Cleveland Contains Boston

CLEVELAND: 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 - 6 11 1

BOSTON: 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 - 5 13 0

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CLEVELAND: Starting Pitcher: Fausto Carmona, Winning Pitcher: Fausto Carmona

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: John Lackey, Losing Pitcher: John Lackey (6)

CLEVELAND: Save: Chris Perez

BOSTON: Homeruns: Adrian Beltre (18, 19)

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RED SOX: Wins: 60, Losses: 46, AL East Standings: New York, Tampa Bay, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Tuesday 3 August 2010, 4:10 p.m.PT/7:10 p.m.ET, Cleveland Indians, Fenway Park, Josh Beckett

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Happy Birthday Timothy Stephen Wakefield!!!

Timothy Stephen Wakefield was born on Tuesday 2 August 1966 in Melbourne, Florida. Tim is forty-four years old today and he is a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. Have an awesome day Tim!


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Red Sox Recap, 30 July 2010 to 1 August 2010

Between Friday 30 July 2010 and Sunday 1 August 2010, the Boston Red Sox played three home games against the Detroit Tigers in Fenway Park.

Game One – Friday 30 July 2010

Red Sox 5 runs 9 hits 0 errors
Tigers 6 runs 13 hits 0 errors
Red Sox lost
Game totals: 11 runs 22 hits 0 errors
Analysis: Red Sox had 45.45% of the game runs, 40.91% of the game hits, 0.00% of the game errors

Game Two – Saturday 31 July 2010

Red Sox 5 runs 15 hits 0 errors
Tigers 4 runs 8 hits 0 errors
Red Sox won
Game totals: 9 runs 23 hits 0 errors
Analysis: Red Sox had 55.56% of the game runs, 65.22% of the game hits, 0.00% of the game errors

Game Three – Sunday 1 August 2010

Red Sox 4 runs 9 hits 0 errors
Tigers 3 runs 5 hits 1 error
Red Sox won
Game totals: 7 runs 14 hits 1 error
Analysis: Red Sox had 57.14% of the game runs, 64.29% of the game hits, 0.00% of the game errors



Combined Totals

Red Sox 14 runs 33 hits 0 errors
Tigers 13 runs 26 hits 1 error
Red Sox: two wins, one loss
Totals: 27 runs 59 hits 1 error
Analysis: Red Sox had 51.85% of the total runs, 55.93% of the total hits, 0.00% of the total errors


Hitting (Season)

Red Sox wins when hitting in double digits = 38
Red Sox losses when hitting in double digits = 12
Total number of games = 50
Red Sox won 76.00% of the games when hitting in double digits

Red Sox wins when hitting in single digits = 22
Red Sox losses when hitting in single digits = 33
Total number of games = 55
Red Sox won 40.00% of the games when hitting in single digits

Season-To-Sunday 1 August 2010

Red Sox: 546 runs 997 hits 63 errors
Opponents: 480 runs 893 hits 50 errors
Red Sox: sixty wins, forty-five losses
Totals: 1026 runs 1890 hits 113 errors
Analysis: Red Sox had 53.22% of the total runs, 52.75% of the total hits, 55.75% of the total errors

AL East Standings (at the start of Monday 2 August 2010)

New York 66 38 .635
Tampa Bay 65 39 .625
Boston 60 45 .571
Toronto 54 51 .514
Baltimore 32 73 .305

Images:

Left: Pie chart of percentage share of runs between the Red Sox and Tigers
Right: Pie chart of percentage share of hits between the Red Sox and Tigers

Red Sox Tame Tigers, 4 to 3

DETROIT: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 5 1

BOSTON: 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 9 0

It's another Sunday morning in my favorite New England sports living bar and as usual Andrew is working and I am the first patron on the scene, but that won't last long. The Boston Red Sox returned from their West coast road trip with six wins and four losses - better than I thought they would do - and came back to Fenway Park riding a sweep of the Los Angeles Angels. Yesterday's trading deadline came and went and the one major trade the Red Sox did was to send relief pitcher Ramon Ramirez to the San Francisco Giants for a couple of Minor Leaguers. The third game has begun against the Detroit Tigers and Rich and two other Red Sox fans have arrived. There's also a guy who is watching the Phillies/Nationals game. Wonder if there will be any end of game heroics as there have been the past two games - let's hope it won't be necessary. And Boston starts out aggressively with a stolen second base by Scutaro, but no score in the game. Thank you J. D. Drew for the sliding catch! Boston does score first and Verlander is giving up walks. Thank you Youkilis for the leaping catch! A few more people have come into the bar, but nothing overwhelming and Andrew can handle everyone. Clay is looking good on the mound and the Tigers have yet to score. But there will not be a complete game for Buchholz. No outs, two on - it's Papelbon. One pitch - two runs - no outs. Comeback Clay! one out - another run - tie score. Unexpectedly Boston is up in the bottom of the ninth. Have to stick with the starters Terry. End of game heroics will be needed - can it be done again? YES! Thank you Marco Scutaro!

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DETROIT: Starting Pitcher: Justin Verlander, Losing Pitcher: Brad Thomas

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Clay Buchholz, Winning Pitcher: Jonathan Papelbon (4)

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RED SOX: Wins: 60, Losses: 45, AL East Standings: New York, Tampa Bay, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Monday 2 August 2010, 4:10 p.m.PT/7:10 p.m.ET, Cleveland Indians, Fenway Park, John Lackey

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Red Sox Rally Tigers, 5 to 4

DETROIT: 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 0

BOSTON: 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 - 5 15 0

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DETROIT: Starting Pitcher: Max Scherzer, Losing Pitcher: Phil Coke

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Daisuke Matsuzaka, Winning Pitcher: Hideki Okajima (4)

DETROIT: Homerun: Miguel Cabrera

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RED SOX: Wins: 59, Losses: 45, AL East Standings: New York, Tampa Bay, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Sunday 1 August 2010, 10:35 a.m.PT/1:35 p.m.ET, Detroit Tigers, Fenway Park, Clay Buchholz

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Detroit Blocks Boston

DETROIT: 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 - 6 13 0

BOSTON: 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 - 5 9 0

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DETROIT: Starting Pitcher: Armando Galarraga, Winning Pitcher: Robbie Weinhardt

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Jon Lester, Losing Pitcher: Jon Lester (6)

DETROIT: Homeruns: Jhonny Peralta (two)

BOSTON: Homeruns: Marco Scutaro (7), David Ortiz (22, grand slam)

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RED SOX: Wins: 58, Losses: 45, AL East Standings: New York, Tampa Bay, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Saturday 31 July 2010, 1:10 p.m.PT/4:10 p.m.ET, Detroit Tigers, Fenway Park, Daisuke Matsuzaka

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Red Sox Hitting Recap, 4 April to 28 July 2010

Between Sunday 4 April 2010 and Wednesday 28 July 2010, the Boston Red Sox played one hundred two games – winning fifty-eight and losing forty-four.

The hypothesis is that when the Boston Red Sox have double digit hits (ten or more) in a game, the team is likely to win the game. When the Boston Red Sox have single digit hits (zero to nine) in a game, the team is likely to lose the game.

Hitting (Season-To-Wednesday 28 July 2010)

Red Sox wins when hitting in double digits = 37
Red Sox losses when hitting in double digits = 12
Total number of games = 49
Red Sox won 75.51% of the games when hitting in double digits

Red Sox wins when hitting in single digits = 21
Red Sox losses when hitting in single digits = 32
Total number of games = 53
Red Sox won 39.62% of the games when hitting in single digits

The hypothesis remains valid.


Images:
Left: Pie chart of Red Sox percentage wins and losses when double digit hitting
Right: Pie chart of Red Sox percentage wins and losses when single digit hitting