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Game Preview: BOS @ KCR, 8:10pm, Thursday, August 8, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

RedSox, 70-46, 70-46 1st, 2½ up

SP: Jon Lester (29, LHP, 10-6, 4.52)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-6) 143.1 149 74 72 47 125 18 4.52
2012 (9-14) 205.1 216 117 110 68 166 25 4.82
2011 (15-9) 191.2 166 77 74 75 182 20 3.47
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.0 48 21 21 11 42 5 4.40 51
2013-08-02 ARI ND 4.1 11 6 6 0 6 1 102 23
2013-07-28 @BAL W 7.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 99 75
2013-07-23 TBR W 6.1 7 2 2 0 8 2 96 59
2013-07-13 @OAK L 6.1 6 3 3 3 4 1 100 50
2013-07-08 @SEA L 5.0 9 5 5 2 6 1 112 33
2013-07-03 SDP ND 7.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 102 65
2013-06-27 TOR W 7.0 5 4 4 3 5 0 95 53
Last 5 v.KCR 3-1 30.1 26 10 7 15 23 1 2.08 57
2012-08-24 KCR W 7.0 6 3 3 4 6 1 93 55
2012-05-09 @KCR L 5.0 6 4 1 1 3 0 108 47
2011-08-21 @KCR W 6.0 3 1 1 4 3 0 113 61
2011-07-25 KCR ND 5.1 7 1 1 2 6 0 89 54
2010-05-30 KCR W 7.0 4 1 1 4 5 0 105 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-21   Road:   31-25   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  48-31   vsLHP:  22-15   1-Run:  16-11
 vsEast: 28-20   vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest: 20-12 IL: 9-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Wed, Aug  7  @HOU  W   7-5       70-46  1st  2.5 up
115 Tue, Aug  6  @HOU  W  15-10      69-46  1st  1.5 up
114 Mon, Aug  5  @HOU  L   0-2       68-46  1st  0.5 up
113 Sun, Aug  4   ARI  W   4-0       68-45  1st  1.0 up
112 Sat, Aug  3   ARI  W   5-2       67-45  1st  1.0 up
111 Fri, Aug  2   ARI  L   6-7       66-45  1st  1.0 up
110 Thu, Aug  1   SEA  W   8-7       66-44  1st  1.0 up
109 Wed, Jul 31   SEA  W   5-4 (15)  65-44  1st  0.5 up
108 Tue, Jul 30   SEA  W   8-2       64-44  2nd  0.5 gb
107 Mon, Jul 29   TBR  L   1-2       63-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Royals, 58-53, 58-53 3rd, 8½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (36, LHP, 4-0, 2.03)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-0) 57.2 47 15 13 16 45 6 2.03
2012 (11-14) 191.2 215 114 108 47 140 33 5.07
2011 (12-8) 155.0 152 71 65 50 97 18 3.77
Last 7 GS 2-2 43.0 36 12 8 10 33 5 1.67 59
2013-08-03 @NYM ND 6.0 4 1 1 0 8 1 94 68
2013-07-28 @CHW ND 6.0 3 2 2 2 5 1 94 61
2013-07-23 BAL W 6.0 3 1 1 0 4 1 94 66
2013-07-12 @CLE ND 6.0 1 0 0 1 4 0 97 73
2012-10-01 DET L 5.2 10 6 2 1 3 2 90 35
2012-09-25 @DET L 6.2 10 2 2 3 5 0 115 48
2012-09-19 CHW W 6.2 5 0 0 3 4 0 114 65
Last 5 v.BOS 1-2 23.2 33 20 20 9 20 3 7.61 39
2012-08-24 @BOS ND 6.0 8 3 3 1 5 0 98 48
2012-05-09 BOS W 6.2 7 3 3 0 5 0 103 53
2011-07-27 @BOS L 4.0 10 10 10 3 3 3 114 2
2010-05-30 @BOS ND 4.0 2 1 1 2 5 0 75 57
2009-07-12 @BOS L 3.0 6 3 3 3 2 0 78 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-25   Road:   29-28   ExtrInn: 8-2 
 vsRHP:  44-35   vsLHP:  14-18   1-Run:  22-17
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:29-20   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 7-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Wed, Aug  7   MIN  W   5-2       58-53  3rd  8.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  6   MIN  L   0-7       57-53  3rd  8.5 gb
109 Mon, Aug  5   MIN  W  13-0       57-52  3rd  7.5 gb
108 Sun, Aug  4  @NYM  W   6-2       56-52  3rd  7.5 gb
107 Sat, Aug  3  @NYM  W   4-3 (12)  55-52  3rd  7.5 gb
106 Fri, Aug  2  @NYM  L   2-4 (11)  54-52  3rd  7.5 gb
105 Thu, Aug  1  @MIN  W   7-2       54-51  3rd  6.5 gb
104 Wed, Jul 31  @MIN  W   4-3       53-51  3rd  7.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 30  @MIN  W   7-2       52-51  3rd  7.0 gb
102 Sun, Jul 28  @CHW  W   4-2 (12)  51-51  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 21, 2013 KCR  5 @BOS  4 (10)   W:Kelvin Herrera (2-2), L: Andrew Miller (0-1), S: Greg Holland (5)
Sun, Apr 21, 2013 KCR  4 @BOS  2        W:Ervin Santana (2-1), L: Ryan Dempster (0-2), S: Greg Holland (4)
Sat, Apr 20, 2013 BOS  4  KCR  3        W:Clay Buchholz (4-0), L: Kelvin Herrera (1-2), S: Andrew Bailey (3)

Mon, Aug 27, 2012 BOS  5  KCR  1        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-3), L: Luke Hochevar (7-12), S: none
Sun, Aug 26, 2012 BOS  8  KCR  6        W:Pedro Beato (1-0), L: Will Smith (4-6), S: Mark Melancon (1)
Sat, Aug 25, 2012 KCR 10 @BOS  9 (12)   W:Francisley Bueno (1-0), L: Junichi Tazawa (0-1), S: Greg Holland (7)
Fri, Aug 24, 2012 BOS  4  KCR  3        W:Jon Lester (8-10), L: Kelvin Herrera (1-2), S: Andrew Bailey (1)
Wed, May 09, 2012 KCR  4  BOS  3        W:Bruce Chen (1-4), L: Jon Lester (1-3), S: Jonathan Broxton (7)
Tue, May 08, 2012 KCR  6  BOS  4        W:Jose Mijares (2-1), L: Daniel Bard (2-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (6)
Mon, May 07, 2012 BOS 11 @KCR  5        W:Felix Doubront (2-1), L: Jonathan Sanchez (1-2), S: Vicente Padilla (1)
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 2-1; 2012 - BOS won 4-3; 2011 - BOS won 5-3; All-Time - Tied 220-220

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

DET  5.11

NYM  4.06

MIA  3.21

 RA/G

PIT  3.37

CHC  4.19

HOU  5.32

 BA

M. Cabrera  .359

I. Desmond  .270

D. Uggla  .190

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .453

J. Lucroy  .332

J. Arencibia  .247

 SLG

C. Davis  .676

D. Nava  .420

J. Keppinger  .281

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.121

I. Kinsler  .756

J. Keppinger  .546

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.91

H. Bailey  3.73

J. Blanton  5.52

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.86

J. Blanton  7.26

B. Colon  4.79

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

RedSox Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Carp* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 180/157 .302/.361/.562/.923 .759/.948 .874 36/.716 0/0 8/2
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 10/.311 1/.000 333/226 .249/.339/.439/.779 .626/.853 .704 71/.998 3/0 9/3
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 9/1.194 2/.500 5/1.600 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 24/1.144 1/.000 504/322 .298/.360/.433/.793 .658/.866 .807 98/.759 40/3 7/3
5.Gomes G/S/vP 22/.844 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 5/1.600 2/.000 252/120 .239/.341/.441/.783 .748/.821 .803 53/.982 0/0 10/0
26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/56 .231/.295/.269/.564 .629/.554 .576 39/.486 1/0 0/2
20.Lavarnway G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 57/34 .250/.298/.365/.664 .670/.657 .536 20/.566 0/0 0/0
12.Napoli G/S/vP 11/.455 2/.000 3/.333 2/.500 4/2.750 3/.333 9/1.069 3/.333 438/306 .250/.340/.443/.783 .741/.801 .787 80/.801 1/1 14/5
29.Nava# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 391/294 .282/.371/.420/.791 .606/.854 .760 38/.532 0/2 10/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 31/.795 1/.000 3/.333 3/.666 5/1.800 ··· 15/.900 2/.500 415/267 .332/.412/.587/.999 .746/1.150 1.105 97/.866 4/0 21/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 12/1.326 4/1.250 3/.667 4/.250 8/1.357 4/.750 20/1.125 2/2.500 520/362 .295/.375/.412/.787 .906/.736 .668 101/.598 14/5 8/3
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 6/.500 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 349/252 .264/.335/.449/.784 .570/.864 .696 70/.691 0/1 10/6
23.Snyder G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 44/16 .209/.227/.419/.646 .964/.063 .321 19/.526 0/0 2/1
18.Victorino# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 352/222 .291/.338/.422/.760 .807/.714 .722 91/.808 14/3 7/2
IP 57.2 16.1 40.0 36.2 3.2 40.0 43.2 44.0 TOTAL .274/.347/.440/.787 .721/.819 .761 .724 84/18 123/60
ERA-K/9 2.03/7.0 0.00/10.5 4.28/9.2 2.95/8.1 4.91/17.0 4.28/11.0 1.65/8.9 1.64/14.3 3.56/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lavarnway (14-6-5)
 Saltalamacchia (62-15-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 236/.220 56/.135 174/.248 162/.286 19/.353 171/.220 166/.166 171/.184 .253  Victorino
 Gomes
 Nava
 Ellsbury
 Carp
0/3/79/7
66/0/4/5
45/1/49/4
0/106/0/3
32/0/2/0
OPS .631 .355 .673 .742 .950 .771 .528 .512 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 81/.833 22/.364 89/.594 79/.755 6/.900 89/.725 85/.636 90/.563 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 155/.525 34/.345 85/.753 83/.731 13/.968 82/.822 81/.415 81/.457 .663
Home 135/.741 24/.554 73/.735 74/.753 19/.950 73/.609 76/.456 92/.507
Last 28d days 86/.431 31/.374 33/.840 42/.869 19/.950 49/.563 38/.382 36/.564
HR/SB/CS 6/3/3 0/1/0 2/2/0 2/7/1 0/0/0 9/7/2 4/4/2 2/0/0 112/58/25
Usage ····X··· X··o·XX· o··Xo··X o···XX·o X······· X···XX·o ····o·X· X··oo··X
Royals Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB		 54.Beato
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 66.Britton*
G/S/vB		 62.De La Rosa
G/S/vB		 41.Lackey
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 67.Workman
G/S/vB		 35.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 21/.675 1/2.000 5/1.400 ··· ··· 12/1.250 1/.000 6/1.333 ··· ··· 449/332 .278/.374/.403/.777 .851/.751 .799 87/.806 0/0 9/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 382/267 .258/.322/.358/.680 .562/.730 .660 71/.631 12/4 4/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/86 .264/.322/.425/.746 .419/.859 .973 35/.655 16/4 2/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 10/.686 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 460/315 .238/.265/.307/.572 .694/.515 .534 91/.425 12/0 3/12
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 16/.388 1/2.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 11/1.055 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 478/321 .265/.333/.405/.738 .863/.676 .670 98/.561 6/2 11/0
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .500/.500/.750/1.250 /1.250 1.250 4/1.250 0/0 0/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 9/1.667 1/.000 4/.583 ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 460/315 .297/.342/.443/.785 .810/.774 .787 99/.848 9/3 12/6
23.Johnson# G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 162/117 .192/.233/.258/.491 .465/.501 .347 18/.118 13/0 2/2
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 95/77 .167/.368/.431/.799 .487/.868 .916 25/.815 1/0 5/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 231/180 .299/.314/.439/.753 .751/.754 .655 69/.726 3/2 4/1
27.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 161/109 .253/.323/.411/.734 .804/.700 .737 53/.858 4/1 3/3
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 372/283 .229/.288/.368/.655 .520/.698 .720 85/.835 1/3 10/12
24.Tejada G/S/vP 21/.611 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 48/.739 ··· ··· ··· ··· 159/78 .297/.327/.392/.719 .664/.777 .703 60/.774 0/0 3/2
IP 143.1 8.2 40.0 11.1 1.0 126.0 52.0 52.1 25.0 13.1 TOTAL .258/.313/.375/.688 .681/.691 .683 .683 84/19 74/57
ERA-K/9 4.52/7.9 3.12/4.1 2.48/4.5 0.79/8.0 0.00/18.0 3.21/8.4 2.77/9.7 1.38/12.7 5.04/8.6 5.40/6.8 3.84/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (1-0-0)
 Kottaras (22-7-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 615/.265 38/.250 167/.257 38/.194 3/.000 525/.257 211/.260 194/.153 105/.292 59/.245 .253  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Maxwell
 Dyson
 Hosmer
 Johnson
106/0/0/9
0/83/18/7
11/5/49/4
0/25/20/4
0/35/0/3
0/0/1/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .755 .623 .706 .488 .000 .717 .726 .476 .809 .659 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.806 17/.301 71/.829 20/.472 2/.000 304/.632 102/.779 105/.344 71/.775 44/.760 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 496/.742 21/.881 96/.614 18/.500 1/.000 221/.832 109/.674 89/.631 34/.882 15/.350 .751
Road 371/.781 6/.000 75/.561 11/.455 3/.000 306/.771 106/.706 94/.438 54/.980 28/.495
Last 28d days 104/.792 25/.711 42/.643 38/.488 3/.000 140/.803 46/.552 43/.282 95/.741 18/.603
HR/SB/CS 18/9/2 1/1/1 2/0/2 1/1/1 0/0/0 17/26/5 7/2/2 5/1/1 4/2/2 0/1/0 124/91/29
Usage ·····X·· ·····X·· ··o·o··X ·X·o···X ·X······ ··X····X X·o·oX·o X··oX··X ·X······ ·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.