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Game Preview: NYY @ TBR, 7:08pm, Tuesday, July 28, 2009 @Tropicana Field

Yankees, 61-38, 1st, 2½ up

SP: C.C. Sabathia (28, LHP, 10-6, 3.67)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (10-6) 142.1 124 61 58 41 103 11 3.67
2008 (17-10) 253.0 223 85 76 59 251 19 2.70
2007 (19-7) 241.0 238 94 86 37 209 20 3.21
Last 7 GS 4-2 41.2 42 17 17 11 34 3 3.67 54
2009-07-23 OAK W 7.0 9 3 3 0 4 0 109 51
2009-07-18 DET W 7.0 5 0 0 3 4 0 114 68
2009-07-12 @LAA L 6.2 9 5 5 3 6 0 114 39
2009-07-07 @MIN W 7.0 3 1 1 1 3 1 100 69
2009-07-02 SEA L 5.2 10 6 6 3 8 1 107 30
2009-06-26 @NYM W 7.0 3 1 1 0 8 1 99 75
2009-06-21 @FLA ND 1.1 3 1 1 1 1 0 28 44
Last 5 v.TBR 1-0 38.0 31 16 13 5 33 6 3.08 62
2009-06-06 TBR ND 8.0 5 5 4 3 5 2 101 56
2007-08-19 @TBD ND 8.0 5 2 2 0 6 2 102 70
2007-06-30 TBD W 7.0 6 3 2 0 8 0 100 63
2007-04-20 @TBD ND 7.0 7 3 2 1 8 1 104 60
2006-08-18 @TBD ND 8.0 8 3 3 1 6 1 106 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-17   Road:   26-21   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  40-27   vsLHP:  21-11   1-Run:  15-11
 vsEast: 19-17   vsCntrl:19-5    vsWest: 13-8  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Mon, Jul 27  @TBR  W  11-4       61-38  1st  2.5 up
 98 Sun, Jul 26   OAK  W   7-5       60-38  1st  2.5 up
 97 Sat, Jul 25   OAK  L   4-6       59-38  1st  1.5 up
 96 Fri, Jul 24   OAK  W   8-3       59-37  1st  2.5 up
 95 Thu, Jul 23   OAK  W   6-3       58-37  1st  2.5 up
 94 Wed, Jul 22   BAL  W   6-4       57-37  1st  2.0 up
 93 Tue, Jul 21   BAL  W   6-4       56-37  1st  1.0 up
 92 Mon, Jul 20   BAL  W   2-1       55-37  1st    Tied
 91 Sun, Jul 19   DET  W   2-1       54-37  2nd  1.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 18   DET  W   2-1       53-37  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:23-7 
Rays, 54-46, 3rd, 7½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Scott Kazmir (25, LHP, 4-6, 6.69)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-6) 74.0 87 59 55 40 58 12 6.69
2008 (12-8) 152.1 123 61 59 70 166 23 3.49
2007 (13-9) 206.2 196 91 80 89 239 18 3.48
Last 7 GS 0-3 36.0 45 32 30 19 28 7 7.50 38
2009-07-23 @CHW L 6.0 5 5 5 3 5 1 98 44
2009-07-18 @KCR ND 6.0 4 1 1 4 3 0 101 59
2009-07-08 TOR ND 6.1 9 7 7 2 4 2 107 29
2009-07-03 @TEX L 5.0 5 3 1 1 6 1 99 54
2009-06-27 FLA ND 5.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 92 55
2009-05-20 OAK L 4.1 8 7 7 4 3 0 93 18
2009-05-15 CLE ND 3.1 10 7 7 4 2 2 91 10
Last 5 v.NYY 3-1 29.2 18 6 6 9 35 1 1.82 65
2009-04-13 NYY W 6.2 6 3 3 0 6 1 100 56
2008-09-04 NYY W 6.0 1 0 0 5 7 0 98 72
2008-07-08 @NYY L 5.0 5 2 2 1 9 0 97 57
2008-05-15 NYY W 6.0 3 0 0 3 3 0 100 66
2007-09-27 NYY ND 6.0 3 1 1 0 10 0 100 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-16   Road:   24-30   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  37-25   vsLHP:  17-21   1-Run:  15-16
 vsEast: 20-15   vsCntrl:14-14   vsWest:  7-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Mon, Jul 27   NYY  L   4-11      54-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 26  @TOR  L   1-5       54-45  3rd  6.5 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 25  @TOR  W  10-9 (12)  54-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 24  @TOR  W   4-2 (10)  53-44  3rd  6.5 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 23  @CHW  L   0-5       52-44  3rd  6.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 22  @CHW  L   3-4       52-43  3rd  5.5 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 21  @CHW  W   3-2       52-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 20  @CHW  L   3-4       51-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19  @KCR  W   4-3       51-41  3rd  4.5 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 18  @KCR  W   4-2       50-41  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 08, 2009 NYY  5  TBR  3        W:Andy Pettitte (6-2), L: Andy Sonnanstine (4-6), S: Mariano Rivera (14)
Sun, Jun 07, 2009 NYY  4  TBR  3        W:Alfredo Aceves (4-1), L: Grant Balfour (2-1), S: Mariano Rivera (13)
Sat, Jun 06, 2009 TBR  9 @NYY  7        W:J.P. Howell (1-2), L: Mariano Rivera (0-2), S: Randy Choate (3)
Thu, May 07, 2009 TBR  8 @NYY  6        W:Brian Shouse (1-0), L: Mariano Rivera (0-1), S: Joe Nelson (1)
Wed, May 06, 2009 TBR  4 @NYY  3 (10)   W:Grant Balfour (1-0), L: Phil Coke (1-2), S: Troy Percival (5)
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 NYY  4 @TBR  3        W:Brian Bruney (1-0), L: Troy Percival (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (2)
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 NYY  7 @TBR  2        W:A.J. Burnett (2-0), L: J.P. Howell (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 TBR 15  NYY  5        W:Scott Kazmir (2-0), L: Chien-Ming Wang (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 14, 2008 NYY  8  TBR  4        W:Carl Pavano (3-1), L: Edwin Jackson (11-11), S: Mariano Rivera (35)
Sat, Sep 13, 2008 NYY  6  TBR  5        W:Damaso Marte (5-3), L: J.P. Howell (6-1), S: Mariano Rivera (34)
Season Series: 2009 - NYY leads 5-4; 2008 - NYY won 11-7; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; All-Time - NYY leads 127-66

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  5.54

FLA  4.53

SDP  3.63

RA/G

SFG  3.76

FLA  4.65

WSN  5.46

BA

J. Mauer  .363

K. Morales  .289

R. Cedeno  .174

OBP

M. Ramirez  .462

S. Schumaker  .362

R. Cedeno  .222

SLG

A. Pujols  .693

M. DeRosa  .470

N. Punto  .251

OPS

A. Pujols  1.138

M. Diaz  .826

R. Cedeno  .526

ERA

Z. Greinke  2.04

J. Lester  3.79

J. Geer  5.84

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.82

R. Wolf  6.68

J. Lannan  3.65

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Yankees Batters (5.60 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
36.Choate*
G/S/vB
31.Cormier
G/S/vB
22.Garza
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
46.Nelson
G/S/vB
34.Niemann
G/S/vB
14.Price*
G/S/vB
33.Shields
G/S/vB
59.Thayer
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 15/.867 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 8/.393 12/.417 3/.333 2/no AB 2/1.500 18/.753 ··· 3/.833 307/204 .287/.352/.434/.786 .869/.746 .756 71/.786 5/2 8/3
24.Cano* G/S/vP 20/.300 4/1.750 1/.000 5/.400 16/.688 18/.853 2/.000 2/.000 4/.250 21/1.239 ··· 3/1.334 415/278 .309/.342/.487/.829 .931/.779 .808 94/.889 4/5 15/3
18.Damon* G/S/vP 41/.566 4/.500 4/.000 6/2.067 13/.539 13/.862 2/.000 2/1.000 5/.650 18/1.000 ··· 7/1.429 393/268 .279/.365/.500/.865 .703/.944 .763 84/.769 8/0 17/4
14.Hinske* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 5/1.100 4/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 146/112 .266/.377/.460/.836 1.013/.784 .780 20/1.400 0/0 5/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 35/.487 7/.929 ··· 5/.200 19/.627 20/.929 2/.500 2/3.000 5/1.400 27/.945 ··· 14/.895 433/312 .321/.398/.457/.855 1.136/.748 .810 109/.904 18/4 11/4
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 26/.573 3/1.666 ··· 5/1.850 7/.143 16/.751 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 17/1.596 ··· 5/.400 308/216 .252/.357/.489/.846 .896/.824 .918 73/.974 0/0 15/
26.Molina G/S/vP 11/.697 3/.000 ··· 5/1.600 7/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 8/1.100 ··· 3/.000 59/47 .245/.310/.340/.650 .900/.586 .743 10/.311 0/0 1/1
20.Posada# G/S/vP 25/1.207 4/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 9/.873 14/.297 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 15/.467 ··· 5/.900 259/179 .287/.371/.525/.895 .907/.890 .781 75/.954 1/0 13/5
12.Ransom G/S/vP 4/1.167 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 82/45 .200/.268/.347/.615 .508/.704 .525 24/.683 2/0 0/4
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 27/.391 10/.200 2/2.500 4/.750 11/1.205 17/.661 2/.000 ··· 5/2.800 15/.871 ··· 5/.400 291/215 .248/.392/.526/.917 .977/.897 .946 93/.984 6/1 19/5
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 26/.523 ··· ··· 4/.250 7/2.714 9/.444 4/.000 5/.933 2/.000 7/.953 ··· 2/.500 365/240 .235/.366/.456/.822 .745/.854 .931 76/.632 0/0 16/6
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 12/1.917 10/1.100 1/no AB 2/.500 10/.200 7/.476 4/.000 2/.000 3/.000 14/.220 ··· 3/1.000 432/305 .281/.380/.554/.934 .927/.916 .828 104/.851 1/0 25/1
IP 74.0 46.2 16.1 53.1 129.2 49.1 39.1 106.1 53.0 146.1 7.2 36.1 TOTAL .275/.359/.470/.829 .865/.813 .809 .850 68/19 144/66
ERA-K/9 6.69/7.1 4.44/8.9 2.20/8.3 3.04/4.7 3.68/8.0 1.82/11.0 4.12/8.0 3.81/5.5 5.60/9.2 3.87/6.1 3.52/2.3 3.47/6.2 4.22/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 347/.289 197/.229 63/.190 224/.254 539/.222 198/.188 170/.218 455/.265 249/.272 590/.273 32/.290 142/.220 .257
OPS .860 .650 .547 .669 .655 .530 .770 .724 .864 .754 .635 .651 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/1.020 74/.745 40/.488 106/.622 279/.618 62/.626 104/.737 223/.699 58/.887 295/.728 9/.583 47/.930 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 261/.806 123/.590 23/.654 118/.710 260/.692 136/.486 66/.820 232/.746 191/.857 295/.780 23/.652 95/.511 .750
Home 177/.960 99/.612 30/.536 71/.712 276/.619 92/.589 70/.833 163/.702 119/.661 314/.706 / 67/.786
Last 28d days 103/.808 44/.592 20/.750 45/.982 140/.652 42/.464 27/.686 113/.674 82/1.084 139/.762 8/.250 33/.454
HR/SB/CS 12/2/1 2/4/0 2/1/1 3/3/0 15/1/2 2/3/2 7/6/0 9/17/4 11/5/3 16/1/1 0/0/0 4/4/0 103/57/17
Usage ····X··· o·X····X ·oo··o·o ··X·X··o ···X···· ··Xo··o· XoX··o·· ·X····X· ··X····X X····X·· ··X··o··
Rays Batters (5.20 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB
91.Aceves
G/S/vB
63.Albaladejo
G/S/vB
38.Bruney
G/S/vB
34.Burnett
G/S/vB
62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
48.Coke*
G/S/vB
65.Hughes
G/S/vB
39.Melancon
G/S/vB
45.Mitre
G/S/vB
46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
30.Robertson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP 4/1.250 4/1.750 ··· 2/.500 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 12/.258 2/.000 ··· 194/122 .281/.366/.473/.839 .855/.830 .814 29/.862 0/0 8/6
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 32/.827 2/.000 4/1.750 3/.000 21/.774 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 17/1.145 4/1.000 ··· 309/205 .337/.388/.516/.904 .922/.895 .887 78/.696 20/2 8/9
5.Burrell G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 4/.000 2/no AB 49/.803 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 8/.536 19/.596 5/.000 1/.000 265/176 .225/.332/.352/.684 .609/.720 .758 88/.709 2/0 7/0
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 29/.551 1/.000 2/.000 4/.750 45/.808 5/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 38/.675 18/.941 ··· 430/279 .308/.370/.442/.812 .714/.866 .761 89/.729 48/8 10/2
11.Dillon G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 33/10 .276/.364/.379/.743 .620/1.000 1.167 5/.000 0/0 1/0
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 6/1.267 4/.500 3/.667 ··· ··· 5/.450 ··· 7/.858 ··· 211/189 .270/.384/.427/.811 1.160/.773 .832 46/.716 6/3 5/3
41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 94/59 .239/.280/.307/.586 .561/.599 .731 25/.422 2/1 1/2
27.Kapler G/S/vP 17/.912 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 24/.811 10/.400 ··· 145/38 .244/.324/.457/.781 .977/.269 .814 29/.535 3/2 4/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 16/.438 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 15/.729 8/1.089 ··· 402/277 .279/.361/.526/.887 .880/.890 .788 91/.662 2/0 19/9
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 9/.236 3/2.333 2/1.000 4/.583 27/.619 4/.500 3/.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 18/.780 6/.334 ··· 288/191 .223/.252/.327/.579 .774/.483 .545 49/.719 2/1 5/4
23.Pena* G/S/vP 28/.690 3/.000 3/2.667 3/1.667 31/.573 7/.821 4/1.250 6/3.500 ··· 3/1.666 42/1.200 12/.083 ··· 421/264 .219/.352/.501/.853 .778/.899 1.021 90/.586 2/1 25/8
2.Upton G/S/vP 10/1.400 3/.333 2/.000 6/.834 25/.547 6/.500 1/.000 7/.629 ··· ··· 27/.681 9/.444 ··· 425/290 .242/.322/.375/.697 .565/.754 .707 97/.648 32/10 7/1
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 7/1.429 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 9/.722 4/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 12/1.053 1/4.000 ··· 341/221 .302/.413/.575/.989 1.077/.941 1.090 91/.887 12/3 18/4
IP 142.1 46.2 25.2 18.2 127.1 102.2 42.2 60.1 5.2 10.2 121.1 42.2 26.1 TOTAL .267/.349/.445/.795 .802/.791 .823 .691 140/34 121/69
ERA-K/9 3.67/6.5 2.89/7.3 5.61/6.0 5.30/11.1 3.53/8.0 3.86/8.1 3.80/7.2 3.43/9.3 6.35/3.2 5.91/4.2 4.67/6.3 2.11/9.9 3.76/12.7 4.39/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 581/.236 188/.220 111/.284 81/.221 520/.241 455/.263 167/.197 252/.225 28/.227 48/.378 530/.277 162/.196 108/.196 .253
OPS .653 .659 .890 .714 .732 .780 .653 .693 .802 .818 .773 .539 .663 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.617 84/.553 55/.809 41/.525 281/.695 255/.753 91/.602 120/.773 15/1.133 28/.873 154/.694 81/.476 47/.657 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 452/.663 104/.742 56/.971 40/.921 239/.773 200/.811 76/.714 132/.623 13/.408 20/.739 376/.806 81/.602 61/.667 .760
Road 290/.628 75/.720 58/.951 39/.444 232/.696 205/.787 74/.790 133/.594 22/.573 / 199/.697 52/.486 50/.895
Last 28d days 140/.775 55/.704 16/.517 33/1.330 117/.720 125/.861 40/.692 50/.411 10/.800 48/.818 128/.723 39/.208 35/.688
HR/SB/CS 11/9/6 7/4/2 5/3/2 3/0/0 15/15/8 13/18/6 7/2/1 7/3/1 0/1/0 0/2/0 16/12/6 5/1/0 2/2/2 119/90/38
Usage ····X··· ··o···oo o······· ·oo··o·· X····X·· ···X···· ·o·o··oo ·X··XX·· ········ ·X····X· ··X····X ·o···oo· X·oX····

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.