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Game Preview: TOR @ BOS, 7:05pm, Friday, August 15, 2008 @Fenway Park II

Toronto Blue Jays, 62-60, 4th, 12 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Roy Halladay (31, RHP, 13-9, 2.72)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (13-9)           182   160  64  55  31 155 13    2.72      
 2007 (16-7)           225.1 232 101  93  48 139 15    3.71      
 2006 (16-5)           220   208  82  78  34 132 19    3.19      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  51.2  43  16  13  12  49  4    2.26   63 
 2008-08-09    CLE   L   6.2  10   4   1   2   6  0     130   48 
 2008-08-04    OAK   W   8     4   1   1   1   8  1     113   77 
 2008-07-29    TBR   L   8     6   3   3   3   8  1     118   63 
 2008-07-24   @BAL   W   7     7   1   1   1   6  0     119   64 
 2008-07-19   @TBR   L   6     8   5   5   3   6  1      96   39 
 2008-07-11    NYY   W   9     2   0   0   1   8  0     110   90 
 2008-07-05   @LAA   W   7     6   2   2   1   7  1     107   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      1-4  34.2  41  23  22   8  23  6    5.71   45 
 2008-04-29   @BOS   L   8.2   5   1   1   1   6  0     112   75 
 2008-04-06    BOS   W   8     8   4   4   1   6  3     107   55 
 2007-09-04   @BOS   L   8     9   5   5   2   7  2     126   49 
 2007-07-12   @BOS   L   5     8   5   5   4   2  0     112   29 
 2007-05-10    BOS   L   5    11   8   7   0   2  1      86   17 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-26   Road:   28-34   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  49-41   vsLHP:  13-19   1-Run:  18-24
 vsEast: 19-20   vsCntrl:18-11   vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Thu, Aug 14  @DET  L   1-5       62-60  4th 12.0 gb
121 Wed, Aug 13  @DET  W   4-3       62-59  4th 11.0 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12  @DET  W   6-4       61-59  4th 11.0 gb
119 Mon, Aug 11  @DET  W   7-2       60-59  4th 12.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10   CLE  L   0-4       59-59  4th 12.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9   CLE  L   2-4       59-58  4th 11.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8   CLE  L   2-5       59-57  4th 10.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug  7   OAK  W   6-4       59-56  4th  9.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6   OAK  W   5-1       58-56  4th 10.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5   OAK  W   4-3       57-56  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Boston Red Sox, 71-51, 2nd, 3 GB, 3 up in WC

SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 7-10, 4.53)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-10)           131   146  70  66  24  56 23    4.53      
 2007 (15-8)           192.1 239 107  98  28  88 27    4.59      
 2006 (10-9)           179   232 120  97  38  88 26    4.88      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  46.1  48  17  17  14  25  3    3.30   53 
 2008-08-09   @TOR   W   9     6   2   2   0   2  0      94   69 
 2008-08-02   @MIN   W   7     6   1   1   2   1  0      99   60 
 2008-07-28    DET   W   7.2   4   0   0   3   4  0     107   72 
 2008-07-21   @LAA   W   5.1   9   1   1   2   5  0      94   49 
 2008-07-09   @DET  ND   6     9   3   3   1   5  0      86   46 
 2008-07-04   @MIN   L   5.1   8   6   6   3   4  2      89   29 
 2008-06-28    CIN   L   6     6   4   4   3   4  1      95   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      2-3  33.1  34  16  14   1  11  2    3.78   52 
 2008-08-09   @TOR   W   9     6   2   2   0   2  0      94   69 
 2007-07-08   @TOR   L   8.1   4   1   1   0   2  0      96   73 
 2006-08-28    TOR   W   5    10   4   3   0   3  0      82   36 
 2005-07-26   @TOR   L   3    10   7   7   1   0  1      63   10 
 2002-08-19   @TOR   L   8     4   2   1   0   4  1      98   72 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-16   Road:   28-35   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  53-42   vsLHP:  18-9    1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 21-21   vsCntrl:19-8    vsWest: 20-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Thu, Aug 14   TEX  W  10-0       71-51  2nd  3.0 gb
121 Wed, Aug 13   TEX  W   8-4       70-51  2nd  3.0 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12   TEX  W  19-17      69-51  2nd  3.0 gb
119 Mon, Aug 11  @CHW  W   5-1       68-51  2nd  4.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10  @CHW  L   5-6       67-51  2nd  4.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9  @CHW  W   6-2       67-50  2nd  3.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8  @CHW  L   3-5       66-50  2nd  3.5 gb
115 Wed, Aug  6  @KCR  W   8-2       66-49  2nd  3.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug  5  @KCR  W   8-2       65-49  2nd  3.0 gb
113 Mon, Aug  4  @KCR  L   3-4       64-49  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 01, 2008 TOR  3 @BOS  0        W:A.J. Burnett (3-2), L: Tim Wakefield (2-1), S: B.J. Ryan (3)
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 BOS  2  TOR  1        W:Jonathan Papelbon (2-0), L: Scott Downs (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 BOS  1  TOR  0        W:Jonathan Papelbon (1-0), L: Roy Halladay (2-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 06, 2008 TOR  7  BOS  4        W:Roy Halladay (1-1), L: Josh Beckett (0-1), S: Jeremy Accardo (3)
Sat, Apr 05, 2008 TOR 10  BOS  2        W:Jesse Litsch (1-0), L: Clay Buchholz (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 04, 2008 TOR  6  BOS  3        W:Shaun Marcum (1-0), L: David Aardsma (0-1), S: Jeremy Accardo (2)

Wed, Sep 19, 2007 TOR  6  BOS  1        W:Jesse Litsch (6-9), L: Clay Buchholz (3-1), S: Jeremy Accardo (28)
Tue, Sep 18, 2007 TOR  4  BOS  3        W:A.J. Burnett (9-7), L: Eric Gagne (3-2), S: Scott Downs (1)
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 TOR  6  BOS  1        W:Dustin McGowan (11-9), L: Tim Wakefield (16-11), S: none
Wed, Sep 05, 2007 TOR  6 @BOS  4        W:Jeremy Accardo (4-3), L: Hideki Okajima (3-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 4-2; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - TOR won 12-7; All-Time - BOS leads 241-196

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

TEX  5.64

FLA  4.67

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.95

MIN  4.63

TEX  6.09

BA

C. Jones  .367

M. Teixeira  .290

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .464

J. Reyes  .362

T. Pena  .180

SLG

L. Berkman  .608

J. Reyes  .484

T. Pena  .206

OPS

C. Jones  1.055

C. Beltran  .831

T. Pena  .386

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

M. Parra  4.02

L. Hernandez  5.94

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Byrd
G/S/vB
53.Aardsma
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
63.Masterson
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP 8/.661 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.000 289/196 .257/.304/.433/.737 .574/.817 .780 84/.637 0/0 10/
11.Eckstein G/S/vP 4/.833 3/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.350 289/202 .274/.355/.359/.713 .865/.644 .773 40/.748 2/1 1/
1.Inglett* G/S/vP 4/2.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 256/233 .293/.348/.419/.767 .602/.782 .630 94/.707 7/1 2/
26.Lind* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 193/138 .295/.333/.500/.833 .933/.794 .865 109/.878 1/0 6/
6.McDonald G/S/vP 13/.308 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 123/69 .217/.274/.292/.566 .669/.483 .624 62/.703 3/1 1/
36.Mench G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 104/31 .222/.308/.333/.641 .684/.544 .494 29/.630 2/0 0/
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 7/1.285 1/.000 8/.625 6/.900 ··· 3/.000 7/.286 5/1.100 481/356 .265/.368/.399/.767 .587/.833 .803 115/.755 1/2 9/
15.Rios G/S/vP 11/.273 2/2.500 6/.667 1/2.000 ··· 4/.917 6/1.167 9/1.181 515/390 .280/.328/.419/.747 .664/.774 .719 120/.778 30/7 8/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 13/.564 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 428/310 .255/.341/.325/.666 .638/.677 .665 108/.625 6/2 4/
24.Stairs* G/S/vP 22/.454 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.650 15/.785 347/316 .248/.340/.397/.737 .559/.756 .735 84/.703 1/1 11/
10.Wells G/S/vP 15/.600 2/1.500 8/.500 1/no AB ··· 4/1.750 11/.000 19/.948 298/226 .286/.326/.451/.776 .814/.764 .692 21/.759 4/2 10/
35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 18/.922 ··· 3/.000 6/1.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.000 2/.000 286/238 .224/.319/.320/.639 .608/.644 .646 55/.580 3/5 3/
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 12/.334 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.600 10/.929 13/.408 231/178 .231/.338/.354/.692 .615/.724 .568 30/.456 2/1 5/
IP 131.0 41.0 51.0 43.2 67.0 46.2 51.1 34.0 TOTAL .258/.333/.384/.716 .681/.728 .698 .703 74/25 83/64
ERA-K/9 4.53/3.8 3.73/9.7 4.24/8.6 2.68/5.1 3.36/7.3 2.51/7.9 1.93/10.5 5.29/5.3 3.83/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (29-20-2)
 Zaun (31-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 553/.282 183/.223 218/.241 181/.264 280/.207 200/.227 199/.202 153/.287 .246  Rios
 Wells
 Wilkerson
 Lind
 Scutaro
 Mench
 Inglett
 Stairs
0/56/62/13
0/67/0/4
20/3/64/4
49/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
17/0/12/1
18/1/12/0
9/0/6/0
OPS .784 .687 .684 .741 .677 .652 .523 .820 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 296/.904 78/.608 97/.621 94/.669 150/.818 80/.564 108/.538 70/1.020 .714
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 257/.650 105/.746 121/.737 87/.815 130/.522 120/.712 91/.507 83/.651 .692
Home 198/.676 95/.856 112/.610 111/.702 150/.724 100/.755 105/.428 75/.829 .721
Last 28d days 118/.570 15/1.443 47/.676 28/.829 50/.607 32/.404 38/.342 32/.656
HR/SB/CS 23/3/5 2/2/0 4/7/0 3/1/3 9/7/0 5/0/1 3/2/0 5/3/0 107/77/30
Usage ·····X·· ··X·X··· o·X···o· ·oo····· ·o··X··· ··X·o··· ··Xo···· oo···o··
Boston Red Sox Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Halladay
G/S/vB
57.Camp
G/S/vB
39.Carlson*
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
22.League
G/S/vB
52.Ryan*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
55.Bailey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/2 .167/.444/.167/.611 .452/ .667 1/2.000 0/0 0/
44.Bay G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 520/399 .288/.377/.513/.890 .733/.936 .947 115/.801 9/0 23/
22.Casey* G/S/vP 15/.534 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 170/140 .351/.412/.435/.847 1.005/.812 1.017 32/.594 1/0 0/
30.Cash G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 119/95 .222/.286/.333/.619 .935/.541 .609 18/.284 0/0 2/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 16/.650 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· ··· 91/82 .286/.389/.364/.753 .819/.745 .782 22/.807 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 32/.625 12/1.053 ··· 6/.334 7/1.000 ··· 4/.500 300/228 .247/.300/.382/.682 .845/.629 .735 66/.543 14/4 6/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 20/1.088 1/2.000 ··· 12/.666 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 446/353 .281/.408/.525/.933 .937/.932 .940 109/.760 4/1 19/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 6/2.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 441/340 .271/.336/.375/.710 .706/.712 .768 77/.664 38/7 7/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 146/100 .310/.368/.468/.836 .937/.789 .888 93/.896 0/0 1/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 85/.873 6/1.917 1/.000 20/1.033 14/.445 4/1.250 18/.778 329/258 .262/.365/.495/.859 .642/.920 1.055 83/.919 1/0 17/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 24/.341 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 550/423 .323/.366/.464/.830 .908/.807 .819 116/.883 12/1 10/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 69/.701 8/.804 ··· 10/.700 10/.200 4/.500 17/.301 369/282 .212/.304/.338/.642 .721/.617 .695 81/.600 0/1 8/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 42/1.008 7/.619 ··· 4/.750 8/.375 1/.000 7/.143 479/393 .322/.388/.574/.963 1.055/.944 1.005 106/1.068 3/4 22/
IP 182.0 35.0 43.0 57.2 38.2 19.2 42.0 TOTAL .281/.358/.445/.802 .826/.796 .851 .783 91/25 130/68
ERA-K/9 2.72/7.7 3.60/7.5 2.09/9.2 1.40/8.0 4.42/8.6 2.29/5.0 3.00/8.4 3.66/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (31-15-12)
 Varitek (46-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 730/.234 143/.244 174/.216 234/.203 169/.211 89/.222 180/.221 .246  Drew
 Bay
 Ellsbury
 Crisp
 Bailey
 Youkilis
0/1/102/6
118/0/0/4
54/51/16/3
0/86/0/3
2/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .623 .644 .665 .553 .671 .676 .657 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 402/.634 50/.987 93/.605 95/.503 64/.806 39/.830 56/.715 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 328/.610 93/.459 81/.735 139/.588 105/.589 50/.560 124/.632 .655
Road 391/.598 73/.672 103/.792 127/.610 81/.745 47/.690 96/.821 .733
Last 28d days 151/.700 44/.706 50/.446 55/.400 44/.638 48/.533 47/.687
HR/SB/CS 13/9/5 2/3/0 4/1/2 2/1/0 3/4/2 1/0/0 3/2/0 108/61/31
Usage ·····X·· o···o·X· o·····oo ·ooo···X XX···oo· ·XXX·X·· ··oX···X

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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