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Game Preview: TBR @ NYY, 7:05pm, Monday, June 8, 2009 @Yankee Stadium III

Rays, 29-29, 4th, 5 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Andy Sonnanstine (26, RHP, 4-5, 7.07)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-5) 56.0 78 45 44 16 32 9 7.07
2008 (13-9) 193.1 212 105 94 37 124 21 4.38
2007 (6-10) 130.2 151 87 85 26 97 18 5.85
Last 7 GS 4-2 36.1 50 27 27 8 17 8 6.69 40
2009-06-02 KCR W 6.2 6 2 2 0 3 2 91 57
2009-05-27 @CLE L 3.0 9 8 8 2 3 1 75 10
2009-05-22 @FLA W 6.0 5 1 1 0 2 1 102 60
2009-05-17 CLE W 5.2 7 5 5 1 3 2 108 37
2009-05-12 @BAL L 2.0 9 7 7 1 1 2 69 10
2009-05-06 @NYY ND 7.1 6 2 2 0 4 0 99 62
2009-05-01 BOS W 5.2 8 2 2 4 1 0 93 42
Last 5 v.NYY 2-0 29.2 27 16 15 2 18 5 4.55 52
2009-05-06 @NYY ND 7.1 6 2 2 0 4 0 99 62
2009-04-15 NYY ND 5.0 4 2 2 1 3 1 78 53
2008-04-14 NYY ND 3.1 9 7 7 1 2 3 61 15
2008-04-04 @NYY W 6.0 6 4 4 0 4 1 84 48
2007-08-31 @NYY W 8.0 2 1 0 0 5 0 104 81
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-11   Road:   13-18   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  21-16   vsLHP:   8-13   1-Run:   6-12
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl:10-11   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 58 Sun, Jun  7  @NYY  L   3-4       29-29  4th  5.0 gb
 57 Sat, Jun  6  @NYY  W   9-7       29-28  4th  4.5 gb
 56 Thu, Jun  4   KCR  W   3-2       28-28  4th  5.0 gb
 55 Wed, Jun  3   KCR  W   9-0       27-28  4th  5.0 gb
 54 Tue, Jun  2   KCR  W   6-2       26-28  4th  6.0 gb
 53 Sun, May 31   MIN  L   2-3       25-28  4th  5.5 gb
 52 Sat, May 30   MIN  W   5-2       25-27  4th  5.5 gb
 51 Fri, May 29   MIN  W   5-3       24-27  4th  5.5 gb
 50 Thu, May 28  @CLE  L   1-2       23-27  4th  6.0 gb
 49 Wed, May 27  @CLE  L   7-12      23-26  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Yankees, 33-23, 1st, ½ up

SP: Andy Pettitte (37, LHP, 5-2, 4.33)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-2) 68.2 77 35 33 29 40 8 4.33
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 3-1 41.1 53 25 24 22 24 7 5.23 42
2009-06-03 TEX L 5.0 7 4 4 6 6 0 104 37
2009-05-29 @CLE W 5.0 6 1 1 4 1 0 82 48
2009-05-23 PHI ND 7.0 5 4 4 2 5 2 114 54
2009-05-18 MIN W 6.2 12 4 4 1 3 1 105 36
2009-05-13 @TOR W 6.0 5 2 1 4 2 0 106 54
2009-05-07 TBR ND 6.0 9 5 5 1 5 4 115 38
2009-05-01 LAA ND 5.2 9 5 5 4 2 0 111 29
Last 5 v.TBR 2-1 32.1 36 16 16 7 24 5 4.45 50
2009-05-07 TBR ND 6.0 9 5 5 1 5 4 115 38
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-11   Road:   16-12   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  22-17   vsLHP:  11-6    1-Run:   9-4 
 vsEast: 11-13   vsCntrl:13-5    vsWest:  8-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Sun, Jun  7   TBR  W   4-3       33-23  1st  0.5 up
 55 Sat, Jun  6   TBR  L   7-9       32-23  2nd  0.5 gb
 54 Thu, Jun  4   TEX  W   8-6       32-22  1st    Tied
 53 Wed, Jun  3   TEX  L   2-4       31-22  1st    Tied
 52 Tue, Jun  2   TEX  W  12-3       31-21  1st  1.0 up
 51 Mon, Jun  1  @CLE  W   5-2       30-21  1st  1.0 up
 50 Sun, May 31  @CLE  L   4-5       29-21  1st  0.5 up
 49 Sat, May 30  @CLE  W  10-5       29-20  1st  1.5 up
 48 Fri, May 29  @CLE  W   3-1       28-20  1st  0.5 up
 47 Wed, May 27  @TEX  W   9-2       27-20  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 07, 2009 NYY  4  TBR  3        W:Alfredo Aceves (4-1), L: Grant Balfour (2-1), S: Mariano Rivera (13)
Sat, Jun 06, 2009 TBR  9 @NYY  7        W:J.P. Howell (1-2), L: Mariano Rivera (0-2), S: Randy Choate (3)
Thu, May 07, 2009 TBR  8 @NYY  6        W:Brian Shouse (1-0), L: Mariano Rivera (0-1), S: Joe Nelson (1)
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
Season Series: 2009 - TBR leads 4-3; 2008 - NYY won 11-7; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; All-Time - NYY leads 125-66

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

NYY  5.73

FLA  4.59

SEA  3.77

RA/G

LAD  3.78

TBR  4.74

WSN  5.96

BA

J. Bartlett  .373

M. Cuddyer  .275

C. Young  .182

OBP

K. Youkilis  .470

N. Morgan  .346

D. Navarro  .231

SLG

A. Pujols  .682

O. Hudson  .444

J. Kendall  .265

OPS

A. Pujols  1.137

A. LaRoche  .792

D. Navarro  .528

ERA

Z. Greinke  1.55

J. Marquis  4.10

F. Carmona  7.42

K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.29

G. Meche  6.59

J. Pineiro  3.71

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Rays Batters (5.59 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (5.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB
62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
48.Coke*
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
30.Robertson
G/S/vB
28.Tomko
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP 12/.258 6/.334 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 139/83 .250/.360/.405/.765 .779/.756 .867 100/.815 0/0 4/3
15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 37/27 .222/.243/.333/.577 .200/.719 .429 37/.577 0/2 0/1
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 35/.617 5/.000 1/2.000 18/.941 ··· ··· 4/.500 257/168 .323/.385/.448/.833 .714/.901 .857 106/.822 34/3 4/2
11.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 20/10 .444/.500/.611/1.111 1.250/1.000 .984 20/1.111 0/0 1/0
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 3/.667 7/.858 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 109/96 .255/.358/.394/.751 1.262/.689 .820 50/.742 3/1 3/0
41.Hernandez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/31 .286/.314/.388/.701 .739/.677 .544 30/.586 2/1 1/0
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 32/28 .207/.281/.552/.833 .750/.846 .521 20/.932 1/0 3/0
27.Kapler G/S/vP 21/.683 ··· 1/.000 9/.444 ··· 5/.000 2/.500 88/29 .169/.261/.260/.521 .682/.212 .627 39/.356 2/1 0/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP 12/.795 1/2.000 ··· 8/1.089 ··· ··· 3/2.000 232/164 .320/.392/.611/1.003 1.058/.981 1.105 93/.766 2/0 13/5
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 18/.780 4/.500 3/.000 6/.334 ··· 6/1.000 4/.500 178/121 .206/.231/.297/.528 .630/.482 .564 73/.631 1/0 3/4
23.Pena* G/S/vP 39/1.254 7/.821 3/1.666 12/.083 ··· 3/.666 5/.933 246/161 .223/.362/.535/.896 .779/.962 .826 108/.744 0/1 17/5
2.Upton G/S/vP 24/.714 6/.500 1/.000 8/.500 ··· ··· 4/.250 236/165 .221/.319/.328/.648 .562/.681 .558 117/.803 17/4 3/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 9/1.000 4/.000 2/.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 169/116 .296/.408/.662/1.070 1.214/1.003 1.038 94/1.204 6/2 11/2
IP 68.2 59.1 22.1 24.1 8.2 8.1 21.2 TOTAL .272/.353/.452/.805 .828/.794 .806 .821 91/17 72/38
ERA-K/9 4.33/5.2 3.79/8.3 4.43/5.7 3.33/10.7 2.08/11.4 2.16/4.3 6.65/6.6 4.86/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 300/.286 256/.253 90/.218 101/.263 36/.167 32/.241 101/.232 .262
OPS .782 .754 .779 .722 .506 .670 .827 .784
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.791 144/.742 45/.805 56/.632 12/.258 15/.277 46/.956 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 208/.777 112/.768 45/.746 45/.834 24/.638 17/1.000 55/.704 .786
Home 170/.891 102/.737 48/.694 67/.768 23/.462 27/.439 67/.687
Last 28d days 137/.807 101/.649 37/.900 48/.612 14/.298 27/.439 33/1.036
HR/SB/CS 8/11/5 7/8/3 5/0/1 5/0/0 0/0/1 1/1/0 4/1/0 76/60/26
Usage ····X··· X·····X· ·o·X···o oX·X··o· ···oX··o ····Xo·· ·····X··
Yankees Batters (5.73 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
36.Choate*
G/S/vB
31.Cormier
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
46.Nelson
G/S/vB
34.Niemann
G/S/vB
14.Price*
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 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 16/11 .133/.133/.133/.267 .000/.400 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/2
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 8/.250 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 12/.417 ··· 3/.333 2/no AB 2/1.500 3/.833 171/122 .303/.355/.465/.820 .818/.820 .910 80/.687 4/2 6/1
24.Cano* G/S/vP 14/.572 4/1.750 1/.000 5/.400 18/.853 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 4/.250 3/1.334 244/168 .300/.336/.483/.819 .842/.808 .704 105/.749 3/2 9/2
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 53/36 .271/.286/.292/.577 .813/.461 .520 40/.568 0/1 0/1
18.Damon* G/S/vP 19/.872 4/.500 3/.000 6/2.067 13/.862 4/1.250 2/.000 2/1.000 5/.650 7/1.429 238/169 .300/.376/.543/.918 .669/1.029 1.024 104/.816 5/0 11/2
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 138/106 .265/.346/.385/.730 .751/.724 .794 62/.946 11/2 2/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 19/.868 7/.929 ··· 5/.200 20/.929 6/1.333 2/.500 2/3.000 5/1.400 14/.895 253/189 .307/.381/.453/.834 1.133/.733 .864 106/.945 11/1 7/2
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 13/1.385 3/1.666 ··· 5/1.850 16/.751 1/2.000 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 5/.400 192/139 .249/.333/.467/.801 .874/.773 .722 78/.802 0/0 8/
19.Pena# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 76/65 .243/.293/.300/.593 .091/.678 .535 28/.511 2/1 0/3
20.Posada# G/S/vP 10/.200 4/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 14/.297 9/.476 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.900 126/86 .306/.389/.593/.981 1.045/.952 1.181 34/.966 1/0 8/3
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 11/1.000 10/.200 2/2.500 4/.750 17/.661 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/2.800 5/.400 123/90 .255/.407/.541/.947 1.175/.868 1.080 111/.975 1/0 8/2
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 18/.398 ··· ··· 4/.250 9/.444 1/.000 4/.000 5/.933 2/.000 2/.500 219/154 .250/.392/.529/.921 .952/.907 .685 96/.786 0/0 11/3
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 8/.542 10/1.100 ··· 2/.500 7/.476 1/2.000 4/.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 240/176 .286/.388/.611/.998 1.088/.966 1.140 110/1.250 0/0 17/0
IP 56.0 25.2 3.1 37.0 29.0 5.2 24.1 59.2 14.2 18.0 TOTAL .278/.357/.480/.837 .887/.818 .851 .858 39/9 88/26
ERA-K/9 7.07/5.1 6.31/8.8 2.70/10.9 2.19/4.1 2.17/11.2 3.18/4.7 5.55/8.5 3.77/5.9 2.45/12.2 5.50/7.0 4.48/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 254/.329 118/.242 12/.083 149/.210 121/.198 29/.217 117/.255 257/.256 68/.200 76/.261 .259
OPS .910 .720 .417 .561 .566 .640 .882 .746 .725 .827 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.629 53/.790 7/.000 76/.539 41/.779 13/.585 77/.879 137/.708 19/.859 30/1.114 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/1.266 65/.659 5/1.000 73/.583 80/.456 16/.683 40/.884 120/.784 49/.671 46/.633 .768
Road 157/.956 53/.874 9/.556 101/.457 70/.586 17/.804 69/.757 150/.788 43/.818 43/.646
Last 28d days 107/1.024 61/.689 12/.417 44/.340 65/.353 29/.640 55/1.004 123/.653 68/.725 27/.694
HR/SB/CS 9/0/2 2/4/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 6/4/0 8/12/3 2/2/0 4/1/0 66/34/8
Usage ·····X·· XX···X·· ·o······ ········ oo·o·o·o ·······X XX·····o ····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.