NYY @ TBR, Thursday, May 15, 2008 Game Preview

New York Yankees, 20-21, 4th, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC	SP: Ian Kennedy (23, RHP, 0-2, 8.37) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-2) 23.2 28 22 22 20 16 1 8.37 2007 (1-0) 19 13 6 4 9 15 1 1.89 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-2 32.2 34 23 23 25 22 1 6.34 43 2008-05-01 DET ND 4.2 5 4 4 3 1 0 96 36 2008-04-26 @CLE ND 5 4 3 3 4 2 0 105 45 2008-04-19 @BAL L 2.2 5 4 4 5 4 1 85 31 2008-04-14 @TBR ND 6 8 3 3 2 4 0 94 46 2008-04-04 TBR L 2.1 4 6 6 4 2 0 70 23 2007-09-13 @TOR ND 7 1 1 1 4 7 0 93 74 2007-09-07 @KCR ND 5 7 2 2 3 2 0 86 44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 9-9 Road: 11-12 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 16-15 vsLHP: 4-6 1-Run: 5-5 vsEast: 10-10 vsCntrl: 7-11 vsWest: 3-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 41 Wed, May 14 @TBR W 2-1 20-21 4th 3.5 gb 40 Tue, May 13 @TBR L 1-2 (11) 19-21 4th 4.5 gb 39 Mon, May 12 @TBR L 1-7 19-20 4th 4.0 gb 38 Sat, May 10 @DET W 5-2 19-19 4th 4.5 gb 37 Fri, May 9 @DET L 5-6 18-19 4th 4.5 gb 36 Thu, May 8 CLE W 6-3 18-18 3rd 4.5 gb 35 Wed, May 7 CLE L 0-3 17-18 3rd 4.5 gb 34 Tue, May 6 CLE L 3-5 17-17 3rd 4.5 gb 33 Sun, May 4 SEA W 8-2 17-16 2nd 3.0 gb 32 Sat, May 3 SEA W 6-1 16-16 4th 3.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:14-16
Tampa Bay Rays, 23-17, 1st, ½ up	SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 1-1, 2.70) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-1) 10 9 4 3 6 11 0 2.70 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 41 33 13 10 15 56 2 2.20 61 2008-05-10 LAA W 6 3 0 0 3 6 0 108 69 2008-05-04 @BOS L 4 6 4 3 3 5 0 90 38 2007-09-27 NYY ND 6 3 1 1 0 10 0 100 72 2007-09-21 BOS L 5 4 3 2 4 9 0 91 54 2007-09-15 @SEA W 6 3 1 0 2 11 0 99 73 2007-09-10 @BOS W 7 5 0 0 2 10 0 118 75 2007-09-04 BAL ND 7 9 4 4 1 5 2 103 47 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 1-1 30 25 13 9 14 34 2 2.70 57 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 2006-07-08 NYY L 6.1 7 3 2 4 7 0 101 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 15-8 Road: 8-9 ExtrInn: 3-0 vsRHP: 17-11 vsLHP: 6-6 1-Run: 4-5 vsEast: 17-12 vsCntrl: 2-3 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 40 Wed, May 14 NYY L 1-2 23-17 1st 0.5 up 39 Tue, May 13 NYY W 2-1 (11) 23-16 1st 0.5 up 38 Mon, May 12 NYY W 7-1 22-16 2nd 0.5 gb 37 Sun, May 11 LAA W 8-5 21-16 2nd 1.5 gb 36 Sat, May 10 LAA W 2-0 20-16 2nd 2.5 gb 35 Fri, May 9 LAA W 2-0 19-16 2nd 2.5 gb 34 Thu, May 8 @TOR W 8-3 (13) 18-16 2nd 3.5 gb 33 Wed, May 7 @TOR L 2-6 17-16 2nd 3.5 gb 32 Tue, May 6 @TOR W 5-4 17-15 2nd 3.5 gb 31 Sun, May 4 @BOS L 3-7 16-15 2nd 3.0 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head 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 Thu, Sep 27, 2007 NYY 3 @TBD 1 W:Philip Hughes (5-3), L: Jon Switzer (0-2), S: Jose Veras (1) Season Series: 2008 - NYY leads 5-4; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 13-5; All-Time - NYY leads 116-59

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 5.85

CHW 4.53

SDP 3.41

RA/G

CLE 3.53

MIN 4.54

TEX 5.45

D. Pedroia .306

I. Suzuki .271

OBP

J. Hamilton .347

I. Suzuki .321

SLG

J. Hamilton .539

I. Suzuki .367

OPS

J. Hamilton .886

I. Suzuki .688

ERA

C. Lee .67

N. Blackburn 3.93

M. Chico 6.42

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.62

S. Chacon 6.18

J. Garland 2.07

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New York Yankees Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 47.Glover
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 28.Reyes
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 9/.666 7/1.229 15/1.600 12/.555 3/1.167 3/.000 4/1.250 5/2.800 170/125 .286/.353/.429/.782 .714/.806 .586 105/.763 2/3 4/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 7/1.000 8/.393 11/.573 9/.555 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 150/106 .261/.322/.433/.755 .731/.765 .710 98/.739 3/0 6/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 11/.182 3/.000 12/.795 13/.846 7/.453 1/.000 3/1.666 1/2.000 156/118 .205/.256/.322/.578 .706/.539 .580 92/.663 0/3 4/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 32/.750 16/.450 12/.955 9/.476 15/1.217 19/.474 5/.200 5/.400 166/121 .264/.348/.472/.820 .736/.850 .864 103/.891 5/2 5/

17.Duncan G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 37/12 .188/.297/.250/.547 .693/.258 .237 32/.572 0/0 0/

11.Ensberg G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.833 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 71/43 .224/.268/.269/.536 .442/.596 .627 58/.427 0/1 1/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 14/.368 8/1.792 3/1.334 4/.000 15/.658 8/.250 4/.250 8/3.083 131/97 .188/.351/.455/.807 .673/.851 .934 84/.877 1/1 7/

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/28 .290/.353/.355/.708 .571/.745 .824 16/.500 0/0 0/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 23/.467 10/1.822 12/.583 15/.983 3/1.167 14/.368 5/1.600 10/.311 155/111 .297/.331/.393/.724 .668/.746 .743 114/.714 0/1 1/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 23/.654 5/.600 13/1.021 12/1.000 16/.599 7/1.229 3/.333 4/.500 158/114 .317/.399/.475/.874 .575/1.001 .820 97/.831 0/0 5/

19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 38/29 .265/.342/.412/.754 .583/.806 .837 25/.615 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP 7/.453 7/.929 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 80/57 .200/.218/.307/.525 .267/.632 .545 47/.206 0/0 0/

IP 10.0 11.2 30.1 27.0 12.2 15.0 5.1 21.0 TOTAL .259/.326/.411/.737 .629/.779 .734 .713 12/11 40/21

ERA-K/9

2.70/9.9

2.31/3.8

5.04/4.8

2.67/7.0

4.26/8.5

2.40/7.8

8.44/8.5

1.29/6.0

3.69/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (8-2-0)
Molina (20-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 44/.243 52/.214 137/.287 109/.200 53/.239 55/.132 24/.333 80/.139 .241 Abreu
Cabrera
Matsui
Duncan
Damon 0/0/39/4
0/39/0/2
13/0/3/1
0/0/2/0
30/4/0/0

OPS .692 .615 .819 .550 .644 .447 .899 .476 .675

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 7/.286 24/.514 71/1.012 37/.439 27/.557 34/.397 9/1.556 32/.299 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 37/.778 28/.690 66/.613 72/.604 26/.732 21/.524 15/.497 48/.585 .653

Home 23/.511 47/.689 53/.702 54/.578 31/.337 39/.317 15/.733 36/.441 .606

Last 28d days 44/.692 20/.566 83/.853 73/.491 30/.653 43/.575 1/.000 51/.502

HR/SB/CS 0/3/0 0/0/0 3/5/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 2/2/0 1/1/0 2/0/0 27/26/7

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

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 38.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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 143/104 .237/.264/.281/.546 .895/.411 .460 89/.597 4/2 0/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 8/.536 3/1.167 2/.000 8/1.000 9/.583 1/.000 1/no AB 15/.786 3/.666 184/126 .281/.315/.386/.701 .697/.703 .811 114/.764 12/2 3/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 14/.857 2/2.500 1/2.000 ··· 8/.625 ··· 30/30 .407/.467/.667/1.133 /1.133 1.038 13/1.038 0/0 2/

31.Gomes G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 9/.889 2/.000 83/43 .225/.325/.423/.748 .757/.738 .709 45/.586 5/1 3/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· 106/101 .218/.340/.345/.684 .000/.722 .745 78/.804 2/0 2/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 5/2.050 2/2.500 ··· 12/.500 2/.000 125/92 .259/.360/.537/.897 .523/1.029 .729 85/.800 3/1 7/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 8/.542 3/.333 3/.333 5/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/5.000 5/.400 1/2.000 182/127 .258/.320/.331/.652 .595/.676 .705 116/.705 2/1 2/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 120/86 .216/.317/.392/.709 .414/.822 .888 100/.672 2/0 4/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 4/.250 2/2.000 1/2.000 3/3.333 3/.000 2/1.000 81/60 .387/.425/.467/.892 .849/.950 .919 72/.906 0/2 1/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 8/.125 3/2.334 3/.667 6/3.033 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 10/.100 3/1.167 164/105 .218/.317/.401/.718 .824/.664 .782 96/.621 0/0 8/

9.Riggans G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 50/29 .222/.280/.378/.658 .571/.718 .448 15/.433 0/0 2/

2.Upton G/S/vP 8/1.625 3/1.000 3/.000 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 6/.334 3/.333 164/115 .281/.374/.403/.777 .734/.794 .777 99/.719 7/4 3/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

IP 23.2 4.2 17.1 19.0 18.1 23.2 6.2 17.0 3.2 TOTAL .258/.329/.389/.718 .692/.729 .731 .698 39/16 38/20

ERA-K/9

8.37/6.1

1.93/0.0

2.60/10.4

2.84/8.5

6.38/3.9

4.56/8.4

0.00/10.7

0.53/7.4

2.45/7.3

4.23/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (12-5-0)
Riggans (10-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 117/.298 19/.067 68/.183 77/.275 76/.279 103/.269 28/.125 59/.155 15/.267 .263 Upton
Gross
Crawford
Hinske
Gomes 0/38/0/4
2/14/17/3
40/0/0/1
0/0/14/1
1/0/3/0

OPS .871 .330 .535 .822 .744 .684 .458 .325 .533 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/.717 9/.476 32/.592 31/1.002 29/1.149 49/.917 11/.697 25/.320 5/1.200 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 53/1.042 10/.200 36/.483 46/.707 47/.511 54/.479 17/.310 34/.329 10/.200 .704

Road 80/.843 9/.476 42/.549 43/.867 40/.602 60/.843 14/.220 39/.364 9/.889 .724

Last 28d days 62/.947 19/.330 49/.601 45/.648 37/.656 58/.678 28/.458 37/.357 15/.533

HR/SB/CS 1/4/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 4/5/4 2/1/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 31/43/16

Usage ··X····· Xo··o·o· ·o··X··o ·····o·· o·····X· ··o··o·· oX··o·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: NYY @ TBR, 4:10pm, Thursday, May 15, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: Ian Kennedy (23, RHP, 0-2, 8.37)

SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 1-1, 2.70)

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