04/8.2 3.35/11.4 3.21/8.8 1.43/9.2 1.75/10.8 /0.0 2.64/10.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gomes (0-0-0)
 Santana (70-25-10)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 361/.254 74/.318 169/.194 173/.212 172/.227 130/.160 / .210  Stubbs
 Brantley
 Swisher
 Bourn
 Raburn
 Santana
 Gomes
0/135/0/5
0/144/0/5
0/0/109/4
0/153/0/3
30/0/22/2
1/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .748 .862 .588 .691 .558 .466 .638
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 190/.814 38/1.084 102/.429 82/.660 67/.519 71/.545 / .593
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 171/.677 36/.636 67/.829 91/.714 105/.583 59/.369 / .673
Road 188/.665 40/.993 89/.618 74/.714 71/.551 57/.690 /
Last 28d days 43/.951 21/.449 11/.597 29/.563 22/.818 18/.229 10/.425
HR/SB/CS 11/6/1 2/1/1 3/0/0 7/4/2 1/4/1 4/1/0 // 14/9/2
Usage ·····X·· ·X·o··X· ··o··oo· X····X·· ···o·Xo· ·o·o·oo· X····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.