Red Sox 07 Game 67

Saturday, June 16    Fenway Park |  3:55 PM ET
Matt Cain, RHP (2-6, 3.31)
Giants (30-36)

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Daisuke Matsuzaka, RHP (7-5, 4.52)
Red Sox (42-24)

AL East Standings

Team	W	L	GB	L 10	X W	X L
Boston	42	24	-	5-5	40	26
New York	33	32	8.5	9-1	38	27
Toronto	32	34	10.0	5-5	33	33
Tampa Bay	29	36	12.5	5-5	25	40
Baltimore	29	38	13.5	2-8	33	34

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From MLB.Com Scouting Report

Giants: Cain turned in a winning performance in his last outing, but as is usually the case with his starts, the Giants struggled to produce any support. Cain has received two or fewer runs of support in eight of his 13 starts. He receive none in his last start against Oakland when he threw seven spectacular shutout innings before giving up a home run in the eighth. The eighth-inning homer was the only run Cain allowed in his eight-inning effort.

Red Sox: Matsuzaka has lost his past three starts, but that isn't indicative of the way he's pitched. In fact, his past two outings have been strong, with the righty yielding a total of four runs over 13 innings. He lost a hard-fought duel to Randy Johnson in his last start, giving up two runs over six innings while striking out nine on Sunday. Matsuzaka has taken some lumps at Fenway Park this season, where he's 3-2 with a 5.62 ERA..

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. D. Drew	7	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	.429
J. Lugo	4	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	.500
Totals	11	5	3	0	0	6	2	0	.455

Drew and Lugo are the only two players who have faced Cain. That usually means big trouble for Matsuzka, as the bats usually hibernate when facing a pitcher for the first time.

Historical Pitching Line Last 10 Games

Pitcher	GS	W	L	Sho	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
Cain	10	2	5	0	64 1/3	60	27	3	34	49	3.78	1.46
Matsuzaka	10	6	3	0	65 2/3	68	37	8	22	61	5.07	1.37

Historical Pitching Line last 5 games

Pitcher	GS	W	L	Sho	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
Cain	5	0	3	0	33 1/3	33	13	3	16	31	3.51	1.53
Matsuzaka	5	2	3	0	31 2/3	39	18	5	9	33	5.12	1.52

When Matsuzaka is bad he is really bad, when he is good he is outstanding.
Look for the Sox to score early and often against this righty.
Chow!