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Game Preview: TOR @ TBR, 7:10pm, Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Toronto Blue Jays, 10-10, 3rd, 3½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 2-0, 4.60)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-0)             15.2  20   8   8   5  12  2    4.60      
 2007 (7-9)            111   116  56  47  36  50 14    3.81      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  39    38  15  15  14  22  4    3.46   51 
 2008-04-16    TEX  ND   5     9   4   4   0   5  1      94   38 
 2008-04-11   @TEX   W   5.2   6   2   2   2   5  1      93   52 
 2008-04-05    BOS   W   5     5   2   2   3   2  0      83   48 
 2007-09-29    TBD  ND   6     4   1   1   4   3  0     100   59 
 2007-09-24   @NYY   W   7.2   5   1   1   0   1  0      99   66 
 2007-09-19    BOS   W   6.2   2   1   1   4   1  1      95   63 
 2007-09-14    BAL   L   3     7   4   4   1   5  1      66   33 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-7    Road:    5-3    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   9-6    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  5-3    vsCntrl: 2-2    vsWest:  3-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Mon, Apr 21   DET  L   1-5       10-10  3rd  3.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20   DET  W   5-3       10-9   3rd  2.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   DET  W   3-2        9-9   3rd  2.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   DET  L   4-8        8-9   4th  2.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   TEX  L   1-4        8-8   4th  1.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   TEX  L   5-7 (14)   8-7   3rd  0.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @BAL  W  11-3        8-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @BAL  L   3-4        7-6   3rd  1.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @TEX  W   5-4 (10)   7-5   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @TEX  W   4-1        6-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:10-10
Tampa Bay Rays, 8-11, 5th, 5 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 1-1, 3.52)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             23    28  14   9   6  16  1    3.52      
 2007 (12-8)           215   202  98  92  36 184 28    3.85      
 2006 (6-8)            124.2 141  69  67  38 104 18    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  45    43  21  13   9  32  2    2.60   55 
 2008-04-16   @MIN  ND   5     8   5   3   1   5  0      96   39 
 2008-04-11    BAL  ND   6     7   5   2   1   4  0      95   47 
 2008-04-06   @NYY   L   5     8   2   2   1   5  1      96   47 
 2008-03-31   @BAL   W   7     5   2   2   3   2  0      85   58 
 2007-09-14   @SEA  ND   8     4   1   1   2   5  0      99   73 
 2007-09-09    TOR   W   7     4   2   2   0   5  1     106   66 
 2007-09-03    BAL   W   7     7   4   1   1   6  0      97   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      2-0  19.2  14   8   6   3  15  2    2.75   60 
 2007-09-09    TOR   W   7     4   2   2   0   5  1     106   66 
 2007-04-06    TOR  ND   6.2   6   3   3   2   3  0     103   51 
 2006-08-16    TOR   W   6     4   3   1   1   7  1      99   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-7    Road:    4-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-7    vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   0-4 
 vsEast:  5-6    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Sun, Apr 20   CHW  L   0-6        8-11  5th  4.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   CHW  W   5-0        8-10  5th  3.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   CHW  L   2-9        7-10  5th  3.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @MIN  W   7-3        7-9   5th  2.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @MIN  L   5-6        6-9   5th  2.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   NYY  L   3-5        6-8   5th  2.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   NYY  L   7-8        6-7   5th  2.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   BAL  W   6-2        6-6   4th  1.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   BAL  L   2-3        5-6   5th  2.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   BAL  W  10-5        5-5   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-11   Last 30: 8-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 30, 2007 TBD  8 @TOR  5        W:Jason Hammel (3-5), L: A.J. Burnett (10-8), S: Al Reyes (26)
Sat, Sep 29, 2007 TOR  5  TBD  3        W:Scott Downs (4-2), L: Dan Wheeler (1-9), S: none
Fri, Sep 28, 2007 TOR  5  TBD  4        W:Dustin McGowan (12-10), L: Andy Sonnanstine (6-10), S: Jeremy Accardo (30)
Sun, Sep 09, 2007 TBD  3  TOR  2        W:James Shields (12-8), L: Jesse Litsch (5-8), S: Al Reyes (23)
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 TBD  5  TOR  4        W:Al Reyes (2-2), L: Jeremy Accardo (4-4), S: none
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 TOR  7 @TBD  2        W:Dustin McGowan (10-8), L: Edwin Jackson (4-14), S: none
Wed, Aug 01, 2007 TBD  6  TOR  2        W:Gary Glover (5-3), L: Josh Towers (5-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 TOR  2 @TBD  0        W:Jesse Litsch (4-4), L: Edwin Jackson (2-11), S: Jeremy Accardo (18)
Mon, Jul 30, 2007 TBD  5  TOR  4 (11)   W:Scott Dohmann (1-0), L: Brian Wolfe (2-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 07, 2007 TBD  5 @TOR  3        W:Gary Glover (3-2), L: Jeremy Accardo (1-1), S: Al Reyes (15)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - TOR won 12-6; All-Time - TOR leads 92-75

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.

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB
24.Birkins*
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
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 147/106 .230/.352/.393/.745 .916/.685 .835 / 0/1 4/0
11.Eckstein G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 13/1.077 ··· 6/.334 ··· 11/.844 484/339 .309/.356/.382/.739 .709/.752 .671 / 10/1 3/20
2.Hill G/S/vP 8/1.250 5/1.600 3/1.667 3/1.167 5/.933 ··· ··· 2/1.500 657/503 .291/.333/.459/.792 .916/.753 .752 / 4/3 17/14
1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .600/.600/1.000/1.600 .000/2.000 2.000 / 1/0 0/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.800 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 353/260 .251/.279/.333/.612 .818/.539 .598 / 7/2 1/9
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 4/.500 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/1.167 476/361 .240/.315/.391/.706 .794/.676 .750 / 2/0 10/5
15.Rios G/S/vP 9/.222 3/2.500 4/1.500 5/.000 3/.666 3/.000 3/.000 2/.500 711/545 .297/.354/.498/.852 1.022/.802 .862 / 17/4 24/7
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 379/282 .260/.332/.361/.693 .861/.637 .731 / 2/1 7/14
24.Stairs* G/S/vP 10/.100 7/.929 4/2.417 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 11/.282 6/1.333 405/352 .289/.368/.549/.917 .818/.931 .916 / 2/1 21/6
23.Stewart G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.800 4/.833 ··· 12/1.100 ··· 630/444 .290/.345/.394/.739 .699/.756 .836 / 11/3 12/4
10.Wells G/S/vP 9/.333 2/1.000 1/no AB 7/.286 6/.167 3/1.334 3/.666 4/.000 642/492 .245/.304/.402/.706 .835/.668 .712 / 10/4 16/3
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 5/.800 3/.666 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 8/.750 4/2.000 2/.500 391/304 .242/.341/.411/.752 .797/.739 .658 / 0/0 10/8
IP 215.0 34.1 32.2 77.1 51.0 46.1 40.0 74.2 TOTAL .266/.360/.377/.738 .717/.743 .764 .738 16/8 14/11
ERA-K/9 3.85/7.7 8.13/7.9 3.31/7.2 4.89/5.9 7.59/8.6 4.86/8.9 1.80/8.1 5.30/9.9 4.15/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (12-7-1)
 Zaun (73-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 874/.247 170/.340 136/.257 334/.288 244/.318 211/.249 150/.171 321/.256 .253  Rios
 Wells
 Stewart
 Stairs
 Scutaro
0/22/147/11
0/148/0/5
139/6/0/4
43/0/17/3
6/0/4/0
OPS .697 .903 .749 .832 .882 .777 .505 .757 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 413/.673 65/.846 66/.677 151/.845 59/.874 103/.653 63/.626 144/.773 .758
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 461/.718 105/.937 70/.815 183/.821 185/.884 108/.902 87/.418 177/.745 .657
Home 487/.685 81/.816 64/.619 180/.811 109/.704 118/.773 77/.402 149/.800 .722
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 28/9/6 3/1/0 3/3/2 12/6/2 8/2/1 6/3/0 3/2/3 11/4/0 17/15/3
Usage ·····X·· ···X·o·· ···X···X ·X····Xo ····X·X· ·o····o· ·X······ ·o···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 (4.84 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Litsch
G/S/vB
49.Accardo
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/2.233 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 1/2.000 2/1.000 570/415 .265/.339/.361/.699 .857/.641 .684 / 23/3 5/26
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 6/1.800 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 12/.834 10/.000 23/.377 6/1.167 627/421 .315/.355/.466/.820 .837/.812 .764 / 50/10 11/4
20.Difelice G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 47/36 .250/.311/.350/.661 .682/.653 .500 / 0/0 0/2
31.Gomes G/S/vP 5/.000 3/no AB ··· ··· 7/.286 6/1.300 7/1.571 4/.250 394/285 .244/.322/.460/.782 .918/.730 .746 / 12/4 17/0
37.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/46 .267/.313/.311/.624 .000/.652 .846 / 1/2 0/0
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 8/.875 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 3/.667 16/.402 2/.000 218/193 .204/.317/.398/.714 .760/.708 .879 / 3/0 6/3
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 9/.944 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/no AB 559/383 .285/.359/.411/.770 .862/.728 .779 / 12/8 7/7
Johnson* G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.666 5/.000 ··· 4/1.500 5/.800 1/.000 1/.000 495/316 .236/.349/.418/.768 .783/.758 .737 / 0/0 18/4
43.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
23.Pena* G/S/vP 9/1.158 3/.333 4/2.000 ··· 5/.933 4/1.833 4/.500 3/.666 612/452 .282/.411/.627/1.037 .953/1.068 1.103 / 1/0 46/8
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/9 .100/.100/.100/.200 2.000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/2
10.Ruggiano G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/15 .214/.267/.214/.481 /.481 .667 / 0/0 0/0
2.Upton G/S/vP 9/.347 6/1.333 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.286 2/1.000 1/2.000 548/404 .300/.386/.508/.894 .901/.892 .843 / 22/8 24/14
IP 111.0 67.1 40.0 58.0 57.0 4.1 62.1 TOTAL .257/.329/.401/.730 .747/.721 .725 .730 17/11 22/15
ERA-K/9 3.81/4.1 2.14/7.6 7.20/8.1 /0.0 2.17/8.8 4.58/9.3 12.46/6.3 3.47/7.8 3.77/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 478/.270 275/.206 198/.368 / 239/.223 242/.220 25/.333 267/.215 .258  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 .761 .558 .991 .592 .631 .964 .611 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 259/.863 137/.419 68/1.025 / 126/.548 113/.721 3/.667 106/.697 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 219/.646 138/.697 130/.973 / 113/.639 129/.556 22/1.010 161/.555 .745
Road 276/.773 148/.612 85/1.214 / 108/.674 119/.638 15/1.110 138/.736 .722
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 14/6/3 4/10/1 7/2/0 // 3/0/1 3/5/2 1/0/0 1/9/1 17/12/4
Usage ·····X·· ·o·o·o·· ·X······ ·X···XX· ··oX·X·· X··X·o·o ··X··X·· X··X·X·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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