TOR @ OAK, Tuesday, July 3, 2007 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 40-42, 2nd, 10½ GB, 8 GB in WC	SP: Jesse Litsch (22, RHP, 1-2, 6.62) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (1-2) 17.2 23 13 13 7 3 4 6.62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-2 17.2 23 13 13 7 3 4 6.62 40 2007-05-30 NYY L 0.2 4 5 5 2 1 1 36 23 2007-05-25 MIN ND 4.1 8 3 3 1 0 1 89 34 2007-05-20 PHI L 4 7 4 4 1 1 2 71 32 2007-05-15 BAL W 8.2 4 1 1 3 1 0 99 70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.OAK Has never faced OAK.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 24-18 Road: 16-24 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 25-33 vsLHP: 15-9 1-Run: 14-15 vsEast: 16-14 vsCntrl:11-12 vsWest: 3-8 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 82 Mon, Jul 2 @OAK W 11-7 40-42 2nd 10.5 gb 81 Sun, Jul 1 @SEA L 1-2 39-42 2nd 10.5 gb 80 Sat, Jun 30 @SEA L 3-8 39-41 2nd 10.5 gb 79 Fri, Jun 29 @SEA L 3-5 39-40 2nd 10.5 gb 78 Thu, Jun 28 @MIN L 5-8 39-39 2nd 9.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
Oakland Athletics, 42-40, 3rd, 9 GB, 6 GB in WC	SP: Joe Blanton (26, RHP, 7-4, 3.24) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (7-4) 119.1 106 46 43 23 80 10 3.24 2006 (16-12) 194.1 241 111 104 58 107 17 4.82 2005 (12-12) 201.1 178 86 79 67 116 23 3.53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 51.2 43 16 16 7 27 4 2.79 60 2007-06-28 CLE ND 6.1 6 3 3 1 3 0 102 51 2007-06-23 NYM ND 8 5 0 0 1 6 0 107 77 2007-06-18 CIN W 8 7 1 1 0 5 0 106 69 2007-06-13 HOU W 7 8 3 3 1 3 0 98 51 2007-06-07 BOS L 7.1 4 1 1 3 2 1 122 65 2007-06-02 MIN W 9 3 0 0 0 6 0 108 87 2007-05-27 BAL L 6 10 8 8 1 2 3 110 21 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 2-2 33 29 16 15 7 14 4 4.09 52 2006-07-27 TOR W 7 5 2 2 1 4 0 89 62 2006-05-10 TOR L 6 8 8 7 1 1 1 101 26 2005-07-06 TOR L 7 9 3 3 2 3 0 103 48 2005-06-04 TOR W 7 4 2 2 1 3 2 91 63 2005-04-13 TOR ND 6 3 1 1 2 3 1 77 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 21-19 Road: 21-21 ExtrInn: 6-4 vsRHP: 26-29 vsLHP: 16-11 1-Run: 13-13 vsEast: 14-10 vsCntrl:10-13 vsWest: 8-9 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 82 Mon, Jul 2 TOR L 7-11 42-40 3rd 9.0 gb 81 Sun, Jul 1 @NYY W 11-5 42-39 3rd 8.5 gb 80 Sat, Jun 30 @NYY W 7-0 41-39 3rd 8.5 gb 79 Fri, Jun 29 @NYY L 1-2 40-39 3rd 9.5 gb 78 Thu, Jun 28 @CLE L 3-4 40-38 3rd 8.5 gb 77 Wed, Jun 27 @CLE W 13-7 40-37 3rd 8.0 gb 76 Tue, Jun 26 @CLE L 5-8 39-37 3rd 9.0 gb 75 Mon, Jun 25 @CLE L 2-5 39-36 3rd 9.0 gb 74 Sun, Jun 24 @NYM L 2-10 39-35 3rd 9.0 gb 73 Sat, Jun 23 @NYM L 0-1 39-34 2nd 8.0 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Jul 02, 2007 TOR 11 @OAK 7 W:Josh Towers (4-5), L: Lenny DiNardo (3-5), S: none Wed, Aug 23, 2006 OAK 6 @TOR 0 W:Esteban Loaiza (7-7), L: Gustavo Chacin (6-3), S: none Tue, Aug 22, 2006 TOR 4 OAK 3 W:A.J. Burnett (6-5), L: Brad Halsey (3-4), S: B.J. Ryan (28) Mon, Aug 21, 2006 OAK 12 @TOR 10 W:Danny Haren (12-9), L: Brandon League (0-1), S: Justin Duchscherer (4) Sun, Jul 30, 2006 OAK 6 TOR 5 W:Huston Street (4-3), L: B.J. Ryan (1-1), S: none Sat, Jul 29, 2006 OAK 7 TOR 4 W:Barry Zito (11-7), L: Dustin McGowan (1-1), S: Huston Street (22) Fri, Jul 28, 2006 TOR 4 @OAK 3 W:Scott Downs (5-1), L: Esteban Loaiza (4-7), S: B.J. Ryan (25) Thu, Jul 27, 2006 OAK 5 TOR 2 W:Joe Blanton (11-8), L: Ted Lilly (9-9), S: Huston Street (21) Thu, May 11, 2006 TOR 8 OAK 3 W:Ted Lilly (4-2), L: Kirk Saarloos (1-1), S: none Wed, May 10, 2006 TOR 9 OAK 7 W:Francisco Rosario (1-0), L: Joe Blanton (3-4), S: B.J. Ryan (8) Season Series: 2007 - TOR leads 1-0; 2006 - OAK won 6-4; 2005 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - OAK leads 178-148

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 5.90

COL 4.60

WSN 3.72

RA/G

SDP 3.39

CLE 4.65

TBD 5.95

M. Ordonez .369

J. Hardy .283

D. Navarro .182

OBP

B. Bonds .516

R. Garko .358

D. Navarro .243

SLG

A. Rodriguez .678

T. Wigginton .453

A. Kennedy .256

OPS

B. Bonds 1.119

M. DeRosa .815

D. Navarro .506

ERA

B. Penny 2.00

C. Silva 4.15

K. Wells 6.30

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.70

B. Arroyo 6.09

A. Cook 2.84

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Blanton
G/S/vB 61.Braden*
G/S/vB 41.Embree*
G/S/vB 47.Flores*
G/S/vB 44.Casilla
G/S/vB 40.Harden
G/S/vB 46.Lewis
G/S/vB 52.Marshall*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

4.Clark* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/36 .300/.405/.367/.772 .000/.796 .743 27/.688 1/0 0/0

11.Clayton G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 174/123 .231/.281/.327/.608 .613/.605 .656 38/.428 2/0 1/6

25.Glaus G/S/vP 10/.550 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 6/.583 6/.533 ··· 243/182 .279/.387/.507/.894 1.112/.821 .813 102/.908 0/1 11/3

2.Hill G/S/vP 10/.322 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 333/247 .272/.331/.444/.775 .960/.709 .649 104/.670 3/1 9/7

26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 250/183 .234/.278/.390/.668 .505/.724 .555 98/.660 1/2 8/0

6.McDonald G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 151/105 .294/.313/.378/.691 .874/.612 .672 56/.703 3/2 1/3

47.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 151/101 .212/.275/.277/.552 .517/.571 .643 37/.305 0/1 1/3

15.Rios G/S/vP 10/.756 ··· 6/.666 2/.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· ··· 366/273 .288/.339/.514/.853 .980/.809 .843 121/.751 8/1 17/4

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 12/.334 ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 197/167 .298/.365/.545/.910 .752/.937 .875 90/.880 1/1 12/4

59.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/10 .323/.344/.355/.699 .697/.700 .829 32/.699 0/0 0/0

35.Thomas G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 7/1.262 ··· 318/242 .250/.381/.450/.831 1.004/.777 .866 92/1.040 0/0 14/

10.Wells G/S/vP 16/1.042 ··· 16/.813 ··· ··· 16/1.152 7/.715 ··· 343/259 .256/.312/.435/.747 .835/.718 .804 115/.785 5/3 11/1

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· 9/1.194 ··· ··· 10/.775 ··· ··· 128/94 .222/.313/.380/.693 .604/.724 .565 60/.779 0/0 3/1

IP 119.1 23.2 37.0 17.2 17.2 23.0 22.2 27.1 TOTAL .259/.328/.428/.756 .825/.732 .746 26/12 98/55

ERA-K/9

3.24/6.0

6.08/6.8

4.14/6.8

3.57/7.6

0.51/10.2

1.17/10.2

9.13/4.0

5.60/3.3

3.61/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Phillips (43-4-2)
Thigpen (0-0-0)
Zaun (22-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 479/.235 102/.274 157/.271 81/.235 67/.161 85/.169 106/.347 125/.287 .246 Lind
Rios
Stairs
Wells 66/0/0/5
0/9/78/4
19/0/12/2
0/79/0/1

OPS .621 .850 .672 .772 .418 .520 .958 .810 .684

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 226/.618 28/.560 52/.750 25/.383 25/.376 46/.755 30/1.446 51/.617 .665

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 253/.622 74/.959 105/.635 56/.946 42/.439 39/.240 76/.771 74/.945 .696

Home 204/.502 64/.927 74/.541 36/.511 22/.282 46/.733 45/.856 78/.663 .663

Last 28d days 142/.572 17/.941 49/.670 60/.959 59/.441 14/.143 71/.843 26/1.119

HR/SB/CS 10/12/2 5/1/1 2/2/1 2/0/0 0/3/0 2/1/1 5/1/0 3/1/0 64/60/16

Usage ····X··· ·X·X·X·· ·X····XX ····o··· ·X···XX· ··X····X ·····X·· ········

Oakland Athletics Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Litsch
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

17.Brown* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

3.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 4/2.000 4/1.167 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 337/211 .248/.312/.446/.758 .709/.786 .850 104/.837 4/2 12/6

7.Crosby G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 8/.250 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 309/214 .231/.278/.345/.623 .725/.578 .652 99/.536 7/2 6/10

32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 195/122 .281/.405/.600/1.005 1.014/.999 1.131 94/1.018 0/2 14/1

14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 310/217 .274/.346/.423/.769 .855/.737 .849 110/.805 6/2 8/4

29.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 259/154 .274/.382/.484/.866 .851/.876 .726 101/.820 0/0 10/3

18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 11/.920 3/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 282/196 .225/.264/.279/.543 .450/.584 .442 88/.777 3/1 2/4

21.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 5/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 120/88 .241/.283/.330/.613 .326/.716 .558 104/.659 0/1 1/0

12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

19.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· 3/.833 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 128/90 .246/.299/.381/.680 .751/.651 .658 37/.866 1/0 4/3

24.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 306/208 .304/.370/.413/.783 .776/.787 .695 69/1.087 7/0 7/3

28.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/17 .350/.409/.700/1.109 .650/1.225 1.064 22/1.109 0/0 2/0

33.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 4/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 334/228 .269/.396/.446/.842 .957/.792 .755 112/.672 1/1 10/0

IP 17.2 33.2 7.1 32.1 35.1 43.2 36.0 7.2 TOTAL .260/.338/.409/.747 .775/.733 .721 32/13 87/45

ERA-K/9

6.62/1.5

2.67/9.6

6.14/7.4

2.51/10.3

4.58/8.7

2.47/4.3

3.00/8.0

2.35/3.5

4.37/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (53-13-6)
Suzuki (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 79/.333 141/.213 33/.250 137/.202 150/.206 176/.248 152/.198 30/.192 .252 Stewart
Kotsay
Swisher
Cust
Scutaro
Kendall 66/5/0/2
0/28/0/2
0/24/30/1
6/0/5/0
6/0/4/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .948 .574 .721 .631 .636 .649 .551 .498 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.901 67/.408 21/.855 69/.518 67/.725 59/.535 52/.612 10/.900 .727

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 37/.997 74/.720 12/.444 68/.744 83/.568 117/.706 100/.518 20/.263 .710

Road 41/1.153 75/.616 18/.675 59/.733 77/.683 87/.548 83/.559 10/.100 .735

Last 28d days / 43/.891 33/.721 46/.589 60/.679 61/.803 62/.650 22/.438

HR/SB/CS 4/2/0 2/4/1 0/3/0 3/0/1 3/3/1 2/1/0 0/3/1 0/0/0 89/76/10

Usage ········ ·X···o·X ····X··· ·o···ooo ··X·X·X· ·X·o··oo ··X··oX· ···X·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 @ OAK, 10:05pm, Tuesday, July 3, 2007 @McAfee Coliseum

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SP: Jesse Litsch (22, RHP, 1-2, 6.62)

SP: Joe Blanton (26, RHP, 7-4, 3.24)

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