TOR @ NYY, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 32-28, 3rd, 4 GB, 3½ GB in WC	SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 7-1, 3.18) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-1) 65 66 24 23 9 37 9 3.18 2007 (7-9) 111 116 56 47 36 50 14 3.81 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 46.1 41 14 13 4 21 6 2.53 58 2008-05-29 @OAK W 7 7 0 0 1 3 0 108 65 2008-05-24 KCR W 9 7 0 0 1 3 0 103 75 2008-05-13 @MIN W 5.2 4 2 2 0 2 1 70 55 2008-05-08 TBR ND 7 5 3 3 0 2 2 95 57 2008-05-03 CHW W 7.1 5 2 2 0 3 2 78 63 2008-04-27 @KCR W 7 5 2 1 0 4 0 93 65 2008-04-22 @TBR L 3.1 8 5 5 2 4 1 76 26 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 1-1 13.1 15 9 9 5 6 1 6.08 44 2007-09-24 @NYY W 7.2 5 1 1 0 1 0 99 66 2007-08-06 NYY ND 5 6 3 3 3 4 0 92 44 2007-05-30 NYY L 0.2 4 5 5 2 1 1 36 23
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 15-11 Road: 17-17 ExtrInn: 3-4 vsRHP: 26-19 vsLHP: 6-9 1-Run: 9-12 vsEast: 8-10 vsCntrl:15-7 vsWest: 7-10 IL: 2-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 60 Tue, Jun 3 @NYY W 9-3 32-28 3rd 4.0 gb 59 Sun, Jun 1 @LAA L 3-4 31-28 3rd 5.0 gb 58 Sat, May 31 @LAA L 2-3 (10) 31-27 3rd 4.0 gb 57 Fri, May 30 @LAA W 10-4 31-26 3rd 3.0 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:19-11
New York Yankees, 28-30, 5th, 7 GB, 6½ GB in WC	SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 8-4, 4.26) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-4) 61.1 70 38 29 10 33 9 4.26 2007 (11-10) 152 188 90 87 35 91 14 5.15 2006 (15-7) 197.1 184 88 77 35 172 22 3.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 6-1 34 41 22 14 6 23 2 3.71 48 2008-05-30 @MIN W 6 6 4 2 1 4 0 109 51 2008-05-24 SEA W 5 7 4 4 1 4 2 74 40 2008-05-20 BAL L 0.2 5 7 1 2 1 0 41 25 2008-05-14 @TBR W 6.1 5 1 1 1 4 0 87 62 2008-05-08 CLE W 5 4 3 3 0 3 0 86 50 2008-05-03 SEA W 6 7 1 1 0 5 0 84 59 2008-04-28 @CLE W 5 7 2 2 1 2 0 92 46 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 3-1 31.1 28 12 11 6 18 2 3.16 55 2008-04-02 TOR L 5.2 8 4 3 2 2 1 88 39 2007-09-23 TOR W 7 7 3 3 1 5 0 97 55 2007-09-12 @TOR W 5.2 5 0 0 3 1 0 87 57 2006-09-29 TOR W 6 2 1 1 0 4 1 88 68 2006-07-20 @TOR ND 7 6 4 4 0 6 0 92 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-13 Road: 14-17 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 19-19 vsLHP: 9-11 1-Run: 9-7 vsEast: 13-15 vsCntrl: 9-13 vsWest: 6-0 IL: 0-2 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 58 Tue, Jun 3 TOR L 3-9 28-30 5th 7.0 gb 57 Mon, Jun 2 @MIN L 5-6 28-29 4th 7.0 gb 56 Sun, Jun 1 @MIN L 1-5 28-28 4th 6.5 gb 55 Sat, May 31 @MIN W 7-6 (12) 28-27 4th 5.5 gb 54 Fri, May 30 @MIN W 6-5 27-27 4th 5.5 gb 53 Wed, May 28 @BAL W 4-2 26-27 5th 6.0 gb 52 Tue, May 27 @BAL L 9-10(11) 25-27 5th 6.0 gb 51 Mon, May 26 @BAL L 1-6 25-26 5th 6.0 gb 50 Sun, May 25 SEA W 6-5 25-25 4th 5.0 gb 49 Sat, May 24 SEA W 12-6 24-25 5th 5.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jun 03, 2008 TOR 9 @NYY 3 W:Roy Halladay (7-5), L: Dan Giese (0-1), S: none Thu, Apr 03, 2008 NYY 3 TOR 2 W:Joba Chamberlain (1-0), L: Brian Wolfe (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (2) Wed, Apr 02, 2008 TOR 5 @NYY 2 W:A.J. Burnett (1-0), L: Mike Mussina (0-1), S: Jeremy Accardo (1) Tue, Apr 01, 2008 NYY 3 TOR 2 W:Chien-Ming Wang (1-0), L: Roy Halladay (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (1) Mon, Sep 24, 2007 TOR 4 @NYY 1 W:Jesse Litsch (7-9), L: Andy Pettitte (14-9), S: Casey Janssen (6) Sun, Sep 23, 2007 NYY 7 TOR 5 W:Mike Mussina (11-10), L: Dustin McGowan (11-10), S: Joba Chamberlain (1) Sat, Sep 22, 2007 NYY 12 TOR 11 (10) W:Jeff Karstens (1-3), L: Josh Towers (5-10), S: none Fri, Sep 21, 2007 TOR 5 @NYY 4 (14) W:Joe Kennedy (4-9), L: Brian Bruney (3-2), S: Jason Frasor (3) Thu, Sep 13, 2007 TOR 2 NYY 1 W:Scott Downs (3-2), L: Chris Britton (0-1), S: none Wed, Sep 12, 2007 NYY 4 @TOR 1 W:Mike Mussina (9-10), L: Dustin McGowan (10-9), S: Mariano Rivera (26) Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 10-8; All-Time - NYY leads 240-192

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 5.76

NYY 4.45

KCR 3.66

RA/G

TOR 3.55

KCR 4.64

TEX 5.68

C. Jones .409

J. Lugo .275

R. Sexson .199

OBP

C. Jones .492

H. Pence .342

K. Greene .259

SLG

L. Berkman .745

K. Fukudome .433

J. Bartlett .275

OPS

L. Berkman 1.213

M. Young .775

J. Bartlett .569

ERA

E. Volquez 1.46

C. Wang 4.14

J. Washburn 6.56

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.99

Z. Greinke 6.22

J. Garland 2.58

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Mussina
G/S/vB 47.Britton
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 38.Giese
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP 16/1.126 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 4/1.250 1/.000 1/3.000 6/.500 ··· 108/75 .303/.361/.545/.907 .897/.911 1.003 60/1.165 0/0 5/

11.Eckstein G/S/vP 10/.800 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 5/1.250 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 162/128 .273/.350/.360/.710 .882/.663 .747 28/1.090 2/1 1/

2.Hill G/S/vP 19/.842 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 7/.286 3/.666 229/174 .263/.324/.361/.685 .807/.648 .676 87/.666 4/2 2/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/63 .279/.328/.393/.722 .000/.770 .727 30/.693 2/1 0/

36.Mench G/S/vP 19/.737 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.200 ··· 38/8 .235/.289/.265/.554 .621/.250 .623 38/.554 1/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 19/.396 2/1.500 3/.667 9/.778 2/.000 7/1.429 2/.000 2/.500 7/.286 1/.000 229/170 .275/.390/.418/.808 .549/.907 .760 102/.924 0/2 5/

15.Rios G/S/vP 24/.681 5/1.400 7/.629 5/1.600 1/.000 7/.858 ··· 2/2.500 9/.000 4/.500 262/200 .261/.321/.366/.686 .568/.723 .651 121/.564 13/3 3/

33.Rolen G/S/vP 21/.807 ··· 1/2.000 20/.653 2/.000 5/.250 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 152/117 .306/.382/.470/.852 .726/.889 .822 111/.871 4/0 2/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 17/.938 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 8/1.042 1/2.000 190/141 .270/.360/.350/.709 .727/.702 .638 106/.764 4/2 2/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 38/.712 1/.000 3/2.000 8/.700 2/.500 25/.768 ··· 3/.333 13/.308 2/.000 168/153 .268/.345/.416/.761 .205/.818 .877 69/.681 0/1 6/

23.Stewart G/S/vP 72/.831 ··· 3/.333 3/1.167 2/1.000 22/1.078 ··· ··· 11/.364 ··· 186/134 .259/.344/.327/.671 .800/.620 .646 102/.682 3/1 1/

7.Thigpen G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/ .000/.500/.000/.500 .500/ .500 2/.500 0/0 0/

35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 12/1.333 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.334 2/2.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 5/1.417 ··· 157/134 .243/.318/.346/.664 .566/.679 .693 89/.670 1/4 2/

IP 61.1 7.0 26.0 26.1 3.2 25.2 31.2 16.0 25.0 12.0 TOTAL .263/.341/.380/.721 .655/.742 .706 .748 39/20 39/33

ERA-K/9

4.26/4.8

1.29/2.6

2.42/11.4

4.44/7.9

2.45/0.0

6.31/5.6

5.97/8.8

2.81/8.4

0.36/8.6

5.25/7.5

4.46/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (17-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 261/.286 28/.125 108/.185 112/.316 16/.357 109/.274 146/.290 71/.200 87/.131 49/.234 .267 Rios
Wilkerson
Stewart
Scutaro
Inglett
Mench
Stairs 0/25/33/6
3/0/38/4
37/0/0/3
3/0/0/1
11/0/5/0
5/0/2/0
7/0/5/0

OPS .764 .375 .560 .988 .875 .741 .836 .641 .304 .627 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.620 13/.657 50/.657 47/1.174 6/1.100 45/1.012 75/.987 36/.478 39/.205 22/.890 .731

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 144/.879 15/.133 58/.479 65/.869 10/.744 64/.562 71/.680 35/.794 48/.388 27/.415 .741

Home 141/.851 15/.421 60/.570 51/.993 16/.875 55/.747 65/.687 40/.758 29/.241 24/.513 .719

Last 28d days 102/.751 18/.465 54/.519 47/1.224 16/.875 38/.628 53/1.084 48/.675 44/.419 43/.717

HR/SB/CS 9/6/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 8/5/5 0/1/1 2/1/2 6/0/0 1/0/1 0/1/0 2/0/0 54/51/23

Usage ····X··· X·o····· X·····X· ·X·oo··X X······· X······X ···X···X X··Xo··X ···oo·XX X··Xo···

New York Yankees Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Litsch
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

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 7/.619 20/.472 6/1.667 ··· 20/.585 6/.900 9/1.167 6/.733 243/167 .285/.350/.462/.811 .842/.796 .976 103/.819 5/3 7/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 2/.500 1/2.000 39/28 .237/.256/.368/.625 .545/.657 .610 21/.810 0/0 1/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· 4/.250 ··· 8/1.000 4/.750 2/.500 13/.350 214/139 .266/.321/.396/.717 .617/.769 .681 92/.568 3/1 6/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 19/.596 6/.666 4/.666 9/.708 228/156 .216/.263/.319/.582 .673/.541 .661 98/.729 1/3 4/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 8/1.125 6/.333 4/1.750 ··· 18/.753 7/.762 25/.393 14/.793 236/159 .301/.372/.493/.865 .887/.854 .817 97/.839 8/2 6/

17.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 65/19 .175/.262/.281/.542 .679/.217 .681 38/.525 0/0 1/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 1/no AB 6/2.000 4/.833 ··· 15/1.015 4/.500 19/.725 6/.333 193/129 .253/.389/.526/.915 .958/.893 .916 85/1.161 1/1 11/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 8/.375 11/.364 12/.834 ··· 10/1.167 15/.650 13/.481 7/.858 230/154 .282/.336/.392/.729 .711/.737 .721 106/.728 4/1 3/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 6/1.167 3/1.167 11/1.000 1/.000 17/.900 9/1.556 23/.368 7/2.285 229/152 .332/.410/.480/.891 .753/.965 .939 101/.837 0/0 6/

19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 66/44 .254/.333/.373/.706 .687/.710 .562 35/.605 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 2/1.000 120/80 .211/.222/.307/.529 .390/.599 .515 56/.453 0/0 0/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 7/.971 7/.971 15/1.433 ··· 16/1.332 11/1.414 11/.273 6/.167 162/116 .294/.377/.545/.922 .839/.952 1.032 63/1.063 6/1 8/

IP 65.0 4.2 14.1 22.2 23.1 18.2 17.2 24.0 TOTAL .266/.334/.418/.752 .712/.771 .759 .765 28/13 56/33

ERA-K/9

3.18/5.1

3.86/11.5

3.77/8.8

1.59/9.1

1.93/8.1

3.38/8.7

1.53/10.7

1.88/8.2

3.32/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (11-7-0)
Molina (25-13-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 263/.264 18/.125 59/.222 89/.188 100/.239 77/.227 76/.215 103/.225 .236 Abreu
Cabrera
Matsui
Duncan
Damon 0/0/55/5
0/56/0/2
17/0/3/2
0/0/4/0
46/5/0/0

OPS .738 .597 .605 .620 .646 .645 .643 .572 .666

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 149/.756 5/2.100 24/1.083 45/.608 43/.692 28/.721 23/.333 43/.612 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 114/.714 13/.077 35/.293 44/.632 57/.610 49/.599 53/.772 60/.543 .623

Road 131/.773 18/.597 40/.572 55/.731 56/.772 39/.708 48/.769 53/.691 .690

Last 28d days 121/.660 18/.597 40/.807 34/.710 37/.416 43/.654 41/.661 43/.638

HR/SB/CS 9/1/3 1/1/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 1/3/1 1/0/0 0/2/1 42/37/12

Usage ·····X·· ···oo··o ····oo·o o····X·· ···X···· X··oo··· ··X···X· X··oo··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 @ NYY, 7:05pm, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 7-1, 3.18)

SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 8-4, 4.26)

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