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Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox, at Tropicana Field, July 26, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Start Time:

7:10et (local)

Venue:

Tropicana Field

Tickets:

Game 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 #:

105

On This Date:

58-49

Rays

Manager:

Joe Maddon

Game #:

104

On This Date:

7-8

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 TBR  6  BOS  5 (15)
Sun, May 25, 2014 TBR  8  BOS  5     
Fri, May 30, 2014 BOS  3  TBR  2 (10)
Sat, May 31, 2014 BOS  7  TBR  1     
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 BOS  4  TBR  0     
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 TBR  6  BOS  4     

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

47-56, 5th, 10½ GB, 14½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   26-26   Road:   21-30   ExtrInn: 6-8 
 vsRHP:  30-37   vsLHP:  17-19   1-Run:  19-20
 vsEast: 17-26   vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest: 10-9  IL: 6-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Fri, Jul 25  @TBR  L   4-6       47-56  5th 10.5 gb
102 Thu, Jul 24  @TOR  L   0-8       47-55  5th  9.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23  @TOR  L   4-6       47-54  5th  8.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22  @TOR  L   3-7       47-53  5th  8.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @TOR  W  14-1       47-52  4th  7.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20   KCR  W   6-0       46-52  4th  7.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19   KCR  W   2-1       45-52  4th  8.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18   KCR  W   5-4       44-52  4th  8.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @HOU  W  11-0       43-52  4th  9.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @HOU  L   2-3       42-52  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Tampa Bay Rays

50-53, 4th, 7½ GB, 11½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   23-28   Road:   27-25   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  38-37   vsLHP:  12-16   1-Run:  15-11
 vsEast: 21-21   vsCntrl:11-12   vsWest: 12-12 IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Fri, Jul 25   BOS  W   6-4       50-53  4th  7.5 gb
102 Wed, Jul 23  @STL  W   3-0       49-53  4th  7.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 22  @STL  W   7-2       48-53  4th  8.0 gb
100 Sun, Jul 20  @MIN  W   5-3       47-53  4th  7.5 gb
 99 Sat, Jul 19  @MIN  W   5-1       46-53  4th  8.5 gb
 98 Fri, Jul 18  @MIN  W   6-2       45-53  4th  8.5 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 13   TOR  W   3-0       44-53  4th  9.5 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 12   TOR  W  10-3       43-53  4th  9.5 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 11   TOR  L   5-8       42-53  5th 10.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul  9   KCR  L   4-5       42-52  4th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:22-8

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 TBR  6  BOS  4        W:David Price (11-7), L: Junichi Tazawa (1-2), S: Jake McGee (10)
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 BOS  4  TBR  0        W:Jon Lester (6-6), L: Erik Bedard (2-4), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2014 BOS  7  TBR  1        W:Rubby De La Rosa (1-0), L: Jake Odorizzi (2-5), S: none
Fri, May 30, 2014 BOS  3  TBR  2 (10)   W:Andrew Miller (2-4), L: Juan Carlos Oviedo (1-2), S: none
Sun, May 25, 2014 TBR  8  BOS  5        W:Joel Peralta (2-3), L: Craig Breslow (2-1), S: Grant Balfour (9)
Sat, May 24, 2014 TBR  6  BOS  5 (15)   W:Cesar Ramos (2-3), L: Andrew Miller (1-4), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2014 - TBR over 6-4; 2013 - BOS won 12-7; 2012 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - BOS leads 166-122

SP: John Lackey (35, RHP, 11-6, 3.66)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (11-6)			130.1	129	57	53	28	112	14	3.66
2013 (10-13)			189.1	179	80	74	40	161	26	3.52
2011 (12-12)			160.0	203	119	114	56	108	20	6.41

Last 7 GS		4-2	42.2	39	23	22	11	36	7	4.64	52
2014-07-21	@TOR	W	7.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	76	72
2014-07-11	@HOU	W	6.0	4	2	2	5	3	1	117	54
2014-07-05	BAL	L	5.1	10	5	5	1	11	2	120	38
2014-06-29	@NYY	W	5.0	6	5	4	1	2	2	96	38
2014-06-23	@SEA	L	3.2	7	7	7	2	3	1	74	20
2014-06-18	MIN	ND	9.0	3	0	0	1	9	0	105	89
2014-06-13	CLE	W	6.2	7	3	3	1	5	1	110	52

Last 5 v.TBR		1-2	28.0	35	16	16	7	15	3	5.14	45
2014-05-23	@TBR	ND	7.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	108	69
2014-04-29	TBR	W	8.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	112	66
2013-06-10	@TBR	ND	5.2	10	4	4	1	2	2	93	34
2013-05-14	@TBR	L	4.1	9	5	5	1	3	0	84	27
2011-09-09	@TBR	L	3.0	5	5	5	3	2	1	69	28

SP: Jeremy Hellickson (27, RHP, 0-0, 2.08)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (0-0)			4.1	6	1	1	1	2	0	2.08
2013 (12-10)			174.0	185	103	100	50	135	24	5.17
2012 (10-11)			177.0	163	68	61	59	124	25	3.10

Last 7 GS		1-4	29.1	38	24	21	14	23	6	6.44	41
2014-07-08	KCR	ND	4.1	6	1	1	1	2	0	84	48
2013-09-27	@TOR	L	4.2	6	6	3	2	5	0	75	37
2013-09-17	TEX	L	2.2	4	5	5	1	1	2	40	30
2013-09-12	BOS	ND	5.1	4	3	3	3	7	2	104	52
2013-09-04	@LAA	W	5.1	4	0	0	2	4	0	71	62
2013-08-26	@KCR	L	2.2	7	5	5	2	1	0	68	23
2013-08-21	@BAL	L	4.1	7	4	4	3	3	2	93	33

Last 5 v.BOS		1-1	28.1	24	13	13	10	32	4	4.13	55
2013-09-12	BOS	ND	5.1	4	3	3	3	7	2	104	52
2013-06-19	@BOS	W	6.0	7	2	2	0	4	0	88	54
2013-04-15	@BOS	ND	7.0	3	2	2	1	9	1	103	71
2012-09-18	BOS	ND	4.0	5	3	3	2	7	0	94	45
2012-07-13	BOS	L	6.0	5	3	3	4	5	1	113	51

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

Red Sox Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 38.Beliveau*
G/S/vB 26.Boxberger
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 46.Oviedo
G/S/vB 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB 49.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bogaerts G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 394/268 .237/.310/.353/.663 .734/.629 .608 71/.450 2/2 7/15

25.Bradley* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 1/3.000 4/1.250 ··· 331/201 .233/.309/.321/.630 .696/.587 .583 64/.837 7/0 1/0

37.Carp* G/S/vP 7/.572 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 95/72 .215/.337/.304/.641 .411/.717 .636 13/.906 0/1 0/0

7.Drew* G/S/vP 9/.944 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 4/.000 5/1.000 ··· 125/97 .170/.256/.330/.586 .220/.687 .485 67/.825 1/1 4/2

5.Gomes G/S/vP 9/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.700 3/.667 9/.347 ··· 237/105 .239/.333/.363/.697 .859/.499 .607 40/.696 0/0 6/3

26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 5/.800 ··· 313/183 .316/.362/.441/.803 .823/.789 .803 103/.780 6/2 3/6

12.Napoli G/S/vP 12/.166 9/.222 ··· 2/.500 4/1.250 ··· 5/1.300 ··· 349/245 .272/.387/.446/.832 .912/.799 .814 85/.779 2/2 12/5

29.Nava# G/S/vP 14/.368 4/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 7/.572 ··· 213/175 .255/.338/.330/.668 .297/.752 .683 62/.827 2/1 2/4

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 31/1.391 13/.581 ··· 1/no AB 6/.833 9/.476 14/.297 ··· 429/277 .251/.345/.499/.844 .898/.814 .944 93/.878 0/0 24/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 33/.597 12/.917 ··· 2/.000 5/.450 5/.400 7/.286 ··· 455/318 .271/.338/.367/.705 .748/.687 .745 95/.666 2/6 4/2

3.Ross G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 4/.250 3/.000 ··· 134/73 .190/.250/.388/.638 .836/.484 .761 38/.715 0/1 6/4

55.Vazquez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/17 .292/.333/.417/.750 .200/1.037 .907 27/.750 0/0 0/1

18.Victorino G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 14/.643 6/.750 ··· 123/83 .281/.311/.404/.715 .818/.666 .727 24/1.067 2/0 2/0

IP 4.1 36.2 3.1 40.2 46.0 31.2 62.1 16.1 TOTAL .248/.324/.377/.701 .712/.695 .691 .755 31/20 80/61

ERA-K/9

2.08/4.2

5.40/8.8

0.00/5.5

2.21/13.7

1.57/11.5

3.69/7.4

4.04/7.1

2.20/9.4

3.71/8.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ross (25-8-3)
Vazquez (2-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 20/.316 166/.215 11/.000 153/.156 175/.185 140/.225 273/.242 69/.238 .241 Bradley
Nava
Gomes
Victorino
Holt
Carp 1/86/6/12
26/0/29/4
61/0/11/2
0/0/27/1
7/4/22/1
12/0/0/0

OPS .666 .711 .091 .540 .458 .729 .690 .654 .680

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 9/.444 96/.728 5/.000 68/.341 54/.564 70/.718 101/.625 21/.782 .673

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 11/.855 70/.688 6/.167 85/.695 121/.411 70/.739 172/.729 48/.598 .685

Home 20/.666 97/.746 / 81/.691 83/.407 85/.556 95/.485 40/.742

Last 28d days 20/.666 30/.797 5/.200 42/.217 44/.606 22/1.111 34/.866 31/.591

HR/SB/CS 0/1/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 6/4/1 0/1/1 3/5/0 6/1/0 2/1/0 96/48/16

Usage ·····o·o ···X···· ··oo·o·X o·o··Xoo ······o· ········ ···X·o··

Rays Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 22.Doubront*
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 54.Mujica
G/S/vB 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

59.Casali G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/8 .100/.100/.100/.200 .000/.250 .000 10/.200 0/0 0/0

11.Escobar G/S/vP 25/.916 16/.527 8/.804 25/.764 14/.630 5/.400 7/1.143 13/.385 332/258 .251/.324/.336/.660 .796/.620 .624 36/.737 1/1 4/9

35.Figueroa* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/26 .120/.154/.160/.314 /.314 1.100 14/.071 0/0 0/1

10.Forsythe G/S/vP 4/.000 2/2.500 3/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 4/.250 2/1.000 1/.000 217/114 .241/.290/.337/.627 .695/.566 .569 61/.746 0/0 3/1

5.Guyer G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 170/99 .273/.333/.360/.693 .799/.616 .656 64/.686 3/1 1/0

8.Jennings G/S/vP 19/.278 3/.000 3/2.000 23/.865 3/.333 4/.833 11/.382 8/.250 419/313 .249/.337/.398/.735 .893/.683 .665 83/.915 12/6 9/0

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 28/1.012 3/.000 10/.425 4/.833 4/.500 4/.500 5/.200 9/.889 320/293 .276/.359/.430/.790 .456/.822 .776 59/1.041 1/2 7/1

39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 187/145 .306/.360/.553/.913 .594/1.008 1.017 74/.916 3/3 8/3

21.Loney* G/S/vP 22/.682 4/1.000 11/.764 15/.481 10/1.389 10/1.600 4/.500 7/.143 426/303 .284/.343/.378/.720 .576/.781 .731 91/.728 4/0 5/3

3.Longoria G/S/vP 41/.985 7/.572 9/.819 25/.850 9/.476 5/.000 9/.333 19/.263 450/328 .259/.331/.397/.728 .862/.680 .817 92/.708 4/0 12/6

28.Molina G/S/vP 14/.453 1/.000 4/1.750 6/.750 4/2.000 6/.500 2/1.500 ··· 176/135 .198/.247/.210/.457 .607/.411 .440 49/.642 3/0 0/2

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 9/.572 3/.333 3/3.334 23/.895 4/.500 4/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 170/77 .239/.286/.516/.802 .773/.831 .690 41/1.101 1/0 10/2

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 37/.911 1/no AB 9/.708 25/.625 8/1.300 4/.500 10/.956 17/.368 395/288 .266/.353/.401/.753 .950/.680 .757 95/.902 5/3 7/8

IP 130.1 49.0 36.0 58.2 39.1 36.1 40.0 45.2 TOTAL .253/.327/.383/.710 .728/.703 .720 .788 40/19 81/48

ERA-K/9

3.66/7.7

2.76/5.1

4.75/6.0

5.22/6.6

2.52/14.7

5.45/6.9

3.15/9.2

1.58/11.6

3.85/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Casali (1-0-0)
Molina (27-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 540/.254 202/.297 167/.280 267/.265 160/.177 156/.319 166/.265 168/.177 .258 Joyce
Jennings
Kiermaier
Forsythe
Rodriguez
Guyer
Zobrist 54/0/9/4
0/91/0/1
1/12/44/1
3/0/0/0
14/0/0/0
35/6/1/0
12/0/9/0

OPS .699 .749 .778 .802 .513 .892 .694 .523 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 311/.670 82/.766 75/.717 80/.721 62/.434 62/1.107 75/.682 92/.451 .746

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 229/.738 120/.737 92/.828 187/.837 98/.566 94/.748 91/.704 76/.606 .711

Road 256/.708 81/.849 83/.752 121/.673 83/.689 65/.713 75/.719 65/.526

Last 28d days 100/.763 39/.936 41/.801 28/.909 32/.554 36/1.028 35/.913 33/.567

HR/SB/CS 14/15/1 1/4/1 3/1/0 9/9/0 2/1/0 6/4/1 3/0/0 6/0/1 102/65/18

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

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

OAK 5.00

ARI 3.99

SDP 3.11

RA/G

SEA 3.36

MIL 4.14

COL 5.23

T. Tulowitzki .340

B. Phillips .272

N. Schierholtz .198

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .432

M. Teixeira .330

N. Schierholtz .245

SLG

J. Abreu .620

P. Alvarez .409

R. Tejada .288

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.035

B. Zobrist .753

E. Cabrera .546

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.92

Y. Ventura 3.63

R. Nolasco 5.90

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 11.67

M. Estrada 7.45

K. Correia 4.14

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.