TOR @ LAA, Sunday, June 1, 2008 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 31-27, 3rd, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC	SP: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 5-5, 4.57) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-5) 69 71 38 35 31 65 4 4.57 2007 (10-8) 165.2 131 74 69 66 176 23 3.75 2006 (10-8) 135.2 138 67 60 39 118 14 3.98 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-4 46.2 42 21 18 19 52 2 3.47 56 2008-05-27 @OAK L 5.2 7 3 2 2 10 0 108 53 2008-05-22 LAA W 6 6 3 3 2 6 0 98 52 2008-05-17 @PHI W 6.1 4 2 2 3 8 0 106 62 2008-05-12 @CLE L 7.2 5 3 3 3 7 1 117 61 2008-05-06 TBR L 6 9 5 5 1 10 1 97 43 2008-05-01 @BOS W 7.2 3 0 0 5 5 0 112 73 2008-04-25 @KCR L 7.1 8 5 3 3 6 0 102 49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 1-1 13 13 6 6 4 12 1 4.15 54 2008-05-22 LAA W 6 6 3 3 2 6 0 98 52 2006-09-08 @LAA L 7 7 3 3 2 6 1 116 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 15-11 Road: 16-16 ExtrInn: 3-4 vsRHP: 25-18 vsLHP: 6-9 1-Run: 9-11 vsEast: 7-10 vsCntrl:15-7 vsWest: 7-9 IL: 2-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 58 Sat, May 31 @LAA L 2-3 (10) 31-27 3rd 4.0 gb 57 Fri, May 30 @LAA W 10-4 31-26 3rd 3.0 gb 56 Thu, May 29 @OAK W 12-0 30-26 3rd 3.0 gb 55 Wed, May 28 @OAK W 2-1 29-26 3rd 4.0 gb 54 Tue, May 27 @OAK L 1-3 28-26 3rd 4.0 gb 53 Mon, May 26 KCR W 7-2 28-25 3rd 4.0 gb 52 Sun, May 25 KCR W 3-1 27-25 3rd 4.0 gb 51 Sat, May 24 KCR W 6-0 26-25 3rd 4.5 gb 50 Fri, May 23 KCR W 7-1 25-25 4th 5.5 gb 49 Thu, May 22 LAA W 4-3 24-25 4th 6.5 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:20-10
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 33-24, 1st, 3½ up	SP: Jon Garland (28, RHP, 5-3, 3.89) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-3) 71.2 77 34 31 25 19 6 3.89 2007 (10-13) 208.1 219 114 98 57 98 19 4.23 2006 (18-7) 211.1 247 112 106 41 112 26 4.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 47.1 44 18 18 18 16 3 3.42 53 2008-05-26 DET ND 7.1 4 0 0 3 5 0 108 72 2008-05-21 @TOR W 6 8 3 3 2 1 0 99 43 2008-05-15 CHW ND 6 7 3 3 4 1 0 109 43 2008-05-09 @TBR ND 8 4 0 0 3 2 0 119 73 2008-05-03 BAL W 8 3 1 1 1 1 0 96 72 2008-04-28 OAK L 6 10 7 7 3 5 2 109 26 2008-04-23 @BOS W 6 8 4 4 2 1 1 82 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 4-1 31.1 46 21 21 5 14 7 6.03 40 2008-05-21 @TOR W 6 8 3 3 2 1 0 99 43 2007-07-27 TOR W 7.1 10 3 3 1 3 0 114 48 2006-08-04 @TOR W 6 8 3 3 0 2 1 110 46 2006-05-28 @TOR W 6 7 5 5 2 4 3 98 40 2005-08-02 TOR L 6 13 7 7 0 4 3 101 22
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 17-13 Road: 16-11 ExtrInn: 2-0 vsRHP: 24-22 vsLHP: 9-2 1-Run: 10-8 vsEast: 7-7 vsCntrl:16-9 vsWest: 8-7 IL: 2-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 57 Sat, May 31 TOR W 3-2 (10) 33-24 1st 3.5 up 56 Fri, May 30 TOR L 4-10 32-24 1st 2.5 up 55 Wed, May 28 DET L 2-6 32-23 1st 2.0 up 54 Tue, May 27 DET W 3-2 32-22 1st 2.0 up 53 Mon, May 26 DET W 1-0 (12) 31-22 1st 2.0 up 52 Sun, May 25 @CHW L 2-3 30-22 1st 1.5 up 51 Sat, May 24 @CHW W 2-0 30-21 1st 2.5 up 50 Fri, May 23 @CHW W 3-1 29-21 1st 2.5 up 49 Thu, May 22 @TOR L 3-4 28-21 1st 2.5 up 48 Wed, May 21 @TOR W 4-3 28-20 1st 3.0 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, May 31, 2008 LAA 3 TOR 2 (10) W:Scot Shields (3-1), L: Brian Tallet (0-1), S: none Fri, May 30, 2008 TOR 10 @LAA 4 W:Dustin McGowan (4-4), L: Jered Weaver (4-6), S: none Thu, May 22, 2008 TOR 4 LAA 3 W:A.J. Burnett (5-4), L: Ervin Santana (6-2), S: B.J. Ryan (10) Wed, May 21, 2008 LAA 4 @TOR 3 W:Jon Garland (5-3), L: Shaun Marcum (4-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (19) Tue, May 20, 2008 LAA 3 @TOR 1 W:John Lackey (1-0), L: Dustin McGowan (2-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (18) Sun, Aug 26, 2007 LAA 3 TOR 1 W:Kelvim Escobar (15-6), L: Dustin McGowan (8-8), S: Francisco Rodriguez (33) Sat, Aug 25, 2007 TOR 9 @LAA 2 W:Shaun Marcum (11-5), L: Joe Saunders (7-2), S: none Fri, Aug 24, 2007 LAA 3 TOR 0 W:Jered Weaver (9-6), L: Roy Halladay (14-6), S: Francisco Rodriguez (32) Thu, Aug 23, 2007 TOR 5 @LAA 4 W:Jesse Litsch (5-6), L: Ervin Santana (5-12), S: Jeremy Accardo (25) Thu, Aug 16, 2007 LAA 4 @TOR 3 W:Kelvim Escobar (13-6), L: Dustin McGowan (8-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (30) Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 3-2; 2007 - TOR won 4-3; 2006 - TOR won 6-4; All-Time - TOR leads 175-164

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2008 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

CHC 5.70

TBR 4.52

KCR 3.59

RA/G

TOR 3.55

KCR 4.63

COL 5.52

C. Jones .413

M. Teixeira .271

N. Swisher .201

OBP

C. Jones .498

J. Thome .337

K. Greene .255

SLG

L. Berkman .751

J. Loney .425

J. Bartlett .282

OPS

L. Berkman 1.222

E. Longoria .765

M. Bourn .569

ERA

E. Volquez 1.46

P. Byrd 4.10

B. Tomko 6.32

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.99

I. Snell 6.32

J. Garland 2.38

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Garland
G/S/vB 66.Arredondo
G/S/vB 49.Bootcheck
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 62.Shields
G/S/vB 33.Speier
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP 17/.853 ··· 1/no AB 6/.167 11/.384 9/.347 8/.875 99/66 .297/.354/.505/.859 .897/.840 .941 51/1.119 0/0 4/

11.Eckstein G/S/vP 13/.417 ··· 3/1.167 10/.733 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 152/119 .265/.345/.348/.693 .911/.631 .720 26/.878 2/1 1/

2.Hill G/S/vP 11/.728 1/2.000 1/no AB 6/.334 8/.536 4/1.500 1/.000 229/174 .263/.324/.361/.685 .807/.648 .676 97/.660 4/2 2/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 64/60 .259/.313/.379/.692 .000/.741 .674 27/.619 2/1 0/

36.Mench G/S/vP 17/.694 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 13/.749 13/.398 4/.750 34/5 .258/.294/.290/.584 .644/.200 .668 34/.584 1/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 10/1.500 ··· 3/.000 12/.417 4/1.167 6/.334 4/2.000 220/162 .277/.384/.418/.802 .504/.918 .746 103/.900 0/2 5/

15.Rios G/S/vP 15/.564 1/2.000 3/.666 5/.200 5/.200 10/.522 1/.000 251/190 .263/.323/.373/.696 .578/.734 .666 123/.536 12/3 3/

33.Rolen G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 8/.542 2/.000 2/1.000 8/1.089 142/108 .296/.373/.472/.845 .686/.895 .808 113/.816 4/0 2/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 20/1.284 ··· 7/1.467 3/.333 15/.871 15/.539 6/1.000 179/131 .273/.371/.357/.728 .742/.721 .665 97/.786 4/2 2/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 26/.711 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 9/.333 8/.875 5/.400 163/148 .272/.337/.422/.759 .205/.817 .878 75/.758 0/1 6/

23.Stewart G/S/vP 48/.539 ··· 3/1.167 21/.596 14/.972 15/.829 9/.708 179/128 .261/.341/.331/.672 .817/.614 .645 103/.733 3/1 1/

7.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/ .000/.500/.000/.500 .500/ .500 2/.500 0/0 0/

35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 28/.806 ··· 5/2.400 7/1.500 10/.586 10/.200 8/1.042 148/126 .227/.303/.320/.624 .433/.654 .630 80/.599 1/3 2/

IP 71.2 6.0 15.1 24.1 24.0 22.0 21.0 TOTAL .261/.337/.378/.715 .650/.737 .694 .733 38/19 38/33

ERA-K/9

3.89/2.4

1.50/7.5

8.22/7.6

2.59/4.1

2.25/7.9

3.27/7.8

5.14/6.0

4.02/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (16-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 308/.279 20/.200 84/.370 98/.264 100/.190 85/.263 98/.265 .265 Rios
Wilkerson
Stewart
Scutaro
Inglett
Mench
Stairs 0/23/33/6
3/0/36/4
35/0/0/3
3/0/0/1
9/0/5/0
5/0/2/0
7/0/5/0

OPS .757 .550 .932 .692 .570 .711 .911 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 151/.749 7/.714 35/1.002 42/.841 44/.701 35/.586 40/1.443 .801

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 157/.764 13/.462 49/.881 56/.585 56/.472 50/.795 58/.529 .680

Home 167/.768 16/.438 72/.988 50/.553 53/.741 44/.751 48/.808 .721

Last 28d days 115/.584 20/.550 51/.792 40/.485 47/.523 36/.716 42/1.162

HR/SB/CS 6/0/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/3/1 0/2/0 2/1/1 6/1/1 50/36/18

Usage ·····X·· ·····X·· ·X·X···· ·X·o···· X····X·o o····X·· ·o·X····

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB 48.Benitez
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 43.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 6/.833 6/.167 5/.400 ··· 4/1.000 6/1.500 12/.792 1/.000 220/173 .281/.314/.419/.733 .652/.755 .777 96/.934 2/1 5/

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 39/.663 14/.453 8/1.250 ··· 6/.334 8/.250 4/.833 1/.000 224/177 .246/.308/.424/.732 .775/.720 .610 97/.712 1/1 7/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 11/.582 5/.000 6/.733 ··· 6/.666 8/1.518 12/.417 7/.429 222/174 .282/.347/.475/.822 .725/.851 .968 98/.752 7/2 7/

6.Izturis# G/S/vP 7/.929 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 150/125 .224/.295/.284/.579 .360/.625 .657 70/.652 6/0 1/

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 47/40 .432/.447/.614/1.060 1.143/1.045 .794 9/.361 2/2 0/

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.200 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 211/165 .321/.370/.474/.844 1.039/.789 .721 93/.741 1/0 6/

5.Mathis G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 92/66 .198/.258/.346/.604 .678/.576 .298 36/.259 1/0 3/

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 4/.250 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 8/1.250 3/.666 6/.167 4/.500 234/187 .220/.308/.351/.659 .793/.625 .602 98/.672 3/1 6/

44.Napoli G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.333 3/.333 1/.000 127/105 .220/.307/.505/.812 .449/.880 .766 60/.700 3/1 10/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 69/44 .254/.319/.302/.620 .497/.691 .815 49/.660 0/0 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP 4/.833 5/.600 4/1.417 ··· 3/.333 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 46/23 .186/.239/.233/.472 .391/.554 .695 15/.641 0/0 0/

18.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 71/51 .175/.268/.190/.458 .476/.451 .636 67/.455 1/0 0/

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 42/37 .265/.390/.353/.743 .400/.796 .814 32/.613 1/0 0/

3.Wood G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/36 .106/.160/.170/.330 .220/.373 .224 39/.312 0/0 1/

IP 69.0 4.2 14.1 21.2 23.1 17.2 17.0 23.0 TOTAL .256/.320/.388/.707 .695/.711 .692 .652 44/14 48/24

ERA-K/9

4.57/8.5

3.86/11.5

3.77/8.8

1.66/9.1

1.93/8.1

3.57/8.1

0.53/10.6

1.57/8.6

3.31/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (14-11-1)
Napoli (22-7-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 306/.264 18/.125 59/.222 85/.184 100/.239 72/.213 69/.183 98/.233 .236 Guerrero
Matthews
Hunter
Anderson
Rivera
Willits
Quinlan 0/0/44/4
21/8/12/3
0/48/0/3
31/0/0/2
4/1/4/0
4/3/4/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .727 .597 .605 .613 .646 .633 .579 .577 .667

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 161/.782 5/2.100 24/1.083 43/.638 43/.692 25/.729 22/.349 41/.612 .721

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 145/.662 13/.077 35/.293 42/.586 57/.610 47/.580 47/.679 57/.551 .616

Road 195/.626 18/.597 40/.572 51/.729 56/.772 34/.694 41/.680 48/.711 .692

Last 28d days 138/.672 18/.597 45/.711 34/.753 38/.405 38/.633 39/.566 46/.594

HR/SB/CS 4/9/2 1/1/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 1/3/1 1/0/0 0/2/1 41/36/12

Usage ····X··· oo··o··· ·oo·o··· ··X··o·· X·····o· oo···X·· ···X··X· oo··o···

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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Game Preview: TOR @ LAA, 3:35pm, Sunday, June 1, 2008 @Angel Stadium

SP: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 5-5, 4.57)

SP: Jon Garland (28, RHP, 5-3, 3.89)

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