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Game Preview: TOR @ OAK, 10:05pm, Friday, July 31, 2009 @McAfee Coliseum

Blue Jays, 49-53, 4th, 13 GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Scott Richmond (29, RHP, 6-5, 3.69)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-5)			85.1	72	37	35	30	71	15	3.69
2008 (1-3)			27.0	32	12	12	2	20	2	4.00

Last 7 GS		2-3	40.1	35	18	18	13	37	9	4.02	54
2009-06-30	TBR	L	7.0	6	3	3	5	7	3	108	55
2009-06-24	CIN	W	7.0	2	2	2	2	3	1	104	66
2009-06-17	@PHI	W	8.0	5	1	1	1	11	1	107	78
2009-06-06	KCR	L	4.2	5	5	5	2	2	1	70	34
2009-05-24	@ATL	ND	5.0	5	2	2	0	5	2	77	54
2009-05-18	CHW	ND	7.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	109	73
2009-05-13	NYY	L	1.2	7	5	5	2	2	1	58	21

Last 5 v.OAK		0-1	13.2	14	8	8	3	7	1	5.27	48
2009-05-08	@OAK	L	8.0	7	5	5	2	3	1	96	49
2008-08-05	OAK	ND	5.2	7	3	3	1	4	0	88	46

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   29-23   Road:   20-30   ExtrInn: 4-10
 vsRHP:  34-32   vsLHP:  15-21   1-Run:  11-20
 vsEast: 12-22   vsCntrl:19-11   vsWest: 11-9  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Wed, Jul 29  @SEA  L   2-3       49-53  4th 13.5 gb
101 Tue, Jul 28  @SEA  L   3-4       49-52  4th 12.5 gb
100 Mon, Jul 27  @SEA  W  11-4       49-51  4th 12.5 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 26   TBR  W   5-1       48-51  4th 12.5 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 25   TBR  L   9-10(12)  47-51  4th 12.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 24   TBR  L   2-4 (10)  47-50  4th 12.5 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 23   CLE  L   4-5       47-49  4th 11.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 22   CLE  W  10-6       47-48  4th 10.5 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 21   CLE  L   1-2       46-48  4th 10.5 gb
 93 Sun, Jul 19   BOS  W   3-1       46-47  4th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Athletics, 43-58, 4th, 17½ GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (25, LHP, 7-9, 3.74)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-9)			130.0	136	58	54	41	80	8	3.74
2008 (5-4)			71.2	77	36	33	25	41	8	4.14
2007 (1-8)			72.1	91	59	54	26	55	9	6.72

Last 7 GS		2-4	43.0	46	24	22	17	24	2	4.60	47
2009-07-26	@NYY	L	5.2	10	7	7	6	2	0	103	17
2009-07-21	MIN	ND	7.0	5	2	2	4	3	0	106	58
2009-07-16	LAA	L	5.0	10	6	6	1	2	1	90	24
2009-07-11	@TBR	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	90	58
2009-07-01	DET	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	92	65
2009-06-26	COL	L	5.1	5	4	2	2	2	0	100	46
2009-06-21	@SDP	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	109	62

Last 5 v.TOR		0-2	13.1	14	4	4	3	7	1	2.70	55
2009-05-10	TOR	L	6.0	9	3	3	0	3	1	84	45
2009-04-19	@TOR	L	7.1	5	1	1	3	4	0	97	65

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   22-25   Road:   21-33   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  29-37   vsLHP:  14-21   1-Run:  10-15
 vsEast: 17-18   vsCntrl:12-10   vsWest:  9-17 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Thu, Jul 30  @BOS  L   5-8       43-58  4th 17.5 gb
100 Wed, Jul 29  @BOS  W   8-6       43-57  4th 17.0 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 28  @BOS  W   9-8 (11)  42-57  4th 17.0 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 27  @BOS  L   3-8       41-57  4th 17.0 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 26  @NYY  L   5-7       41-56  4th 17.0 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 25  @NYY  W   6-4       41-55  4th 17.0 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 24  @NYY  L   3-8       40-55  4th 17.0 gb
 94 Thu, Jul 23  @NYY  L   3-6       40-54  4th 16.0 gb
 93 Wed, Jul 22   MIN  W  16-1       40-53  4th 15.0 gb
 92 Tue, Jul 21   MIN  L   2-3 (10)  39-53  4th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 10, 2009 TOR  5 @OAK  0        W:Brett Cecil (1-0), L: Dallas Braden (3-4), S: none
Sat, May 09, 2009 TOR  6 @OAK  4        W:Brian Tallet (2-1), L: Sean Gallagher (1-1), S: none
Fri, May 08, 2009 OAK  5  TOR  3        W:Michael Wuertz (2-1), L: Scott Richmond (4-1), S: Andrew Bailey (1)
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 TOR  1  OAK  0        W:Ricky Romero (2-0), L: Dallas Braden (1-2), S: B.J. Ryan (2)
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 TOR  4  OAK  2 (12)   W:Jason Frasor (2-0), L: Dan Giese (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 OAK  8 @TOR  5        W:Andrew Bailey (2-0), L: Brandon League (1-1), S: Brad Ziegler (3)

Thu, Aug 07, 2008 TOR  6  OAK  4        W:A.J. Burnett (14-9), L: Jerry Blevins (1-2), S: B.J. Ryan (22)
Wed, Aug 06, 2008 TOR  5  OAK  1        W:Shaun Marcum (6-5), L: Gio Gonzalez (0-1), S: none
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 TOR  4  OAK  3        W:Jesse Carlson (4-1), L: Huston Street (2-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 04, 2008 TOR  6  OAK  1        W:Roy Halladay (13-8), L: Sean Gallagher (4-5), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - TOR leads 4-2; 2008 - TOR won 6-4; 2007 - OAK won 5-4; All-Time - OAK leads 189-161

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 5.56

CHW 4.51

SDP 3.66

RA/G

SFG 3.68

NYM 4.60

WSN 5.46

I. Suzuki .368

O. Hudson .290

R. Cedeno .167

OBP

M. Ramirez .455

W. Aybar .362

R. Cedeno .213

SLG

A. Pujols .680

Y. Escobar .471

A. Casilla .211

OPS

A. Pujols 1.123

V. Martinez .832

A. Casilla .474

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.08

C. Sabathia 3.83

J. Geer 5.96

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.08

C. Sabathia 6.63

J. Lannan 3.65

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Blue Jays Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Braden*
G/S/vB 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 53.Cahill
G/S/vB 44.Casilla
G/S/vB 59.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 54.Mazzaro
G/S/vB 36.Springer
G/S/vB 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP 4/.917 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.500 3/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 290/206 .249/.281/.401/.683 .834/.621 .752 50/.430 1/0 9/7

23.Bautista G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 11/.000 7/.619 2/.000 209/109 .249/.373/.361/.733 .844/.621 .752 51/.655 3/0 3/2

13.Chavez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 106/71 .257/.272/.356/.628 .515/.681 .615 35/.595 0/1 2/1

2.Hill G/S/vP 9/.889 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 2/1.000 472/342 .287/.329/.494/.823 .925/.785 .780 102/.745 4/1 24/6

1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 39/37 .222/.263/.222/.485 .000/.513 .513 12/.667 2/0 0/0

26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/1.167 2/.500 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 428/298 .295/.362/.544/.906 .799/.956 .851 89/.758 1/1 21/1

6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 37/18 .297/.297/.405/.703 .947/.444 .632 11/1.091 0/1 1/0

30.Millar G/S/vP 14/.220 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.667 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 201/92 .227/.303/.370/.674 .769/.557 .726 42/.664 0/0 5/2

35.Overbay* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/1.250 3/3.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· 3/.333 4/1.250 ··· 312/253 .255/.372/.463/.835 .556/.904 .765 71/.695 0/0 10/2

15.Rios G/S/vP 8/.964 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.800 1/2.000 447/320 .265/.322/.423/.745 .776/.732 .637 96/.777 18/3 12/1

33.Rolen G/S/vP 7/1.143 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 15/.700 11/.364 3/.000 373/266 .320/.370/.476/.846 .994/.789 .814 89/.714 4/2 8/5

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 8/.750 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.667 3/.667 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 3/.666 478/341 .291/.385/.432/.817 .801/.823 .874 98/.902 8/4 8/3

10.Wells G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 435/318 .256/.301/.404/.706 .618/.737 .844 83/.770 13/2 10/0

IP 130.0 108.0 60.0 41.1 115.0 36.2 38.2 39.0 61.0 37.1 50.0 47.0 TOTAL .269/.333/.433/.766 .783/.758 .767 .717 55/15 117/39

ERA-K/9

3.74/5.5

4.33/7.1

2.25/10.2

4.57/7.0

4.77/4.4

6.14/6.1

5.12/5.6

7.38/9.9

5.16/6.3

4.34/10.6

3.60/11.9

3.06/6.1

4.44/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 559/.267 458/.261 243/.186 170/.191 503/.275 168/.279 173/.265 163/.333 271/.307 170/.299 194/.213 199/.278 .266

OPS .712 .726 .542 .644 .850 .852 .726 .981 .805 .808 .652 .701 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.493 126/.774 113/.607 92/.587 274/.982 79/.940 93/.881 38/1.553 159/.857 73/.987 79/.680 95/.879 .816

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 419/.786 332/.707 130/.487 78/.709 229/.691 89/.776 80/.548 125/.806 112/.734 97/.681 115/.633 104/.541 .707

Home 292/.699 178/.684 99/.492 74/.559 292/.806 77/.687 89/.642 65/1.406 97/.763 85/.607 77/.365 97/.712

Last 28d days 111/.841 128/.453 51/.663 48/.661 120/.953 42/1.152 49/.692 77/.952 122/1.086 33/.606 54/.865 45/.559

HR/SB/CS 8/0/2 14/10/1 4/0/0 5/7/3 21/12/8 6/3/1 0/0/1 7/1/0 6/7/3 5/2/0 5/4/2 1/2/0 99/57/21

Usage ····X··· ·X····X· ·Xo··X·· ooo·o·oX ···X···· o··X··Xo ···X···· X····X·· ··X····X o·X·o·o· XXX··X·· ·oo·X··o

Athletics Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Richmond
G/S/vB 49.Accardo
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 32.Halladay
G/S/vB 22.League
G/S/vB 24.Romero*
G/S/vB 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 7/.572 4/1.167 4/.000 11/.573 4/.500 36/.592 5/.200 3/.000 ··· 7/.143 443/317 .280/.317/.366/.683 .592/.717 .722 107/.906 11/4 4/14

7.Crosby G/S/vP 5/.800 3/.000 8/1.071 2/1.000 3/1.167 7/1.171 9/.222 13/.923 4/.500 ··· ··· 8/.393 214/123 .222/.299/.335/.634 .762/.535 .773 34/.750 2/1 4/7

32.Cust* G/S/vP 7/.143 3/.667 1/.000 4/.500 3/.666 7/.572 1/.000 11/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 10/.633 394/270 .234/.338/.412/.750 .587/.826 .795 89/.816 3/0 16/2

11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 151/78 .267/.340/.378/.718 .671/.764 .715 35/1.104 15/5 2/2

14.Ellis G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.750 8/.268 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 10/.333 17/.423 8/.542 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 171/123 .234/.282/.373/.656 .701/.638 .520 88/.727 5/2 4/2

21.Everidge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/10 .111/.273/.222/.495 .000/.550 11/.495 0/0 0/0

5.Garciaparra G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 47/.761 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 106/69 .253/.292/.364/.656 .659/.654 .783 35/.678 1/0 2/0

12.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 289/190 .290/.347/.508/.855 1.113/.726 .878 87/.714 10/1 12/2

29.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.417 1/.000 3/.666 7/.572 3/1.167 29/.715 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 327/225 .296/.350/.434/.784 .559/.884 .752 107/.765 11/4 8/8

1.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/23 .174/.167/.217/.384 2.000/.312 16/.454 1/0 0/0

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 90/64 .263/.333/.413/.746 .542/.825 .847 19/1.141 0/0 2/4

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 7/.429 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 5/.200 4/.000 6/.000 2/3.000 3/1.167 ··· 6/.000 386/271 .285/.322/.407/.729 .759/.717 .660 95/.707 5/2 6/1

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/4.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 5/.400 2/.500 3/1.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 7/.929 325/238 .274/.321/.358/.679 .671/.681 .597 71/.672 4/5 3/2

IP 85.1 15.2 50.2 44.1 59.0 34.0 38.0 148.0 48.0 102.2 27.2 109.2 TOTAL .253/.321/.381/.702 .669/.716 .724 .780 70/27 81/79

ERA-K/9

3.69/7.5

2.87/7.5

3.20/6.0

5.08/6.7

4.27/7.5

3.18/9.5

2.13/8.1

2.68/7.8

4.50/8.8

3.59/7.2

3.25/9.7

5.09/6.6

4.14/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 349/.226 65/.264 211/.235 197/.273 262/.300 146/.231 146/.211 589/.249 196/.244 428/.265 118/.192 482/.249 .259

OPS .730 .781 .673 .757 .863 .646 .525 .630 .718 .771 .609 .743 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 207/.878 30/.500 97/.640 82/.759 92/.756 41/.729 72/.668 312/.627 90/.729 130/.874 31/.550 141/.863 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 142/.527 35/1.029 114/.701 115/.755 170/.924 105/.612 74/.383 277/.632 106/.708 298/.722 87/.631 341/.694 .750

Road 157/.682 33/.779 96/.692 98/.695 129/.914 56/.863 76/.610 268/.679 80/.672 228/.798 72/.586 246/.794

Last 28d days / 40/.794 63/.492 34/.778 108/.737 38/1.104 41/.505 162/.666 45/.608 133/.877 118/.609 74/.978

HR/SB/CS 15/5/3 2/2/3 3/0/0 4/2/1 9/2/2 3/1/1 1/4/2 11/13/3 5/7/1 13/3/5 1/3/0 12/5/3 109/58/32

Usage ········ ·····X·X ··X··X·X ···X···· ····X··· ··Xo·XX· ····oX·o ·X····X· ·o··Xo·· ···X···· ··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.