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Game Preview: BOS @ TEX, 3:05pm, Sunday, May 5, 2013 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

RedSox, 20-10, 20-10 1st, 1½ up

SP: Jon Lester (29, LHP, 4-0, 3.11)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-0) 37.2 31 14 13 12 33 2 3.11
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 4-0 42.2 39 15 13 13 34 2 2.74 56
2013-04-30 @TOR ND 6.0 6 6 5 2 5 1 100 41
2013-04-24 OAK W 5.2 6 3 3 6 5 1 115 44
2013-04-18 @CLE W 7.0 4 2 2 1 5 0 115 65
2013-04-13 TBR ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 100 67
2013-04-07 @TOR W 7.0 5 0 0 0 6 0 100 73
2013-04-01 @NYY W 5.0 5 2 2 2 7 0 96 54
2012-10-02 @NYY ND 5.0 8 1 0 1 1 0 83 49
Last 5 v.TEX 1-3 30.0 34 20 19 10 17 4 5.70 45
2012-08-07 TEX L 6.2 6 4 4 2 4 0 116 48
2012-04-17 TEX L 2.0 8 7 7 4 2 1 80 10
2011-04-01 @TEX ND 5.1 6 5 5 1 0 3 88 35
2010-08-14 @TEX W 8.0 5 0 0 0 5 0 109 77
2010-07-18 TEX L 8.0 9 4 3 3 6 0 118 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-5    Road:    9-5    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  13-7    vsLHP:   7-3    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Sat, May  4  @TEX  L   1-5       20-10  1st  1.5 up
 29 Fri, May  3  @TEX  L   0-7       20-9   1st  2.5 up
 28 Thu, May  2  @TOR  W   3-1       20-8   1st  2.5 up
 27 Wed, May  1  @TOR  W  10-1       19-8   1st  2.0 up
 26 Tue, Apr 30  @TOR  L   7-9       18-8   1st  2.0 up
 25 Sun, Apr 28   HOU  W   6-1       18-7   1st  2.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Rangers, 19-11, 19-11 1st, 2½ up

SP: Yu Darvish (26, RHP, 5-1, 2.33)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-1) 38.2 23 10 10 13 58 1 2.33
2012 (16-9) 191.1 156 89 83 89 221 14 3.90
Last 7 GS 5-1 45.1 32 13 13 14 65 2 2.58 65
2013-04-30 CHW W 6.0 7 4 4 3 9 1 108 48
2013-04-24 @LAA W 6.0 3 0 0 2 11 0 100 75
2013-04-19 SEA W 7.0 3 0 0 3 10 0 111 78
2013-04-12 @SEA L 6.0 3 3 3 1 8 0 108 61
2013-04-07 LAA W 5.0 6 3 3 4 6 0 85 45
2013-04-02 @HOU W 8.2 1 0 0 0 14 0 111 96
2012-09-30 LAA ND 6.2 9 3 3 1 7 1 117 50
Last 5 v.BOS 0-1 6.2 11 6 6 4 9 0 8.10 33
2012-08-06 @BOS L 6.2 11 6 6 4 9 0 123 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-4    Road:    9-7    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  11-6    vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:   6-2 
 vsEast:  4-1    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest: 11-5  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Sat, May  4   BOS  W   5-1       19-11  1st  2.5 up
 29 Fri, May  3   BOS  W   7-0       18-11  1st  1.5 up
 28 Thu, May  2   CHW  L   1-3       17-11  1st  1.5 up
 27 Wed, May  1   CHW  L   2-5       17-10  1st  2.0 up
 26 Tue, Apr 30   CHW  W  10-6       17-9   1st  2.0 up
 25 Sun, Apr 28  @MIN  L   0-5       16-9   1st  2.5 up
 24 Sat, Apr 27  @MIN  L   2-7       16-8   1st  3.5 up
 23 Fri, Apr 26  @MIN  W   4-3       16-7   1st  3.5 up
 22 Thu, Apr 25  @MIN  W   2-1       15-7   1st  2.5 up
 21 Wed, Apr 24  @LAA  W  11-3       14-7   1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 04, 2013 TEX  5  BOS  1        W:Alexi Ogando (3-2), L: John Lackey (1-2), S: none
Fri, May 03, 2013 TEX  7  BOS  0        W:Derek Holland (2-2), L: Felix Doubront (3-1), S: none

Wed, Aug 08, 2012 TEX 10 @BOS  9        W:Alexi Ogando (2-0), L: Clayton Mortensen (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (23)
Tue, Aug 07, 2012 TEX  6 @BOS  3        W:Ryan Dempster (6-5), L: Jon Lester (5-10), S: Joe Nathan (22)
Mon, Aug 06, 2012 BOS  9  TEX  2        W:Aaron Cook (3-5), L: Yu Darvish (11-8), S: none
Wed, Jul 25, 2012 TEX  5  BOS  3        W:Derek Holland (7-5), L: Josh Beckett (5-9), S: Joe Nathan (20)
Tue, Jul 24, 2012 BOS  2 @TEX  1        W:Vicente Padilla (4-0), L: Joe Nathan (1-3), S: Alfredo Aceves (21)
Mon, Jul 23, 2012 TEX  9  BOS  1        W:Scott Feldman (4-6), L: Felix Doubront (10-5), S: none
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 TEX  6 @BOS  3        W:Derek Holland (2-0), L: Josh Beckett (1-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 TEX 18 @BOS  3        W:Colby Lewis (2-0), L: Jon Lester (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - TEX over 2-0; 2012 - TEX won 6-2; 2011 - TEX won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 329-300

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

COL  5.37

TBR  4.24

MIA  2.71

 RA/G

TEX  3.17

PHI  4.29

HOU  6.10

 BA

M. Cabrera  .390

R. Martin  .270

A. Hicks  .123

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .467

A. Escobar  .330

J. Keppinger  .182

 SLG

C. Davis  .690

C. Rasmus  .423

A. Hicks  .198

 OPS

C. Davis  1.121

T. Frazier  .759

J. Keppinger  .388

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.01

W. Chen  3.50

P. Humber  7.58

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  13.49

B. Morrow  7.24

J. Saunders  3.50

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

RedSox Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 44.Frasor
G/S/vB		 50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB		 55.Lowe
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 58.Ortiz*
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB		 49.Tepesch
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Carp* G/S/vP 5/.200 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 31/27 .464/.516/1.000/1.516 .833/1.599 2.032 30/1.570 0/0 2/0
23.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 26/15 .238/.346/.381/.727 .808/.667 .619 19/.649 1/0 0/2
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 36/1.271 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 73/51 .177/.288/.306/.594 .550/.612 .613 73/.594 0/0 1/1
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 4/1.500 8/1.000 1/2.000 4/.000 6/.334 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 141/90 .290/.340/.405/.745 .500/.889 .877 110/.699 12/2 1/1
5.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 8/.946 3/.333 13/1.538 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 64/32 .220/.391/.340/.731 .872/.603 .968 50/.713 0/0 1/0
16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 120/88 .195/.233/.389/.623 .713/.590 .748 93/.444 0/1 6/4
12.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 6/.333 1/no AB 12/1.084 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 130/98 .275/.331/.567/.897 .910/.893 .848 102/.981 0/0 6/1
29.Nava# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 105/83 .299/.400/.529/.929 .943/.924 .905 91/.878 0/1 5/0
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 24/.809 ··· 11/.637 11/.473 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 51/32 .447/.471/.809/1.279 .728/1.596 1.040 51/1.279 0/0 3/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 4/2.250 13/.398 1/no AB 9/.222 3/1.334 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 135/101 .293/.393/.345/.737 .805/.716 .617 105/.714 6/1 0/0
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/16 .229/.308/.514/.822 .880/.732 .635 33/.920 0/0 3/0
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 4/.250 8/1.911 ··· 1/.000 8/1.071 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 85/69 .224/.306/.421/.727 .404/.795 .569 65/.759 0/1 3/2
18.Victorino# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.333 ··· 36/.564 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 91/59 .278/.348/.304/.652 .580/.665 .769 63/.571 3/2 0/0
IP 38.2 7.2 11.2 10.1 10.0 14.1 13.2 16.0 28.0 TOTAL .269/.347/.443/.790 .714/.823 .810 .773 23/8 31/15
ERA-K/9 2.33/13.5 2.35/8.2 6.94/9.2 4.35/5.2 1.80/10.8 3.77/7.6 0.66/5.9 0.56/4.5 3.54/5.8 3.02/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ross (8-3-1)
 Saltalamacchia (13-1-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 151/.170 34/.258 54/.340 41/.243 40/.211 60/.250 57/.250 61/.200 114/.259 .233  Victorino
 Nava
 Carp
 Ellsbury
 Gomes
0/0/21/4
10/0/12/1
7/0/0/0
0/30/0/0
12/0/0/0
OPS .503 .840 .849 .722 .566 .682 .585 .551 .733 .649
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.586 10/.100 18/1.069 14/1.024 17/.471 21/.286 16/.708 22/.883 62/.782 .647
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 71/.403 24/1.144 36/.743 27/.576 23/.634 39/.914 41/.536 39/.372 52/.669 .651
Home 78/.719 15/.771 26/.906 18/.111 16/.450 23/.438 29/.541 32/.526 63/.715
Last 28d days 100/.540 27/.667 50/.878 39/.622 29/.669 45/.608 47/.598 48/.622 114/.733
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/1 4/0/0 22/9/3
Usage ····X··· ···X··o· ··o·X··X ·o······ X······· ···o··o· o·X·o·X· o·o·X··· ···X····
Rangers Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (3.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB		 40.Bailey
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 41.Lackey
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 21/.649 13/.462 ··· 27/.472 5/.400 6/.167 5/1.800 6/.000 1/.000 131/91 .248/.289/.306/.595 .565/.606 .459 104/.576 6/0 0/0
15.Baker G/S/vP 7/1.857 ··· 5/.800 ··· 4/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/7 .333/.412/.700/1.112 1.351/.286 1.317 33/1.148 0/0 3/0
29.Beltre G/S/vP 20/.718 8/.536 ··· 61/.574 8/.417 6/.533 3/1.666 4/1.000 1/2.000 124/86 .243/.298/.452/.751 .898/.687 .863 99/.801 0/0 6/3
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 9/1.056 9/.889 3/3.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 106/78 .302/.434/.442/.876 .768/.916 .945 82/.751 0/0 2/
17.Cruz G/S/vP 18/1.497 5/.650 1/.000 28/.472 3/.666 4/1.833 1/2.000 9/.111 2/1.000 123/81 .288/.358/.495/.853 1.074/.741 .747 98/.775 1/1 6/1
3.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/9 .214/.267/.357/.624 .900/.444 .000 15/.670 0/0 0/0
23.Gentry G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.333 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 61/22 .241/.317/.426/.743 .754/.723 .872 53/.664 4/1 1/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 26/.786 6/.167 2/.000 41/1.345 7/1.571 3/.000 5/1.850 8/.804 1/3.000 133/85 .336/.406/.555/.961 .674/1.127 1.043 106/.921 3/1 6/4
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 61/53 .273/.344/.364/.708 .500/.741 .938 46/.844 0/1 1/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 9/.583 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 109/59 .283/.339/.444/.784 .726/.830 1.054 86/.895 0/0 3/2
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 12/.705 5/.400 2/.000 20/1.214 1/2.000 5/.200 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 102/67 .168/.225/.284/.510 .464/.535 .691 77/.454 0/1 2/0
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 15/.671 ··· ··· 49/.575 4/1.250 2/2.000 9/.777 3/.666 2/.000 97/57 .275/.309/.429/.738 .564/.862 .808 77/.697 0/0 4/0
8.Soto G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 7/.143 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 26/14 .182/.280/.227/.507 .333/.685 .435 22/.431 0/0 0/1
IP 37.2 12.1 6.2 15.1 7.1 13.2 14.0 12.2 9.1 TOTAL .266/.334/.426/.760 .748/.767 .839 .747 14/5 34/11
ERA-K/9 3.11/7.9 1.46/14.6 9.45/5.4 3.52/9.4 3.68/13.6 3.95/8.5 2.57/11.6 2.84/11.3 1.93/6.8 3.60/9.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (7-2-0)
 Soto (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 155/.220 47/.140 33/.333 68/.258 35/.222 56/.200 54/.220 49/.208 42/.297 .233  Martin
 Murphy
 Baker
 Cruz
 Gentry
2/18/2/1
28/0/0/1
7/0/1/0
0/0/29/0
0/20/0/0
OPS .602 .469 1.141 .678 .622 .586 .679 .683 .759 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 22/.511 27/.310 19/.856 37/.601 17/.828 29/.607 33/.587 29/.351 25/.414 .627
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 133/.618 20/.671 14/1.500 31/.757 18/.410 27/.564 21/.833 20/1.150 17/1.303 .741
Road 102/.559 12/.348 19/.513 43/.785 18/.675 34/.555 28/.824 20/.600 26/.901
Last 28d days 105/.656 41/.432 22/1.630 49/.645 29/.629 41/.521 43/.540 43/.780 42/.759
HR/SB/CS 2/3/0 1/1/0 3/1/0 2/1/1 0/1/0 1/0/0 2/1/1 3/0/0 0/0/0 29/21/4
Usage ····X··· ······o· ··o·X··· X·····X· o·X····o ·X·X··o· X·o·X··o X·o···o· ·X·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.