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Game Preview: TOR @ NYY, 7:05pm, Friday, September 2, 2011 @Yankee Stadium III

Blue Jays, 69-68, 69-68 4th, 14½ GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Brandon Morrow (26, RHP, 9-9, 4.79)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (9-9) 142.2 132 83 76 54 164 15 4.79
2010 (10-7) 146.1 136 76 73 66 178 11 4.49
2009 (2-4) 69.2 66 38 34 44 63 10 4.39
Last 7 GS 2-5 41.0 43 32 27 14 47 10 5.93 47
2011-08-28 TBR L 5.1 6 5 5 3 5 3 114 38
2011-08-23 KCR L 4.2 11 6 6 1 5 2 103 22
2011-08-17 @SEA W 6.0 3 1 1 2 12 0 110 72
2011-08-12 LAA L 7.0 4 5 4 4 3 1 110 50
2011-08-06 @BAL L 7.2 4 6 3 1 6 1 98 58
2011-07-31 TEX W 7.0 6 2 2 2 11 0 115 66
2011-07-26 BAL L 3.1 9 7 6 1 5 3 90 20
Last 5 v.NYY 2-1 27.0 30 18 18 10 38 3 6.00 48
2011-07-15 NYY W 6.2 4 1 1 2 6 0 112 66
2010-09-03 @NYY L 3.0 6 5 5 3 4 0 71 28
2010-08-23 NYY ND 6.0 4 2 2 2 12 0 104 66
2010-08-02 @NYY W 5.1 7 5 5 2 9 2 99 41
2010-07-04 @NYY ND 6.0 9 5 5 1 7 1 116 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-34   Road:   36-34   ExtrInn:10-4 
 vsRHP:  49-52   vsLHP:  20-16   1-Run:  20-24
 vsEast: 24-30   vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest: 20-15 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Thu, Sep  1  @BAL  W   8-6       69-68  4th 14.5 gb
136 Wed, Aug 31  @BAL  W  13-0       68-68  4th 15.5 gb
135 Tue, Aug 30  @BAL  L   5-6 (10)  67-68  4th 15.5 gb
134 Mon, Aug 29   TBR  W   7-3       67-67  4th 15.5 gb
133 Sun, Aug 28   TBR  L   0-12      66-67  4th 16.0 gb
132 Sat, Aug 27   TBR  L   5-6       66-66  4th 15.5 gb
131 Fri, Aug 26   TBR  L   1-6       66-65  4th 14.0 gb
130 Thu, Aug 25   KCR  L   6-9       66-64  4th 14.0 gb
129 Wed, Aug 24   KCR  W   4-3       66-63  4th 13.0 gb
128 Tue, Aug 23   KCR  L   4-6       65-63  4th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Yankees, 82-53, 82-53 2nd, ½ GB, 9 up in WC

SP: Ivan Nova (24, RHP, 14-4, 3.96)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (14-4) 131.2 136 64 58 45 81 12 3.96
2010 (1-2) 42.0 44 22 21 17 26 4 4.50
Last 7 GS 7-0 45.0 45 17 17 10 33 3 3.40 55
2011-08-28 @BAL W 7.0 7 3 3 2 7 0 107 56
2011-08-21 @MIN W 7.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 101 71
2011-08-16 @KCR W 5.1 9 7 7 1 2 1 87 23
2011-08-10 LAA W 6.0 5 3 3 3 0 1 96 47
2011-08-04 @CHW W 7.2 6 1 1 0 10 0 102 73
2011-07-30 BAL W 7.0 6 2 2 1 6 1 98 62
2011-07-01 @NYM W 5.0 7 1 1 2 3 0 89 50
Last 5 v.TOR 1-0 16.1 18 7 7 7 8 3 3.86 47
2011-05-01 TOR W 6.1 6 2 2 4 5 1 100 54
2010-09-03 TOR ND 4.2 6 3 3 2 0 1 76 38
2010-08-23 @TOR ND 5.1 6 2 2 1 3 1 73 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   41-26   Road:   41-27   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  53-40   vsLHP:  29-13   1-Run:  16-18
 vsEast: 28-24   vsCntrl:21-14   vsWest: 20-10 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Thu, Sep  1  @BOS  W   4-2       82-53  2nd  0.5 gb
134 Wed, Aug 31  @BOS  L   5-9       81-53  2nd  1.5 gb
133 Tue, Aug 30  @BOS  W   5-2       81-52  2nd  0.5 gb
132 Mon, Aug 29  @BAL  W   3-2       80-52  2nd  1.5 gb
131 Sun, Aug 28  @BAL  W   8-3       79-52  2nd  2.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 28  @BAL  L   0-2       78-52  2nd  2.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 26  @BAL  L   5-12      78-51  2nd  1.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 25   OAK  W  22-9       78-50  2nd  1.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 24   OAK  L   4-6 (10)  77-50  2nd  1.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 23   OAK  L   5-6       77-49  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 17, 2011 NYY  7 @TOR  2        W:Phil Hughes (1-2), L: Carlos Villanueva (5-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 16, 2011 NYY  4 @TOR  1        W:CC Sabathia (14-4), L: Ricky Romero (7-9), S: Mariano Rivera (23)
Fri, Jul 15, 2011 TOR  7  NYY  1        W:Brandon Morrow (6-4), L: Freddy Garcia (7-7), S: none
Thu, Jul 14, 2011 TOR 16  NYY  7        W:Jo-Jo Reyes (5-7), L: Bartolo Colon (6-5), S: none
Wed, May 25, 2011 NYY  7  TOR  3        W:Freddy Garcia (3-4), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (0-4), S: none
Tue, May 24, 2011 NYY  5  TOR  4        W:CC Sabathia (5-3), L: Frank Francisco (1-2), S: none
Mon, May 23, 2011 TOR  7 @NYY  3        W:Carlos Villanueva (2-0), L: Bartolo Colon (2-3), S: none
Sun, May 01, 2011 NYY  5  TOR  2        W:Ivan Nova (2-2), L: Jesse Litsch (2-2), S: Mariano Rivera (10)
Sat, Apr 30, 2011 NYY  5  TOR  4        W:A.J. Burnett (4-1), L: Kyle Drabek (2-1), S: Mariano Rivera (9)
Fri, Apr 29, 2011 TOR  5 @NYY  3        W:Ricky Romero (2-3), L: Freddy Garcia (1-1), S: Jon Rauch (5)
Season Series: 2011 - NYY over 7-5; 2010 - TOR won 10-8; 2009 - NYY won 12-6; All-Time - NYY leads 274-220

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 2011 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  5.45

CLE  4.22

SFG  3.36

 RA/G

PHI  3.26

PIT  4.26

BAL  5.29

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .341

R. Theriot  .274

A. Dunn  .163

 OBP

J. Bautista  .449

A. Cabrera  .337

V. Wells  .252

 SLG

J. Bautista  .640

C. Santana  .443

A. Dunn  .288

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.089

C. Lee  .776

A. Rios  .570

 ERA

J. Cueto  2.05

J. Garcia  3.73

J. Lackey  5.94

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.34

J. Zimmermann  6.92

B. Penny  3.74

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Blue Jays Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Nova
G/S/vB		 38.Ayala
G/S/vB		 48.Logan*
G/S/vB		 39.Pendleton
G/S/vB		 41.Proctor
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 29.Soriano
G/S/vB		 61.Valdes*
G/S/vB		 53.Wade
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 405/315 .221/.281/.450/.732 .877/.690 .759 70/.732 1/0 20/5
19.Bautista G/S/vP 9/1.389 4/.750 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.200 13/1.365 5/.000 1/2.000 ··· 548/420 .309/.449/.640/1.089 1.240/1.043 1.066 101/.985 6/3 39/8
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.666 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· 6/1.500 3/.000 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 448/332 .276/.335/.466/.801 .854/.782 .688 105/.935 5/1 15/11
5.Escobar G/S/vP 7/.715 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.750 9/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 564/437 .294/.367/.417/.784 .892/.753 .683 110/.601 3/2 11/13
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.200 ··· ··· 3/1.500 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 517/387 .220/.300/.433/.733 .565/.791 .734 85/.798 13/3 20/7
13.Lawrie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/73 .340/.392/.713/1.105 .775/1.243 1.082 98/1.110 4/0 7/3
26.Lind* G/S/vP 7/1.286 3/3.000 11/.091 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 5/.200 4/1.750 1/no AB 1/.000 472/344 .256/.301/.445/.746 .661/.778 .755 98/.545 1/1 23/4
18.McCoy G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 127/79 .210/.341/.286/.627 .499/.703 .588 37/.476 7/2 1/1
8.Molina G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.833 3/.333 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 162/116 .292/.358/.438/.796 .881/.760 .835 29/.646 2/1 3/1
20.Teahen* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 15/.696 1/2.000 1/.000 8/.250 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 150/129 .181/.247/.290/.537 .195/.591 .387 18/.278 0/1 4/1
46.Thames* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 293/228 .276/.318/.478/.796 .817/.790 .731 101/.851 2/0 9/2
3.Wise* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 82/68 .221/.256/.247/.503 .429/.519 .558 28/.555 5/2 0/0
IP 131.2 45.2 35.2 14.0 29.1 52.0 54.1 26.2 5.1 29.0 TOTAL .255/.319/.423/.743 .798/.725 .716 .773 113/42 163/88
ERA-K/9 3.96/5.5 1.97/6.3 2.78/10.3 3.21/5.1 6.44/5.5 2.08/8.7 1.33/13.6 4.39/7.1 3.38/11.9 2.17/6.5 3.68/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (67-22-11)
 Molina (24-9-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 567/.265 193/.278 155/.236 62/.200 139/.279 199/.223 227/.183 113/.219 27/.273 114/.204 .253  Bautista
 Thames
 Teahen
 McCoy
 Wise
0/0/94/11
29/0/27/2
4/0/8/0
0/10/4/0
11/27/1/0
OPS .721 .746 .677 .723 .888 .561 .529 .632 .771 .579 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 280/.676 103/.733 96/.759 26/.983 51/.868 96/.614 118/.514 50/.974 13/.862 53/.618 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 287/.764 90/.760 59/.547 36/.520 88/.900 103/.511 109/.546 63/.383 14/.690 61/.544 .687
Home 284/.803 99/.747 79/.615 36/.697 63/.710 96/.451 107/.633 71/.786 15/.733 52/.662
Last 28d days 106/.741 52/.950 24/.641 / 10/1.457 38/.667 41/.539 35/.608 / 40/.566
HR/SB/CS 12/10/6 4/3/0 4/2/1 2/0/0 5/2/0 3/1/0 1/13/2 2/4/0 0/0/0 3/2/1 118/98/36
Usage ····X··· ·X····XX ooo·o··X ········ ········ X·XX···· X··XX··· X·XX··o· ········ o·o···XX
Yankees Batters (5.45 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Morrow
G/S/vB		 37.Alvarez
G/S/vB		 57.Camp
G/S/vB		 34.Carreno
G/S/vB		 50.Francisco
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 35.Lewis*
G/S/vB		 51.Litsch
G/S/vB		 47.Perez*
G/S/vB		 60.Rauch
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cano* G/S/vP 26/.664 ··· 11/1.747 ··· 8/.929 7/1.000 ··· 17/.647 7/.929 4/.000 5/.450 574/387 .307/.350/.534/.884 .924/.865 .886 106/.994 8/1 23/9
17.Cervelli G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 126/98 .265/.328/.354/.682 .607/.702 .756 27/1.004 4/0 2/5
12.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 7/1.714 ··· 5/.900 1/3.000 1/3.000 6/.533 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 124/107 .283/.347/.381/.727 .706/.731 .616 56/.630 0/0 1/0
27.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 32/24 .310/.355/.379/.734 .929/.668 .859 1/.000 2/0 0/0
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 16/.884 ··· 7/1.000 ··· 6/.334 3/.333 1/no AB 8/1.750 1/2.000 3/.000 5/1.400 502/395 .265/.346/.373/.719 .632/.742 .718 102/.591 38/12 5/2
14.Granderson* G/S/vP 18/.547 ··· 6/.666 ··· 7/1.904 9/1.181 1/no AB 9/1.194 5/.200 5/.933 11/.808 596/406 .275/.377/.583/.960 .989/.945 .957 114/1.093 24/10 38/3
2.Jeter G/S/vP 22/.449 ··· 27/.604 ··· 9/.444 11/.000 1/.000 17/.794 3/1.167 5/1.000 3/.000 515/372 .297/.356/.384/.740 .930/.668 .727 105/.883 14/5 4/8
18.Jones G/S/vP 7/1.143 ··· 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.500 9/.889 3/.000 168/43 .252/.363/.510/.874 .922/.735 1.014 35/1.301 0/0 11/1
60.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/6 .167/.375/.167/.542 .667/.400 .542 / 0/0 0/0
55.Martin G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 4/.000 8/.500 11/1.445 417/297 .240/.326/.421/.747 .701/.764 .790 72/.944 8/1 17/10
26.Nunez G/S/vP 7/.858 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 279/178 .266/.310/.383/.693 .721/.676 .694 69/.609 19/5 4/16
20.Posada# G/S/vP 22/1.156 ··· 15/.862 ··· 14/.536 8/1.417 ··· 11/.741 2/.000 1/.000 6/.000 353/287 .239/.317/.398/.715 .298/.813 .856 40/.906 0/2 12/1
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 20/.689 ··· 26/1.071 ··· 14/.974 13/.558 ··· 18/.646 2/1.000 4/.500 3/.000 363/271 .289/.361/.478/.839 .694/.888 .875 19/.616 4/1 14/5
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 19/.728 ··· 12/.872 ··· 9/.111 12/.349 1/.000 14/.381 4/.250 3/2.667 4/1.500 551/382 .270/.385/.462/.848 .944/.806 .897 107/.952 2/2 21/0
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 24/.904 ··· 10/.900 ··· 6/.334 15/.922 1/.000 3/1.666 5/.800 11/1.434 9/.958 595/402 .248/.345/.503/.847 .973/.795 .875 109/.768 3/1 35/3
IP 142.2 30.2 57.1 7.1 41.2 45.1 3.1 64.2 59.2 51.1 97.2 TOTAL .269/.348/.453/.802 .831/.789 .833 .860 126/40 188/79
ERA-K/9 4.79/10.3 3.52/6.2 4.71/4.1 1.23/6.2 3.67/9.1 1.99/8.5 2.70/5.5 4.45/7.7 3.77/7.7 4.38/6.3 4.24/5.8 4.22/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (23-3-3)
 Martin (74-32-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 621/.241 127/.237 260/.322 32/.276 181/.250 181/.223 18/.333 271/.243 258/.257 220/.265 412/.253 .255  Granderson
 Swisher
 Gardner
 Jones
 Dickerson
 Nunez
0/132/0/9
0/0/124/9
127/11/0/6
29/0/13/1
9/0/28/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .703 .682 .864 .792 .719 .576 1.111 .738 .742 .778 .699 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 351/.633 73/.565 126/.908 15/1.082 112/.824 96/.508 7/1.405 152/.908 98/.583 116/.705 217/.691 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 270/.795 54/.833 134/.823 17/.548 69/.550 85/.655 11/.919 119/.526 160/.842 104/.849 195/.707 .729
Road 258/.565 75/.563 117/.791 4/1.167 74/.630 66/.328 6/1.333 138/.672 147/.690 108/.909 233/.678
Last 28d days 135/.788 127/.682 49/.857 32/.792 26/.439 40/.364 18/1.111 51/.675 103/.748 14/.824 /
HR/SB/CS 15/16/4 5/1/0 3/7/2 1/0/0 5/12/0 1/1/3 1/0/0 9/2/1 7/2/3 10/1/1 10/10/0 145/91/31
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· o·X··o·X ··X·X·X· o··o·X·· ··oo·X·· ·o··X··X X··X·X·X 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.