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Match Up: Boston Red Sox VS Chicago Cubs

BOSTONRED SOX (27-17)

CHICAGOCUBS (18-25)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
BOS	27-17	$491	10-7	17-10	20-11	7-6	22-21-1
CHC	18-25	-$501	4-8	14-17	6-8	12-17	20-23

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BOS	TEAM	CHC
4.93	RUNS	4.02
4.07	RUNS AGAINST	4.09
0.86	DIFF	-0.07
$491	MONEY	-$501
3.80	TEAM ERA	3.67
9.07	OFF HITS	8.44
3.91	OFF WALKS	2.28
8.16	OFF Ks	7.23
7.98	DEF HIT	7.70
3.68	DEF WALKS	3.21
9.43	DEF Ks	7.47

INJURIES

BOSTON RED SOX

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Joel Hanrahan	P	60-Day Disabled List
Ryan Kalish	OF	60-Day Disabled List
Franklin Morales	P	15-Day Disabled List
David Ross	C	7-Day Disabled List

CHICAGO CUBS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Scott Baker	P	60-Day Disabled List
Steve Clevenger	3B	60-Day Disabled List
Matt Garza	P	15-Day Disabled List
Arodys Vizcaino	P	60-Day Disabled List

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TEAM NEWS

BOSTON	CHICAGO
Boston Globe	Chicago Tribune

BETTING TRENDS

BOSTON RED SOX

No trends to report

CHICAGO CUBS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

JON LESTER (L) ERA: 2.72 W/L: 6-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/15/2013	TB	W	9-2	O	7	115
05/10/2013	TOR	W	5-0	U	9	100
05/05/2013	TEX	L	3-4	U	6	-100

JEFF SAMARDZIJA (R) ERA: 3.49 W/L: 2-5

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/15/2013	COL	W	6-3	O	8	100
05/10/2013	WSH	L	3-7	O	5	-100
05/04/2013	CIN	L	4-6	O	6	-100

Boston Red Sox's relievers have pitched 6 innings in the last 3 games.
Chicago Cubs's relievers have pitched 7⅓ innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
06/15/2012	Fri	BOS	0	CHC	3	CHC	120	10	U	D Matsuzaka	R Dempster
05/22/2011	Sun	CHC	1	BOS	5	BOS	-187	9½	U	J Russell	T Wakefield
05/21/2011	Sat	CHC	9	BOS	3	CHC	-160	9	O	C Zambrano	A Aceves
05/20/2011	Fri	CHC	5	BOS	15	BOS	-255	8½	O	D Davis	J Lester
06/12/2005	Sun	BOS	8	CHC	1	BOS	-133	9½	U	T Wakefield	G Rusch
06/11/2005	Sat	BOS	6	CHC	7	CHC	-135	9½	O	W Miller	C Zambrano
06/10/2005	Fri	BOS	6	CHC	14	CHC	115	9½	O	B Arroyo	G Maddux

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

RED SOX

Red Sox are second in the league in free passes at 3.9 per game.

Red Sox strike out the second most opponents in the league with 9.4 per game.

CUBS

Cubs trail the league in walks with 2.3 per game.

Cubs are second best in the league in giving up hits, allowing 7.7 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

BOSTON RED SOX

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
06/15/2012	Fri	0	at CHC	3	L	120	10	D Matsuzaka	6	R Dempster
06/13/2012	Wed	10	at MIA	2	W	-105	8½	F Doubront	7	R Nolasco
06/12/2012	Tue	2	at MIA	1	W	-102	8	C Buchholz	7	M Buehrle
06/11/2012	Mon	1	at MIA	4	L	-110	7½	J Beckett	7	Josh Johnson
06/10/2012	Sun	3	WSH	4	L	-162	9	J Lester	7	J Zimmermann

CHICAGO CUBS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
06/15/2012	Fri	3	BOS	0	W	120	10	R Dempster	7	D Matsuzaka
06/14/2012	Thu	3	DET	5	L	200	7½	T Wood	6⅔	J Verlander
06/13/2012	Wed	4	DET	8	L	-113	7½	M Garza	6	R Porcello
06/12/2012	Tue	4	DET	3	W	135	8	P Maholm	6	M Scherzer
06/10/2012	Sun	8	at MIN	2	W	-140	8½	R Dempster	8	F Liriano

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Boston's Overall Scoring vs Chi Cubs's Overall Defense	4.9	4	4.1	7
Boston's Away Scoring vs Chi Cubs's Home Defense	5.5	1	4.6	13
Boston's Road ERA vs Chi Cubs's Home ERA Allowed	3.4	2	4.7	3
Chi Cubs's Overall Scoring vs Boston's Overall Defense	4.0	10	4.1	5
Chi Cubs's Home Scoring vs Boston's Road Defense	4.9	4	3.4	2
Chi Cubs's Home ERA vs Boston's Road ERA Allowed	4.2	13	5.1	1

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

BOSTON RED SOX

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	27-17	13-10	14-7	20-11	7-6	22-21-1	10-7	17-10
vs Div	13-8	5-4	8-4	7-5	6-3	10-11	6-4	7-4
Last 10	6-4	1-3	5-1	4-3	2-1	4-6	3-2	3-2
vs AL	27-17	13-10	14-7	20-11	7-6	22-21-1	10-7	17-10

CHICAGO CUBS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	18-25	10-14	8-11	6-8	12-17	20-23	4-8	14-17
vs Div	5-11	2-5	3-6	1-2	4-9	8-8	1-2	4-9
Last 10	5-5	3-4	2-1	3-2	2-3	7-3	1-2	4-3
vs AL	2-1	2-1	0-0	0-0	2-1	1-2	0-1	2-0
vs NL	16-24	8-13	8-11	6-8	10-16	19-21	4-7	12-17

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

JON LESTER VS. CHICAGO CUBS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
06/16/2012	4-3	BOS	6⅔	7	3	3	1	8	W
05/20/2011	15-5	BOS	6	12	5	5	2	5	W

JEFF SAMARDZIJA VS. BOSTON RED SOX

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
06/16/2012	4-3	BOS	5⅓	4	3	3	3	6	L