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Game Preview: FLA @ TBR, 7:08pm, Saturday, June 27, 2009 @Tropicana Field

Marlins, 38-37, 3rd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Chris Volstad (22, RHP, 5-7, 4.74)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-7)			89.1	88	51	47	26	65	14	4.74
2008 (6-4)			84.1	76	30	27	36	52	3	2.88

Last 7 GS		3-4	41.0	49	29	29	10	29	6	6.37	43
2009-06-21	NYY	W	6.0	5	3	3	1	4	0	96	53
2009-06-16	@BOS	L	3.2	9	8	8	2	2	1	79	11
2009-06-10	STL	L	5.2	10	6	6	1	0	1	96	24
2009-06-05	SFG	L	6.0	8	2	2	1	5	1	89	52
2009-05-31	@NYM	L	7.0	6	3	3	2	3	0	94	54
2009-05-25	@PHI	W	6.2	6	3	3	2	6	2	107	54
2009-05-20	ARI	W	6.0	5	4	4	1	9	1	98	54

Has never faced TBR.

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

 Home:   20-20   Road:   18-17   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  20-29   vsLHP:  18-8    1-Run:  14-8 
 vsEast: 16-10   vsCntrl: 6-13   vsWest:  6-8  IL:10-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Fri, Jun 26  @TBR  L   3-7       38-37  3rd  1.0 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 25   BAL  W  11-3       38-36  3rd  1.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 24   BAL  W   5-2       37-36  3rd  2.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 23   BAL  W   7-6 (12)  36-36  3rd  3.0 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 21   NYY  W   6-5       35-36  3rd  3.0 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 20   NYY  W   2-1       34-36  3rd  4.0 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 19   NYY  L   1-5       33-36  4th  5.0 gb
 68 Thu, Jun 18  @BOS  W   2-1  (5)  33-35  3rd  5.0 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 17  @BOS  L   1-6       32-35  3rd  6.0 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 16  @BOS  L   2-8       32-34  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Rays, 40-35, 4th, 6 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Scott Kazmir (25, LHP, 4-4, 7.69)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-4)			45.2	60	41	39	29	35	7	7.69
2008 (12-8)			152.1	123	61	59	70	166	23	3.49
2007 (13-9)			206.2	196	91	80	89	239	18	3.48

Last 7 GS		2-4	33.0	49	37	35	26	25	6	9.55	31
2009-05-20	OAK	L	4.1	8	7	7	4	3	0	93	18
2009-05-15	CLE	ND	3.1	10	7	7	4	2	2	91	10
2009-05-09	@BOS	W	5.0	8	3	3	3	2	1	100	38
2009-05-04	BAL	L	6.1	7	6	6	2	7	1	106	40
2009-04-29	@MIN	L	4.0	9	8	6	4	4	0	88	16
2009-04-24	@OAK	W	6.0	2	0	0	3	2	0	96	67
2009-04-18	CHW	L	4.0	5	6	6	6	5	2	94	27

Last 5 v.FLA		1-1	13.0	10	6	6	4	19	2	4.15	60
2006-06-27	@FLA	L	5.0	6	6	6	3	8	2	93	36
2006-05-21	FLA	W	8.0	4	0	0	1	11	0	117	84

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

 Home:   24-13   Road:   16-22   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  28-20   vsLHP:  12-15   1-Run:   8-14
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl:10-11   vsWest:  6-7  IL:11-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Fri, Jun 26   FLA  W   7-3       40-35  4th  6.0 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 25   PHI  W  10-4       39-35  4th  6.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 24   PHI  W   7-1       38-35  4th  7.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 23   PHI  L   1-10      37-35  4th  7.0 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 21  @NYM  W  10-6       37-34  4th  6.0 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 20  @NYM  W   3-1       36-34  4th  6.0 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 19  @NYM  L   3-5       35-34  4th  6.0 gb
 68 Thu, Jun 18  @COL  L   3-4       35-33  4th  6.0 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 17  @COL  L   3-5       35-32  4th  6.0 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 16  @COL  W  12-4       35-31  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 24, 2009 FLA  5  TBR  4 (11)   W:Brian Sanches (1-0), L: Lance Cormier (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 23, 2009 TBR 10 @FLA  3        W:Grant Balfour (2-0), L: Leo Nunez (2-2), S: none
Fri, May 22, 2009 TBR 15 @FLA  2        W:Andy Sonnanstine (3-4), L: Ricky Nolasco (2-5), S: Dale Thayer (1)

Thu, Jun 26, 2008 TBR  6 @FLA  1        W:Matt Garza (6-4), L: Mark Hendrickson (7-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 25, 2008 TBR 15 @FLA  3        W:James Shields (5-5), L: Ryan Tucker (2-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 24, 2008 TBR  6 @FLA  4        W:J.P. Howell (6-0), L: Renyel Pinto (2-3), S: Troy Percival (18)
Sun, Jun 15, 2008 FLA  9 @TBR  3        W:Ricky Nolasco (7-4), L: Edwin Jackson (4-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 14, 2008 TBR  4  FLA  1        W:Matt Garza (5-3), L: Mark Hendrickson (7-5), S: Troy Percival (15)
Fri, Jun 13, 2008 TBR  7  FLA  3        W:Andy Sonnanstine (7-3), L: Ryan Tucker (1-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 10, 2007 TBD  9 @FLA  4        W:Andy Sonnanstine (1-0), L: Rick VandenHurk (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - TBR leads 3-1; 2008 - TBR won 5-1; 2007 - FLA won 4-2; All-Time - FLA leads 36-29

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

TBR 5.66

BAL 4.57

SDP 3.87

RA/G

SFG 3.80

HOU 4.62

WSN 5.63

J. Mauer .395

C. Ross .283

B. Crosby .190

OBP

J. Mauer .465

S. Schumaker .358

D. Navarro .239

SLG

A. Pujols .700

N. Markakis .465

N. Punto .252

OPS

J. Mauer 1.163

H. Matsui .819

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.90

A. Cook 4.00

A. Sonnanstine 6.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.84

C. Pavano 6.54

J. Garland 3.33

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Marlins Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 49.Abreu
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 31.Cormier
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 46.Nelson
G/S/vB 34.Niemann
G/S/vB 14.Price*
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Baker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 194/174 .250/.335/.407/.742 .675/.749 .778 50/.502 0/0 6/3

1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 311/229 .244/.291/.293/.584 .650/.542 .506 92/.597 13/5 1/13

3.Cantu G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.550 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 279/203 .282/.330/.452/.781 .983/.709 .702 94/.758 1/0 9/5

25.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/31 .302/.362/.434/.796 1.047/.573 .649 35/1.082 0/0 1/0

8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 177/134 .265/.364/.371/.734 .615/.774 .983 104/.785 4/0 2/3

11.De Aza* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/21 .222/.318/.278/.596 .000/.663 13/.361 0/0 0/1

7.Gload* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 113/101 .297/.363/.446/.808 .667/.827 .799 39/.938 0/0 3/1

18.Helms G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 108/57 .235/.278/.286/.563 .609/.518 .790 34/.454 1/1 1/4

27.Hermida* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 5/.400 7/1.262 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 286/205 .257/.353/.394/.747 .609/.803 .706 85/.777 4/2 8/1

29.Paulino G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.000 122/50 .284/.355/.450/.805 .869/.704 .968 49/.942 1/0 4/2

2.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 9/1.069 6/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 303/219 .335/.404/.545/.949 .787/1.012 .909 109/.955 11/5 12/7

12.Ross G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 276/198 .283/.326/.512/.838 .989/.781 .806 92/.950 3/1 13/3

6.Uggla G/S/vP 4/.500 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/2.492 4/1.417 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 3/.000 299/217 .226/.336/.456/.792 .868/.763 .560 101/.856 1/0 15/6

IP 45.2 3.2 34.1 11.1 44.0 36.0 30.2 72.1 30.1 25.0 TOTAL .257/.327/.401/.728 .739/.723 .703 .780 41/16 76/67

ERA-K/9

7.69/6.9

2.45/7.3

4.72/8.9

1.59/9.6

2.45/4.7

1.75/10.8

4.70/8.8

4.23/5.5

4.45/9.8

3.96/6.8

4.30/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 224/.316 15/.231 148/.236 41/.135 179/.223 143/.198 139/.227 315/.268 142/.250 98/.242 .256

OPS .901 .641 .676 .436 .589 .552 .805 .771 .813 .750 .745

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/1.039 7/.829 64/.730 20/.153 93/.588 50/.701 91/.794 171/.715 36/.979 36/1.008 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 162/.848 8/.500 84/.633 21/.722 86/.588 93/.471 48/.822 144/.833 106/.754 62/.597 .761

Home 127/.995 9/.347 80/.594 24/.214 67/.709 63/.506 58/.864 127/.762 69/.755 46/.965

Last 28d days / 15/.641 54/.563 32/.393 30/.726 40/.422 33/.278 88/.621 123/.779 27/.704

HR/SB/CS 7/0/1 0/0/0 2/4/0 1/0/1 1/2/0 1/2/1 7/5/0 8/13/4 6/2/2 4/3/0 81/41/14

Usage ········ oX···X·· ooo··X·· ···X·X·X o····oXo ·····o·· ·····X·· ···X···· oo····oo

Rays Batters (5.68 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Volstad
G/S/vB 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB 63.Leroux
G/S/vB 53.Meyer*
G/S/vB 23.Miller*
G/S/vB 46.Nunez
G/S/vB 37.Pinto*
G/S/vB 44.Sanches
G/S/vB 45.West*
G/S/vB 64.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 160/100 .284/.388/.470/.858 .877/.847 .869 51/.936 0/0 6/3

8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 3/.833 ··· 1/.000 6/1.167 7/2.047 1/.000 1/.000 3/.833 ··· 216/144 .371/.409/.574/.983 1.041/.955 1.005 38/.841 15/1 7/5

5.Burrell G/S/vP 7/.143 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.222 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 161/109 .243/.354/.324/.678 .690/.671 .720 35/.729 2/0 2/0

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 5/.800 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 324/212 .313/.373/.446/.819 .730/.868 .819 97/.838 38/6 6/2

11.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 28/10 .333/.429/.458/.887 .817/1.000 1.167 23/1.028 0/0 1/0

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· 152/134 .271/.382/.442/.823 1.357/.757 .849 55/.889 6/2 4/3

41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 66/38 .270/.292/.349/.642 .616/.658 .748 21/.476 2/1 1/0

27.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 113/34 .247/.336/.505/.841 1.125/.241 .790 33/1.559 3/2 4/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 295/210 .309/.390/.590/.980 .999/.972 .835 76/.793 2/0 16/7

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 228/156 .216/.239/.315/.553 .633/.518 .496 69/.599 1/0 4/4

23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/1.400 4/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 315/205 .236/.368/.560/.928 .831/.982 1.046 97/.928 0/1 22/7

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 311/217 .241/.324/.361/.685 .587/.722 .691 103/.888 27/6 5/1

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 238/162 .294/.403/.642/1.045 1.173/.984 1.125 99/1.020 8/2 16/2

IP 89.1 40.2 3.0 31.0 58.1 32.2 26.1 15.2 40.0 2.0 TOTAL .277/.357/.467/.824 .853/.810 .843 .867 111/22 98/55

ERA-K/9

4.74/6.6

3.54/6.0

12.00/0.0

2.03/8.7

4.17/7.3

4.13/8.0

2.73/7.5

1.72/8.0

3.38/5.4

0.00/0.0

4.41/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 373/.260 167/.272 16/.400 117/.167 258/.243 139/.215 112/.242 70/.217 173/.212 8/.143 .258

OPS .772 .711 1.104 .503 .681 .671 .725 .629 .660 .393 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 196/.813 77/.738 10/1.167 54/.597 69/.778 71/.661 53/.799 29/.602 25/1.009 2/2.000 .774

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 177/.727 90/.687 6/1.000 63/.425 189/.648 68/.682 59/.662 41/.647 148/.598 6/.000 .703

Road 176/.783 66/.855 9/.889 47/.129 99/.747 52/.421 44/.536 15/.900 52/.624 /

Last 28d days 124/.898 58/.559 7/1.405 31/.395 122/.600 32/.808 15/.267 44/.742 122/.712 8/.393

HR/SB/CS 14/13/4 4/2/0 0/0/0 4/2/0 2/10/2 5/6/1 2/1/2 1/2/0 5/1/0 0/0/0 70/73/17

Usage ·····X·· o··X···· ·X······ ··oo··oX ···X···· ···o·oo· X·oo·o·X o··o···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.