TOR @ TBR, Friday, July 18, 2008 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 47-48, 4th, 9 GB, 8½ GB in WC	SP: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 10-8, 4.96) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-8) 127 129 75 70 57 126 11 4.96 2007 (10-8) 165.2 131 74 69 66 176 23 3.75 2006 (10-8) 135.2 138 67 60 39 118 14 3.98 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-2 45.2 45 27 25 19 48 6 4.93 51 2008-07-13 NYY W 8.1 6 1 1 1 8 1 98 74 2008-07-09 BAL W 5.1 7 7 7 3 7 1 112 30 2008-07-04 @LAA L 7 12 8 6 0 3 2 101 28 2008-06-29 ATL W 7 4 0 0 4 11 0 118 76 2008-06-24 CIN W 8 4 1 1 3 7 0 111 74 2008-06-19 @MIL L 5 8 8 8 4 5 2 101 20 2008-06-13 CHC W 5 4 2 2 4 7 0 111 54 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 27-20 Road: 20-28 ExtrInn: 3-7 vsRHP: 38-31 vsLHP: 9-17 1-Run: 15-21 vsEast: 14-15 vsCntrl:15-7 vsWest: 10-16 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 95 Sun, Jul 13 NYY W 4-1 47-48 4th 9.0 gb 94 Sat, Jul 12 NYY L 4-9 46-48 4th 9.5 gb 93 Fri, Jul 11 NYY W 5-0 46-47 4th 9.5 gb 92 Thu, Jul 10 BAL W 6-5 45-47 4th 10.5 gb 91 Wed, Jul 9 BAL W 9-8 44-47 5th 11.5 gb 90 Tue, Jul 8 BAL W 7-6 43-47 5th 12.5 gb 89 Sun, Jul 6 @LAA L 1-7 42-47 5th 14.0 gb 88 Sat, Jul 5 @LAA W 7-5 42-46 5th 13.0 gb 87 Fri, Jul 4 @LAA L 2-8 41-46 5th 13.0 gb 86 Wed, Jul 2 @SEA L 2-4 41-45 5th 12.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:14-16
Tampa Bay Rays, 55-39, 2nd, ½ GB, 2½ up in WC	SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 7-6, 3.83) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-6) 122.1 119 60 52 22 100 13 3.83 2007 (12-8) 215 202 98 92 36 184 28 3.85 2006 (6-8) 124.2 141 69 67 38 104 18 4.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 41.2 43 23 23 5 42 6 4.97 52 2008-07-11 @CLE L 6 10 5 5 1 4 1 103 35 2008-07-06 KCR W 7 4 2 2 1 8 0 93 68 2008-06-30 BOS W 6.1 5 2 2 1 5 1 104 59 2008-06-25 @FLA W 7 4 1 1 0 5 1 101 70 2008-06-19 CHC ND 6.1 7 3 3 2 9 0 102 54 2008-06-10 @LAA L 8 10 6 6 0 9 2 108 47 2008-06-05 @BOS L 1 3 4 4 0 2 1 27 33 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 3-0 26.2 20 12 8 5 20 3 2.70 59 2008-04-22 TOR W 7 6 4 2 2 5 1 104 56 2007-09-09 TOR W 7 4 2 2 0 5 1 106 66 2007-04-06 TOR ND 6.2 6 3 3 2 3 0 103 51 2006-08-16 TOR W 6 4 3 1 1 7 1 99 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-14 Road: 19-25 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 40-26 vsLHP: 15-13 1-Run: 16-11 vsEast: 24-17 vsCntrl: 8-9 vsWest: 11-7 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 94 Sun, Jul 13 @CLE L 2-5 55-39 2nd 0.5 gb 93 Sat, Jul 12 @CLE L 4-8 55-38 1st 0.5 up 92 Fri, Jul 11 @CLE L 0-5 55-37 1st 1.5 up 91 Thu, Jul 10 @CLE L 2-13 55-36 1st 1.5 up 90 Wed, Jul 9 @NYY L 1-2 (10) 55-35 1st 2.0 up 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 Last 10: 3-7 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, May 08, 2008 TBR 8 @TOR 3 (13) W:J.P. Howell (1-0), L: Shawn Camp (0-1), S: none Wed, May 07, 2008 TOR 6 TBR 2 W:Shaun Marcum (4-2), L: Matt Garza (1-1), S: none Tue, May 06, 2008 TBR 5 @TOR 4 W:Andy Sonnanstine (5-1), L: A.J. Burnett (3-3), S: Troy Percival (7) Thu, Apr 24, 2008 TBR 5 TOR 3 W:Andy Sonnanstine (3-1), L: Dustin McGowan (1-2), S: Troy Percival (4) Wed, Apr 23, 2008 TBR 5 TOR 3 W:Jason Hammel (2-1), L: Roy Halladay (2-3), S: Troy Percival (3) Tue, Apr 22, 2008 TBR 6 TOR 4 W:James Shields (2-1), L: Jesse Litsch (2-1), S: Troy Percival (2) Sun, Sep 30, 2007 TBD 8 @TOR 5 W:Jason Hammel (3-5), L: A.J. Burnett (10-8), S: Al Reyes (26) Sat, Sep 29, 2007 TOR 5 TBD 3 W:Scott Downs (4-2), L: Dan Wheeler (1-9), S: none Fri, Sep 28, 2007 TOR 5 TBD 4 W:Dustin McGowan (12-10), L: Andy Sonnanstine (6-10), S: Jeremy Accardo (30) Sun, Sep 09, 2007 TBD 3 TOR 2 W:James Shields (12-8), L: Jesse Litsch (5-8), S: Al Reyes (23) Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 5-1; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - TOR won 12-6; All-Time - TOR leads 93-80

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 5.60

CLE 4.53

WSN 3.65

RA/G

OAK 3.63

MIL 4.49

TEX 5.82

C. Jones .376

M. Kemp .284

T. Pena .155

OBP

C. Jones .472

N. McLouth .356

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .653

B. Phillips .472

O. Vizquel .179

OPS

L. Berkman 1.096

O. Hudson .816

T. Pena .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.82

J. Maine 3.99

M. Hendrickson 6.09

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.91

T. Wakefield 6.18

K. Rogers 3.36

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 3/2.334 2/.000 4/.750 205/138 .267/.317/.461/.778 .649/.841 .852 54/.637 0/0 8/

11.Eckstein G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 14/1.000 3/.500 ··· 6/.334 12/.955 249/187 .269/.354/.354/.708 .840/.663 .724 42/.650 2/1 1/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/2.257 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 162/149 .301/.356/.445/.801 .481/.830 .737 65/.809 3/1 2/

26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.666 84/61 .269/.301/.474/.776 .685/.809 .776 64/.975 0/0 3/

6.McDonald G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/.000 5/.800 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 61/30 .182/.237/.200/.437 .412/.464 .485 25/.480 3/1 0/

36.Mench G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 2/.500 75/23 .231/.307/.338/.645 .641/.654 .434 12/.733 2/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 9/.111 3/1.000 2/.500 5/.200 2/1.000 1/3.000 5/1.267 366/270 .269/.371/.399/.770 .604/.833 .802 83/.741 1/2 6/

15.Rios G/S/vP 9/.222 2/.500 5/.000 9/1.000 4/.500 3/.000 4/1.500 395/297 .285/.337/.401/.737 .616/.778 .675 81/.877 23/5 4/

33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 11/1.142 293/216 .267/.358/.431/.790 .757/.799 .764 88/.800 5/0 6/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 320/231 .261/.347/.333/.680 .697/.674 .641 88/.708 5/2 3/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 13/.237 4/.250 3/.000 7/2.428 1/.000 3/.000 10/.700 263/237 .253/.342/.406/.748 .472/.780 .826 49/.803 1/1 9/

35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 5/.700 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 1/no AB 1/no AB 7/.286 231/193 .230/.326/.327/.653 .624/.658 .650 30/.427 3/5 3/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 8/.750 1/2.000 4/.500 5/.200 2/.500 8/.750 2/.500 201/151 .244/.354/.375/.729 .659/.764 .640 43/.531 2/1 5/

IP 122.1 22.0 34.0 52.2 57.0 24.2 41.2 TOTAL .260/.336/.384/.720 .667/.738 .691 .743 61/23 65/49

ERA-K/9

3.83/7.4

1.64/13.5

5.82/5.8

4.44/5.1

2.68/8.7

3.28/6.9

2.38/5.8

3.79/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (25-12-2)
Zaun (28-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 500/.254 86/.137 160/.300 231/.275 236/.188 100/.230 164/.169 .244 Rios
Wilkerson
Lind
Scutaro
Inglett
Stairs
Mench 0/32/59/8
16/3/47/4
22/0/0/1
3/0/0/1
15/1/8/0
9/0/6/0
15/0/5/0

OPS .697 .436 .841 .798 .576 .634 .555 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 238/.708 31/.554 73/.863 109/.942 80/.485 58/.558 60/.368 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 262/.686 55/.367 87/.822 122/.671 156/.620 42/.736 104/.661 .689

Home 271/.556 42/.321 98/.822 72/.638 125/.511 57/.443 81/.486 .619

Last 28d days 106/.637 46/.486 55/.990 32/.526 49/.471 23/.499 37/.626

HR/SB/CS 13/6/5 0/1/0 3/0/0 7/8/1 4/9/1 1/0/2 6/0/1 84/44/18

Usage ······X· ····XX·· ·······X ······XX ·····X·· ·····o·o ·····o··

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Burnett
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 40.Wolfe
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/88 .240/.329/.372/.701 .901/.562 .683 62/.613 2/1 3/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 32/.923 5/.900 1/.000 13/.924 11/.000 1/.000 24/.451 7/1.238 2/4.000 399/278 .270/.315/.385/.700 .625/.733 .845 97/.698 23/6 8/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 26/.725 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· 139/132 .264/.353/.446/.799 .619/.808 .895 35/.610 1/0 6/

31.Gomes G/S/vP 12/.666 ··· ··· 7/.286 6/1.300 2/1.000 8/1.300 4/.250 1/.000 144/53 .185/.292/.395/.687 .745/.587 .622 34/.443 6/1 7/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 217/188 .223/.332/.397/.729 .540/.759 .834 38/.761 2/2 7/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 13/.891 3/.333 2/2.500 3/.000 3/.667 ··· 16/.402 4/.000 1/.000 270/226 .267/.356/.517/.873 .566/.930 .785 54/.978 7/2 14/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 10/.500 4/.500 1/.000 6/.533 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 2/2.000 415/296 .272/.348/.375/.723 .650/.752 .717 87/.772 5/2 5/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· 351/256 .275/.348/.513/.861 .795/.884 .808 97/1.007 6/0 16/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 15/.600 1/5.000 1/.000 5/.400 2/.500 2/1.500 2/.000 6/.334 2/1.500 268/201 .310/.361/.424/.785 .704/.825 .801 76/.735 0/3 4/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 19/.725 5/2.000 3/.000 8/.542 4/1.833 2/2.500 4/.500 4/.500 1/no AB 315/208 .236/.340/.438/.778 .697/.819 .834 72/.828 0/0 14/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 89/47 .269/.330/.462/.791 .871/.723 .642 20/1.117 0/0 4/

2.Upton G/S/vP 11/.788 4/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 8/.250 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 2/1.000 396/281 .277/.385/.404/.789 .795/.787 .797 89/.615 27/11 6/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 58/37 .222/.276/.463/.739 .855/.673 .771 41/.731 1/0 3/

IP 127.0 24.2 30.0 42.2 28.1 7.2 31.2 36.2 17.0 TOTAL .260/.336/.409/.745 .721/.755 .763 .746 101/33 98/54

ERA-K/9

4.96/8.9

3.65/6.9

2.10/9.6

1.69/7.8

3.81/8.6

4.70/4.7

2.84/9.4

3.19/7.8

3.18/5.3

3.63/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (28-16-4)
Riggans (12-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 564/.262 99/.237 124/.236 179/.218 125/.221 41/.300 133/.211 160/.246 69/.262 .246 Upton
Gross
Crawford
Hinske
Zobrist
Gomes 0/88/0/9
2/17/60/6
88/1/0/2
6/0/38/2
0/1/1/0
7/0/13/0

OPS .743 .617 .751 .602 .682 .854 .646 .694 .740 .695

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 307/.778 37/.981 63/.672 71/.563 47/.793 17/.932 43/.705 72/.736 30/.815 .745

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 257/.700 62/.410 61/.835 108/.628 78/.615 24/.794 90/.620 88/.659 39/.680 .646

Road 286/.709 55/.623 73/.866 97/.735 57/.750 16/.822 68/.802 65/.629 26/.749 .724

Last 28d days 150/.699 10/.400 23/1.085 49/.506 26/.632 26/.842 32/.583 32/.894 13/.639

HR/SB/CS 11/14/3 2/2/0 4/0/1 2/1/0 2/4/2 0/0/0 3/2/0 3/2/1 2/0/0 81/54/22

Usage ····X··· ·······o ········ ········ ·····X·· ·····o·X ····o··· ·····X·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: TOR @ TBR, 7:10pm, Friday, July 18, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 10-8, 4.96)

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 7-6, 3.83)

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