TBR @ TOR, Thursday, May 8, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 17-16, 2nd, 3½ GB, ½ GB in WC	SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 2-3, 4.98) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-3) 34.1 32 19 19 19 26 3 4.98 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 2-3 41.1 35 20 20 24 32 4 4.35 51 2008-05-02 @BOS L 4 9 6 6 3 4 1 87 21 2008-04-26 BOS ND 7 5 1 1 3 4 0 108 64 2008-04-20 CHW L 4.1 7 6 6 3 4 1 90 26 2008-04-15 NYY L 5 4 5 5 4 4 1 91 39 2008-04-10 SEA W 8 2 0 0 4 6 0 99 80 2008-04-05 @NYY W 6 5 1 1 2 4 0 102 60 2007-09-29 @TOR ND 7 3 1 1 5 6 1 104 68 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 0-2 30.2 25 16 15 13 32 5 4.40 54 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 2007-07-31 TOR L 6 5 1 0 1 5 0 102 64 2007-06-07 @TOR ND 6 4 3 3 2 6 1 104 56 2007-05-12 @TOR ND 6 6 4 4 2 9 2 101 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 10-7 Road: 7-9 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 13-10 vsLHP: 4-6 1-Run: 3-4 vsEast: 14-11 vsCntrl: 2-3 vsWest: 1-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/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 30 Sat, May 3 @BOS L 4-12 16-14 2nd 2.0 gb 29 Fri, May 2 @BOS L 3-7 16-13 2nd 1.0 gb 28 Thu, May 1 @BAL W 4-2 16-12 1st Tied 27 Wed, Apr 30 @BAL W 8-1 15-12 2nd 1.0 gb 26 Tue, Apr 29 @BAL L 4-7 14-12 3rd 1.0 gb 25 Sun, Apr 27 BOS W 3-0 14-11 1st Tied 24 Sat, Apr 26 BOS W 2-1 13-11 3rd 1.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:15-15
Toronto Blue Jays, 17-18, 3rd, 4½ GB, 1½ GB in WC	SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 4-1, 4.32) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-1) 33.1 38 17 16 7 23 5 4.32 2007 (7-9) 111 116 56 47 36 50 14 3.81 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 39.1 42 18 17 11 26 5 3.89 50 2008-05-03 CHW W 7.1 5 2 2 0 3 2 78 63 2008-04-27 @KCR W 7 5 2 1 0 4 0 93 65 2008-04-22 @TBR L 3.1 8 5 5 2 4 1 76 26 2008-04-16 TEX ND 5 9 4 4 0 5 1 94 38 2008-04-11 @TEX W 5.2 6 2 2 2 5 1 93 52 2008-04-05 BOS W 5 5 2 2 3 2 0 83 48 2007-09-29 TBD ND 6 4 1 1 4 3 0 100 59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 10-8 Road: 7-10 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 14-13 vsLHP: 3-5 1-Run: 4-9 vsEast: 7-9 vsCntrl: 7-4 vsWest: 3-5 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 35 Wed, May 7 TBR W 6-2 17-18 3rd 4.5 gb 34 Tue, May 6 TBR L 4-5 16-18 5th 5.5 gb 33 Mon, May 5 CHW W 1-0 16-17 5th 4.5 gb 32 Sun, May 4 CHW W 4-3 15-17 5th 4.5 gb 31 Sat, May 3 CHW W 5-2 14-17 5th 4.5 gb 30 Fri, May 2 CHW W 2-0 13-17 5th 4.5 gb 29 Thu, May 1 @BOS W 3-0 12-17 5th 4.5 gb 28 Wed, Apr 30 @BOS L 1-2 11-17 5th 5.5 gb 27 Tue, Apr 29 @BOS L 0-1 11-16 5th 4.5 gb 26 Sun, Apr 27 @KCR W 5-2 11-15 5th 3.5 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head 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) Sat, Sep 08, 2007 TBD 5 TOR 4 W:Al Reyes (2-2), L: Jeremy Accardo (4-4), S: none Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 4-1; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - TOR won 12-6; All-Time - TOR leads 93-79

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 5.74

TEX 4.51

SDP 3.32

RA/G

TOR 3.54

TBR 4.45

PIT 5.70

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

H. Kuroda 3.95

C. Sabathia 7.51

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.06

B. Backe 6.13

J. Garland 2.03

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Litsch
G/S/vB 49.Accardo
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 43.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 9/1.431 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 2/1.000 2/1.000 117/84 .236/.270/.264/.533 .781/.433 .632 87/.520 4/1 0/

41.Cannizaro G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 8/1.571 3/.666 4/1.000 1/.000 12/.834 10/.000 24/.451 7/1.238 151/101 .280/.305/.385/.689 .633/.717 .549 114/.800 8/1 2/

31.Gomes G/S/vP 5/.000 3/no AB ··· ··· 7/.286 6/1.300 7/1.571 4/.250 74/40 .226/.338/.452/.789 .777/.799 .853 57/.773 2/1 3/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 88/84 .186/.330/.271/.601 .000/.633 .543 75/.652 2/0 1/

37.Haynes* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 45/40 .238/.289/.238/.527 .400/.543 .399 35/.564 4/1 0/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 10/1.400 3/.000 3/.333 2/2.500 3/.000 3/.667 16/.402 4/.000 109/81 .280/.385/.602/.987 .500/1.157 1.174 91/.963 3/1 7/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 11/.955 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/.650 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.333 149/102 .229/.304/.313/.617 .520/.661 .610 112/.671 2/1 2/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 2/5.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 91/63 .221/.330/.403/.732 .386/.874 .406 91/.732 2/0 3/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 7/.858 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 2/.500 1/.000 6/.334 54/39 .353/.389/.392/.781 1.045/.763 .717 45/.781 0/2 0/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 11/.920 3/.333 4/2.000 2/.000 7/.629 4/1.833 4/.500 4/.500 132/82 .200/.303/.391/.694 .917/.567 .603 96/.645 0/0 7/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 50/29 .222/.280/.378/.658 .571/.718 .935 32/.603 0/0 2/

2.Upton G/S/vP 11/.282 6/1.333 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 7/.286 3/.666 2/1.000 131/90 .297/.389/.441/.831 .748/.868 .802 97/.880 6/4 3/

IP 33.1 10.2 5.2 14.2 13.2 8.1 8.0 14.0 TOTAL .250/.325/.388/.713 .682/.727 .697 .720 31/14 33/18

ERA-K/9

4.32/6.2

6.75/3.4

0.00/11.1

1.23/11.0

3.29/9.9

3.24/6.5

0.00/11.2

1.93/9.0

3.28/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (11-4-0)
Riggans (10-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 142/.290 48/.273 19/.105 55/.173 64/.278 34/.241 35/.207 60/.196 .237 Upton
Gross
Crawford
Hinske
Haynes
Gomes 0/31/0/4
2/14/10/2
33/0/0/1
0/0/11/1
1/2/14/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .807 .811 .211 .564 .778 .634 .619 .523 .674

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 81/.845 19/.957 7/.571 27/.379 28/.693 12/.697 13/.322 28/.410 .677

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 61/.755 29/.718 12/.000 28/.747 36/.848 22/.596 22/.798 32/.630 .672

Home 73/.805 35/.965 11/.000 25/.467 29/.503 26/.641 19/.635 42/.508 .668

Last 28d days 119/.813 24/.659 19/.211 55/.564 44/.748 27/.681 35/.619 42/.656

HR/SB/CS 5/0/2 1/1/0 0/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 0/2/0 0/0/0 0/2/0 24/20/7

Usage ····X··· ···o·o·o ·oo··o·· ··oo·oo· o··ooo·X ········ ··X·X·X· ·X······

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Jackson
G/S/vB 24.Birkins*
G/S/vB 27.Dohmann
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 52/36 .213/.288/.319/.608 .741/.551 .630 44/.603 0/0 1/

11.Eckstein G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.500 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 12/.955 134/110 .246/.315/.322/.637 .746/.612 .657 101/.660 2/1 1/

2.Hill G/S/vP 16/.626 5/1.600 3/1.667 7/.533 5/.933 ··· ··· 5/.450 146/118 .258/.313/.379/.691 .756/.675 .745 114/.597 2/0 2/

6.McDonald G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 26/14 .182/.280/.227/.507 .258/.748 .465 22/.549 2/1 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 14/.071 3/.000 4/.500 5/.200 2/1.000 1/3.000 2/.500 5/1.267 131/100 .269/.377/.352/.729 .543/.790 .695 99/.757 0/2 1/

15.Rios G/S/vP 12/.531 3/2.500 5/1.150 9/1.000 3/.666 3/.000 4/.000 3/.333 146/116 .287/.356/.434/.790 .567/.849 .695 111/.760 8/2 3/

33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 10/1.078 45/37 .282/.356/.564/.920 .250/1.083 .816 45/.920 1/0 2/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 2/1.000 88/69 .225/.368/.310/.678 .931/.604 .734 57/.782 3/2 1/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 12/.533 7/.929 4/2.417 7/2.428 ··· 3/.000 11/.282 9/.793 103/93 .295/.340/.453/.792 .311/.843 .761 86/.829 0/0 4/

23.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/.900 4/.833 ··· 14/1.083 2/.000 88/64 .247/.330/.312/.641 .867/.560 .786 68/.637 1/0 0/

4.Velandia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /

10.Wells G/S/vP 13/.558 2/1.000 1/no AB 7/.572 6/.167 4/1.417 3/.666 7/.286 146/116 .282/.349/.427/.777 .895/.747 .884 111/.700 1/2 4/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 6/1.133 3/.666 2/.000 5/.200 ··· 8/.750 8/.700 2/.500 98/76 .274/.365/.369/.734 .516/.816 .726 77/.814 2/1 1/

IP 34.1 10.0 14.2 30.1 19.0 9.1 11.0 18.0 TOTAL .255/.335/.371/.706 .646/.721 .722 .698 25/12 23/21

ERA-K/9

4.98/6.8

0.90/6.3

6.14/7.3

5.04/4.8

3.79/7.6

5.79/9.7

0.00/8.2

1.50/4.5

4.19/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (4-3-0)
Zaun (16-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 149/.246 37/.161 66/.310 137/.287 81/.232 44/.270 36/.057 65/.145 .253 Rios
Wells
Stewart
Scutaro
Stairs 0/1/31/3
0/34/0/3
18/0/0/1
2/0/0/1
7/0/2/0

OPS .712 .432 .862 .819 .629 .738 .169 .427 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.858 14/.298 26/.724 71/1.012 31/.492 22/.596 21/.195 26/.284 .752

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 74/.569 23/.515 40/.954 66/.613 50/.712 22/.876 15/.133 39/.513 .665

Road 50/.847 26/.361 31/1.164 84/.892 43/.522 22/1.079 9/.000 38/.408 .765

Last 28d days 123/.754 37/.432 49/.899 110/.794 62/.643 32/.651 30/.203 48/.585

HR/SB/CS 3/3/1 0/0/0 2/4/0 3/5/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 25/25/6

Usage ·····X·· ···X·X·o o··oX··· X····X·· ····X··· X··oX··· ·o····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: TBR @ TOR, 7:07pm, Thursday, May 8, 2008 @Rogers Centre

SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 2-3, 4.98)

SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 4-1, 4.32)

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