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Game Preview: TOR @ DET, 7:05pm, Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @Comerica Park

Toronto Blue Jays, 61-59, 4th, 11 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: David Purcey (26, LHP, 1-3, 7.40)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-3)             24.1  23  20  20  16  19  6    7.40      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  24.1  23  20  20  16  19  6    7.40   42 
 2008-08-08    CLE   L   6     6   3   3   2   8  0      97   54 
 2008-08-03   @TEX   L   5     3   5   5   2   4  3      89   43 
 2008-07-26    SEA   W   6     7   3   3   1   4  1      99   49 
 2008-05-16   @PHI   L   3     5   8   8   4   0  2      65   13 
 2008-04-18    DET  ND   4.1   2   1   1   7   3  0      86   51 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      0-0   4.1   2   1   1   7   3  0    2.08   51 
 2008-04-18    DET  ND   4.1   2   1   1   7   3  0      86   51 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-26   Road:   27-33   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  49-40   vsLHP:  12-19   1-Run:  17-24
 vsEast: 19-20   vsCntrl:17-10   vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
112 Mon, Aug  4   OAK  W   6-1       56-56  4th 10.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3  @TEX  L   4-8       55-56  4th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Detroit Tigers, 58-61, 3rd, 8½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 8-9, 4.92)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-9)            142.2 165  85  78  56  63 15    4.92      
 2007 (3-4)             63    65  36  31  25  36  8    4.43      
 2006 (17-8)           204   195  97  87  62  99 23    3.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  42.2  51  28  27  15  23  5    5.70   43 
 2008-08-08    OAK   L   7     6   4   3   3   5  1     111   53 
 2008-08-02   @TBR   L   3.1   6   7   7   4   8  0     109   24 
 2008-07-28   @CLE   L   5.2   9   5   5   1   1  2      98   31 
 2008-07-22   @KCR   W   6     4   1   1   1   4  0      79   63 
 2008-07-17   @BAL   W   6    11   4   4   2   1  1      87   33 
 2008-07-10    MIN  ND   7     9   3   3   2   1  0      97   46 
 2008-07-04   @SEA   L   7.2   6   4   4   2   3  1     104   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      2-2  29    37  20  17   6  12  3    5.28   42 
 2008-04-18   @TOR   W   6.2   3   4   4   4   1  1      98   49 
 2007-09-10    TOR  ND   6.1   9   2   2   0   2  0      98   49 
 2006-09-28    TOR   L   3.2   8   7   5   1   2  0      70   22 
 2005-07-09    TOR   W   7     8   3   3   0   3  1      90   52 
 2005-04-16    TOR   L   5.1   9   4   3   1   4  1      92   39 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-25   Road:   27-36   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  35-50   vsLHP:  23-11   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast: 10-15   vsCntrl:21-30   vsWest: 14-11 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Tue, Aug 12   TOR  L   4-6       58-61  3rd  8.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 11   TOR  L   2-7       58-60  3rd  8.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10   OAK  W   6-1       58-59  3rd  7.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9   OAK  W  10-2       57-59  3rd  8.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8   OAK  L   2-4       56-59  3rd  8.5 gb
114 Thu, Aug  7  @CHW  W   8-3       56-58  3rd  7.5 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6  @CHW  L   1-5       55-58  3rd  8.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5  @CHW  L   8-10(14)  55-57  3rd  7.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3  @TBR  L   5-6 (10)  55-56  3rd  7.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2  @TBR  L   3-9       55-55  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 TOR  6 @DET  4        W:A.J. Burnett (15-9), L: Joel Zumaya (0-2), S: B.J. Ryan (23)
Mon, Aug 11, 2008 TOR  7 @DET  2        W:Shaun Marcum (7-5), L: Justin Verlander (8-13), S: none
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 DET  5 @TOR  1        W:Armando Galarraga (2-0), L: Shaun Marcum (2-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 20, 2008 TOR  5  DET  3        W:A.J. Burnett (2-1), L: Nate Robertson (0-2), S: Jeremy Accardo (4)
Sat, Apr 19, 2008 TOR  3  DET  2        W:Dustin McGowan (1-1), L: Jeremy Bonderman (1-2), S: B.J. Ryan (2)
Fri, Apr 18, 2008 DET  8 @TOR  4        W:Kenny Rogers (1-3), L: Jeremy Accardo (0-3), S: none

Mon, Sep 10, 2007 DET  5  TOR  4        W:Yorman Bazardo (1-1), L: Casey Janssen (2-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 15, 2007 TOR  2  DET  1        W:Josh Towers (1-1), L: Nate Robertson (2-1), S: Shaun Marcum (1)
Sat, Apr 14, 2007 DET 10 @TOR  7        W:Wilfredo Ledezma (2-0), L: B.J. Ryan (0-2), S: Todd Jones (6)
Fri, Apr 13, 2007 TOR  2  DET  1 (10)   W:Roy Halladay (2-0), L: Fernando Rodney (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 4-2; 2007 - DET won 4-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - TOR leads 194-163

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  5.70

MIL  4.69

WSN  3.73

RA/G

TOR  3.95

CLE  4.63

TEX  6.04

BA

C. Jones  .370

D. Mientkiewicz  .289

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

T. Wigginton  .361

T. Pena  .178

SLG

A. Pujols  .608

E. Hinske  .483

T. Pena  .204

OPS

C. Jones  1.066

R. Ibanez  .832

T. Pena  .382

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

S. Olsen  4.04

I. Snell  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

G. Floyd  6.33

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Rogers*
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
54.Zumaya
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/no AB 2/1.000 9/1.111 3/1.666 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 285/195 .261/.309/.439/.748 .593/.822 .803 80/.671 0/0 10/
11.Eckstein G/S/vP 33/.606 ··· 1/.000 9/1.181 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 284/201 .266/.347/.348/.695 .819/.641 .737 35/.607 2/1 1/
1.Inglett* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.500 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 252/229 .289/.346/.418/.763 .602/.778 .617 90/.693 7/1 2/
26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 185/133 .300/.332/.512/.843 .919/.814 .888 101/.900 1/0 6/
6.McDonald G/S/vP 14/.962 ··· 6/.000 18/.656 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 116/65 .212/.273/.293/.566 .670/.482 .635 55/.723 3/1 1/
36.Mench G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 5/.650 14/1.654 2/2.500 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 100/30 .233/.320/.349/.669 .716/.563 .531 25/.741 2/0 0/
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 11/.637 19/.895 1/.000 3/1.667 3/1.000 4/.750 473/351 .267/.370/.395/.766 .603/.825 .803 107/.750 1/2 8/
15.Rios G/S/vP 24/.962 1/.000 7/1.428 18/.869 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 6/.333 506/384 .281/.330/.418/.748 .664/.776 .721 111/.787 30/7 8/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 23/.895 ··· 4/.250 3/.666 4/.500 1/2.000 3/2.667 2/2.000 419/305 .258/.344/.330/.673 .650/.682 .678 99/.651 6/2 4/
24.Stairs* G/S/vP 5/.600 1/no AB 9/1.056 5/.600 2/.000 5/.800 ··· 4/.250 343/312 .251/.341/.401/.742 .559/.761 .745 80/.723 1/1 11/
10.Wells G/S/vP 40/.761 1/.000 7/.858 33/.573 2/.000 4/1.750 ··· 8/.375 290/221 .289/.328/.447/.775 .753/.782 .685 13/.724 4/2 9/
35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 10/.422 ··· 7/.453 3/2.000 2/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 286/238 .224/.319/.320/.639 .608/.644 .646 55/.580 3/5 3/
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 21/1.357 ··· 9/1.194 10/1.178 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 227/174 .236/.344/.361/.705 .615/.743 .590 26/.530 2/1 5/
IP 142.2 38.2 50.0 23.0 52.1 24.0 41.0 23.1 TOTAL .259/.334/.385/.718 .678/.731 .702 .712 74/25 81/63
ERA-K/9 4.92/4.0 3.96/4.0 3.96/8.8 5.09/7.0 3.10/6.5 4.88/10.1 2.85/8.8 3.47/8.5 4.53/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (28-20-2)
 Zaun (31-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 635/.297 174/.260 210/.267 102/.304 222/.260 107/.184 170/.247 114/.264 .266  Rios
 Wells
 Wilkerson
 Lind
 Scutaro
 Mench
 Inglett
 Stairs
0/55/61/13
0/66/0/4
20/3/64/4
47/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
17/0/11/1
18/1/12/0
9/0/6/0
OPS .835 .715 .868 .840 .717 .687 .697 .854 .765
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 173/.805 64/1.004 101/.964 48/.603 77/.837 49/.830 91/.733 45/.690 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 462/.846 110/.556 109/.787 54/1.061 145/.651 58/.555 79/.657 69/.939 .753
Home 267/.822 86/.602 111/.849 35/.629 105/.578 37/.431 89/.719 46/.779 .741
Last 28d days 129/.896 52/.828 40/.957 39/.814 62/.867 63/.567 48/.720 58/.933
HR/SB/CS 15/1/2 3/9/2 14/6/6 1/0/1 5/3/0 3/3/0 3/0/1 3/1/0 114/53/25
Usage ····X··· X···X··o X··X···X ·o·····o ·X····oX ··X··X·X X··X·o·o X··o·o·X
Detroit Tigers Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 25.Purcey*
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
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/2.334 ··· 5/1.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 505/384 .296/.360/.524/.885 .942/.867 .910 115/1.047 1/0 24/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 5/1.400 4/.000 431/332 .298/.363/.496/.859 .750/.892 .849 125/.911 8/4 15/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.600 2/.000 4/.833 458/356 .284/.373/.429/.802 .836/.795 .888 86/.821 9/3 9/
15.Inge G/S/vP 2/.000 8/1.071 1/.000 4/.250 10/.200 5/.650 5/.600 255/197 .222/.323/.435/.758 .684/.779 .902 77/.823 1/2 10/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 172/156 .269/.331/.558/.889 .899/.887 .989 69/.767 0/0 10/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 3/.667 6/.334 ··· 7/.143 4/.833 2/1.000 7/.971 447/341 .318/.378/.491/.869 .883/.865 1.023 112/.879 0/4 15/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 3/no AB 3/.000 ··· 13/1.077 1/no AB 4/1.000 4/.500 480/349 .313/.355/.426/.781 .863/.751 .715 116/.901 5/0 6/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 136/75 .252/.319/.423/.741 .854/.644 .882 37/.675 2/0 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 2/.500 7/.686 ··· 8/.625 5/.800 2/.000 12/.500 426/319 .262/.315/.349/.664 .882/.594 .785 93/.799 3/3 6/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 83/68 .328/.456/.484/.940 .955/.937 .978 18/.656 0/0 1/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/23 .111/.143/.185/.328 .167/.364 .486 11/.100 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 3/.000 7/1.429 ··· 14/.517 4/.750 4/.500 10/1.414 325/246 .223/.323/.394/.717 .722/.715 .719 96/.847 7/1 12/
33.Thames G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 258/155 .236/.295/.544/.839 .861/.825 .940 54/.590 0/3 21/
IP 24.1 34.2 42.2 57.2 36.1 18.2 42.0 TOTAL .275/.343/.445/.788 .821/.777 .857 .849 45/22 143/85
ERA-K/9 7.40/7.0 3.63/7.3 2.11/9.3 1.25/8.0 3.47/8.9 2.41/4.3 3.00/8.4 3.66/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (18-6-6)
 Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 111/.256 141/.240 173/.217 232/.199 157/.211 84/.224 180/.221 .247  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Inge
 Thames
 Raburn
 Joyce
 Sheffield
 Guillen
0/0/96/5
0/97/0/4
2/11/0/2
52/0/6/2
22/5/16/1
31/0/19/1
6/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .915 .639 .669 .543 .664 .679 .657 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 23/.865 50/.987 92/.612 95/.503 61/.825 38/.854 56/.715 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.929 91/.447 81/.735 137/.572 96/.564 46/.537 124/.632 .657
Road 38/1.188 71/.662 102/.800 125/.592 69/.743 42/.700 96/.821 .740
Last 28d days 72/.849 42/.690 49/.456 53/.353 32/.595 43/.522 47/.687
HR/SB/CS 6/0/2 2/3/0 4/1/2 2/1/0 3/4/2 1/0/0 3/2/0 108/60/31
Usage ····X··· ··o·X··· ····oo·o oo···Xo· ···oo··· XX·X···X oX···XX·

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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