Red Sox 2008 Season Game 38 Preview
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| J. Lester | 2-2, 3.94 | Boof Bonser | 2-4, 4.29 | ||||
| Red Sox | 23 - 14 | Twins | 17 - 16 | ||||
Friday, May 9 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome ✠ 8:10 PM ET
American League
| East | W | L | GB | L 10 | 1 R W | 1 R L | X W | X L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 23 | 14 | - | 8-2 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 16 |
| Tampa | 18 | 16 | 3.5 | 5-5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 |
| New York | 18 | 18 | 4.5 | 5-5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 18 |
| Baltimore | 17 | 18 | 5.0 | 3-7 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 19 |
| Toronto | 17 | 19 | 5.5 | 6-4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 17 |
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Red Sox: Lester snapped a five-start winless streak with his second straight strong outing in a win over the Rays at Fenway Park last Sunday. After going eight innings of one-hit shutout ball in a no-decision against Roy Halladay and the Blue Jays, he struggled at the start but worked six effective innings to beat Tampa Bay. He is 1-0 with a 2.84 ERA in his last four starts. The lefty pitched two scoreless innings of relief against the Twins in the final game of the regular season last year, his only work against Minnesota.
Twins: After a terrible first inning against the Tigers in which he threw 45 pitches and gave up six runs, Bonser turned into the hero of the game his last time out. The right-hander pitched five consecutive scoreless innings following the first. He retired 17 of the last 19 hitters he faced on just 54 pitches. He attributed it to locating his fastball and gaining control of his off-speed pitches. Bonser will face another tough challenge when he starts the opener of a four-game series against the Red Sox.
As usual all statistics were found at the day by day database at Baseball Musings and this year at Baseball Reference.
Sox Batting vs Bonser
| Player | AB | H | 2b | 3b | HR's | RBI | BB's | K's | BA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Ellsbury | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| D. Pedroia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| D. Ortiz | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .833 |
| M. Ramirez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| M. Lowell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| K. Youkilis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| J. Drew | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| J. Varitek | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| J. Lugo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Totals | 31 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .355 |
Limited history vs these batters, but then again not bad numbers for that limited history. It should be noted that Boof's splits this year shows him doing slightly better vs right handers. Righties are hitting .255/.283/.383 while lefties are at .260/.308/.397 clips.
Pitching Comparisions Career
| Pitcher | GS | W | L | Sho | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | IP/GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bonser | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3.75 | 1.25 | 6.00 |
Both of Booth's starts have came at Fenway, and as you can see he is 2-0 against the Sox. Could be an interesting night. Taking a look at Lester's splits I see that he is actually doing better vs right handed hitters. Overall he is .250/.351/.411, but righties are .237/.353/.398 and lefties are .280/.345/.440 this year. Let us hope that the Twins aren't looking at those splits!!!
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