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Game Preview: NYY @ TBR, 7:10pm, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 @Tropicana Field

New York Yankees, 19-21, 4th, 4½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 5-3, 4.36)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-3)             43.1  47  22  21   5  20  7    4.36      
 2007 (11-10)          152   188  90  87  35  91 14    5.15      
 2006 (15-7)           197.1 184  88  77  35 172 22    3.51      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  37.2  39  18  18   3  18  6    4.30   50 
 2008-05-08    CLE   W   5     4   3   3   0   3  0      86   50 
 2008-05-03    SEA   W   6     7   1   1   0   5  0      84   59 
 2008-04-28   @CLE   W   5     7   2   2   1   2  0      92   46 
 2008-04-23   @CHW   W   7     4   2   2   1   3  2     101   63 
 2008-04-17    BOS   L   3     7   5   5   0   1  2      77   26 
 2008-04-12   @BOS   L   5.2   8   4   4   0   1  1      71   38 
 2008-04-07    TBR   W   6     2   1   1   1   3  1      82   66 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-9    Road:   10-12   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  15-15   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl: 7-11   vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Tue, May 13  @TBR  L   1-2 (11)  19-21  4th  4.5 gb
 39 Mon, May 12  @TBR  L   1-7       19-20  4th  4.0 gb
 38 Sat, May 10  @DET  W   5-2       19-19  4th  4.5 gb
 37 Fri, May  9  @DET  L   5-6       18-19  4th  4.5 gb
 36 Thu, May  8   CLE  W   6-3       18-18  3rd  4.5 gb
 35 Wed, May  7   CLE  L   0-3       17-18  3rd  4.5 gb
 34 Tue, May  6   CLE  L   3-5       17-17  3rd  4.5 gb
 33 Sun, May  4   SEA  W   8-2       17-16  2nd  3.0 gb
 32 Sat, May  3   SEA  W   6-1       16-16  4th  3.0 gb
 31 Fri, May  2   SEA  W   5-1       15-16  4th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Tampa Bay Rays, 23-16, 1st, ½ up

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 4-2, 3.14)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-2)             51.2  47  25  18  12  39  2    3.14      
 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         3-2  44.2  42  23  16   9  37  2    3.22   55 
 2008-05-09    LAA   W   9     1   0   0   0   8  0      92   93 
 2008-05-03   @BOS   L   3.2  10   7   7   3   3  0      98   13 
 2008-04-27    BOS   W   9     2   0   0   1   7  0      99   89 
 2008-04-22    TOR   W   7     6   4   2   2   5  1     104   56 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      0-4  26.1  41  26  25   7  18  8    8.54   34 
 2008-04-06   @NYY   L   5     8   2   2   1   5  1      96   47 
 2007-07-22   @NYY   L   3.1  10  10  10   4   1  1      71   -3 
 2007-07-12    NYY   L   6     9   6   5   1   2  3      92   33 
 2006-09-22    NYY   L   7     8   4   4   0   6  2      80   51 
 2006-09-14   @NYY  ND   5     6   4   4   1   4  1      80   42 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-7    Road:    8-9    ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  17-10   vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast: 17-11   vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Tue, May 13   NYY  W   2-1 (11)  23-16  1st  0.5 up
 38 Mon, May 12   NYY  W   7-1       22-16  2nd  0.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 11   LAA  W   8-5       21-16  2nd  1.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 10   LAA  W   2-0       20-16  2nd  2.5 gb
 35 Fri, May  9   LAA  W   2-0       19-16  2nd  2.5 gb
 34 Thu, May  8  @TOR  W   8-3 (13)  18-16  2nd  3.5 gb
 33 Wed, May  7  @TOR  L   2-6       17-16  2nd  3.5 gb
 32 Tue, May  6  @TOR  W   5-4       17-15  2nd  3.5 gb
 31 Sun, May  4  @BOS  L   3-7       16-15  2nd  3.0 gb
 30 Sat, May  3  @BOS  L   4-12      16-14  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 13, 2008 TBR  2  NYY  1 (11)   W:J.P. Howell (3-0), L: Mariano Rivera (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 12, 2008 TBR  7  NYY  1        W:Matt Garza (2-1), L: Andy Pettitte (3-4), S: none
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 NYY  5 @TBR  3        W:Andy Pettitte (2-1), L: Edwin Jackson (2-1), S: Mariano Rivera (5)
Mon, Apr 14, 2008 NYY  8 @TBR  7        W:Brian Bruney (1-0), L: Al Reyes (1-2), S: Mariano Rivera (4)
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 (5-3), L: Jon Switzer (0-2), S: Jose Veras (1)
Wed, Sep 26, 2007 NYY 12 @TBD  4        W:Chien-Ming Wang (19-7), L: J.P. Howell (1-6), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 13-5; All-Time - NYY leads 115-59

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

CHC  5.79

STL  4.49

SDP  3.38

RA/G

CLE  3.62

MIN  4.50

TEX  5.49

BA

D. Pedroia  .307

  

D. Pedroia  .307

OBP

D. Pedroia  .344

  

D. Pedroia  .344

SLG

D. Pedroia  .403

  

D. Pedroia  .403

OPS

D. Pedroia  .747

  

D. Pedroia  .747

ERA

C. Lee  .67

Z. Duke  4.04

B. Arroyo  7.14

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.62

Z. Greinke  6.11

J. Garland  2.07

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New York Yankees Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB
27.Dohmann
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
49.Hammel
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
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 12/1.144 6/.750 7/1.229 15/1.600 12/.555 3/1.167 3/.000 5/2.800 166/121 .287/.355/.427/.782 .714/.808 .578 106/.776 2/3 4/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 15/.929 5/.800 8/.393 11/.573 9/.555 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 146/103 .269/.331/.446/.777 .750/.789 .745 99/.768 3/0 6/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 15/1.333 6/1.917 3/.000 12/.795 13/.846 6/.167 1/.000 1/2.000 152/115 .183/.237/.303/.540 .668/.500 .509 93/.587 0/2 4/
18.Damon* G/S/vP 10/1.600 5/.900 16/.450 12/.955 9/.476 15/1.217 19/.474 5/.400 162/117 .271/.356/.486/.842 .736/.882 .907 99/.929 5/2 5/
17.Duncan G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 37/12 .188/.297/.250/.547 .693/.258 .237 32/.572 0/0 0/
11.Ensberg G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.833 ··· ··· 2/1.000 67/39 .219/.254/.266/.519 .442/.572 .606 54/.399 0/1 1/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.500 8/1.792 3/1.334 4/.000 15/.658 8/.250 8/3.083 127/93 .194/.354/.469/.824 .673/.875 .970 85/.934 1/1 7/
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/28 .290/.353/.355/.708 .571/.745 .824 16/.500 0/0 0/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 19/1.032 3/1.167 10/1.822 12/.583 15/.983 3/1.167 14/.368 10/.311 151/107 .305/.340/.404/.744 .668/.775 .784 115/.756 0/1 1/
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 11/2.236 5/.800 5/.600 13/1.021 12/1.000 15/.641 7/1.229 4/.500 154/111 .319/.403/.474/.877 .588/1.001 .823 98/.847 0/0 5/
19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 38/29 .265/.342/.412/.754 .583/.806 .837 30/.798 0/0 1/
26.Molina G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 7/.929 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 77/54 .203/.221/.311/.532 .267/.644 .558 44/.211 0/0 0/
IP 51.2 14.2 11.2 30.1 27.0 11.1 15.0 21.0 TOTAL .260/.328/.414/.741 .629/.786 .741 .740 12/10 40/21
ERA-K/9 3.14/6.8 6.14/7.3 2.31/3.8 5.04/4.8 2.67/7.0 4.76/8.8 2.40/7.8 1.29/6.0 3.73/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Moeller (8-2-0)
 Molina (20-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 210/.240 66/.310 52/.214 137/.287 109/.200 50/.233 55/.132 80/.139 .242  Abreu
 Cabrera
 Matsui
 Duncan
 Damon
0/0/38/4
0/38/0/1
13/0/3/1
0/0/2/0
29/4/0/0
OPS .627 .862 .615 .819 .550 .642 .447 .476 .678
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.700 26/.724 24/.514 71/1.012 37/.439 25/.518 34/.397 32/.299 .702
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 98/.545 40/.954 28/.690 66/.613 72/.604 25/.764 21/.524 48/.585 .657
Home 111/.406 35/.619 47/.689 53/.702 54/.578 28/.298 39/.317 36/.441 .607
Last 28d days 134/.547 35/1.049 20/.566 83/.853 73/.491 27/.652 43/.575 58/.553
HR/SB/CS 2/6/2 2/4/0 0/0/0 3/5/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 2/0/0 27/26/6
Usage ····X··· ······o· ·X······ ······X· X·X··X·· ·o·o··X· X·Xo·X·o o··X·X·X
Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Mussina
G/S/vB
38.Britton
G/S/vB
62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
G/S/vB
39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB
36.Ramirez
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 140/101 .242/.270/.288/.558 .895/.424 .479 90/.613 4/2 0/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 49/.674 3/1.167 1/.000 8/1.000 9/.583 1/.000 1/no AB 15/.786 3/.666 180/122 .287/.322/.395/.717 .697/.727 .846 115/.832 12/2 3/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP 26/.911 ··· 1/.000 14/.857 2/2.500 ··· ··· 7/.715 ··· 26/26 .391/.462/.696/1.157 /1.157 1.056 9/1.056 0/0 2/
31.Gomes G/S/vP 8/1.500 3/.000 ··· 6/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 9/.889 2/.000 83/43 .225/.325/.423/.748 .757/.738 .709 49/.606 5/1 3/
26.Gross* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 103/98 .214/.340/.333/.673 .000/.712 .725 79/.796 2/0 2/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 37/.399 1/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 5/2.050 2/2.500 ··· 12/.500 2/.000 125/92 .259/.360/.537/.897 .523/1.029 .729 89/.848 3/1 7/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 9/.000 3/.333 2/.000 5/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/5.000 5/.400 1/2.000 178/123 .263/.322/.338/.660 .595/.688 .721 117/.686 2/1 2/
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 116/82 .222/.319/.404/.723 .414/.847 .920 100/.658 2/0 4/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 10/1.200 3/1.000 ··· 4/.250 2/2.000 ··· 3/3.333 3/.000 2/1.000 78/57 .375/.416/.458/.874 .849/.929 .884 69/.887 0/2 1/
23.Pena* G/S/vP 22/.384 3/2.334 3/.667 6/3.033 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 9/.111 3/1.167 160/101 .210/.313/.399/.711 .824/.650 .771 96/.592 0/0 8/
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 50/29 .222/.280/.378/.658 .571/.718 .448 19/.835 0/0 2/
2.Upton G/S/vP 13/1.154 3/1.000 2/.000 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 6/.334 3/.333 160/111 .289/.384/.415/.798 .734/.825 .813 99/.763 7/4 3/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 43.1 4.2 16.1 19.0 18.1 23.0 6.2 16.0 3.2 TOTAL .259/.330/.393/.722 .692/.736 .739 .713 39/16 38/19
ERA-K/9 4.36/4.2 1.93/0.0 2.76/9.4 2.84/8.5 6.38/3.9 4.70/8.6 0.00/10.7 0.56/7.3 2.45/7.3 4.31/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (12-4-0)
 Riggans (10-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 179/.280 19/.067 64/.193 77/.275 76/.279 100/.256 28/.125 56/.164 15/.267 .264  Upton
 Gross
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Gomes
0/37/0/4
2/14/16/3
39/0/0/1
0/0/14/1
1/0/3/0
OPS .743 .330 .551 .822 .744 .663 .458 .343 .533 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/.473 9/.476 30/.588 31/1.002 29/1.149 46/.888 11/.697 23/.348 5/1.200 .715
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.915 10/.200 34/.514 46/.707 47/.511 54/.479 17/.310 33/.339 10/.200 .712
Road 71/.748 9/.476 38/.575 43/.867 40/.602 57/.815 14/.220 36/.394 9/.889 .733
Last 28d days 110/.720 19/.330 45/.629 45/.648 44/.592 62/.676 28/.458 34/.389 15/.533
HR/SB/CS 7/6/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 4/5/4 2/1/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 31/43/16
Usage ·····X·· ·X······ o··o·o·X o··X··oo ····o··· ·····X·· ·o··o··· X··o·o·· ·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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