Saturday, October 18, 2008

Batter-pitcher matchups: ALCS Game 6

(The stats have been updated to include each pitcher's first start in the ALCS.)

Boston against James Shields (2-5, 4.81 ERA in nine career starts; 2 ER in 7 1/3 innings in Game 1)
Good
J.D. Drew: 6-for-18 (.333), HR, 2 RBI
David Ortiz: 7-for-17 (.412), 4 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI
Dustin Pedroia: 6-for-13 (.462), 2B, RBI
Bad
Coco Crisp: 2-for-10 (.200)
Kevin Youkilis: 2-for-20 (.100) -- but both of those hits were in Game 1
Jason Varitek: 1-for-13 (.077), RBI

Tampa Bay against Josh Beckett (5-3, 4.58 in 11 starts; 8 ER in 4 1/3 innings in Game 2)
Good, sort of
Jason Bartlett: 6-for-20 (.300), 2 2B
Carl Crawford: 7-for-25 (.280), RBI
Akinori Iwamura: 7-for-25 (.280), 2B, HR
Evan Longoria: 7-for-15 (.467), 2 HR, 5 RBI
Bad
Dioner Navarro: 4-for-21 (.190), RBI
Gabe Gross: 1-for-15 (.067), HR, 2 RBI

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