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Game Preview: TBR @ NYY, 7:05pm, Thursday, May 7, 2009 @Yankee Stadium III

Rays, 13-16, 4th, 6½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Niemann (26, RHP, 2-3, 5.68)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-3) 25.1 28 18 16 14 16 4 5.68
2008 (2-2) 16.0 18 12 9 8 14 3 5.06
Last 7 GS 3-4 34.2 39 27 22 19 22 7 5.71 42
2009-05-02 BOS L 3.0 7 6 5 3 3 0 76 23
2009-04-27 @MIN W 5.2 3 1 1 4 4 1 94 59
2009-04-22 @SEA W 5.1 3 3 2 2 3 1 86 53
2009-04-16 CHW L 6.0 9 2 2 1 3 1 97 48
2009-04-11 @BAL L 5.1 6 6 6 4 3 1 94 31
2008-04-18 CHW L 3.1 5 8 5 4 1 2 85 21
2008-04-13 BAL W 6.0 6 1 1 1 5 1 93 60
Has never faced NYY.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-7    Road:    7-9    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  12-8    vsLHP:   1-8    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  9-7    vsCntrl: 2-5    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Wed, May  6  @NYY  W   4-3 (10)  13-16  4th  6.5 gb
 28 Tue, May  5   BAL  W   6-3       12-16  4th  6.5 gb
 27 Mon, May  4   BAL  L   4-8       11-16  4th  6.5 gb
 26 Sun, May  3   BOS  W   5-3       11-15  4th  6.5 gb
 25 Sat, May  2   BOS  L   6-10      10-15  4th  6.5 gb
 24 Fri, May  1   BOS  W   6-2       10-14  4th  5.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 30   BOS  W  13-0        9-14  5th  5.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 29  @MIN  L   3-8        8-14  5th  6.5 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 28  @MIN  L   3-4        8-13  5th  6.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 27  @MIN  W   7-1        8-12  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-16
Yankees, 13-14, 3rd, 5½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Andy Pettitte (37, LHP, 2-1, 3.82)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-1) 33.0 33 15 14 10 18 1 3.82
2008 (14-14) 204.0 233 112 103 55 158 19 4.54
2007 (15-9) 215.1 238 106 97 69 141 16 4.05
Last 7 GS 3-2 44.0 46 22 20 14 25 2 4.09 50
2009-05-01 LAA ND 5.2 9 5 5 4 2 0 111 29
2009-04-26 @BOS L 6.0 6 4 3 4 6 0 116 48
2009-04-21 OAK W 7.0 9 2 2 0 0 0 105 51
2009-04-15 @TBR ND 7.1 6 3 3 1 4 1 96 57
2009-04-10 @KCR W 7.0 3 1 1 1 6 0 99 72
2008-09-21 BAL W 5.0 7 3 2 1 3 0 85 45
2008-09-16 CHW L 6.0 6 4 4 3 4 1 77 45
Last 5 v.TBR 2-2 31.1 35 16 14 8 22 2 4.02 50
2009-04-15 @TBR ND 7.1 6 3 3 1 4 1 96 57
2008-07-08 TBR W 8.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 114 79
2008-05-12 @TBR L 4.0 8 5 5 2 5 0 81 29
2008-04-15 @TBR W 7.0 9 3 3 3 5 0 100 49
2008-04-05 TBR L 5.0 8 5 3 2 3 1 86 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-6    Road:    7-8    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  10-10   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  3-9    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  4-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Wed, May  6   TBR  L   3-4 (10)  13-14  3rd  5.5 gb
 26 Tue, May  5   BOS  L   3-7       13-13  3rd  4.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  4   BOS  L   4-6       13-12  3rd  3.5 gb
 24 Sat, May  2   LAA  L   4-8       13-11  3rd  3.0 gb
 23 Fri, May  1   LAA  W  10-9       13-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 30   LAA  W   7-4       12-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 29  @DET  W   8-6       11-10  3rd  3.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 28  @DET  W  11-0       10-10  3rd  4.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 27  @DET  L   2-4        9-10  3rd  4.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26  @BOS  L   1-4        9-9   3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 06, 2009 TBR  4 @NYY  3 (10)   W:Grant Balfour (1-0), L: Phil Coke (1-2), S: Troy Percival (5)
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 NYY  4 @TBR  3        W:Brian Bruney (1-0), L: Troy Percival (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (2)
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 NYY  7 @TBR  2        W:A.J. Burnett (2-0), L: J.P. Howell (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 TBR 15  NYY  5        W:Scott Kazmir (2-0), L: Chien-Ming Wang (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 14, 2008 NYY  8  TBR  4        W:Carl Pavano (3-1), L: Edwin Jackson (11-11), S: Mariano Rivera (35)
Sat, Sep 13, 2008 NYY  6  TBR  5        W:Damaso Marte (5-3), L: J.P. Howell (6-1), S: Mariano Rivera (34)
Sat, Sep 13, 2008 TBR  7 @NYY  1        W:James Shields (13-8), L: Mike Mussina (17-9), S: none
Thu, Sep 04, 2008 TBR  7  NYY  5        W:Scott Kazmir (11-6), L: Darrell Rasner (5-10), S: Dan Wheeler (11)
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
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - NYY won 11-7; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; All-Time - NYY leads 124-64

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 2009 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

TOR  6.30

CHC  4.78

SFG  3.50

 RA/G

LAD  3.66

CHC  4.67

NYY  6.30

 BA

  

  

  

 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .40

R. Oswalt  4.26

C. Silva  8.48

 K/9IP

J. Santana  12.24

J. Danks  6.68

J. Pineiro  2.70

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Rays Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (6.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB		 63.Albaladejo
G/S/vB		 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 48.Coke*
G/S/vB		 39.Melancon
G/S/vB		 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP 12/.258 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 34/18 .194/.235/.258/.493 .536/.458 .697 29/.387 0/0 0/0
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 14/.895 4/1.750 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 3/.000 106/74 .343/.381/.475/.856 .795/.877 .786 94/.838 6/1 3/2
5.Burrell G/S/vP 16/.583 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/2.500 5/.000 ··· ··· 108/76 .231/.343/.308/.650 .646/.649 .635 99/.679 0/0 1/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 32/.613 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 17/.688 ··· 3/.666 131/89 .302/.374/.362/.736 .617/.794 .784 117/.744 20/0 0/0
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 2/1.000 6/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 56/53 .261/.393/.370/.762 1.667/.718 .819 48/.842 1/1 1/0
41.Hernandez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/10 .353/.353/.588/.941 .714/1.100 .000 18/.941 1/1 1/0
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 26/.398 4/.250 3/.333 3/1.000 ··· 3/3.500 7/.286 ··· 5/1.350 109/80 .286/.349/.398/.747 1.043/.642 .779 96/.676 5/0 0/4
27.Kapler G/S/vP 18/.686 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.444 ··· 1/no AB 42/14 .211/.286/.368/.654 .935/.143 .852 37/.623 1/0 0/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP 9/.472 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 5/.400 ··· 2/2.000 120/90 .358/.408/.706/1.115 1.067/1.131 1.171 106/1.069 2/0 8/2
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 15/.968 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/2.500 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 93/66 .195/.222/.276/.498 .304/.563 .496 85/.548 1/0 1/1
23.Pena* G/S/vP 36/1.211 3/2.667 4/.500 3/1.666 ··· 4/.000 11/.091 ··· 4/.833 123/87 .267/.374/.676/1.050 1.056/1.048 .858 110/1.067 0/1 12/5
2.Upton G/S/vP 24/.714 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.333 7/.286 ··· 4/.250 103/79 .159/.272/.205/.476 .450/.483 .398 103/.476 7/1 0/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 64/43 .263/.344/.561/.905 1.031/.839 .924 60/.970 1/1 4/0
IP 33.0 14.0 28.2 11.2 3.1 11.2 10.2 4.1 13.0 TOTAL .266/.341/.437/.778 .794/.771 .775 .771 45/6 33/19
ERA-K/9 3.82/4.9 6.43/3.2 3.77/9.1 3.86/6.9 5.40/5.5 4.63/9.2 2.53/13.5 4.15/14.7 7.62/6.9 5.77/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 136/.266 61/.294 128/.267 47/.214 18/.167 60/.277 45/.289 21/.235 59/.191 .275
OPS .673 .916 .797 .753 .778 .896 .711 .675 .749 .816
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.701 31/.698 66/.623 22/.596 8/1.100 32/.836 24/.542 8/.393 27/1.037 .815
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.658 30/1.157 62/.969 25/.885 10/.543 28/.958 21/.905 13/.862 32/.453 .816
Home 57/.758 21/.426 48/.904 18/.556 6/2.333 34/.912 25/.560 18/.533 37/.800
Last 28d days 136/.673 50/1.022 128/.797 38/.675 18/.778 54/.950 42/.762 21/.675 53/.848
HR/SB/CS 1/6/3 3/1/2 3/3/1 2/0/0 0/1/0 3/3/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 33/31/14
Usage ·····X·· XX··oo·X ·X·····X ooo···Xo ·X···o·· Xoo··o·· X·····oo ·X··X··· ·o··XX··
Yankees Batters (5.63 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Niemann
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 31.Cormier
G/S/vB		 39.Howell*
G/S/vB		 46.Nelson
G/S/vB		 40.Percival
G/S/vB		 52.Shouse*
G/S/vB		 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Berroa G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.000 2/1.500 4/.000 13/10 .167/.167/.167/.333 .000/.444 .000 13/.333 0/0 0/2
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 9/.555 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 3/.833 75/56 .328/.400/.537/.937 .806/.979 1.137 74/.951 2/1 4/1
24.Cano* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 4/.500 15/.786 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.334 122/88 .333/.369/.518/.886 1.006/.840 .687 108/.809 1/0 5/1
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/1.850 12/.750 2/.000 23/.521 9/.944 5/.400 115/83 .290/.374/.530/.904 .777/.957 1.088 101/.916 3/0 6/1
11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 75/62 .231/.292/.277/.569 .697/.543 .607 63/.554 6/1 0/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· 5/1.350 4/.250 19/.984 2/.500 17/.423 1/2.000 12/.705 128/101 .267/.336/.414/.750 .927/.701 .765 114/.713 6/0 4/2
55.Matsui* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 4/.833 13/.923 1/no AB 8/1.042 12/.416 5/.400 97/72 .289/.381/.458/.839 1.076/.755 .913 87/.880 0/0 2/
26.Molina G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 5/1.200 3/.000 47/40 .262/.326/.357/.683 1.314/.581 .572 43/.668 0/0 1/1
19.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 44/42 .275/.326/.300/.626 .500/.625 .600 43/.592 1/0 0/2
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 3/.333 6/.167 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 106/76 .279/.415/.640/1.055 1.267/.972 .565 99/.969 0/0 7/2
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· 8/.500 1/no AB 6/.567 4/.000 6/.334 2/2.000 1/.000 113/85 .209/.354/.418/.772 1.036/.689 .917 98/.770 0/0 5/0
IP 25.1 9.1 20.0 10.1 13.0 8.2 10.0 9.1 TOTAL .275/.355/.460/.816 .950/.772 .838 .801 21/2 39/16
ERA-K/9 5.68/5.7 6.75/8.7 2.25/3.1 4.35/10.5 3.46/9.0 2.08/4.1 3.60/5.4 6.75/9.7 4.47/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 117/.280 46/.229 84/.256 48/.325 57/.191 36/.273 43/.282 39/.243 .252
OPS .835 .677 .630 .904 .687 .758 .846 .823 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.707 18/.778 46/.545 12/1.283 37/.616 18/1.069 22/.490 16/1.063 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 57/.964 28/.607 38/.731 36/.776 20/.807 18/.458 21/1.213 23/.646 .755
Road 71/.728 22/.742 49/.337 28/.745 30/.646 15/.872 18/.647 18/.343
Last 28d days 117/.835 42/.751 78/.663 42/.823 51/.681 31/.667 40/.861 36/.894
HR/SB/CS 4/7/2 0/3/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 2/2/0 1/3/1 2/1/0 3/1/0 29/20/7
Usage ····X··· o·o·X·X· ····X··X o··o·X·· o·X·oX·· Xo·oo··· 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.