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Game Preview: TOR @ TBR, 7:10pm, Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Toronto Blue Jays, 10-11, 4th, 4½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Roy Halladay (31, RHP, 2-2, 3.27)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-2)             33    32  12  12   5  21  4    3.27      
 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         4-2  55.2  56  22  17   8  31  4    2.75   58 
 2008-04-17    TEX   L   9    11   4   4   1   6  0     117   54 
 2008-04-12   @TEX   W   9     6   1   1   1   6  0     110   76 
 2008-04-06    BOS   W   8     8   4   4   1   6  3     107   55 
 2008-04-01   @NYY   L   7     7   3   3   2   3  1      93   52 
 2007-09-26   @BAL   W   7    11   5   3   1   4  0     115   42 
 2007-09-21   @NYY  ND   8.2   8   4   1   0   4  0     110   62 
 2007-09-15    BAL   W   7     5   1   1   2   2  0     100   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-7    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   9-7    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 2-2    vsWest:  3-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @TBR  L   4-6       10-11  4th  4.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:10-11
Tampa Bay Rays, 9-11, 5th, 5 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Hammel (25, RHP, 1-1, 4.26)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             19    19   9   9   4  13  1    4.26      
 2007 (3-5)             85   100  58  58  40  64 12    6.14      
 2006 (0-6)             44    61  38  38  21  32  7    7.77      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  41    45  21  21  11  32  2    4.61   49 
 2008-04-17   @MIN   W   6     6   3   3   2   5  0     101   51 
 2008-04-12    BAL  ND   7     5   2   2   1   6  0     103   64 
 2008-04-07   @NYY   L   6     8   4   4   1   2  1      88   41 
 2007-09-30   @TOR   W   5     7   4   4   2   6  0      96   41 
 2007-09-25    NYY  ND   5     7   5   5   3   4  1     101   34 
 2007-09-18   @LAA   L   6     7   2   2   2   3  0      98   51 
 2007-09-13   @SEA  ND   6     5   1   1   0   6  0      97   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      1-0  14    15   8   8   6   8  1    5.14   46 
 2007-09-30   @TOR   W   5     7   4   4   2   6  0      96   41 
 2007-09-08    TOR  ND   6     5   2   2   2   1  1      99   53 
 2007-08-01    TOR  ND   3     3   2   2   2   1  0      56   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-7    Road:    4-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-7    vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   0-4 
 vsEast:  6-6    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Tue, Apr 22   TOR  W   6-4        9-11  5th  5.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30: 9-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 22, 2008 TBR  6  TOR  4        W:James Shields (2-1), L: Jesse Litsch (2-1), S: Troy Percival (2)

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
Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 1-0; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - TOR won 12-6; All-Time - TOR leads 92-76

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 (4.71 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Hammel
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 ··· 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 3/.500 5/1.600 3/1.667 3/1.167 5/.933 ··· ··· 3/.833 657/503 .291/.333/.459/.792 .916/.753 .752 / 4/3 17/14
1.Inglett* G/S/vP 5/2.300 ··· 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 3/.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 5/.200 3/.000 4/.500 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 476/361 .240/.315/.391/.706 .794/.676 .750 / 2/0 10/5
15.Rios G/S/vP 8/1.125 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 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 4/1.750 7/.929 4/2.417 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 11/.282 7/1.086 405/352 .289/.368/.549/.917 .818/.931 .916 / 2/1 21/6
23.Stewart G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· 5/1.800 4/.833 ··· 13/1.007 ··· 630/444 .290/.345/.394/.739 .699/.756 .836 / 11/3 12/4
10.Wells G/S/vP 4/.500 2/1.000 1/no AB 7/.286 6/.167 3/1.334 3/.666 5/.000 642/492 .245/.304/.402/.706 .835/.668 .712 / 10/4 16/3
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 8/.750 5/1.300 2/.500 391/304 .242/.341/.411/.752 .797/.739 .658 / 0/0 10/8
IP 85.0 34.1 32.2 77.1 51.0 46.1 40.0 74.2 TOTAL .262/.355/.373/.728 .717/.731 .739 .728 16/9 15/11
ERA-K/9 6.14/6.8 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 4.04/6.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 384/.294 170/.340 136/.257 334/.288 244/.318 211/.249 150/.171 321/.256 .250  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 .866 .903 .749 .832 .882 .777 .505 .757 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 199/.908 65/.846 66/.677 151/.845 59/.874 103/.653 63/.626 144/.773 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 185/.820 105/.937 70/.815 183/.821 185/.884 108/.902 87/.418 177/.745 .657
Home 168/.833 81/.816 64/.619 180/.811 109/.704 118/.773 77/.402 149/.800 .706
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 12/16/3 3/1/0 3/3/2 12/6/2 8/2/1 6/3/0 3/2/3 11/4/0 18/15/4
Usage ·····X·· ····X·o· ····X··· ··X····X ·····X·X ··o····o o·X····· o·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 (4.90 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Halladay
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 4/.500 1/.000 7/1.881 ··· 2/.500 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 54/.618 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 12/.834 10/.000 23/.377 6/1.167 627/421 .315/.355/.466/.820 .837/.812 .764 / 50/10 11/4
31.Gomes G/S/vP 21/.810 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 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 48/46 .267/.313/.311/.624 .000/.652 .846 / 1/2 0/0
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 10/.422 3/.000 3/.333 1/5.000 3/.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 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.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
26.Johnson* G/S/vP 7/.143 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 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 2/.500 1/.000 4/.000 434/311 .227/.286/.356/.641 .718/.607 .591 / 3/1 9/14
23.Pena* G/S/vP 28/.914 3/.333 4/2.000 1/.000 6/.750 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 4/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/9 .100/.100/.100/.200 2.000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/2
10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/15 .214/.267/.214/.481 /.481 .667 / 0/0 0/0
2.Upton G/S/vP 10/1.200 6/1.333 2/1.000 1/.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 225.1 67.1 40.0 58.0 57.0 4.1 62.1 TOTAL .262/.332/.412/.743 .742/.744 .749 .743 18/12 24/17
ERA-K/9 3.71/5.6 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 3.90/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 927/.268 275/.206 198/.368 / 239/.223 242/.220 25/.333 267/.215 .262  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 .678 .558 .991 .592 .631 .964 .611 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 498/.675 137/.419 68/1.025 / 126/.548 113/.721 3/.667 106/.697 .764
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 429/.682 138/.697 130/.973 / 113/.639 129/.556 22/1.010 161/.555 .745
Road 500/.694 148/.612 85/1.214 / 108/.674 119/.638 15/1.110 138/.736 .755
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 15/20/7 4/10/1 7/2/0 // 3/0/1 3/5/2 1/0/0 1/9/1 19/13/5
Usage ·····X·· ··o·o·o· o·X····· X·X···XX X··oX·X· ·X··X·o· ···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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