BOS @ NYY, Sunday, July 6, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 52-38, 2nd, 4 GB, 1½ up in WC	SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 5-6, 3.72) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-6) 109 91 50 45 45 73 14 3.72 2007 (17-12) 189 191 104 100 64 110 22 4.76 2006 (7-11) 140 135 80 72 51 90 19 4.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 50 33 13 11 15 37 5 1.98 65 2008-07-01 @TBR L 7 5 2 1 3 4 0 115 62 2008-06-25 ARI W 7 2 0 0 1 6 0 89 78 2008-06-20 STL L 7 7 4 3 3 4 2 114 50 2008-06-14 @CIN ND 7 4 2 2 2 6 2 89 65 2008-06-07 SEA W 7 5 2 2 2 6 0 106 63 2008-06-02 @BAL ND 7 5 2 2 4 3 0 109 58 2008-05-28 @SEA L 8 5 1 1 0 8 1 96 76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 1-4 26.2 31 27 26 25 21 6 8.78 34 2007-06-01 NYY L 3.2 5 8 8 6 2 1 81 15 2007-05-21 @NYY L 5 9 6 6 5 2 2 109 22 2007-04-28 @NYY L 5.1 5 3 3 6 3 1 118 43 2006-05-23 NYY L 6.2 6 7 6 5 5 2 114 36 2006-05-11 @NYY W 6 6 3 3 3 9 0 106 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 31-10 Road: 21-28 ExtrInn: 4-1 vsRHP: 38-34 vsLHP: 14-4 1-Run: 11-15 vsEast: 18-17 vsCntrl:12-5 vsWest: 11-9 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 90 Sat, Jul 5 @NYY L 1-2 52-38 2nd 4.0 gb 89 Fri, Jul 4 @NYY W 6-4 52-37 2nd 3.0 gb 88 Thu, Jul 3 @NYY W 7-0 51-37 2nd 3.0 gb 87 Wed, Jul 2 @TBR L 6-7 50-37 2nd 3.5 gb 86 Tue, Jul 1 @TBR L 1-3 50-36 2nd 2.5 gb 85 Mon, Jun 30 @TBR L 4-5 50-35 2nd 1.5 gb 84 Sun, Jun 29 @HOU L 2-3 50-34 2nd 0.5 gb 83 Sat, Jun 28 @HOU L 10-11 50-33 1st 0.5 up 82 Fri, Jun 27 @HOU W 6-1 50-32 1st 0.5 up 81 Wed, Jun 25 ARI W 5-0 49-32 1st 1.0 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:17-13
New York Yankees, 46-42, 3rd, 9 GB, 5 GB in WC	SP: Joba Chamberlain (22, RHP, 2-2, 2.22) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 52.2 43 15 13 28 62 2 2.22 2007 (2-0) 24 12 2 1 6 34 1 0.38 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-0 29 27 9 7 17 32 1 2.17 54 2008-07-01 TEX ND 4 5 2 2 4 6 0 91 46 2008-06-25 @PIT W 6.2 6 0 0 1 7 0 114 68 2008-06-19 SDP ND 5.2 4 1 1 3 9 0 100 63 2008-06-13 @HOU ND 6 6 1 1 4 2 0 89 54 2008-06-08 KCR ND 4.1 5 3 2 1 5 1 78 47 2008-06-03 TOR ND 2.1 1 2 1 4 3 0 62 48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 24-22 Road: 22-20 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 32-28 vsLHP: 14-14 1-Run: 15-11 vsEast: 16-17 vsCntrl:11-15 vsWest: 9-3 IL:10-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 88 Sat, Jul 5 BOS W 2-1 46-42 3rd 9.0 gb 87 Fri, Jul 4 BOS L 4-6 45-42 3rd 9.0 gb 86 Thu, Jul 3 BOS L 0-7 45-41 3rd 8.0 gb 85 Wed, Jul 2 TEX W 18-7 45-40 3rd 7.5 gb 84 Tue, Jul 1 TEX L 2-3 44-40 3rd 7.5 gb 83 Mon, Jun 30 TEX L 1-2 44-39 3rd 6.5 gb 82 Sun, Jun 29 @NYM L 1-3 44-38 3rd 5.5 gb 81 Sat, Jun 28 @NYM W 3-2 44-37 3rd 5.0 gb 80 Fri, Jun 27 @NYM W 9-0 43-37 3rd 6.0 gb 79 Fri, Jun 27 NYM L 6-15 42-37 3rd 6.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Jul 05, 2008 NYY 2 BOS 1 W:Mike Mussina (11-6), L: Justin Masterson (4-3), S: Mariano Rivera (23) Fri, Jul 04, 2008 BOS 6 @NYY 4 W:Josh Beckett (8-5), L: Darrell Rasner (4-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (25) Thu, Jul 03, 2008 BOS 7 @NYY 0 W:Jon Lester (7-3), L: Andy Pettitte (9-6), S: none Thu, Apr 17, 2008 BOS 7 @NYY 5 W:Josh Beckett (2-1), L: Mike Mussina (1-3), S: none Wed, Apr 16, 2008 NYY 15 BOS 9 W:LaTroy Hawkins (1-0), L: Julian Tavarez (0-1), S: Brian Bruney (1) Sun, Apr 13, 2008 BOS 8 NYY 5 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-0), L: Philip Hughes (0-2), S: none Sat, Apr 12, 2008 BOS 4 NYY 3 W:Josh Beckett (1-1), L: Mike Mussina (1-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (4) Fri, Apr 11, 2008 NYY 4 @BOS 1 W:Chien-Ming Wang (3-0), L: Mike Timlin (0-1), S: none Sun, Sep 16, 2007 NYY 4 @BOS 3 W:Joba Chamberlain (2-0), L: Curt Schilling (8-8), S: Mariano Rivera (28) Sat, Sep 15, 2007 BOS 10 NYY 1 W:Josh Beckett (19-6), L: Chien-Ming Wang (18-7), S: none Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 5-3; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 11-8; All-Time - NYY leads 1102-920

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 2008 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

TEX 5.42

COL 4.51

WSN 3.61

RA/G

OAK 3.68

SFG 4.58

TEX 5.69

C. Jones .385

M. Kemp .284

T. Pena .162

OBP

C. Jones .477

N. McLouth .358

T. Pena .184

SLG

L. Berkman .669

A. Ramirez .463

T. Pena .214

OPS

L. Berkman 1.106

F. Thomas .816

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.96

J. Contreras 4.02

T. Gorzelanny 6.57

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.71

D. Eveland 6.05

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Boston Red Sox Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 38.Giese
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 61.Traber*
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Casey* G/S/vP ··· 22/1.132 ··· 8/.500 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 5/.800 ··· 116/95 .355/.405/.449/.854 .931/.836 .725 22/.699 1/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/71 .235/.308/.333/.641 .921/.564 .669 23/.467 0/0 1/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 1/.000 9/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· 64/57 .263/.344/.351/.695 1.071/.649 .703 22/.527 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 2/.000 8/1.286 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 12/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 226/179 .267/.314/.422/.736 .983/.670 .674 68/.846 13/3 5/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 2/.000 15/1.544 1/.000 8/.500 3/.333 3/1.334 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 315/251 .304/.413/.573/.986 .984/.985 .976 109/1.105 2/1 16/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 330/255 .271/.345/.381/.726 .584/.768 .636 104/.606 35/7 5/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 2/3.500 21/.572 ··· 8/.708 3/.000 9/.819 ··· ··· 2/1.500 299/241 .302/.361/.525/.886 1.056/.847 .886 109/1.014 1/2 13/

23.Lugo G/S/vP 1/.000 18/.411 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 18/.591 ··· 4/1.750 1/2.000 288/227 .262/.351/.328/.679 .756/.658 .596 79/.718 11/4 1/

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/53 .277/.333/.415/.749 .516/.820 .884 41/.693 0/1 2/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 2/1.500 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 401/310 .313/.357/.462/.819 .997/.766 .829 115/1.141 9/0 9/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 8/.625 1/.000 29/.752 1/.000 42/.583 ··· 3/.333 ··· 354/289 .279/.379/.495/.874 .706/.913 .899 94/.663 1/0 16/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 12/.583 1/.000 34/.834 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 272/218 .219/.301/.360/.661 .662/.661 .610 81/.394 0/0 7/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 2/no AB 11/1.155 ··· 11/.586 ··· 7/.629 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 342/289 .308/.377/.533/.910 1.063/.884 .919 85/.995 3/3 13/

IP 52.2 38.0 22.1 36.1 31.0 38.1 5.0 10.2 28.1 TOTAL .279/.354/.448/.802 .835/.794 .772 .799 76/21 102/50

ERA-K/9

2.22/10.6

3.79/8.3

2.82/6.5

5.94/4.5

2.90/9.9

1.17/10.3

1.80/9.0

5.06/5.9

2.54/8.3

4.21/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (27-9-9)
Varitek (37-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 223/.224 160/.279 90/.193 154/.281 127/.189 140/.164 20/.235 49/.268 117/.219 .265 Drew
Ramirez
Crisp
Moss
Ellsbury
Lugo
Youkilis 0/1/74/5
56/0/0/4
0/66/0/3
9/0/10/2
44/37/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .623 .893 .522 .753 .625 .432 .535 .754 .617 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 110/.708 74/1.047 54/.530 67/.996 69/.671 68/.326 16/.579 29/.983 57/.717 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/.541 86/.775 36/.508 87/.578 58/.570 72/.535 4/.250 20/.461 60/.530 .750

Home 122/.651 83/.958 86/.523 80/.728 78/.669 71/.530 11/.182 24/.467 68/.617 .726

Last 28d days 115/.681 38/.627 74/.448 40/.794 52/.612 46/.631 20/.535 11/.473 56/.648

HR/SB/CS 2/7/2 10/5/6 1/4/1 3/1/2 3/1/3 2/3/0 0/1/0 1/3/1 3/3/1 79/68/37

Usage ····X··· oo·X···o ··X·oo·· ··Xo···· ·X·X·oo· X···X··o ··X·X·X· ·o······ oo··XX·o

New York Yankees Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 56.Hansen
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 22/.830 3/.666 2/3.000 ··· 20/.367 6/1.100 9/.956 11/.788 367/258 .275/.346/.441/.787 .804/.780 .802 106/.748 11/5 10/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 99/67 .255/.283/.447/.730 .669/.759 .787 46/.736 0/1 4/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 5/1.350 2/2.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 2/1.500 6/.833 6/2.167 6/1.000 332/222 .249/.313/.354/.667 .626/.686 .657 101/.517 6/1 7/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 29/1.000 3/.000 4/2.083 2/1.500 6/.167 8/1.375 7/.453 8/.750 342/241 .249/.287/.361/.648 .766/.599 .691 97/.737 1/3 6/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 61/.886 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.600 8/.000 22/.272 351/239 .319/.387/.470/.856 .771/.895 .868 95/.741 13/6 6/

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 20/19 .063/.158/.063/.220 .000/.233 .220 20/.220 2/0 0/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 101/.729 1/.000 3/.667 3/2.667 5/.933 5/1.400 8/.583 22/.827 304/204 .259/.395/.543/.938 .944/.935 .999 101/.915 2/1 18/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 96/.788 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.417 11/.764 34/.847 360/248 .282/.345/.387/.732 .751/.723 .698 112/.757 5/2 4/

19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 71/47 .254/.338/.381/.719 .625/.761 .566 5/.900 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP 10/.522 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/1.800 166/114 .225/.261/.311/.572 .510/.600 .571 40/.606 0/0 0/

20.Posada# G/S/vP 75/.803 3/.000 5/1.200 2/3.500 4/1.250 7/.143 7/.429 16/.975 158/112 .281/.361/.446/.807 .701/.850 .743 82/.734 0/0 3/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 80/.904 4/.250 4/.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 4/1.250 7/1.262 24/.924 290/208 .320/.407/.596/1.003 .982/1.011 1.157 110/1.107 13/1 17/

IP 109.0 37.1 35.0 24.2 34.1 36.0 37.0 22.2 TOTAL .270/.342/.419/.761 .739/.771 .773 .740 53/21 85/46

ERA-K/9

3.72/6.0

2.89/9.7

4.63/8.7

5.84/7.7

2.10/5.2

3.00/8.8

2.19/11.4

6.75/5.2

3.83/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (12-7-0)
Molina (25-23-6)
Posada (30-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 460/.226 163/.203 153/.257 116/.232 139/.244 158/.268 144/.193 108/.312 .243 Abreu
Cabrera
Gardner
Damon 0/0/83/7
0/84/1/4
4/1/0/1
68/6/0/1

OPS .688 .636 .722 .668 .690 .717 .536 .890 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.661 71/.614 63/.629 44/.832 73/.689 62/.585 77/.504 49/1.080 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 288/.704 92/.654 90/.790 72/.573 66/.689 96/.807 67/.571 59/.731 .697

Road 266/.697 78/.466 84/.796 54/.620 58/.639 89/.610 71/.665 64/.850 .689

Last 28d days 109/.596 37/.471 42/.671 48/.753 40/.653 50/.985 34/.473 23/.959

HR/SB/CS 14/20/7 1/2/0 3/5/0 2/1/0 3/1/2 4/0/1 3/2/0 3/2/0 79/64/17

Usage ····X··· ···o··oX ·o·Xo··X ···oX··X Xo·X·X·· ·X·X··o· ·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.

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Game Preview: BOS @ NYY, 8:05pm, Sunday, July 6, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 5-6, 3.72)

SP: Joba Chamberlain (22, RHP, 2-2, 2.22)

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