TOR @ MIN, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 19-22, 5th, 5 GB, 4½ GB in WC	SP: Roy Halladay (31, RHP, 3-5, 3.29) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-5) 63 55 25 23 10 47 4 3.29 2007 (16-7) 225.1 232 101 93 48 139 15 3.71 2006 (16-5) 220 208 82 78 34 132 19 3.19 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-4 56 48 22 20 8 44 3 3.21 61 2008-05-09 @CLE L 6 6 4 4 3 9 0 111 50 2008-05-04 CHW W 7.1 3 3 1 0 7 0 101 71 2008-04-29 @BOS L 8.2 5 1 1 1 6 0 112 75 2008-04-23 @TBR L 8 9 5 5 1 4 0 107 47 2008-04-17 TEX L 9 11 4 4 1 6 0 117 54 2008-04-12 @TEX W 9 6 1 1 1 6 0 110 76 2008-04-06 BOS W 8 8 4 4 1 6 3 107 55 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 3-0 37.2 29 14 13 6 26 2 3.11 61 2007-06-25 @MIN W 7 6 5 5 3 4 0 112 46 2006-04-04 MIN W 7.2 5 3 2 0 4 2 88 63 2005-05-29 MIN W 9 2 0 0 0 10 0 99 93 2003-04-05 @MIN ND 7 8 2 2 1 3 0 96 55 2002-07-27 @MIN ND 7 8 4 4 2 5 0 92 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 10-9 Road: 9-13 ExtrInn: 2-3 vsRHP: 15-15 vsLHP: 4-7 1-Run: 4-9 vsEast: 7-10 vsCntrl: 9-7 vsWest: 3-5 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 41 Tue, May 13 @MIN W 5-3 19-22 5th 5.0 gb 40 Mon, May 12 @CLE W 3-0 (10) 18-22 5th 5.5 gb 39 Mon, May 12 @CLE L 0-3 17-22 5th 5.5 gb 38 Sat, May 10 @CLE L 0-12 17-21 5th 6.5 gb 37 Fri, May 9 @CLE L 1-6 17-20 5th 5.5 gb 36 Thu, May 8 TBR L 3-8 (13) 17-19 5th 5.5 gb 35 Wed, May 7 TBR W 6-2 17-18 3rd 4.5 gb 34 Tue, May 6 TBR L 4-5 16-18 5th 5.5 gb 33 Mon, May 5 CHW W 1-0 16-17 5th 4.5 gb 32 Sun, May 4 CHW W 4-3 15-17 5th 4.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:13-17
Minnesota Twins, 20-18, 1st, ½ up	SP: Boof Bonser (26, RHP, 2-4, 5.09) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-4) 46 50 29 26 12 30 4 5.09 2007 (8-12) 173 199 108 98 65 136 27 5.10 2006 (7-6) 100.1 104 50 47 24 84 18 4.22 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 40 42 25 23 12 26 3 5.18 47 2008-05-09 BOS ND 4 7 6 6 3 3 0 96 24 2008-05-04 DET ND 6 8 6 5 0 5 1 99 39 2008-04-29 CHW W 7 6 1 1 1 8 1 104 68 2008-04-23 @OAK L 6 3 2 2 4 2 0 100 56 2008-04-17 TBR L 4 7 7 6 2 0 1 72 20 2008-04-12 @KCR W 6 3 0 0 2 4 0 89 68 2008-04-06 KCR L 7 8 3 3 0 4 0 91 53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 0-2 11.2 14 8 8 2 7 2 6.17 43 2007-06-27 TOR L 6 7 5 5 2 2 1 94 38 2006-08-12 TOR L 5.2 7 3 3 0 5 1 85 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-8 Road: 6-10 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 15-13 vsLHP: 5-5 1-Run: 9-4 vsEast: 4-3 vsCntrl:13-8 vsWest: 3-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 38 Tue, May 13 TOR L 3-5 20-18 1st 0.5 up 37 Mon, May 12 BOS W 7-3 20-17 1st 1.5 up 36 Sun, May 11 BOS W 9-8 19-17 1st 1.0 up 35 Sat, May 10 BOS L 2-5 18-17 1st Tied 34 Fri, May 9 BOS W 7-6 18-16 1st 1.0 up 33 Thu, May 8 @CHW L 2-6 17-16 1st 1.0 up 32 Wed, May 7 @CHW W 13-1 17-15 1st 1.5 up 31 Tue, May 6 @CHW L 1-7 16-15 1st 1.0 up 30 Sun, May 4 DET W 7-6 16-14 1st 1.5 up 29 Sat, May 3 DET W 4-1 15-14 1st 0.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, May 13, 2008 TOR 5 @MIN 3 W:Jesse Litsch (5-1), L: Kevin Slowey (0-3), S: B.J. Ryan (6) Wed, Jul 25, 2007 TOR 13 MIN 1 W:Jesse Litsch (3-4), L: Carlos Silva (8-11), S: none Tue, Jul 24, 2007 TOR 7 MIN 0 W:Dustin McGowan (7-5), L: Scott Baker (4-4), S: none Mon, Jul 23, 2007 TOR 6 MIN 4 W:Shaun Marcum (6-4), L: Johan Santana (11-8), S: Jeremy Accardo (16) Thu, Jun 28, 2007 MIN 8 TOR 5 W:Carlos Silva (6-8), L: Jason Frasor (1-3), S: Joe Nathan (15) 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 Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 1-0; 2007 - TOR won 6-4; 2006 - TOR won 5-2; All-Time - TOR leads 171-144

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 5.79

STL 4.49

SDP 3.38

RA/G

CLE 3.62

MIN 4.50

TEX 5.49

D. Pedroia .307

OBP

D. Pedroia .344

SLG

D. Pedroia .403

OPS

D. Pedroia .747

ERA

C. Lee .67

Z. Duke 4.04

B. Arroyo 7.14

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.62

Z. Greinke 6.11

J. Garland 2.07

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (3.73 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Bonser
G/S/vB 60.Bass
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 41.Korecky
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
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

20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.750 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 7/.953 3/1.667 61/41 .236/.311/.345/.657 .850/.563 .657 48/.577 0/0 1/

2.Hill G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/.000 8/.750 ··· 8/.375 ··· 4/1.000 170/132 .270/.329/.388/.717 .881/.674 .685 109/.613 3/1 2/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 42/40 .278/.357/.361/.718 .000/.757 .649 28/.626 2/1 0/

36.Mench G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 4/.500 7/.453 12/ .273/.333/.273/.606 .606/ .606 12/.606 1/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 4/.250 5/.650 5/.400 155/113 .277/.377/.369/.746 .543/.827 .728 97/.771 0/2 1/

15.Rios G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 3/2.334 9/1.524 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/.666 175/132 .263/.331/.397/.729 .515/.800 .766 112/.654 8/2 3/

33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 11/.955 ··· 70/52 .290/.357/.516/.873 .500/1.017 .797 70/.873 1/0 2/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 4/.500 4/.000 7/.929 112/81 .245/.360/.319/.680 .906/.589 .622 66/.730 3/2 1/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 3/.000 9/1.222 ··· 11/.364 3/.000 11/.573 118/107 .306/.356/.472/.828 .282/.884 .958 81/.884 0/0 5/

23.Stewart G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 108/75 .234/.315/.298/.613 .721/.566 .546 73/.624 1/0 0/

4.Velandia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 7/.000 0/0 0/

35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.933 ··· 6/.334 4/.833 4/.833 86/76 .208/.313/.264/.577 .286/.606 .642 43/.643 1/2 0/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/no AB ··· 4/1.750 ··· 4/.000 3/.333 3/.333 116/85 .273/.354/.354/.708 .618/.763 .709 73/.782 2/1 1/

IP 46.0 25.2 11.2 22.1 4.0 14.0 11.1 15.0 TOTAL .255/.332/.366/.699 .634/.720 .674 .663 27/13 25/24

ERA-K/9

5.09/5.9

3.86/3.5

4.63/7.7

4.03/6.1

4.50/6.8

1.93/9.0

0.79/4.0

3.60/7.8

4.28/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (4-3-0)
Zaun (17-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 201/.267 118/.262 51/.298 100/.270 17/.286 57/.241 42/.231 63/.214 .278 Rios
Stewart
Scutaro
Wilkerson
Inglett
Mench
Stairs 0/6/33/3
22/0/0/1
2/0/0/1
2/0/23/1
4/0/3/0
1/0/1/0
7/0/2/0

OPS .706 .843 .821 .748 .840 .614 .542 .641 .767

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 89/.753 37/.751 17/.294 38/.780 10/.929 30/.670 28/.437 27/.750 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 112/.669 81/.880 34/1.104 62/.728 7/.714 27/.556 14/.762 36/.559 .773

Home 152/.795 57/.861 25/.572 56/.585 1/.000 41/.525 30/.610 39/.547 .724

Last 28d days 123/.735 74/.914 34/.699 68/.643 17/.840 38/.632 35/.504 45/.589

HR/SB/CS 4/6/0 5/1/2 2/0/1 3/3/1 0/0/0 1/3/0 0/1/1 2/2/1 43/19/10

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

Minnesota Twins Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Halladay
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

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/.200 5/.933 3/.666 5/1.000 86/60 .275/.326/.375/.701 .732/.686 .703 68/.741 3/1 1/

12.Everett G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 59/48 .196/.224/.321/.546 1.056/.443 .598 30/.647 0/0 1/

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 148/108 .275/.304/.415/.720 1.067/.589 .723 85/.786 16/3 3/

23.Harris G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 136/102 .252/.318/.353/.671 .494/.731 .644 89/.596 0/0 2/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 6/.000 2/4.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/.666 123/92 .229/.244/.390/.634 .336/.728 .685 74/.550 0/1 5/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP 8/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.900 ··· 115/98 .234/.261/.290/.551 .176/.618 .421 71/.585 0/0 0/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 7/.858 2/.500 3/.333 4/.500 141/97 .331/.414/.421/.836 .768/.868 .878 88/.946 0/1 0/

27.Monroe G/S/vP 24/.500 ··· 8/.393 ··· 2/.000 6/.500 4/.500 ··· 78/49 .274/.321/.521/.841 .355/1.127 .908 56/.914 0/0 4/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/no AB 5/1.000 1/4.000 9/.347 3/.333 5/.600 5/.000 156/107 .291/.353/.468/.821 .703/.876 .906 99/.830 0/0 6/

55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 3/.333 19/8 .235/.263/.353/.616 .808/.375 .286 13/.930 0/0 0/

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/52 .274/.312/.356/.668 .746/.627 .841 48/.517 3/1 0/

21.Young G/S/vP 9/1.431 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.286 3/2.334 3/.333 153/116 .264/.307/.299/.606 .443/.658 .550 97/.576 7/1 0/

IP 63.0 0.1 8.0 16.2 16.1 12.1 11.0 16.0 TOTAL .266/.313/.378/.691 .633/.714 .696 .701 35/9 22/27

ERA-K/9

3.29/6.7

27.00/30.0

5.63/11.2

1.62/9.7

2.76/9.9

4.38/8.8

0.00/10.6

1.69/9.0

3.56/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (16-10-0)
Redmond (3-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 245/.237 3/.500 32/.207 64/.169 75/.266 49/.233 45/.179 69/.217 .236 Young
Gomez
Cuddyer
Kubel
Monroe 38/0/0/4
0/34/0/2
0/0/20/1
1/0/11/1
0/4/0/0

OPS .631 2.667 .560 .590 .747 .678 .520 .561 .676

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.725 1/5.000 14/.940 32/.488 34/.720 18/.748 15/.277 30/.452 .714

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 112/.521 2/.500 18/.284 32/.695 41/.769 31/.630 30/.641 39/.649 .639

Road 152/.586 3/2.667 13/.397 37/.700 41/.946 19/.782 23/.490 27/.641 .678

Last 28d days 153/.571 3/2.667 32/.560 51/.603 47/.736 33/.755 41/.464 37/.726

HR/SB/CS 4/3/1 1/0/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 1/2/1 0/0/0 0/2/0 32/21/8

Usage ····X··· o······· ·o·X·X·o oo·ooo·· oX···Xo· X··X·X·· oo···o·· ···XX··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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Game Preview: TOR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

SP: Roy Halladay (31, RHP, 3-5, 3.29)

SP: Boof Bonser (26, RHP, 2-4, 5.09)

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