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Game Preview: BOS @ DET, 8:00pm, Thursday, October 17, 2013 @Comerica Park

RedSox, 97-65, 5-3 in postseason

SP: Jon Lester (29, LHP, 15-8, 3.75)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2013 RegS (15-8)			213.1	209	94	89	67	177	19	3.75
2012 RegS (9-14)			205.1	216	117	110	68	166	25	4.82
2011 RegS (15-9)			191.2	166	77	74	75	182	20	3.47

Last 7 GS		4-1	49.0	44	13	13	11	43	3	2.39	61
2013-10-12	DET	L	6.1	6	1	1	1	4	0	109	60
2013-10-04	TBR	W	7.2	3	2	2	3	7	2	114	69
2013-09-28	@BAL	ND	5.0	9	4	4	2	4	1	97	35
2013-09-20	TOR	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	123	69
2013-09-14	NYY	W	8.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	116	75
2013-09-08	@NYY	ND	8.0	10	3	3	1	6	0	115	55
2013-09-03	DET	W	7.0	8	1	1	0	9	0	111	66

Last 5 v.DET		2-1	32.2	39	12	12	7	27	2	3.31	53
2013-10-12	DET	L	6.1	6	1	1	1	4	0	109	60
2013-09-03	DET	W	7.0	8	1	1	0	9	0	111	66
2013-06-21	@DET	W	5.2	9	5	5	3	3	2	102	31
2012-05-30	DET	ND	6.2	10	4	4	0	7	0	120	45
2012-04-05	@DET	ND	7.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	107	62

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   56-29   Road:   46-39   ExtrInn:10-6 
 vsRHP:  68-46   vsLHP:  34-22   1-Run:  23-23
 vsEast: 47-33   vsCntrl:21-17   vsWest: 20-12 IL:14-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Wed, Oct 16  @DET  L   3-7         -               
  7 Tue, Oct 15  @DET  W   1-0         -               
  6 Sun, Oct 13   DET  W   6-5         -               
  5 Sat, Oct 12   DET  L   0-1         -               
  4 Tue, Oct  8  @TBR  W   3-1         -               
  3 Mon, Oct  7  @TBR  L   4-5         -               
  2 Sat, Oct  5   TBR  W   7-4         -               
  1 Fri, Oct  4   TBR  W  12-2         -               
162 Sun, Sep 29  @BAL  L   6-7       97-65  1st  6.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 28  @BAL  L   5-6       97-64  1st  7.0 up

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10

Tigers, 93-69, 5-4 in postseason

SP: Anibal Sanchez (29, RHP, 14-8, 2.57)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2013 RegS (14-8)			182.0	156	56	52	54	202	9	2.57
2012 RegS (9-13)			195.2	200	95	84	48	167	20	3.86
2011 RegS (8-9)			196.1	187	85	80	64	202	20	3.67

Last 7 GS		3-2	41.0	36	13	12	17	57	4	2.63	59
2013-10-12	@BOS	W	6.0	0	0	0	6	12	0	116	78
2013-10-07	OAK	L	4.1	8	6	5	2	6	3	101	29
2013-09-28	@MIA	ND	5.0	2	0	0	0	8	0	66	71
2013-09-22	CHW	L	5.0	8	4	4	2	6	0	99	39
2013-09-17	SEA	ND	6.1	6	2	2	2	10	1	125	61
2013-09-11	@CHW	W	7.1	5	0	0	4	10	0	116	74
2013-09-06	@KCR	W	7.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	98	63

Last 5 v.BOS		1-0	6.0	0	0	0	6	12	0	0.00	78
2013-10-12	@BOS	W	6.0	0	0	0	6	12	0	116	78

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   53-32   Road:   45-41   ExtrInn: 6-13
 vsRHP:  70-50   vsLHP:  28-23   1-Run:  22-29
 vsEast: 19-17   vsCntrl:47-29   vsWest: 20-19 IL:12-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Wed, Oct 16   BOS  W   7-3         -               
  8 Tue, Oct 15   BOS  L   0-1         -               
  7 Sun, Oct 13  @BOS  L   5-6         -               
  6 Sat, Oct 12  @BOS  W   1-0         -               
  5 Thu, Oct 10  @OAK  W   3-0         -               
  4 Tue, Oct  8   OAK  W   8-6         -               
  3 Mon, Oct  7   OAK  L   3-6         -               
  2 Sat, Oct  5  @OAK  L   0-1         -               
  1 Fri, Oct  4  @OAK  W   3-2         -               
162 Sun, Sep 29  @MIA  L   0-1       93-69  1st  1.0 up

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Oct 16, 2013 DET  7  BOS  3        W:Doug Fister , L: Jake Peavy , S: none
Tue, Oct 15, 2013 BOS  1 @DET  0        W:John Lackey , L: Justin Verlander , S: Koji Uehara 
Sun, Oct 13, 2013 BOS  6  DET  5        W:Koji Uehara , L: Rick Porcello , S: none
Sat, Oct 12, 2013 DET  1 @BOS  0        W:Anibal Sanchez , L: Jon Lester , S: Joaquin Benoit 
Wed, Sep 04, 2013 BOS 20  DET  4        W:Ryan Dempster (8-9), L: Rick Porcello (11-8), S: none
Tue, Sep 03, 2013 BOS  2  DET  1        W:Jon Lester (13-8), L: Max Scherzer (19-2), S: Koji Uehara (17)
Mon, Sep 02, 2013 DET  3 @BOS  0        W:Doug Fister (12-7), L: John Lackey (8-12), S: Jose Veras (21)
Sun, Jun 23, 2013 DET  7  BOS  5        W:Joaquin Benoit (2-0), L: Andrew Miller (0-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 22, 2013 DET 10  BOS  3        W:Max Scherzer (11-0), L: Allen Webster (0-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 21, 2013 BOS 10 @DET  6        W:Jon Lester (7-4), L: Doug Fister (6-5), S: none

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 6-5; 2012 - Tied 5-5; 2011 - BOS won 5-1; All-Time - BOS leads 1028-959

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

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G BOS 5.27 NYY 4.01 MIA 3.17	RA/G ATL 3.38 NYM 4.22 HOU 5.23	BA M. Cabrera .348 A. Pierzynski .272 D. Uggla .179	OBP M. Cabrera .442 C. Crisp .335 A. Escobar .259	SLG M. Cabrera .636 J. Loney .430 A. Hechavarria .298	OPS M. Cabrera 1.078 P. Sandoval .758 A. Escobar .559	ERA C. Kershaw 1.83 J. De La Rosa 3.49 E. Volquez 5.71	K/9IP Y. Darvish 11.89 Z. Greinke 7.50 J. Guthrie 4.72

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.27

NYY 4.01

MIA 3.17

RA/G

ATL 3.38

NYM 4.22

HOU 5.23

M. Cabrera .348

A. Pierzynski .272

D. Uggla .179

OBP

M. Cabrera .442

C. Crisp .335

A. Escobar .259

SLG

M. Cabrera .636

J. Loney .430

A. Hechavarria .298

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.078

P. Sandoval .758

A. Escobar .559

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.83

J. De La Rosa 3.49

E. Volquez 5.71

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.89

Z. Greinke 7.50

J. Guthrie 4.72

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

Batter vs. Pitcher Include Regular and Postseason Totals, All Others Just Regular Season

RedSox Batters (5.27 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB 52.Alvarez*
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 21.Porcello
G/S/vB 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB 31.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

50.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/7 .625/.667/1.000/1.667 2.000/1.571 1.571 9/1.667 3/0 1/0

72.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/32 .250/.320/.364/.684 1.089/.463 .759 30/.700 1/0 1/0

37.Carp* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 243/215 .296/.362/.523/.885 .745/.904 .916 40/.816 1/0 9/2

7.Drew* G/S/vP 26/.626 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 7/1.371 6/1.500 2/.000 4/.500 501/334 .253/.333/.443/.777 .585/.876 .687 79/.868 6/0 13/8

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.250 3/1.167 4/1.000 12/.334 11/2.127 4/.833 3/1.000 636/399 .298/.355/.426/.781 .641/.863 .773 23/.984 52/4 9/3

5.Gomes G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· 2/.000 8/.536 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.000 7/.286 366/176 .247/.344/.426/.771 .795/.745 .811 50/.889 1/0 13/1

16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP 2/.000 1/5.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 5/.400 4/1.250 1/3.000 374/255 .227/.271/.425/.696 .782/.656 .741 83/.753 3/1 17/10

12.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 2/1.000 9/.904 8/.542 17/.916 8/.000 5/1.400 578/400 .259/.360/.482/.842 .899/.816 .866 74/1.241 1/1 23/6

29.Nava# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/5.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 3/1.167 3/1.000 1/3.000 536/397 .303/.385/.445/.831 .647/.894 .810 86/.852 0/2 12/4

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 6/2.167 3/2.500 3/1.666 28/.810 21/.301 7/1.000 6/1.500 3/.333 600/384 .309/.395/.564/.959 .733/1.092 .990 97/1.036 4/0 30/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/.667 6/.334 3/.000 12/1.000 9/1.127 12/.550 2/1.000 7/.286 724/504 .301/.372/.415/.787 .937/.722 .712 96/.755 17/5 9/5

3.Ross G/S/vP 14/.703 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 116/55 .216/.298/.382/.681 .804/.544 .677 25/.708 1/0 4/1

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.833 5/.400 1/.000 5/.600 470/334 .273/.338/.466/.804 .628/.873 .770 48/1.042 4/1 14/6

18.Victorino# G/S/vP 50/.584 5/.900 3/.333 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 2/1.500 6/1.300 532/229 .294/.351/.451/.801 .861/.706 .755 70/.873 21/3 15/3

IP 182.0 49.0 38.2 67.0 38.1 177.0 76.0 62.2 TOTAL .277/.349/.446/.795 .751/.818 .773 .882 123/19 178/80

ERA-K/9

2.57/10.0

4.59/12.9

5.82/7.2

2.01/9.8

5.40/7.0

4.32/7.2

2.37/9.6

3.02/8.6

3.61/8.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ross (19-13-2)
Saltalamacchia (89-24-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 746/.229 220/.213 172/.280 265/.197 177/.291 736/.270 303/.219 254/.199 .247 Victorino
Gomes
Nava
Ellsbury
Berry
Carp 0/15/110/10
98/0/4/5
63/1/69/5
0/134/0/3
4/3/4/0
41/0/2/0

OPS .616 .674 .866 .575 .809 .709 .601 .605 .681

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 407/.676 93/.662 53/.851 151/.514 88/.760 381/.814 129/.471 131/.689 .691

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 339/.544 127/.683 119/.872 114/.658 89/.860 355/.599 174/.699 123/.516 .670

Home 378/.606 128/.599 123/.895 133/.638 90/.816 374/.713 141/.601 147/.591

Last 28d days 127/.636 36/.597 39/.751 44/.473 16/1.261 119/.685 30/.707 23/.698

HR/SB/CS 9/25/1 5/3/0 7/3/0 5/10/0 3/0/1 18/12/5 4/8/2 6/7/0 128/128/29

Usage ····X··· oo·oo··· ········ X··oX·X· oo······ ···o···· X··oo··· ·o·oo···

Tigers Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 46.Dempster
G/S/vB 22.Doubront*
G/S/vB 56.Morales*
G/S/vB 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB 67.Workman
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 9/1.000 5/.200 3/.333 2/no AB 2/1.000 2/.500 4/.000 1/no AB 379/291 .227/.317/.376/.693 .455/.767 .808 71/.956 0/0 11/6

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 27/1.392 7/.453 5/.650 6/.500 4/.500 5/.650 5/2.600 3/.666 652/488 .348/.442/.636/1.078 1.210/1.035 1.081 82/.768 3/0 44/12

12.Dirks* G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 484/398 .256/.323/.363/.686 .631/.698 .742 64/.635 7/1 9/2

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 19/.662 5/.650 58/1.041 7/.000 9/.500 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 712/451 .279/.362/.457/.819 .819/.819 .842 94/.957 1/1 25/6

48.Hunter G/S/vP 35/1.005 10/1.611 15/1.192 5/.650 4/1.000 5/.800 15/.867 3/.000 652/464 .304/.334/.465/.800 .829/.788 .861 83/.756 3/2 17/3

1.Iglesias G/S/vP 6/.733 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 382/247 .303/.349/.386/.735 .769/.716 .738 43/.502 5/2 3/6

4.Infante G/S/vP 9/.444 3/.333 16/.875 10/.733 2/2.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 476/322 .318/.345/.450/.795 .831/.778 .854 83/.775 5/2 10/10

14.Jackson G/S/vP 18/.686 4/2.333 4/1.000 4/3.000 2/.000 2/.000 8/.750 2/.000 614/429 .272/.337/.417/.754 .681/.784 .724 106/.682 8/4 12/2

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/1.666 1/no AB 251/194 .222/.309/.343/.652 .574/.674 .744 35/.442 2/0 6/2

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 19/1.068 10/.500 7/.715 4/.000 4/1.750 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 668/424 .301/.355/.430/.785 .735/.813 .817 86/.903 0/2 14/0

55.Pena# G/S/vP 17/.883 1/.000 4/.583 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 243/133 .297/.315/.397/.713 .608/.801 .668 17/.294 0/2 4/3

27.Peralta G/S/vP 35/1.062 9/.333 1/no AB 5/.200 5/.933 2/.500 6/.500 1/.000 448/312 .303/.358/.457/.815 .964/.750 .940 12/.583 3/3 11/4

26.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/35 .197/.217/.227/.445 .501/.388 .426 10/.200 1/0 0/2

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.000 9/.347 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 234/174 .224/.298/.288/.586 .591/.584 .617 54/.536 0/1 1/2

IP 213.1 59.2 171.1 162.1 25.1 68.1 74.1 41.2 TOTAL .283/.346/.434/.780 .764/.788 .821 .718 35/20 176/76

ERA-K/9

3.75/7.5

1.81/5.0

4.57/8.2

4.32/7.7

4.62/7.5

3.16/9.5

1.09/12.2

4.97/10.1

3.79/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (73-15-9)
Martinez (1-0-0)
Pena (42-13-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 903/.253 237/.228 754/.256 705/.261 112/.255 284/.265 265/.130 180/.272 .248 Hunter
Dirks
Jackson
Kelly
Peralta 0/0/143/9
116/4/15/7
0/129/0/5
38/25/22/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .703 .635 .774 .729 .737 .741 .400 .751 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.670 102/.704 412/.704 192/.648 42/.446 129/.790 136/.340 101/.720 .678

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 705/.712 135/.581 342/.856 513/.760 70/.925 155/.700 129/.462 79/.791 .736

Road 547/.732 118/.502 258/.809 324/.821 63/.761 155/.740 128/.343 99/.859

Last 28d days 117/.629 38/.388 85/.730 57/.937 32/.563 34/.853 40/.279 34/.805

HR/SB/CS 19/12/4 3/1/3 26/16/1 13/15/5 2/1/1 9/3/2 5/1/1 5/10/2 156/133/43

Usage ····X··· ·o··X··· o······· X··X···· o······· ·o··o··· ·X·oX··· 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.