TOR @ MIN, Thursday, June 28, 2007 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 39-38, 2nd, 9 GB, 6 GB in WC	SP: A.J. Burnett (30, RHP, 5-6, 4.00) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (5-6) 90 73 42 40 40 100 13 4.00 2006 (10-8) 135.2 138 67 60 39 118 14 3.98 2005 (12-12) 209 184 97 80 79 198 12 3.44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 49.1 36 19 17 18 65 5 3.10 63 2007-06-12 SFG L 4.2 6 3 2 2 4 0 82 44 2007-06-07 TBD ND 7 7 3 3 3 13 1 130 61 2007-06-01 CHW L 7.1 6 3 3 1 12 0 117 65 2007-05-27 MIN L 8 3 4 3 3 8 1 125 67 2007-05-22 BAL W 6.2 6 4 4 2 8 1 103 52 2007-05-16 BAL W 9 3 1 1 2 10 1 103 85 2007-05-11 TBD W 6.2 5 1 1 5 10 1 118 65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 1-1 15 9 5 4 5 18 1 2.40 68 2007-05-27 MIN L 8 3 4 3 3 8 1 125 67 2006-08-11 MIN W 7 6 1 1 2 10 0 111 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 24-18 Road: 15-20 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 25-30 vsLHP: 14-8 1-Run: 14-14 vsEast: 16-14 vsCntrl:11-11 vsWest: 2-5 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 77 Wed, Jun 27 @MIN W 5-4 39-38 2nd 9.0 gb 76 Tue, Jun 26 @MIN L 1-2 (12) 38-38 2nd 10.0 gb 75 Mon, Jun 25 @MIN W 8-5 38-37 2nd 10.0 gb 74 Sun, Jun 24 COL W 5-0 37-37 2nd 11.0 gb 73 Sat, Jun 23 COL W 11-6 36-37 3rd 11.0 gb 72 Fri, Jun 22 COL W 9-8 (10) 35-37 3rd 12.0 gb 71 Thu, Jun 21 LAD L 4-8 34-37 3rd 12.0 gb 70 Wed, Jun 20 LAD W 12-1 34-36 3rd 11.5 gb 69 Tue, Jun 19 LAD L 1-10 33-36 3rd 11.5 gb 68 Sun, Jun 17 WSN L 2-4 33-35 3rd 11.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Minnesota Twins, 39-37, 3rd, 6 GB, 5½ GB in WC	SP: Carlos Silva (28, RHP, 5-8, 3.98) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (5-8) 92.2 106 41 41 20 38 6 3.98 2006 (11-15) 180.1 246 130 119 32 70 38 5.94 2005 (9-8) 188.1 212 83 72 9 71 25 3.44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-4 44.2 51 22 22 7 16 3 4.43 48 2007-06-23 FLA W 7 4 1 1 0 5 0 90 70 2007-06-18 NYM L 6 10 4 4 2 1 1 99 35 2007-06-13 ATL W 9 8 0 0 0 2 0 108 73 2007-06-08 WSN L 3 9 7 7 2 1 0 62 12 2007-06-02 OAK L 8 5 1 1 1 2 0 101 69 2007-05-27 TOR W 7.1 6 2 2 1 3 1 97 60 2007-05-21 TEX L 4.1 9 7 7 1 2 1 88 18 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 1-2 19.1 18 13 12 5 6 2 5.59 45 2007-05-27 TOR W 7.1 6 2 2 1 3 1 97 60 2006-08-10 TOR L 6.1 7 5 5 2 1 1 85 38 2006-04-06 TOR L 5.2 5 6 5 2 2 0 90 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 21-20 Road: 18-17 ExtrInn: 4-3 vsRHP: 28-26 vsLHP: 11-11 1-Run: 12-9 vsEast: 11-11 vsCntrl:10-14 vsWest: 7-5 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 76 Wed, Jun 27 TOR L 4-5 39-37 3rd 6.0 gb 75 Tue, Jun 26 TOR W 2-1 (12) 39-36 3rd 5.5 gb 74 Mon, Jun 25 TOR L 5-8 38-36 3rd 6.5 gb 73 Sun, Jun 24 @FLA W 7-4 38-35 3rd 6.5 gb 72 Sat, Jun 23 @FLA W 11-1 37-35 3rd 6.5 gb 71 Fri, Jun 22 @FLA L 4-5 36-35 3rd 6.5 gb 70 Wed, Jun 20 @NYM W 6-2 36-34 3rd 5.5 gb 69 Tue, Jun 19 @NYM W 9-0 35-34 3rd 5.5 gb 68 Mon, Jun 18 @NYM L 1-8 34-34 3rd 6.5 gb 67 Sun, Jun 17 MIL W 10-9 34-33 3rd 5.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Jun 27, 2007 TOR 5 @MIN 4 W:Josh Towers (3-5), L: Boof Bonser (5-4), S: Jeremy Accardo (10) Tue, Jun 26, 2007 MIN 2 TOR 1 (12) W:Juan Rincon (3-1), L: Brian Tallet (2-2), S: none Mon, Jun 25, 2007 TOR 8 @MIN 5 W:Roy Halladay (9-2), L: Matt Guerrier (1-3), S: Jeremy Accardo (9) Sun, May 27, 2007 MIN 4 TOR 2 W:Carlos Silva (3-5), L: A.J. Burnett (5-4), S: Joe Nathan (11) Sat, May 26, 2007 TOR 9 @MIN 8 (13) W:Brian Tallet (1-1), L: Matt Guerrier (1-2), S: none Fri, May 25, 2007 MIN 4 TOR 3 W:Matt Guerrier (1-1), L: Scott Downs (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (10) Sun, Aug 13, 2006 MIN 5 TOR 0 W:Brad Radke (12-8), L: Shaun Marcum (1-2), S: none Sat, Aug 12, 2006 TOR 4 @MIN 0 W:Scott Downs (6-1), L: Boof Bonser (2-4), S: none Fri, Aug 11, 2006 TOR 7 @MIN 1 W:A.J. Burnett (4-5), L: Matt Garza (0-1), S: none Thu, Aug 10, 2006 TOR 5 @MIN 0 W:Ted Lilly (10-10), L: Carlos Silva (8-10), S: none Season Series: 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - TOR won 5-2; 2005 - MIN won 4-2; All-Time - TOR leads 167-143

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

DET 6.05

COL 4.60

WSN 3.77

RA/G

SDP 3.36

CHW 4.73

TBD 6.03

M. Ordonez .377

S. Hatteberg .284

D. Navarro .188

OBP

B. Bonds .504

S. Spiezio .358

D. Navarro .252

SLG

A. Rodriguez .694

G. Matthews .452

A. Kennedy .258

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.123

J. Willingham .810

J. Kendall .513

ERA

D. Haren 1.91

T. Glavine 4.12

V. Padilla 6.69

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.85

J. Blanton 6.13

A. Cook 2.86

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Silva
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 17.Neshek
G/S/vB 44.Ortiz
G/S/vB 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB 39.Rincon
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

4.Clark* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 28/27 .364/.464/.455/.919 .000/.957 1.125 24/.932 1/0 0/0

11.Clayton G/S/vP 4/.833 3/1.667 4/.250 1/.000 9/.778 7/.715 6/1.100 165/118 .236/.290/.331/.621 .600/.630 .685 37/.520 2/0 1/6

25.Glaus G/S/vP 12/.083 1/.000 4/.250 3/.000 10/.500 8/.833 6/.500 228/174 .280/.390/.524/.914 1.219/.819 .841 98/.882 0/1 11/3

2.Hill G/S/vP 8/.250 5/.800 6/.500 2/1.000 6/1.333 ··· 3/1.334 313/234 .276/.337/.456/.793 .956/.736 .669 99/.754 3/1 9/7

26.Lind* G/S/vP 1/5.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· 230/171 .230/.272/.390/.662 .483/.719 .520 88/.669 1/2 8/0

6.McDonald G/S/vP 7/.286 5/.400 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 142/99 .291/.312/.381/.693 .890/.608 .673 51/.694 3/2 1/2

47.Phillips G/S/vP 10/.800 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 143/97 .217/.284/.287/.571 .518/.596 .686 36/.438 0/1 1/3

15.Rios G/S/vP 8/.250 7/1.571 1/2.000 3/1.666 9/1.528 ··· 5/.400 342/257 .288/.336/.526/.862 .927/.840 .863 113/.778 7/1 17/4

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 26/.770 8/1.375 10/.200 4/.250 12/1.278 3/.000 9/.347 184/156 .287/.353/.551/.904 .757/.930 .857 85/.819 1/1 12/3

59.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/8 .348/.348/.391/.739 .666/.875 1.167 23/.739 0/0 0/0

35.Thomas G/S/vP 13/1.218 3/.333 7/.143 2/.000 19/1.474 2/.500 12/.717 296/226 .238/.378/.425/.803 1.039/.732 .807 86/.959 0/0 12/

10.Wells G/S/vP 9/.666 3/.000 4/.500 5/.650 23/.492 5/.650 9/.222 319/243 .250/.304/.418/.722 .779/.704 .758 104/.672 5/3 9/1

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 116/85 .227/.319/.402/.721 .527/.792 .598 48/.875 0/0 3/1

IP 92.2 46.2 33.1 38.0 72.1 17.1 27.2 TOTAL .257/.327/.431/.758 .819/.737 .749 25/12 94/52

ERA-K/9

3.98/3.7

1.93/6.6

2.43/10.0

1.18/10.7

5.47/3.7

4.67/6.2

4.23/7.5

4.17/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Phillips (40-4-1)
Thigpen (0-0-0)
Zaun (20-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 393/.290 179/.184 139/.273 141/.121 319/.301 81/.333 127/.286 .268 Lind
Rios
Stairs
Wells 61/0/0/5
0/9/73/4
18/0/12/2
0/74/0/1

OPS .738 .509 .669 .403 .807 .857 .839 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 197/.833 73/.512 63/.794 56/.359 149/.818 45/.682 60/.964 .756

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 196/.645 106/.508 76/.568 85/.432 170/.797 36/1.067 67/.727 .746

Home 186/.704 109/.539 82/.635 77/.279 161/.678 46/.694 73/.814 .727

Last 28d days 133/.681 56/.681 39/.708 42/.277 65/.776 20/.557 42/1.033

HR/SB/CS 6/4/2 2/2/2 1/2/0 3/0/0 10/7/2 1/0/1 5/1/0 88/29/18

Usage ····X··· X·Xo···X ·X·X···X oo·o·o·X ··o·X··· ooo····o ·oX··X··

Minnesota Twins Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB 49.Accardo
G/S/vB 57.De Jong
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

18.Bartlett G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 246/184 .252/.333/.303/.636 .741/.599 .644 81/.662 13/0 1/13

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 8/.125 1/2.000 ··· 8/.804 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· 283/211 .304/.350/.335/.685 .501/.755 .671 105/.571 7/3 0/2

27.Cirillo G/S/vP 7/.453 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 126/87 .270/.333/.369/.702 .809/.656 .641 54/.758 1/0 1/1

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 7/.829 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 3/1.167 3/1.666 5/1.000 ··· 315/221 .289/.375/.447/.822 .721/.865 .865 107/.738 3/0 8/2

20.Ford G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 ··· 84/57 .247/.310/.338/.648 .736/.604 .697 43/.808 2/0 1/0

41.Heintz G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/20 .240/.296/.240/.536 .572/.522 .222 6/.666 0/0 0/0

48.Hunter G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 6/.834 2/1.000 6/.500 ··· 302/221 .304/.348/.546/.894 1.164/.790 .931 96/.800 11/5 15/0

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 6/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 ··· 224/183 .252/.305/.398/.703 .762/.690 .687 59/.848 2/0 5/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 ··· 202/130 .310/.395/.466/.861 .755/.917 .693 79/.760 5/0 3/0

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 7/1.262 ··· ··· 7/.453 2/.500 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 311/205 .278/.354/.560/.914 .733/1.012 .963 81/.767 0/0 20/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 280/187 .217/.313/.279/.592 .563/.616 .513 79/.492 13/3 1/4

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 194/141 .289/.335/.356/.691 .835/.637 .706 58/.477 0/0 1/0

38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/70 .177/.270/.241/.511 .311/.569 .591 19/.388 0/0 1/2

12.Tyner* G/S/vP 8/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 134/113 .276/.323/.333/.656 .438/.698 .641 34/.728 5/1 0/1

IP 90.0 33.0 4.1 31.0 34.0 40.2 33.0 5.2 TOTAL .268/.335/.392/.727 .711/.732 .720 66/12 57/35

ERA-K/9

4.00/10.0

2.45/9.5

10.38/10.5

2.61/10.5

2.91/9.0

2.21/4.0

2.73/8.2

3.18/4.7

4.25/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Heintz (8-0-0)
Mauer (8-10-0)
Redmond (13-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 382/.219 135/.197 22/.316 131/.193 138/.180 161/.247 139/.198 24/.250 .249 Cuddyer
Hunter
Kubel
Ford
Tyner 0/0/69/14
0/73/0/3
45/0/0/2
21/5/2/1
13/6/6/0

OPS .688 .544 .883 .617 .547 .620 .554 .633 .712

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 196/.676 65/.389 13/1.000 64/.523 63/.741 55/.553 47/.608 7/1.285 .728

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 186/.700 70/.683 9/.611 67/.705 75/.397 106/.653 92/.527 17/.312 .699

Road 208/.749 69/.561 7/1.171 53/.705 65/.503 72/.462 70/.566 4/.250 .725

Last 28d days 83/.665 45/.777 22/.883 44/.484 48/.436 57/.590 59/.584 21/.521

HR/SB/CS 13/23/0 2/4/1 0/1/0 3/0/1 2/2/1 1/1/0 0/3/1 0/0/0 84/71/10

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

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 @ MIN, 1:10pm, Thursday, June 28, 2007 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

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SP: A.J. Burnett (30, RHP, 5-6, 4.00)

SP: Carlos Silva (28, RHP, 5-8, 3.98)

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