Red Sox 07 Game 26
Wednesday, May 2 Fenway Park 7:05 PM ET
Chad Gaudin, RHP (1-1, 2.54) Athletics (13-13) @ Josh Beckett, RHP (5-0, 2.48) Red Sox (16-9)
AL East Standings Team W L GB L 10 Exp W Exp L Bos 16 9 - 6 - 4 17 8 Tor 13 13 3.5 5 - 5 14 12 Bal 12 16 5.5 1 - 9 13 15 TBA 11 15 5.5 5 - 5 10 16 NYY 10 14 5.5 2 - 8 13 11
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From MLB.Com Scouting Report:
Red Sox: Unblemished in five April starts, Beckett hopes May is just as kind. The first AL pitcher to five wins will go for No. 6, as the Red Sox close a two-game home series against Oakland. Beckett is 1-2 with a 6.23 ERA in three lifetime starts against the A's, but he's coming off a masterful performance on Thursday at Baltimore, allowing two runs on eight hits, walking none and fanning three. Since pitching five innings in his first start of the year, Beckett went at least six innings in the next four.
A's: Gaudin entered Friday's start at home against Tampa Bay as one of the feel-good stories of Oakland's season, sporting a 1-0 record and a 1.85 ERA in four rock-solid starts since being moved into the rotation in the wake of an injury to Esteban Loaiza. The Devil Rays, however, took advantage of Gaudin's first battle of the season with the command problems that plagued him in the first half of 2006, scoring four runs on four hits, four walks and four stolen bases over four innings.
As usual all statistics were found at the day by day database at Baseball Musings and this year at Baseball Reference.
Expected Batters vs opposing starter
| Player | AB | Hits | 2b | 3b | HR's | RBI | BB's | K's | BA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Lugo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| K. Youkilis | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| D. Ortiz | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 |
| M. Ramirez | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| J.D. Drew | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1 | --- | --- |
| M. Lowell | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| J. Varitek | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| C. Crisp | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| A. Cora | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 36 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | .250 |
The Sox have not faced Gaudin very much (at least these players) haven't faced him, so not a lot of history here. Manny has hit two home runs off of him, so watch for that match up tonight.
Historical Pitching lines
| Pitcher | GS | W | L | Sho | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | K | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaudin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 2/3 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 1.66 |
| Beckett | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 1/3 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6.23 |
Gaudin has never started a game against the Sox but has appeared in 13 games as a reliever for the Devil Rays and A's. Beckett had a very rough outing vs the A's in Fenway last year.
In Fenway he gave up 8 hits, 7 runs, walked 4 and k'ed 3 while only going 4 1/3 innings. However, in his last two games in Oakland he went 6 innings giving up only 3 runs for a win and went 7 innings giving up 2 runs in a loss. The first game was in late July and the last one was in August. If you remember it was about that time last year that he rediscovered his curve ball and started to really pitch. Look for that Josh to appear on the mound tonight.
Sox are 13 and 3 against teams that are at .500 or better, with the win last night the A's are now at five hundred. Looking for a good game tonight.
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