Angels ace John Lackey has had lot of experience against the Red Sox and like Lester, has some successes and some struggles.
David Ortiz has 10 hits in 30 at bats, while Dustin Pedroia is even better with five hits in 12 at bats. Kevin Youkilis and J.D. Drew are also hovering .300.
Here are Lackey’s numbers versus Sox batters:
…………………..AB …H …2B ..3B ..HR.. RBI ..BB ..SO …BA
Mark Kotsay ……34 …9 ….3 …0 …0 …..0 …1 …..7… .265
David Ortiz ……..30 …10…3 …1 …2 …..9 …4 …..6… .333
Jason Varitek …..24 …5 …3 …0 …0 …..2 …3 …..10.. .208
Coco Crisp ………22 …4 …0 …0 …2 ….2 …2 …..3…. .182
Alex Cora ………..19 …5 …2 …0 …0 ….1 …1 …..2…. .263
Mike Lowell ……..19 …3 …0 …0 …0 ….1 …0 …..5…. .158
Julio Lugo ……….18 …4 …1 …0 …0 ….0 …2 …..4…. .222
Kevin Youkilis ……17 ..5 …0 …0 …2 ….4 …0 …..4…. .294
J.D. Drew ………..16 ..5 …1 …1… 0 ….1 …1 …..3…. .313
Dustin Pedroia …..12 ..5 …2 …0 …0 ….0 …1 …..0…. .417
Jacoby Ellsbury ….6 …0 …0 …0 …0 ….0 …0 …..2…. .000
Sean Casey ……..4 …0 …0 …0 ….0 ….0 …1 ….2…. .000
David Ross ………3 …1 …0 ….0 …0 ….0 ….0 ….0… .333
Totals …………..224..56 .15 ..2…. 6 …20 ..16 …48.. .250
