MLB Baseball Matchup of Monday, July 30, 2012 Fenway Park

Match Up: Detroit Tigers VS Boston Red Sox

DETROITTIGERS (39-31)

BOSTONRED SOX (44-30)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
DET	39-31	-$799	7-8	32-23	38-27	1-4	37-32-1
BOS	44-30	$647	14-10	30-20	32-20	12-10	36-34-4

Smart Chart

DET	TEAM	BOS
4.94	RUNS	5.04
3.86	RUNS AGAINST	4.03
1.09	DIFF	1.01
-$799	MONEY	$647
3.63	TEAM ERA	3.79
10.01	OFF HITS	9.18
3.57	OFF WALKS	3.81
6.69	OFF Ks	8.31
8.14	DEF HIT	8.27
2.64	DEF WALKS	3.61
9.63	DEF Ks	8.62

INJURIES

DETROIT TIGERS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Alex Avila	C	15-Day Disabled List
Octavio Dotel	P	60-Day Disabled List
Anibal Sanchez	P	15-Day Disabled List

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

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

DETROIT	BOSTON
Detroit Free Press	Boston Globe

BETTING TRENDS

DETROIT TIGERS

No trends to report

BOSTON RED SOX

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

MAX SCHERZER (R) ERA: 3.08 W/L: 10-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/17/2013	BAL	W	5-1	U	6	100
06/11/2013	KC	W	3-2	U	7	100
06/06/2013	TB	W	5-2	U	7	100

CLAY BUCHHOLZ (R) ERA: 1.71 W/L: 9-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/08/2013	LAA	W	7-2	O	6⅔	100
06/02/2013	NYY	W	3-0	U	5	115
05/22/2013	CHW	W	6-2	P	7	100

Detroit Tigers's relievers have pitched 5 innings in the last 3 games.
Boston Red Sox's relievers have pitched 10⅔ innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
05/31/2012	Thu	DET	7	BOS	3	DET	-134	9	O	M Scherzer	J Beckett
05/30/2012	Wed	DET	4	BOS	6	BOS	-140	9	O	D Smyly	J Lester
05/29/2012	Tue	DET	3	BOS	6	BOS	145	8½	O	J Verlander	D Bard
05/28/2012	Mon	DET	4	BOS	7	BOS	-128	9	O	D Fister	F Doubront
04/08/2012	Sun	BOS	12	DET	13	DET	-111	9	O	C Buchholz	M Scherzer
04/07/2012	Sat	BOS	0	DET	10	DET	-105	7½	O	J Beckett	D Fister
04/05/2012	Thu	BOS	2	DET	3	DET	-142	7	U	J Lester	J Verlander
05/29/2011	Sun	BOS	0	DET	3	DET	-103	7	U	J Beckett	J Verlander
05/29/2011	Sun	BOS	4	DET	3	BOS	139	8½	U	C Buchholz	A Oliver
05/27/2011	Fri	BOS	6	DET	3	BOS	-108	9	P	T Wakefield	R Porcello

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

TIGERS

Tigers are the second highest scoring team in the league at 4.9 runs per game.

Tigers lead the league in hits with 10.0 per game.

Tigers have the third-most base on balls in the league at 3.6 per game.

Tigers are third best in the league in times striking out with 6.7 per game.

Tigers have the second stingiest defence in the league at 3.9 runs per game.

Tigers have the best hits allowed in the league, allowing 8.1 per game.

Tigers are the third best in base on balls allowed, allowing 2.6 per game.

Tigers lead the league in K's with 9.6 per game.

RED SOX

Red Sox are the highest scoring team in the league at 5.0 runs per game.

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

Red Sox are second in the league in free passes at 3.8 per game.

Red Sox allow the third least hits in the league at 8.3 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 8.6 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

DETROIT TIGERS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/29/2012	Sun	4	at TOR	1	W	132	9	D Fister	8	B Cecil
07/28/2012	Sat	1	at TOR	5	L	128	9½	A Sanchez	6	H Alvarez
07/27/2012	Fri	3	at TOR	8	L	-113	9	R Porcello	6	C Villanueva
07/26/2012	Thu	3	at CLE	5	L	156	8	J Verlander	7	Z McAllister
07/25/2012	Wed	5	at CLE	3	W	125	9	M Scherzer	7	D Lowe

BOSTON RED SOX

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/29/2012	Sun	3	at NYY	2	W	-159	9½	F Doubront	6⅓	H Kuroda
07/28/2012	Sat	8	at NYY	6	W	-168	9	J Lester	6	C Sabathia
07/27/2012	Fri	3	at NYY	10	L	-164	10	A Cook	4	P Hughes
07/25/2012	Wed	3	at TEX	5	L	-133	9½	J Beckett	7	D Holland
07/24/2012	Tue	2	at TEX	1	W	-115	10½	C Buchholz	7	M Perez

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Detroit's Overall Scoring vs Boston's Overall Defense	5.0	2	4.0	5
Detroit's Away Scoring vs Boston's Home Defense	4.4	6	4.4	10
Detroit's Road ERA vs Boston's Home ERA Allowed	3.6	4	5.1	2
Boston's Overall Scoring vs Detroit's Overall Defense	5.1	1	3.7	2
Boston's Home Scoring vs Detroit's Road Defense	5.2	2	3.9	4
Boston's Home ERA vs Detroit's Road ERA Allowed	4.0	9	4.0	7

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

DETROIT TIGERS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	39-31	23-12	16-19	38-27	1-4	37-32-1	7-8	32-23
vs Div	16-10	10-5	6-5	16-10	0-0	10-16	2-1	14-9
Last 10	5-5	2-2	3-3	5-5	0-0	2-8	1-1	4-4
vs AL	35-26	19-11	16-15	34-22	1-4	31-29-1	4-7	31-19
vs NL	4-5	4-1	0-4	4-5	0-0	6-3	3-1	1-4

BOSTON RED SOX

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

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

MAX SCHERZER VS. BOSTON RED SOX

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
07/30/2012	7-3	BOS	6⅓	7	5	5	2	9	L
05/31/2012	7-3	DET	6	7	3	3	2	6	W
04/08/2012	13-12	DET	2⅔	8	7	7	2	3	ND
05/26/2011	14-1	BOS	2	7	7	7	2	1	L
07/31/2010	5-4	BOS	6⅓	9	1	1	1	3	ND

CLAY BUCHHOLZ VS. DETROIT TIGERS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
07/30/2012	7-3	BOS	8	5	3	2	2	4	W
04/08/2012	13-12	DET	4	8	7	7	2	2	ND
05/29/2011	4-3	BOS	6	6	3	3	1	3	ND
05/18/2011	1-0	BOS	7	4	0	0	1	7	ND
08/01/2010	4-3	BOS	8	2	2	1	4	5	ND