NYY @ TOR, Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Game Preview

New York Yankees, 85-71, 3rd, 8½ GB, 6 GB in WC	SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 18-9, 3.57) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (18-9) 189.1 207 85 75 29 141 17 3.57 2007 (11-10) 152 188 90 87 35 91 14 5.15 2006 (15-7) 197.1 184 88 77 35 172 22 3.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 42 50 21 21 8 40 3 4.50 50 2008-09-18 CHW W 6 5 1 1 2 4 0 97 60 2008-09-13 TBR L 5 8 5 5 2 7 0 100 36 2008-09-07 @SEA L 6 7 4 4 1 7 2 107 48 2008-09-02 @TBR W 6 10 2 2 1 8 0 104 51 2008-08-28 BOS ND 7 5 2 2 2 6 0 110 63 2008-08-22 @BAL ND 6 9 4 4 0 3 1 105 41 2008-08-17 KCR W 6 6 3 3 0 5 0 97 53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 4-1 30.1 27 9 8 7 18 2 2.37 56 2008-06-04 TOR W 6 5 1 1 1 6 0 103 63 2008-04-02 TOR L 5.2 8 4 3 2 2 1 88 39 2007-09-23 TOR W 7 7 3 3 1 5 0 97 55 2007-09-12 @TOR W 5.2 5 0 0 3 1 0 87 57 2006-09-29 TOR W 6 2 1 1 0 4 1 88 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 48-33 Road: 37-38 ExtrInn: 6-2 vsRHP: 61-49 vsLHP: 24-22 1-Run: 27-17 vsEast: 36-30 vsCntrl:21-19 vsWest: 18-14 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 156 Sun, Sep 21 BAL W 7-3 85-71 3rd 8.0 gb 155 Sat, Sep 20 BAL W 1-0 84-71 3rd 9.0 gb 154 Fri, Sep 19 BAL W 3-2 83-71 3rd 9.0 gb 153 Thu, Sep 18 CHW W 9-2 82-71 3rd 9.0 gb 152 Wed, Sep 17 CHW W 5-1 81-71 3rd 10.0 gb 151 Tue, Sep 16 CHW L 2-6 80-71 3rd 10.0 gb 150 Mon, Sep 15 CHW W 4-2 80-70 3rd 9.0 gb 149 Sun, Sep 14 TBR W 8-4 79-70 4th 10.0 gb 148 Sat, Sep 13 TBR W 6-5 78-70 4th 11.0 gb 147 Sat, Sep 13 TBR L 1-7 77-70 4th 11.0 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:18-12
Toronto Blue Jays, 83-73, 4th, 10½ GB, 8 GB in WC	SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 12-8, 3.72) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-8) 162 170 75 67 37 86 19 3.72 2007 (7-9) 111 116 56 47 36 50 14 3.81 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 47 36 10 10 18 27 2 1.91 61 2008-09-18 BAL W 6 4 2 2 4 6 0 107 58 2008-09-13 @BOS ND 5.1 5 3 3 5 3 0 111 44 2008-09-09 @CHW W 7 6 2 2 2 6 0 112 61 2008-09-04 MIN W 9 4 0 0 2 3 0 115 80 2008-08-28 @TBR L 6.2 10 3 3 0 2 2 104 44 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 1-3 21.1 32 21 16 8 10 3 6.75 38 2008-07-12 NYY L 2.2 7 8 3 1 3 1 80 24 2008-06-04 @NYY L 5.1 10 4 4 2 1 1 99 31 2007-09-24 @NYY W 7.2 5 1 1 0 1 0 99 66 2007-08-06 NYY ND 5 6 3 3 3 4 0 92 44 2007-05-30 NYY L 0.2 4 5 5 2 1 1 36 23
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 46-32 Road: 37-41 ExtrInn: 6-8 vsRHP: 64-50 vsLHP: 19-23 1-Run: 24-31 vsEast: 34-32 vsCntrl:24-12 vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 156 Sun, Sep 21 BOS L 0-3 83-73 4th 10.0 gb 155 Sat, Sep 20 BOS W 6-3 83-72 4th 10.0 gb 154 Fri, Sep 19 BOS L 3-4 82-72 4th 10.0 gb 153 Thu, Sep 18 BAL W 3-2 82-71 3rd 9.0 gb 152 Wed, Sep 17 BAL W 8-7 81-71 3rd 10.0 gb 151 Tue, Sep 16 BAL L 0-2 80-71 3rd 10.0 gb 150 Sun, Sep 14 @BOS L 3-4 80-70 3rd 9.5 gb 149 Sat, Sep 13 @BOS L 5-7 80-69 3rd 9.5 gb 148 Sat, Sep 13 @BOS W 8-1 80-68 3rd 9.5 gb 147 Fri, Sep 12 @BOS L 0-7 79-68 3rd 9.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Aug 31, 2008 TOR 6 @NYY 2 W:Roy Halladay (17-9), L: Andy Pettitte (13-11), S: none Sat, Aug 30, 2008 TOR 7 @NYY 6 W:Brandon League (1-2), L: Damaso Marte (4-3), S: B.J. Ryan (25) Fri, Aug 29, 2008 NYY 2 TOR 1 W:Carl Pavano (2-0), L: A.J. Burnett (16-10), S: Mariano Rivera (32) Thu, Aug 21, 2008 TOR 14 NYY 3 W:Roy Halladay (15-9), L: Sidney Ponson (7-4), S: none Wed, Aug 20, 2008 NYY 5 @TOR 1 W:Andy Pettitte (13-9), L: David Purcey (2-4), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 8-7; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 10-8; All-Time - NYY leads 245-198

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 5.48

MIL 4.63

WSN 3.96

RA/G

TOR 3.82

SDP 4.63

TEX 6.03

R. Furcal .366

R. Sweeney .293

J. Towles .139

OBP

C. Jones .468

A. Callaspo .368

T. Pena .179

SLG

A. Pujols .631

C. Ross .490

T. Pena .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.084

B. Abreu .849

T. Pena .383

ERA

C. Lee 2.41

R. Johnson 3.99

N. Robertson 6.15

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.14

J. Shields 6.61

L. Hernandez 3.33

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New York Yankees Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.82 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 40.Wolfe
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 12/.349 7/1.738 1/.000 22/.529 9/.944 8/1.000 11/.705 11/1.036 8/.804 4/.833 661/464 .299/.374/.475/.849 .833/.856 .781 105/.922 20/11 19/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 1/5.000 3/1.167 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 182/139 .260/.287/.422/.709 .677/.719 .639 15/.867 0/1 6/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 9/1.334 5/.200 1/.000 9/1.056 5/.600 7/.762 6/1.100 2/.500 14/.322 2/2.000 443/300 .243/.296/.337/.633 .578/.663 .632 3/.667 9/2 8/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 11/.546 2/2.500 1/.000 21/.538 8/.500 10/1.178 7/1.286 5/.500 12/.788 3/.333 606/421 .264/.299/.403/.702 .795/.662 .635 94/.618 1/4 14/

64.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 11/1.182 5/1.800 1/2.000 21/.633 9/.819 4/1.000 16/.265 25/.393 15/.884 1/.000 607/425 .307/.379/.464/.842 .711/.898 .839 108/.882 29/7 16/

11.Gardner* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 112/89 .190/.255/.250/.505 .182/.590 .411 28/.519 11/1 0/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.833 1/.000 16/1.053 4/.500 7/.453 8/1.500 21/.944 9/.333 3/.666 540/383 .249/.376/.508/.884 .856/.895 .839 99/.884 2/1 31/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 14/.857 13/.770 ··· 11/1.271 19/.504 13/.385 16/.867 15/.553 9/.819 3/.666 666/468 .301/.364/.409/.773 .822/.753 .783 115/.869 11/5 11/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 9/1.181 11/1.000 1/.000 21/.818 10/1.711 11/.573 18/1.289 24/.440 9/2.111 4/.000 378/262 .294/.370/.424/.795 .751/.815 .805 68/.530 0/0 9/

66.Miranda* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.500/.000/.500 /.333 4/.500 0/0 0/

19.Moeller G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 93/62 .214/.290/.310/.600 .476/.659 .752 9/.222 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP 3/2.500 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 2/.000 290/196 .221/.270/.321/.590 .521/.624 .518 32/.502 0/0 3/

22.Nady G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 579/435 .306/.359/.512/.872 .823/.886 .912 106/.588 1/1 24/

29.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 30/15 .296/.345/.593/.937 .718/1.143 3.000 28/.616 0/0 2/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 12/1.000 16/1.332 1/.000 18/1.270 12/1.283 13/.762 9/.611 14/.539 9/.722 4/.500 582/418 .303/.393/.579/.973 .889/1.003 .898 107/.888 18/3 35/

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 6/.833 1/.000 3/.666 6/2.000 1/5.000 8/.625 6/.334 1/2.000 ··· 426/321 .278/.322/.397/.719 .724/.717 .643 49/.627 10/1 7/

IP 162.0 39.1 57.0 70.2 47.1 32.0 37.1 58.0 53.1 22.0 TOTAL .271/.341/.427/.768 .732/.784 .746 .748 112/38 174/79

ERA-K/9

3.72/4.8

4.12/7.1

1.74/8.4

1.78/7.3

4.18/8.0

2.25/6.2

4.10/4.8

2.95/9.0

3.04/7.8

2.45/5.7

3.54/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cervelli (0-0-0)
Moeller (14-9-0)
Molina (42-33-7)
Rodriguez (51-25-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 682/.269 166/.263 222/.187 290/.213 208/.208 137/.229 154/.271 249/.216 229/.241 86/.234 .244 Nady
Abreu
Cabrera
Gardner
Matsui
Damon 43/0/88/12
0/0/146/10
4/117/2/7
17/16/0/4
21/0/3/2
84/34/0/2

OPS .736 .694 .584 .590 .679 .653 .788 .650 .670 .662 .692

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 371/.729 65/.976 119/.505 119/.540 81/.842 66/.765 64/.859 76/.767 107/.653 37/.749 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 311/.744 101/.515 103/.677 171/.625 127/.578 71/.552 90/.737 173/.602 122/.685 49/.596 .655

Home 316/.643 85/.632 103/.355 136/.500 107/.611 71/.690 115/.705 127/.521 135/.690 57/.656 .665

Last 28d days 139/.665 8/1.071 37/.222 46/.832 28/.857 34/.606 45/.821 54/.643 47/.640 14/.445

HR/SB/CS 19/3/6 2/3/0 5/1/2 3/2/0 4/5/2 2/0/0 5/2/1 4/4/0 4/6/1 2/1/0 132/86/36

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

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Mussina
G/S/vB 39.Britton
G/S/vB 33.Bruney
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Coke*
G/S/vB 38.Giese
G/S/vB 34.Marte*
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 77.Sanchez
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 18/1.000 2/2.500 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 3/1.000 4/.750 1/3.000 6/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 377/264 .249/.294/.410/.704 .591/.754 .648 58/.599 0/0 11/

23.Bautista G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 416/291 .240/.316/.412/.728 .899/.658 .677 45/.839 1/1 15/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 364/330 .304/.360/.417/.777 .732/.781 .907 78/.755 9/2 3/

26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 3/1.167 5/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 325/231 .286/.318/.451/.769 .655/.814 .727 96/.582 2/0 9/

6.McDonald G/S/vP 17/.813 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.100 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 202/123 .210/.256/.271/.527 .621/.468 .502 47/.403 3/1 1/

36.Mench G/S/vP 19/.737 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 5/1.200 1/no AB ··· ··· 128/39 .232/.313/.348/.661 .681/.615 .866 16/.598 2/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 21/.462 3/1.000 6/1.000 6/1.167 ··· 3/.333 4/.666 2/.500 9/.222 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 609/445 .276/.362/.422/.784 .542/.876 .763 93/.753 1/2 14/

15.Rios G/S/vP 27/.847 7/1.000 6/1.000 7/.629 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 10/.000 1/2.000 ··· 7/.286 667/508 .291/.336/.464/.799 .728/.822 .829 114/.875 31/8 15/

33.Rolen G/S/vP 24/.833 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 448/332 .257/.348/.424/.772 .733/.785 .748 84/.865 5/0 10/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 20/.894 2/1.500 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 9/.904 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 570/415 .264/.340/.355/.695 .725/.684 .687 104/.663 7/2 7/

45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/47 .321/.373/.528/.901 .817/.920 .895 59/.901 0/0 2/

7.Thigpen G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 18/10 .143/.250/.143/.393 .629/.222 .397 11/.347 0/0 0/

10.Wells G/S/vP 59/.942 2/.000 8/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 18/1.014 1/.000 ··· 3/3.000 446/341 .295/.341/.479/.820 .863/.807 .849 112/.847 4/2 17/

35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 14/1.132 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/2.500 3/.000 1/no AB 5/1.417 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 306/254 .215/.305/.310/.615 .554/.627 .623 10/.200 3/5 3/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 30/.596 3/.333 3/1.666 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 15/.414 ··· ··· ··· 270/208 .228/.337/.355/.692 .572/.736 .860 35/.785 2/1 6/

IP 189.1 22.0 32.2 98.2 11.1 42.2 65.0 54.1 68.1 26.2 1.0 56.0 TOTAL .263/.331/.398/.730 .690/.743 .749 .736 79/27 119/83

ERA-K/9

3.57/6.7

4.09/4.5

1.93/8.3

2.46/10.5

0.00/7.2

3.16/5.9

3.88/9.8

3.98/10.1

1.45/9.8

6.08/10.8

0.00/9.0

3.54/9.6

4.29/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (42-22-2)
Thigpen (4-1-0)
Zaun (40-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 782/.282 97/.287 132/.159 406/.228 38/.083 181/.221 269/.207 230/.214 251/.170 117/.277 3/.000 244/.237 .267 Rios
Wells
Wilkerson
Lind
Mench
Snider
Scutaro
Inglett 0/59/91/14
0/98/0/5
28/3/64/4
67/0/0/2
20/0/15/1
12/0/3/1
3/0/0/1
22/1/12/0

OPS .733 .879 .513 .604 .243 .607 .594 .692 .437 .737 .000 .729 .735

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 379/.595 47/1.032 57/.436 205/.658 21/.293 100/.590 93/.642 133/.711 130/.378 55/.701 2/.000 109/.729 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 403/.859 50/.738 75/.562 201/.550 17/.180 81/.626 176/.570 97/.665 121/.499 62/.767 1/.000 135/.727 .744

Road 303/.746 42/.790 79/.602 193/.641 14/.143 61/.722 126/.661 101/.783 106/.348 55/.704 / 110/.735 .766

Last 28d days 130/.763 37/1.003 44/.385 36/.451 38/.243 23/1.058 32/.265 39/.910 35/.286 13/1.128 3/.000 48/1.079

HR/SB/CS 17/12/7 4/0/0 2/3/0 5/8/4 0/0/0 3/9/1 5/3/1 7/2/4 4/6/1 3/4/3 0/0/0 7/5/3 139/110/56

Usage ····X··· ····X··· ··Xo·o·· ·o·o·o·X ·o·X·X·o ······X· ··oo···· ·····o·· ·ooX···o ······X· ····o··· ·X··o·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, Tuesday, September 23, 2008 @Rogers Centre

SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 18-9, 3.57)

SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 12-8, 3.72)

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