TOR @ NYY, Saturday, August 30, 2008 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 68-66, 4th, 14½ GB, 10 GB in WC	SP: John Parrish (30, LHP, 1-0, 4.05) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-0) 26.2 27 12 12 10 15 2 4.05 2007 (2-2) 52 63 34 33 37 41 2 5.71 2005 (1-0) 17.1 19 6 6 17 25 1 3.12 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 31 37 25 21 15 19 3 6.10 42 2008-07-25 SEA ND 5 7 3 3 1 1 0 93 41 2008-07-20 @TBR ND 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 67 35 2008-07-10 BAL ND 7 6 3 3 2 3 0 106 54 2008-06-28 ATL W 6 4 1 1 2 4 0 98 62 2004-07-07 TBD L 2.1 4 3 1 3 4 0 63 42 2001-07-25 @TEX L 6 6 6 4 2 4 1 93 42 2000-09-12 @TEX L 1.2 6 5 5 3 1 0 55 21 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 0-1 7 4 4 3 2 9 1 3.86 62 2000-07-24 NYY L 7 4 4 3 2 9 1 109 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-29 Road: 31-37 ExtrInn: 4-8 vsRHP: 54-46 vsLHP: 14-20 1-Run: 19-28 vsEast: 25-26 vsCntrl:18-11 vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 134 Fri, Aug 29 @NYY L 1-2 68-66 4th 14.5 gb 133 Thu, Aug 28 @TBR L 2-3 68-65 4th 13.5 gb 132 Wed, Aug 27 @TBR L 0-1 68-64 4th 12.5 gb 131 Tue, Aug 26 @TBR W 6-2 68-63 4th 11.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 BOS L 5-6 (11) 67-63 4th 12.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 BOS W 11-0 67-62 4th 12.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 BOS L 4-8 66-62 4th 12.5 gb 127 Thu, Aug 21 NYY W 14-3 66-61 4th 11.5 gb 126 Wed, Aug 20 NYY L 1-5 65-61 4th 12.0 gb 125 Tue, Aug 19 NYY W 2-1 65-60 4th 12.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
New York Yankees, 72-62, 3rd, 10½ GB, 6 GB in WC	SP: Darrell Rasner (27, RHP, 5-9, 5.03) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-9) 102 122 62 57 32 63 13 5.03 2007 (1-3) 24.2 29 14 11 8 11 4 4.01 2006 (3-1) 20.1 18 10 10 5 11 2 4.43 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-2 35.2 41 24 20 15 19 5 5.05 44 2008-08-24 @BAL ND 3.1 8 5 3 2 2 2 98 28 2008-08-19 @TOR ND 6.2 3 1 1 1 3 1 86 66 2008-08-13 @MIN L 5 4 3 2 1 4 1 92 52 2008-08-03 LAA ND 4 7 5 5 3 1 0 79 26 2008-07-29 BAL L 6 8 4 4 3 1 1 106 38 2008-07-22 MIN ND 5.2 4 2 2 4 2 0 92 51 2008-07-12 @TOR W 5 7 4 3 1 6 0 108 44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 2-0 17.2 16 8 7 4 12 1 3.57 53 2008-08-19 @TOR ND 6.2 3 1 1 1 3 1 86 66 2008-07-12 @TOR W 5 7 4 3 1 6 0 108 44 2006-09-18 @TOR W 6 6 3 3 2 3 0 107 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 40-29 Road: 32-33 ExtrInn: 6-2 vsRHP: 53-43 vsLHP: 19-19 1-Run: 24-16 vsEast: 29-26 vsCntrl:17-18 vsWest: 16-10 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 134 Fri, Aug 29 TOR W 2-1 72-62 3rd 10.5 gb 133 Thu, Aug 28 BOS W 3-2 71-62 3rd 10.5 gb 132 Wed, Aug 27 BOS L 3-11 70-62 3rd 10.5 gb 131 Tue, Aug 26 BOS L 3-7 70-61 3rd 9.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 @BAL W 8-7 70-60 3rd 9.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 @BAL W 5-3 69-60 3rd 10.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 @BAL W 9-4 68-60 3rd 10.5 gb 127 Thu, Aug 21 @TOR L 3-14 67-60 3rd 10.5 gb 126 Wed, Aug 20 @TOR W 5-1 67-59 3rd 10.0 gb 125 Tue, Aug 19 @TOR L 1-2 66-59 3rd 11.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Aug 29, 2008 NYY 2 TOR 1 W:Carl Pavano (2-0), L: A.J. Burnett (16-10), S: Mariano Rivera (32) Thu, Aug 21, 2008 TOR 14 NYY 3 W:Roy Halladay (15-9), L: Sidney Ponson (7-4), S: none Wed, Aug 20, 2008 NYY 5 @TOR 1 W:Andy Pettitte (13-9), L: David Purcey (2-4), S: none Tue, Aug 19, 2008 TOR 2 NYY 1 W:A.J. Burnett (16-9), L: Jose Veras (3-2), S: B.J. Ryan (24) Sun, Jul 13, 2008 TOR 4 NYY 1 W:A.J. Burnett (10-8), L: Andy Pettitte (10-7), S: B.J. Ryan (18) Sat, Jul 12, 2008 NYY 9 @TOR 4 W:Darrell Rasner (5-7), L: Jesse Litsch (8-6), S: none Fri, Jul 11, 2008 TOR 5 NYY 0 W:Roy Halladay (11-6), L: Joba Chamberlain (2-3), S: none Thu, Jun 05, 2008 NYY 9 TOR 8 W:Kyle Farnsworth (1-2), L: B.J. Ryan (1-2), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - NYY leads 7-6; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 10-8; All-Time - NYY leads 245-196

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 5.51

ARI 4.63

WSN 3.79

RA/G

TOR 3.87

CLE 4.63

TEX 5.98

C. Jones .358

J. Bay .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .464

K. Fukudome .366

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .632

R. Howard .482

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.096

H. Matsui .835

T. Pena .393

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.43

O. Perez 3.90

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

V. Padilla 6.37

L. Hernandez 3.47

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Rasner
G/S/vB 39.Britton
G/S/vB 33.Bruney
G/S/vB 34.Marte*
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 4/.750 1/3.000 6/.500 3/1.667 334/232 .260/.308/.435/.743 .626/.796 .795 87/.814 0/0 11/

23.Bautista G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 376/279 .233/.314/.390/.703 .873/.649 .779 28/.179 1/1 12/

11.Eckstein G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 293/203 .274/.353/.357/.710 .858/.641 .773 24/.725 2/1 1/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP 6/1.300 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 304/277 .299/.357/.413/.770 .724/.774 .634 85/.755 8/2 2/

26.Lind* G/S/vP 9/1.222 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 246/176 .292/.331/.496/.826 .803/.835 .871 106/.762 1/0 9/

6.McDonald G/S/vP 7/1.000 2/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.100 2/.000 165/102 .218/.264/.286/.550 .657/.485 .616 83/.561 3/1 1/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 9/.250 3/1.000 6/1.000 3/.666 2/.500 9/.222 3/.000 532/393 .272/.367/.415/.782 .571/.859 .802 105/.721 1/2 11/

15.Rios G/S/vP 3/.000 7/1.000 5/1.200 2/.000 2/2.500 10/.000 5/.400 570/437 .289/.337/.445/.782 .685/.812 .777 111/.918 30/8 10/

33.Rolen G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 367/277 .250/.349/.399/.748 .693/.763 .776 22/.599 5/0 7/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 8/.661 2/1.500 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 9/.904 3/1.667 484/359 .265/.346/.346/.692 .689/.693 .662 104/.759 7/2 6/

45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/3 .333/.333/.667/1.000 /1.000 1.000 3/1.000 0/0 0/

10.Wells G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 7/.286 5/.400 1/.000 18/1.014 1/3.000 351/271 .293/.336/.480/.816 .888/.795 .732 74/.962 4/2 14/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 3/1.666 5/.400 1/.000 15/.414 ··· 236/183 .225/.330/.345/.675 .615/.703 .562 17/.059 2/1 5/

IP 102.0 15.2 23.1 58.0 49.1 61.2 47.0 TOTAL .261/.333/.392/.725 .693/.736 .707 .731 76/27 97/65

ERA-K/9

5.03/5.6

4.02/5.2

2.31/7.3

4.19/9.9

3.47/10.2

1.46/10.2

3.64/9.6

4.31/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (34-20-2)
Zaun (32-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 457/.296 68/.270 97/.163 243/.216 202/.190 227/.171 204/.235 .267 Rios
Wells
Lind
Scutaro
Inglett
Snider 0/56/74/13
0/79/0/5
57/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
20/1/12/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .819 .768 .564 .622 .634 .448 .706 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 265/.777 33/.991 40/.463 82/.656 114/.684 118/.400 98/.740 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 192/.873 35/.562 57/.616 161/.604 88/.569 109/.499 106/.676 .740

Home 204/.773 45/.879 35/.364 127/.566 119/.608 125/.518 110/.707 .712

Last 28d days 104/.805 24/.855 49/.486 36/.713 50/.905 49/.392 54/.892

HR/SB/CS 13/3/3 2/0/0 2/2/0 5/3/1 6/2/4 4/6/1 6/4/1 119/98/51

Usage ·····X·· ··oX···· oo·X··X· ooX··X·o o·oo·X·· Xo···Xoo o·X··oXo

New York Yankees Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Parrish*
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 22.League
G/S/vB 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 9/.611 7/1.738 1/.000 21/.555 8/1.071 8/1.000 10/1.000 7/.619 573/407 .298/.370/.465/.835 .774/.860 .885 113/.838 14/10 15/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 3/1.167 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.500 1/2.000 167/127 .259/.289/.405/.694 .651/.708 .739 32/.777 0/1 5/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/2.500 1/.000 20/.566 8/.500 9/1.319 5/.500 11/.864 527/373 .269/.306/.408/.714 .796/.681 .748 95/.858 1/4 12/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 13/.331 5/1.800 1/2.000 20/.669 8/.661 3/1.334 25/.393 15/.884 516/369 .313/.387/.460/.847 .778/.873 .843 116/.849 24/6 11/

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 84/72 .189/.256/.243/.499 .000/.581 .497 16/.908 6/0 0/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 6/1.833 4/.833 1/.000 15/1.015 4/.500 6/.533 21/.944 8/.250 454/332 .250/.377/.511/.888 .887/.888 .918 86/.853 2/1 27/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 14/.846 13/.770 ··· 11/1.271 18/.533 13/.385 14/.445 8/.750 568/401 .295/.352/.400/.752 .823/.723 .749 112/.798 9/4 8/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 16/1.471 11/1.000 1/.000 19/.912 10/1.711 11/.573 24/.440 8/2.000 325/228 .304/.388/.448/.835 .720/.886 .814 40/.646 0/0 9/

26.Molina G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 262/175 .228/.275/.325/.599 .478/.659 .651 44/.684 0/0 2/

22.Nady G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 488/378 .324/.379/.543/.922 .887/.930 .901 106/.894 1/1 21/

29.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .750/.800/2.500/3.300 1.667/5.000 2.750 5/3.300 0/0 2/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 7/.429 16/1.332 1/.000 17/1.243 12/1.283 12/.833 13/.585 8/.821 491/359 .307/.395/.579/.974 .956/.981 1.088 109/.858 16/2 28/

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/.000 6/.833 1/.000 2/.000 5/2.400 1/5.000 6/.334 1/2.000 387/299 .277/.323/.392/.715 .699/.720 .806 53/.511 7/1 6/

IP 26.2 38.0 46.2 61.2 43.0 24.0 47.0 43.0 TOTAL .273/.344/.426/.769 .734/.784 .792 .802 89/33 143/68

ERA-K/9

4.05/5.1

4.03/7.3

2.12/9.1

1.31/7.7

3.98/8.6

2.25/6.0

2.68/8.6

2.93/8.4

3.59/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (38-31-6)
Rodriguez (44-24-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 109/.273 158/.255 188/.211 247/.200 184/.200 104/.209 198/.221 184/.238 .245 Nady
Abreu
Gardner
Matsui
Damon 25/0/86/12
0/0/126/10
16/5/0/2
21/0/3/2
78/20/0/1

OPS .774 .676 .660 .539 .644 .660 .642 .677 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 41/.877 60/.982 101/.567 100/.477 71/.808 47/.830 61/.686 84/.667 .749

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 68/.712 98/.488 87/.769 147/.583 113/.544 57/.524 137/.623 100/.686 .651

Road 20/.997 78/.722 110/.807 130/.595 85/.724 51/.659 104/.805 73/.573 .729

Last 28d days 23/.691 32/.823 28/.661 41/.349 35/.430 38/.523 38/.520 18/.771

HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 2/3/0 5/1/2 2/1/0 3/4/2 2/0/0 3/2/0 4/3/1 121/67/31

Usage ········ ·······X ···o··X· ···o·X·· ·o·····X ···o·oo· ···X·oX· ·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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Game Preview: TOR @ NYY, 1:05pm, Saturday, August 30, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: John Parrish (30, LHP, 1-0, 4.05)

SP: Darrell Rasner (27, RHP, 5-9, 5.03)

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