MLB Baseball Matchup of Wednesday, July 04, 2012 O.co Coliseum

Match Up: Boston Red Sox VS Oakland Athletics

BOSTONRED SOX (44-29)

OAKLANDATHLETICS (43-30)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
BOS	44-29	$776	14-10	30-19	32-19	12-10	36-33-4
OAK	43-30	$1225	15-11	28-19	29-16	14-14	39-33-1

Smart Chart

BOS	TEAM	OAK
5.08	RUNS	4.67
4.00	RUNS AGAINST	3.95
1.08	DIFF	0.73
$776	MONEY	$1,225
3.76	TEAM ERA	3.66
9.21	OFF HITS	8.56
3.85	OFF WALKS	3.85
8.30	OFF Ks	7.66
8.18	DEF HIT	8.37
3.63	DEF WALKS	2.52
8.66	DEF Ks	7.05

INJURIES

BOSTON RED SOX

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Clay Buchholz	P	15-Day Disabled List
Joel Hanrahan	P	60-Day Disabled List
Ryan Kalish	OF	60-Day Disabled List
Clayton Mortensen	P	15-Day Disabled List
David Ross	C	7-Day Disabled List

OAKLAND ATHLETICS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Brett Anderson	P	60-Day Disabled List
Fernando Rodriguez	P	60-Day Disabled List
Scott Sizemore	2B	60-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

BOSTON	OAKLAND
Boston Globe	San Francisco Chronicle

BETTING TRENDS

BOSTON RED SOX

No trends to report

OAKLAND ATHLETICS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

AARON COOK (R) ERA: 0.00 W/L: 0-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
09/28/2012	BAL	L	1-9	O	1	-100
09/22/2012	BAL	L	6-9	O	5⅓	-101
09/17/2012	TB	W	5-2	U	6	183

AJ GRIFFIN (R) ERA: 3.93 W/L: 5-6

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/15/2013	SEA	L	0-4	U	6	-120
06/09/2013	CHW	L	2-4	U	7⅓	-126
06/04/2013	MIL	L	3-4	U	7	-132

Boston Red Sox's relievers have pitched 14⅔ innings in the last 3 games.
Oakland Athletics'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
07/03/2012	Tue	BOS	2	OAK	3	OAK	144	7½	U	J Lester	B Colon
07/02/2012	Mon	BOS	1	OAK	6	OAK	-114	7½	U	D Matsuzaka	J Parker
05/02/2012	Wed	OAK	4	BOS	2	OAK	-155	8½	U	B McCarthy	D Bard
05/01/2012	Tue	OAK	5	BOS	3	OAK	-161	9	U	J Parker	F Doubront
04/30/2012	Mon	OAK	6	BOS	11	BOS	-145	9	O	T Milone	C Buchholz
08/27/2011	Sat	OAK	0	BOS	4	BOS	-235	9½	U	G Godfrey	E Bedard
08/27/2011	Sat	OAK	3	BOS	9	BOS	-255	8½	O	G Moscoso	J Lester
08/26/2011	Fri	OAK	15	BOS	5	OAK	-147	9½	O	G Gonzalez	T Wakefield
06/05/2011	Sun	OAK	3	BOS	6	BOS	-125	8½	O	Br Anderson	J Lackey
06/04/2011	Sat	OAK	8	BOS	9	BOS	-170	8	O	T Cahill	J Beckett

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

RED SOX

Red Sox are the highest scoring team in the league at 5.1 runs per game.

Red Sox are third in the league in hits at 9.2 per game.

Red Sox lead the league in walks with 3.8 per game.

Red Sox are third worst in the league in times striking out with 8.3 per game.

Red Sox allow the third least hits in the league at 8.2 per game.

Red Sox give up the most free passes in the league allowing 3.6 per game.

Red Sox strike out the second most opponents in the league with 8.7 per game.

ATHLETICS

Athletics lead the league in walks with 3.8 per game.

Athletics give up the fewest free passes in the league allowing 2.5 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

BOSTON RED SOX

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/03/2012	Tue	2	at OAK	3	L	144	7½	J Lester	6⅔	B Colon
07/02/2012	Mon	1	at OAK	6	L	-114	7½	D Matsuzaka	1	J Parker
07/01/2012	Sun	2	at SEA	1	W	117	8	F Doubront	4⅓	J Vargas
06/30/2012	Sat	2	at SEA	3	L	136	7½	J Beckett	6	E Ramirez
06/29/2012	Fri	5	at SEA	0	W	102	8½	A Cook	9	H Noesi

OAKLAND ATHLETICS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/03/2012	Tue	3	BOS	2	W	144	7½	B Colon	6	J Lester
07/02/2012	Mon	6	BOS	1	W	-114	7½	J Parker	6⅔	D Matsuzaka
07/01/2012	Sun	3	at TEX	1	W	-200	10	T Blackley	7	Y Darvish
06/30/2012	Sat	2	at TEX	7	L	-148	11	T Milone	5	M Perez
06/29/2012	Fri	3	at TEX	4	L	-187	11	A Griffin	6	M Harrison

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Boston's Overall Scoring vs Oakland's Overall Defense	5.1	1	4.0	4
Boston's Away Scoring vs Oakland's Home Defense	5.0	1	3.9	6
Boston's Road ERA vs Oakland's Home ERA Allowed	3.5	3	4.1	10
Oakland's Overall Scoring vs Boston's Overall Defense	4.7	5	4.0	5
Oakland's Home Scoring vs Boston's Road Defense	4.4	10	3.6	1
Oakland's Home ERA vs Boston's Road ERA Allowed	3.4	5	4.7	1

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

BOSTON RED SOX

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	44-29	23-14	21-15	32-19	12-10	36-33-4	14-10	30-19
vs Div	20-13	7-4	13-9	9-7	11-6	13-19-1	6-5	14-8
Last 10	6-4	3-0	3-4	3-2	3-2	3-6-1	0-0	6-4
vs AL	42-27	22-13	20-14	30-17	12-10	34-31-4	14-9	28-18
vs NL	2-2	1-1	1-1	2-2	0-0	2-2	0-1	2-1

OAKLAND ATHLETICS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	43-30	22-12	21-18	29-16	14-14	39-33-1	15-11	28-19
vs Div	22-11	9-7	13-4	16-7	6-4	21-11-1	6-4	16-7
Last 10	5-5	4-2	1-3	4-4	1-1	3-6-1	1-3	4-2
vs AL	38-28	20-12	18-16	27-14	11-14	36-29-1	13-10	25-18
vs NL	5-2	2-0	3-2	2-2	3-0	3-4	2-1	3-1

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

AARON COOK VS. OAKLAND ATHLETICS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
08/31/2012	20-2	OAK	2⅔	7	6	6	0	0	L
07/04/2012	3-2	OAK	6	9	3	3	1	0	L
06/28/2009	3-1	COL	8	9	1	1	1	4	W
06/21/2006	3-2	OAK	8	4	1	1	1	5	ND

AJ GRIFFIN VS. BOSTON RED SOX

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
04/22/2013	9-6	BOS	4	8	9	7	1	3	L
09/01/2012	7-1	OAK	7	3	1	1	0	5	W
07/04/2012	3-2	OAK	6	4	2	2	2	3	ND