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Toronto Blue Jays, 53-53, 3rd, 11 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Josh Towers (30, RHP, 5-7, 5.08)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TBD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-7)             88.2 100  59  50  14  65 16    5.08      
 2006 (2-10)            62    93  62  58  17  35 17    8.42      
 2005 (13-12)          208.2 237 101  86  29 112 24    3.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  41    47  23  22   7  23  6    4.83   47 
 2007-07-27    CHW   L   5.1   7   4   4   0   5  1      90   43 
 2007-07-21    SEA   W   6.2   3   0   0   2   4  0      97   70 
 2007-07-16    NYY   L   5.2   9   6   6   1   2  3     106   28 
 2007-07-08    CLE  ND   8     3   0   0   0   4  0      92   80 
 2007-07-02    OAK   W   5     5   4   4   2   4  1      82   43 
 2007-06-27    MIN   W   6.1   9   4   3   0   2  0      85   43 
 2007-06-22    COL  ND   4    11   5   5   2   2  1      95   20 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBD      2-1  27.2  35  17  15   2  11  4    4.88   46 
 2006-05-24    TBD  ND   1.2   6   4   4   1   0  1      43   26 
 2006-05-14    TBD   W   8     5   3   2   0   2  1      76   64 
 2005-09-09    TBD   W   6     9   2   2   1   5  0      90   50 
 2005-09-03    TBD  ND   8     5   2   1   0   3  0      81   69 
 2005-07-16    TBD   L   4    10   6   6   0   1  2      84   19 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-20   Road:   22-33   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  35-41   vsLHP:  18-12   1-Run:  19-18
 vsEast: 20-20   vsCntrl:17-15   vsWest:  6-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Tue, Jul 31  @TBD  W   2-0       53-53  3rd 11.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 30  @TBD  L   4-5 (11)  52-53  3rd 12.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 29  @CHW  W   4-1       52-52  3rd 11.5 gb
103 Sat, Jul 28  @CHW  L   0-2       51-52  3rd 12.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 27  @CHW  L   3-4       51-51  3rd 11.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 25   MIN  W  13-1       51-50  3rd 10.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 24   MIN  W   7-0       50-50  3rd 11.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 23   MIN  W   6-4       49-50  3rd 11.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 22   SEA  W   8-0       48-50  3rd 11.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 21   SEA  W   1-0       47-50  3rd 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 40-66, 5th, 24 GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: Jason Hammel (24, RHP, 1-1, 5.33)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-1)             27    25  16  16  18  23  3    5.33      
 2006 (0-6)             44    61  38  38  21  32  7    7.77      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-5  33.2  41  27  27  15  26  5    7.22   40 
 2007-07-27    BOS   L   5.1   1   2   2   2   4  0      88   60 
 2007-07-21    NYY  ND   4     3   2   2   3   1  1      68   46 
 2006-10-01    CLE   L   5.1   9   6   6   1   8  0      86   33 
 2006-09-26    BOS   L   4     9   5   5   2   3  1      89   25 
 2006-09-19    BAL   L   4.1  10   5   5   1   3  0      89   25 
 2006-09-13    NYY   L   4.2   6   6   6   3   3  2      95   28 
 2006-09-06    MIN  ND   6     3   1   1   3   4  1      99   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR    Has never faced TOR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-31   Road:   16-35   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  28-47   vsLHP:  12-19   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast: 12-26   vsCntrl:11-19   vsWest: 10-10 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Tue, Jul 31   TOR  L   0-2       40-66  5th 24.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 30   TOR  W   5-4 (11)  40-65  5th 24.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 29   BOS  W   5-2       39-65  5th 24.5 gb
103 Sat, Jul 28   BOS  L   6-12(12)  38-65  5th 25.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 27   BOS  L   1-7       38-64  5th 24.5 gb
101 Thu, Jul 26  @BAL  L   7-10      38-63  5th 23.5 gb
100 Wed, Jul 25  @BAL  L   1-6       38-62  5th 22.5 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 24  @BAL  L   0-3       38-61  5th 22.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 22  @NYY  L   4-21      38-60  5th 21.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 21  @NYY  L   5-17      38-59  5th 20.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 7-23
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 TOR  2 @TBD  0    W:Jesse Litsch (4-4), L: Edwin Jackson (2-11), S: Jeremy Accardo (18)
Mon, Jul 30, 2007 TBD  5  TOR  4 (11)   W:Scott Dohmann (1-0), L: Brian Wolfe (2-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 07, 2007 TBD  5 @TOR  3    W:Gary Glover (3-2), L: Jeremy Accardo (1-1), S: Al Reyes (15)
Wed, Jun 06, 2007 TBD  6 @TOR  2    W:Scott Kazmir (4-3), L: Tomokazu Ohka (2-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 05, 2007 TOR 12  TBD 11    W:Josh Towers (2-3), L: Casey Fossum (3-6), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2007 TBD  2 @TOR  1    W:Jae Weong Seo (2-3), L: Jason Frasor (1-2), S: Al Reyes (11)
Sat, May 12, 2007 TOR  5  TBD  4    W:Scott Downs (1-0), L: Brian Stokes (1-5), S: Jeremy Accardo (1)
Fri, May 11, 2007 TOR  5  TBD  1    W:A.J. Burnett (3-3), L: Scott Kazmir (2-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 08, 2007 TOR  6 @TBD  3    W:Roy Halladay (1-0), L: Scott Kazmir (0-1), S: Casey Janssen (1)
Sat, Apr 07, 2007 TOR  8 @TBD  5    W:Shaun Marcum (1-0), L: Casey Fossum (0-1), S: B.J. Ryan (2)
Season Series: 2007 - TOR leads 6-5; 2006 - TOR won 12-6; 2005 - TOR won 11-8; All-Time - TOR leads 89-71

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  5.78

KCR  4.65

WSN  3.81

RA/G

SDP  3.81

CLE  4.73

TBD  6.26

BA

R. Braun  .347

X. Nady  .289

R. Langerhans  .156

OBP

B. Bonds  .493

B. Harris  .361

M. Olivo  .251

SLG

R. Braun  .657

J. Encarnacion  .458

N. Punto  .275

OPS

B. Bonds  1.051

D. Pedroia  .817

D. Navarro  .536

ERA

C. Young  1.82

A. Pettitte  4.11

J. Contreras  6.60

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.03

B. Arroyo  6.33

A. Cook  3.26

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays Pitchers (6.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Hammel
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
27.Dohmann
G/S/vB
15.Fossum*
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
28.Reyes
G/S/vB
53.Salas
G/S/vB
41.Stokes
G/S/vB
Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Clark* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 57/55 .204/.298/.245/.543 .000/.564 .566 19/.161 1/0 0/0
11.Clayton G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 12/.697 1/no AB 6/.967 ··· 2/.000 11/1.182 210/147 .254/.304/.344/.648 .633/.655 .675 36/.841 2/1 1/7
25.Glaus G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 19/.526 13/.539 2/.000 ··· 4/1.000 7/.629 327/249 .267/.358/.484/.842 1.115/.758 .785 80/.709 0/1 15/6
2.Hill G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.667 18/1.223 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 428/323 .273/.328/.446/.774 .889/.737 .669 92/.797 3/2 11/8
3.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 28/.797 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 1/2.000 118/81 .274/.330/.387/.717 1.111/.538 .782 81/.708 3/0 2/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 17/.698 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 205/152 .275/.291/.363/.654 .833/.593 .575 52/.573 3/2 1/6
17.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 4/.500 18/.833 1/no AB 6/.833 1/.000 5/.800 3/1.667 303/228 .258/.343/.439/.782 .869/.752 .879 71/.731 0/0 8/2
15.Rios G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 18/.869 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 471/356 .302/.355/.534/.889 1.044/.839 .889 101/1.000 9/2 20/5
24.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/5.000 5/.600 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 5/1.200 249/214 .278/.341/.520/.861 .833/.865 .869 49/.722 1/1 14/5
59.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 50/21 .261/.320/.304/.624 .614/.636 .717 18/.478 0/0 0/0
35.Thomas G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/.500 11/2.261 5/1.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 409/314 .250/.369/.435/.804 1.022/.739 .785 88/.744 0/0 16/
10.Wells G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 33/.573 6/.334 3/.666 1/no AB 6/1.100 3/.000 449/346 .254/.312/.433/.745 .925/.692 .777 102/.770 5/3 14/1
9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 10/1.178 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 208/155 .236/.319/.393/.712 .670/.734 .575 76/.742 0/0 5/2
IP 27.0 6.1 7.1 73.2 54.0 39.0 17.1 49.0 51.0 TOTAL .259/.326/.425/.751 .843/.721 .736 28/15 117/68
ERA-K/9 5.33/7.7 12.79/8.6 4.91/8.6 7.57/6.5 5.00/5.8 4.38/10.2 3.63/7.8 7.90/5.0 4.94/9.9 5.94/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Thigpen (0-1-0)
 Zaun (37-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 121/.243 34/.320 34/.259 353/.337 235/.282 160/.194 81/.200 239/.357 211/.244 .296  Rios
 Wells
 Stairs
 Johnson
0/9/102/6
0/103/0/2
26/0/12/2
28/0/0/0
OPS .734 .975 .875 .932 .812 .637 .773 .965 .740 .843
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.653 15/.929 15/.857 119/.914 108/.854 83/.699 45/.611 118/1.013 85/.732 .833
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 61/.811 19/1.027 19/.888 234/.941 127/.776 77/.567 36/.975 121/.920 126/.746 .850
Home 66/.644 30/.900 13/.542 205/.978 134/.878 86/.470 49/.835 130/.893 107/.843 .807
Last 28d days 56/.646 34/.975 34/.875 57/.990 51/.811 26/.808 17/1.027 68/1.126 44/.603
HR/SB/CS 3/3/1 1/3/0 2/2/0 14/10/0 7/5/1 7/1/0 3/1/1 9/3/1 8/3/0 136/67/30
Usage ····X··· Xo·X···· ·XXo·X·· oo··X··· ··XX·X·· ·X·X·X·· o···Xo·X ···Xo·X· ·X····oo
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 7.Towers
G/S/vB
49.Accardo
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
44.Janssen
G/S/vB
22.League
G/S/vB
56.Tallet*
G/S/vB
40.Wolfe
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 44/1.182 2/1.000 11/.910 10/.000 8/1.000 1/.000 5/1.000 2/4.000 434/299 .289/.340/.445/.785 .810/.772 .715 80/.828 33/8 7/4
31.Gomes G/S/vP 19/.649 2/no AB 6/.334 5/1.600 9/.597 1/2.000 4/.250 ··· 207/140 .261/.329/.500/.829 .981/.756 .814 74/.891 4/1 11/0
16.Harris G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 393/274 .301/.361/.439/.800 .906/.756 .797 100/.721 3/0 8/12
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 312/207 .293/.374/.407/.781 .934/.704 .776 111/.705 8/4 3/6
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.000 4/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 279/205 .190/.254/.282/.536 .422/.575 .549 60/.678 3/0 3/5
14.Norton# G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 138/122 .191/.326/.261/.587 .259/.631 .608 48/.417 1/0 2/0
8.Paul G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 63/42 .220/.270/.271/.541 .881/.368 .539 10/.500 1/0 1/0
23.Pena* G/S/vP 7/1.171 2/.500 3/.667 2/5.000 2/.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 1/no AB 363/280 .276/.387/.588/.975 .805/1.025 .920 109/.913 1/0 25/5
2.Upton G/S/vP 3/.333 4/.750 2/.000 4/.500 4/2.500 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 308/224 .331/.410/.565/.975 .955/.983 .883 82/1.074 13/6 14/13
9.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 137/86 .254/.311/.352/.663 .703/.640 .775 52/.796 3/0 0/13
26.Young G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 445/328 .291/.324/.415/.739 .761/.731 .721 103/.836 7/3 9/7
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 72/49 .174/.171/.232/.403 .195/.490 .308 6/.666 2/0 1/6
IP 88.2 44.1 41.2 38.1 52.2 5.1 44.0 17.1 TOTAL .266/.333/.429/.762 .803/.747 .743 86/32 122/87
ERA-K/9 5.08/6.6 2.64/8.9 2.16/9.9 4.23/8.7 2.39/4.6 3.38/5.1 3.48/8.2 2.60/5.2 4.13/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (47-20-4)
 Paul (9-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 380/.280 187/.211 174/.207 163/.204 212/.232 24/.375 186/.210 68/.242 .251  Young
 Upton
 Crawford
 Gomes
 Norton
0/26/80/9
0/27/0/4
98/0/0/2
9/0/24/2
2/0/4/0
OPS .771 .571 .593 .625 .623 .792 .575 .698 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 189/.767 87/.363 89/.505 72/.720 73/.518 11/1.000 66/.628 26/1.263 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 191/.776 100/.749 85/.684 91/.553 139/.678 13/.616 120/.546 42/.325 .695
Road 171/.868 106/.595 86/.651 81/.673 110/.600 16/.750 107/.623 28/.708 .731
Last 28d days 102/.633 46/.560 37/.465 13/.490 36/.495 24/.792 34/.679 34/.794
HR/SB/CS 16/11/1 2/8/1 3/0/1 3/3/2 3/1/0 0/0/0 0/5/1 3/0/0 112/91/13
Usage ····X··· oXX····· oX··o··· ········ ·o·····o ····X··X ····o·X· ·X····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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