TBR @ NYY, Tuesday, July 8, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 55-33, 1st, 4 up	SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 7-3, 2.63) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-3) 72 53 23 21 28 75 6 2.63 2007 (13-9) 206.2 196 91 80 89 239 18 3.48 2006 (10-8) 144.2 132 59 52 52 163 15 3.24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 42 34 17 16 18 43 6 3.43 56 2008-07-02 BOS ND 5 7 4 4 4 3 1 107 36 2008-06-27 @PIT W 5 5 4 3 2 4 1 103 45 2008-06-22 HOU L 5.2 4 3 3 2 7 2 106 54 2008-06-17 CHC ND 4.2 3 1 1 4 7 0 110 57 2008-06-11 @LAA L 6.2 6 3 3 3 10 1 117 57 2008-06-06 @TEX W 8 6 2 2 0 6 1 111 68 2008-05-31 CHW W 7 3 0 0 3 6 0 106 74 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 2-0 29.2 21 10 7 13 30 2 2.12 60 2008-05-15 NYY W 6 3 0 0 3 3 0 100 66 2007-09-27 NYY ND 6 3 1 1 0 10 0 100 72 2007-07-13 NYY W 6 4 1 0 4 7 0 117 65 2007-04-24 NYY ND 6.2 5 3 1 2 5 1 108 59 2007-04-02 @NYY ND 5 6 5 5 4 5 1 107 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-14 Road: 19-19 ExtrInn: 5-3 vsRHP: 40-24 vsLHP: 15-9 1-Run: 16-10 vsEast: 24-15 vsCntrl: 8-5 vsWest: 11-7 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 88 Mon, Jul 7 KCR L 4-7 (10) 55-33 1st 4.0 up 87 Sun, Jul 6 KCR W 9-2 55-32 1st 5.0 up 86 Sat, Jul 5 KCR W 3-0 54-32 1st 4.0 up 85 Fri, Jul 4 KCR W 11-2 53-32 1st 3.0 up 84 Wed, Jul 2 BOS W 7-6 52-32 1st 3.5 up 83 Tue, Jul 1 BOS W 3-1 51-32 1st 2.5 up 82 Mon, Jun 30 BOS W 5-4 50-32 1st 1.5 up 81 Sun, Jun 29 @PIT W 4-3 49-32 1st 0.5 up 80 Sat, Jun 28 @PIT L 3-4 (13) 48-32 2nd 0.5 gb 79 Fri, Jun 27 @PIT W 10-5 48-31 2nd 0.5 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:20-10
New York Yankees, 47-42, 3rd, 8½ GB, 4½ GB in WC	SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 9-6, 4.22) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-6) 111 125 57 52 29 80 12 4.22 2007 (15-9) 215.1 238 106 97 69 141 16 4.05 2006 (14-13) 214.1 238 114 100 70 178 27 4.20 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 45.1 48 24 22 12 30 5 4.37 50 2008-07-03 BOS L 4.2 9 6 5 3 2 0 89 23 2008-06-28 @NYM W 6 5 2 2 3 4 2 87 55 2008-06-22 CIN W 6 4 0 0 2 4 0 97 66 2008-06-17 SDP W 7 5 0 0 1 9 0 103 75 2008-06-12 @OAK W 8 5 1 1 1 6 0 113 73 2008-06-07 KCR ND 6.2 10 10 10 2 3 2 111 15 2008-06-02 @MIN ND 7 10 5 4 0 2 1 94 41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-22 Road: 22-20 ExtrInn: 2-2 vsRHP: 33-28 vsLHP: 14-14 1-Run: 16-11 vsEast: 17-17 vsCntrl:11-15 vsWest: 9-3 IL:10-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 89 Sun, Jul 6 BOS W 5-4 (10) 47-42 3rd 9.0 gb 88 Sat, Jul 5 BOS W 2-1 46-42 3rd 9.0 gb 87 Fri, Jul 4 BOS L 4-6 45-42 3rd 9.0 gb 86 Thu, Jul 3 BOS L 0-7 45-41 3rd 8.0 gb 85 Wed, Jul 2 TEX W 18-7 45-40 3rd 7.5 gb 84 Tue, Jul 1 TEX L 2-3 44-40 3rd 7.5 gb 83 Mon, Jun 30 TEX L 1-2 44-39 3rd 6.5 gb 82 Sun, Jun 29 @NYM L 1-3 44-38 3rd 5.5 gb 81 Sat, Jun 28 @NYM W 3-2 44-37 3rd 5.0 gb 80 Fri, Jun 27 @NYM W 9-0 43-37 3rd 6.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, May 15, 2008 TBR 5 NYY 2 W:Scott Kazmir (2-1), L: Ian Kennedy (0-3), S: Troy Percival (10) Wed, May 14, 2008 NYY 2 @TBR 1 W:Mike Mussina (6-3), L: James Shields (4-3), S: Mariano Rivera (11) Tue, May 13, 2008 TBR 2 NYY 1 (11) W:J.P. Howell (3-0), L: Mariano Rivera (0-1), S: none Mon, May 12, 2008 TBR 7 NYY 1 W:Matt Garza (2-1), L: Andy Pettitte (3-4), S: none Tue, Apr 15, 2008 NYY 5 @TBR 3 W:Andy Pettitte (2-1), L: Edwin Jackson (2-1), S: Mariano Rivera (5) Mon, Apr 14, 2008 NYY 8 @TBR 7 W:Brian Bruney (1-0), L: Al Reyes (1-2), S: Mariano Rivera (4) Mon, Apr 07, 2008 NYY 6 TBR 1 W:Mike Mussina (1-1), L: Jason Hammel (0-1), S: none Sun, Apr 06, 2008 NYY 2 TBR 0 W:Chien-Ming Wang (2-0), L: James Shields (1-1), S: Mariano Rivera (3) Sat, Apr 05, 2008 TBR 6 @NYY 3 W:Edwin Jackson (1-0), L: Andy Pettitte (0-1), S: Troy Percival (1) Fri, Apr 04, 2008 TBR 13 @NYY 4 W:Andy Sonnanstine (1-0), L: Ian Kennedy (0-1), S: none Season Series: 2008 - Tied 5-5; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 13-5; All-Time - NYY leads 116-60

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 5.49

COL 4.51

WSN 3.62

RA/G

OAK 3.67

MIN 4.57

TEX 5.78

C. Jones .384

R. Aurilia .284

T. Pena .155

OBP

C. Jones .481

J. Loney .358

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .665

C. Beltran .465

T. Pena .204

OPS

C. Jones 1.114

J. Loney .814

T. Pena .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.96

P. Maholm 4.05

M. Hendrickson 6.24

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 9.49

T. Wakefield 6.09

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 38.Giese
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 61.Traber*
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 132/85 .261/.351/.409/.760 1.068/.583 .837 79/.649 2/1 3/

44.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .000/.200/.000/.200 .000/.333 5/.200 0/0 0/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 26/.638 8/1.000 ··· 9/.583 2/.500 15/.786 ··· 5/1.000 3/.666 377/267 .287/.331/.409/.739 .678/.765 .622 92/.898 23/6 8/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 16/.580 14/.857 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 8/.625 ··· 3/.333 ··· 131/124 .263/.351/.456/.807 .619/.818 .642 46/.812 1/0 6/

31.Gomes G/S/vP 21/1.013 6/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 9/.889 ··· ··· 2/.000 133/53 .191/.293/.391/.685 .749/.587 .759 28/.499 5/1 6/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 209/182 .230/.335/.410/.745 .531/.778 .664 56/.798 2/2 7/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 10/.550 3/.000 ··· 6/1.667 ··· 12/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 258/215 .264/.349/.524/.873 .580/.929 .988 70/.910 7/2 14/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 19/.439 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/5.000 5/.400 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 390/286 .277/.350/.383/.733 .666/.758 .752 97/.822 5/2 5/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 328/244 .283/.354/.535/.889 .852/.901 .994 106/1.035 6/0 16/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 12/1.067 4/.250 ··· 2/2.000 3/3.333 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 249/191 .317/.371/.436/.807 .792/.827 .813 88/.712 0/3 4/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 30/1.217 6/3.033 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 10/.100 ··· 7/1.738 3/1.167 291/197 .232/.337/.439/.776 .687/.817 .697 48/.841 0/0 13/

9.Riggans G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 85/46 .267/.321/.467/.788 .848/.740 .970 16/1.194 0/0 4/

2.Upton G/S/vP 18/.478 5/1.350 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 6/.334 ··· ··· 3/.333 376/275 .278/.392/.411/.803 .817/.797 .810 104/.637 26/10 6/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 39/29 .257/.333/.629/.962 1.250/.868 1.146 22/1.118 1/0 3/

IP 111.0 39.0 22.1 36.1 31.0 40.1 6.0 10.2 28.1 TOTAL .266/.342/.421/.763 .750/.768 .763 .803 99/32 96/51

ERA-K/9

4.22/6.5

3.69/8.3

2.82/6.5

5.94/4.5

2.90/9.9

1.12/10.3

3.00/7.5

5.06/5.9

2.54/8.3

4.20/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (26-16-4)
Riggans (11-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 475/.289 163/.273 90/.193 154/.281 127/.189 147/.164 25/.273 49/.268 117/.219 .265 Upton
Gross
Crawford
Hinske
Zobrist
Gomes 0/83/0/8
2/16/58/4
83/1/0/1
5/0/35/1
0/1/1/0
6/0/10/0

OPS .759 .875 .522 .753 .625 .427 .638 .754 .617 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 145/.448 75/1.031 54/.530 67/.996 69/.671 73/.336 18/.513 29/.983 57/.717 .712

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 330/.897 88/.757 36/.508 87/.578 58/.570 74/.520 7/1.029 20/.461 60/.530 .748

Home 233/.794 86/.923 86/.523 80/.728 78/.669 78/.514 16/.464 24/.467 68/.617 .722

Last 28d days 128/.646 41/.577 65/.513 40/.794 52/.612 46/.575 25/.638 11/.473 52/.660

HR/SB/CS 12/9/6 10/5/6 1/4/1 3/1/2 3/1/3 2/3/0 0/1/0 1/3/1 3/3/1 79/68/38

Usage ····X··· ·Xoo·X·· ····X·oo ····Xo·· ···X·X·o ·XX···X· ·X··X·X· ···o···· ··oo··XX

New York Yankees Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 47.Glover
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 9/.666 2/4.000 8/1.042 15/1.600 12/.555 3/1.167 5/2.800 371/262 .272/.342/.436/.778 .804/.767 .785 102/.672 11/5 10/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 100/68 .253/.280/.442/.722 .669/.747 .773 47/.720 0/1 4/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 10/.900 1/.000 9/.583 11/.573 9/.555 2/.000 2/.000 336/223 .247/.310/.350/.660 .620/.686 .644 97/.540 7/1 7/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 13/.154 2/2.000 4/.500 12/.795 13/.846 7/.453 2/1.000 346/244 .252/.289/.369/.658 .800/.600 .709 93/.793 1/3 6/

17.Christian G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/5 .200/.250/.267/.517 .764/.000 .000 16/.517 0/0 0/

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/24 .143/.208/.143/.351 .000/.367 .351 25/.351 3/0 0/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 17/.301 ··· 8/1.792 3/1.334 4/.000 16/.611 8/3.083 308/207 .256/.393/.537/.929 .934/.927 .981 97/.896 2/1 18/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 26/.492 3/.666 11/1.836 12/.583 15/.983 3/1.167 10/.311 364/252 .281/.343/.385/.729 .751/.719 .694 108/.774 5/2 4/

19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 71/47 .254/.338/.381/.719 .625/.761 .566 4/.750 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 8/1.071 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 169/117 .221/.256/.305/.561 .510/.584 .549 41/.590 0/0 0/

20.Posada# G/S/vP 20/1.265 2/2.000 7/.286 8/.700 10/.200 16/.885 4/1.167 162/114 .280/.358/.441/.799 .714/.834 .731 81/.708 0/0 3/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 22/.384 6/.000 12/.969 14/1.262 15/.764 3/.666 4/.500 294/211 .323/.408/.606/1.014 .969/1.032 1.175 106/1.067 13/1 18/

IP 72.0 17.2 32.1 48.0 54.0 23.2 40.2 TOTAL .269/.341/.418/.759 .740/.768 .770 .733 55/21 86/47

ERA-K/9

2.63/9.4

1.02/13.7

3.34/5.9

4.88/5.1

2.83/8.7

3.42/6.5

2.43/5.7

3.60/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (12-7-0)
Molina (25-24-6)
Posada (30-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 292/.204 66/.105 144/.262 213/.286 223/.192 97/.238 161/.172 .239 Abreu
Cabrera
Gardner
Christian 0/0/84/7
0/85/1/4
5/1/0/1
3/0/2/0

OPS .625 .337 .715 .829 .582 .655 .566 .681

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/.483 25/.478 66/.703 102/.975 74/.521 56/.580 60/.368 .696

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 235/.661 41/.254 78/.725 111/.697 149/.610 41/.755 101/.681 .670

Road 127/.677 24/.361 46/.506 141/.927 98/.676 40/.965 80/.646 .761

Last 28d days 120/.807 43/.240 45/.653 20/.650 58/.570 24/.708 46/.498

HR/SB/CS 6/3/2 0/0/0 1/0/0 7/8/1 4/9/1 1/0/2 6/0/1 74/41/18

Usage ·····X·· ··X···Xo ·o···X·· ···o···· X·X···oo oo···o·o X····X·o

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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Game Preview: TBR @ NYY, 7:05pm, Tuesday, July 8, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 7-3, 2.63)

SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 9-6, 4.22)

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