TOR @ NYY, Friday, August 29, 2008 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 68-65, 4th, 13½ GB, 9 GB in WC	SP: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 16-9, 4.58) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (16-9) 178.2 179 97 91 73 185 19 4.58 2007 (10-8) 165.2 131 74 69 66 176 23 3.75 2006 (10-8) 135.2 138 67 60 39 118 14 3.98 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 6-0 44.2 45 20 19 13 53 7 3.83 55 2008-08-24 BOS ND 7 7 5 5 3 7 2 109 47 2008-08-19 NYY W 8 5 1 1 1 13 0 120 80 2008-08-12 @DET W 6 8 4 4 1 6 3 106 45 2008-08-07 OAK W 6 7 4 4 2 6 2 110 46 2008-08-02 @TEX W 5.2 6 4 4 2 4 0 103 43 2008-07-28 TBR W 7 6 1 0 4 10 0 110 69 2008-07-23 @BAL W 5 6 1 1 0 7 0 77 58 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 4-0 37.1 24 5 5 9 37 3 1.21 71 2008-08-19 NYY W 8 5 1 1 1 13 0 120 80 2008-07-13 NYY W 8.1 6 1 1 1 8 1 98 74 2008-04-02 @NYY W 6 5 2 2 1 3 1 90 56 2007-09-13 NYY ND 8 4 1 1 2 8 1 120 76 2007-04-26 @NYY W 7 4 0 0 4 5 0 113 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-29 Road: 31-36 ExtrInn: 4-8 vsRHP: 54-45 vsLHP: 14-20 1-Run: 19-27 vsEast: 25-25 vsCntrl:18-11 vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 133 Thu, Aug 28 @TBR L 2-3 68-65 4th 13.5 gb 132 Wed, Aug 27 @TBR L 0-1 68-64 4th 12.5 gb 131 Tue, Aug 26 @TBR W 6-2 68-63 4th 11.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 BOS L 5-6 (11) 67-63 4th 12.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 BOS W 11-0 67-62 4th 12.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 BOS L 4-8 66-62 4th 12.5 gb 127 Thu, Aug 21 NYY W 14-3 66-61 4th 11.5 gb 126 Wed, Aug 20 NYY L 1-5 65-61 4th 12.0 gb 125 Tue, Aug 19 NYY W 2-1 65-60 4th 12.0 gb 124 Sun, Aug 17 @BOS W 15-4 64-60 4th 11.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:16-14
New York Yankees, 71-62, 3rd, 10½ GB, 6 GB in WC	SP: Carl Pavano (32, RHP, 1-0, 5.40) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-0) 5 7 3 3 1 5 0 5.40 2007 (1-0) 11.1 12 7 6 2 4 1 4.76 2005 (4-6) 100 129 66 53 18 56 17 4.77 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-1 40.1 50 26 25 7 21 4 5.58 44 2008-08-23 @BAL W 5 7 3 3 1 5 0 91 45 2007-04-09 @MIN W 7 6 2 2 0 2 0 79 59 2007-04-02 TBD ND 4.1 6 5 4 2 2 1 73 33 2005-06-27 @BAL ND 6 9 4 4 1 0 1 89 37 2005-06-22 TBD L 6.2 6 5 5 1 7 2 104 48 2005-06-17 CHC ND 5.1 10 6 6 1 3 0 84 26 2005-06-12 @STL ND 6 6 1 1 1 2 0 95 57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 1-2 25 29 16 15 9 11 5 5.40 44 2005-05-01 TOR ND 5 9 6 6 1 2 1 90 26 2005-04-20 @TOR W 8 7 2 1 0 3 0 92 65 2002-06-15 TOR ND 3 4 3 3 6 1 2 68 34 1999-07-11 TOR L 6 3 1 1 2 3 0 78 63 1998-06-22 @TOR L 3 6 4 4 0 2 2 62 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 39-29 Road: 32-33 ExtrInn: 6-2 vsRHP: 52-43 vsLHP: 19-19 1-Run: 23-16 vsEast: 28-26 vsCntrl:17-18 vsWest: 16-10 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 133 Thu, Aug 28 BOS W 3-2 71-62 3rd 10.5 gb 132 Wed, Aug 27 BOS L 3-11 70-62 3rd 10.5 gb 131 Tue, Aug 26 BOS L 3-7 70-61 3rd 9.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 @BAL W 8-7 70-60 3rd 9.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 @BAL W 5-3 69-60 3rd 10.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 @BAL W 9-4 68-60 3rd 10.5 gb 127 Thu, Aug 21 @TOR L 3-14 67-60 3rd 10.5 gb 126 Wed, Aug 20 @TOR W 5-1 67-59 3rd 10.0 gb 125 Tue, Aug 19 @TOR L 1-2 66-59 3rd 11.0 gb 124 Sun, Aug 17 KCR W 15-6 66-58 3rd 9.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Aug 21, 2008 TOR 14 NYY 3 W:Roy Halladay (15-9), L: Sidney Ponson (7-4), S: none Wed, Aug 20, 2008 NYY 5 @TOR 1 W:Andy Pettitte (13-9), L: David Purcey (2-4), S: none Tue, Aug 19, 2008 TOR 2 NYY 1 W:A.J. Burnett (16-9), L: Jose Veras (3-2), S: B.J. Ryan (24) Sun, Jul 13, 2008 TOR 4 NYY 1 W:A.J. Burnett (10-8), L: Andy Pettitte (10-7), S: B.J. Ryan (18) Sat, Jul 12, 2008 NYY 9 @TOR 4 W:Darrell Rasner (5-7), L: Jesse Litsch (8-6), S: none Fri, Jul 11, 2008 TOR 5 NYY 0 W:Roy Halladay (11-6), L: Joba Chamberlain (2-3), S: none Thu, Jun 05, 2008 NYY 9 TOR 8 W:Kyle Farnsworth (1-2), L: B.J. Ryan (1-2), S: none Wed, Jun 04, 2008 NYY 5 TOR 1 W:Mike Mussina (9-4), L: Jesse Litsch (7-2), S: none Tue, Jun 03, 2008 TOR 9 @NYY 3 W:Roy Halladay (7-5), L: Dan Giese (0-1), S: none Thu, Apr 03, 2008 NYY 3 TOR 2 W:Joba Chamberlain (1-0), L: Brian Wolfe (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (2) Season Series: 2008 - Tied 6-6; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 10-8; All-Time - NYY leads 244-196

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 2008 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

TEX 5.54

LAA 4.63

WSN 3.71

RA/G

TOR 3.89

SFG 4.60

TEX 5.99

A. Pujols .357

A. Rios .291

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .466

J. Posada .364

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .636

D. Pedroia .481

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

C. Jackson .839

T. Pena .393

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.43

B. Looper 3.94

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

G. Floyd 6.40

L. Hernandez 3.47

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Pavano
G/S/vB 39.Britton
G/S/vB 33.Bruney
G/S/vB 34.Marte*
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/2.500 ··· 4/.750 1/3.000 6/.500 1/.000 2/.500 327/225 .256/.306/.429/.734 .626/.785 .779 85/.796 0/0 11/

23.Bautista G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 372/275 .236/.317/.394/.711 .873/.659 .797 25/.200 1/1 12/

11.Eckstein G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 293/203 .274/.353/.357/.710 .858/.641 .773 28/.729 2/1 1/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 295/268 .303/.358/.420/.778 .724/.783 .643 81/.769 8/1 2/

26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 238/169 .292/.329/.502/.831 .816/.837 .885 103/.772 1/0 9/

6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.100 1/2.000 2/.000 162/99 .222/.269/.292/.561 .657/.501 .647 80/.583 3/1 1/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 5/.400 3/1.000 6/1.000 2/1.000 2/.500 8/.250 1/no AB 3/.000 524/387 .274/.370/.420/.791 .580/.868 .820 102/.804 1/2 11/

15.Rios G/S/vP 5/1.400 7/1.000 5/1.200 2/.000 2/2.500 9/.000 1/2.000 5/.400 562/429 .291/.338/.447/.785 .685/.817 .783 108/.939 30/8 10/

33.Rolen G/S/vP 35/.814 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 364/274 .252/.349/.401/.750 .693/.767 .781 23/.769 5/0 7/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.500 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 8/1.042 2/1.000 3/1.667 475/350 .265/.347/.348/.695 .689/.697 .668 100/.784 7/2 6/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 6/2.000 2/.000 1/5.000 8/.542 3/.333 14/.286 1/.000 5/.000 368/334 .250/.342/.394/.736 .659/.744 .728 59/.690 1/1 11/

10.Wells G/S/vP 8/.875 2/.000 6/.334 5/.400 1/.000 17/.953 1/.000 1/3.000 343/263 .294/.338/.482/.821 .888/.800 .737 66/1.006 4/2 14/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 13/.237 3/.333 3/1.666 5/.400 1/.000 15/.414 ··· ··· 235/182 .226/.332/.347/.679 .615/.707 .568 16/.063 2/1 5/

IP 5.0 15.2 22.2 57.0 49.0 58.2 25.2 47.0 TOTAL .262/.334/.394/.728 .695/.739 .712 .757 76/26 97/65

ERA-K/9

5.40/9.0

4.02/5.2

2.38/7.5

4.26/9.9

3.49/10.1

1.53/10.3

6.31/10.2

3.64/9.6

4.35/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (32-20-2)
Zaun (32-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 24/.350 68/.270 95/.167 240/.219 201/.191 216/.175 112/.278 202/.230 .268 Rios
Wells
Lind
Scutaro
Stairs
Inglett 0/56/72/13
0/77/0/5
57/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
9/0/6/0
19/1/12/0

OPS .817 .768 .577 .630 .638 .462 .740 .690 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 12/.917 33/.991 40/.463 79/.683 113/.691 112/.422 53/.688 98/.740 .729

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 12/.667 35/.562 55/.640 161/.604 88/.569 104/.504 59/.784 104/.646 .744

Home / 45/.879 33/.388 124/.581 118/.613 114/.551 57/.773 108/.676 .719

Last 28d days 24/.817 40/1.016 47/.508 36/.713 49/.925 43/.525 50/.842 52/.835

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 2/0/0 2/2/0 5/3/1 6/2/4 4/6/1 3/4/3 6/4/1 119/97/50

Usage ·····X·· ·oX····X ··X··X·· ·X··X·o· ·oo·X··o ····Xoo· ·Xo·X··X ·X··oXo·

New York Yankees Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 22.League
G/S/vB 31.Parrish*
G/S/vB 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 63/.960 7/1.738 1/.000 21/.555 8/1.071 8/1.000 9/.611 10/1.000 7/.619 565/403 .296/.370/.464/.834 .781/.856 .886 114/.832 14/10 15/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP 13/.385 1/.000 1/5.000 3/1.167 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 167/127 .259/.289/.405/.694 .651/.708 .739 36/.802 0/1 5/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 17/.301 2/2.500 1/.000 20/.566 8/.500 9/1.319 5/.400 5/.500 11/.864 520/369 .268/.306/.408/.714 .813/.675 .749 96/.794 1/4 12/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 22/.490 5/1.800 1/2.000 20/.669 8/.661 3/1.334 13/.331 25/.393 15/.884 508/365 .313/.385/.461/.847 .792/.867 .842 117/.841 23/6 11/

11.Gardner* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 84/72 .189/.256/.243/.499 .000/.581 .497 16/.908 5/0 0/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 20/.721 4/.833 1/.000 15/1.015 4/.500 6/.533 6/1.833 21/.944 8/.250 449/328 .247/.376/.503/.879 .846/.891 .901 88/.760 2/1 26/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 28/.757 13/.770 ··· 11/1.271 18/.533 13/.385 14/.846 14/.445 8/.750 560/397 .294/.351/.401/.752 .805/.731 .749 113/.771 9/3 8/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 14/.702 11/1.000 1/.000 19/.912 10/1.711 11/.573 16/1.471 24/.440 8/2.000 318/224 .311/.393/.457/.850 .744/.897 .845 33/.751 0/0 9/

26.Molina G/S/vP 5/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 260/175 .230/.277/.328/.604 .490/.659 .661 42/.718 0/0 2/

22.Nady G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 481/374 .327/.383/.549/.932 .915/.935 .922 103/.988 1/1 21/

29.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 1.000/1.000/4.000/5.000 /5.000 5.000 2/5.000 0/0 2/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 24/1.000 16/1.332 1/.000 17/1.243 12/1.283 12/.833 7/.429 13/.585 8/.821 484/355 .310/.399/.587/.985 .981/.987 1.114 111/.866 16/2 28/

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 13/.718 6/.833 1/.000 2/.000 5/2.400 1/5.000 6/.000 6/.334 1/2.000 383/295 .280/.324/.395/.719 .699/.725 .817 55/.506 7/1 6/

IP 178.2 38.0 46.2 61.2 42.0 24.0 26.2 47.0 42.2 TOTAL .273/.344/.427/.771 .736/.786 .796 .802 87/32 142/67

ERA-K/9

4.58/9.3

4.03/7.3

2.12/9.1

1.31/7.7

4.07/8.8

2.25/6.0

4.05/5.1

2.68/8.6

2.95/8.2

3.60/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (37-30-6)
Rodriguez (44-24-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 782/.259 158/.255 188/.211 247/.200 180/.204 104/.209 109/.273 198/.221 182/.239 .245 Nady
Abreu
Gardner
Matsui
Damon 23/0/86/12
0/0/124/10
16/5/0/2
21/0/3/2
78/18/0/1

OPS .750 .676 .660 .539 .652 .660 .774 .642 .677 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 432/.788 60/.982 101/.567 100/.477 69/.812 47/.830 41/.877 61/.686 83/.659 .743

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 350/.704 98/.488 87/.769 147/.583 111/.554 57/.524 68/.712 137/.623 99/.694 .655

Road 386/.751 78/.722 110/.807 130/.595 81/.745 51/.659 20/.997 104/.805 71/.572 .727

Last 28d days 139/.817 32/.823 34/.681 43/.332 31/.450 45/.513 23/.691 44/.674 16/.779

HR/SB/CS 19/17/7 2/3/0 5/1/2 2/1/0 3/4/2 2/0/0 2/1/1 3/2/0 4/3/1 119/65/31

Usage ····X··· ······X· ··o··X·· ··o·X··o ······X· ··o·oo·o ········ ··X·oX·· ······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.

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Game Preview: TOR @ NYY, 7:05pm, Friday, August 29, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Wednesday, August 27, 2008. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

SP: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 16-9, 4.58)

SP: Carl Pavano (32, RHP, 1-0, 5.40)

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