TBR @ NYY, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 55-34, 1st, 3 up	SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 5-6, 4.08) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-6) 103.2 99 48 47 45 62 10 4.08 2007 (5-15) 161 195 116 103 88 128 19 5.76 2006 (0-0) 36.1 42 27 22 25 27 2 5.45 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 44 46 25 24 15 19 6 4.91 47 2008-07-04 KCR W 8 4 2 1 1 2 1 113 69 2008-06-28 @PIT ND 6.2 6 3 3 2 3 0 104 51 2008-06-21 HOU ND 6.1 5 2 2 3 3 1 94 55 2008-06-15 FLA L 5 5 6 6 3 1 2 101 31 2008-06-09 @LAA W 7 10 4 4 1 2 1 107 42 2008-06-04 @BOS L 5 6 4 4 3 4 0 94 40 2008-05-29 CHW L 6 10 4 4 2 4 1 101 38 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 2-2 27.1 23 13 12 16 19 2 3.95 51 2008-05-13 NYY ND 7 5 0 0 1 5 0 111 71 2008-04-15 NYY L 5 4 5 5 4 4 1 91 39 2008-04-05 @NYY W 6 5 1 1 2 4 0 102 60 2007-09-01 @NYY L 3.1 5 7 6 5 2 1 83 21 2007-07-20 @NYY W 6 4 0 0 4 4 0 98 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-14 Road: 19-20 ExtrInn: 5-3 vsRHP: 40-24 vsLHP: 15-10 1-Run: 16-10 vsEast: 24-16 vsCntrl: 8-5 vsWest: 11-7 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 89 Tue, Jul 8 @NYY L 0-5 55-34 1st 3.0 up 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:20-10
New York Yankees, 48-42, 3rd, 7½ GB, 4½ GB in WC	SP: Sidney Ponson (31, RHP, 5-1, 4.19) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-1) 66.2 85 43 31 23 30 5 4.19 2007 (2-5) 37.2 54 31 29 17 23 7 6.93 2006 (4-5) 85 108 62 59 36 48 10 6.25 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 41 58 30 22 14 18 4 4.83 40 2008-07-02 TEX ND 5 9 7 7 3 1 2 83 19 2008-06-27 @NYM W 6 5 0 0 4 4 0 93 62 2008-06-04 CLE ND 4 8 6 2 3 1 1 90 28 2008-05-31 OAK W 7 9 4 4 0 4 0 101 47 2008-05-26 @TBR L 5 12 5 5 3 1 1 94 21 2008-05-21 @MIN W 9 6 1 1 1 5 0 110 75 2008-05-16 HOU ND 5 9 7 3 0 2 0 80 31 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 26-22 Road: 22-20 ExtrInn: 2-2 vsRHP: 33-28 vsLHP: 15-14 1-Run: 16-11 vsEast: 18-17 vsCntrl:11-15 vsWest: 9-3 IL:10-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 90 Tue, Jul 8 TBR W 5-0 48-42 3rd 7.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jul 08, 2008 NYY 5 TBR 0 W:Andy Pettitte (10-6), L: Scott Kazmir (7-4), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - NYY leads 6-5; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 13-5; All-Time - NYY leads 117-60

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 5.46

COL 4.49

WSN 3.58

RA/G

OAK 3.63

MIN 4.59

TEX 5.74

C. Jones .379

C. Crawford .284

T. Pena .155

OBP

C. Jones .477

M. Cabrera .356

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .663

T. Hunter .462

T. Pena .204

OPS

L. Berkman 1.103

A. Ethier .814

T. Pena .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.78

D. Lowe 4.02

M. Hendrickson 6.24

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.47

A. Wainwright 6.09

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.76 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Ponson
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 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 135/85 .254/.343/.398/.742 1.000/.583 .798 79/.632 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 36/.670 8/1.000 ··· 9/.583 3/.333 15/.786 ··· 5/1.000 3/.666 381/268 .284/.327/.404/.731 .659/.762 .608 92/.898 23/6 8/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 14/.357 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 ··· 6/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 9/.889 ··· ··· 2/.000 136/53 .186/.287/.381/.668 .720/.587 .719 31/.447 5/1 6/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 209/182 .230/.335/.410/.745 .531/.778 .664 53/.740 2/2 7/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 31/.872 3/.000 ··· 6/1.667 ··· 12/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 258/215 .264/.349/.524/.873 .580/.929 .988 67/.955 7/2 14/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 7/1.404 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/5.000 5/.400 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 394/286 .274/.346/.379/.725 .640/.758 .734 97/.822 5/2 5/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 331/244 .280/.350/.529/.880 .820/.901 .971 106/.973 6/0 16/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 9/.873 4/.250 ··· 2/2.000 3/3.333 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 252/191 .317/.371/.435/.805 .784/.827 .809 88/.737 0/3 4/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 12/1.100 6/3.033 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 10/.100 ··· 7/1.738 3/1.167 295/198 .232/.336/.436/.772 .686/.812 .690 52/.811 0/0 13/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· 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 9/1.445 5/1.350 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 6/.334 ··· ··· 3/.333 380/276 .281/.393/.415/.808 .847/.794 .822 104/.656 27/10 6/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 42/29 .237/.310/.579/.888 .930/.868 .985 25/.976 1/0 3/

IP 66.2 39.0 22.1 36.1 32.0 40.1 6.0 10.2 28.1 TOTAL .264/.340/.418/.758 .736/.767 .753 .794 100/32 96/52

ERA-K/9

4.19/4.0

3.69/8.3

2.82/6.5

5.94/4.5

2.81/9.8

1.12/10.3

3.00/7.5

5.06/5.9

2.54/8.3

4.16/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 301/.311 163/.273 90/.193 154/.281 130/.184 147/.164 25/.273 49/.268 117/.219 .263 Upton
Gross
Crawford
Hinske
Zobrist
Gomes 0/84/0/9
2/16/59/5
84/1/0/1
5/0/35/1
0/1/1/0
6/0/11/0

OPS .812 .875 .522 .753 .609 .427 .638 .754 .617 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.909 75/1.031 54/.530 67/.996 71/.651 73/.336 18/.513 29/.983 57/.717 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 143/.713 88/.757 36/.508 87/.578 59/.560 74/.520 7/1.029 20/.461 60/.530 .744

Home 183/.870 86/.923 86/.523 80/.728 81/.642 78/.514 16/.464 24/.467 68/.617 .714

Last 28d days 49/.976 41/.577 65/.513 40/.794 55/.576 42/.582 25/.638 11/.473 48/.661

HR/SB/CS 5/1/3 10/5/6 1/4/1 3/1/2 3/1/3 2/3/0 0/1/0 1/3/1 3/3/1 79/69/38

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

New York Yankees Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Jackson
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 19/.274 3/2.167 9/1.301 15/1.600 12/.555 3/1.167 5/2.800 375/264 .274/.344/.440/.784 .808/.773 .795 102/.656 11/5 10/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 104/70 .242/.269/.424/.693 .629/.725 .722 47/.720 0/1 4/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 13/.666 1/.000 10/1.067 11/.573 9/.555 2/.000 2/.000 340/224 .247/.310/.359/.668 .602/.707 .660 97/.540 7/1 8/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 18/.533 2/2.000 5/.400 13/.891 13/.846 7/.453 2/1.000 350/246 .255/.291/.371/.662 .804/.603 .715 93/.838 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/25 .130/.192/.130/.323 .000/.351 .323 28/.323 3/0 0/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 10/.650 ··· 8/1.792 3/1.334 4/.000 16/.611 8/3.083 308/207 .256/.393/.537/.929 .934/.927 .981 93/.880 2/1 18/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 19/1.162 3/.666 12/1.849 12/.583 15/.983 3/1.167 10/.311 368/253 .284/.345/.390/.735 .759/.724 .706 107/.818 5/2 4/

19.Moeller G/S/vP 2/.000 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 5/.000 ··· 9/.944 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 173/119 .229/.268/.318/.586 .575/.591 .600 45/.688 0/0 0/

20.Posada# G/S/vP 6/.900 3/2.000 7/.286 9/.756 10/.200 16/.885 4/1.167 166/116 .288/.367/.452/.820 .749/.850 .771 81/.776 0/0 3/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 13/1.135 7/.000 12/.969 15/1.169 15/.764 3/.666 4/.500 298/213 .318/.403/.597/1.000 .944/1.021 1.141 106/1.026 13/1 18/

IP 103.2 18.2 33.1 49.0 54.0 23.2 40.2 TOTAL .270/.341/.420/.761 .741/.770 .774 .742 55/21 87/47

ERA-K/9

4.08/5.4

0.96/14.0

4.05/5.7

4.78/5.0

2.83/8.7

3.42/6.5

2.43/5.7

3.62/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (12-7-0)
Molina (26-24-6)
Posada (30-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 439/.254 70/.115 150/.273 218/.290 223/.192 97/.238 161/.172 .240 Abreu
Cabrera
Gardner
Christian 0/0/85/7
0/86/1/4
6/1/0/1
3/0/2/0

OPS .725 .348 .757 .835 .582 .655 .566 .684

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 204/.783 28/.500 70/.787 105/.981 74/.521 56/.580 60/.368 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 235/.675 42/.248 80/.732 113/.703 149/.610 41/.755 101/.681 .671

Road 185/.762 28/.386 52/.642 146/.932 98/.676 40/.965 80/.646 .765

Last 28d days 104/.700 47/.263 51/.780 25/.737 58/.570 24/.708 46/.498

HR/SB/CS 10/4/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 7/8/1 4/9/1 1/0/2 6/0/1 75/41/18

Usage ····X··· X··X···X X·o···X· X···o··· ·X·X···o ·oo···o· ·X····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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Game Preview: TBR @ NYY, 1:05pm, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 5-6, 4.08)

SP: Sidney Ponson (31, RHP, 5-1, 4.19)

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