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Game Preview: TOR @ DET, 1:05pm, Thursday, August 14, 2008 @Comerica Park

Toronto Blue Jays, 62-59, 4th, 11 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 8-7, 4.46)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-7)            115   134  65  57  19  59 17    4.46      
 2007 (7-9)            111   116  56  47  36  50 14    3.81      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-5  38.2  48  35  28   7  17  6    6.52   39 
 2008-07-21   @BAL   L   4.2   7   6   6   2   1  1      80   25 
 2008-07-12    NYY   L   2.2   7   8   3   1   3  1      80   24 
 2008-07-06   @LAA   L   5.1   8   6   6   1   2  1      94   29 
 2008-07-01   @SEA  ND   5.2  10   3   1   0   1  0      92   42 
 2008-06-26    CIN   W   8     3   1   1   1   6  0     114   77 
 2008-06-21   @PIT   L   6     5   6   6   1   2  3      80   39 
 2008-06-15    CHC   L   6.1   8   5   5   1   2  0      90   38 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET    Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-26   Road:   28-33   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  49-40   vsLHP:  13-19   1-Run:  18-24
 vsEast: 19-20   vsCntrl:18-10   vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
112 Mon, Aug  4   OAK  W   6-1       56-56  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Detroit Tigers, 58-62, 3rd, 9½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 10-4, 3.23)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-4)           125.1 103  54  45  42  86 14    3.23      
 2007 (0-0)              8.2   8   6   6   7   6  2    6.23      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  43.1  39  15  14  12  31  5    2.91   56 
 2008-08-09    OAK   W   5.2   8   2   2   2   4  1     104   47 
 2008-08-03   @TBR  ND   7     4   1   1   0   4  0     100   69 
 2008-07-29   @CLE   W   5.1   5   3   3   2   3  0      97   47 
 2008-07-23   @KCR   W   7     3   1   1   1   7  0      87   73 
 2008-07-18   @BAL   L   6.2   8   5   4   0   6  3     104   46 
 2008-07-11    MIN   L   5.2   6   2   2   4   5  0     113   50 
 2008-07-05   @SEA  ND   6     5   1   1   3   2  1      95   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      1-0   5.1   3   0   0   4   4  0    0.00   62 
 2008-04-21   @TOR   W   5.1   3   0   0   4   4  0      85   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-26   Road:   27-36   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  35-50   vsLHP:  23-12   1-Run:  13-19
 vsEast: 10-16   vsCntrl:21-30   vsWest: 14-11 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Wed, Aug 13   TOR  L   3-4       58-62  3rd  9.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 TOR  4 @DET  3        W:David Purcey (2-3), L: Kenny Rogers (8-10), S: Brandon League (1)
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)
Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 5-2; 2007 - DET won 4-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - TOR leads 195-163

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  5.69

MIL  4.71

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.94

MIN  4.63

TEX  6.06

BA

C. Jones  .370

J. Inglett  .289

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

D. Ortiz  .360

T. Pena  .180

SLG

A. Pujols  .605

C. Jackson  .483

T. Pena  .206

OPS

C. Jones  1.064

O. Infante  .833

T. Pena  .386

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

H. Kuroda  4.02

I. Snell  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB
62.Beltran
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
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 9/1.111 3/1.666 2/.000 ··· 289/196 .257/.304/.433/.737 .574/.817 .780 84/.637 0/0 10/
11.Eckstein G/S/vP 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 9/1.181 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 289/202 .274/.355/.359/.713 .865/.644 .773 40/.748 2/1 1/
1.Inglett* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.500 2/2.000 1/.000 252/229 .289/.346/.418/.763 .602/.778 .617 90/.693 7/1 2/
26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 189/134 .301/.335/.509/.844 .933/.808 .888 105/.899 1/0 6/
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 18/.656 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 120/66 .214/.272/.291/.563 .669/.474 .621 59/.705 3/1 1/
36.Mench G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 14/1.654 2/2.500 2/.500 ··· 104/31 .222/.308/.333/.641 .684/.544 .494 29/.630 2/0 0/
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 11/.637 19/.895 1/.000 3/1.667 3/1.000 477/352 .265/.369/.393/.762 .587/.827 .794 111/.733 1/2 8/
15.Rios G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/1.428 18/.869 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 511/386 .280/.329/.416/.745 .664/.771 .714 116/.770 30/7 8/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.666 4/.500 1/2.000 3/2.667 424/306 .255/.342/.326/.668 .638/.680 .668 104/.630 6/2 4/
24.Stairs* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 9/1.056 5/.600 2/.000 5/.800 ··· 343/312 .251/.341/.401/.742 .559/.761 .745 80/.723 1/1 11/
10.Wells G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/.858 33/.573 2/.000 4/1.750 ··· 294/222 .290/.330/.457/.787 .814/.778 .713 17/.953 4/2 10/
35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 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 2/.500 ··· ··· 9/1.194 10/1.178 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 227/174 .236/.344/.361/.705 .615/.743 .590 26/.530 2/1 5/
IP 125.1 7.1 38.2 50.0 23.0 52.1 24.0 41.0 TOTAL .258/.333/.384/.717 .681/.730 .700 .709 74/25 82/64
ERA-K/9 3.23/6.2 3.68/7.4 3.96/4.0 3.96/8.8 5.09/7.0 3.10/6.5 4.88/10.1 2.85/8.8 4.52/5.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 523/.218 34/.214 174/.260 210/.267 102/.304 222/.260 107/.184 170/.247 .266  Rios
 Wells
 Wilkerson
 Lind
 Scutaro
 Mench
 Inglett
 Stairs
0/56/61/13
0/66/0/4
20/3/64/4
48/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
17/0/12/1
18/1/12/0
9/0/6/0
OPS .659 .746 .715 .868 .840 .717 .687 .697 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 285/.788 11/.597 64/1.004 101/.964 48/.603 77/.837 49/.830 91/.733 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 238/.502 23/.781 110/.556 109/.787 54/1.061 145/.651 58/.555 79/.657 .752
Home 201/.763 22/.543 86/.602 111/.849 35/.629 105/.578 37/.431 89/.719 .739
Last 28d days 127/.661 10/.200 52/.828 40/.957 39/.814 62/.867 63/.567 48/.720
HR/SB/CS 14/6/0 1/0/0 3/9/2 14/6/6 1/0/1 5/3/0 3/3/0 3/0/1 115/53/25
Usage ····X··· X······· ·X···X·· ·X··X··· ··o····· ··X····o ···X··X· ·X··X·o·
Detroit Tigers Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Litsch
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 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 5/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 509/385 .293/.358/.520/.877 .917/.865 .894 119/1.009 1/0 24/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 5/1.400 4/.000 435/333 .295/.359/.491/.851 .727/.889 .831 129/.881 8/4 15/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· 8/1.071 1/.000 4/.250 11/.182 6/.533 5/.600 259/199 .218/.318/.427/.745 .660/.770 .870 81/.778 1/2 10/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 173/157 .268/.329/.554/.884 .899/.881 .974 70/.756 0/0 10/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· 8/.393 4/.833 2/1.000 7/.971 451/341 .319/.379/.491/.871 .888/.865 1.022 116/.883 0/4 15/
14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 14/1.121 1/no AB 4/1.000 4/.500 484/349 .312/.356/.424/.781 .858/.751 .714 120/.896 6/0 6/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 140/77 .244/.309/.409/.719 .826/.626 .813 41/.607 2/0 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· 7/.686 ··· 8/.625 6/.667 3/1.000 12/.500 430/321 .262/.317/.351/.668 .879/.600 .792 97/.813 3/3 6/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 86/69 .328/.451/.478/.929 .962/.921 .952 21/.659 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 ··· 7/1.429 ··· 14/.517 5/.600 4/.500 10/1.414 328/247 .222/.323/.391/.714 .721/.712 .714 99/.835 7/1 12/
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· 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 115.0 34.2 42.2 57.2 38.1 19.2 42.0 TOTAL .274/.342/.443/.785 .813/.776 .850 .835 46/22 143/86
ERA-K/9 4.46/4.6 3.63/7.3 2.11/9.3 1.40/8.0 3.29/8.7 2.29/5.0 3.00/8.4 3.64/7.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 491/.289 141/.240 173/.217 234/.203 163/.201 89/.222 180/.221 .246  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Inge
 Thames
 Raburn
 Joyce
 Guillen
 Sheffield
0/0/97/5
0/98/0/4
2/11/0/2
52/0/6/2
23/5/16/2
31/0/19/1
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .784 .639 .669 .553 .638 .676 .657 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 267/.767 50/.987 92/.612 95/.503 63/.796 39/.830 56/.715 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 224/.803 91/.447 81/.735 139/.588 100/.539 50/.560 124/.632 .655
Road 257/.850 71/.662 102/.800 127/.610 75/.678 47/.690 96/.821 .734
Last 28d days 23/.963 42/.690 49/.456 55/.400 38/.496 48/.533 47/.687
HR/SB/CS 17/2/6 2/3/0 4/1/2 2/1/0 3/4/2 1/0/0 3/2/0 108/61/31
Usage ········ ···o·X·· ·····oo· ooo···Xo X···oo·· XXX·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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