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Game Preview: TOR @ TBR, 7:10pm, Thursday, August 28, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Toronto Blue Jays, 68-64, 4th, 12½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 9-7, 4.01)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-7)            128   141  65  57  24  66 17    4.01      
 2007 (7-9)            111   116  56  47  36  50 14    3.81      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  39.1  42  24  17  10  20  3    3.89   48 
 2008-08-23    BOS   W   6     3   0   0   3   4  0     105   67 
 2008-08-14   @DET  ND   7     4   0   0   2   3  0     111   70 
 2008-07-21   @BAL   L   4.2   7   6   6   2   1  1      80   25 
 2008-07-12    NYY   L   2.2   7   8   3   1   3  1      80   24 
 2008-07-06   @LAA   L   5.1   8   6   6   1   2  1      94   29 
 2008-07-01   @SEA  ND   5.2  10   3   1   0   1  0      92   42 
 2008-06-26    CIN   W   8     3   1   1   1   6  0     114   77 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-29   Road:   31-35   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  54-44   vsLHP:  14-20   1-Run:  19-26
 vsEast: 25-24   vsCntrl:18-11   vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Tampa Bay Rays, 80-51, 1st, 3½ up

SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 10-8, 3.93)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-8)           149   148  66  65  67  88 19    3.93      
 2007 (5-15)           161   195 116 103  88 128 19    5.76      
 2006 (0-0)             36.1  42  27  22  25  27  2    5.45      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  39    43  17  17  20  23  9    3.92   48 
 2008-08-22   @CHW   W   6     7   2   2   5   5  1      97   50 
 2008-08-16   @TEX   L   6     5   1   1   3   6  1     101   61 
 2008-08-10   @SEA   W   7     7   1   1   2   2  1     102   59 
 2008-08-05    CLE   W   5.2   7   3   3   4   4  1      99   43 
 2008-07-30   @TOR   W   5     7   2   2   2   3  1      89   46 
 2008-07-25   @KCR   W   5     2   2   2   2   2  2      74   55 
 2008-07-20    TOR   L   4.1   8   6   6   2   1  2      86   22 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      1-2  30    31  16  16  13  19  5    4.80   48 
 2008-07-30   @TOR   W   5     7   2   2   2   3  1      89   46 
 2008-07-20    TOR   L   4.1   8   6   6   2   1  2      86   22 
 2008-05-08   @TOR  ND   8     6   0   0   1   3  0     112   72 
 2007-09-29   @TOR  ND   7     3   1   1   5   6  1     104   68 
 2007-09-07    TOR   L   5.2   7   7   7   3   6  1     104   30 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   48-19   Road:   32-32   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  58-32   vsLHP:  22-19   1-Run:  24-15
 vsEast: 29-20   vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Wed, Aug 27   TOR  W   1-0       80-51  1st  3.5 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:21-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 TBR  1  TOR  0        W:Matt Garza (11-7), L: David Purcey (2-5), S: Dan Wheeler (9)
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
Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 10-4; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - TOR won 12-6; All-Time - TOR leads 96-85

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  5.54

LAA  4.63

WSN  3.71

RA/G

TOR  3.89

SFG  4.60

TEX  5.99

BA

A. Pujols  .357

A. Rios  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .466

J. Posada  .364

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .636

D. Pedroia  .481

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.101

C. Jackson  .839

T. Pena  .393

ERA

T. Lincecum  2.43

B. Looper  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.20

G. Floyd  6.40

L. Hernandez  3.47

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Jackson
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 8/1.000 4/.500 4/3.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.500 327/225 .256/.306/.429/.734 .626/.785 .779 85/.796 0/0 11/
23.Bautista G/S/vP 3/2.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 372/275 .236/.317/.394/.711 .873/.659 .797 25/.200 1/1 12/
11.Eckstein G/S/vP 1/.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 7/1.381 ··· ··· 8/1.917 5/1.500 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 295/268 .303/.358/.420/.778 .724/.783 .643 81/.769 8/1 2/
26.Lind* G/S/vP 15/.934 1/.000 3/.000 4/.500 2/.000 3/.833 1/.000 4/1.250 238/169 .292/.329/.502/.831 .816/.837 .885 103/.772 1/0 9/
6.McDonald G/S/vP 9/1.000 2/.000 4/1.000 4/.000 6/.900 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 162/99 .222/.269/.292/.561 .657/.501 .647 80/.583 3/1 1/
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 22/.641 5/.600 3/.000 6/.167 3/.666 2/3.000 2/.000 7/1.371 524/387 .274/.370/.420/.791 .580/.868 .820 102/.804 1/2 11/
15.Rios G/S/vP 22/.940 5/.200 10/.400 11/1.091 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.500 562/429 .291/.338/.447/.785 .685/.817 .783 108/.939 30/8 10/
33.Rolen G/S/vP 5/1.600 ··· 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 9/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 3/1.167 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 475/350 .265/.347/.348/.695 .689/.697 .668 100/.784 7/2 6/
24.Stairs* G/S/vP 20/.368 6/.167 5/.800 8/2.125 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 10/.700 368/334 .250/.342/.394/.736 .659/.744 .728 59/.690 1/1 11/
10.Wells G/S/vP 16/.450 2/2.500 15/.800 8/1.125 7/.143 4/1.417 2/.000 8/.393 343/263 .294/.338/.482/.821 .888/.800 .737 66/1.006 4/2 14/
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 13/.891 1/2.000 4/1.250 6/.333 3/.333 8/.750 ··· 3/.667 235/182 .226/.332/.347/.679 .615/.707 .568 16/.063 2/1 5/
IP 149.0 43.1 47.1 67.2 71.2 33.0 1.0 57.0 TOTAL .262/.334/.394/.728 .695/.739 .712 .757 76/26 97/65
ERA-K/9 3.93/5.3 1.45/13.1 2.09/3.2 4.26/4.8 2.64/9.0 4.36/8.5 18.00/18.0 2.53/6.6 3.70/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 636/.263 167/.126 194/.284 299/.272 304/.203 143/.242 4/.333 224/.176 .244  Rios
 Wells
 Lind
 Scutaro
 Stairs
 Inglett
0/56/72/13
0/77/0/5
57/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
9/0/6/0
19/1/12/0
OPS .766 .404 .665 .769 .619 .694 .833 .563 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 313/.746 61/.446 61/.823 134/.868 107/.551 85/.591 2/2.000 84/.578 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 323/.783 106/.380 133/.596 165/.690 197/.654 58/.842 2/.000 140/.555 .700
Home 302/.755 77/.395 91/.742 111/.653 155/.548 77/.590 / 105/.482 .646
Last 28d days 107/.825 60/.491 38/.698 49/.632 48/.786 27/.579 4/.833 43/.646
HR/SB/CS 19/8/3 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·· o··oXo·X ·o··oo·o ·o·o·o·· ·X·o·X·· ·o·····o ········ o··Xo···
Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Litsch
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 261/150 .238/.312/.396/.707 .790/.645 .652 88/.775 2/1 7/
5.Baldelli G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 1/.000 6/1.167 10/.786 1/.000 32/13 .267/.313/.500/.813 .898/.692 .000 32/.813 0/0 2/
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 4/.500 10/1.489 2/1.000 3/.333 4/1.000 2/1.000 3/.666 4/.500 2/1.000 387/274 .271/.309/.335/.644 .817/.573 .686 63/.937 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 3/1.666 3/1.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 301/242 .232/.332/.405/.738 .629/.765 .879 72/.845 3/2 10/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 13/1.077 3/.333 3/1.666 3/.000 3/.667 ··· 7/.619 16/.402 4/.000 360/306 .258/.342/.503/.845 .454/.913 .776 62/.807 9/3 19/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 14/.742 5/.400 4/.250 7/.929 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 3/.666 4/.250 582/400 .275/.345/.369/.714 .680/.729 .739 111/.696 6/5 5/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 10/1.100 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 71/.560 0/4 6/
23.Pena* G/S/vP 14/1.107 5/2.000 5/.000 12/.350 4/1.833 2/2.500 7/.714 4/.500 5/.400 477/307 .246/.358/.503/.861 .689/.958 .850 108/1.108 1/1 27/
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 131/69 .219/.295/.386/.681 .691/.671 .580 31/.554 0/0 5/
10.Ruggiano G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 50/15 .229/.260/.333/.593 .639/.481 .846 17/.235 1/0 1/
2.Upton G/S/vP 14/.220 5/.800 2/.000 5/.250 8/.250 3/.000 5/.200 3/.666 2/1.000 554/386 .265/.376/.391/.767 .771/.765 .765 104/.750 37/14 8/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 144/86 .229/.299/.412/.711 .693/.723 .718 64/.628 3/0 6/
IP 128.0 38.0 46.2 61.2 42.0 24.0 26.2 47.0 42.2 TOTAL .258/.335/.416/.751 .712/.768 .769 .791 123/45 143/66
ERA-K/9 4.01/4.6 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 3.60/7.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 543/.277 158/.255 188/.211 247/.200 180/.204 104/.209 109/.273 198/.221 182/.239 .245  Upton
 Gross
 Hinske
 Ruggiano
 Baldelli
 Riggans
 Zobrist
0/123/0/10
2/17/94/7
20/0/48/3
13/5/9/2
0/0/3/0
1/0/0/0
5/3/1/0
OPS .753 .676 .660 .539 .652 .660 .774 .642 .677 .697
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 289/.752 60/.982 101/.567 100/.477 69/.812 47/.830 41/.877 61/.686 83/.659 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 254/.755 98/.488 87/.769 147/.583 111/.554 57/.524 68/.712 137/.623 99/.694 .655
Road 284/.812 78/.722 110/.807 130/.595 81/.745 51/.659 20/.997 104/.805 71/.572 .727
Last 28d days 52/.447 32/.823 34/.681 43/.332 31/.450 45/.513 23/.691 44/.674 16/.779
HR/SB/CS 17/2/6 2/3/0 5/1/2 2/1/0 3/4/2 2/0/0 2/1/1 3/2/0 4/3/1 119/65/31
Usage ····X··· ·····X·· ·o··X··o ·o·X··o· ·····X·X ·o·oo·o· ········ ·X·oX··· ·····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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