TOR @ LAA, Friday, May 30, 2008 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 30-26, 3rd, 3 GB, 2 GB in WC	SP: Dustin McGowan (26, RHP, 3-4, 3.90) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-4) 64.2 65 30 28 27 49 3 3.90 2007 (12-10) 169.2 146 80 77 61 144 14 4.08 2006 (1-2) 27.1 35 27 22 25 22 2 7.24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 40.2 37 21 19 18 32 2 4.20 51 2008-05-25 KCR W 7 9 1 1 0 7 0 90 62 2008-05-20 LAA L 6.1 5 3 2 4 4 0 101 53 2008-05-15 @MIN ND 5 2 2 2 5 3 0 101 53 2008-05-10 @CLE L 3.2 9 9 9 1 1 1 79 7 2008-05-05 CHW W 7.1 4 0 0 0 6 0 103 76 2008-04-30 @BOS ND 7.1 4 1 1 1 5 1 102 70 2008-04-24 @TBR L 4 4 5 4 7 6 0 88 35 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 0-3 19.1 15 10 8 7 17 2 3.72 55 2008-05-20 LAA L 6.1 5 3 2 4 4 0 101 53 2007-08-26 @LAA L 7 6 3 3 0 6 1 101 59 2007-08-16 LAA L 6 4 4 3 3 7 1 97 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 15-11 Road: 15-15 ExtrInn: 3-3 vsRHP: 24-17 vsLHP: 6-9 1-Run: 9-10 vsEast: 7-10 vsCntrl:15-7 vsWest: 6-8 IL: 2-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 56 Thu, May 29 @OAK W 12-0 30-26 3rd 3.0 gb 55 Wed, May 28 @OAK W 2-1 29-26 3rd 4.0 gb 54 Tue, May 27 @OAK L 1-3 28-26 3rd 4.0 gb 53 Mon, May 26 KCR W 7-2 28-25 3rd 4.0 gb 52 Sun, May 25 KCR W 3-1 27-25 3rd 4.0 gb 51 Sat, May 24 KCR W 6-0 26-25 3rd 4.5 gb 50 Fri, May 23 KCR W 7-1 25-25 4th 5.5 gb 49 Thu, May 22 LAA W 4-3 24-25 4th 6.5 gb 48 Wed, May 21 LAA L 3-4 23-25 4th 6.5 gb 47 Tue, May 20 LAA L 1-3 23-24 4th 5.5 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:19-11
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 32-23, 1st, 2½ up	SP: Jered Weaver (25, RHP, 4-5, 4.16) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-5) 67 64 32 31 20 50 7 4.16 2007 (13-7) 161 178 77 70 45 115 17 3.91 2006 (11-2) 123 94 36 35 33 105 15 2.56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 42 39 21 21 13 35 5 4.50 52 2008-05-24 @CHW W 8 3 0 0 2 6 0 106 80 2008-05-18 LAD W 5.1 5 2 2 2 7 0 100 55 2008-05-13 CHW ND 7 1 0 0 2 6 0 109 79 2008-05-07 @KCR L 3.1 10 8 8 1 1 2 82 8 2008-05-02 BAL L 7 6 4 4 2 6 1 110 53 2008-04-27 @DET W 6.1 4 2 2 4 5 0 104 58 2008-04-22 @BOS ND 5 10 5 5 0 4 2 105 31 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 2-0 11.2 11 3 3 4 13 1 2.31 58 2007-08-24 TOR W 6 5 0 0 1 5 0 104 66 2006-09-10 TOR W 5.2 6 3 3 3 8 1 113 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 16-12 Road: 16-11 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 23-21 vsLHP: 9-2 1-Run: 9-8 vsEast: 6-6 vsCntrl:16-9 vsWest: 8-7 IL: 2-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 55 Wed, May 28 DET L 2-6 32-23 1st 2.0 up 54 Tue, May 27 DET W 3-2 32-22 1st 2.0 up 53 Mon, May 26 DET W 1-0 (12) 31-22 1st 2.0 up 52 Sun, May 25 @CHW L 2-3 30-22 1st 1.5 up 51 Sat, May 24 @CHW W 2-0 30-21 1st 2.5 up 50 Fri, May 23 @CHW W 3-1 29-21 1st 2.5 up 49 Thu, May 22 @TOR L 3-4 28-21 1st 2.5 up 48 Wed, May 21 @TOR W 4-3 28-20 1st 3.0 up 47 Tue, May 20 @TOR W 3-1 27-20 1st 3.0 up 46 Sun, May 18 LAD W 10-2 26-20 1st 1.5 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, May 22, 2008 TOR 4 LAA 3 W:A.J. Burnett (5-4), L: Ervin Santana (6-2), S: B.J. Ryan (10) Wed, May 21, 2008 LAA 4 @TOR 3 W:Jon Garland (5-3), L: Shaun Marcum (4-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (19) Tue, May 20, 2008 LAA 3 @TOR 1 W:John Lackey (1-0), L: Dustin McGowan (2-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (18) Sun, Aug 26, 2007 LAA 3 TOR 1 W:Kelvim Escobar (15-6), L: Dustin McGowan (8-8), S: Francisco Rodriguez (33) Sat, Aug 25, 2007 TOR 9 @LAA 2 W:Shaun Marcum (11-5), L: Joe Saunders (7-2), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 2-1; 2007 - TOR won 4-3; 2006 - TOR won 6-4; All-Time - TOR leads 174-163

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

CHC 5.63

LAD 4.47

SDP 3.55

RA/G

TOR 3.55

FLA 4.65

TEX 5.51

C. Jones .420

J. Hermida .266

R. Weeks .204

OBP

C. Jones .500

K. Millar .330

K. Greene .262

SLG

L. Berkman .758

E. Encarnacion .422

J. Bartlett .286

OPS

L. Berkman 1.228

J. Loney .756

F. Sanchez .574

ERA

E. Volquez 1.31

J. Suppan 3.93

B. Bonser 6.16

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.03

N. Robertson 6.33

J. Garland 2.38

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB 66.Arredondo
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

20.Barajas G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 10/.425 9/.347 7/1.000 90/58 .301/.356/.494/.850 .927/.808 .938 46/1.131 0/0 3/

11.Eckstein G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 9/.819 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 143/111 .266/.345/.347/.692 .942/.619 .722 22/.981 2/1 1/

2.Hill G/S/vP 5/1.600 1/2.000 1/no AB 6/.334 8/.536 4/1.500 1/.000 229/174 .263/.324/.361/.685 .807/.648 .676 106/.633 4/2 2/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 63/59 .263/.317/.386/.703 .000/.754 .694 26/.644 2/1 0/

36.Mench G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 13/.749 13/.398 4/.750 34/5 .258/.294/.290/.584 .644/.200 .668 34/.584 1/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 2/.000 11/.273 3/1.000 6/.334 3/1.000 211/154 .273/.381/.386/.767 .476/.884 .677 101/.790 0/2 3/

15.Rios G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 2/1.000 4/.250 5/.200 10/.522 1/.000 242/182 .260/.322/.374/.697 .588/.733 .666 123/.528 12/3 3/

33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.542 1/.000 2/1.000 7/1.262 133/99 .293/.376/.466/.841 .686/.895 .797 107/.804 4/0 2/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 9/.944 ··· 6/1.100 2/.500 15/.871 15/.539 6/1.000 170/123 .269/.373/.352/.725 .759/.709 .651 92/.825 4/2 2/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.375 8/.875 4/.500 154/140 .279/.338/.436/.773 .220/.830 .915 71/.753 0/1 6/

23.Stewart G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· 2/2.000 20/.628 14/.972 14/.891 9/.708 169/119 .270/.349/.345/.694 .835/.634 .684 100/.784 3/1 1/

7.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/ .000/.500/.000/.500 .500/ .500 2/.500 0/0 0/

35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 14/.522 ··· 3/2.667 6/1.400 10/.586 9/.222 8/1.042 139/118 .210/.294/.303/.597 .343/.637 .583 71/.544 1/2 2/

IP 67.0 6.0 13.1 22.1 23.0 21.0 20.0 TOTAL .260/.337/.374/.711 .652/.732 .686 .721 38/18 35/31

ERA-K/9

4.16/6.7

1.50/7.5

8.10/7.4

2.42/4.0

2.35/8.2

3.43/8.1

4.95/5.8

3.97/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (13-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 277/.251 20/.200 72/.375 90/.266 96/.198 82/.274 94/.266 .264 Rios
Stewart
Wilkerson
Scutaro
Inglett
Mench
Stairs 0/21/33/6
33/0/0/3
3/0/34/3
3/0/0/1
7/0/5/0
5/0/2/0
7/0/5/0

OPS .691 .550 .929 .711 .582 .739 .893 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 120/.765 7/.714 30/.985 39/.801 42/.704 34/.604 38/1.379 .794

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 157/.635 13/.462 42/.888 51/.646 54/.491 48/.830 56/.550 .679

Home 126/.525 16/.438 60/.995 42/.563 49/.776 41/.810 44/.758 .714

Last 28d days 124/.625 20/.550 39/.748 36/.515 46/.508 33/.787 42/1.151

HR/SB/CS 7/10/2 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/3/1 0/2/0 2/1/1 5/1/1 47/36/17

Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ·X······ ·o·····X ···X·oX· ···X···· ·X·····X

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.McGowan
G/S/vB 48.Benitez
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 43.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
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

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 10/.967 5/.200 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 6/1.500 12/.792 1/.000 211/165 .277/.308/.421/.729 .623/.758 .773 94/.895 2/1 5/

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/.000 7/.286 ··· 6/1.467 3/.000 5/.200 ··· 149/125 .306/.423/.355/.778 .845/.764 .825 13/.788 11/4 0/

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 10/.200 12/.533 8/1.250 ··· 6/.334 8/.250 4/.833 1/.000 215/168 .258/.321/.443/.764 .775/.761 .667 92/.753 1/1 7/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 7/.619 3/.000 6/.733 ··· 6/.666 8/1.518 12/.417 7/.429 213/165 .275/.343/.456/.799 .725/.822 .933 96/.737 5/2 6/

6.Izturis# G/S/vP 11/.455 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 141/119 .206/.279/.270/.548 .318/.594 .606 61/.592 6/0 1/

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 7/.929 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 202/158 .310/.361/.471/.832 1.042/.773 .683 92/.660 1/0 6/

5.Mathis G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 87/63 .208/.262/.364/.626 .679/.606 .309 34/.243 1/0 3/

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 12/1.694 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 8/1.250 3/.666 6/.167 3/.666 230/184 .219/.309/.353/.662 .811/.624 .605 98/.654 3/1 6/

44.Napoli G/S/vP 4/.750 1/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/.500 3/.333 1/.000 124/102 .226/.315/.519/.833 .449/.908 .803 60/.738 3/1 10/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 64/40 .224/.297/.276/.573 .432/.658 .764 44/.595 0/0 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.600 4/1.417 ··· 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 45/22 .167/.222/.214/.437 .391/.483 .639 15/.497 0/0 0/

18.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 71/51 .175/.268/.190/.458 .476/.451 .636 67/.455 1/0 0/

77.Willits# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/32 .276/.400/.345/.745 .500/.779 .832 35/.668 0/0 0/

3.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/34 .111/.167/.178/.344 .220/.395 .246 44/.310 0/0 1/

IP 64.2 3.0 13.1 21.2 21.2 17.1 17.0 22.1 TOTAL .254/.319/.388/.707 .693/.711 .689 .634 41/14 47/23

ERA-K/9

3.90/6.8

6.00/9.0

4.05/8.8

1.66/9.1

2.08/8.3

3.63/7.8

0.53/10.6

1.21/8.5

3.32/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (14-10-1)
Napoli (22-7-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 275/.272 13/.182 56/.235 85/.184 93/.235 69/.203 69/.183 93/.220 .234 Matthews
Guerrero
Hunter
Anderson
Rivera
Willits
Quinlan 20/8/12/3
0/0/42/3
0/46/0/3
31/0/0/2
4/1/3/0
3/3/4/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .731 .853 .639 .613 .652 .612 .579 .550 .665

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 132/.753 4/2.750 23/1.135 43/.638 41/.676 24/.701 22/.349 40/.575 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 143/.712 9/.111 33/.311 42/.586 52/.632 45/.559 47/.679 53/.530 .619

Road 142/.798 13/.853 37/.621 51/.729 49/.804 31/.650 41/.680 43/.667 .690

Last 28d days 125/.700 13/.853 43/.747 37/.685 35/.323 35/.590 43/.559 41/.536

HR/SB/CS 3/6/3 1/1/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 1/2/1 1/0/0 0/2/1 40/33/12

Usage ····X··· ··o····· o·o····· X··o···X ····o··o ···X···· ·X··X··o ··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, 10:05pm, Friday, May 30, 2008 @Angel Stadium

SP: Dustin McGowan (26, RHP, 3-4, 3.90)

SP: Jered Weaver (25, RHP, 4-5, 4.16)

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