ARI @ BOS, Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Game Preview

Arizona Diamondbacks, 40-38, 1st, 4 up	SP: Randy Johnson (44, LHP, 4-5, 5.09) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-5) 76 86 51 43 22 71 9 5.09 2007 (4-3) 56.2 52 26 24 13 72 7 3.81 2006 (17-11) 205 194 125 114 60 172 28 5.00 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 44.1 50 27 24 11 39 4 4.87 48 2008-06-20 @MIN L 8 11 7 7 2 1 1 112 31 2008-06-14 KCR L 4.1 10 8 7 0 3 1 80 16 2008-06-09 @PIT L 5.2 6 5 4 5 3 0 106 37 2008-06-03 @MIL L 6.1 6 4 3 1 8 1 100 54 2008-05-29 SFG ND 7 6 2 2 2 9 1 103 64 2008-05-24 @ATL ND 6 5 1 1 0 10 0 82 68 2008-05-18 DET W 7 6 0 0 1 5 0 98 69 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 3-1 27.1 30 23 18 19 29 3 5.93 43 2007-06-10 BOS W 6 4 1 1 3 9 0 113 66 2006-09-16 BOS ND 5.2 8 5 5 3 6 0 112 36 2006-08-19 @BOS W 7 4 5 5 6 3 1 112 46 2006-05-24 @BOS W 5 9 5 5 2 8 2 105 35 2006-05-09 BOS L 3.2 5 7 2 5 3 0 92 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 24-15 Road: 16-23 ExtrInn: 3-2 vsRHP: 24-26 vsLHP: 16-12 1-Run: 11-10 vsEast: 9-11 vsCntrl: 5-11 vsWest: 20-8 IL: 6-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 78 Tue, Jun 24 @BOS L 4-5 40-38 1st 4.0 up 77 Mon, Jun 23 @BOS W 2-1 40-37 1st 4.0 up 76 Sun, Jun 22 @MIN L 3-5 39-37 1st 3.5 up 75 Sat, Jun 21 @MIN L 1-6 39-36 1st 4.5 up 74 Fri, Jun 20 @MIN L 2-7 39-35 1st 4.5 up 73 Thu, Jun 19 OAK W 2-1 39-34 1st 4.5 up 72 Wed, Jun 18 OAK W 11-1 38-34 1st 4.5 up 71 Tue, Jun 17 OAK L 1-15 37-34 1st 4.5 up 70 Sun, Jun 15 KCR L 3-8 37-33 1st 5.5 up 69 Sat, Jun 14 KCR L 3-12 37-32 1st 5.5 up Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:11-19
Boston Red Sox, 48-32, 1st, 1 up	SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 4-5, 4.17) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-5) 95 84 48 44 41 63 14 4.17 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 1-3 46.1 40 22 21 18 36 8 4.08 54 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 2008-05-23 @OAK L 5 8 8 8 4 4 2 99 19 2008-05-17 MIL ND 5.1 6 3 3 3 5 1 108 46 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ARI Has never faced ARI.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 30-10 Road: 18-22 ExtrInn: 4-1 vsRHP: 36-29 vsLHP: 12-3 1-Run: 11-10 vsEast: 16-13 vsCntrl:12-5 vsWest: 11-9 IL: 9-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 80 Tue, Jun 24 ARI W 5-4 48-32 1st 1.0 up 79 Mon, Jun 23 ARI L 1-2 47-32 1st 1.0 up 78 Sun, Jun 22 STL W 5-3 (13) 47-31 1st 1.5 up 77 Sat, Jun 21 STL L 3-9 46-31 1st 0.5 up 76 Fri, Jun 20 STL L 4-5 46-30 1st 1.5 up 75 Wed, Jun 18 @PHI W 7-4 46-29 1st 2.0 up 74 Tue, Jun 17 @PHI W 3-0 45-29 1st 2.0 up 73 Mon, Jun 16 @PHI L 2-8 44-29 1st 2.0 up 72 Sun, Jun 15 @CIN W 9-0 44-28 1st 2.5 up 71 Sat, Jun 14 @CIN W 6-4 (10) 43-28 1st 1.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jun 24, 2008 BOS 5 ARI 4 W:Chris Smith (1-0), L: Chad Qualls (1-6), S: Jonathan Papelbon (22) Mon, Jun 23, 2008 ARI 2 @BOS 1 W:Danny Haren (8-4), L: Josh Beckett (7-5), S: Brandon Lyon (16) Sun, Jun 10, 2007 ARI 5 BOS 1 W:Randy Johnson (4-2), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (7-5), S: none Sat, Jun 09, 2007 BOS 4 @ARI 3 (10) W:Hideki Okajima (2-0), L: Juan Cruz (2-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (14) Fri, Jun 08, 2007 BOS 10 @ARI 3 W:Josh Beckett (9-0), L: Doug Davis (4-7), S: none Sun, Jun 09, 2002 ARI 7 @BOS 3 W:Rick Helling (6-5), L: John Burkett (7-1), S: none Sat, Jun 08, 2002 ARI 3 @BOS 2 W:Curt Schilling (12-1), L: Pedro Martinez (7-1), S: Byung-Hyun Kim (16) Fri, Jun 07, 2002 ARI 7 @BOS 5 W:Miguel Batista (3-3), L: Frank Castillo (4-6), S: Byung-Hyun Kim (15) Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - BOS won 2-1; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - ARI leads 5-3

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 5.54

MIL 4.56

WSN 3.63

RA/G

OAK 3.70

BAL 4.58

TEX 5.67

C. Jones .395

J. Carroll .280

T. Pena .154

OBP

C. Jones .487

D. Ortiz .354

T. Pena .177

SLG

L. Berkman .697

S. Rolen .453

T. Pena .189

OPS

L. Berkman 1.139

T. Glaus .803

T. Pena .366

ERA

E. Volquez 1.71

C. Wang 4.07

B. Arroyo 6.52

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.42

V. Padilla 6.20

L. Hernandez 2.96

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Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.20 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 59.Smith
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Burke G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/56 .168/.283/.198/.481 .398/.577 .407 41/.411 3/0 0/

22.Byrnes G/S/vP 10/.775 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 210/144 .214/.281/.375/.656 .857/.566 .626 10/.311 4/3 6/

6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 299/211 .259/.296/.457/.753 .744/.756 .702 101/.604 2/1 10/

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 20/.600 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 295/195 .294/.355/.464/.819 .768/.846 .753 109/.733 2/1 7/

34.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/no AB 278/188 .308/.403/.485/.888 1.060/.811 .891 84/.806 5/1 7/

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 83/61 .243/.313/.338/.651 .714/.628 .521 31/.408 0/0 0/

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 99/63 .294/.384/.353/.737 .689/.763 .667 32/.498 0/0 0/

27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 292/200 .253/.336/.494/.830 .963/.771 .771 97/1.082 5/0 16/

12.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 110/102 .217/.339/.359/.698 .500/.716 .690 49/.517 0/2 2/

19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 218/151 .245/.338/.446/.784 .707/.818 .759 72/.617 0/0 7/

18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 75/69 .257/.307/.457/.764 .000/.833 .558 67/.781 0/0 4/

10.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 288/199 .242/.358/.433/.791 .939/.726 .544 81/.706 1/4 9/

24.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 347/239 .234/.303/.429/.733 .933/.645 .730 110/.588 4/1 13/

IP 95.0 35.2 31.0 21.1 29.1 33.0 34.1 6.0 TOTAL .246/.324/.414/.738 .775/.721 .672 .663 26/13 82/54

ERA-K/9

4.17/6.0

2.52/9.6

3.48/8.4

5.06/7.6

2.45/5.2

3.00/9.0

2.10/11.8

1.50/6.0

3.86/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Montero (11-1-0)
Snyder (26-10-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 408/.237 154/.198 132/.237 97/.233 122/.252 142/.258 134/.198 21/.150 .245 Upton
Salazar
Young
Burke
Jackson
Byrnes 0/0/71/6
20/2/10/3
0/76/0/2
12/0/1/1
6/0/0/1
47/1/0/0

OPS .726 .631 .661 .645 .729 .685 .544 .490 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.711 67/.614 52/.521 37/.765 64/.728 59/.615 70/.539 13/.154 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 264/.734 87/.644 80/.756 60/.574 58/.728 83/.736 64/.550 8/1.089 .694

Home 171/.733 85/.801 66/.665 57/.683 81/.728 69/.860 72/.423 21/.490 .716

Last 28d days 141/.623 45/.481 37/.310 49/.515 42/.754 56/.891 39/.434 21/.490

HR/SB/CS 14/18/6 1/2/0 2/4/0 2/1/0 3/1/2 3/0/1 3/2/0 1/0/0 72/55/16

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

Boston Red Sox Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Johnson*
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 31.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 38.Lyon
G/S/vB 56.Pena
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 47.Rosales
G/S/vB 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Casey* G/S/vP 13/.558 12/1.144 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 113/92 .365/.416/.462/.877 .931/.864 .976 36/.830 1/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/68 .237/.306/.303/.609 1.004/.511 .533 28/.299 0/0 0/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 7/.629 3/1.666 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/51 .280/.368/.360/.728 1.267/.667 .669 26/.626 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 10/.800 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 205/164 .261/.302/.415/.717 .826/.689 .745 84/.684 12/3 5/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 9/.347 19/1.541 7/1.429 9/1.158 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· 273/221 .308/.414/.573/.987 .867/1.013 .998 99/1.359 2/1 14/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 287/227 .276/.354/.392/.746 .605/.784 .864 98/.687 34/4 5/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 47/.529 7/.343 3/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 254/205 .282/.346/.498/.844 1.054/.798 .867 105/.919 1/1 11/

23.Lugo G/S/vP 36/.383 3/.000 5/.000 4/1.000 3/.500 ··· ··· ··· 255/205 .273/.364/.343/.706 .772/.690 .761 84/.755 9/3 1/

44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 55/44 .240/.309/.400/.709 .384/.782 .706 33/.579 0/0 2/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 5/1.800 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 354/278 .284/.330/.419/.749 .883/.712 .792 105/.797 8/0 7/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 49/1.057 3/.000 1/no AB 3/2.334 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 310/255 .295/.384/.524/.908 .777/.938 .864 92/.972 1/0 15/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 30/.905 4/.250 2/.000 7/.429 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 235/188 .231/.306/.392/.698 .706/.696 .730 75/.442 0/0 7/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 19/.984 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 298/254 .304/.376/.540/.916 1.197/.872 .904 81/.909 3/2 13/

IP 76.0 27.2 47.0 30.2 35.0 36.0 2.2 23.1 TOTAL .278/.353/.448/.801 .825/.796 .836 .797 71/14 94/48

ERA-K/9

5.09/8.4

2.60/13.3

6.13/5.6

2.35/6.2

3.09/6.7

3.50/9.8

3.38/6.7

4.24/5.4

3.92/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (25-8-9)
Varitek (30-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 337/.283 116/.156 218/.307 125/.241 145/.235 156/.228 15/.385 104/.236 .248 Drew
Ramirez
Crisp
Moss
Ellsbury
Lugo
Youkilis 0/1/65/5
53/0/0/4
0/61/0/3
6/0/8/2
39/32/12/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .788 .608 .886 .653 .625 .624 1.005 .764 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.558 55/.565 101/.810 57/.558 67/.655 76/.535 6/1.000 41/.546 .677

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 279/.833 61/.643 117/.947 68/.726 78/.600 80/.710 9/1.000 63/.909 .715

Road 158/.667 64/.541 102/.803 64/.676 69/.617 80/.696 4/.750 52/.752 .678

Last 28d days 142/.805 30/.517 63/.866 42/.838 46/.472 48/.640 15/1.005 35/1.084

HR/SB/CS 9/7/1 2/4/3 8/2/1 4/1/1 1/1/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 3/0/0 66/43/12

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

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: ARI @ BOS, 7:05pm, Wednesday, June 25, 2008 @Fenway Park II

SP: Randy Johnson (44, LHP, 4-5, 5.09)

SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 4-5, 4.17)

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