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MLB Matchup
Red Sox vs Rays Game Time: 1:40 p.m. ET Stadium: Tropicana Field Surface: Turf

Boston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/01/11		Nyy	2-4	N/g	-200	-190	9.5-110	9.5-105	Lester,jo	L	U
9/02/11		Tex	0-10	N/g	-135	-118	10.5-105	10.0-105	Miller,an	L	P
9/03/11		Tex	12-7	D/g	-150	-152	9.5-110	9.5+105	Bedard,er	W	O
9/04/11		Tex	4-11	D/g	-125	-125	10.5-115	10.5-115	Lackey,jo	L	O
9/05/11	At	Tor	0-1	D/t	+155	+150	8.5+105	8.5-105	Beckett,jo	L	U
9/06/11	At	Tor	14-0	N/t	+165	+170	9.0-110	9.0-105	Lester,jo	W	O
9/07/11	At	Tor	10-11	N/t	-105	-104	9.5-120	9.5-110	Wakefield,ti	L	O
9/08/11	At	Tor	4-7	N/t	-140	-134	9.5-105	9.5-110	Miller,an	L	O
9/09/11	At	Tb	2-7	N/t	-110	+103	10.0-105	9.5-120	Lackey,jo	L	U
9/10/11	At	Tb	5-6	N/t	-150	-138	9.0-120	9.0-105	Weiland,ky	L	O
Tampa Bay
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/31/11	At	Tex	4-1	N/g	-130	-125	8.5-115	8.5-115	Shields,ja	W	U
9/01/11	At	Tex	2-7	N/g	-145	-152	8.5-110	8.5-125	Niemann,je	L	O
9/02/11		Bal	2-3	N/t	-210	-210	7.5-110	7.5+105	Price,da	L	U
9/03/11		Bal	6-3	N/t	-157	-170	9.0-110	9.0-105	Davis,wa	W	P
9/04/11		Bal	8-1	D/t	-180	-180	8.0-110	8.0-115	Hellickson,j	W	O
9/05/11		Tex	5-1	D/t	-135	-150	7.5-110	7.5-120	Shields,ja	W	U
9/06/11		Tex	0-8	N/t	+100	+120	8.0-105	8.0-110	Niemann,je	L	P
9/07/11		Tex	5-4	D/t	-158	-135	7.5-115	7.5-105	Price,da	W	O
9/09/11		Bos	7-2	N/t	-110	+103	10.0-105	9.5-120	Davis,wa	W	U
9/10/11		Bos	6-5	N/t	-150	-138	9.0-120	9.0-105	Hellickson,j	W	O

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
6/15/11	Bos	0-3	N/t	+116	+118	8.0+100	7.5-110	Beckett,jo	L	U
6/16/11	Bos	2-4	N/t	-115	-123	8.0+100	7.5+105	Buchholz,cl	L	U
7/15/11	Bos	9-6	N/t	-127	-155	8.0+105	8.0-120	Price,da	W	O
7/16/11	Bos	5-9	D/t	-140	-140	8.5+100	8.0+100	Lackey,jo	L	O
7/17/11	Bos	0-1	N/t	+125	+128	8.0-115	8.0-105	Aceves,al	L	U
8/16/11	Tb	2-6	N/g	-160	-145	9.0-115	9.0-110	Niemann,je	L	U
8/16/11	Tb	3-1	D/g	-155	-160	8.0-115	8.0-115	Lester,jo	W	U
8/17/11	Tb	0-4	D/g	-115	-105	9.0-110	9.0-130	Price,da	L	U
9/09/11	Bos	7-2	N/t	-110	+103	10.0-105	9.5-120	Davis,wa	W	U
9/10/11	Bos	6-5	N/t	-150	-138	9.0-120	9.0-105	Gomes,br	W	O

W/L Record Comparison

Boston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		42-29	-483	43-31	+664	85-60	+181
Last	10	1-3	-333	1-5	-479	2-8	-812
Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		41-33	-452	39-31	+1080	80-64	+628
Last	10	6-2	+293	1-1	+15	7-3	+308
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Boston		30-13	55-47	74-48	11-12	65-48	17-11
Tampa	Bay	30-23	50-41	29-26	51-38	54-37	23-26

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Boston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		38-27	+860	32-39	-1120	70-66	-260
Last	10	2-1	+95	4-2	+175	6-3	+270
Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		23-46	-2720	36-31	+205	59-77	-2515
Last	10	3-3	-45	1-1	-15	4-4	-60

Away Pitcher

BOSTON RED SOX -- LESTER,JON (L)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	15	10	2	99.0	70	30	29	35	90	2.64	4	0	6	2	7	1	3	1
Home	12	5	4	73.0	71	29	27	28	77	3.33	3	0	2	4	5	4	0	0
Total	27	15	6	172.0	141	59	56	63	167	2.93	7	0	8	6	12	5	3	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR LESTER,JON
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
27	72.2	27	25	3.10	55	32	54	3	1	5	7	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/16/11	TB	3-1	W	7.0	1	1	3	1	8	0	-155	-160	8.0-115	8.0-115
8/21/11	at KC	6-1	W	6.0	1	1	3	4	3	0	+200	+185	8.5-120	8.0+100
8/27/11	OAK	9-3	W	6.0	2	1	3	2	4	1	-260	-260	8.5-110	8.5-120
9/01/11	NYY	2-4		5.0	1	1	7	3	6	0	-200	-190	9.5-110	9.5-105
9/06/11	at TOR	14-0	W	7.0	0	0	3	1	11	0	+165	+170	9.0-110	9.0-105

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/25/10	at TB	2-0	W	6.0	0	0	1	5	9	0	-135	-113	8.0-120	8.0-110
8/27/10	at TB	3-1	W	7.0	1	0	2	5	10	0	-125	-135	7.0-110	7.0-120
9/06/10	TB	12-5	W	6.0	2	2	4	3	10	0	-150	-155	8.0-120	8.5-105
4/12/11	TB	2-3	L	7.0	3	3	7	2	8	0	-165	-175	8.0-115	8.0-115
8/16/11	TB	3-1	W	7.0	1	1	3	1	8	0	-155	-160	8.0-115	8.0-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/06/11	at TOR	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9/07/11	at TOR	3.0	6	6	18.00	5	3	5	0	0	0	0	1
9/08/11	at TOR	3.0	2	2	6.00	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
9/09/11	at TB	5.0	2	2	3.60	4	2	6	0	0	0	0	0
9/10/11	at TB	6.1	3	3	4.26	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

TAMPA BAY RAYS -- SHIELDS,JAMES (R)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	14	7	5	101.1	78	38	35	24	90	3.11	3	2	4	3	5	4	2	1
Home	15	7	5	116.2	91	34	32	30	115	2.47	2	3	5	2	0	0	7	5
Total	29	14	10	218.0	169	72	67	54	205	2.77	5	5	9	5	5	4	9	6

2011 BULLPEN FOR SHIELDS,JAMES
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
18	41.0	20	14	3.07	39	7	36	2	5	0	3	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/16/11	at BOS	1-3	L	8.0	3	3	3	1	6	1	-155	-160	8.0-115	8.0-115
8/21/11	SEA	8-7		7.1	7	7	12	1	7	2	-180	-200	7.0-110	6.5-130
8/26/11	at TOR	6-1	W	9.0	1	1	7	1	12	1	+120	+128	8.0-120	8.5-115
8/31/11	at TEX	4-1	W	8.0	0	0	4	1	7	0	-130	-125	8.5-115	8.5-115
9/05/11	TEX	5-1	W	9.0	1	1	4	2	6	0	-135	-150	7.5-110	7.5-120

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
6/29/10	at BOS	5-8	L	5.0	5	5	7	2	6	1	-135	-110	9.0+105	9.5+110
8/29/10	BOS	5-3	W	6.2	3	3	7	1	8	0	-150	-145	8.5+100	8.5-115
6/14/11	BOS	4-0	W	9.0	0	0	5	3	5	0	-120	-125	9.0-110	8.5-105
7/16/11	BOS	5-9	L	6.0	6	6	6	3	8	2	-140	-140	8.5+100	8.0+100
8/16/11	at BOS	1-3	L	8.0	3	3	3	1	6	1	-155	-160	8.0-115	8.0-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/02/11	BAL	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9/03/11	BAL	2.1	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
9/06/11	TEX	4.1	1	1	2.08	3	3	6	0	0	0	0	0
9/07/11	TEX	4.0	2	2	4.50	4	1	3	2	1	0	0	1
9/10/11	BOS	5.0	2	2	3.60	4	2	5	2	1	0	0	1

Updated Sun, Sep 11 5:00 AM EST

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