TOR @ TBR, Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 67-63, 4th, 12½ GB, 8 GB in WC	SP: Roy Halladay (31, RHP, 15-9, 2.68) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (15-9) 198 172 68 59 34 168 15 2.68 2007 (16-7) 225.1 232 101 93 48 139 15 3.71 2006 (16-5) 220 208 82 78 34 132 19 3.19 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-3 51.2 47 18 15 13 47 5 2.61 61 2008-08-21 NYY W 7 5 3 3 2 9 1 94 62 2008-08-16 @BOS W 9 7 1 1 1 4 1 111 72 2008-08-09 CLE L 6.2 10 4 1 2 6 0 130 48 2008-08-04 OAK W 8 4 1 1 1 8 1 113 77 2008-07-29 TBR L 8 6 3 3 3 8 1 118 63 2008-07-24 @BAL W 7 7 1 1 1 6 0 119 64 2008-07-19 @TBR L 6 8 5 5 3 6 1 96 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-29 Road: 30-34 ExtrInn: 4-8 vsRHP: 53-43 vsLHP: 14-20 1-Run: 19-25 vsEast: 24-23 vsCntrl:18-11 vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/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 124 Sun, Aug 17 @BOS W 15-4 64-60 4th 11.5 gb 123 Sat, Aug 16 @BOS W 4-1 63-60 4th 11.5 gb 122 Thu, Aug 14 @DET L 1-5 62-60 4th 12.0 gb 121 Wed, Aug 13 @DET W 4-3 62-59 4th 11.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Tampa Bay Rays, 79-50, 1st, 4½ up	SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 11-7, 3.68) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-7) 171 166 78 70 31 135 20 3.68 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 4-1 48.2 47 18 18 9 35 7 3.33 56 2008-08-19 LAA W 8 9 2 2 1 7 1 103 62 2008-08-14 @OAK ND 5 5 4 4 5 3 1 94 39 2008-08-08 @SEA W 6.2 9 3 3 0 5 1 106 49 2008-08-03 DET ND 6.1 9 2 2 1 4 0 111 50 2008-07-28 @TOR L 7.1 5 3 3 0 5 1 94 61 2008-07-23 OAK W 8.1 6 3 3 0 7 2 104 66 2008-07-18 TOR W 7 4 1 1 2 4 1 104 67 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 3-1 35 25 13 11 6 22 4 2.83 60 2008-07-28 @TOR L 7.1 5 3 3 0 5 1 94 61 2008-07-18 TOR W 7 4 1 1 2 4 1 104 67 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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 47-18 Road: 32-32 ExtrInn: 8-5 vsRHP: 58-31 vsLHP: 21-19 1-Run: 23-15 vsEast: 28-19 vsCntrl:17-13 vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 129 Sun, Aug 24 @CHW L 5-6 (10) 79-50 1st 4.5 up 128 Sat, Aug 23 @CHW W 5-3 79-49 1st 5.5 up 127 Fri, Aug 22 @CHW W 9-4 78-49 1st 4.5 up 126 Wed, Aug 20 LAA L 4-5 77-49 1st 4.5 up 125 Tue, Aug 19 LAA W 4-2 77-48 1st 4.5 up 124 Mon, Aug 18 LAA W 6-4 76-48 1st 4.5 up 123 Sun, Aug 17 @TEX W 7-4 75-48 1st 4.5 up 122 Sat, Aug 16 @TEX L 0-3 74-48 1st 3.5 up 121 Fri, Aug 15 @TEX W 7-0 74-47 1st 3.5 up 120 Thu, Aug 14 @OAK W 7-6 (12) 73-47 1st 3.0 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:21-9
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Jul 30, 2008 TBR 3 @TOR 2 W:Edwin Jackson (7-7), L: Scott Richmond (0-1), S: Troy Percival (23) Tue, Jul 29, 2008 TBR 3 @TOR 0 W:Matt Garza (9-6), L: Roy Halladay (12-8), S: none Mon, Jul 28, 2008 TOR 3 TBR 1 W:A.J. Burnett (12-9), L: James Shields (9-7), S: B.J. Ryan (20) Sun, Jul 20, 2008 TOR 9 @TBR 4 W:Shawn Camp (3-1), L: Edwin Jackson (5-7), S: none Sat, Jul 19, 2008 TBR 6 TOR 4 W:Matt Garza (8-5), L: Roy Halladay (11-7), S: Dan Wheeler (4) Fri, Jul 18, 2008 TBR 2 TOR 1 W:James Shields (8-6), L: A.J. Burnett (10-9), S: Grant Balfour (4) 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) Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 9-3; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - TOR won 12-6; All-Time - TOR leads 95-84

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 5.56

LAA 4.65

WSN 3.71

RA/G

TOR 3.92

SFG 4.62

TEX 6.08

C. Jones .359

V. Wells .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .467

J. Hamilton .365

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .639

R. Belliard .479

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.106

J. Willingham .836

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

B. Looper 3.94

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.13

J. Jurrjens 6.45

L. Hernandez 3.49

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 52.Salas
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 9/.222 2/.000 8/1.000 4/.500 3/2.334 2/.000 ··· 5/.600 319/218 .253/.304/.420/.724 .581/.792 .761 83/.750 0/0 10/

23.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 371/274 .237/.318/.396/.713 .873/.661 .801 36/.417 1/1 12/

11.Eckstein G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 17/.485 3/.500 ··· 6/.334 ··· 12/.955 293/203 .274/.353/.357/.710 .858/.641 .773 28/.729 2/1 1/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· ··· 8/1.917 4/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 286/260 .305/.361/.422/.783 .756/.785 .643 85/.784 8/1 2/

26.Lind* G/S/vP 5/1.600 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 4/1.250 229/162 .299/.333/.517/.850 .842/.853 .930 104/.832 1/0 9/

6.McDonald G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/.000 4/1.000 4/.000 5/.800 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 155/93 .225/.268/.297/.566 .645/.512 .671 77/.590 3/1 1/

36.Mench G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 14/1.000 ··· 5/.400 4/.250 ··· 3/.333 112/34 .235/.313/.357/.670 .721/.555 .494 26/.629 2/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 15/.414 5/.600 3/.000 6/.167 2/1.000 2/3.000 2/.000 6/1.667 516/380 .272/.370/.419/.789 .585/.866 .818 104/.824 1/2 11/

15.Rios G/S/vP 15/.266 5/.200 10/.400 10/1.200 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.500 553/420 .291/.336/.447/.784 .685/.815 .780 112/.885 30/8 10/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 15/.266 1/.000 2/1.500 2/2.000 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 466/341 .268/.350/.352/.702 .689/.707 .680 104/.737 6/2 6/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 19/.505 6/.167 5/.800 8/2.125 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 10/.700 361/328 .249/.343/.396/.740 .679/.746 .735 62/.720 1/1 11/

10.Wells G/S/vP 12/.667 2/2.500 14/.714 7/.572 7/.143 4/1.417 2/.000 8/.393 334/254 .292/.335/.475/.811 .888/.786 .711 57/.976 4/2 13/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 8/.750 1/2.000 4/1.250 6/.333 3/.333 8/.750 ··· 3/.667 235/182 .226/.332/.347/.679 .615/.707 .568 20/.261 2/1 5/

IP 171.0 43.0 47.1 67.0 70.1 32.2 1.0 56.0 TOTAL .262/.334/.394/.728 .693/.740 .712 .746 75/26 95/65

ERA-K/9

3.68/7.1

1.47/13.0

2.09/3.2

4.16/4.8

2.56/9.2

4.41/8.3

18.00/18.0

2.57/6.6

3.71/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 698/.254 166/.127 193/.280 296/.271 298/.203 142/.244 4/.333 221/.178 .244 Rios
Wells
Lind
Scutaro
Mench
Inglett
Stairs 0/56/70/13
0/75/0/5
55/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
18/0/12/1
18/1/12/0
9/0/6/0

OPS .716 .406 .658 .759 .609 .699 .833 .572 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 341/.737 60/.454 61/.823 134/.868 103/.575 84/.599 2/2.000 83/.585 .714

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 357/.696 106/.380 132/.585 162/.670 195/.625 58/.842 2/.000 138/.563 .699

Home 389/.603 76/.400 90/.727 108/.621 149/.525 76/.599 / 102/.497 .644

Last 28d days 142/.819 64/.458 37/.660 46/.560 47/.745 26/.603 4/.833 44/.663

HR/SB/CS 20/6/6 1/2/0 2/2/3 7/10/1 5/10/1 1/0/2 0/0/0 7/1/1 121/57/22

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

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Halladay
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 31.Parrish*
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

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 254/147 .240/.312/.402/.714 .801/.650 .665 83/.806 2/1 7/

5.Baldelli G/S/vP 16/1.009 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 6/1.167 10/.786 1/.000 28/13 .308/.357/.577/.934 1.159/.692 28/.934 0/0 2/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 10/.700 10/1.489 1/.000 3/.333 4/1.000 2/1.000 3/.666 4/.500 2/1.000 381/272 .270/.309/.335/.644 .810/.577 .686 68/.881 18/5 0/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 213/204 .255/.347/.446/.793 .619/.800 .941 58/.914 1/0 9/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 298/240 .230/.332/.406/.738 .640/.763 .885 74/.792 3/2 10/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 19/.600 3/.333 3/1.666 3/.000 3/.667 ··· 7/.619 16/.402 4/.000 357/303 .254/.339/.502/.841 .454/.909 .766 68/.864 9/3 19/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 14/.517 5/.400 3/.333 7/.929 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 3/.666 4/.250 574/397 .275/.346/.371/.717 .689/.730 .746 116/.692 6/5 5/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 15/.690 1/5.000 3/.000 6/.334 2/.500 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 6/.334 376/275 .292/.349/.404/.753 .692/.783 .776 81/.582 0/4 6/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 39/.756 5/2.000 5/.000 11/.384 4/1.833 2/2.500 7/.714 4/.500 5/.400 470/304 .243/.357/.496/.854 .659/.961 .834 113/1.012 1/1 26/

9.Riggans G/S/vP 4/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 126/68 .229/.306/.404/.710 .744/.681 .631 26/.671 0/0 5/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 46/15 .250/.283/.364/.646 .724/.481 1.009 13/.308 1/0 1/

2.Upton G/S/vP 21/.992 5/.800 2/.000 5/.250 8/.250 2/.000 5/.200 3/.666 2/1.000 546/382 .269/.381/.397/.778 .787/.773 .787 108/.780 37/14 8/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 9/.347 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 140/86 .236/.307/.425/.732 .746/.723 .777 60/.673 3/0 6/

IP 198.0 38.0 46.0 60.2 42.0 23.2 26.2 46.0 42.2 TOTAL .259/.336/.418/.755 .720/.770 .778 .799 123/45 142/66

ERA-K/9

2.68/7.6

4.03/7.3

2.15/9.0

1.34/7.9

4.07/8.8

2.28/5.7

4.05/5.1

2.74/8.4

2.95/8.2

3.63/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (33-20-6)
Riggans (20-0-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 789/.233 158/.255 185/.209 244/.203 180/.204 103/.212 109/.273 195/.225 182/.239 .245 Upton
Gross
Hinske
Ruggiano
Zobrist
Baldelli
Riggans 0/121/0/10
2/17/92/7
19/0/48/3
12/5/8/2
4/3/1/0
0/0/3/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .620 .676 .660 .546 .652 .667 .774 .653 .677 .701

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 438/.628 60/.982 99/.580 99/.482 69/.812 47/.830 41/.877 61/.686 83/.659 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 351/.609 98/.488 86/.754 145/.592 111/.554 56/.534 68/.712 134/.638 99/.694 .662

Road 423/.596 78/.722 107/.811 127/.610 81/.745 50/.673 20/.997 101/.831 71/.572 .735

Last 28d days 153/.643 32/.823 39/.529 48/.395 31/.450 44/.525 23/.691 48/.659 16/.779

HR/SB/CS 15/11/5 2/3/0 5/1/2 2/1/0 3/4/2 2/0/0 2/1/1 3/2/0 4/3/1 118/65/31

Usage ····X··· ···X···· ··X··o·· ·X··o··· ···X·X·· ·oo·o··· ········ ·oX···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: TOR @ TBR, 7:10pm, Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @Tropicana Field

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SP: Roy Halladay (31, RHP, 15-9, 2.68)

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 11-7, 3.68)

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