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Game Preview: TBR @ NYY, 7:05pm, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 @Yankee Stadium III

Rays, 19-11, 19-11 1st, Tied

SP: Jeff Niemann (29, RHP, 2-3, 4.05)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-3) 26.2 22 16 12 10 25 2 4.05
2011 (11-7) 135.1 131 65 61 37 105 18 4.06
2010 (12-8) 174.1 159 86 85 61 131 25 4.39
Last 7 GS 3-3 32.2 28 20 16 14 31 3 4.41 50
2012-05-03 SEA W 5.2 7 3 3 2 5 0 107 46
2012-04-28 @TEX L 5.2 5 3 2 3 4 0 100 50
2012-04-22 MIN W 5.1 3 2 2 2 5 0 80 57
2012-04-17 @TOR L 5.0 3 5 2 1 5 2 87 51
2012-04-12 @DET L 5.0 4 3 3 2 6 0 102 51
2011-09-24 TOR ND 1.0 2 2 2 2 0 1 38 39
2011-09-17 @BOS W 5.0 4 2 2 2 6 0 90 55
Last 5 v.NYY 3-0 29.0 29 10 10 12 23 3 3.10 54
2011-07-07 @NYY W 7.1 6 1 1 2 4 1 114 64
2010-07-17 @NYY W 6.1 6 4 4 4 6 2 108 47
2009-10-03 NYY W 5.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 87 51
2009-09-09 @NYY ND 7.0 8 1 1 1 8 0 110 64
2009-05-07 @NYY ND 3.1 3 2 2 4 0 0 78 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-3    Road:    6-8    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  14-7    vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   7-2 
 vsEast:  6-5    vsCntrl: 3-3    vsWest: 10-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Tue, May  8  @NYY  L   3-5       19-11  1st    Tied
 29 Sun, May  6   OAK  L   5-9       19-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 28 Sat, May  5   OAK  L   3-4 (12)  19-9   1st  0.5 up
 27 Fri, May  4   OAK  W   7-2       19-8   1st  1.5 up
 26 Thu, May  3   SEA  W   4-3       18-8   1st  1.5 up
 25 Wed, May  2   SEA  W   5-4       17-8   1st  1.0 up
 24 Tue, May  1   SEA  W   3-1       16-8   1st  1.0 up
 23 Mon, Apr 30   SEA  W   3-2 (12)  15-8   1st  1.0 up
 22 Sun, Apr 29  @TEX  W   5-2       14-8   1st    Tied
 21 Sat, Apr 28  @TEX  L   2-7       13-8   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Yankees, 16-13, 16-13 3rd, 2½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: David Phelps (25, RHP, 0-1, 3.74)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-1) 21.2 18 9 9 7 19 5 3.74
Last 7 GS 0-1 4.0 6 2 2 0 5 1 4.50 47
2012-05-03 @KCR L 4.0 6 2 2 0 5 1 85 47
Has never faced TBR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-6    Road:    8-7    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  10-8    vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  7-5    vsCntrl: 6-5    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Tue, May  8   TBR  W   5-3       16-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 28 Sun, May  6  @KCR  W  10-4       15-13  4th  4.0 gb
 27 Sat, May  5  @KCR  L   1-5       14-13  4th  4.5 gb
 26 Fri, May  4  @KCR  W   6-2       14-12  4th  4.5 gb
 25 Thu, May  3  @KCR  L   3-4       13-12  4th  4.5 gb
 24 Wed, May  2   BAL  L   0-5       13-11  4th  3.5 gb
 23 Tue, May  1   BAL  L   1-7       13-10  3rd  2.5 gb
 22 Mon, Apr 30   BAL  W   2-1       13-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 21 Sun, Apr 29   DET  W   6-2       12-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 20 Sat, Apr 28   DET  L   5-7       11-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 08, 2012 NYY  5  TBR  3        W:Ivan Nova (4-1), L: James Shields (5-1), S: David Robertson (1)
Sun, Apr 08, 2012 TBR  3  NYY  0        W:Jeremy Hellickson (1-0), L: Phil Hughes (0-1), S: Fernando Rodney (2)
Sat, Apr 07, 2012 TBR  8  NYY  6        W:David Price (1-0), L: Hiroki Kuroda (0-1), S: Fernando Rodney (1)
Fri, Apr 06, 2012 TBR  7  NYY  6        W:Fernando Rodney (1-0), L: Mariano Rivera (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 28, 2011 TBR  8  NYY  7 (12)   W:Jake McGee (5-2), L: Scott Proctor (2-6), S: none
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 TBR  5  NYY  3        W:Jake McGee (4-2), L: Rafael Soriano (2-3), S: Kyle Farnsworth (25)
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 TBR  5  NYY  2        W:James Shields (16-12), L: Hector Noesi (2-2), S: Kyle Farnsworth (24)
Thu, Sep 22, 2011 TBR 15 @NYY  8        W:Matt Moore (1-0), L: Bartolo Colon (8-10), S: none
Wed, Sep 21, 2011 NYY  4  TBR  2        W:David Robertson (4-0), L: Jake McGee (3-2), S: Rafael Soriano (2)
Wed, Sep 21, 2011 NYY  4  TBR  2        W:Luis Ayala (2-2), L: James Shields (15-12), S: Mariano Rivera (44)
Season Series: 2012 - TBR over 3-1; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - TBR won 10-8; All-Time - NYY leads 151-91

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 2012 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
Rays Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Phelps
G/S/vB
38.Eppley
G/S/vB
48.Logan*
G/S/vB
39.Rapada*
G/S/vB
30.Robertson
G/S/vB
29.Soriano
G/S/vB
53.Wade
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Allen* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 21/21 .053/.143/.211/.353 /.353 .000 14/.548 0/0 1/0
16.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/16 .229/.250/.257/.507 .821/.125 .813 37/.507 0/0 0/2
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 124/90 .270/.339/.405/.744 .882/.696 .785 102/.776 8/1 3/0
9.Johnson# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 44/23 .162/.262/.270/.532 .462/.588 .683 39/.573 3/0 1/1
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.167 2/2.000 4/.000 3/2.667 1/.000 107/77 .283/.377/.576/.953 .681/1.064 .845 88/.965 1/0 6/0
7.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 68/44 .313/.338/.453/.791 1.154/.590 .605 53/.768 0/0 2/0
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 4/.250 4/.000 2/2.000 61/53 .211/.262/.386/.648 .393/.684 .680 51/.691 0/0 2/1
23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.334 2/.500 6/.334 3/.000 2/.000 133/86 .241/.383/.426/.809 .772/.830 .689 111/.716 1/1 5/1
10.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 21/15 .350/.381/.400/.781 .000/1.105 1.750 21/.781 0/0 0/1
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 5/.000 99/70 .212/.281/.306/.587 .679/.548 .530 85/.627 2/0 2/3
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.375 1/.000 3/1.667 7/.286 ··· 97/65 .247/.299/.551/.850 .390/1.081 1.011 90/.820 0/0 7/
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 7/.286 3/.333 3/1.167 60/40 .308/.350/.500/.850 1.000/.784 .846 60/.850 2/0 2/1
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.167 3/3.000 10/1.000 5/1.600 1/.000 122/82 .206/.361/.433/.794 .603/.891 .984 101/.787 1/2 4/3
IP 21.2 5.2 11.2 8.0 13.0 11.0 13.1 TOTAL .248/.333/.428/.761 .758/.762 .754 .758 20/8 39/21
ERA-K/9 3.74/7.9 4.76/6.3 2.31/10.0 4.50/6.8 0.00/15.9 2.45/9.0 1.35/10.8 4.29/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gimenez (7-2-0)
 Molina (6-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 89/.231 22/.263 52/.250 33/.222 51/.174 51/.279 54/.216 .267  Upton
 Joyce
 Allen
 Johnson
 Gimenez
 Zobrist
 Jennings
0/15/0/1
16/0/16/1
3/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/20/0
14/16/0/0
OPS .748 .785 .755 .603 .451 .857 .534 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.793 11/.586 31/.739 23/.529 28/.486 26/.923 26/.509 .835
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 47/.706 11/.964 21/.778 10/.775 23/.408 25/.795 28/.558 .748
Home 28/.303 11/.773 25/.954 17/.423 30/.419 26/1.052 24/.683
Last 28d days 80/.841 22/.785 41/.784 24/.432 37/.393 41/.890 35/.639
HR/SB/CS 5/0/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 0/2/0 0/1/1 0/1/0 35/16/5
Usage ·····X·· ···o···· ··oo·o·o ···o·oo· X···o··· X·o··o·o ··X···oX
Yankees Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Niemann
G/S/vB
31.Badenhop
G/S/vB
40.Davis
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.McGee*
G/S/vB
62.Peralta
G/S/vB
27.Ramos*
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cano* G/S/vP 13/.923 ··· 15/.971 21/.876 5/.200 5/.600 6/1.100 8/.804 128/82 .263/.313/.390/.702 .466/.840 .658 98/.716 1/0 2/0
14.Granderson* G/S/vP 15/.204 ··· 13/.962 6/1.100 7/.143 6/.334 4/2.000 2/.000 132/83 .283/.382/.602/.983 .779/1.113 1.294 103/1.050 0/2 10/0
27.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 9/1.333 1/.000 8/1.333 ··· 5/1.100 ··· 8/.125 82/73 .267/.317/.520/.837 .444/.889 .894 64/.861 2/0 5/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 14/1.192 2/1.000 17/.787 20/.929 2/.000 10/.800 1/2.000 9/1.542 137/95 .392/.434/.584/1.018 1.471/.808 .885 107/1.031 1/1 5/2
22.Jones G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 52/18 .222/.308/.422/.730 .502/1.178 .762 43/.671 0/0 3/0
55.Martin G/S/vP 3/1.000 6/.666 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 3/.333 2/.500 91/63 .184/.319/.329/.648 .929/.529 .367 69/.636 1/0 3/1
17.Nix G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 10/.311 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 6/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 6/.000 0/0 0/0
26.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 56/24 .265/.321/.347/.668 .692/.633 .453 48/.617 4/1 0/2
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· 17/1.020 17/.661 1/2.000 10/.200 2/.000 7/.000 126/85 .271/.381/.430/.811 .814/.809 .909 97/.868 2/0 5/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/11 .238/.273/.286/.558 .764/.364 .545 19/.649 0/0 0/0
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 17/.368 ··· 14/.902 9/.444 1/3.000 12/.667 3/no AB 10/.844 102/73 .267/.333/.600/.933 .676/1.033 .843 72/.941 0/0 7/0
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 16/.698 6/.533 17/.448 8/.583 1/2.000 7/1.738 6/1.100 9/.111 122/84 .225/.279/.387/.666 .669/.662 .630 93/.687 1/1 4/0
45.Wise* G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 10/.900 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 8/7 .286/.375/.429/.804 .000/.929 8/.804 1/0 0/0
IP 26.2 14.2 14.0 11.0 9.1 13.1 1.0 13.2 TOTAL .271/.343/.467/.810 .785/.823 .798 .826 15/5 47/9
ERA-K/9 4.05/8.4 5.52/4.9 2.57/8.4 1.64/9.0 2.89/12.6 5.40/11.5 0.00/0.0 0.66/7.9 3.86/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (15-5-2)
 Stewart (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 113/.220 64/.288 62/.263 46/.250 40/.194 56/.216 3/.000 52/.146 .245  Ibanez
 Jones
 Granderson
 Swisher
 Nix
 Wise
 Nunez
10/0/5/1
9/0/5/1
0/29/0/0
0/0/19/0
3/0/0/0
2/0/2/0
3/0/1/0
OPS .651 .870 .640 .648 .497 .756 .000 .338 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/.817 21/.807 31/.676 24/.619 25/.497 30/.511 1/.000 29/.249 .732
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 49/.420 43/.901 31/.603 22/.679 15/.497 26/1.059 2/.000 23/.451 .681
Road 66/.650 31/1.380 28/.545 28/.845 18/.801 24/.746 / 21/.556
Last 28d days 113/.651 57/.899 58/.662 44/.679 32/.385 51/.672 3/.000 44/.402
HR/SB/CS 2/6/1 4/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 31/15/5
Usage ·····X·· X·oo···X ··X···o· ···X··X· o··X·X·· o··Xo·Xo ··o····· ···o·o·o

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.