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Game Preview: TOR @ MIN, 1:10pm, Thursday, May 15, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Toronto Blue Jays, 20-22, 5th, 4 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Dustin McGowan (26, RHP, 2-3, 4.47)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-3)             46.1  49  24  23  18  35  3    4.47      
 2007 (12-10)          169.2 146  80  77  61 144 14    4.08      
 2006 (1-2)             27.1  35  27  22  25  22  2    7.24      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  40.1  45  22  21  15  31  3    4.69   48 
 2008-05-10   @CLE   L   3.2   9   9   9   1   1  1      79    7 
 2008-05-05    CHW   W   7.1   4   0   0   0   6  0     103   76 
 2008-04-30   @BOS  ND   7.1   4   1   1   1   5  1     102   70 
 2008-04-24   @TBR   L   4     4   5   4   7   6  0      88   35 
 2008-04-19    DET   W   7     7   2   2   2   1  0     105   54 
 2008-04-14   @BAL   L   6    10   3   3   1   5  1      97   44 
 2008-04-09    OAK  ND   5     7   2   2   3   7  0     101   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-0   7.1   4   0   0   3   5  0    0.00   72 
 2007-07-24    MIN   W   7.1   4   0   0   3   5  0     111   72 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-9    Road:   10-13   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  16-15   vsLHP:   4-7    1-Run:   5-9 
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  3-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Wed, May 14  @MIN  W   6-5       20-22  5th  4.0 gb
 41 Tue, May 13  @MIN  W   5-3       19-22  5th  5.0 gb
 40 Mon, May 12  @CLE  W   3-0 (10)  18-22  5th  5.5 gb
 39 Mon, May 12  @CLE  L   0-3       17-22  5th  5.5 gb
 38 Sat, May 10  @CLE  L   0-12      17-21  5th  6.5 gb
 37 Fri, May  9  @CLE  L   1-6       17-20  5th  5.5 gb
 36 Thu, May  8   TBR  L   3-8 (13)  17-19  5th  5.5 gb
 35 Wed, May  7   TBR  W   6-2       17-18  3rd  4.5 gb
 34 Tue, May  6   TBR  L   4-5       16-18  5th  5.5 gb
 33 Mon, May  5   CHW  W   1-0       16-17  5th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Minnesota Twins, 20-19, 2nd, ½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Glen Perkins (25, LHP, 0-1, 4.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)              6     9   3   3   0   3  3    4.50      
 2007 (0-0)             28.2  23  10  10  12  20  2    3.14      
 2006 (0-0)              5.2   3   1   1   0   6  0    1.59      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-1   6     9   3   3   0   3  3    4.50   45 
 2008-05-10    BOS   L   6     9   3   3   0   3  3      98   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR    Has never faced TOR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-9    Road:    6-10   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  15-14   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   9-5 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl:13-8    vsWest:  3-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Wed, May 14   TOR  L   5-6       20-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 13   TOR  L   3-5       20-18  1st  0.5 up
 37 Mon, May 12   BOS  W   7-3       20-17  1st  1.5 up
 36 Sun, May 11   BOS  W   9-8       19-17  1st  1.0 up
 35 Sat, May 10   BOS  L   2-5       18-17  1st    Tied
 34 Fri, May  9   BOS  W   7-6       18-16  1st  1.0 up
 33 Thu, May  8  @CHW  L   2-6       17-16  1st  1.0 up
 32 Wed, May  7  @CHW  W  13-1       17-15  1st  1.5 up
 31 Tue, May  6  @CHW  L   1-7       16-15  1st  1.0 up
 30 Sun, May  4   DET  W   7-6       16-14  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 14, 2008 TOR  6 @MIN  5        W:Roy Halladay (4-5), L: Boof Bonser (2-5), S: Scott Downs (5)
Tue, May 13, 2008 TOR  5 @MIN  3        W:Jesse Litsch (5-1), L: Kevin Slowey (0-3), S: B.J. Ryan (6)

Wed, Jul 25, 2007 TOR 13  MIN  1        W:Jesse Litsch (3-4), L: Carlos Silva (8-11), S: none
Tue, Jul 24, 2007 TOR  7  MIN  0        W:Dustin McGowan (7-5), L: Scott Baker (4-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 23, 2007 TOR  6  MIN  4        W:Shaun Marcum (6-4), L: Johan Santana (11-8), S: Jeremy Accardo (16)
Thu, Jun 28, 2007 MIN  8  TOR  5        W:Carlos Silva (6-8), L: Jason Frasor (1-3), S: Joe Nathan (15)
Wed, Jun 27, 2007 TOR  5 @MIN  4        W:Josh Towers (3-5), L: Boof Bonser (5-4), S: Jeremy Accardo (10)
Tue, Jun 26, 2007 MIN  2  TOR  1 (12)   W:Juan Rincon (3-1), L: Brian Tallet (2-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 25, 2007 TOR  8 @MIN  5        W:Roy Halladay (9-2), L: Matt Guerrier (1-3), S: Jeremy Accardo (9)
Sun, May 27, 2007 MIN  4  TOR  2        W:Carlos Silva (3-5), L: A.J. Burnett (5-4), S: Joe Nathan (11)
Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 2-0; 2007 - TOR won 6-4; 2006 - TOR won 5-2; All-Time - TOR leads 172-144

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  5.85

CHW  4.53

SDP  3.41

RA/G

CLE  3.53

MIN  4.54

TEX  5.45

BA

D. Pedroia  .306

  

I. Suzuki  .271

OBP

J. Hamilton  .347

  

I. Suzuki  .321

SLG

J. Hamilton  .539

  

I. Suzuki  .367

OPS

J. Hamilton  .886

  

I. Suzuki  .688

ERA

C. Lee  .67

N. Blackburn  3.93

M. Chico  6.42

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.62

S. Chacon  6.18

J. Garland  2.07

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
60.Bass
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
41.Korecky
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.750 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 7/.953 3/1.667 61/41 .236/.311/.345/.657 .850/.563 .657 45/.619 0/0 1/
2.Hill G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 8/.750 ··· 8/.375 ··· 5/.800 174/136 .269/.327/.385/.712 .881/.669 .676 106/.602 3/1 2/
1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 42/40 .278/.357/.361/.718 .000/.757 .649 25/.710 2/1 0/
36.Mench G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 4/.500 7/.453 12/ .273/.333/.273/.606 .606/ .606 12/.606 1/0 0/
17.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 6/.666 ··· 4/.250 5/.650 5/.400 159/117 .271/.373/.361/.734 .543/.808 .708 94/.751 0/2 1/
15.Rios G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 9/1.524 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/.666 179/136 .256/.324/.388/.712 .515/.774 .729 109/.606 8/2 3/
33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 11/.955 ··· 74/56 .292/.365/.523/.888 .500/1.028 .824 74/.888 2/0 2/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 5/.400 4/.000 8/.804 116/85 .245/.357/.316/.673 .906/.585 .612 64/.677 3/2 1/
24.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 9/1.222 ··· 11/.364 3/.000 11/.573 122/111 .304/.352/.491/.844 .282/.899 .977 84/.890 0/0 6/
23.Stewart G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 112/79 .227/.313/.289/.601 .721/.552 .529 77/.608 1/0 0/
4.Velandia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 7/.000 0/0 0/
35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.933 ··· 7/.286 4/.833 5/.650 91/81 .224/.330/.276/.606 .286/.636 .683 44/.757 1/2 0/
9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/1.750 ··· 5/.000 3/.333 3/.333 120/89 .262/.342/.340/.682 .618/.725 .661 74/.741 2/1 1/
IP 6.0 25.2 12.2 22.1 4.0 15.0 11.1 16.0 TOTAL .253/.331/.365/.696 .634/.715 .670 .661 28/13 26/26
ERA-K/9 4.50/4.5 3.86/3.5 4.26/7.1 4.03/6.1 4.50/6.8 1.80/9.6 0.79/4.0 3.38/7.3 4.29/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (4-3-0)
 Zaun (17-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 27/.346 118/.262 56/.294 100/.270 17/.286 60/.228 42/.231 66/.203 .276  Rios
 Wilkerson
 Stewart
 Scutaro
 Inglett
 Mench
 Stairs
0/7/33/3
2/0/24/2
23/0/0/1
2/0/0/1
4/0/3/0
2/0/1/0
7/0/2/0
OPS 1.154 .843 .828 .748 .840 .582 .542 .610 .762
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 6/.000 37/.751 19/.325 38/.780 10/.929 32/.626 28/.437 28/.721 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 21/1.429 81/.880 37/1.096 62/.728 7/.714 28/.536 14/.762 38/.528 .766
Home 27/1.154 57/.861 30/.621 56/.585 1/.000 44/.488 30/.610 42/.505 .718
Last 28d days 27/1.154 74/.914 39/.722 68/.643 17/.840 37/.594 31/.573 45/.542
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 5/1/2 2/1/1 3/3/1 0/0/0 1/3/0 0/1/1 2/2/1 44/20/10
Usage ····X··· ·X··X·X· X·o··X·· ·X·X·XX· ····o··· X··X···· ·o·oooo· o·X··XX·
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.McGowan
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 5/.200 5/.933 3/.666 5/1.000 90/64 .274/.322/.369/.691 .732/.674 .689 72/.727 3/1 1/
12.Everett G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 59/48 .196/.224/.321/.546 1.056/.443 .598 30/.647 0/0 1/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 153/112 .272/.301/.408/.709 1.040/.586 .705 86/.753 16/3 3/
23.Harris G/S/vP 9/.222 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 137/102 .250/.316/.350/.666 .479/.731 .634 86/.568 0/0 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/4.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/.666 127/96 .238/.252/.410/.662 .336/.760 .734 74/.563 0/1 5/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.900 ··· 118/101 .227/.254/.282/.536 .176/.599 .402 70/.589 0/0 0/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 7/.858 2/.500 3/.333 4/.500 145/100 .328/.410/.416/.826 .751/.861 .859 88/.897 0/1 0/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 7/1.714 ··· 8/.393 ··· 3/.000 6/.500 4/.500 ··· 79/49 .270/.316/.514/.830 .343/1.127 .885 57/.898 0/0 4/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/no AB 5/1.000 2/3.000 9/.347 3/.333 5/.600 5/.000 160/110 .297/.356/.490/.846 .729/.901 .945 99/.858 0/0 7/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 3/.333 19/8 .235/.263/.353/.616 .808/.375 .286 13/.930 0/0 0/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 84/56 .282/.317/.359/.676 .718/.655 .836 53/.544 3/1 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 11/.282 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.286 3/2.334 3/.333 157/120 .270/.312/.304/.616 .443/.670 .571 97/.597 7/1 0/
IP 46.1 0.1 8.2 17.0 17.1 12.1 11.0 16.1 TOTAL .266/.313/.379/.692 .628/.716 .697 .701 35/9 23/28
ERA-K/9 4.47/6.8 27.00/30.0 5.19/11.4 2.12/9.5 2.60/9.4 4.38/8.8 0.00/10.6 1.65/9.4 3.60/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (17-10-0)
 Redmond (3-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 198/.282 3/.500 35/.219 66/.180 78/.254 49/.233 45/.179 70/.213 .237  Young
 Gomez
 Cuddyer
 Kubel
 Monroe
39/0/0/4
0/35/0/2
0/0/21/1
1/0/11/1
0/4/0/0
OPS .747 2.667 .601 .603 .715 .678 .520 .552 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 98/.770 1/5.000 15/1.092 34/.518 34/.720 18/.748 15/.277 30/.452 .718
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.725 2/.500 20/.255 32/.695 44/.710 31/.630 30/.641 40/.631 .636
Road 120/.838 3/2.667 16/.517 39/.716 44/.873 19/.782 23/.490 28/.616 .680
Last 28d days 125/.704 3/2.667 35/.601 41/.663 45/.692 32/.779 36/.465 33/.636
HR/SB/CS 3/5/2 1/0/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 1/2/1 0/0/0 0/2/0 33/21/8
Usage ····X··· ·o······ o·o·X·X· ooo·ooo· ooX···Xo ·X··X·X· ·oo···o· o···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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