NYY @ TBR, Thursday, September 4, 2008 Game Preview

New York Yankees, 75-64, 3rd, 10 GB, 7 GB in WC	SP: Darrell Rasner (27, RHP, 5-9, 5.08) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-9) 108 128 67 61 33 64 14 5.08 2007 (1-3) 24.2 29 14 11 8 11 4 4.01 2006 (3-1) 20.1 18 10 10 5 11 2 4.43 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-2 36.2 40 25 21 15 14 6 5.15 43 2008-08-30 TOR ND 6 6 5 4 1 1 1 83 42 2008-08-24 @BAL ND 3.1 8 5 3 2 2 2 98 28 2008-08-19 @TOR ND 6.2 3 1 1 1 3 1 86 66 2008-08-13 @MIN L 5 4 3 2 1 4 1 92 52 2008-08-03 LAA ND 4 7 5 5 3 1 0 79 26 2008-07-29 BAL L 6 8 4 4 3 1 1 106 38 2008-07-22 MIN ND 5.2 4 2 2 4 2 0 92 51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 40-31 Road: 35-33 ExtrInn: 6-2 vsRHP: 56-44 vsLHP: 19-20 1-Run: 24-17 vsEast: 31-28 vsCntrl:18-18 vsWest: 16-10 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 139 Wed, Sep 3 @TBR W 8-4 75-64 3rd 10.0 gb 138 Tue, Sep 2 @TBR W 7-2 74-64 3rd 11.0 gb 137 Mon, Sep 1 @DET W 13-9 73-64 3rd 12.0 gb 136 Sun, Aug 31 TOR L 2-6 72-64 3rd 12.5 gb 135 Sat, Aug 30 TOR L 6-7 72-63 3rd 11.5 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 TOR W 2-1 72-62 3rd 10.5 gb 133 Thu, Aug 28 BOS W 3-2 71-62 3rd 10.5 gb 132 Wed, Aug 27 BOS L 3-11 70-62 3rd 10.5 gb 131 Tue, Aug 26 BOS L 3-7 70-61 3rd 9.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 @BAL W 8-7 70-60 3rd 9.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:16-14
Tampa Bay Rays, 84-53, 1st, 3 up	SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 10-6, 3.13) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-6) 126.1 100 46 44 55 140 14 3.13 2007 (13-9) 206.2 196 91 80 89 239 18 3.48 2006 (10-8) 144.2 132 59 52 52 163 15 3.24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-1 36.1 32 16 16 20 40 6 3.96 52 2008-08-29 BAL W 5.1 3 0 0 3 6 0 102 65 2008-08-23 @CHW ND 6 4 3 3 2 7 2 108 57 2008-08-17 @TEX W 6 4 2 2 4 7 1 114 59 2008-08-12 @OAK L 5 2 2 2 2 6 1 97 59 2008-08-06 CLE ND 4.1 9 5 5 3 4 2 97 26 2008-08-01 DET ND 4.2 3 2 2 6 5 0 110 49 2008-07-26 @KCR ND 5 7 2 2 0 5 0 91 50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 2-1 29.2 20 7 4 10 34 1 1.21 64 2008-07-08 @NYY L 5 5 2 2 1 9 0 97 57 2008-05-15 NYY W 6 3 0 0 3 3 0 100 66 2007-09-27 NYY ND 6 3 1 1 0 10 0 100 72 2007-07-13 NYY W 6 4 1 0 4 7 0 117 65 2007-04-24 NYY ND 6.2 5 3 1 2 5 1 108 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 52-21 Road: 32-32 ExtrInn: 8-5 vsRHP: 60-34 vsLHP: 24-19 1-Run: 26-15 vsEast: 33-22 vsCntrl:17-13 vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 137 Wed, Sep 3 NYY L 4-8 84-53 1st 3.0 up 136 Tue, Sep 2 NYY L 2-7 84-52 1st 4.0 up 135 Sun, Aug 31 BAL W 10-4 84-51 1st 5.5 up 134 Sat, Aug 30 BAL W 10-9 83-51 1st 4.5 up 133 Fri, Aug 29 BAL W 14-3 82-51 1st 4.5 up 132 Thu, Aug 28 TOR W 3-2 81-51 1st 4.5 up 131 Wed, Aug 27 TOR W 1-0 80-51 1st 3.5 up 130 Tue, Aug 26 TOR L 2-6 79-51 1st 3.5 up 129 Sun, Aug 24 @CHW L 5-6 (10) 79-50 1st 4.5 up 128 Sat, Aug 23 @CHW W 5-3 79-49 1st 5.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:21-9
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Sep 03, 2008 NYY 8 @TBR 4 W:Edwar Ramirez (5-1), L: Edwin Jackson (11-9), S: none Tue, Sep 02, 2008 NYY 7 @TBR 2 W:Mike Mussina (17-7), L: Matt Garza (11-8), S: none Wed, Jul 09, 2008 NYY 2 TBR 1 (10) W:Mariano Rivera (4-3), L: Grant Balfour (2-1), S: none Tue, Jul 08, 2008 NYY 5 TBR 0 W:Andy Pettitte (10-6), L: Scott Kazmir (7-4), S: none Thu, May 15, 2008 TBR 5 NYY 2 W:Scott Kazmir (2-1), L: Ian Kennedy (0-3), S: Troy Percival (10) Wed, May 14, 2008 NYY 2 @TBR 1 W:Mike Mussina (6-3), L: James Shields (4-3), S: Mariano Rivera (11) 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) Season Series: 2008 - NYY leads 9-5; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 13-5; All-Time - NYY leads 120-60

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 5.45

FLA 4.66

SDP 3.86

RA/G

TOR 3.88

CLE 4.59

TEX 5.93

A. Pujols .360

M. Cabrera .291

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

L. Overbay .365

T. Pena .188

SLG

A. Pujols .640

M. Aviles .486

T. Pena .213

OPS

A. Pujols 1.108

C. Floyd .842

T. Pena .400

ERA

C. Lee 2.32

G. Meche 4.07

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

G. Floyd 6.41

L. Hernandez 3.35

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New York Yankees Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 52.Salas
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 11/.728 4/2.417 5/.400 15/1.600 14/.468 4/.833 5/.200 5/.800 5/2.800 597/422 .301/.374/.464/.837 .777/.863 .787 114/.824 18/10 15/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 2/.000 5/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 168/128 .258/.287/.403/.690 .651/.702 .632 21/.697 0/1 5/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 15/.266 3/1.334 2/.000 14/.824 15/.786 8/.393 1/.000 5/.400 2/1.000 548/387 .269/.305/.411/.716 .806/.680 .678 103/.815 1/4 13/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 35/.676 2/.000 6/1.333 12/.955 10/.425 16/1.269 21/.428 4/.250 5/.400 542/388 .316/.389/.466/.855 .768/.888 .876 118/.862 26/6 12/

11.Gardner* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/72 .189/.256/.243/.499 .000/.581 .500 16/.908 7/0 0/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 17/.301 1/.000 6/.666 4/1.750 5/.000 17/.640 8/.250 5/1.267 8/3.083 477/349 .250/.377/.513/.890 .896/.888 .851 93/.816 2/1 28/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 29/.549 4/.833 23/.741 12/.583 17/.853 4/.833 15/.343 6/1.417 10/.311 593/419 .295/.354/.396/.750 .829/.717 .755 113/.801 10/4 8/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 23/.654 3/1.666 7/.829 14/.940 13/.923 17/.686 7/1.229 5/1.100 5/.400 346/241 .303/.382/.440/.821 .733/.861 .837 61/.636 0/0 9/

19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 84/57 .227/.310/.333/.643 .551/.683 .777 / 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP 11/.697 1/.000 6/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 269/181 .222/.268/.317/.585 .472/.640 .535 42/.406 0/0 2/

22.Nady G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 4/.250 1/.000 6/.533 511/395 .318/.372/.535/.907 .837/.926 .921 109/.752 1/1 22/

29.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/2 .600/.667/2.000/2.667 1.167/5.000 5.000 6/2.667 0/0 2/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 24/.350 8/.125 30/.891 16/1.438 16/.708 3/.666 20/1.106 5/1.600 4/.500 515/377 .315/.402/.597/.999 .938/1.020 .914 111/1.037 16/3 31/

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 14/.368 5/.000 17/.118 2/1.000 8/.929 ··· 13/.462 1/.000 6/.666 400/307 .281/.325/.403/.728 .762/.717 .649 57/.578 7/1 7/

IP 126.1 45.2 50.0 72.0 76.1 36.0 39.2 4.1 59.0 TOTAL .274/.344/.428/.773 .737/.788 .753 .791 97/34 151/70

ERA-K/9

3.13/10.0

1.38/13.2

2.16/3.1

4.13/5.0

2.59/9.3

4.50/9.0

4.08/8.2

10.38/14.7

2.59/7.0

3.74/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (13-7-0)
Molina (38-31-6)
Rodriguez (47-24-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 528/.216 175/.127 204/.281 318/.270 319/.199 158/.248 162/.165 19/.294 231/.175 .245 Nady
Abreu
Matsui
Damon
Gardner 30/0/86/12
0/0/131/10
21/0/3/2
78/25/0/2
16/5/0/2

OPS .687 .410 .653 .775 .605 .695 .670 .839 .569 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.517 64/.423 65/.801 142/.876 114/.544 93/.621 79/.650 8/1.292 89/.604 .721

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 416/.735 111/.402 139/.587 176/.694 205/.637 65/.800 83/.689 11/.545 142/.547 .698

Home 261/.628 85/.408 101/.710 130/.685 170/.528 92/.610 98/.629 15/.833 112/.499 .656

Last 28d days 91/.659 53/.451 44/.653 50/.849 46/.656 34/.624 16/.697 19/.839 38/.643

HR/SB/CS 14/6/2 1/2/1 2/2/3 9/10/1 6/10/1 1/0/2 8/5/1 0/0/0 8/1/1 129/64/24

Usage ·····X·· X·····oo o···o·o· ·X·X·X·· X···X··· ·X·oo·o· X······· oo···X·· ····o·oo

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Rasner
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 39.Britton
G/S/vB 33.Bruney
G/S/vB 48.Coke*
G/S/vB 38.Giese
G/S/vB 34.Marte*
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 288/169 .246/.317/.404/.721 .812/.657 .691 101/.852 2/1 8/

5.Baldelli G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 44/16 .342/.432/.605/1.037 1.152/.846 1.229 44/1.037 0/0 2/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 408/288 .279/.318/.347/.665 .881/.575 .724 70/.884 18/5 1/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 9/.708 ··· 231/221 .276/.359/.482/.842 .550/.854 1.006 60/1.025 1/0 10/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 5/.800 1/no AB 322/261 .242/.342/.437/.778 .608/.821 .945 77/.899 4/2 12/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.143 ··· ··· 7/.286 1/.000 13/.462 3/.000 377/323 .252/.337/.489/.826 .454/.888 .747 62/.757 9/3 19/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/5.000 6/.334 4/1.250 612/420 .278/.349/.381/.730 .695/.746 .768 112/.719 6/5 5/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 4/.583 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/3.333 4/.000 3/.666 387/282 .289/.346/.404/.750 .695/.779 .769 60/.560 0/4 6/

23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.334 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 17/.923 2/.000 10/.100 3/1.167 507/325 .248/.371/.498/.868 .683/.974 .864 110/1.057 1/1 27/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 148/82 .229/.295/.420/.714 .833/.623 .660 42/.663 0/0 6/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/17 .196/.224/.286/.510 .545/.423 .640 25/.160 1/0 1/

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 6/.334 4/.250 584/406 .272/.382/.398/.780 .780/.779 .790 110/.796 41/14 8/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 161/96 .222/.298/.410/.708 .665/.737 .710 72/.625 3/0 7/

IP 108.0 2.0 16.2 27.0 3.0 39.1 60.0 52.1 61.2 49.2 TOTAL .261/.339/.422/.762 .727/.777 .789 .808 128/45 150/71

ERA-K/9

5.08/5.3

0.00/13.5

3.78/4.9

2.33/8.3

0.00/6.0

2.52/6.0

4.20/10.2

3.61/10.0

1.46/10.2

3.62/9.6

4.34/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (37-21-6)
Riggans (23-1-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 483/.293 6/.000 72/.258 112/.170 10/.100 161/.193 251/.218 218/.204 227/.171 216/.230 .268 Upton
Gross
Hinske
Ruggiano
Zobrist
Baldelli
Riggans 0/129/0/11
2/17/100/7
24/0/48/3
16/5/11/2
7/4/1/0
0/0/3/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .808 .000 .744 .552 .200 .530 .620 .670 .448 .702 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 279/.755 2/.000 35/.977 48/.427 4/.000 93/.576 87/.673 124/.683 118/.400 102/.756 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 204/.876 4/.000 37/.531 64/.632 6/.333 68/.470 164/.593 94/.653 109/.499 114/.657 .746

Road 253/.853 / 27/.509 72/.620 10/.200 56/.589 122/.667 95/.730 102/.362 99/.713 .761

Last 28d days 109/.730 6/.000 28/.783 50/.422 10/.200 29/.556 34/.480 50/.994 45/.383 53/.962

HR/SB/CS 14/3/3 0/0/0 2/0/0 2/3/0 0/0/0 2/7/1 5/3/1 7/2/4 4/6/1 6/4/1 125/101/51

Usage ····X··· ···X···· ··X····o o·X·ooo· X·X····· ·X······ ·oX·oooX o·X·oo·o ·····Xo· X··Xoo·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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Game Preview: NYY @ TBR, 7:10pm, Thursday, September 4, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: Darrell Rasner (27, RHP, 5-9, 5.08)

SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 10-6, 3.13)

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