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Game Preview: TOR @ NYY, 1:05pm, Saturday, July 4, 2009 @Yankee Stadium III

Blue Jays, 42-39, 4th, 7 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Roy Halladay (32, RHP, 10-2, 2.56)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (10-2) 109.0 100 33 31 14 95 7 2.56
2008 (20-11) 246.0 220 88 76 39 206 18 2.78
2007 (16-7) 225.1 232 101 93 48 139 15 3.71
Last 7 GS 3-1 48.0 44 12 11 7 46 2 2.06 63
2009-06-29 TBR L 6.0 5 2 2 2 7 1 88 59
2009-06-12 FLA ND 3.0 5 1 1 0 0 0 41 45
2009-06-07 KCR W 9.0 7 0 0 0 6 0 97 79
2009-06-02 LAA W 9.0 7 4 4 1 14 0 133 70
2009-05-27 @BAL ND 7.0 8 3 3 2 5 1 102 52
2009-05-22 @ATL ND 7.0 5 0 0 1 6 0 95 72
2009-05-17 CHW W 7.0 7 2 1 1 8 0 103 64
Last 5 v.NYY 5-0 41.0 26 8 8 4 30 3 1.76 71
2009-05-12 NYY W 9.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 103 78
2008-09-25 NYY W 9.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 96 71
2008-08-31 @NYY W 7.0 8 2 2 0 3 2 103 56
2008-08-21 NYY W 7.0 5 3 3 2 9 1 94 62
2008-07-11 NYY W 9.0 2 0 0 1 8 0 110 90
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-18   Road:   17-21   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  29-26   vsLHP:  13-13   1-Run:  10-11
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:18-9    vsWest: 10-7  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Fri, Jul  3  @NYY  L   2-4       42-39  4th  7.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jul  1   TBR  W   5-0       42-38  4th  7.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30   TBR  L   1-4       41-38  4th  7.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29   TBR  L   1-4       41-37  4th  7.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28   PHI  L   4-5       41-36  4th  6.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27   PHI  L   0-10      41-35  3rd  6.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 26   PHI  W   6-1       41-34  3rd  5.0 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 25   CIN  L   5-7       40-34  3rd  5.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 24   CIN  W   8-2       40-33  2nd  5.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 23   CIN  W   7-5       39-33  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Yankees, 46-33, 2nd, 2 GB

SP: Chien-Ming Wang (29, RHP, 1-6, 10.06)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-6) 36.2 60 42 41 18 28 6 10.06
2008 (8-2) 95.0 90 44 43 35 54 4 4.07
2007 (19-7) 199.1 199 84 82 59 104 9 3.70
Last 7 GS 1-5 25.0 42 33 32 13 21 4 11.52 32
2009-06-28 @NYM W 5.1 4 2 2 3 3 0 85 52
2009-06-23 @ATL L 5.0 6 3 3 1 4 0 62 46
2009-06-17 WSN L 5.0 6 3 3 2 4 1 91 45
2009-06-10 @BOS L 2.2 5 4 3 3 3 1 69 34
2009-06-04 TEX ND 4.2 7 5 5 1 5 1 69 34
2009-04-18 CLE L 1.1 8 8 8 0 1 1 52 7
2009-04-13 @TBR L 1.0 6 8 8 3 1 0 61 7
Last 5 v.TOR 1-2 28.1 33 22 20 9 16 1 6.35 42
2008-06-05 TOR ND 4.1 5 7 6 4 4 1 90 27
2008-04-01 TOR W 7.0 6 2 2 2 2 0 92 57
2007-09-21 TOR ND 7.0 6 2 1 1 4 0 100 62
2007-08-08 @TOR L 2.2 9 8 8 2 3 0 59 9
2007-07-19 TOR L 7.1 7 3 3 0 3 0 87 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-15   Road:   22-18   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  31-25   vsLHP:  15-8    1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast: 13-16   vsCntrl:13-5    vsWest: 10-4  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Fri, Jul  3   TOR  W   4-2       46-33  2nd  2.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  2   SEA  L   4-8       45-33  2nd  3.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1   SEA  W   4-2       45-32  2nd  2.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30   SEA  W   8-5       44-32  2nd  2.5 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28  @NYM  W   4-2       43-32  2nd  3.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27  @NYM  W   5-0       42-32  2nd  4.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26  @NYM  W   9-1       41-32  2nd  4.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 25  @ATL  W  11-7       40-32  2nd  4.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24  @ATL  W   8-4       39-32  2nd  5.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23  @ATL  L   0-4       38-32  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 14, 2009 NYY  3 @TOR  2        W:C.C. Sabathia (3-3), L: Jesse Carlson (0-2), S: Mariano Rivera (7)
Wed, May 13, 2009 NYY  8 @TOR  2        W:Andy Pettitte (3-1), L: Scott Richmond (4-2), S: none
Tue, May 12, 2009 TOR  5  NYY  1        W:Roy Halladay (7-1), L: A.J. Burnett (2-1), S: none

Thu, Sep 25, 2008 TOR  8  NYY  2        W:Roy Halladay (20-11), L: Carl Pavano (4-2), S: none
Wed, Sep 24, 2008 NYY  6 @TOR  2 (10)   W:Jose Veras (5-2), L: Jesse Carlson (7-2), S: none
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 NYY  3 @TOR  1        W:Mike Mussina (19-9), L: Jesse Litsch (12-9), S: Mariano Rivera (38)
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
Season Series: 2009 - NYY leads 3-1; 2008 - Tied 9-9; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; All-Time - NYY leads 250-200

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 2009 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

NYY  5.53

NYM  4.51

SDP  3.77

 RA/G

SFG  3.74

COL  4.63

WSN  5.66

 BA

J. Mauer  .392

C. Blake  .286

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .740

C. Barmes  .471

N. Punto  .237

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.200

C. Granderson  .813

N. Punto  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

A. Burnett  3.93

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

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Blue Jays Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Wang
G/S/vB		 38.Bruney
G/S/vB		 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 48.Coke*
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 28.Tomko
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Adams* G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 7/.000 ··· ··· 21/20 .200/.238/.200/.438 .000/.461 2.000 21/.438 0/0 0/0
20.Barajas G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 7/.429 1/.000 3/.333 240/177 .267/.303/.434/.737 1.002/.642 .831 62/.689 1/0 8/6
23.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.000 158/89 .254/.394/.365/.759 .906/.630 .788 33/.655 3/0 2/1
13.Chavez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 71/46 .271/.271/.371/.643 .542/.696 .536 31/.742 0/0 2/1
2.Hill G/S/vP 18/1.552 5/.933 3/.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· 3/1.000 370/277 .301/.341/.504/.845 .959/.807 .822 105/.896 3/1 19/6
26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.167 6/1.100 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 339/243 .315/.389/.556/.946 .827/.996 .884 100/.998 1/1 16/1
6.McDonald G/S/vP 10/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 5/1.100 1/2.000 5/.000 26/15 .269/.269/.269/.538 .727/.400 .182 7/.857 0/1 0/0
30.Millar G/S/vP 20/1.184 4/.500 7/.453 ··· 23/.824 3/1.667 8/2.125 159/82 .236/.308/.368/.676 .781/.574 .725 45/.542 0/0 4/1
35.Overbay* G/S/vP 14/1.000 6/1.000 7/.971 ··· 9/.222 1/no AB 11/.473 241/200 .264/.386/.492/.878 .706/.916 .837 82/.743 0/0 9/0
15.Rios G/S/vP 22/.523 7/.857 8/.833 ··· 10/.000 2/1.000 5/1.000 351/260 .260/.319/.417/.736 .793/.716 .616 94/.669 13/3 9/1
33.Rolen G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 5/.800 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 27/1.087 284/205 .333/.394/.494/.888 1.038/.834 .889 85/1.087 4/1 6/5
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 7/.453 3/.000 6/.000 ··· 9/.904 3/1.167 8/1.911 380/278 .279/.380/.414/.794 .879/.763 .868 110/.633 7/4 6/2
10.Wells G/S/vP 20/.771 9/.444 4/.500 ··· 18/1.014 1/.000 3/.000 352/267 .248/.301/.388/.689 .545/.735 .839 100/.660 12/0 8/0
IP 36.2 13.2 81.0 34.1 33.2 18.1 16.1 TOTAL .274/.342/.437/.779 .816/.765 .791 .750 46/10 92/32
ERA-K/9 10.06/6.9 3.95/10.5 3.89/8.1 3.15/7.1 2.67/11.2 2.45/12.8 5.51/5.5 4.48/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 185/.373 55/.152 357/.262 131/.183 129/.222 76/.182 68/.246 .253
OPS 1.036 .433 .769 .619 .613 .623 .805 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 106/1.159 30/.244 206/.730 70/.621 69/.560 30/.674 29/.472 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 79/.867 25/.675 151/.817 61/.614 60/.674 46/.586 39/1.054 .764
Home 72/1.138 22/.602 176/.783 70/.567 85/.656 40/.427 34/.782
Last 28d days 85/.815 23/.659 127/.745 43/.314 37/.418 40/.719 36/.927
HR/SB/CS 6/10/3 0/0/0 9/14/4 5/0/1 5/1/0 2/0/1 4/3/0 99/74/33
Usage ·····X·· ···X·oo· ···X···· o·oo·o·· o·oo·X·· ·o····X· ·······X
Yankees Batters (5.51 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Halladay
G/S/vB		 49.Accardo
G/S/vB		 57.Camp
G/S/vB		 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 58.Hayhurst
G/S/vB		 22.League
G/S/vB		 24.Romero*
G/S/vB		 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB		 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 29/.586 7/1.000 6/.167 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 ··· 8/.661 ··· 2/.500 14/.322 247/175 .282/.340/.445/.786 .864/.755 .833 84/.690 5/2 8/2
24.Cano* G/S/vP 35/.670 8/.375 3/1.667 3/.333 ··· 8/.500 ··· 10/1.178 ··· 5/.500 16/.713 332/236 .307/.340/.489/.829 .949/.781 .872 97/.828 4/3 13/3
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 76/54 .257/.278/.329/.606 .810/.521 .543 26/.615 0/2 1/1
18.Damon* G/S/vP 93/.873 9/.111 5/1.800 2/2.000 ··· 11/.664 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 25/.393 19/.859 322/225 .288/.364/.533/.898 .759/.961 .992 93/.862 8/0 15/4
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 12/.697 ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.833 185/147 .289/.367/.421/.788 .716/.806 .804 47/.949 17/2 3/1
14.Hinske* G/S/vP 25/.615 3/.000 3/.333 3/1.666 ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· 16/.402 4/.000 126/98 .255/.373/.368/.741 .747/.738 .778 35/.733 0/0 1/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 88/.593 5/.800 13/.770 ··· ··· 20/.585 ··· 14/.357 ··· 15/.553 12/.606 337/256 .307/.381/.447/.828 1.166/.722 .869 93/.763 17/2 9/3
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 50/.663 2/.000 11/1.000 2/2.500 ··· 10/1.711 ··· 11/.573 ··· 24/.440 12/1.765 243/173 .254/.350/.488/.838 .937/.797 .776 56/.886 0/0 11/
20.Posada# G/S/vP 52/.828 4/3.000 7/.829 ··· ··· 12/.777 ··· 9/.944 ··· 29/.974 10/.550 193/138 .267/.358/.497/.854 .842/.861 .957 76/.582 1/0 10/4
12.Ransom G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 61/40 .190/.230/.328/.557 .333/.680 .560 8/.625 1/0 0/2
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 68/.751 4/1.417 17/1.243 1/.000 ··· 13/1.174 ··· 13/.762 ··· 14/.539 13/.487 211/163 .235/.398/.506/.904 1.028/.870 .930 97/.889 2/0 14/4
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 15/.486 4/.000 4/1.750 4/.000 ··· 7/1.381 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 7/.453 7/1.171 300/213 .240/.369/.492/.861 .818/.872 .686 89/.753 0/0 14/4
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 23/.535 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/.500 ··· 2/5.000 ··· 6/.666 8/1.950 341/250 .274/.381/.559/.940 1.024/.888 1.036 110/.832 1/0 20/1
IP 109.0 7.0 35.0 37.1 35.1 27.2 11.0 36.1 72.2 20.0 100.2 TOTAL .272/.353/.469/.823 .880/.802 .841 .779 59/11 117/50
ERA-K/9 2.56/7.8 3.86/6.4 4.11/6.4 5.06/6.3 5.09/6.1 1.95/7.5 1.64/6.5 5.45/8.2 2.85/7.6 5.40/5.8 4.38/6.6 4.20/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 427/.246 25/.250 148/.258 163/.284 154/.329 105/.211 51/.268 151/.259 295/.248 91/.288 408/.228 .259
OPS .616 .760 .748 .752 .947 .532 .763 .751 .724 .932 .699 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 227/.626 11/.586 65/.622 66/.875 56/.737 48/.661 23/.856 62/.835 84/.862 44/.753 117/.869 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 200/.605 14/.903 83/.850 97/.672 98/1.074 57/.424 28/.685 89/.690 211/.667 47/1.105 291/.634 .739
Road 173/.588 12/.432 60/.831 73/.713 80/.984 52/.605 12/1.117 51/.638 143/.778 45/1.159 196/.726
Last 28d days 69/.594 25/.760 58/.620 47/.964 50/1.018 33/.614 47/.740 53/.961 138/.554 32/.675 119/.700
HR/SB/CS 7/10/3 1/2/2 3/0/0 2/2/1 7/2/2 1/2/2 1/0/0 4/6/1 9/3/2 4/1/2 10/4/2 89/47/26
Usage ····X··· o···XX·o ····o·X· o··X··o· ···o···· ··X··o·· ······XX ···o·oo· ··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.