NYY @ TOR, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Game Preview

New York Yankees, 66-59, 3rd, 11 GB, 6½ GB in WC	SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 12-9, 4.30) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-9) 163.1 179 85 78 45 126 17 4.30 2007 (15-9) 215.1 238 106 97 69 141 16 4.05 2006 (14-13) 214.1 238 114 100 70 178 27 4.20 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 44.1 50 28 26 16 41 5 5.28 47 2008-08-15 KCR ND 7 6 3 3 4 7 0 102 56 2008-08-10 @LAA ND 7 10 3 3 2 3 0 101 46 2008-08-05 @TEX L 5 6 5 5 3 5 1 104 37 2008-07-31 LAA L 5.1 11 9 9 3 4 2 110 11 2008-07-26 @BOS W 6 5 3 1 3 7 1 110 58 2008-07-20 OAK W 8 4 1 1 0 9 0 114 79 2008-07-13 @TOR L 6 8 4 4 1 6 1 107 45 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 1-3 32 32 15 12 10 24 1 3.38 53 2008-07-13 @TOR L 6 8 4 4 1 6 1 107 45 2007-09-24 TOR L 6 5 4 3 1 1 0 96 48 2007-08-06 @TOR W 5.2 6 3 3 4 7 0 114 48 2007-07-17 TOR ND 7 7 1 1 3 7 0 116 63 2007-05-29 @TOR L 7.1 6 3 1 1 3 0 107 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-27 Road: 28-32 ExtrInn: 6-2 vsRHP: 49-40 vsLHP: 17-19 1-Run: 21-16 vsEast: 23-23 vsCntrl:17-18 vsWest: 16-10 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 125 Tue, Aug 19 @TOR L 1-2 66-59 3rd 11.0 gb 124 Sun, Aug 17 KCR W 15-6 66-58 3rd 9.5 gb 123 Sat, Aug 16 KCR W 3-2 (13) 65-58 3rd 9.5 gb 122 Fri, Aug 15 KCR L 3-4 64-58 3rd 10.5 gb 121 Wed, Aug 13 @MIN L 2-4 64-57 3rd 9.0 gb 120 Tue, Aug 12 @MIN W 9-6 (12) 64-56 3rd 8.0 gb 119 Mon, Aug 11 @MIN L 0-4 63-56 3rd 9.0 gb 118 Sun, Aug 10 @LAA L 3-4 63-55 3rd 8.5 gb 117 Sat, Aug 9 @LAA L 4-11 63-54 3rd 7.5 gb 116 Fri, Aug 8 @LAA L 5-10 63-53 3rd 6.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:16-14
Toronto Blue Jays, 65-60, 4th, 12 GB, 7½ GB in WC	SP: David Purcey (26, LHP, 2-3, 5.93) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-3) 30.1 25 20 20 19 23 6 5.93 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 30.1 25 20 20 19 23 6 5.93 47 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.NYY Has never faced NYY.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 35-26 Road: 30-34 ExtrInn: 4-7 vsRHP: 52-41 vsLHP: 13-19 1-Run: 19-24 vsEast: 22-20 vsCntrl:18-11 vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/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 120 Tue, Aug 12 @DET W 6-4 61-59 4th 11.0 gb 119 Mon, Aug 11 @DET W 7-2 60-59 4th 12.0 gb 118 Sun, Aug 10 CLE L 0-4 59-59 4th 12.5 gb 117 Sat, Aug 9 CLE L 2-4 59-58 4th 11.5 gb 116 Fri, Aug 8 CLE L 2-5 59-57 4th 10.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Aug 19, 2008 TOR 2 NYY 1 W:A.J. Burnett (16-9), L: Jose Veras (3-2), S: B.J. Ryan (24) Sun, Jul 13, 2008 TOR 4 NYY 1 W:A.J. Burnett (10-8), L: Andy Pettitte (10-7), S: B.J. Ryan (18) Sat, Jul 12, 2008 NYY 9 @TOR 4 W:Darrell Rasner (5-7), L: Jesse Litsch (8-6), S: none Fri, Jul 11, 2008 TOR 5 NYY 0 W:Roy Halladay (11-6), L: Joba Chamberlain (2-3), S: none Thu, Jun 05, 2008 NYY 9 TOR 8 W:Kyle Farnsworth (1-2), L: B.J. Ryan (1-2), S: none Wed, Jun 04, 2008 NYY 5 TOR 1 W:Mike Mussina (9-4), L: Jesse Litsch (7-2), S: none Tue, Jun 03, 2008 TOR 9 @NYY 3 W:Roy Halladay (7-5), L: Dan Giese (0-1), S: none Thu, Apr 03, 2008 NYY 3 TOR 2 W:Joba Chamberlain (1-0), L: Brian Wolfe (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (2) Wed, Apr 02, 2008 TOR 5 @NYY 2 W:A.J. Burnett (1-0), L: Mike Mussina (0-1), S: Jeremy Accardo (1) Tue, Apr 01, 2008 NYY 3 TOR 2 W:Chien-Ming Wang (1-0), L: Roy Halladay (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (1) Season Series: 2008 - Tied 5-5; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 10-8; All-Time - NYY leads 243-195

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 5.55

PIT 4.66

WSN 3.70

RA/G

TOR 3.90

MIN 4.62

TEX 6.11

C. Jones .365

D. Lee .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .464

C. Utley .365

T. Pena .181

SLG

A. Pujols .613

T. Hunter .483

T. Pena .207

OPS

A. Pujols 1.070

M. Kemp .833

T. Pena .388

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

K. Lohse 3.94

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.18

G. Floyd 6.34

L. Hernandez 3.46

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New York Yankees Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.90 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 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

53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.738 ··· 20/.585 8/1.071 8/1.000 10/1.000 7/.619 534/380 .291/.365/.467/.832 .783/.852 .765 113/.980 14/9 15/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 3/1.167 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.500 1/2.000 166/126 .261/.291/.408/.699 .651/.713 .642 43/.716 0/1 5/

24.Cano* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 20/.566 7/.572 9/1.319 5/.500 10/.956 492/348 .265/.303/.395/.698 .806/.654 .632 99/.736 1/4 10/

18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.800 1/2.000 19/.708 7/.762 3/1.334 25/.393 14/.793 474/338 .311/.383/.447/.830 .793/.845 .845 114/.745 21/6 8/

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 83/71 .192/.259/.247/.506 .000/.590 .539 18/.804 5/0 0/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· 15/1.015 4/.500 6/.533 21/.944 7/.286 421/305 .249/.387/.506/.893 .883/.897 .874 80/.735 2/1 24/

2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· 13/.770 ··· 10/1.167 17/.567 13/.385 14/.445 7/.858 528/371 .294/.356/.403/.758 .762/.757 .765 111/.807 9/3 7/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP ··· 11/1.000 1/.000 19/.912 9/1.556 10/.633 24/.440 7/2.285 288/201 .319/.399/.453/.852 .807/.872 .850 3/.000 0/0 7/

26.Molina G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 250/169 .227/.276/.316/.591 .489/.640 .525 55/.669 0/0 1/

22.Nady G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 451/348 .326/.384/.554/.938 .912/.943 .943 100/1.034 1/1 20/

29.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 1.000/1.000/4.000/5.000 /5.000 1/5.000 0/0 1/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 16/1.332 ··· 17/1.243 12/1.283 12/.833 13/.585 7/.953 454/330 .313/.401/.595/.996 .998/.995 .854 111/1.003 16/2 28/

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/1.000 6/.833 1/.000 2/.000 5/2.400 1/5.000 6/.334 1/2.000 365/278 .288/.331/.409/.741 .707/.751 .656 48/.704 7/1 6/

IP 30.1 36.0 44.0 57.2 38.2 20.2 44.0 38.2 TOTAL .272/.345/.423/.768 .737/.781 .735 .803 85/31 129/62

ERA-K/9

5.93/6.8

3.75/7.5

2.25/9.4

1.40/8.0

4.42/8.6

2.18/5.2

2.86/8.4

3.03/7.9

3.61/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (35-28-6)
Rodriguez (41-23-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 133/.229 148/.250 178/.217 234/.203 169/.211 92/.216 188/.228 166/.236 .246 Nady
Abreu
Matsui
Gardner
Damon 16/0/85/12
0/0/117/9
21/0/3/2
16/4/0/2
77/11/0/1

OPS .815 .672 .680 .553 .671 .667 .667 .667 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 26/.755 53/1.008 95/.591 95/.503 64/.806 40/.844 59/.712 76/.695 .749

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 107/.830 95/.483 83/.784 139/.588 105/.589 52/.536 129/.648 90/.643 .658

Home 73/.778 70/.615 71/.479 107/.486 88/.602 42/.655 87/.471 95/.735 .669

Last 28d days 94/.730 39/.788 41/.554 49/.451 36/.536 39/.402 45/.706 3/.000

HR/SB/CS 6/1/2 2/3/0 5/1/2 2/1/0 3/4/2 1/0/0 3/2/0 3/2/1 111/62/31

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

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB 39.Britton
G/S/vB 33.Bruney
G/S/vB 34.Marte*
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 61.Traber*
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP 8/.250 1/2.000 ··· 4/.750 1/3.000 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 302/208 .251/.301/.419/.721 .567/.792 .676 79/.684 0/0 10/

11.Eckstein G/S/vP 46/.534 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 289/202 .274/.355/.359/.713 .865/.644 .653 33/.700 2/1 1/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 270/246 .298/.352/.417/.770 .668/.779 .902 90/.744 7/1 2/

26.Lind* G/S/vP 6/1.417 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 206/149 .302/.337/.545/.882 .898/.875 .831 102/.928 1/0 9/

6.McDonald G/S/vP 15/1.045 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.100 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 135/79 .220/.271/.305/.576 .643/.529 .507 65/.676 3/1 1/

36.Mench G/S/vP 20/1.029 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 5/1.200 1/no AB ··· ··· 104/31 .222/.308/.333/.641 .684/.544 .867 21/.538 2/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 21/.190 2/1.500 6/1.000 2/1.000 2/.500 8/.250 ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 494/367 .269/.371/.404/.775 .603/.836 .725 105/.757 1/2 9/

15.Rios G/S/vP 13/.693 5/1.400 4/1.500 2/.000 2/2.500 9/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 529/403 .286/.333/.440/.772 .675/.803 .764 111/.834 30/7 9/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 6/.834 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 8/1.042 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 442/323 .262/.346/.332/.679 .650/.689 .677 99/.657 6/2 4/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 9/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 8/.542 3/.333 14/.286 ··· 2/2.500 5/.000 350/319 .246/.337/.393/.731 .559/.748 .726 69/.769 1/1 11/

10.Wells G/S/vP 32/1.124 1/.000 5/.400 5/.400 1/.000 17/.953 ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 311/238 .289/.331/.451/.782 .846/.762 .853 34/.820 4/2 10/

35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 11/.546 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 5/1.417 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 296/246 .219/.312/.319/.630 .579/.640 .632 60/.580 3/5 3/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 11/.384 3/.333 3/1.666 5/.400 1/.000 15/.414 ··· 1/no AB ··· 231/178 .231/.338/.354/.692 .615/.724 .816 25/.501 2/1 5/

IP 163.1 11.2 17.1 54.0 45.0 55.0 21.1 14.1 44.1 TOTAL .260/.333/.389/.722 .684/.735 .733 .726 74/25 87/65

ERA-K/9

4.30/6.9

4.63/3.1

2.60/8.8

4.50/9.7

3.60/10.6

1.64/10.5

5.48/10.6

5.65/5.7

2.84/9.5

4.23/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (30-20-2)
Zaun (31-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 696/.283 50/.267 75/.194 229/.228 183/.191 204/.185 90/.234 65/.281 186/.212 .264 Rios
Wells
Wilkerson
Lind
Scutaro
Mench
Inglett
Stairs 0/56/65/13
0/70/0/5
22/3/64/4
50/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
18/0/12/1
18/1/12/0
9/0/6/0

OPS .755 .807 .659 .650 .624 .484 .647 .790 .655 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 208/.529 23/1.272 33/.538 72/.713 102/.639 105/.440 46/.557 39/1.112 90/.726 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 488/.852 27/.425 42/.722 157/.621 81/.605 99/.531 44/.739 26/.352 96/.593 .740

Road 348/.757 13/.322 49/.829 108/.714 75/.610 90/.398 41/.627 33/1.139 84/.717 .752

Last 28d days 140/.880 22/1.312 27/.689 41/.890 38/.856 42/.677 46/.839 10/.600 48/.741

HR/SB/CS 17/17/8 2/0/0 2/1/0 5/3/1 5/2/4 4/5/1 2/3/2 2/3/1 6/4/1 113/92/47

Usage ····X··· ··X····· ···o··o· ···o···X ···oo··o ···XX··X ···X··X· ··X···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: NYY @ TOR, 7:07pm, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @Rogers Centre

SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 12-9, 4.30)

SP: David Purcey (26, LHP, 2-3, 5.93)

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