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Game Preview: NYY @ TBR, 7:10pm, Monday, April 14, 2008 @Tropicana Field

New York Yankees, 6-7, 5th, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Ian Kennedy (23, RHP, 0-1, 13.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)              5.1   6   8   8   6   5  0   13.50      
 2007 (1-0)             19    13   6   4   9  15  1    1.89      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  21.1  17  12  10  13  17  1    4.22   51 
 2008-04-04    TBR   L   2.1   4   6   6   4   2  0      70   23 
 2007-09-13    TOR  ND   7     1   1   1   4   7  0      93   74 
 2007-09-07    KCR  ND   5     7   2   2   3   2  0      86   44 
 2007-09-01    TBD   W   7     5   3   1   2   6  1      96   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-3    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-7    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Sun, Apr 13  @BOS  L   5-8        6-7   5th  0.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @BOS  L   3-4        6-6   1st    Tied
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @BOS  W   4-1        6-5   1st  0.5 up
 10 Thu, Apr 10  @KCR  W   6-1        5-5   1st    Tied
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @KCR  L   0-4        4-5   1st    Tied
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @KCR  L   2-5        4-4   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr  7   TBR  W   6-1        4-3   1st    Tied
  6 Sun, Apr  6   TBR  W   2-0        3-3   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr  5   TBR  L   3-6        2-3   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  4   TBR  L   4-13       2-2   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-7    Last 30: 6-7 
Tampa Bay Rays, 6-6, 1st, Tied

SP: Andy Sonnanstine (25, RHP, 1-1, 6.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             12    13   8   8   2   7  2    6.00      
 2007 (6-10)           130.2 151  87  85  26  97 18    5.85      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  38.2  50  25  25   8  29  6    5.82   44 
 2008-04-09    SEA   L   6     7   4   4   2   3  1      93   43 
 2008-04-04    NYY   W   6     6   4   4   0   4  1      84   48 
 2007-09-28    TOR   L   5     6   4   4   1   4  1      82   42 
 2007-09-22    BOS  ND   5.1   8   5   5   2   1  1      94   31 
 2007-09-16    SEA   W   7     6   1   1   2   8  1      97   67 
 2007-09-11    BOS  ND   3.1   8   5   5   1   3  1      80   26 
 2007-09-05    BAL   W   6     9   2   2   0   6  0      83   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      2-1  20.1  17  10   9   1  12  3    3.98   55 
 2008-04-04    NYY   W   6     6   4   4   0   4  1      84   48 
 2007-08-31    NYY   W   8     2   1   0   0   5  0     104   81 
 2007-07-14    NYY   L   6.1   9   5   5   1   3  2     104   37 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-3    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-4    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   0-2 
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Sun, Apr 13   BAL  W   6-2        6-6   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 12   BAL  L   2-3        5-6   1st    Tied
 10 Fri, Apr 11   BAL  W  10-5        5-5   2nd  0.5 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10   SEA  W   7-0        4-5   1st    Tied
  8 Wed, Apr  9   SEA  L   1-7        3-5   1st    Tied
  7 Tue, Apr  8   SEA  L   5-6        3-4   1st    Tied
  6 Mon, Apr  7  @NYY  L   1-6        3-3   1st    Tied
  5 Sun, Apr  6  @NYY  L   0-2        3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Sat, Apr  5  @NYY  W   6-3        3-1   1st    Tied
  3 Fri, Apr  4  @NYY  W  13-4        2-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-6    Last 30: 6-6 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 07, 2008 NYY  6  TBR  1        W:Mike Mussina (1-1), L: Jason Hammel (0-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 06, 2008 NYY  2  TBR  0        W:Chien-Ming Wang (2-0), L: James Shields (1-1), S: Mariano Rivera (3)
Sat, Apr 05, 2008 TBR  6 @NYY  3        W:Edwin Jackson (1-0), L: Andy Pettitte (0-1), S: Troy Percival (1)
Fri, Apr 04, 2008 TBR 13 @NYY  4        W:Andy Sonnanstine (1-0), L: Ian Kennedy (0-1), S: none

Thu, Sep 27, 2007 NYY  3 @TBD  1        W:Philip Hughes , L: Jon Switzer , S: Jose Veras 
Wed, Sep 26, 2007 NYY 12 @TBD  4        W:Chien-Ming Wang , L: J.P. Howell , S: none
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 TBD  7  NYY  6 (10)   W:Gary Glover , L: Jeff Karstens , S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2007 TBD  8 @NYY  2        W:Jason Hammel , L: Andy Pettitte , S: none
Sat, Sep 01, 2007 NYY  9  TBD  6        W:Ian Kennedy , L: Edwin Jackson , S: Mariano Rivera 
Fri, Aug 31, 2007 TBD  9 @NYY  1        W:Andy Sonnanstine , L: Philip Hughes , S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 13-5; All-Time - NYY leads 113-57

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

New York Yankees Batters (3.31 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB
27.Dohmann
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
40.Percival
G/S/vB
28.Reyes
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 9/.889 4/1.250 5/1.400 10/.550 3/1.167 2/.000 3/.667 5/2.800 699/532 .283/.369/.445/.814 .678/.857 .725 / 25/8 16/4
14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 284/233 .229/.333/.454/.787 .670/.815 .657 / 0/0 14/7
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 6/.167 8/.625 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 612/445 .273/.327/.391/.718 .641/.747 .746 / 13/5 8/4
24.Cano* G/S/vP 9/.000 6/1.917 3/.000 12/.916 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 669/458 .306/.353/.488/.841 .864/.831 .816 / 4/5 19/13
18.Damon* G/S/vP 10/.311 4/1.167 14/.517 7/.453 15/1.217 19/.474 4/.250 4/.500 605/448 .270/.351/.396/.747 .705/.762 .750 / 27/3 12/3
11.Ensberg G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 324/205 .230/.320/.404/.724 .830/.661 .860 / 0/1 12/13
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 6/.500 2/.500 7/2.114 3/.000 13/.681 7/.143 4/.250 8/3.083 303/227 .236/.356/.433/.790 .782/.789 .806 / 1/0 14/1
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/12 .071/.133/.071/.205 .667/.083 .220 / 0/1 0/1
2.Jeter G/S/vP 10/1.100 2/2.000 8/1.750 13/.985 3/1.167 14/.368 4/2.083 9/.347 714/550 .322/.388/.452/.840 .876/.830 .835 / 15/8 12/18
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 8/1.625 3/1.334 3/1.000 10/1.000 13/.749 6/.333 3/.333 4/.500 634/443 .285/.367/.488/.855 .814/.872 .821 / 4/2 25/3
26.Molina G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 202/151 .257/.274/.340/.614 .853/.530 .572 / 2/1 1/4
20.Posada# G/S/vP 8/.250 3/.000 7/.286 10/.200 16/.885 15/.564 3/.000 4/1.167 589/421 .338/.426/.543/.970 .942/.981 1.007 / 2/0 20/5
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 9/.444 2/.000 10/1.178 13/.906 3/.666 19/.868 10/1.300 4/.500 708/532 .314/.422/.645/1.067 .961/1.099 1.101 / 24/4 54/13
IP 130.2 32.2 77.1 51.0 46.1 40.0 60.2 74.2 TOTAL .253/.317/.394/.711 .672/.719 .733 .711 2/2 10/9
ERA-K/9 5.85/6.7 3.31/7.2 4.89/5.9 7.59/8.6 4.86/8.9 1.80/8.1 4.90/10.4 5.30/9.9 3.86/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (31-13-4)
 Posada (102-32-13)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 554/.293 136/.257 334/.288 244/.318 211/.249 150/.171 254/.215 321/.256 .243  Cabrera
 Abreu
 Matsui
 Damon
 Betemit
18/131/5/16
0/0/157/6
112/0/0/6
32/48/1/3
1/0/1/0
OPS .812 .749 .832 .882 .777 .505 .714 .757 .682
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 285/.869 66/.677 151/.845 59/.874 103/.653 63/.626 136/.796 144/.773 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 269/.751 70/.815 183/.821 185/.884 108/.902 87/.418 118/.622 177/.745 .614
Home 253/.860 64/.619 180/.811 109/.704 118/.773 77/.402 139/.632 149/.800 .665
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 18/1/8 3/3/2 12/6/2 8/2/1 6/3/0 3/2/3 13/2/0 11/4/0 9/9/2
Usage ····X··· ·····XX· ··X··Xo· oX··X··X oooo···· o·o··o·· X·o··X·· Xo···X··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (5.25 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Kennedy
G/S/vB
33.Bruney
G/S/vB
62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
21.Hawkins
G/S/vB
39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
61.Traber*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 570/415 .265/.339/.361/.699 .857/.641 .684 / 23/3 5/26
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/1.500 1/.000 8/1.000 9/.583 1/.000 12/.819 4/.000 627/421 .315/.355/.466/.820 .837/.812 .764 / 50/10 11/4
20.Difelice G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/no AB ··· 4/.500 1/.000 47/36 .250/.311/.350/.661 .682/.653 .500 / 0/0 0/2
31.Gomes G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.167 ··· 5/.000 3/.000 ··· 9/.889 ··· 394/285 .244/.322/.460/.782 .918/.730 .746 / 12/4 17/0
37.Haynes* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 48/46 .267/.313/.311/.624 .000/.652 .846 / 1/2 0/0
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.200 3/1.000 2/.000 5/2.050 2/2.500 12/.500 ··· 218/193 .204/.317/.398/.714 .760/.708 .879 / 3/0 6/3
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 5/.650 4/.500 2/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 559/383 .285/.359/.411/.770 .862/.728 .779 / 12/8 7/7
43.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
23.Pena* G/S/vP 5/.200 3/1.667 2/.500 6/3.033 4/.500 1/.000 6/.167 6/1.667 612/452 .282/.411/.627/1.037 .953/1.068 1.103 / 1/0 46/8
9.Riggans G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/9 .100/.100/.100/.200 2.000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/2
10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 15/15 .214/.267/.214/.481 /.481 .667 / 0/0 0/0
2.Upton G/S/vP 5/2.467 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 548/404 .300/.386/.508/.894 .901/.892 .843 / 22/8 24/14
IP 19.0 50.0 24.0 60.0 55.1 6.1 71.1 39.2 TOTAL .248/.330/.401/.731 .830/.690 .764 .731 13/6 15/9
ERA-K/9 1.89/7.1 4.68/7.0 0.38/12.8 4.80/7.2 3.42/4.7 2.84/12.9 3.15/9.3 4.76/6.1 3.82/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 77/.191 228/.243 91/.145 266/.256 225/.252 26/.208 295/.248 182/.314 .250  Upton
 Gomes
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Haynes
 Ruggiano
0/79/0/11
26/0/32/5
139/0/0/3
24/0/12/1
8/12/13/1
1/3/1/0
OPS .565 .757 .440 .750 .698 .603 .644 .835 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.491 92/1.028 42/.406 132/.824 110/.735 15/.733 146/.618 56/.567 .693
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 40/.626 136/.591 49/.469 134/.680 115/.665 11/.384 149/.670 126/.959 .666
Road 50/.533 124/.794 55/.541 138/.772 115/.807 22/.718 158/.657 84/1.022 .707
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 1/1/1 5/4/5 1/1/0 9/9/2 6/2/1 1/0/0 4/2/1 4/5/1 9/19/8
Usage ····X··· ·X··X·o· ···X···X o···X·o· Xo···oX· X····X·· ···X···o ····Xo··

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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