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Boston Red Sox vs. Minnesota Twins, at Fenway Park, July 21, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Start Time:
7:10et (local)
Venue:
Fenway Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
81° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
96
On This Date:
60-46
Red Sox
Manager:
John Farrell
Game #:
96
On This Date:
56-54
Season Series
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 BOS  8 @MIN  1     
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 BOS 15 @MIN  4     
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 MIN  7  BOS  4 (10)

Thu, Jul 21, 2016 MIN    @BOS  7:10pm
Fri, Jul 22, 2016 MIN    @BOS  7:10pm
Sat, Jul 23, 2016 MIN    @BOS  7:10pm
Sun, Jul 24, 2016 MIN    @BOS  1:35pm

                         All times ET
Minnesota Twins
35-59, 5th, 21 GB, 18½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-29   Road:   15-30   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  25-44   vsLHP:  10-15   1-Run:   9-17
 vsEast:  5-18   vsCntrl: 9-24   vsWest: 15-10 IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Wed, Jul 20  @DET  W   4-1       35-59  5th 21.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 19  @DET  W   6-2       34-59  5th 21.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 18  @DET  L   0-1       33-59  5th 21.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 17   CLE  L   1-6       33-58  5th 21.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 16   CLE  W   5-4 (11)  33-57  5th 20.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 15   CLE  L   2-5       32-57  5th 21.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 10  @TEX  W  15-5       32-56  5th 20.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  9  @TEX  W   8-6       31-56  5th 21.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  8  @TEX  L   5-6       30-56  5th 22.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  7  @TEX  W  10-1       30-55  5th 21.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Boston Red Sox
53-39, 1st, ½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-20   Road:   21-19   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  45-28   vsLHP:   8-11   1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast: 21-20   vsCntrl: 9-9    vsWest: 15-7  IL: 8-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 92 Wed, Jul 20   SFG  W  11-7       53-39  1st  0.5 up
 91 Tue, Jul 19   SFG  W   4-0       52-39  2nd  0.5 gb
 90 Sun, Jul 17  @NYY  L   1-3       51-39  2nd  2.0 gb
 89 Sat, Jul 16  @NYY  W   5-2       51-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 88 Fri, Jul 15  @NYY  W   5-3       50-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 87 Sun, Jul 10   TBR  W   4-0       49-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 86 Sat, Jul  9   TBR  W   4-1       48-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 85 Fri, Jul  8   TBR  W   6-5       47-38  3rd  2.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  6   TEX  W  11-6       46-38  3rd  3.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  5   TEX  L   2-7       45-38  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 MIN  7  BOS  4 (10)   W:Michael Tonkin (2-2), L: Matt Barnes (2-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 BOS 15 @MIN  4        W:Heath Hembree (3-0), L: Kyle Gibson (0-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 BOS  8 @MIN  1        W:Steven Wright (7-4), L: Tyler Duffey (2-5), S: none

Thu, Jun 04, 2015 MIN  8 @BOS  4        W:Aaron Thompson (1-1), L: Koji Uehara (2-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 03, 2015 MIN  2 @BOS  0        W:Trevor May (4-3), L: Rick Porcello (4-5), S: Glen Perkins (20)
Wed, Jun 03, 2015 BOS  6  MIN  3        W:Eduardo Rodriguez (2-0), L: Phil Hughes (4-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 02, 2015 BOS  1  MIN  0        W:Clay Buchholz (3-6), L: Mike Pelfrey (4-2), S: Koji Uehara (11)
Wed, May 27, 2015 MIN  6  BOS  4        W:Phil Hughes (4-4), L: Rick Porcello (4-4), S: Glen Perkins (18)
Tue, May 26, 2015 MIN  2  BOS  1        W:Mike Pelfrey (4-1), L: Clay Buchholz (2-6), S: Glen Perkins (17)
Mon, May 25, 2015 MIN  7  BOS  2        W:Ricky Nolasco (5-1), L: Joe Kelly (1-4), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - BOS over 2-1; 2015 - MIN won 5-2; 2014 - BOS won 4-2; All-Time - BOS leads 966-933

SP: Tyler Duffey (25, RHP, 5-6, 5.23)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (5-6) 86.0 98 55 50 21 70 14 5.23
2015 (5-1) 58.0 56 20 20 20 53 4 3.10
Last 7 GS 3-2 39.0 41 27 25 10 26 7 5.77 46
2016-07-16 CLE ND 6.1 6 4 4 3 2 0 97 44
2016-07-07 @TEX W 6.0 2 0 0 4 9 0 107 73
2016-07-02 TEX W 6.0 8 4 4 0 2 2 96 42
2016-06-26 @NYY W 8.0 2 1 1 0 8 1 104 82
2016-06-21 PHI ND 3.0 7 6 6 0 0 3 53 21
2016-06-15 @LAA L 4.1 6 6 4 3 2 0 99 30
2016-06-10 BOS L 5.1 10 6 6 0 3 1 93 27
Last 5 v.BOS 0-1 5.1 10 6 6 0 3 1 10.13 27
2016-06-10 BOS L 5.1 10 6 6 0 3 1 93 27

SP: Steven Wright (31, RHP, 11-5, 2.78)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (11-5) 120.0 98 52 37 44 98 7 2.78
2015 (5-4) 72.2 67 38 33 27 52 12 4.09
2014 (0-1) 21.0 21 8 6 4 22 2 2.57
Last 7 GS 5-1 45.1 45 26 18 13 34 4 3.57 52
2016-07-15 @NYY W 6.0 3 3 3 1 4 0 77 57
2016-07-06 TEX W 6.0 9 6 5 1 7 1 110 38
2016-07-01 LAA W 5.0 8 4 4 3 3 1 93 35
2016-06-25 @TEX L 4.2 7 8 3 2 4 1 98 30
2016-06-20 CHW ND 9.0 5 1 0 3 6 0 112 78
2016-06-15 BAL W 7.1 6 3 3 1 4 1 106 57
2016-06-10 @MIN W 7.1 7 1 0 2 6 0 105 66
Last 5 v.MIN 1-0 13.1 13 5 3 2 8 1 2.03 57
2016-06-10 @MIN W 7.1 7 1 0 2 6 0 105 66
2015-06-04 MIN ND 6.0 6 4 3 0 2 1 92 48

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Twins Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Wright
G/S/vB		 68.Barnes
G/S/vB		 37.Hembree
G/S/vB		 59.Layne*
G/S/vB		 66.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 28.Ross*
G/S/vB		 29.Ziegler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Buxton G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/125 .199/.246/.337/.583 .532/.605 .567 53/.623 7/0 1/2
37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/68 .233/.275/.360/.635 .445/.700 .808 26/.824 0/0 2/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP 6/.666 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 385/298 .245/.331/.457/.787 1.051/.712 .881 95/.931 7/0 16/5
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 202/152 .259/.284/.368/.651 .831/.593 .482 33/.424 1/2 3/8
36.Grossman# G/S/vP 7/1.214 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 210/135 .282/.419/.453/.872 1.031/.777 .817 76/.736 1/2 6/3
26.Kepler* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/3.500 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 189/124 .229/.309/.488/.796 .734/.829 .737 94/.834 2/0 10/3
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 7/.286 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.900 3/2.667 385/292 .267/.369/.380/.749 .576/.807 .720 82/.658 2/0 8/2
9.Nunez G/S/vP 4/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 363/274 .309/.335/.465/.800 .903/.766 .875 99/.744 23/6 12/9
20.Rosario* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 169/130 .242/.257/.398/.655 .411/.724 .690 48/.963 3/1 5/2
22.Sano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 279/228 .238/.341/.456/.797 1.030/.749 .838 68/.788 1/0 14/10
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 183/142 .246/.286/.351/.637 .437/.693 .537 43/.713 11/8 2/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 6/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 231/157 .288/.326/.428/.754 .842/.712 .822 64/.850 0/0 5/3
19.Vargas# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/34 .306/.419/.722/1.141 2.095/.905 1.463 43/1.141 0/0 3/0
IP 120.0 47.0 37.0 26.1 11.0 33.0 42.1 TOTAL .249/.315/.413/.728 .764/.716 .721 .788 62/19 111/66
ERA-K/9 2.78/7.3 2.87/8.8 2.19/8.5 3.42/8.2 6.55/9.0 4.36/10.4 2.55/6.2 4.36/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Centeno (8-1-2)
 Suzuki (31-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 499/.221 196/.225 163/.258 109/.245 52/.341 140/.220 178/.264 .253  Kepler
 Grossman
 Buxton
 Santana
 Rosario
 Sano
 Escobar
0/4/48/4
43/1/0/3
0/53/0/2
5/38/2/2
37/9/0/2
0/0/38/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .614 .683 .671 .672 1.076 .584 .679 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 203/.556 77/.792 59/1.086 58/.677 11/.899 49/.436 91/.736 .715
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 296/.655 119/.615 104/.438 51/.667 41/1.127 91/.659 87/.621 .755
Home 249/.679 116/.689 107/.672 74/.741 27/.788 79/.726 93/.777
Last 28d days 101/.828 50/.615 37/.648 31/.582 / 46/.648 43/.694
HR/SB/CS 7/4/4 5/7/2 3/3/1 1/1/4 3/2/0 1/0/1 1/1/0 109/41/21
Usage ·····X·· X···X··· o··o···· oo·o···· ········ Xo·o·o·· oX···o··
Red Sox Batters (5.61 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Duffey
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 17.Boshers*
G/S/vB		 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB		 65.May
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 55.Rogers*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
50.Betts G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 436/355 .302/.342/.516/.858 .751/.882 .911 94/.906 16/1 18/1
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP 3/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 5/.400 417/341 .319/.376/.464/.841 .880/.832 .864 88/.570 11/3 11/9
25.Bradley* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 363/263 .295/.375/.536/.911 .758/.966 .942 84/.750 7/1 14/3
64.Brentz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/18 .302/.333/.419/.752 .850/.611 .588 45/.752 0/0 1/1
10.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 84/68 .192/.250/.269/.519 .192/.597 .493 8/.875 0/0 1/0
18.Hill G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/3.000 308/213 .281/.353/.411/.764 .735/.777 .712 62/.810 4/2 8/2
12.Holt* G/S/vP ··· 3/.833 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 164/141 .271/.337/.438/.775 .568/.801 .787 34/1.183 3/0 5/2
3.Leon# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 74/42 .435/.473/.725/1.198 1.420/1.039 1.078 49/1.158 0/0 3/1
40.Martinez# G/S/vP 5/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 63/38 .283/.306/.383/.690 .638/.722 .838 10/.311 0/2 1/3
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 3/1.000 6/.834 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 4/.833 ··· 4/.500 364/280 .326/.420/.665/1.085 .784/1.177 1.219 83/.936 2/0 23/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/1.000 6/.000 ··· 4/.833 410/334 .294/.364/.431/.795 .681/.819 .781 92/.677 5/1 9/4
13.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.833 370/286 .285/.362/.451/.813 .984/.763 .837 72/1.232 7/2 11/3
47.Shaw* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 352/271 .264/.330/.462/.792 .590/.854 .903 65/.762 4/1 11/12
IP 86.0 29.2 13.0 28.2 30.2 49.1 31.1 44.1 TOTAL .289/.356/.475/.831 .806/.838 .864 .844 60/10 115/50
ERA-K/9 5.23/7.3 2.73/8.2 1.38/9.7 2.20/6.3 5.28/13.2 3.83/8.2 2.59/9.5 3.86/11.0 4.84/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (14-6-17)
 Leon (10-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 377/.281 120/.217 51/.184 113/.236 139/.254 211/.251 132/.270 186/.247 .281  Bradley
 Betts
 Holt
 Martinez
 Shaw
 Brentz
0/88/0/10
0/0/91/7
40/0/0/5
8/8/7/2
1/0/0/0
12/0/0/0
OPS .800 .592 .481 .666 .784 .704 .716 .755 .794
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 179/.698 46/.451 23/.348 41/.521 46/.558 84/.745 45/.495 62/1.005 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 198/.894 74/.682 28/.596 72/.748 93/.891 127/.673 87/.832 124/.634 .817
Road 175/.647 52/.619 17/.412 39/.436 73/.808 113/.732 50/.838 72/.795
Last 28d days 104/.610 24/.743 10/.500 35/.514 16/.388 48/.818 40/.425 28/.714
HR/SB/CS 14/2/1 2/2/0 1/1/0 4/0/0 5/3/0 6/1/0 4/0/1 6/9/1 125/43/12
Usage ····X··· ····o··· ········ XX··o··· ····oX·· o···XX·· ··X·Xo·· ····oo··

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 2016 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  5.61

ARI  4.44

ATL  3.40

 RA/G

WSN  3.46

BAL  4.56

CIN  5.82

 BA

J. Altuve  .357

R. Odor  .272

D. Norris  .209

 OBP

J. Altuve  .427

T. Story  .340

F. Galvis  .261

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .665

L. Valbuena  .457

N. Ahmed  .301

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.085

B. Crawford  .784

N. Ahmed  .565

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

J. Garcia  3.98

D. Smyly  5.64

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.30

M. Moore  7.58

M. Pelfrey  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.