TOR @ TBR, Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 68-63, 4th, 11½ GB, 8 GB in WC	SP: David Purcey (26, LHP, 2-4, 6.55) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-4) 34.1 32 25 25 21 25 7 6.55 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 34.1 32 25 25 21 25 7 6.55 44 2008-08-20 NYY L 4 7 5 5 2 2 1 79 28 2008-08-13 @DET W 6 2 0 0 3 4 0 99 69 2008-08-08 CLE L 6 6 3 3 2 8 0 97 54 2008-08-03 @TEX L 5 3 5 5 2 4 3 89 43 2008-07-26 SEA W 6 7 3 3 1 4 1 99 49 2008-05-16 @PHI L 3 5 8 8 4 0 2 65 13 2008-04-18 DET ND 4.1 2 1 1 7 3 0 86 51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-29 Road: 31-34 ExtrInn: 4-8 vsRHP: 54-43 vsLHP: 14-20 1-Run: 19-25 vsEast: 25-23 vsCntrl:18-11 vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/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 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:18-12
Tampa Bay Rays, 79-51, 1st, 3½ up	SP: Matt Garza (24, RHP, 10-7, 3.71) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-7) 150.1 138 67 62 47 105 14 3.71 2007 (5-7) 83 96 44 34 32 67 8 3.69 2006 (3-6) 50 62 33 32 23 38 6 5.76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 48 41 17 17 14 36 3 3.19 57 2008-08-20 LAA ND 6.2 7 4 4 4 7 0 109 47 2008-08-15 @TEX W 9 2 0 0 2 9 0 119 90 2008-08-09 @SEA ND 5.2 10 5 5 1 5 1 97 33 2008-08-04 CLE L 5 7 4 4 2 4 2 102 39 2008-07-29 @TOR W 9 5 0 0 1 5 0 106 81 2008-07-24 @KCR L 5 8 4 4 4 0 0 82 31 2008-07-19 TOR W 7.2 2 0 0 0 6 0 107 81 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 2-2 26 21 8 8 6 15 2 2.77 58 2008-07-29 @TOR W 9 5 0 0 1 5 0 106 81 2008-07-19 TOR W 7.2 2 0 0 0 6 0 107 81 2008-05-07 @TOR L 6.2 6 1 1 3 2 0 106 57 2006-08-11 TOR L 2.2 8 7 7 2 2 2 67 14
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 47-19 Road: 32-32 ExtrInn: 8-5 vsRHP: 58-32 vsLHP: 21-19 1-Run: 23-15 vsEast: 28-20 vsCntrl:17-13 vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 130 Tue, Aug 26 TOR L 2-6 79-51 1st 3.5 up 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Aug 26, 2008 TOR 6 @TBR 2 W:Roy Halladay (16-9), L: James Shields (11-8), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 9-4; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - TOR won 12-6; All-Time - TOR leads 96-84

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

PIT 4.63

WSN 3.70

RA/G

TOR 3.91

CLE 4.63

TEX 6.02

C. Jones .357

A. Soriano .291

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .466

J. Posada .364

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .634

T. Glaus .480

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.100

D. Pedroia .835

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

B. Looper 3.94

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.13

G. Floyd 6.40

L. Hernandez 3.49

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Garza
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/.444 2/.000 8/1.000 4/.500 4/3.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.600 323/221 .256/.307/.431/.737 .626/.790 .787 81/.812 0/0 11/

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 28/.422 1/1 12/

11.Eckstein G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 9/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.917 5/1.500 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 291/264 .300/.356/.415/.771 .724/.775 .624 82/.772 8/1 2/

26.Lind* G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 2/.000 3/.833 1/.000 4/1.250 234/165 .293/.330/.507/.837 .816/.846 .900 103/.794 1/0 9/

6.McDonald G/S/vP 2/3.500 2/.000 4/1.000 4/.000 6/.900 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 159/96 .227/.275/.298/.572 .657/.517 .682 81/.602 3/1 1/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 11/.764 5/.600 3/.000 6/.167 3/.666 2/3.000 2/.000 6/1.667 520/383 .274/.371/.422/.793 .580/.873 .825 102/.852 1/2 11/

15.Rios G/S/vP 10/.311 5/.200 10/.400 11/1.091 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.500 558/425 .293/.339/.450/.788 .685/.821 .790 109/.973 30/8 10/

33.Rolen G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 3/1.000 1/3.000 1/.000 5/.933 ··· 12/1.033 364/274 .252/.349/.401/.750 .693/.767 .781 23/.769 5/0 7/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 13/.770 1/.000 2/1.500 3/1.167 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 471/346 .267/.348/.350/.699 .689/.702 .674 101/.761 7/2 6/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 9/.222 6/.167 5/.800 8/2.125 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 10/.700 365/331 .249/.342/.394/.737 .659/.745 .729 60/.663 1/1 11/

10.Wells G/S/vP 5/.800 2/2.500 15/.800 8/1.125 7/.143 4/1.417 2/.000 8/.393 339/259 .297/.339/.487/.826 .888/.807 .747 62/1.048 4/2 14/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· 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 150.1 43.0 47.1 67.2 71.2 33.0 1.0 56.0 TOTAL .263/.335/.395/.730 .695/.742 .716 .768 76/26 97/65

ERA-K/9

3.71/6.3

1.47/13.0

2.09/3.2

4.26/4.8

2.64/9.0

4.36/8.5

18.00/18.0

2.57/6.6

3.72/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 624/.244 166/.127 194/.284 299/.272 304/.203 143/.242 4/.333 221/.178 .245 Rios
Wells
Lind
Scutaro
Stairs
Inglett 0/56/71/13
0/76/0/5
56/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
9/0/6/0
19/1/12/0

OPS .675 .406 .665 .769 .619 .694 .833 .572 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 299/.712 60/.454 61/.823 134/.868 107/.551 85/.591 2/2.000 83/.585 .712

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 325/.642 106/.380 133/.596 165/.690 197/.654 58/.842 2/.000 138/.563 .703

Home 312/.597 76/.400 91/.742 111/.653 155/.548 77/.590 / 102/.497 .649

Last 28d days 111/.757 62/.474 38/.698 49/.632 53/.786 27/.579 4/.833 44/.663

HR/SB/CS 14/2/1 1/2/0 2/2/3 8/10/1 6/10/1 1/0/2 0/0/0 7/1/1 123/58/22

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

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 25.Purcey*
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/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 258/150 .237/.311/.397/.708 .793/.645 .652 86/.794 2/1 7/

5.Baldelli G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 1/.000 6/1.167 10/.786 1/.000 29/13 .296/.345/.556/.900 1.080/.692 .000 29/.900 0/0 2/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 10/1.489 2/1.000 3/.333 4/1.000 2/1.000 3/.666 4/.500 2/1.000 384/274 .270/.309/.335/.644 .821/.573 .686 64/.890 18/5 0/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 216/207 .257/.347/.444/.791 .619/.798 .934 55/.970 1/0 9/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 301/242 .232/.332/.405/.738 .629/.765 .879 76/.798 3/2 10/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 3/1.666 3/.000 3/.667 ··· 7/.619 16/.402 4/.000 360/306 .258/.342/.503/.845 .454/.913 .776 65/.816 9/3 19/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 4/.250 7/.929 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 3/.666 4/.250 578/400 .275/.345/.370/.716 .684/.729 .743 111/.725 6/5 5/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 3/.000 6/.334 2/.500 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 6/.334 378/277 .290/.347/.402/.748 .692/.777 .766 75/.585 0/4 6/

23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 5/2.000 5/.000 12/.350 4/1.833 2/2.500 7/.714 4/.500 5/.400 474/307 .243/.357/.494/.850 .655/.958 .828 109/1.076 1/1 26/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 128/69 .225/.302/.396/.698 .730/.671 .609 28/.619 0/0 5/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 47/15 .244/.277/.356/.632 .701/.481 .963 14/.286 1/0 1/

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 2/.000 5/.250 8/.250 3/.000 5/.200 3/.666 2/1.000 550/386 .267/.378/.394/.772 .787/.765 .775 104/.750 37/14 8/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 141/86 .234/.305/.422/.727 .732/.723 .762 61/.661 3/0 6/

IP 34.1 38.0 46.2 61.2 42.0 24.0 26.2 47.0 42.2 TOTAL .258/.336/.417/.752 .717/.768 .773 .801 123/45 142/66

ERA-K/9

6.55/6.6

4.03/7.3

2.12/9.1

1.31/7.7

4.07/8.8

2.25/6.0

4.05/5.1

2.68/8.6

2.95/8.2

3.62/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (34-20-6)
Riggans (20-0-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 154/.252 158/.255 188/.211 247/.200 180/.204 104/.209 109/.273 198/.221 182/.239 .245 Upton
Gross
Hinske
Ruggiano
Zobrist
Baldelli
Riggans 0/122/0/10
2/17/93/7
20/0/48/3
12/5/8/2
4/3/1/0
0/0/3/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .838 .676 .660 .539 .652 .660 .774 .642 .677 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.697 60/.982 101/.567 100/.477 69/.812 47/.830 41/.877 61/.686 83/.659 .741

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.884 98/.488 87/.769 147/.583 111/.554 57/.524 68/.712 137/.623 99/.694 .659

Road 60/.860 78/.722 110/.807 130/.595 81/.745 51/.659 20/.997 104/.805 71/.572 .730

Last 28d days 88/.764 32/.823 39/.585 48/.395 31/.450 45/.513 23/.691 48/.659 16/.779

HR/SB/CS 7/1/2 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··· o··X··o· o·X··o·· ····X·X· o·oo·o·· ········ X·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, Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: David Purcey (26, LHP, 2-4, 6.55)

SP: Matt Garza (24, RHP, 10-7, 3.71)

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