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Game Preview: TOR @ NYY, 7:05pm, Thursday, April 3, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

Toronto Blue Jays, 1-1, 2nd, 1 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Dustin McGowan (26, RHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 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      
 2005 (1-3)             45.1  49  34  32  17  34  7    6.35      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  47.1  36  21  20  13  47  3    3.80   59 
 2007-09-28    TBD   W   6     6   4   3   2   6  2      93   50 
 2007-09-23    NYY   L   4.1   6   6   6   6   5  0     112   26 
 2007-09-17    BOS   W   9     5   1   1   0   9  0     122   82 
 2007-09-12    NYY   L   5     3   4   4   3   6  0      99   48 
 2007-09-07    TBD   W   8     4   2   2   1  12  0     110   77 
 2007-09-01    SEA   W   8     6   1   1   1   3  0     102   68 
 2007-08-26    LAA   L   7     6   3   3   0   6  1     101   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      2-2  26.2  22  15  15  17  23  1    5.06   49 
 2007-09-23    NYY   L   4.1   6   6   6   6   5  0     112   26 
 2007-09-12    NYY   L   5     3   4   4   3   6  0      99   48 
 2007-07-19    NYY   W   7     4   2   2   3   3  0     111   61 
 2007-05-28    NYY   W   7.2   5   2   2   1   7  1     117   67 
 2006-10-01    NYY  ND   2.2   4   1   1   4   2  0      65   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    0-0    Road:    1-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @NYY  W   5-2        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Tue, Apr  1  @NYY  L   2-3        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-1    Last 20: 1-1    Last 30: 1-1 
New York Yankees, 1-1, 2nd, 1 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Philip Hughes (22, RHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-3)             72.2  64  39  36  29  58  8    4.46      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  40    36  20  18  15  28  6    4.05   51 
 2007-09-27    TBD   W   7     4   1   1   2   5  1     102   68 
 2007-09-22    TOR  ND   5     7   3   3   1   3  0      99   43 
 2007-09-17    BAL   W   5.2   6   2   2   2   3  0      96   50 
 2007-09-11    TOR   W   6     3   2   1   3   1  0     106   58 
 2007-09-05    SEA  ND   6     5   2   2   2   6  1      97   58 
 2007-08-31    TBD   L   4.1   7   5   4   4   4  1      94   31 
 2007-08-26    DET   L   6     4   5   5   1   6  3      97   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      1-1  15.1  17   9   8   5   9  0    4.70   46 
 2007-09-22    TOR  ND   5     7   3   3   1   3  0      99   43 
 2007-09-11    TOR   W   6     3   2   1   3   1  0     106   58 
 2007-04-26    TOR   L   4.1   7   4   4   1   5  0      91   37 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    1-1    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Wed, Apr  2   TOR  L   2-5        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Tue, Apr  1   TOR  W   3-2        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 1-1    Last 20: 1-1    Last 30: 1-1 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 TOR  5 @NYY  2        W:A.J. Burnett (1-0), L: Mike Mussina (0-1), S: Jeremy Accardo (1)
Tue, Apr 01, 2008 NYY  3  TOR  2        W:Chien-Ming Wang (1-0), L: Roy Halladay (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (1)

Mon, Sep 24, 2007 TOR  4 @NYY  1        W:Jesse Litsch , L: Andy Pettitte , S: Casey Janssen 
Sun, Sep 23, 2007 NYY  7  TOR  5        W:Mike Mussina , L: Dustin McGowan , S: Joba Chamberlain 
Sat, Sep 22, 2007 NYY 12  TOR 11 (10)   W:Jeff Karstens , L: Josh Towers , S: none
Fri, Sep 21, 2007 TOR  5 @NYY  4 (14)   W:Joe Kennedy , L: Brian Bruney , S: Jason Frasor 
Thu, Sep 13, 2007 TOR  2  NYY  1        W:Scott Downs , L: Chris Britton , S: none
Wed, Sep 12, 2007 NYY  4 @TOR  1        W:Mike Mussina , L: Dustin McGowan , S: Mariano Rivera 
Tue, Sep 11, 2007 NYY  9 @TOR  2        W:Philip Hughes , L: Shaun Marcum , S: none
Wed, Aug 08, 2007 TOR 15  NYY  4        W:Roy Halladay , L: Chien-Ming Wang , S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 10-8; All-Time - NYY leads 239-191

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Pierre  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

G. Atkins  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

R. Ludwick  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

T. Glaus  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (3.50 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (3.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Hughes
G/S/vB
63.Albaladejo
G/S/vB
33.Bruney
G/S/vB
62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
21.Hawkins
G/S/vB
31.Kennedy
G/S/vB
39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
61.Traber*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Barajas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 6/.500 ··· 147/106 .230/.352/.393/.745 .916/.685 .835 / 0/1 4/0
21.Coats* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/27 .206/.263/.324/.587 1.345/.273 1.000 / 0/0 0/1
11.Eckstein G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.666 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/1.667 484/339 .309/.356/.382/.739 .709/.752 .671 / 10/1 3/20
2.Hill G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· 4/1.250 3/.000 3/1.000 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 6/.334 1/3.000 657/503 .291/.333/.459/.792 .916/.753 .752 / 4/3 17/14
6.McDonald G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 5/1.100 ··· 353/260 .251/.279/.333/.612 .818/.539 .598 / 7/2 1/9
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· 6/1.000 2/.500 9/.778 6/1.333 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 476/361 .240/.315/.391/.706 .794/.676 .750 / 2/0 10/5
15.Rios G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· 4/1.500 4/.833 5/1.600 6/1.000 3/.000 ··· 9/.000 ··· 711/545 .297/.354/.498/.852 1.022/.802 .862 / 17/4 24/7
19.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 8/1.042 ··· 379/282 .260/.332/.361/.693 .861/.637 .731 / 2/1 7/14
24.Stairs* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 1/5.000 1/no AB 8/.700 24/.806 3/.000 ··· 13/.308 1/.000 405/352 .289/.368/.549/.917 .818/.931 .916 / 2/1 21/6
4.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 21/1.057 ··· ··· 10/.400 5/1.400 630/444 .290/.345/.394/.739 .699/.756 .836 / 11/3 12/4
35.Thomas G/S/vP 8/.750 ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 8/1.000 46/.748 3/1.000 ··· 24/.303 7/.143 624/480 .277/.377/.480/.857 1.062/.796 .763 / 0/0 26/
10.Wells G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 5/.400 3/.000 7/.858 10/.400 ··· ··· 16/.884 3/.000 642/492 .245/.304/.402/.706 .835/.668 .712 / 10/4 16/3
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 3/1.666 2/.000 8/1.125 6/1.867 3/.333 ··· 15/.414 1/no AB 391/304 .242/.341/.411/.752 .797/.739 .658 / 0/0 10/8
IP 72.2 14.1 50.0 24.0 60.0 55.1 19.0 71.1 39.2 TOTAL /// / / /1
ERA-K/9 4.46/7.2 1.88/7.6 4.68/7.0 0.38/12.8 4.80/7.2 3.42/4.7 1.89/7.1 /0.0 3.15/9.3 4.76/6.1 0.00/0.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (12-7-1)
 Zaun (73-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 306/.235 51/.149 228/.243 91/.145 266/.256 225/.252 77/.191 / 295/.248 182/.314  Rios
 Wells
 Stewart
 Stairs
 Coats
 Scutaro
0/22/147/11
0/148/0/5
139/6/0/4
43/0/17/3
5/2/5/2
6/0/4/0
OPS .699 .451 .757 .440 .750 .698 .565 .644 .835
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 148/.846 23/.626 92/1.028 42/.406 132/.824 110/.735 37/.491 / 146/.618 56/.567
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 158/.563 28/.299 136/.591 49/.469 134/.680 115/.665 40/.626 / 149/.670 126/.959
Home 161/.826 25/.382 104/.713 36/.288 128/.726 110/.584 27/.619 / 137/.628 98/.670
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 8/9/3 1/1/0 5/4/5 1/1/0 9/9/2 6/2/1 1/1/1 // 4/2/1 4/5/1 //
Usage ·X······ X······· o······· o······· ·o······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

New York Yankees Batters (2.50 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (2.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.McGowan
G/S/vB
49.Accardo
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
22.League
G/S/vB
51.Litsch
G/S/vB
28.Marcum
G/S/vB
56.Tallet*
G/S/vB
40.Wolfe
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 15/.583 8/.500 19/.504 5/1.100 8/1.000 7/.619 17/.607 5/.900 3/.333 699/532 .283/.369/.445/.814 .678/.857 .905 / 25/8 16/4
14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 284/233 .229/.333/.454/.787 .670/.815 .914 / 0/0 14/7
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 10/.425 7/1.000 8/1.000 3/1.000 6/.900 5/1.200 13/.770 12/.282 1/2.000 612/445 .273/.327/.391/.718 .641/.747 .689 / 13/5 8/4
24.Cano* G/S/vP 15/.534 8/.375 18/.631 6/.666 8/1.500 6/.500 12/1.045 9/.708 2/.500 669/458 .306/.353/.488/.841 .864/.831 .866 / 4/5 19/13
18.Damon* G/S/vP 18/.653 9/.111 17/.753 6/.533 3/1.334 8/1.125 20/.650 13/.749 1/.000 605/448 .270/.351/.396/.747 .705/.762 .742 / 27/3 12/3
17.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 83/45 .257/.329/.554/.883 .984/.801 1.055 / 0/0 7/0
11.Ensberg G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 324/205 .230/.320/.404/.724 .830/.661 .589 / 0/1 12/13
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 6/1.334 5/.000 14/.972 4/.500 6/.533 1/no AB 13/1.815 6/.333 2/1.000 303/227 .236/.356/.433/.790 .782/.789 .771 / 1/0 14/1
2.Jeter G/S/vP 19/.964 5/.800 9/1.167 14/.539 13/.385 8/.375 23/.829 6/1.000 2/1.000 714/550 .322/.388/.452/.840 .876/.830 .845 / 15/8 12/18
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 15/.983 2/.000 17/.900 9/1.556 10/.633 6/1.167 15/.266 7/2.285 3/.000 634/443 .285/.367/.488/.855 .814/.872 .885 / 4/2 25/3
26.Molina G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 202/151 .257/.274/.340/.614 .853/.530 .677 / 2/1 1/4
20.Posada# G/S/vP 9/.583 4/3.000 16/.500 11/.717 8/1.071 6/.500 17/1.862 9/.619 3/2.000 589/421 .338/.426/.543/.970 .942/.981 .934 / 2/0 20/5
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 15/.515 4/1.417 15/1.433 10/1.575 12/.833 7/.971 23/.906 5/.200 3/.666 708/532 .314/.422/.645/1.067 .961/1.099 1.034 / 24/4 54/13
IP 169.2 67.1 58.0 57.0 11.2 111.0 159.0 62.1 45.1 TOTAL /// / / /1
ERA-K/9 4.08/7.6 2.14/7.6 2.17/8.8 4.58/9.3 6.17/5.4 3.81/4.1 4.13/6.9 3.47/7.8 2.98/4.4 0.00/0.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (31-13-4)
 Posada (102-32-13)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 705/.230 275/.206 239/.223 242/.220 58/.380 478/.270 660/.249 267/.215 174/.224  Cabrera
 Abreu
 Matsui
 Damon
 Duncan
 Betemit
18/131/5/16
0/0/157/6
112/0/0/6
32/48/1/3
4/0/8/2
1/0/1/0
OPS .644 .558 .592 .631 .968 .761 .754 .611 .643
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 377/.758 137/.419 126/.548 113/.721 27/1.190 259/.863 357/.821 106/.697 75/1.023
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 328/.514 138/.697 113/.639 129/.556 31/.766 219/.646 303/.675 161/.555 99/.356
Road 360/.685 148/.612 108/.674 119/.638 30/.898 276/.773 324/.640 138/.736 81/.648
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 14/29/1 4/10/1 3/0/1 3/5/2 1/0/1 14/6/3 27/6/2 1/9/1 5/0/0 //
Usage X······· ·o······ 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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