TOR @ BAL, Friday, September 26, 2008 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 84-75, 4th, 12 GB, 10 GB in WC	SP: Scott Richmond (28, RHP, 0-3, 5.14) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-3) 21 28 12 12 2 17 2 5.14 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-3 21 28 12 12 2 17 2 5.14 46 2008-09-21 BOS L 5 5 3 3 1 4 1 83 48 2008-08-10 CLE L 5 9 3 3 0 5 0 93 42 2008-08-05 OAK ND 5.2 7 3 3 1 4 0 88 46 2008-07-30 TBR L 5.1 7 3 3 0 4 1 92 46 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL Has never faced BAL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 47-34 Road: 37-41 ExtrInn: 6-9 vsRHP: 65-52 vsLHP: 19-23 1-Run: 24-31 vsEast: 35-34 vsCntrl:24-12 vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 159 Thu, Sep 25 NYY W 8-2 84-75 4th 12.0 gb 158 Wed, Sep 24 NYY L 2-6 (10) 83-75 4th 13.0 gb 157 Tue, Sep 23 NYY L 1-3 83-74 4th 12.0 gb 156 Sun, Sep 21 BOS L 0-3 83-73 4th 10.0 gb 155 Sat, Sep 20 BOS W 6-3 83-72 4th 10.0 gb 154 Fri, Sep 19 BOS L 3-4 82-72 4th 10.0 gb 153 Thu, Sep 18 BAL W 3-2 82-71 3rd 9.0 gb 152 Wed, Sep 17 BAL W 8-7 81-71 3rd 10.0 gb 151 Tue, Sep 16 BAL L 0-2 80-71 3rd 10.0 gb 150 Sun, Sep 14 @BOS L 3-4 80-70 3rd 9.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Baltimore Orioles, 67-91, 5th, 28½ GB, 26½ GB in WC	SP: Chris Waters (27, LHP, 3-4, 5.06) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-4) 58.2 61 35 33 27 27 8 5.06 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 42 45 27 25 20 18 5 5.36 43 2008-09-21 @NYY L 5.2 6 5 5 4 2 2 101 35 2008-09-16 @TOR W 9 4 0 0 2 3 0 106 80 2008-09-10 CLE L 5.2 9 5 5 2 6 1 109 35 2008-09-05 OAK L 5.1 5 3 3 3 2 0 88 45 2008-08-30 @TBR ND 4.1 8 5 5 4 2 0 81 25 2008-08-25 CHW L 7 5 4 3 2 2 1 90 53 2008-08-20 BOS W 5 8 5 4 3 1 1 108 31 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 1-0 9 4 0 0 2 3 0 0.00 80 2008-09-16 @TOR W 9 4 0 0 2 3 0 106 80
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-41 Road: 31-50 ExtrInn: 5-6 vsRHP: 52-59 vsLHP: 15-32 1-Run: 20-29 vsEast: 21-48 vsCntrl:20-18 vsWest: 15-18 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 158 Wed, Sep 24 TBR L 6-11 67-91 5th 29.0 gb 157 Tue, Sep 23 TBR L 5-7 67-90 5th 28.0 gb 156 Tue, Sep 23 TBR L 2-5 67-89 5th 28.0 gb 155 Mon, Sep 22 TBR L 2-4 67-88 5th 26.0 gb 154 Sun, Sep 21 @NYY L 3-7 67-87 5th 25.0 gb 153 Sat, Sep 20 @NYY L 0-1 67-86 5th 25.0 gb 152 Fri, Sep 19 @NYY L 2-3 67-85 5th 24.0 gb 151 Thu, Sep 18 @TOR L 2-3 67-84 5th 23.0 gb 150 Wed, Sep 17 @TOR L 7-8 67-83 5th 23.0 gb 149 Tue, Sep 16 @TOR W 2-0 67-82 5th 22.0 gb Last 10: 1-9 Last 20: 4-16 Last 30: 5-25
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Sep 18, 2008 TOR 3 BAL 2 W:Jesse Litsch (12-8), L: Garrett Olson (9-9), S: B.J. Ryan (31) Wed, Sep 17, 2008 TOR 8 BAL 7 W:Jesse Carlson (7-1), L: Kameron Mickolio (0-1), S: B.J. Ryan (30) Tue, Sep 16, 2008 BAL 2 @TOR 0 W:Chris Waters (3-3), L: Shaun Marcum (9-7), S: none Thu, Jul 24, 2008 TOR 7 @BAL 1 W:Roy Halladay (12-7), L: Daniel Cabrera (6-6), S: none Wed, Jul 23, 2008 TOR 5 @BAL 1 W:A.J. Burnett (11-9), L: Jeremy Guthrie (6-8), S: none Tue, Jul 22, 2008 TOR 10 @BAL 8 W:Jesse Carlson (2-1), L: Fernando Cabrera (0-1), S: B.J. Ryan (19) Mon, Jul 21, 2008 BAL 8 TOR 3 W:Radhames Liz (4-2), L: Jesse Litsch (8-7), S: none Thu, Jul 10, 2008 TOR 6 BAL 5 W:Shawn Camp (2-1), L: George Sherrill (2-4), S: none Wed, Jul 09, 2008 TOR 9 BAL 8 W:A.J. Burnett (9-8), L: Garrett Olson (6-4), S: B.J. Ryan (17) Tue, Jul 08, 2008 TOR 7 BAL 6 W:B.J. Ryan (2-3), L: Jim Johnson (2-3), S: none Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 10-5; 2007 - TOR won 10-8; 2006 - TOR won 11-8; All-Time - TOR leads 237-212

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

TEX 5.54

MIL 4.65

SFG 3.96

RA/G

TOR 3.82

MIN 4.60

TEX 6.01

C. Jones .365

B. Molina .294

J. Towles .138

OBP

C. Jones .469

C. Lee .368

T. Pena .185

SLG

A. Pujols .641

G. Dobbs .489

T. Pena .205

OPS

A. Pujols 1.099

M. Joyce .849

T. Pena .391

ERA

C. Lee 2.54

K. Slowey 3.99

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.31

J. Shields 6.73

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Waters*
G/S/vB 51.Bierd
G/S/vB 56.Burres*
G/S/vB 23.Castillo*
G/S/vB 57.Cherry
G/S/vB 54.Cormier
G/S/vB 41.McCrory
G/S/vB 31.Mickolio
G/S/vB 25.Miller
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 58.Simon
G/S/vB 32.Walker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.400 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 377/264 .249/.294/.410/.704 .591/.754 .755 46/.446 0/0 11/

23.Bautista G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 416/291 .240/.316/.412/.728 .899/.658 .773 40/.953 1/1 15/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 377/342 .299/.355/.411/.766 .708/.772 .645 77/.736 9/2 3/

26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 338/243 .288/.320/.446/.767 .670/.804 .814 96/.603 2/0 9/

6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 7/.619 1/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 202/123 .210/.256/.271/.527 .621/.468 .558 37/.428 3/1 1/

36.Mench G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 128/39 .232/.313/.348/.661 .681/.615 .520 16/.598 2/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 4/.250 3/.333 8/.661 ··· ··· 6/2.167 ··· ··· ··· 9/.000 ··· 8/.000 622/457 .270/.358/.413/.771 .547/.854 .804 94/.677 1/2 14/

15.Rios G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.000 12/.872 ··· 2/2.500 5/.600 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/2.334 ··· 2/.500 680/521 .292/.337/.463/.800 .728/.823 .770 114/.862 32/8 15/

33.Rolen G/S/vP 4/.500 1/no AB 3/3.000 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.167 460/344 .257/.346/.426/.772 .733/.784 .795 96/.851 5/0 11/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 6/1.100 ··· 1/.000 583/428 .262/.338/.352/.690 .725/.677 .703 103/.680 7/2 7/

45.Snider* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 71/58 .338/.380/.523/.903 .916/.899 .912 71/.903 0/0 2/

7.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 18/10 .143/.250/.143/.393 .629/.222 .333 11/.347 0/0 0/

10.Wells G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 7/.858 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 6/.834 459/354 .295/.340/.481/.821 .863/.808 .789 112/.824 4/2 18/

35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.800 ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 3/.000 306/254 .215/.305/.310/.615 .554/.627 .608 10/.200 3/5 3/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 4/1.250 ··· 2/1.000 281/219 .231/.338/.357/.695 .572/.738 .518 45/.799 2/1 6/

IP 58.2 36.1 128.2 26.0 17.0 71.1 5.2 7.2 7.2 52.1 11.0 38.0 TOTAL .263/.331/.397/.728 .692/.741 .711 .734 80/27 121/84

ERA-K/9

5.06/4.1

4.95/6.2

6.09/4.4

3.81/8.0

6.35/7.9

4.04/5.8

12.71/6.3

5.87/9.4

1.17/9.4

4.82/9.6

4.91/6.5

6.87/5.7

5.15/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (42-22-2)
Thigpen (4-1-0)
Zaun (40-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 263/.265 176/.313 593/.311 121/.260 85/.231 317/.277 31/.318 36/.267 39/.290 236/.237 47/.273 178/.325 .276 Rios
Wells
Wilkerson
Snider
Lind
Scutaro
Mench
Inglett 0/60/93/14
0/100/0/5
29/3/64/4
13/0/4/2
69/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
20/0/15/1
22/1/12/0

OPS .794 .868 .855 .758 .873 .721 .830 .743 .750 .718 .910 .981 .795

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.963 79/.868 180/.857 45/.791 38/.766 143/.648 20/.614 16/.536 20/.874 71/.542 34/.780 98/.913 .785

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 191/.732 97/.867 413/.853 76/.738 47/.926 174/.777 11/1.225 20/.921 19/.628 165/.797 13/1.280 80/1.066 .802

Home 128/.919 105/.986 323/1.002 56/.553 46/.835 123/.654 22/.851 31/.656 16/.598 124/.693 47/.910 69/.674 .802

Last 28d days 137/.776 44/1.035 77/.780 37/1.076 47/.989 65/.651 23/.664 29/.590 39/.750 12/.639 47/.910 37/1.156

HR/SB/CS 8/3/0 3/0/0 17/11/2 3/2/0 3/1/1 4/6/2 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/2/0 6/3/0 3/1/0 12/2/1 179/130/33

Usage ····X··· ·o·X···· ·X···X·· ·oX····· ·X·XX··· ··X·X·X· ·X·o···· ·XoX···· ·····X·X ··X···o· ··X····· ··o·oo·X

Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.93 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Richmond
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 22.League
G/S/vB 31.Parrish*
G/S/vB 52.Ryan*
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

2.Castro G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 177/116 .193/.246/.267/.513 .538/.499 .492 59/.573 0/0 2/

13.Cintron# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 140/98 .279/.316/.357/.673 .588/.706 .771 29/.725 0/2 1/

12.Fahey* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 105/81 .232/.262/.354/.616 .523/.642 .696 13/.647 0/0 0/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· 8/.804 8/1.375 5/.200 7/.000 15/.424 7/1.371 2/.000 501/352 .258/.308/.406/.714 .682/.729 .764 77/.709 0/0 15/

17.Huff* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/.900 13/.154 3/.666 5/.200 12/.861 24/.578 11/.818 3/1.167 655/444 .306/.362/.556/.918 .752/.999 .950 92/.831 4/0 32/

10.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 5/.000 4/1.000 5/.000 1/.000 4/.000 506/375 .273/.313/.405/.719 .660/.738 .730 76/.685 10/3 9/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 8/.625 12/.666 3/.000 2/.000 4/1.750 2/4.000 14/.594 3/3.000 690/468 .303/.404/.490/.894 .837/.922 .826 95/.923 10/7 20/

15.Millar G/S/vP ··· 12/.650 2/.000 13/1.316 11/.830 8/1.000 7/.286 14/.381 7/.286 3/.666 604/434 .236/.326/.398/.724 .750/.714 .781 63/.460 0/1 20/

3.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/62 .299/.321/.458/.779 .667/.873 .856 67/.699 0/0 3/

6.Mora G/S/vP ··· 8/.500 3/2.667 16/.780 12/.900 6/.533 4/.750 7/.572 11/.700 3/.000 560/393 .282/.341/.483/.824 .986/.754 .900 32/.566 3/7 23/

16.Payton G/S/vP ··· 8/.250 ··· 10/1.250 3/.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 9/.929 3/1.167 6/.334 360/248 .245/.291/.349/.641 .769/.581 .605 51/.501 8/1 7/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 148/120 .188/.260/.271/.531 .726/.486 .594 23/.461 0/0 2/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 4/.500 19/.974 13/.913 5/.650 4/.250 7/.143 13/.762 4/.000 698/489 .297/.378/.452/.831 .851/.822 .848 101/.711 40/10 9/

19.Salazar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 89/49 .276/.371/.513/.884 .561/1.156 .858 70/.883 0/1 5/

63.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/7 .143/.143/.143/.286 /.286 .500 7/.286 0/0 0/

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/5.000 2/2.000 5/.400 2/1.000 530/410 .258/.338/.475/.813 .702/.846 .874 79/.510 2/2 23/

IP 21.0 39.1 59.0 70.2 47.1 32.0 37.1 58.0 55.1 22.0 TOTAL .268/.334/.431/.766 .751/.772 .792 .685 81/37 172/98

ERA-K/9

5.14/7.3

4.12/7.1

2.29/8.2

1.78/7.3

4.18/8.0

2.25/6.2

4.10/4.8

2.95/9.0

2.93/7.6

2.45/5.7

3.52/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (99-24-9)
Quiroz (30-9-5)
Santos (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 91/.326 166/.263 233/.195 290/.213 208/.208 137/.229 154/.271 249/.216 236/.243 86/.234 .244 Markakis
Payton
Jones
Scott
Montanez 0/0/154/17
71/38/3/8
0/126/0/4
104/0/0/3
25/4/5/1

OPS .921 .694 .622 .590 .679 .653 .788 .650 .667 .662 .691

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 51/1.385 65/.976 125/.592 119/.540 81/.842 66/.765 64/.859 76/.767 112/.660 37/.749 .733

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 40/.334 101/.515 108/.657 171/.625 127/.578 71/.552 90/.737 173/.602 124/.674 49/.596 .650

Road / 81/.759 119/.786 154/.670 101/.748 66/.613 39/1.026 122/.784 94/.640 29/.670 .720

Last 28d days 20/.967 8/1.071 45/.461 43/.899 24/.958 33/.625 45/.821 51/.686 52/.631 14/.445

HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 2/3/0 6/1/3 3/2/0 4/5/2 2/0/0 5/2/1 4/4/0 4/6/1 2/1/0 134/86/37

Usage ····X··· ······o· ·X···o·o ········ ········ ·····X·· ····X·X· ·····o·X ··X·o·o· ····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 @ BAL, 7:05pm, Friday, September 26, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

SP: Scott Richmond (28, RHP, 0-3, 5.14)

SP: Chris Waters (27, LHP, 3-4, 5.06)

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