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Game Preview: TOR @ CHW, 2:05pm, Sunday, May 9, 2010 @U.S. Cellular Field

Blue Jays, 18-14, 18-143rd, 5 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Ricky Romero (25, LHP, 3-1, 3.00)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (3-1) 42.0 30 14 14 15 40 2 3.00
2009 (13-9) 178.0 192 88 85 79 141 18 4.30
Last 7 GS 3-1 49.0 35 18 18 18 48 3 3.31 61
2010-05-04 @CLE W 6.0 9 5 5 2 9 0 105 41
2010-04-29 OAK W 6.0 4 3 3 4 6 0 104 54
2010-04-24 @TBR ND 7.0 6 2 2 3 3 1 105 57
2010-04-18 LAA L 8.0 5 1 1 2 6 0 111 72
2010-04-13 CHW W 8.0 1 2 2 2 12 1 101 82
2010-04-08 @TEX ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 103 65
2009-10-04 @BAL ND 7.0 5 4 4 3 8 1 109 56
Last 5 v.CHW 1-0 8.0 1 2 2 2 12 1 2.25 82
2010-04-13 CHW W 8.0 1 2 2 2 12 1 101 82
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-10   Road:   11-4    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  15-9    vsLHP:   3-5    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl: 9-4    vsWest:  5-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Sat, May  8  @CHW  L   3-7       18-14  3rd  5.0 gb
 31 Fri, May  7  @CHW  W   7-4 (12)  18-13  3rd  5.0 gb
 30 Thu, May  6  @CHW  W   2-0       17-13  3rd  5.0 gb
 29 Wed, May  5  @CLE  W   5-4       16-13  3rd  5.0 gb
 28 Tue, May  4  @CLE  W   8-5       15-13  3rd  5.0 gb
 27 Mon, May  3  @CLE  W   5-1       14-13  3rd  5.0 gb
 26 Sun, May  2   OAK  W   9-3       13-13  3rd  5.5 gb
 25 Sat, May  1   OAK  L   3-4       12-13  3rd  5.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 30   OAK  W  10-2       12-12  3rd  5.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 29   OAK  W   6-3       11-12  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
WhiteSox, 13-18, 13-183rd, 7 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (27, RHP, 1-3, 6.89)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (1-3) 32.2 45 27 25 14 25 3 6.89
2009 (11-11) 193.0 178 93 87 59 163 21 4.06
2008 (17-8) 206.1 190 107 88 70 145 30 3.84
Last 7 GS 1-4 35.2 49 30 28 15 26 3 7.07 39
2010-05-04 KCR L 6.1 13 6 6 2 2 1 94 23
2010-04-29 @TEX W 7.0 5 3 1 0 5 1 99 64
2010-04-23 SEA ND 6.1 7 5 5 3 4 0 104 40
2010-04-18 @CLE L 1.0 6 7 7 4 2 1 51 11
2010-04-13 @TOR L 6.0 9 4 4 2 5 0 116 41
2010-04-08 CLE ND 6.0 5 2 2 3 7 0 105 58
2009-09-16 @SEA L 3.0 4 3 3 1 1 0 42 39
Last 5 v.TOR 0-4 22.2 32 20 19 10 16 2 7.54 36
2010-04-13 @TOR L 6.0 9 4 4 2 5 0 116 41
2009-05-17 @TOR L 5.0 7 6 6 2 4 2 76 31
2009-04-24 TOR L 4.1 9 6 5 5 5 0 94 23
2008-09-11 TOR L 7.1 7 4 4 1 2 0 86 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-9    Road:    4-9    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:   8-12   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast:  5-8    vsCntrl: 4-8    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Sat, May  8   TOR  W   7-3       13-18  3rd  7.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  7   TOR  L   4-7 (12)  12-18  3rd  7.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  6   TOR  L   0-2       12-17  3rd  7.0 gb
 28 Wed, May  5   KCR  W   9-2       12-16  3rd  7.0 gb
 27 Tue, May  4   KCR  L   2-7       11-16  3rd  7.0 gb
 26 Mon, May  3   KCR  W   5-1       11-15  3rd  6.0 gb
 25 Sun, May  2  @NYY  L   3-12      10-15  4th  6.0 gb
 24 Sat, May  1  @NYY  W   7-6       10-14  4th  5.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 30  @NYY  L   4-6        9-14  4th  6.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 29  @TEX  W   7-5        9-13  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 08, 2010 CHW  7  TOR  3        W:Jake Peavy (2-2), L: Brett Cecil (2-2), S: none
Fri, May 07, 2010 TOR  7 @CHW  4 (12)   W:Scott Downs (1-3), L: J.J. Putz (0-2), S: none
Thu, May 06, 2010 TOR  2 @CHW  0        W:Dana Eveland (3-1), L: John Danks (3-1), S: Kevin Gregg (8)
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 TOR  7  CHW  3        W:Dana Eveland (2-0), L: Freddy Garcia (0-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 14, 2010 CHW 11 @TOR  1        W:John Danks (1-0), L: Brandon Morrow (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 13, 2010 TOR  4  CHW  2        W:Ricky Romero (1-0), L: Gavin Floyd (0-1), S: Kevin Gregg (3)
Mon, Apr 12, 2010 CHW  8 @TOR  7 (11)   W:Matt Thornton (1-0), L: Jeremy Accardo (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (2)

Mon, May 18, 2009 TOR  3  CHW  2        W:Jesse Carlson (1-2), L: Octavio Dotel (1-1), S: Scott Downs (5)
Sun, May 17, 2009 TOR  8  CHW  2        W:Roy Halladay (8-1), L: Gavin Floyd (2-4), S: none
Sat, May 16, 2009 TOR  2  CHW  1        W:Robert Ray (1-1), L: Scott Linebrink (1-2), S: Scott Downs (4)
Season Series: 2010 - TOR leads 4-3; 2009 - TOR won 6-1; 2008 - TOR won 7-1; All-Time - TOR leads 182-160

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 2010 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  6.03

TEX  4.58

HOU  2.70

 RA/G

TBR  3.00

FLA  4.63

PIT  6.13

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

U. Jimenez  .87

B. Matusz  3.93

G. Meche  8.24

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.91

S. Marcum  6.75

N. Blackburn  2.48

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Blue Jays Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Floyd
G/S/vB		 45.Jenks
G/S/vB		 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB		 57.Pena
G/S/vB		 40.Putz
G/S/vB		 46.Santos
G/S/vB		 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 49.Williams*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 7/.143 4/1.250 5/.400 5/1.267 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 139/108 .210/.309/.445/.755 .517/.824 .865 109/.775 3/1 6/3
14.Buck G/S/vP 11/.909 11/1.182 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 8/.125 1/.000 98/80 .239/.276/.587/.862 1.278/.763 .724 80/.907 0/0 8/0
15.Encarnacion G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 5/.800 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 37/28 .219/.270/.406/.677 .476/.730 .680 12/.667 1/0 1/3
3.Gonzalez G/S/vP 8/1.125 4/.250 7/1.286 6/.900 4/1.250 ··· 4/.000 2/1.500 135/100 .266/.304/.609/.913 .314/1.133 .985 109/.823 1/0 10/6
2.Hill G/S/vP 7/.453 5/1.000 1/no AB ··· 8/.750 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 84/59 .181/.298/.319/.617 .290/.745 .462 75/.635 0/0 2/0
26.Lind* G/S/vP 11/1.364 3/.666 4/1.167 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 6/.000 3/.333 138/99 .230/.312/.402/.713 .372/.854 .729 111/.662 0/0 5/0
18.McCoy G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 38/23 .235/.316/.324/.639 .733/.579 .421 28/.681 3/1 0/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 37/23 .229/.229/.400/.629 .462/.727 1.000 29/.536 0/0 0/0
8.Molina G/S/vP 8/.375 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 27/14 .208/.296/.250/.546 .237/.845 .916 20/.417 0/0 0/0
35.Overbay* G/S/vP 11/.282 3/1.334 9/.111 2/.000 7/.715 3/.000 6/.833 1/.000 129/95 .179/.273/.304/.577 .382/.652 .515 103/.641 1/0 2/1
21.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 24/7 .167/.167/.333/.500 .412/.714 .833 24/.500 1/0 1/0
45.Snider* G/S/vP 11/.573 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 110/89 .227/.318/.433/.751 .955/.702 .866 85/.798 2/1 4/0
10.Wells G/S/vP 13/.725 8/.000 5/1.600 ··· 7/.453 4/.750 3/.666 1/no AB 138/102 .328/.399/.631/1.030 .728/1.129 .957 112/.944 2/0 8/0
IP 32.2 12.0 11.1 14.2 11.0 12.1 14.2 11.1 TOTAL .238/.309/.457/.766 .574/.838 .780 .755 18/5 48/17
ERA-K/9 6.89/6.9 4.50/12.0 4.76/8.8 6.75/5.5 4.91/13.1 0.73/11.7 2.45/14.1 4.76/9.6 4.61/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (18-2-0)
 Molina (3-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 154/.324 58/.300 47/.250 63/.192 46/.238 47/.125 53/.160 64/.298 .252  Snider
 Wells
 Lind
 McCoy
 Bautista
9/0/18/2
0/31/0/1
4/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
0/1/13/0
OPS .889 .806 .707 .746 .694 .414 .468 .995 .731
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/1.035 28/.810 24/.813 31/.685 21/.619 22/.385 30/.367 34/.856 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 74/.736 30/.800 23/.590 32/.781 25/.768 25/.440 23/.611 30/1.167 .710
Home 86/.869 39/.849 25/.684 31/.927 26/.985 30/.516 31/.197 35/1.053
Last 28d days 129/.929 44/.848 38/.802 47/.794 34/.590 41/.438 39/.475 51/.984
HR/SB/CS 3/4/0 1/4/0 2/2/0 3/0/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/2 28/19/10
Usage ····X··· ·X·X···o ···X·o·X ··o·X·X· ·X·o···X X·o·o·X· ·X···o·· ····o·Xo
WhiteSox Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 24.Romero*
G/S/vB		 49.Accardo
G/S/vB		 57.Camp
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 28.Marcum
G/S/vB		 29.McGowan
G/S/vB		 30.Valdez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 125/87 .202/.317/.269/.586 .524/.611 .574 98/.548 2/1 1/4
27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/ .000/.333/.000/.333 .333/ .333 3/.333 0/0 0/0
25.Jones G/S/vP 6/.000 3/1.167 4/.000 12/1.100 4/1.000 9/.555 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 102/69 .264/.373/.644/1.016 1.165/.948 .905 91/1.070 5/0 9/0
14.Konerko G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 18/.801 5/2.100 6/.833 12/1.667 6/.334 2/.000 10/.786 ··· 118/87 .284/.407/.747/1.154 1.284/1.108 1.304 93/1.135 0/0 13/1
7.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 5/.800 4/.000 6/.650 8/.833 2/.000 6/1.166 8/1.292 1/.000 61/55 .145/.230/.309/.539 .000/.601 .583 46/.503 0/0 3/0
5.Nix G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 19/6 .167/.211/.167/.377 .237/.667 .762 19/.377 0/0 0/1
1.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/.800 3/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 10/.700 5/1.350 3/1.334 133/89 .223/.282/.223/.506 .414/.548 .492 106/.552 15/4 0/0
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.333 5/1.000 3/1.667 10/.100 4/.500 8/1.250 4/1.417 11/.282 1/no AB 1/no AB 100/74 .209/.273/.308/.580 .729/.532 .571 78/.605 0/1 2/0
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.500 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.333 2/.500 6/.733 3/.000 ··· 120/85 .172/.308/.354/.662 .688/.651 .691 94/.541 0/0 4/0
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/5.000 4/.250 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 6/.833 ··· ··· 106/66 .225/.248/.333/.581 .506/.627 .540 84/.628 1/0 2/5
51.Rios G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/.000 9/.583 2/2.000 2/.000 4/1.167 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 114/78 .299/.333/.551/.885 1.034/.821 .954 88/.948 9/3 5/0
23.Teahen* G/S/vP 5/.000 6/1.333 5/.600 6/.500 5/1.000 3/.000 2/.500 17/.364 3/.666 1/no AB 100/74 .230/.323/.356/.680 .359/.798 .606 81/.722 2/2 2/5
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 2/.500 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 36/26 .129/.222/.161/.384 .100/.497 .286 31/.380 0/1 0/0
IP 42.0 6.2 15.1 15.2 12.0 15.0 12.1 48.0 1.1 TOTAL .226/.311/.399/.710 .695/.717 .710 .721 35/12 42/18
ERA-K/9 3.00/8.6 8.10/4.0 2.35/6.5 3.45/5.7 6.75/9.8 1.20/10.8 5.84/6.6 3.19/6.8 /0.0 20.25/0.0 4.09/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (0-2-0)
 Pierzynski (14-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 170/.199 34/.400 59/.236 59/.218 62/.352 56/.176 59/.280 190/.219 / 9/.333 .240  Kotsay
 Jones
 Rios
 Pierre
 Quentin
 Nix
0/0/4/1
6/4/7/1
1/27/0/1
24/0/0/1
0/0/21/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .591 1.004 .615 .580 .954 .530 .750 .628 .889 .687
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.711 16/1.255 21/.636 22/.606 27/1.016 22/.786 25/.662 104/.426 / 6/1.000 .587
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.535 18/.801 38/.604 37/.568 35/.913 34/.367 34/.790 86/.874 / 3/.667 .752
Road 86/.706 3/.667 17/.686 26/.317 39/1.063 33/.595 24/.593 81/.632 / 2/.500
Last 28d days 143/.601 34/1.004 51/.608 52/.662 43/.919 46/.608 47/.851 139/.643 / 9/.889
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 1/2/0 1/4/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 5/2/3 // 0/0/0 26/21/10
Usage ····X··· ········ ·o·oo··· ·Xo·X··X ·o·o···· ·XX·oX·· X······o ·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.