Red Sox 07 Game 31
Tuesday, May 8 Rogers Centre 7:07 PM ET
Josh Beckett, RHP (6-0, 2.72) Red Sox (20-10) @ Victor Zambrano, RHP (0-1, 5.63) Blue Jays (13-18)
AL East Standings
| Team | W | L | GB | L 10 | Exp W | Exp L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 20 | 10 | - | 7-3 | 20 | 10 |
| NY Yankees | 14 | 16 | 6 | 6-4 | 17 | 13 |
| Tampa Bay | 14 | 17 | 6.5 | 5-5 | 11 | 20 |
| Baltimore | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3-7 | 14 | 18 |
| Toronto | 13 | 18 | 7.5 | 2-8 | 15 | 16 |
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From MLB.Com Scouting Report
Red Sox: Boston's ace in the early part of the season, Beckett will try to make it seven wins in as many starts. This is Beckett's first start of the season against Toronto. He struggled against the Jays last year, going 1-2 with a 6.21 ERA in five starts. This will be Beckett's third start of the season on the road, where he is 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA. Opponents are hitting just .219 against him this season, and he's limited the long ball: After giving up 36 homers last year, Beckett has been taken deep just once in 2007.
Blue Jays: Manager John Gibbons said on Friday that Zambrano would likely take the mound on Tuesday. "We're trying to build him up," Gibbons said. Zambrano got his first start of the season May 2 at Cleveland, in which he lasted only 2 2/3 innings, surrendering two runs on four hits. He walked three and struck out one. He threw 65 pitches. Zambrano has made six appearances this season out of the bullpen.
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| K. Youkilis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| D. Ortiz | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | .417 |
| M. Ramirez | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .154 |
| J.D. Drew | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| M. Lowell | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .083 |
| J. Varitek | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .200 |
| C. Crisp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| D. Pedroia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 72 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 21 | .194 |
Not a lot there as far as hitting vs Zambrano. I would not be surprised if Hinske gives Lowell a day off, since he is 6/23 vs Victor.
Historical Pitching line
| Pitcher | GS | W | L | Sho | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | K | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckett | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 6.21 |
| Zambrano | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62 1/3 | 58 | 38 | 11 | 41 | 54 | 5.49 |
18 games for Zambrano vs the Sox. In his 8 starts he has 5 quality starts.
All the numbers for Josh are from last year. He started off well against Toronto throwing a gem in his first game but after that, well the ugly Josh appeared. What killed him was the HR's. 8 in 29 innings. Still, I think that Josh has definetly improved but, with Toronto on a six game losing streak, well, you just know that they are going to snap out of it. Lets hope its not until we leave town.
Chow!
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