TOR @ NYY, Sunday, August 31, 2008 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 69-66, 4th, 14½ GB, 10 GB in WC	SP: Roy Halladay (31, RHP, 16-9, 2.69) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (16-9) 204 178 70 61 34 175 15 2.69 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 5-2 51.2 45 15 12 10 48 4 2.09 64 2008-08-26 @TBR W 6 6 2 2 0 7 0 111 59 2008-08-21 NYY W 7 5 3 3 2 9 1 94 62 2008-08-16 @BOS W 9 7 1 1 1 4 1 111 72 2008-08-09 CLE L 6.2 10 4 1 2 6 0 130 48 2008-08-04 OAK W 8 4 1 1 1 8 1 113 77 2008-07-29 TBR L 8 6 3 3 3 8 1 118 63 2008-07-24 @BAL W 7 7 1 1 1 6 0 119 64 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 3-1 37.2 28 12 9 6 27 2 2.15 64 2008-08-21 NYY W 7 5 3 3 2 9 1 94 62 2008-07-11 NYY W 9 2 0 0 1 8 0 110 90 2008-06-03 @NYY W 6 6 2 2 1 3 0 102 54 2008-04-01 @NYY L 7 7 3 3 2 3 1 93 52 2007-09-21 @NYY ND 8.2 8 4 1 0 4 0 110 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-29 Road: 32-37 ExtrInn: 4-8 vsRHP: 55-46 vsLHP: 14-20 1-Run: 20-28 vsEast: 26-26 vsCntrl:18-11 vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 135 Sat, Aug 30 @NYY W 7-6 69-66 4th 14.5 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 @NYY L 1-2 68-66 4th 14.5 gb 133 Thu, Aug 28 @TBR L 2-3 68-65 4th 13.5 gb 132 Wed, Aug 27 @TBR L 0-1 68-64 4th 12.5 gb 131 Tue, Aug 26 @TBR W 6-2 68-63 4th 11.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 BOS L 5-6 (11) 67-63 4th 12.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 BOS W 11-0 67-62 4th 12.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 BOS L 4-8 66-62 4th 12.5 gb 127 Thu, Aug 21 NYY W 14-3 66-61 4th 11.5 gb 126 Wed, Aug 20 NYY L 1-5 65-61 4th 12.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
New York Yankees, 72-63, 3rd, 11½ GB, 7 GB in WC	SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 13-10, 4.37) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (13-10) 175 194 92 85 48 133 17 4.37 2007 (15-9) 215.1 238 106 97 69 141 16 4.05 2006 (14-13) 214.1 238 114 100 70 178 27 4.20 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 42 53 30 28 18 33 4 6.00 42 2008-08-26 BOS L 4.2 10 6 6 3 3 0 101 20 2008-08-20 @TOR W 7 5 1 1 0 4 0 83 67 2008-08-15 KCR ND 7 6 3 3 4 7 0 102 56 2008-08-10 @LAA ND 7 10 3 3 2 3 0 101 46 2008-08-05 @TEX L 5 6 5 5 3 5 1 104 37 2008-07-31 LAA L 5.1 11 9 9 3 4 2 110 11 2008-07-26 @BOS W 6 5 3 1 3 7 1 110 58 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 2-2 31.2 31 13 12 9 25 1 3.41 54 2008-08-20 @TOR W 7 5 1 1 0 4 0 83 67 2008-07-13 @TOR L 6 8 4 4 1 6 1 107 45 2007-09-24 TOR L 6 5 4 3 1 1 0 96 48 2007-08-06 @TOR W 5.2 6 3 3 4 7 0 114 48 2007-07-17 TOR ND 7 7 1 1 3 7 0 116 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 40-30 Road: 32-33 ExtrInn: 6-2 vsRHP: 53-43 vsLHP: 19-20 1-Run: 24-17 vsEast: 29-27 vsCntrl:17-18 vsWest: 16-10 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 135 Sat, Aug 30 TOR L 6-7 72-63 3rd 11.5 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 TOR W 2-1 72-62 3rd 10.5 gb 133 Thu, Aug 28 BOS W 3-2 71-62 3rd 10.5 gb 132 Wed, Aug 27 BOS L 3-11 70-62 3rd 10.5 gb 131 Tue, Aug 26 BOS L 3-7 70-61 3rd 9.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 @BAL W 8-7 70-60 3rd 9.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 @BAL W 5-3 69-60 3rd 10.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 @BAL W 9-4 68-60 3rd 10.5 gb 127 Thu, Aug 21 @TOR L 3-14 67-60 3rd 10.5 gb 126 Wed, Aug 20 @TOR W 5-1 67-59 3rd 10.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Aug 30, 2008 TOR 7 @NYY 6 W:Brandon League (1-2), L: Damaso Marte (4-3), S: B.J. Ryan (25) Fri, Aug 29, 2008 NYY 2 TOR 1 W:Carl Pavano (2-0), L: A.J. Burnett (16-10), S: Mariano Rivera (32) Thu, Aug 21, 2008 TOR 14 NYY 3 W:Roy Halladay (15-9), L: Sidney Ponson (7-4), S: none Wed, Aug 20, 2008 NYY 5 @TOR 1 W:Andy Pettitte (13-9), L: David Purcey (2-4), S: none Tue, Aug 19, 2008 TOR 2 NYY 1 W:A.J. Burnett (16-9), L: Jose Veras (3-2), S: B.J. Ryan (24) Sun, Jul 13, 2008 TOR 4 NYY 1 W:A.J. Burnett (10-8), L: Andy Pettitte (10-7), S: B.J. Ryan (18) Sat, Jul 12, 2008 NYY 9 @TOR 4 W:Darrell Rasner (5-7), L: Jesse Litsch (8-6), S: none Fri, Jul 11, 2008 TOR 5 NYY 0 W:Roy Halladay (11-6), L: Joba Chamberlain (2-3), S: none Thu, Jun 05, 2008 NYY 9 TOR 8 W:Kyle Farnsworth (1-2), L: B.J. Ryan (1-2), S: none Wed, Jun 04, 2008 NYY 5 TOR 1 W:Mike Mussina (9-4), L: Jesse Litsch (7-2), S: none Season Series: 2008 - Tied 7-7; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 10-8; All-Time - NYY leads 245-197

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 5.49

LAA 4.63

WSN 3.82

RA/G

TOR 3.88

CLE 4.63

TEX 5.96

A. Pujols .362

M. Fontenot .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

C. Pena .365

T. Pena .188

SLG

A. Pujols .644

R. Howard .487

T. Pena .213

OPS

A. Pujols 1.113

B. Abreu .837

T. Pena .400

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.43

G. Smith 3.90

N. Robertson 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

J. Jurrjens 6.38

L. Hernandez 3.47

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB 39.Britton
G/S/vB 33.Bruney
G/S/vB 34.Marte*
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 11/.364 2/2.500 ··· 4/.750 1/3.000 6/.500 3/1.667 334/232 .260/.308/.435/.743 .626/.796 .795 83/.798 0/0 11/

23.Bautista G/S/vP 13/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 380/283 .236/.316/.391/.706 .873/.654 .784 31/.306 1/1 12/

11.Eckstein G/S/vP 49/.542 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 298/208 .273/.352/.355/.707 .858/.638 .765 29/.692 2/1 1/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.000 309/282 .301/.358/.413/.771 .724/.775 .640 85/.780 8/2 2/

26.Lind* G/S/vP 9/.873 1/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 251/180 .294/.332/.494/.826 .821/.827 .868 107/.794 1/0 9/

6.McDonald G/S/vP 17/.900 2/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.100 2/.000 165/102 .218/.264/.286/.550 .657/.485 .616 83/.561 3/1 1/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 24/.166 3/1.000 6/1.000 4/.666 2/.500 9/.222 3/.000 536/396 .272/.367/.414/.781 .571/.858 .800 105/.734 1/2 11/

15.Rios G/S/vP 16/.688 7/1.000 6/1.000 2/.000 2/2.500 10/.000 6/.334 575/442 .288/.336/.443/.778 .685/.807 .770 112/.876 30/8 10/

33.Rolen G/S/vP 32/.944 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 367/277 .250/.349/.399/.748 .693/.763 .776 18/.543 5/0 7/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 9/.778 2/1.500 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 9/.904 3/1.667 484/359 .265/.346/.346/.692 .689/.693 .662 100/.756 7/2 6/

45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/7 .143/.143/.286/.429 /.429 .429 7/.429 0/0 0/

10.Wells G/S/vP 35/1.082 2/.000 8/.500 5/.400 1/.000 18/1.014 2/3.000 356/276 .295/.340/.489/.829 .888/.812 .760 79/1.014 4/2 15/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 11/.384 3/.333 3/1.666 5/.400 2/.000 15/.414 ··· 240/187 .222/.329/.340/.669 .615/.694 .553 21/.095 2/1 5/

IP 175.0 15.2 24.1 58.1 50.0 61.2 48.0 TOTAL .261/.333/.392/.725 .694/.735 .708 .733 76/27 98/65

ERA-K/9

4.37/6.8

4.02/5.2

2.59/7.8

4.32/9.9

3.42/10.3

1.46/10.2

3.56/9.4

4.32/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (34-20-2)
Zaun (35-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 748/.285 68/.270 102/.176 245/.219 206/.197 227/.171 208/.232 .267 Rios
Wells
Lind
Scutaro
Inglett
Snider 0/56/75/13
0/80/0/5
58/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
21/1/12/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .750 .768 .576 .628 .642 .448 .702 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 220/.529 33/.991 42/.495 84/.673 117/.684 118/.400 99/.732 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 528/.844 35/.562 60/.619 161/.604 89/.586 109/.499 109/.676 .742

Home 374/.771 45/.879 40/.427 129/.578 123/.622 125/.518 114/.699 .712

Last 28d days 137/.784 24/.855 49/.505 38/.751 54/.912 49/.392 54/.911

HR/SB/CS 17/18/8 2/0/0 2/2/0 5/3/1 6/2/4 4/6/1 6/4/1 120/98/51

Usage ····X··· ···oX··· ooo·X··X oooX··X· oo·oo·X· ·Xo···Xo oo·X··oX

New York Yankees Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Halladay
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 25/.408 7/1.738 1/.000 21/.555 9/.944 8/1.000 11/.705 11/1.036 8/.804 578/408 .299/.372/.465/.837 .788/.858 .889 114/.833 15/10 15/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP 12/.167 1/.000 1/5.000 3/1.167 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 167/127 .259/.289/.405/.694 .651/.708 .739 28/.629 0/1 5/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 25/.863 2/2.500 1/.000 21/.538 8/.500 9/1.319 7/1.286 5/.500 12/.788 531/373 .271/.308/.415/.722 .822/.681 .763 99/.896 1/4 13/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 84/.858 5/1.800 1/2.000 21/.633 9/.819 3/1.334 16/.265 25/.393 15/.884 521/370 .312/.385/.457/.842 .756/.876 .834 117/.828 25/6 11/

11.Gardner* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 84/72 .189/.256/.243/.499 .000/.581 .497 16/.908 7/0 0/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 71/.833 4/.833 1/.000 15/1.015 4/.500 7/.453 8/1.500 21/.944 9/.333 458/333 .251/.378/.509/.887 .894/.885 .917 87/.868 2/1 27/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 84/.624 13/.770 ··· 11/1.271 19/.504 13/.385 16/.867 15/.553 9/.819 573/402 .297/.354/.401/.755 .836/.721 .755 113/.822 9/4 8/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 46/.678 11/1.000 1/.000 20/.862 10/1.711 11/.573 18/1.289 24/.440 9/2.111 329/228 .303/.386/.448/.834 .722/.886 .813 44/.657 0/0 9/

26.Molina G/S/vP 12/.349 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 262/175 .228/.275/.325/.599 .478/.659 .651 41/.508 0/0 2/

22.Nady G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 492/379 .321/.376/.538/.914 .861/.927 .884 107/.866 1/1 21/

29.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/2 .600/.667/2.000/2.667 1.167/5.000 2.100 6/2.667 0/0 2/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 62/.707 16/1.332 1/.000 17/1.243 12/1.283 13/.762 9/.611 14/.539 9/.722 496/360 .306/.393/.575/.968 .941/.978 1.073 110/.797 16/2 28/

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 29/1.034 6/.833 1/.000 3/.666 6/2.000 1/5.000 8/.625 6/.334 1/2.000 391/300 .280/.325/.402/.726 .756/.717 .829 57/.603 7/1 7/

IP 204.0 38.0 46.2 62.2 44.0 25.0 30.2 48.0 44.0 TOTAL .273/.344/.426/.770 .739/.783 .793 .795 92/33 145/69

ERA-K/9

2.69/7.7

4.03/7.3

2.12/9.1

1.29/7.8

3.89/8.4

2.16/6.8

4.70/5.3

2.63/8.4

3.27/8.4

3.61/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (38-31-6)
Rodriguez (44-24-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 814/.233 158/.255 188/.211 251/.201 188/.201 107/.202 128/.288 202/.223 191/.243 .246 Nady
Abreu
Gardner
Matsui
Damon 26/0/86/12
0/0/127/10
16/5/0/2
21/0/3/2
78/21/0/1

OPS .617 .676 .660 .539 .641 .640 .818 .646 .694 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 457/.631 60/.982 101/.567 103/.463 73/.814 48/.811 52/.905 62/.697 88/.711 .751

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 357/.599 98/.488 87/.769 148/.594 115/.534 59/.505 76/.759 140/.624 103/.679 .652

Road 448/.592 78/.722 110/.807 134/.592 89/.713 54/.619 39/1.026 108/.807 80/.621 .731

Last 28d days 146/.597 32/.823 28/.661 38/.431 39/.438 41/.483 42/.868 38/.554 25/.876

HR/SB/CS 15/11/5 2/3/0 5/1/2 2/2/0 3/5/2 2/0/0 4/2/1 3/2/0 4/3/1 123/70/31

Usage ····X··· ········ ····o··X o···o·X· X·o····· o···o·oo X······· X···X·oX X·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, 1:05pm, Sunday, August 31, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Roy Halladay (31, RHP, 16-9, 2.69)

SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 13-10, 4.37)

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