TOR @ LAA, Saturday, August 25, 2007 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 64-64, 3rd, 13½ GB, 10 GB in WC	SP: Shaun Marcum (25, RHP, 10-5, 3.65) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (10-5) 130.2 111 56 53 35 105 22 3.65 2006 (3-4) 78.1 87 44 44 38 65 14 5.06 2005 (0-0) 8 6 0 0 4 4 0 0.00 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-2 42.2 37 18 17 6 31 6 3.59 56 2007-08-20 OAK L 3 9 6 6 1 4 2 75 20 2007-08-15 LAA W 7 4 1 1 1 6 0 97 70 2007-08-10 KCR W 6.2 1 0 0 2 4 0 81 74 2007-08-04 TEX W 6 8 3 2 0 5 0 108 51 2007-07-29 CHW W 8 2 1 1 0 8 1 99 82 2007-07-23 MIN W 6 8 4 4 0 3 3 87 43 2007-07-18 NYY L 6 5 3 3 2 1 0 93 49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 1-0 7 4 1 1 1 6 0 1.29 70 2007-08-15 LAA W 7 4 1 1 1 6 0 97 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 39-27 Road: 25-37 ExtrInn: 6-6 vsRHP: 44-50 vsLHP: 20-14 1-Run: 23-20 vsEast: 23-24 vsCntrl:19-17 vsWest: 12-15 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 128 Fri, Aug 24 @LAA L 0-3 64-64 3rd 13.5 gb 127 Thu, Aug 23 @LAA W 5-4 64-63 3rd 12.0 gb 126 Wed, Aug 22 OAK L 1-4 63-63 3rd 12.5 gb 125 Tue, Aug 21 OAK L 4-6 63-62 3rd 12.5 gb 124 Mon, Aug 20 OAK L 4-6 63-61 3rd 11.5 gb 123 Sun, Aug 19 BAL W 3-2 (10) 63-60 3rd 10.5 gb 122 Sat, Aug 18 BAL L 3-5 62-60 3rd 11.5 gb 121 Fri, Aug 17 BAL W 5-2 62-59 3rd 10.5 gb 120 Thu, Aug 16 LAA L 3-4 61-59 3rd 11.0 gb 119 Wed, Aug 15 LAA W 2-1 61-58 3rd 10.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 75-53, 1st, 1 up	SP: Joe Saunders (26, LHP, 7-1, 3.25) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (7-1) 69.1 73 26 25 19 39 5 3.25 2006 (7-3) 70.2 71 42 37 29 51 6 4.71 2005 (0-0) 9.1 10 8 8 4 4 3 7.71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 45 49 20 19 7 28 4 3.80 51 2007-08-19 BOS W 7.2 6 1 1 2 7 0 103 68 2007-08-14 TOR L 7 8 4 3 0 4 0 102 51 2007-08-07 BOS W 5.1 8 4 4 1 2 1 89 37 2007-08-02 OAK W 6.2 6 2 2 2 3 1 102 55 2007-07-28 DET ND 5.1 8 3 3 1 4 1 101 43 2007-07-22 MIN W 7 6 2 2 1 5 0 103 61 2007-06-22 PIT ND 6 7 4 4 0 3 1 100 45 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 1-1 22 18 7 6 3 9 1 2.45 59 2007-08-14 TOR L 7 8 4 3 0 4 0 102 51 2006-09-08 TOR W 7.2 5 1 1 1 3 0 97 67 2005-08-16 TOR ND 7.1 5 2 2 2 2 1 95 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 43-19 Road: 32-34 ExtrInn: 5-3 vsRHP: 60-38 vsLHP: 15-15 1-Run: 18-14 vsEast: 20-16 vsCntrl:19-17 vsWest: 22-16 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 128 Fri, Aug 24 TOR W 3-0 75-53 1st 1.0 up 127 Thu, Aug 23 TOR L 4-5 74-53 1st 1.0 up 126 Wed, Aug 22 NYY L 2-8 74-52 1st 2.0 up 125 Tue, Aug 21 NYY W 18-9 74-51 1st 2.0 up 124 Mon, Aug 20 NYY W 7-6 (10) 73-51 1st 2.0 up 123 Sun, Aug 19 @BOS W 3-1 72-51 1st 2.0 up 122 Sat, Aug 18 @BOS L 5-10 71-51 1st 2.0 up 121 Fri, Aug 17 @BOS W 7-5 71-50 1st 3.0 up 120 Fri, Aug 17 @BOS L 4-8 70-50 1st 3.0 up 119 Thu, Aug 16 @TOR W 4-3 70-49 1st 3.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Aug 24, 2007 LAA 3 TOR 0 W:Jered Weaver (9-6), L: Roy Halladay (14-6), S: Francisco Rodriguez (32) Thu, Aug 23, 2007 TOR 5 @LAA 4 W:Jesse Litsch (5-6), L: Ervin Santana (5-12), S: Jeremy Accardo (25) Thu, Aug 16, 2007 LAA 4 @TOR 3 W:Kelvim Escobar (13-6), L: Dustin McGowan (8-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (30) Wed, Aug 15, 2007 TOR 2 LAA 1 W:Shaun Marcum (10-4), L: Dustin Moseley (4-2), S: Jeremy Accardo (23) Tue, Aug 14, 2007 TOR 4 LAA 1 W:Roy Halladay (14-5), L: Joe Saunders (6-1), S: none Sun, Sep 10, 2006 LAA 4 TOR 3 W:Jered Weaver (11-2), L: Josh Towers (1-10), S: Francisco Rodriguez (41) Sat, Sep 09, 2006 TOR 2 @LAA 1 W:Gustavo Chacin (8-3), L: Kelvim Escobar (10-13), S: B.J. Ryan (32) Fri, Sep 08, 2006 LAA 4 TOR 1 W:Joe Saunders (5-2), L: A.J. Burnett (7-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (40) Thu, May 18, 2006 TOR 8 @LAA 4 (10) W:Jason Frasor (1-0), L: Francisco Rodriguez (0-1), S: none Wed, May 17, 2006 TOR 3 @LAA 0 W:Casey Janssen (2-3), L: Kelvim Escobar (5-3), S: B.J. Ryan (9) Season Series: 2007 - TOR leads 3-2; 2006 - TOR won 6-4; 2005 - TOR won 5-1; All-Time - TOR leads 172-160

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 2007 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 5.97

BAL 4.62

WSN 3.96

RA/G

SDP 3.92

KCR 4.80

TBD 5.99

M. Ordonez .357

K. Johnson .293

R. Langerhans .153

OBP

B. Bonds .493

Y. Escobar .363

J. Hairston .253

SLG

R. Braun .642

R. Zimmerman .471

N. Punto .261

OPS

B. Bonds 1.090

W. Betemit .831

R. Langerhans .535

ERA

C. Young 2.12

J. Shields 4.09

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 11.15

D. Lowe 6.29

S. Trachsel 2.81

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB 49.Bootcheck
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 62.Shields
G/S/vB 33.Speier
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Adams* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 5/.000 ··· 9/9 .111/.111/.111/.222 /.222 9/.222 0/0 0/0

25.Glaus G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 22/.654 5/.400 ··· 5/1.100 398/309 .249/.344/.442/.786 1.071/.707 .753 88/.468 0/1 16/7

2.Hill G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 4/.500 5/.600 3/1.334 1/.000 515/391 .264/.310/.430/.740 .831/.710 .638 105/.554 3/2 13/12

3.Johnson G/S/vP 10/.700 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 11/.546 ··· 196/142 .261/.323/.364/.687 1.105/.535 .727 92/.660 4/1 2/0

6.McDonald G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 5/.400 3/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 261/195 .258/.281/.336/.617 .763/.567 .555 71/.561 6/2 1/6

1.Olmedo# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 14/14 .231/.231/.385/.615 /.615 .250 14/.615 0/0 0/1

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 10/.300 2/1.500 5/.400 2/.000 392/298 .257/.342/.414/.756 .807/.738 .853 106/.701 2/0 8/5

15.Rios G/S/vP 10/.900 1/2.000 3/.333 3/.333 9/.444 ··· 561/428 .308/.365/.520/.885 1.050/.835 .900 107/.810 12/4 20/7

24.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 8/.375 7/1.000 4/.500 296/260 .294/.365/.555/.920 .850/.928 .889 52/1.195 2/1 15/6

59.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/30 .246/.313/.279/.592 .624/.552 .730 25/.593 1/0 0/0

35.Thomas G/S/vP 7/.486 1/2.000 25/.668 10/1.100 12/1.000 9/.904 497/384 .263/.372/.469/.841 1.072/.774 .766 101/.917 0/0 21/

10.Wells G/S/vP 10/.600 1/.000 6/.334 13/.462 13/1.000 ··· 539/418 .261/.312/.437/.749 .865/.716 .757 107/.735 8/3 15/3

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 12/.606 7/.858 9/.583 5/.600 278/217 .229/.314/.379/.693 .639/.712 .614 82/.647 0/0 6/4

IP 69.1 62.1 47.1 54.2 62.2 36.0 TOTAL .258/.325/.419/.744 .830/.718 .726 42/18 128/85

ERA-K/9

3.25/5.1

4.19/5.8

3.80/7.0

2.80/11.5

3.59/8.3

3.25/8.2

4.16/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Thigpen (2-3-1)
Zaun (55-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 292/.272 263/.255 206/.244 230/.206 260/.223 145/.180 .264 Rios
Wells
Johnson
Stairs 0/10/124/10
0/125/0/3
49/0/0/2
33/0/15/2

OPS .714 .713 .669 .596 .648 .602 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.485 121/.735 77/.972 108/.577 126/.700 67/.688 .752

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 242/.764 142/.693 129/.489 122/.613 134/.597 78/.527 .724

Home 149/.830 136/.712 90/.568 113/.627 128/.672 87/.588 .707

Last 28d days 137/.725 66/.627 48/.438 50/.630 52/.925 52/.749

HR/SB/CS 5/5/3 6/5/2 4/2/0 2/7/1 5/1/1 5/2/1 120/82/23

Usage ·····X·· ··X·X··X ·X··o·X· X···Xo·X o·X··o·X o···XoXo

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.10 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Marcum
G/S/vB 49.Accardo
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB 40.Wolfe
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 5/1.850 4/.500 ··· ··· 323/246 .278/.303/.438/.741 .823/.716 .787 116/.687 0/0 8/1

48.Budde G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/13 .188/.188/.250/.438 1.000/.308 .833 16/.438 0/0 0/1

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 6/.500 4/.500 8/.125 ··· 1/.000 557/439 .311/.353/.421/.774 .900/.741 .752 119/.833 17/3 8/9

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 6/1.467 3/.000 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 425/334 .335/.394/.435/.829 .894/.812 .978 108/.878 34/10 3/13

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 5/.400 7/.286 8/.625 ··· 1/.000 543/431 .323/.403/.550/.953 .948/.954 1.027 122/1.000 2/3 21/8

13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/31 .219/.242/.281/.524 .000/.558 .706 4/.000 1/1 0/0

6.Izturis# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 260/198 .277/.331/.408/.738 .811/.705 .887 94/.838 4/1 5/2

47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 226/180 .316/.342/.447/.789 .847/.774 .720 22/1.124 3/2 4/7

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 413/347 .300/.366/.474/.840 .695/.867 .922 91/.804 2/1 9/2

5.Mathis G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 104/87 .204/.262/.333/.595 .508/.610 .750 83/.694 0/0 1/2

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 6/1.666 3/.666 6/.666 2/1.000 ··· 508/383 .266/.331/.440/.770 .615/.824 .879 107/.819 13/4 16/4

22.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/44 .265/.308/.490/.797 1.000/.759 1.025 4/1.250 0/0 2/0

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 162/63 .228/.284/.342/.626 .652/.584 .640 29/.211 3/2 3/2

77.Willits# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 424/315 .298/.401/.344/.745 .839/.710 .802 91/.697 25/8 0/2

IP 130.2 53.1 48.1 45.2 62.0 50.1 27.0 TOTAL .284/.342/.417/.759 .773/.754 .829 116/44 93/82

ERA-K/9

3.65/7.2

2.19/8.4

2.23/9.1

4.14/9.1

2.32/4.8

3.75/7.7

2.00/4.3

3.98/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Budde (0-1-0)
Mathis (21-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 528/.228 217/.204 198/.208 193/.215 248/.243 213/.217 101/.204 .249 Matthews
Anderson
Guerrero
Willits
Haynes
Quinlan
Morales 0/116/0/7
59/0/0/5
0/0/101/5
61/14/23/4
5/6/8/1
14/0/6/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .708 .537 .583 .621 .652 .591 .592 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 276/.748 105/.379 101/.495 88/.714 90/.582 80/.676 40/1.024 .736

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 252/.662 112/.683 97/.675 105/.546 158/.693 133/.541 61/.307 .675

Road 263/.600 116/.578 88/.635 90/.661 120/.671 113/.662 33/.691 .729

Last 28d days 120/.580 43/.380 32/.381 30/.600 39/.899 27/.710 39/.590

HR/SB/CS 22/6/2 2/8/1 3/0/1 3/4/2 4/1/1 0/6/1 3/0/0 130/111/20

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

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Game Preview: TOR @ LAA, 9:05pm, Saturday, August 25, 2007 @Angel Stadium

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SP: Shaun Marcum (25, RHP, 10-5, 3.65)

SP: Joe Saunders (26, LHP, 7-1, 3.25)

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