TBR @ TOR, Monday, July 28, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 61-43, 1st, 1½ up	SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 9-6, 3.66) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-6) 137.2 129 64 56 24 111 16 3.66 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 5-1 48 40 17 17 7 42 6 3.19 60 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 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 4-0 33.2 24 13 9 7 24 4 2.41 60 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 2006-08-16 TOR W 6 4 3 1 1 7 1 99 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 40-16 Road: 21-27 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 44-28 vsLHP: 17-15 1-Run: 18-11 vsEast: 26-18 vsCntrl:10-11 vsWest: 13-8 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 104 Sun, Jul 27 @KCR L 1-6 61-43 1st 1.5 up 103 Sat, Jul 26 @KCR W 5-3 61-42 1st 2.0 up 102 Fri, Jul 25 @KCR W 5-3 60-42 1st 1.0 up 101 Thu, Jul 24 @KCR L 2-4 59-42 1st Tied 100 Wed, Jul 23 OAK W 4-3 59-41 1st 0.5 up 99 Tue, Jul 22 OAK L 1-8 58-41 1st 0.5 up 98 Mon, Jul 21 OAK W 4-0 58-40 1st 1.5 up 97 Sun, Jul 20 TOR L 4-9 57-40 1st 1.5 up 96 Sat, Jul 19 TOR W 6-4 57-39 1st 1.5 up 95 Fri, Jul 18 TOR W 2-1 56-39 1st 0.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:17-13
Toronto Blue Jays, 53-52, 4th, 8½ GB, 7 GB in WC	SP: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 11-9, 4.73) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-9) 139 140 78 73 60 139 12 4.73 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 47.2 44 20 18 14 49 5 3.40 57 2008-07-23 @BAL W 5 6 1 1 0 7 0 77 58 2008-07-18 @TBR L 7 5 2 2 3 6 1 104 62 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 29-21 Road: 24-31 ExtrInn: 4-7 vsRHP: 43-34 vsLHP: 10-18 1-Run: 16-22 vsEast: 18-18 vsCntrl:15-7 vsWest: 12-17 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 105 Sun, Jul 27 SEA L 1-5 53-52 4th 8.5 gb 104 Sat, Jul 26 SEA W 8-3 53-51 4th 8.5 gb 103 Fri, Jul 25 SEA W 5-4 (10) 52-51 4th 8.5 gb 102 Thu, Jul 24 @BAL W 7-1 51-51 4th 8.5 gb 101 Wed, Jul 23 @BAL W 5-1 50-51 4th 9.5 gb 100 Tue, Jul 22 @BAL W 10-8 49-51 4th 9.5 gb 99 Mon, Jul 21 @BAL L 3-8 48-51 5th 10.5 gb 98 Sun, Jul 20 @TBR W 9-4 48-50 4th 9.5 gb 97 Sat, Jul 19 @TBR L 4-6 47-50 5th 10.5 gb 96 Fri, Jul 18 @TBR L 1-2 47-49 4th 9.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head 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) 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) Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 7-2; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - TOR won 12-6; All-Time - TOR leads 94-82

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 5.57

CLE 4.58

WSN 3.70

RA/G

OAK 3.80

CLE 4.58

TEX 5.87

C. Jones .369

B. Molina .285

T. Pena .152

OBP

C. Jones .466

I. Suzuki .358

T. Pena .174

SLG

L. Berkman .623

J. Willingham .470

T. Pena .201

OPS

L. Berkman 1.066

O. Hudson .825

T. Pena .375

ERA

C. Lee 2.29

Z. Greinke 4.06

M. Hendrickson 6.09

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 9.84

P. Maholm 6.17

K. Rogers 3.48

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.98 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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 171/98 .224/.306/.362/.668 .836/.536 .647 52/.471 2/1 4/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 12/1.144 10/1.489 ··· 3/.333 4/1.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 313/229 .254/.298/.293/.590 .769/.525 .586 26/.708 18/3 0/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 35/.900 6/1.300 3/.000 14/.858 11/.000 1/.000 24/.451 7/1.238 441/302 .267/.308/.382/.690 .601/.731 .570 96/.546 23/7 8/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 29/.646 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 4/1.750 ··· 155/148 .243/.323/.426/.749 .619/.755 .551 39/.551 1/0 7/

31.Gomes G/S/vP 12/.666 1/no AB ··· 7/.286 7/1.096 2/1.000 9/1.111 4/.250 157/55 .194/.306/.418/.724 .796/.589 .730 33/.710 8/1 8/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 224/194 .221/.330/.389/.720 .590/.740 .633 27/.788 2/2 7/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 16/.813 3/.333 2/2.500 3/.000 3/.667 ··· 16/.402 4/.000 289/245 .254/.346/.488/.834 .566/.881 .929 50/.582 7/2 14/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 14/.643 5/.400 3/.333 6/.533 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 458/321 .275/.350/.373/.724 .642/.758 .712 96/.734 5/3 5/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.500 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 392/283 .279/.355/.528/.882 .836/.900 .943 94/.918 6/0 19/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 18/.749 1/5.000 1/.000 5/.400 2/.500 3/1.667 2/.000 6/.334 295/221 .315/.372/.427/.799 .722/.836 .769 71/.757 0/3 4/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 22/.677 5/2.000 4/.000 9/.476 4/1.833 2/2.500 4/.500 5/.400 357/233 .243/.347/.458/.806 .671/.878 .809 98/.943 0/0 17/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 100/53 .241/.306/.414/.720 .802/.650 .870 19/.349 0/0 4/

2.Upton G/S/vP 14/.607 5/.800 2/.000 4/.250 8/.250 2/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 438/306 .271/.382/.395/.777 .812/.762 .769 90/.627 31/13 6/

IP 139.0 31.1 36.0 47.2 34.0 12.1 34.2 38.2 TOTAL .258/.335/.408/.743 .723/.752 .723 .693 107/37 109/57

ERA-K/9

4.73/9.0

3.16/6.9

2.00/9.2

1.51/7.7

3.71/9.0

3.65/4.4

2.86/9.1

3.03/7.9

3.68/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (28-17-5)
Riggans (15-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 612/.261 126/.241 146/.223 196/.214 149/.222 59/.244 147/.214 166/.236 .247 Upton
Gross
Crawford
Hinske
Gomes 0/98/0/9
2/17/68/6
98/1/0/2
6/0/43/2
7/0/18/0

OPS .743 .638 .694 .584 .694 .779 .651 .667 .701

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 340/.804 48/.964 76/.624 78/.551 59/.830 26/1.079 46/.761 76/.695 .751

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 272/.666 78/.439 70/.771 118/.607 90/.605 33/.556 101/.603 90/.643 .654

Home 278/.777 59/.653 56/.580 86/.465 81/.642 31/.680 69/.472 95/.735 .672

Last 28d days 140/.793 31/.688 37/.707 40/.643 39/.690 44/.747 29/.859 23/.435

HR/SB/CS 12/14/6 2/3/0 4/1/1 2/1/0 3/4/2 1/0/0 3/2/0 3/2/1 93/57/26

Usage ····X··· X·X·oo·X ··X·oo·o ·o··Xo·· XX·o··Xo ·oo···X· ··X··X·o ···o···o

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.30 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 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 28.Reyes
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 6/.000 2/.000 4/.500 3/2.334 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.600 236/162 .250/.297/.418/.715 .585/.775 .662 67/.410 0/0 8/

11.Eckstein G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 3/.500 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 1/no AB 12/.955 265/196 .271/.357/.351/.708 .841/.659 .677 43/.685 2/1 1/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 8/1.917 3/2.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 201/184 .292/.355/.427/.782 .583/.800 .901 74/.664 5/1 2/

26.Lind* G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 125/90 .310/.339/.526/.865 .874/.861 .781 81/1.044 1/0 5/

6.McDonald G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/.000 4/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 78/40 .209/.257/.284/.540 .604/.479 .495 34/.629 3/1 1/

36.Mench G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 4/.500 4/.250 5/.000 ··· 2/.500 86/25 .233/.326/.356/.682 .717/.598 1.058 15/1.261 2/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 12/.523 4/.750 6/.167 2/1.000 2/3.000 4/1.750 7/.715 6/1.667 412/308 .273/.378/.401/.779 .614/.838 .732 92/.837 1/2 6/

15.Rios G/S/vP 12/.334 3/.333 10/1.200 4/.500 3/.000 4/.000 5/.000 4/1.500 441/335 .283/.331/.426/.757 .637/.796 .809 86/.815 27/6 8/

33.Rolen G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 5/.933 2/2.000 4/.250 12/1.033 335/251 .260/.355/.408/.764 .731/.772 .756 92/.559 5/0 6/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 12/.334 ··· 2/2.000 5/.000 1/.000 6/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 362/263 .264/.351/.341/.692 .657/.705 .716 92/.775 5/2 4/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 16/.259 5/.200 8/2.125 1/.000 3/.000 12/.258 5/1.600 10/.700 299/270 .248/.334/.408/.743 .528/.767 .755 65/.683 1/1 10/

35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 8/.583 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 7/.286 249/209 .231/.335/.322/.657 .624/.663 .659 39/.592 3/5 3/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 8/.750 1/2.000 6/.333 2/.500 8/.750 10/.543 4/.000 2/.500 215/164 .243/.349/.370/.719 .644/.754 .823 35/.486 2/1 5/

IP 137.2 27.0 56.1 60.1 26.1 31.2 19.2 45.1 TOTAL .261/.337/.387/.724 .679/.739 .754 .724 68/24 74/54

ERA-K/9

3.66/7.3

1.33/13.3

4.47/5.0

2.54/8.8

5.13/7.2

3.69/8.8

4.58/7.3

2.18/5.6

3.81/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (25-16-2)
Zaun (31-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 556/.247 102/.114 250/.274 251/.192 116/.253 129/.175 83/.239 177/.168 .243 Rios
Wilkerson
Lind
Scutaro
Mench
Inglett
Stairs 0/42/59/9
18/3/53/4
32/0/0/1
3/0/0/1
16/0/8/1
15/1/11/0
9/0/6/0

OPS .690 .375 .797 .582 .721 .642 .691 .548 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 269/.719 37/.493 118/.909 88/.548 69/.657 68/.619 29/.934 64/.445 .714

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 287/.662 65/.307 132/.698 163/.600 47/.815 61/.668 54/.560 113/.605 .687

Road 229/.863 53/.473 162/.853 119/.675 50/.861 49/.874 38/.888 93/.585 .786

Last 28d days 134/.675 47/.429 40/.550 42/.482 32/.832 22/1.187 18/1.014 31/.642

HR/SB/CS 16/6/6 0/1/0 7/9/1 4/9/1 1/0/2 5/2/0 2/2/0 6/0/1 95/47/19

Usage ····X··· ··Xo··o· o····X·X ··XX··o· oX···X·X ·XX·o··X oo···X·o ·oXo····

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, Monday, July 28, 2008 @Rogers Centre

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 9-6, 3.66)

SP: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 11-9, 4.73)

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