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Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox, at Tropicana Field, May 24, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Start Time:
4:10et (local)
Venue:
Tropicana Field
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Tropicana Field
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
° (based on last ten years)
Red Sox
Manager:
John Farrell
Game #:
48
On This Date:
47-44
Rays
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
50
On This Date:
4-10
Season Series
Tue, Apr 29, 2014 BOS  7  TBR  4     
Thu, May 01, 2014 TBR  2 @BOS  1     
Thu, May 01, 2014 TBR  6 @BOS  5     
Fri, May 23, 2014 TBR  1  BOS  0     

Sat, May 24, 2014 BOS    @TBR  4:10pm
Sun, May 25, 2014 BOS    @TBR  1:40pm
Fri, May 30, 2014 TBR    @BOS  7:10pm
Sat, May 31, 2014 TBR    @BOS  7:15pm
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 TBR    @BOS  1:35pm
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 BOS    @TBR  7:10pm
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 BOS    @TBR  7:10pm
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 BOS    @TBR  1:40pm
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 BOS    @TBR  7:10pm
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 BOS    @TBR  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 31, 2014 BOS    @TBR  1:40pm
Mon, Sep 01, 2014 BOS    @TBR  1:10pm
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 TBR    @BOS  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 TBR    @BOS  7:10pm
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 TBR    @BOS  7:10pm

                         All times ET
Boston Red Sox
20-27, 4th, 6 GB, 7 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-17   Road:   10-10   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  10-21   vsLHP:  10-6    1-Run:   5-11
 vsEast:  9-15   vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Fri, May 23  @TBR  L   0-1       20-27  4th  6.0 gb
 46 Thu, May 22   TOR  L   2-7       20-26  4th  5.0 gb
 45 Wed, May 21   TOR  L   4-6       20-25  4th  4.0 gb
 44 Tue, May 20   TOR  L   4-7       20-24  4th  3.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 18   DET  L   2-6       20-23  4th  3.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 17   DET  L   1-6       20-22  4th  2.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 16   DET  L   0-1       20-21  4th  2.5 gb
 40 Thu, May 15  @MIN  L   3-4 (10)  20-20  3rd  1.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 14  @MIN  W   9-4       20-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 13  @MIN  L   6-8       19-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Tampa Bay Rays
21-28, 4th, 6 GB, 7 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-14   Road:   11-14   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  16-18   vsLHP:   5-10   1-Run:   8-4 
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl: 4-9    vsWest:  6-7  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Fri, May 23   BOS  W   1-0       21-28  4th  6.0 gb
 48 Thu, May 22   OAK  W   5-2 (11)  20-28  5th  6.0 gb
 47 Wed, May 21   OAK  L   2-3       19-28  5th  6.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 20   OAK  L   0-3       19-27  5th  5.5 gb
 45 Sun, May 18  @LAA  L   2-6       19-26  5th  5.0 gb
 44 Sat, May 17  @LAA  L   0-6       19-25  5th  4.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 16  @LAA  W   3-0       19-24  5th  4.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 15  @LAA  L   5-6       18-24  5th  4.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 14  @SEA  W   2-0       18-23  5th  3.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 13  @SEA  W   2-1       17-23  5th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 23, 2014 TBR  1  BOS  0        W:Juan Carlos Oviedo (1-0), L: Andrew Miller (1-3), S: none
Thu, May 01, 2014 TBR  6 @BOS  5        W:Jake McGee (2-0), L: Koji Uehara (0-1), S: Grant Balfour (6)
Thu, May 01, 2014 TBR  2 @BOS  1        W:Brandon Gomes (2-1), L: Jake Peavy (1-1), S: Grant Balfour (5)
Tue, Apr 29, 2014 BOS  7  TBR  4        W:John Lackey (4-2), L: Brandon Gomes (1-1), S: Koji Uehara (6)

Thu, Sep 12, 2013 TBR  4  BOS  3        W:Jake McGee (5-3), L: Rubby De La Rosa (0-1), S: Fernando Rodney (34)
Wed, Sep 11, 2013 BOS  7 @TBR  3 (10)   W:Koji Uehara (4-0), L: Joel Peralta (2-7), S: none
Tue, Sep 10, 2013 BOS  2 @TBR  0        W:Clay Buchholz (10-0), L: David Price (8-8), S: Koji Uehara (19)
Mon, Jul 29, 2013 TBR  2 @BOS  1        W:David Price (6-5), L: Felix Doubront (7-5), S: Fernando Rodney (26)
Wed, Jul 24, 2013 TBR  5 @BOS  1        W:David Price (5-5), L: Felix Doubront (7-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 23, 2013 BOS  6  TBR  2        W:Jon Lester (9-6), L: Roberto Hernandez (5-11), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - TBR over 3-1; 2013 - BOS won 12-7; 2012 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - BOS leads 163-119

SP: Jake Peavy (33, RHP, 1-2, 4.33)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-2) 54.0 54 26 26 27 43 9 4.33
2013 (12-5) 144.2 130 70 67 36 121 20 4.17
2012 (11-12) 219.0 191 88 82 49 194 27 3.37
Last 7 GS 1-2 41.1 45 23 23 21 31 7 5.01 47
2014-05-18 DET L 6.0 11 5 5 0 2 1 92 32
2014-05-13 @MIN ND 4.1 9 6 6 2 1 1 91 20
2014-05-07 CIN ND 6.0 4 3 3 4 4 1 97 52
2014-05-01 TBR L 6.1 3 2 2 5 4 1 113 58
2014-04-25 @TOR W 7.0 5 1 1 2 7 1 113 68
2014-04-20 BAL ND 5.2 10 5 5 4 5 1 102 30
2014-04-15 @CHW ND 6.0 3 1 1 4 8 1 113 66
Last 5 v.TBR 2-1 31.2 27 15 15 12 25 6 4.26 53
2014-05-01 TBR L 6.1 3 2 2 5 4 1 113 58
2013-09-12 @TBR ND 6.0 4 3 3 5 4 1 107 51
2013-04-26 TBR W 6.2 6 3 3 1 6 2 101 55
2012-09-27 TBR ND 7.1 4 2 2 1 6 1 118 67
2010-05-30 @TBR W 5.1 10 5 5 0 5 1 110 33

SP: David Price (28, LHP, 4-4, 4.28)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-4) 69.1 78 36 33 6 77 11 4.28
2013 (10-8) 186.2 178 78 69 27 151 16 3.33
2012 (20-5) 211.0 173 63 60 59 205 16 2.56
Last 7 GS 2-4 47.2 59 29 26 4 55 9 4.91 51
2014-05-18 @LAA L 6.2 11 6 5 0 7 2 119 37
2014-05-13 @SEA W 9.0 6 1 1 0 12 0 109 83
2014-05-08 BAL L 5.0 9 3 3 1 3 1 100 39
2014-05-02 @NYY ND 7.0 8 2 2 0 8 1 118 61
2014-04-27 @CHW L 6.0 9 8 6 1 7 1 103 32
2014-04-22 MIN W 9.0 6 3 3 1 12 2 113 74
2014-04-17 NYY L 5.0 10 6 6 1 6 2 94 28
Last 5 v.BOS 2-2 32.2 19 9 9 3 30 3 2.48 66
2013-09-10 BOS L 8.0 3 2 2 0 9 0 127 77
2013-07-29 @BOS W 7.1 2 1 1 0 8 1 90 78
2013-07-24 @BOS W 9.0 5 1 1 0 4 1 97 77
2013-05-15 BOS L 2.1 5 4 4 1 1 0 57 31
2013-04-13 @BOS ND 6.0 4 1 1 2 8 1 106 66

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

Red Sox Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 14.Price*
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 26.Boxberger
G/S/vB		 52.Lueke
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 46.Oviedo
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 184/127 .275/.370/.406/.776 .921/.713 .760 86/.790 1/2 3/6
25.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 155/101 .204/.297/.299/.596 .586/.601 .570 72/.508 3/0 0/0
37.Carp* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 62/52 .268/.339/.357/.696 .600/.716 .681 27/.770 0/1 0/0
5.Gomes G/S/vP 21/.488 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.000 1/no AB 12/1.667 114/60 .242/.325/.414/.739 .921/.574 .622 50/.733 0/0 4/2
10.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 47/35 .184/.295/.184/.480 .384/.510 .376 8/.533 0/2 0/1
26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 50/29 .326/.388/.442/.830 1.063/.681 .750 22/.783 2/0 0/4
12.Napoli G/S/vP 28/.730 9/.222 2/.500 2/2.000 4/1.250 ··· 10/.967 187/133 .260/.390/.416/.806 .856/.783 .684 85/.619 0/1 5/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 42/.607 12/.633 1/no AB 1/3.000 6/.833 6/.533 17/.548 198/126 .276/.374/.518/.891 .972/.847 1.088 95/.968 0/0 11/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 51/.775 11/1.011 1/.000 4/.500 5/.450 5/.400 17/.779 214/149 .275/.346/.394/.740 .860/.689 .724 103/.788 2/4 2/1
40.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 16/.343 7/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 7/.858 15/.204 142/102 .258/.291/.356/.647 .322/.766 .571 69/.563 0/0 3/2
3.Ross G/S/vP 5/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 52/24 .167/.231/.333/.564 .744/.375 .633 24/.428 0/1 2/3
38.Sizemore* G/S/vP 5/1.000 5/1.600 1/2.000 ··· ··· 9/1.111 7/.929 137/105 .221/.299/.336/.635 .560/.658 .705 61/.589 3/0 2/0
18.Victorino G/S/vP 21/.497 3/1.000 2/.000 3/1.333 2/.000 14/.643 8/.286 99/71 .242/.276/.352/.627 .693/.602 .558 83/.661 2/0 1/0
IP 69.1 18.1 14.2 26.2 21.1 15.2 21.1 TOTAL .243/.327/.375/.702 .742/.684 .683 .684 14/11 37/31
ERA-K/9 4.28/10.0 5.89/7.4 1.84/11.0 4.73/5.4 1.27/8.9 1.72/8.6 4.64/8.9 3.96/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (15-8-3)
 Ross (11-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 289/.281 84/.203 61/.188 117/.284 80/.181 63/.175 90/.222 .246  Bradley
 Sizemore
 Carp
 Victorino
 Gomes
1/37/6/3
20/14/4/3
10/0/0/0
0/0/21/0
28/0/6/0
OPS .761 .740 .646 .775 .475 .517 .695 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.861 53/.625 29/.678 59/.674 27/.641 30/.467 52/.793 .707
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 213/.726 31/.952 32/.614 58/.883 53/.393 33/.562 38/.560 .694
Home 138/.832 43/.702 36/.574 66/.690 37/.162 37/.280 50/.664
Last 28d days 145/.784 39/.721 46/.778 57/.770 45/.638 52/.516 57/.814
HR/SB/CS 11/3/1 2/1/0 2/2/1 5/0/0 0/1/1 0/2/0 4/1/0 44/19/11
Usage ·····X·· ·XX····o ··oX·XX· ·o·o··X· ooo····X XX·X··Xo ooX····o
Rays Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Peavy
G/S/vB		 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 55.Capuano*
G/S/vB		 30.Miller*
G/S/vB		 54.Mujica
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 52.Wilson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.DeJesus* G/S/vP 27/.634 3/1.667 6/.833 5/.200 5/1.600 7/1.143 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 138/135 .262/.348/.451/.799 .333/.806 .853 76/.975 0/0 4/0
11.Escobar G/S/vP 14/.297 14/.517 7/.453 6/1.267 14/.630 3/.666 5/1.600 12/.416 1/.000 185/142 .261/.332/.352/.683 .844/.633 .647 91/.766 0/0 3/8
35.Figueroa* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/8 .250/.250/.375/.625 /.625 1.250 8/.625 0/0 0/0
10.Forsythe G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 9/.666 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 93/44 .179/.247/.238/.485 .538/.427 .481 38/.461 0/0 0/0
5.Guyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/22 .196/.212/.275/.486 .591/.333 .181 31/.567 0/0 1/0
24.Hanigan G/S/vP 3/.666 6/.666 ··· 8/.708 1/.000 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 123/97 .222/.311/.352/.663 .366/.744 .890 66/.503 0/0 3/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP 9/.889 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 9/.333 7/.286 ··· 192/142 .236/.328/.382/.710 .780/.685 .631 101/.631 10/3 4/0
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 12/.650 3/.000 9/.476 ··· 3/.666 4/.500 4/.250 8/1.000 ··· 159/148 .281/.377/.406/.784 .000/.846 .960 82/.560 1/2 3/0
21.Loney* G/S/vP 35/.979 3/1.334 8/.804 6/1.334 9/1.319 10/1.600 4/.500 4/.250 ··· 193/140 .302/.368/.384/.752 .705/.770 .795 100/.659 1/0 1/3
3.Longoria G/S/vP 18/.722 6/.666 7/.453 3/1.000 9/.476 3/.000 8/.000 17/.294 ··· 208/148 .262/.327/.374/.701 .707/.698 .887 103/.592 1/0 4/3
28.Molina G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· 4/1.750 3/.333 3/2.000 5/.600 2/1.500 ··· ··· 61/46 .121/.164/.121/.285 .421/.242 .277 30/.274 0/0 0/1
9.Myers G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 203/145 .232/.300/.351/.652 .573/.684 .672 106/.650 1/1 4/3
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/.500 2/2.500 3/.666 4/.500 2/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 75/32 .229/.270/.514/.785 .815/.742 .841 43/.798 1/0 5/1
IP 54.0 26.2 14.2 24.1 21.2 15.2 20.1 17.2 TOTAL .245/.319/.363/.683 .666/.688 .731 .642 18/8 36/25
ERA-K/9 4.33/7.2 2.36/4.7 3.07/6.7 2.22/8.5 2.91/13.3 8.04/5.7 2.66/8.0 1.02/13.7 /0.0 3.90/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (8-7-1)
 Molina (11-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 235/.263 111/.287 63/.264 102/.222 88/.177 73/.343 83/.256 69/.215 / .266  Myers
 Joyce
 DeJesus
 Jennings
 Forsythe
 Rodriguez
 Guyer
0/1/47/3
31/0/3/3
9/3/0/0
0/41/0/0
2/0/0/0
8/0/0/0
11/5/1/0
OPS .834 .752 .673 .615 .503 .987 .674 .588 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 114/.731 47/.833 26/.787 36/.631 30/.493 34/.897 35/.767 33/.222 / .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 121/.931 64/.695 37/.591 66/.604 58/.509 39/1.064 48/.606 36/.920 / .764
Road 75/.796 27/1.069 22/.396 47/.524 41/.668 20/.618 34/.676 22/.591 /
Last 28d days 100/.936 45/.591 33/.482 49/.916 50/.543 32/1.108 38/.701 31/.624 /
HR/SB/CS 9/2/3 1/1/1 0/0/0 1/0/1 1/0/0 4/3/1 2/0/0 2/0/1 // 46/26/11
Usage ·····X·· oo·X·o·X ·X·o·o·· ··X···X· o·X··X·· ···X··oo oX·X·o·o ··o···o·

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 2014 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  5.29

TEX  4.00

SDP  3.14

 RA/G

OAK  3.13

TBR  4.27

ARI  5.20

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .377

M. Kemp  .265

C. Santana  .156

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .479

Y. Escobar  .332

J. Gyorko  .219

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .721

C. Owings  .408

B. Miller  .255

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.200

S. Perez  .738

B. Miller  .483

 ERA

J. Samardzija  1.46

Y. Gallardo  3.51

K. Correia  6.52

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.19

R. Erlin  7.36

C. Young  3.35

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.