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Game Preview: TOR @ PIT, 7:05pm, Saturday, June 21, 2008 @PNC Park

Toronto Blue Jays, 35-40, 5th, 10½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 7-3, 3.70)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-3)             82.2  94  35  34  13  44 11    3.70      
 2007 (7-9)            111   116  56  47  36  50 14    3.81      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  46.1  51  16  16   6  17  5    3.11   53 
 2008-06-15    CHC   L   6.1   8   5   5   1   2  0      90   38 
 2008-06-09    SEA  ND   6    10   2   2   1   4  1     103   47 
 2008-06-04   @NYY   L   5.1  10   4   4   2   1  1      99   31 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT    Has never faced PIT.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-17   Road:   17-23   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  29-26   vsLHP:   6-14   1-Run:  11-19
 vsEast:  9-14   vsCntrl:15-7    vsWest:  8-12 IL: 3-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Fri, Jun 20  @PIT  L   0-1 (12)  35-40  5th 10.5 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 19  @MIL  L   7-8       35-39  5th 10.5 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 18  @MIL  L   4-5       35-38  5th 10.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 17  @MIL  L   0-7       35-37  5th  9.0 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 15   CHC  L   4-7       35-36  5th  8.5 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 14   CHC  L   2-6       35-35  5th  7.5 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 13   CHC  W   3-2       35-34  4th  6.5 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 11   SEA  L   1-2       34-34  3rd  7.0 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 10   SEA  W   3-1       34-33  3rd  6.0 gb
 66 Mon, Jun  9   SEA  L   2-3 (10)  33-33  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:13-17
Pittsburgh Pirates, 35-39, 4th, 11 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (26, LHP, 4-5, 4.45)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-5)             89    98  47  44  25  59 13    4.45      
 2007 (10-15)          177.2 204 110  99  49 105 22    5.02      
 2006 (8-10)           176   202  98  93  81 117 19    4.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  47.2  54  23  22  10  32  9    4.15   50 
 2008-06-15   @BAL  ND   6     4   2   2   3   4  2      94   57 
 2008-06-10    WSN  ND   6.2  10   4   4   0   4  4      88   42 
 2008-06-05    HOU   W   8     8   3   2   0   1  0      86   57 
 2008-05-31   @STL   W   6.2   4   1   1   0   5  1      87   67 
 2008-05-25    CHC  ND   8     8   5   5   2   7  1     121   51 
 2008-05-20    MIL   L   6.1   9   4   4   2   5  1     111   42 
 2008-05-14   @STL   L   6    11   4   4   3   6  0     107   37 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR    Has never faced TOR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-15   Road:   13-24   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  24-25   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:  14-11
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl:15-18   vsWest:  6-4  IL: 2-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Fri, Jun 20   TOR  W   1-0 (12)  35-39  4th 11.0 gb
 73 Thu, Jun 19  @CHW  L   8-13      34-39  4th 11.0 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 18  @CHW  L   2-8       34-38  4th 11.0 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 17  @CHW  L   5-16      34-37  4th 11.0 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 15  @BAL  W   5-4 (10)  34-36  4th 11.0 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 14  @BAL  L   7-8       33-36  4th 11.0 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 13  @BAL  L   6-9       33-35  4th 10.0 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 12   WSN  W   7-5       33-34  4th 10.0 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 11   WSN  W   3-1       32-34  5th 10.0 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 10   WSN  L   6-7       31-34  5th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 20, 2008 PIT  1  TOR  0 (12)   W:Tyler Yates (3-0), L: Jesse Carlson (1-1), S: none

Thu, Jun 12, 2003 TOR  5  PIT  4        W:Mark Hendrickson (5-5), L: Jeff Suppan (5-6), S: Cliff Politte (10)
Wed, Jun 11, 2003 TOR  8  PIT  5        W:Roy Halladay (9-2), L: Jeff D'Amico (4-7), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2003 TOR 13  PIT  8        W:Cory Lidle (9-4), L: Kris Benson (5-7), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 1-0; 2007 -  0-0; 2006 -  0-0; All-Time - TOR leads 3-1

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  5.48

TBR  4.55

WSN  3.68

RA/G

OAK  3.73

SDP  4.59

TEX  5.76

BA

C. Jones  .390

D. Eckstein  .278

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .483

J. Votto  .352

C. Patterson  .227

SLG

L. Berkman  .701

D. Murphy  .452

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

L. Berkman  1.147

J. Upton  .799

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.71

D. McGowan  4.15

B. Bonser  6.48

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.42

R. Nolasco  6.13

L. Hernandez  2.71

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
43.Marte*
G/S/vB
52.Osoria
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 156/107 .289/.353/.472/.824 .749/.859 .926 81/.850 0/0 5/
11.Eckstein G/S/vP 14/.607 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 4/.250 1/.000 2/.000 207/166 .278/.361/.358/.719 .929/.667 .722 73/.875 2/1 1/
1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 98/91 .291/.361/.442/.803 .619/.817 .720 44/.872 2/1 1/
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 41/20 .171/.256/.200/.456 .417/.498 .697 15/.368 2/1 0/
36.Mench G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 4/1.250 1/no AB 1/.000 68/22 .217/.279/.300/.579 .558/.623 .437 45/.696 1/0 0/
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 4/.000 5/1.200 ··· 7/1.547 2/1.000 ··· 3/3.500 287/214 .263/.371/.404/.775 .575/.848 .799 96/.721 1/2 6/
15.Rios G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 319/238 .272/.329/.379/.708 .618/.739 .681 104/.712 15/5 3/
33.Rolen G/S/vP 9/.873 5/1.400 6/1.500 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 210/158 .268/.357/.415/.772 .668/.804 .763 101/.681 4/0 3/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 238/172 .248/.343/.317/.660 .646/.665 .600 91/.554 5/2 2/
24.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 8/.542 1/2.000 ··· 215/197 .255/.330/.411/.742 .170/.796 .862 73/.638 1/1 8/
10.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 206/159 .277/.325/.436/.761 .689/.783 .657 51/.683 2/2 7/
35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 1/.000 4/1.167 3/.000 ··· 5/.200 202/170 .244/.333/.349/.682 .668/.685 .682 82/.828 3/5 3/
9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 158/118 .271/.368/.414/.781 .685/.833 .728 19/1.660 2/1 4/
IP 89.0 17.0 35.1 35.1 36.1 48.2 35.2 TOTAL .257/.335/.374/.710 .642/.732 .694 .723 47/23 49/39
ERA-K/9 4.45/6.0 6.88/7.4 2.80/6.6 3.31/6.9 3.22/9.7 5.36/4.8 3.79/5.5 5.05/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (23-9-2)
 Zaun (21-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 381/.284 86/.328 140/.242 151/.230 145/.221 220/.330 165/.221 .287  Rios
 Wilkerson
 Wells
 Scutaro
 Inglett
 Mench
 Stairs
0/30/43/7
10/0/45/4
0/48/0/3
3/0/0/1
14/0/5/0
12/0/4/0
9/0/6/0
OPS .779 1.008 .677 .670 .534 .880 .692 .808
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 61/.548 24/.481 67/.669 33/.743 45/.644 79/.911 57/.653 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 320/.822 62/1.244 73/.684 118/.650 100/.484 141/.861 108/.713 .830
Home 224/.712 34/1.367 85/.553 71/.587 80/.551 101/.803 88/.642 .752
Last 28d days 142/.775 43/.881 58/.799 62/.851 53/.490 79/.939 69/.785
HR/SB/CS 13/1/4 3/0/0 4/4/1 6/3/2 2/1/1 6/0/0 2/3/1 78/44/18
Usage ·····X·· ·o·X···X X····XX· ·X···XX· XX···Xo· ···X···X X·X···o·
Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Litsch
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
40.Wolfe
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 239/166 .254/.321/.411/.732 .916/.656 .498 85/.874 1/1 7/
38.Bay G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 314/230 .281/.392/.517/.909 .790/.949 .971 113/.891 6/0 14/
37.Chavez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 55/43 .235/.273/.294/.567 .917/.463 .690 49/.532 0/0 0/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 150/112 .341/.387/.609/.995 .963/1.007 1.137 40/1.114 0/0 9/
5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.900 2/.000 5/.800 ··· ··· 107/68 .310/.340/.350/.690 .721/.672 .732 24/.681 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 278/197 .219/.299/.360/.659 .687/.647 .670 98/.627 1/0 7/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 332/231 .290/.376/.552/.928 .748/1.009 .883 115/.752 8/3 15/
18.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.875 2/.000 4/.000 2/3.000 ··· 146/94 .237/.290/.374/.664 .505/.752 .678 58/.829 1/1 3/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.666 1/3.000 3/1.667 1/.000 7/.453 6/.533 1/.000 148/123 .250/.365/.331/.696 .610/.712 .777 56/.810 0/0 1/
3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 40/35 .139/.225/.167/.392 1.350/.265 .328 5/.000 1/2 0/
22.Nady G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 274/197 .314/.376/.510/.886 .997/.845 .812 74/.865 1/0 10/
31.Rivas G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.800 2/.000 ··· 105/74 .247/.282/.392/.673 .959/.555 .701 36/1.081 2/1 3/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 316/241 .235/.266/.316/.582 .649/.561 .531 114/.530 0/1 4/
2.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 105/76 .298/.337/.330/.666 .690/.657 .716 91/.722 1/0 0/
IP 82.2 21.2 25.0 32.1 23.1 24.0 29.0 14.2 TOTAL .257/.325/.404/.729 .763/.716 .721 .754 21/8 75/54
ERA-K/9 3.70/4.8 4.15/7.5 1.80/9.4 1.39/8.1 3.86/8.1 2.63/9.8 2.17/7.8 3.07/5.5 3.58/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (7-5-2)
 Doumit (14-6-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 344/.287 89/.241 103/.217 136/.227 101/.226 104/.207 128/.243 60/.268 .246  Nady
 Michaels
 Bay
 McLouth
 Mientkiewicz
 Morgan
0/0/62/9
20/3/18/3
71/0/0/2
4/70/2/1
0/0/4/0
2/8/2/0
OPS .776 .642 .714 .608 .694 .645 .637 .735 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 187/.812 33/1.110 52/.712 56/.599 35/.805 32/.630 55/.655 27/.776 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 157/.734 56/.382 51/.716 80/.613 66/.633 72/.652 73/.623 33/.701 .637
Road 157/.831 48/.631 63/.835 78/.712 49/.797 59/.780 62/.663 26/.749 .721
Last 28d days 142/.764 38/.642 24/1.108 47/.512 37/.805 43/.703 38/.840 27/.709
HR/SB/CS 11/1/5 2/2/0 3/0/0 1/1/0 2/4/2 2/2/0 1/2/1 2/0/0 63/45/16
Usage ·····X·· ··o··X·o o··X·o·o X·X····X o·oX··X· oo·····o ·X····X· X··X··oo

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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