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Game Preview: TBR @ TOR, 7:07pm, Friday, September 5, 2008 @Rogers Centre

Tampa Bay Rays, 85-53, 1st, 3½ up

SP: Andy Sonnanstine (25, RHP, 13-6, 4.61)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (13-6)           162   188  90  83  29  98 18    4.61      
 2007 (6-10)           130.2 151  87  85  26  97 18    5.85      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  41    47  23  22   8  24  6    4.83   47 
 2008-08-30    BAL  ND   3.1   7   6   5   1   2  2      91   25 
 2008-08-24   @CHW  ND   6.1   9   4   4   1   1  2      81   39 
 2008-08-18    LAA   W   5.1   5   3   3   2   3  1     104   47 
 2008-08-13   @OAK   W   6     6   2   2   1   6  0      91   57 
 2008-08-07   @SEA  ND   7.1   5   1   1   0   4  0      85   68 
 2008-08-02    DET   W   6     7   2   2   1   6  0     102   55 
 2008-07-27   @KCR   L   6.2   8   5   5   2   2  1      94   38 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      2-1  31    36  21  21   7  17  2    6.10   43 
 2008-05-06   @TOR   W   6    10   4   4   1   2  0      87   37 
 2008-04-24    TOR   W   6.1   6   3   3   2   3  0     104   50 
 2007-09-28   @TOR   L   5     6   4   4   1   4  1      82   42 
 2007-07-30    TOR  ND   6.2   6   4   4   3   3  0      95   46 
 2007-06-05   @TOR  ND   7     8   6   6   0   5  1      90   42 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   53-21   Road:   32-32   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  61-34   vsLHP:  24-19   1-Run:  26-15
 vsEast: 34-22   vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Thu, Sep  4   NYY  W   7-5       85-53  1st  3.5 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:21-9 
Toronto Blue Jays, 73-66, 4th, 12½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Roy Halladay (31, RHP, 17-9, 2.69)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (17-9)           211   186  72  63  34 178 17    2.69      
 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         5-2  51.2  46  16  13   9  45  6    2.26   62 
 2008-08-31   @NYY   W   7     8   2   2   0   3  2     103   56 
 2008-08-26   @TBR   W   6     6   2   2   0   7  0     111   59 
 2008-08-21    NYY   W   7     5   3   3   2   9  1      94   62 
 2008-08-16   @BOS   W   9     7   1   1   1   4  1     111   72 
 2008-08-09    CLE   L   6.2  10   4   1   2   6  0     130   48 
 2008-08-04    OAK   W   8     4   1   1   1   8  1     113   77 
 2008-07-29    TBR   L   8     6   3   3   3   8  1     118   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-29   Road:   33-37   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  57-46   vsLHP:  16-20   1-Run:  21-28
 vsEast: 27-26   vsCntrl:21-11   vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Thu, Sep  4   MIN  W   9-0       73-66  4th 12.5 gb
138 Wed, Sep  3   MIN  W   5-4 (11)  72-66  4th 12.5 gb
137 Tue, Sep  2   MIN  W   7-5       71-66  4th 13.5 gb
136 Sun, Aug 31  @NYY  W   6-2       70-66  4th 14.5 gb
135 Sat, Aug 30  @NYY  W   7-6       69-66  4th 14.5 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29  @NYY  L   1-2       68-66  4th 14.5 gb
133 Thu, Aug 28  @TBR  L   2-3       68-65  4th 13.5 gb
132 Wed, Aug 27  @TBR  L   0-1       68-64  4th 12.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 26  @TBR  W   6-2       68-63  4th 11.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24   BOS  L   5-6 (11)  67-63  4th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 28, 2008 TBR  3  TOR  2        W:Edwin Jackson (11-8), L: Jesse Litsch (9-8), S: Dan Wheeler (10)
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 TBR  1  TOR  0        W:Matt Garza (11-7), L: David Purcey (2-5), S: Dan Wheeler (9)
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 TOR  6 @TBR  2        W:Roy Halladay (16-9), L: James Shields (11-8), S: none
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 TBR  3 @TOR  2        W:Edwin Jackson (7-7), L: Scott Richmond (0-1), S: Troy Percival (23)
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 TBR  3 @TOR  0        W:Matt Garza (9-6), L: Roy Halladay (12-8), S: none
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 TOR  3  TBR  1        W:A.J. Burnett (12-9), L: James Shields (9-7), S: B.J. Ryan (20)
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 TOR  9 @TBR  4        W:Shawn Camp (3-1), L: Edwin Jackson (5-7), S: none
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 TBR  6  TOR  4        W:Matt Garza (8-5), L: Roy Halladay (11-7), S: Dan Wheeler (4)
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 TBR  2  TOR  1        W:James Shields (8-6), L: A.J. Burnett (10-9), S: Grant Balfour (4)
Thu, May 08, 2008 TBR  8 @TOR  3 (13)   W:J.P. Howell (1-0), L: Shawn Camp (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 11-4; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - TOR won 12-6; All-Time - TOR leads 96-86

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

WSN  3.86

RA/G

TOR  3.85

CLE  4.59

TEX  5.93

BA

A. Pujols  .360

B. Hawpe  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .468

S. Schumaker  .365

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .640

M. DeRosa  .488

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.108

C. Delgado  .842

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.32

G. Meche  4.07

C. Silva  6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.22

J. Lester  6.39

L. Hernandez  3.35

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Halladay
G/S/vB
57.Camp
G/S/vB
39.Carlson*
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
22.League
G/S/vB
31.Parrish*
G/S/vB
52.Ryan*
G/S/vB
56.Tallet*
G/S/vB
40.Wolfe
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 293/174 .250/.322/.417/.739 .812/.689 .751 106/.895 2/1 9/
5.Baldelli G/S/vP 16/1.009 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 1/.000 6/1.167 10/.786 2/.000 ··· 44/16 .342/.432/.605/1.037 1.152/.846 .934 44/1.037 0/0 2/
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 12/.583 10/1.489 2/1.000 3/.333 4/1.000 2/1.000 3/.666 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· 412/292 .279/.317/.347/.664 .881/.575 .607 74/.869 18/5 1/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP 12/.258 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· 236/226 .279/.360/.485/.845 .550/.858 .617 61/1.070 1/0 10/
26.Gross* G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/1.000 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 326/265 .243/.344/.439/.783 .608/.825 .625 81/.911 4/2 12/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 22/.702 3/.333 3/1.666 3/.000 3/.667 ··· 7/.619 16/.402 4/.000 1/.000 381/327 .252/.336/.487/.823 .454/.883 .917 63/.777 9/3 19/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 17/.544 5/.400 4/.250 7/.929 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 3/.666 4/.250 2/2.000 617/425 .279/.350/.385/.734 .695/.752 .689 113/.770 6/5 5/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 17/.607 1/5.000 3/.000 6/.334 2/.500 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 6/.334 2/1.500 392/287 .297/.352/.412/.765 .695/.798 .733 61/.656 0/4 6/
23.Pena* G/S/vP 42/.749 5/2.000 5/.000 12/.350 4/1.833 2/2.500 7/.714 4/.500 6/.533 2/.500 512/330 .246/.373/.495/.868 .683/.973 .870 111/1.074 1/1 27/
9.Riggans G/S/vP 5/.900 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· 148/82 .229/.295/.420/.714 .833/.623 .788 42/.663 0/0 6/
10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 59/18 .193/.220/.281/.501 .545/.399 .333 26/.154 1/0 1/
2.Upton G/S/vP 24/.849 5/.800 2/.000 5/.250 8/.250 3/.000 5/.200 3/.666 2/1.000 2/1.000 589/411 .273/.382/.398/.780 .780/.779 .768 111/.826 41/14 8/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 9/.347 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 161/96 .222/.298/.410/.708 .665/.737 .706 69/.603 3/0 7/
IP 211.0 38.0 49.2 66.0 44.0 27.0 30.2 50.0 46.0 18.0 TOTAL .262/.340/.424/.764 .727/.781 .732 .832 128/45 151/71
ERA-K/9 2.69/7.6 4.03/7.3 1.99/8.5 1.23/7.6 3.89/8.4 2.00/6.3 4.70/5.3 2.70/8.5 3.13/8.0 3.00/5.5 3.58/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (38-21-6)
 Riggans (23-1-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 843/.235 158/.255 197/.200 267/.199 188/.201 114/.200 128/.288 211/.224 198/.246 72/.250 .245  Upton
 Gross
 Hinske
 Ruggiano
 Baldelli
 Riggans
 Zobrist
0/130/0/11
2/17/101/7
25/0/48/3
17/5/11/2
0/0/3/0
1/0/0/0
7/4/1/0
OPS .623 .676 .628 .544 .641 .622 .818 .648 .691 .706 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 473/.638 60/.982 108/.528 111/.491 73/.814 55/.752 52/.905 66/.724 92/.706 32/.761 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 370/.605 98/.488 89/.751 156/.583 115/.534 59/.505 76/.759 145/.616 106/.678 40/.661 .651
Home 366/.647 80/.630 87/.400 128/.497 99/.577 57/.661 89/.727 103/.479 118/.735 43/.730 .666
Last 28d days 147/.661 28/.757 26/.394 41/.463 38/.451 43/.440 31/.954 39/.588 32/.819 /
HR/SB/CS 17/11/5 2/3/0 5/1/2 2/2/0 3/5/2 2/0/0 4/2/1 3/2/0 4/4/1 2/0/0 125/73/32
Usage ····X··· ········ ·oX····· ·Xo·oo·· ·····X·o ·o··oo·· ·····X·· ·XX··X·· ··X··X·o ········
Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Sonnanstine
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· 3/1.500 8/1.000 4/.500 4/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.500 351/243 .255/.302/.425/.727 .619/.776 .657 83/.689 0/0 11/
23.Bautista G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 389/285 .246/.324/.411/.735 .934/.668 .674 35/.757 1/1 13/
1.Inglett* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.917 5/1.500 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 317/289 .304/.361/.428/.789 .694/.797 .942 84/.844 8/2 3/
26.Lind* G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 4/.500 4/.500 2/.000 3/.833 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 269/191 .302/.340/.492/.831 .797/.845 .824 105/.772 1/0 9/
6.McDonald G/S/vP 8/.572 2/.000 4/1.000 4/.000 6/.900 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 175/107 .217/.260/.280/.541 .636/.480 .495 76/.541 3/1 1/
36.Mench G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 14/1.000 ··· 5/.400 4/.250 5/.000 ··· 3/.333 112/34 .235/.313/.357/.670 .721/.555 .892 13/.769 2/0 0/
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 9/1.467 5/.600 3/.000 6/.167 3/.666 3/1.667 4/1.750 2/.000 7/1.371 550/407 .272/.364/.417/.781 .573/.857 .765 98/.798 1/2 12/
15.Rios G/S/vP 15/.667 5/.200 10/.400 11/1.091 4/.500 3/.000 5/.000 1/.000 4/1.500 594/455 .295/.340/.456/.796 .736/.815 .827 110/.959 30/8 11/
33.Rolen G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/1.000 1/3.000 1/.000 5/.933 2/2.000 ··· 12/1.033 384/288 .250/.346/.404/.750 .742/.752 .709 24/.825 5/0 8/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.500 3/1.167 6/.000 1/.000 7/.000 1/.000 3/.666 504/372 .264/.345/.344/.689 .712/.680 .712 103/.753 7/2 6/
45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/15 .467/.500/.733/1.233 2.000/1.181 1.903 16/1.233 0/0 1/
7.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 8/6 .143/.250/.143/.393 .500/.333 .400 1/.000 0/0 0/
10.Wells G/S/vP 13/.731 2/2.500 16/.750 8/1.125 7/.143 4/1.417 4/1.750 2/.000 8/.393 375/289 .300/.347/.494/.841 .895/.824 .904 98/1.026 4/2 16/
35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.500 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 7/.286 297/246 .218/.311/.317/.628 .566/.640 .627 22/.468 3/5 3/
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 11/1.477 1/2.000 4/1.250 6/.333 3/.333 8/.750 10/.543 ··· 4/.500 241/188 .222/.332/.340/.672 .615/.698 .791 18/.167 2/1 5/
IP 162.0 45.2 51.0 72.2 76.1 37.0 39.2 4.1 59.1 TOTAL .265/.335/.398/.733 .711/.740 .758 .786 76/27 105/65
ERA-K/9 4.61/5.4 1.38/13.2 2.12/3.0 4.71/5.1 2.59/9.3 4.38/9.2 4.08/8.2 10.38/14.7 2.58/7.0 3.75/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (37-21-2)
 Thigpen (1-0-0)
 Zaun (35-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 690/.291 175/.127 208/.280 325/.279 319/.199 162/.248 162/.165 19/.294 232/.174 .245  Rios
 Wells
 Wilkerson
 Lind
 Scutaro
 Mench
 Inglett
 Snider
0/56/79/13
0/84/0/5
23/3/64/4
61/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
18/0/12/1
22/1/12/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .784 .410 .650 .812 .605 .690 .670 .839 .566 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 316/.773 64/.423 66/.788 145/.867 114/.544 96/.600 79/.650 8/1.292 89/.604 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 374/.794 111/.402 142/.588 180/.768 205/.637 66/.820 83/.689 11/.545 143/.543 .703
Road 341/.793 90/.409 103/.595 188/.837 149/.695 66/.813 64/.736 4/.833 119/.634 .767
Last 28d days 93/.919 53/.451 48/.640 57/1.051 46/.656 36/.646 16/.697 19/.839 38/.509
HR/SB/CS 18/1/3 1/2/1 2/2/3 11/10/1 6/10/1 1/0/2 8/5/1 0/0/0 8/1/1 131/65/24
Usage ·····X·· ·X·····o oo···o·o X·X·X·X· ·X···X·· o·X·oo·o ·X······ ·oo···X· o····o·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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