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Game Preview: TOR @ NYY, 1:05pm, Thursday, June 5, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

Toronto Blue Jays, 32-29, 3rd, 4½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Dustin McGowan (26, RHP, 4-4, 3.95)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-4)             70.2  72  34  31  28  55  3    3.95      
 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         3-2  42.2  40  20  18  12  32  2    3.80   53 
 2008-05-30   @LAA   W   6     7   4   3   1   6  0      98   49 
 2008-05-25    KCR   W   7     9   1   1   0   7  0      90   62 
 2008-05-20    LAA   L   6.1   5   3   2   4   4  0     101   53 
 2008-05-15   @MIN  ND   5     2   2   2   5   3  0     101   53 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      2-2  30    22  16  16  16  25  1    4.80   52 
 2008-04-03   @NYY  ND   6     4   2   2   3   4  0      99   57 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-11   Road:   17-18   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  26-20   vsLHP:   6-9    1-Run:   9-12
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:15-7    vsWest:  7-10 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 61 Wed, Jun  4  @NYY  L   1-5       32-29  3rd  4.5 gb
 60 Tue, Jun  3  @NYY  W   9-3       32-28  3rd  4.0 gb
 59 Sun, Jun  1  @LAA  L   3-4       31-28  3rd  5.0 gb
 58 Sat, May 31  @LAA  L   2-3 (10)  31-27  3rd  4.0 gb
 57 Fri, May 30  @LAA  W  10-4       31-26  3rd  3.0 gb
 56 Thu, May 29  @OAK  W  12-0       30-26  3rd  3.0 gb
 55 Wed, May 28  @OAK  W   2-1       29-26  3rd  4.0 gb
 54 Tue, May 27  @OAK  L   1-3       28-26  3rd  4.0 gb
 53 Mon, May 26   KCR  W   7-2       28-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 52 Sun, May 25   KCR  W   3-1       27-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
New York Yankees, 29-30, 4th, 6½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Chien-Ming Wang (28, RHP, 6-2, 4.14)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-2)             78.1  72  36  36  29  45  3    4.14      
 2007 (19-7)           199.1 199  84  82  59 104  9    3.70      
 2006 (19-6)           218   233  92  88  52  76 12    3.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  46.1  41  22  22  20  27  2    4.27   51 
 2008-05-31   @MIN  ND   5.1   9   5   5   3   4  0      92   31 
 2008-05-25    SEA  ND   6.1   7   5   5   4   2  1     112   37 
 2008-05-18    NYM   L   7.2   6   7   7   3   1  1     104   37 
 2008-05-13   @TBR  ND   7     7   1   1   3   2  0     101   58 
 2008-05-07    CLE   L   7     5   3   3   3   4  0      99   56 
 2008-05-02    SEA   W   6     3   1   1   2   5  0      90   65 
 2008-04-27   @CLE   W   7     4   0   0   2   9  0     113   76 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      2-2  32    32  15  14   8  15  0    3.94   51 
 2008-04-01    TOR   W   7     6   2   2   2   2  0      92   57 
 2007-09-21    TOR  ND   7     6   2   1   1   4  0     100   62 
 2007-08-08   @TOR   L   2.2   9   8   8   2   3  0      59    9 
 2007-07-19    TOR   L   7.1   7   3   3   0   3  0      87   55 
 2006-08-02    TOR   W   8     4   0   0   3   3  0     104   74 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-13   Road:   14-17   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  20-19   vsLHP:   9-11   1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl: 9-13   vsWest:  6-0  IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 59 Wed, Jun  4   TOR  W   5-1       29-30  4th  6.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  3   TOR  L   3-9       28-30  5th  7.0 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  2  @MIN  L   5-6       28-29  4th  7.0 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  1  @MIN  L   1-5       28-28  4th  6.5 gb
 55 Sat, May 31  @MIN  W   7-6 (12)  28-27  4th  5.5 gb
 54 Fri, May 30  @MIN  W   6-5       27-27  4th  5.5 gb
 53 Wed, May 28  @BAL  W   4-2       26-27  5th  6.0 gb
 52 Tue, May 27  @BAL  L   9-10(11)  25-27  5th  6.0 gb
 51 Mon, May 26  @BAL  L   1-6       25-26  5th  6.0 gb
 50 Sun, May 25   SEA  W   6-5       25-25  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 04, 2008 NYY  5  TOR  1        W:Mike Mussina (9-4), L: Jesse Litsch (7-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 03, 2008 TOR  9 @NYY  3        W:Roy Halladay (7-5), L: Dan Giese (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 03, 2008 NYY  3  TOR  2        W:Joba Chamberlain (1-0), L: Brian Wolfe (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (2)
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 (7-9), L: Andy Pettitte (14-9), S: Casey Janssen (6)
Sun, Sep 23, 2007 NYY  7  TOR  5        W:Mike Mussina (11-10), L: Dustin McGowan (11-10), S: Joba Chamberlain (1)
Sat, Sep 22, 2007 NYY 12  TOR 11 (10)   W:Jeff Karstens (1-3), L: Josh Towers (5-10), S: none
Fri, Sep 21, 2007 TOR  5 @NYY  4 (14)   W:Joe Kennedy (4-9), L: Brian Bruney (3-2), S: Jason Frasor (3)
Thu, Sep 13, 2007 TOR  2  NYY  1        W:Scott Downs (3-2), L: Chris Britton (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - NYY leads 3-2; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 10-8; All-Time - NYY leads 241-192

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  5.68

MIL  4.48

KCR  3.66

RA/G

TOR  3.57

NYY  4.63

TEX  5.84

BA

C. Jones  .409

F. Lewis  .273

R. Sexson  .200

OBP

C. Jones  .492

A. Gordon  .344

K. Greene  .255

SLG

L. Berkman  .741

E. Longoria  .436

J. Bartlett  .271

OPS

L. Berkman  1.209

C. Guzman  .778

J. Bartlett  .561

ERA

E. Volquez  1.32

O. Perez  4.09

N. Robertson  6.03

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.92

Z. Greinke  6.22

J. Garland  2.58

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Wang
G/S/vB
47.Britton
G/S/vB
62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
G/S/vB
39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB
36.Ramirez
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/1.250 1/.000 1/3.000 6/.500 ··· 110/77 .297/.355/.535/.889 .897/.886 .974 58/1.136 0/0 5/
11.Eckstein G/S/vP 7/.143 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.250 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 165/131 .268/.344/.352/.696 .882/.646 .722 31/.967 2/1 1/
2.Hill G/S/vP 18/1.552 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 7/.286 3/.666 229/174 .263/.324/.361/.685 .807/.648 .676 83/.674 4/2 2/
1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/63 .279/.328/.393/.722 .000/.770 .727 30/.693 2/1 0/
36.Mench G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 5/.650 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.200 ··· 38/8 .235/.289/.265/.554 .621/.250 .623 38/.554 1/0 0/
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 11/1.000 2/1.500 3/.667 9/.778 7/1.429 3/.666 2/.500 8/.250 1/.000 233/174 .280/.392/.420/.812 .549/.909 .768 102/.918 0/2 5/
15.Rios G/S/vP 19/.610 5/1.400 7/.629 6/1.334 7/.858 ··· 2/2.500 9/.000 4/.500 266/204 .266/.327/.373/.701 .568/.741 .678 120/.595 13/3 3/
33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 20/.653 5/.250 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 156/121 .304/.378/.471/.849 .726/.885 .819 111/.822 4/0 2/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 8/1.042 1/2.000 194/145 .269/.358/.347/.705 .727/.696 .632 106/.724 4/2 2/
24.Stairs* G/S/vP 11/1.255 1/.000 3/2.000 8/.700 25/.768 ··· 3/.333 14/.286 2/.000 172/157 .261/.337/.405/.742 .205/.796 .840 69/.661 0/1 6/
23.Stewart G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 3/.333 4/.833 22/1.078 ··· ··· 11/.364 ··· 190/138 .253/.337/.319/.656 .800/.601 .620 102/.669 3/1 1/
7.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/1 .000/.333/.000/.333 .500/.000 .333 3/.333 0/0 0/
35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 9/.361 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.334 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 5/1.417 ··· 160/137 .237/.312/.338/.650 .566/.663 .670 92/.647 1/4 2/
IP 78.1 7.0 26.0 27.1 25.2 32.2 16.0 26.0 12.0 TOTAL .262/.339/.378/.717 .655/.736 .699 .732 39/20 39/33
ERA-K/9 4.14/5.2 1.29/2.6 2.42/11.4 4.28/7.9 6.31/5.6 5.79/8.5 2.81/8.4 0.35/9.0 5.25/7.5 4.40/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (17-5-1)
 Thigpen (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 331/.242 28/.125 108/.185 115/.307 109/.274 150/.289 71/.200 90/.126 49/.234 .265  Rios
 Wilkerson
 Stewart
 Scutaro
 Inglett
 Mench
 Stairs
0/26/33/6
3/0/39/4
38/0/0/3
3/0/0/1
11/0/5/0
5/0/2/0
7/0/5/0
OPS .634 .375 .560 .960 .741 .827 .641 .294 .627 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.697 13/.657 50/.657 47/1.174 45/1.012 77/.987 36/.478 41/.195 22/.890 .727
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 162/.570 15/.133 58/.479 68/.829 64/.562 73/.661 35/.794 49/.379 27/.415 .737
Home 189/.634 15/.421 60/.570 54/.937 55/.747 69/.675 40/.758 32/.219 24/.513 .711
Last 28d days 120/.740 18/.465 54/.519 47/1.175 38/.628 57/1.040 48/.675 47/.391 43/.717
HR/SB/CS 3/8/3 0/0/0 1/2/0 8/5/5 2/1/2 6/0/0 1/0/1 0/1/0 2/0/0 54/51/23
Usage ····X··· ·X·o···· ·X·····X o·X·oo·· ·X······ X···X··· ·X··Xo·· o···oo·X ·X··Xo··
New York Yankees Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.57 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
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 18/.675 20/.472 7/1.738 ··· 20/.585 6/.900 9/1.167 6/.733 247/171 .281/.348/.455/.804 .842/.785 .955 103/.783 5/3 7/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.500 2/.500 1/2.000 43/31 .238/.256/.429/.684 .500/.758 .738 25/.880 0/0 2/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 12/.444 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 8/1.000 4/.750 2/.500 13/.350 218/143 .265/.319/.393/.712 .617/.761 .673 92/.568 3/1 6/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 17/.470 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 19/.596 6/.666 4/.666 9/.708 232/160 .217/.263/.323/.586 .673/.547 .664 98/.740 1/3 4/
18.Damon* G/S/vP 21/.707 6/.333 5/1.800 ··· 18/.753 7/.762 25/.393 14/.793 240/163 .310/.378/.498/.876 .887/.870 .843 97/.903 8/2 6/
17.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 65/19 .175/.262/.281/.542 .679/.217 .681 34/.496 0/0 1/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 9/1.056 6/2.000 4/.833 ··· 15/1.015 4/.500 19/.725 6/.333 193/129 .253/.389/.526/.915 .958/.893 .916 85/1.161 1/1 11/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 22/.889 11/.364 13/.770 ··· 10/1.167 15/.650 13/.481 7/.858 234/158 .282/.335/.390/.724 .711/.731 .713 106/.748 4/1 3/
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 17/.983 3/1.167 11/1.000 1/.000 18/.967 9/1.556 23/.368 7/2.285 233/155 .337/.416/.483/.899 .769/.969 .955 101/.873 0/0 6/
19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 66/44 .254/.333/.373/.706 .687/.710 .562 35/.605 0/0 1/
26.Molina G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 2/1.000 124/84 .222/.240/.325/.564 .390/.648 .588 57/.561 0/0 0/
20.Posada# G/S/vP 9/.583 9/.611 7/.829 ··· 16/.500 11/.717 29/.974 9/.619 66/53 .302/.333/.476/.810 .615/.860 .598 / 0/0 1/
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 18/.421 7/.971 16/1.332 ··· 16/1.332 11/1.414 11/.273 6/.167 166/120 .293/.373/.544/.918 .839/.945 1.014 67/1.043 6/1 8/
IP 70.2 5.2 15.1 22.2 24.0 18.2 17.2 24.0 TOTAL .268/.335/.420/.755 .713/.776 .766 .784 28/13 57/33
ERA-K/9 3.95/7.0 3.18/11.1 4.11/8.2 1.59/9.1 1.88/7.9 3.38/8.7 1.53/10.7 1.88/8.2 3.35/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Moeller (11-7-0)
 Molina (25-13-5)
 Posada (14-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 300/.275 21/.105 64/.224 89/.188 102/.244 77/.227 76/.215 103/.225 .238  Abreu
 Cabrera
 Matsui
 Duncan
 Damon
0/0/56/5
0/57/0/2
17/0/3/2
0/0/4/0
47/5/0/0
OPS .726 .506 .609 .620 .653 .645 .643 .572 .671
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.755 7/1.429 27/1.097 45/.608 44/.724 28/.721 23/.333 43/.612 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.699 14/.071 37/.276 44/.632 58/.598 49/.599 53/.772 60/.543 .625
Road 167/.778 21/.506 45/.582 55/.731 58/.781 39/.708 48/.769 53/.691 .698
Last 28d days 124/.773 21/.506 45/.791 34/.710 38/.459 43/.654 41/.661 43/.638
HR/SB/CS 3/8/3 1/1/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 1/3/1 1/0/0 0/2/1 43/37/12
Usage ·····X·· o···oo·· X····oo· ·o····X· o···X··· ·X··oo·· ···X···X ·X··oo··

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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