Red Sox 07 Game 115
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| D. Matsuzaka | 13-8, 3.70 | E. Bedard | 12-4, 3.09 | ||||
| Red Sox | 69-45 | Orioles | 52-61 | ||||
Friday, August 10 Oriole Park at Camden Yards ✠ 7:05 PM ETAmerican League
| East | W | L | GB | L 10 | 1 R W | 1 R L | X W | X L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 69 | 45 | - | 5-5 | 17 | 16 | 70 | 44 |
| New York | 63 | 51 | 6.0 | 8-2 | 10 | 15 | 69 | 45 |
| Toronto | 57 | 56 | 11.5 | 6-4 | 19 | 19 | 60 | 53 |
| Baltimore | 52 | 61 | 16.5 | 3-7 | 9 | 22 | 56 | 57 |
| Tampa | 44 | 70 | 25 | 5-5 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 70 |
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From MLB.Com Scouting Report
Red Sox: Matsuzaka earned his 13th win of the year Saturday night in Seattle, allowing six hits and two runs -- both solo home runs -- over seven innings of work. The Boston right-hander walked two and tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts. The 10 strikeouts brought his season total to 152, three short of Ken Brett's franchise record for strikeouts by a rookie.
Orioles: Bedard pitched 6 2/3 innings on Sunday in an 11-3 triumph over Tampa Bay. The left-hander allowed three earned runs, struck out 11 batters and walked none en route to his career-best eighth consecutive victory. In July, he became the first Baltimore recipient of an American League Pitcher of the Month Award since Ben McDonald accomplished the feat more than 13 years ago. Bedard has faced the Red Sox only once this season, limiting them to two hits in six scoreless innings.
As usual all statistics were found at the day by day database at Baseball Musings and this year at Baseball Reference.
Hitting History vs Bedard
| Player | AB | H | 2b | 3b | HR's | RBI | BB's | K's | BA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Pedroia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| K. Youkilis | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .063 |
| D. Ortiz | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | .263 |
| M. Ramirez | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .235 |
| J.D. Drew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| M. Lowell | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .083 |
| J. Varitek | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | .143 |
| C. Crisp | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| J. Lugo | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .259 |
| Totals | 116 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 27 | .172 |
Overall, the entire team is 29 for 140 with 26 BB and 33 K's. The OBA is .331 for the entire team.
If I was Francona, which I am not, I would make two subs today. First I would replace Youkilis with Hinske since Eric is batting 3 for 9 against Bedard. Secondly, I would replace Dew with WMP since Wily is 5 for 9 against Bedard.
Just those two subistitions would raise the average from .172 to .229. Of course .229 is still terrible but is a whole lot better than .172.
Historical Pitching Lines
| Pitcher | GS | W | L | Sho | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | IP/GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matsuzaka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bedard | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 52 1/3 | 45 | 30 | 4 | 31 | 40 | 5.16 | 1.45 | 5.81 |
Looking closer there is really not a lot of things he has done wrong in those starts either. Nine of the starts were quality starts and the only start that was not a quality start was against the White Sox on 7/2 in Chicago. In that game he allowed five hits (3 of those home runs) which accounted for six earned runs in 5 2/3 innings. He also had four walks, with only Boston drawing more walks. His K/BB ratio is 5.24 in that time period. Spectacular!
Matsuzaka has never faced the Orioles. Look for him to struggle a little bit, the question is can he stay away from a big inning. One big inning could be the death of this game.
♊ - When all else fails, get a bigger hammer!
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