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Game Preview: TOR @ TBR, 7:08pm, Tuesday, July 7, 2009 @Tropicana Field

Blue Jays, 43-41, 4th, 7 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: (2009, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc

Last 7 GS

Has never faced TBR.

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

 Home:   25-18   Road:   18-23   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  29-28   vsLHP:  14-13   1-Run:  11-12
 vsEast:  8-14   vsCntrl:18-9    vsWest: 10-7  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Mon, Jul  6  @NYY  W   7-6       43-41  4th  7.0 gb
 83 Sun, Jul  5  @NYY  L   8-10      42-41  4th  8.0 gb
 82 Sat, Jul  4  @NYY  L   5-6 (12)  42-40  4th  7.0 gb
 81 Fri, Jul  3  @NYY  L   2-4       42-39  4th  7.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jul  1   TBR  W   5-0       42-38  4th  7.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30   TBR  L   1-4       41-38  4th  7.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29   TBR  L   1-4       41-37  4th  7.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28   PHI  L   4-5       41-36  4th  6.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27   PHI  L   0-10      41-35  3rd  6.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 26   PHI  W   6-1       41-34  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Rays, 44-39, 3rd, 5½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: James Shields (27, RHP, 6-6, 3.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-6)			115.2	123	51	45	24	84	14	3.50
2008 (14-8)			215.0	208	94	85	40	160	24	3.56
2007 (12-8)			215.0	202	98	92	36	184	28	3.85

Last 7 GS		3-2	48.2	51	21	18	5	37	5	3.33	55
2009-07-01	@TOR	L	7.1	7	5	4	1	8	3	108	53
2009-06-26	FLA	ND	6.2	9	3	3	2	5	1	96	47
2009-06-20	@NYM	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	4	0	87	71
2009-06-14	WSN	ND	6.1	9	4	4	1	4	0	92	42
2009-06-09	LAA	L	6.1	10	4	2	0	3	0	93	44
2009-06-04	KCR	W	8.0	6	2	2	0	8	0	107	70
2009-05-29	MIN	W	7.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	99	59

Last 5 v.TOR		1-3	36.1	31	16	15	7	24	7	3.72	58
2009-07-01	@TOR	L	7.1	7	5	4	1	8	3	108	53
2008-09-06	@TOR	ND	8.0	6	3	3	2	3	2	96	65
2008-08-26	TOR	L	6.2	9	4	4	2	4	0	104	42
2008-07-28	@TOR	L	7.1	5	3	3	0	5	1	94	61
2008-07-18	TOR	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	104	67

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

 Home:   26-13   Road:   18-26   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  31-22   vsLHP:  13-17   1-Run:   9-14
 vsEast: 15-13   vsCntrl:10-11   vsWest:  6-10 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Sun, Jul  5  @TEX  L   2-5       44-39  3rd  6.0 gb
 82 Sat, Jul  4  @TEX  L   4-12      44-38  3rd  5.0 gb
 81 Fri, Jul  3  @TEX  L   1-3       44-37  3rd  5.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jul  1  @TOR  L   0-5       44-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30  @TOR  W   4-1       44-35  3rd  4.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29  @TOR  W   4-1       43-35  3rd  5.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28   FLA  W   5-2       42-35  3rd  5.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27   FLA  W   3-2       41-35  3rd  6.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 01, 2009 TOR  5  TBR  0        W:Ricky Romero (6-3), L: James Shields (6-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 TBR  4 @TOR  1        W:Matt Garza (6-5), L: Scott Richmond (6-5), S: J.P. Howell (6)
Mon, Jun 29, 2009 TBR  4 @TOR  1        W:Jeff Niemann (7-4), L: Roy Halladay (10-2), S: Randy Choate (4)

Sun, Sep 07, 2008 TOR  1  TBR  0        W:David Purcey (3-5), L: Matt Garza (11-9), S: Jesse Carlson (2)
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 TOR  7  TBR  4 (13)   W:Brian Tallet (1-1), L: Troy Percival (2-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 TOR  6  TBR  4        W:Roy Halladay (18-9), L: Andy Sonnanstine (13-7), S: B.J. Ryan (27)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - TBR leads 2-1; 2008 - TBR won 11-7; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - TOR leads 100-88

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 5.57

CHW 4.45

SDP 3.83

RA/G

SFG 3.69

DET 4.56

WSN 5.64

J. Mauer .389

G. Anderson .284

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .465

M. Bourn .359

D. Navarro .244

SLG

A. Pujols .739

C. Jones .474

N. Punto .244

OPS

A. Pujols 1.200

R. Cano .819

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.00

B. Bannister 3.87

A. Sonnanstine 6.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.70

J. Cueto 6.77

J. Garland 3.31

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Blue Jays Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
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

20.Barajas G/S/vP 15/.600 3/1.500 8/1.000 1/2.000 5/1.400 5/2.400 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 6/.500 243/180 .268/.303/.433/.736 1.002/.643 .826 57/.789 1/0 8/6

23.Bautista G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/no AB ··· 3/.667 ··· 4/.000 158/89 .254/.394/.365/.759 .906/.630 .788 25/.710 3/0 2/1

13.Chavez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/55 .275/.275/.388/.663 .520/.727 .605 38/.684 0/0 2/1

17.Dellucci* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/no AB 4/.833 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/53 .216/.293/.275/.568 .400/.584 .698 13/.154 0/0 0/0

2.Hill G/S/vP 15/.800 1/2.000 8/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.171 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.367 385/292 .299/.339/.503/.841 .959/.804 .817 111/.852 3/1 20/6

26.Lind* G/S/vP 15/1.190 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/1.166 354/256 .310/.384/.560/.944 .809/.999 .887 103/.982 1/1 18/1

6.McDonald G/S/vP 7/.858 3/1.500 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.900 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 26/15 .269/.269/.269/.538 .727/.400 .182 4/1.000 0/1 1/0

30.Millar G/S/vP 36/.844 4/.000 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 5/.800 ··· 5/.000 159/82 .236/.308/.368/.676 .781/.574 .725 38/.593 0/0 4/1

35.Overbay* G/S/vP 24/.985 5/.600 4/.250 6/.533 7/2.285 4/.500 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 8/1.167 254/212 .260/.382/.481/.863 .688/.899 .809 84/.606 0/0 9/1

15.Rios G/S/vP 26/.561 7/.953 11/.364 ··· 5/.600 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.150 364/272 .265/.321/.419/.740 .784/.725 .633 94/.684 13/3 10/1

33.Rolen G/S/vP 13/.539 ··· 5/.600 2/.500 5/.200 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 14/1.107 298/218 .328/.389/.485/.874 1.023/.823 .863 95/.984 4/1 6/5

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 27/.377 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/1.200 8/.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 395/293 .282/.381/.417/.798 .879/.771 .871 112/.661 7/4 6/2

10.Wells G/S/vP 19/.526 3/1.667 18/.778 6/1.333 3/.000 7/.143 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 10/.311 365/279 .251/.304/.401/.705 .553/.751 .859 100/.743 13/1 8/0

IP 115.2 38.2 2.1 14.0 47.0 38.2 32.2 82.2 38.0 28.2 TOTAL .273/.341/.437/.778 .809/.766 .787 .745 47/12 96/33

ERA-K/9

3.50/6.5

4.19/9.1

3.86/3.9

1.29/9.6

2.87/4.6

1.63/10.7

4.41/8.5

4.14/5.0

5.21/9.5

3.45/6.3

4.23/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 482/.272 165/.224 13/.385 51/.130 192/.230 160/.187 146/.218 358/.266 179/.238 113/.226 .254

OPS .759 .636 .769 .411 .626 .542 .784 .749 .807 .683 .739

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 253/.731 68/.746 1/2.000 28/.220 97/.640 54/.646 96/.781 184/.695 44/.860 40/1.007 .726

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 229/.790 97/.555 12/.667 23/.654 95/.611 106/.488 50/.785 174/.804 135/.789 73/.502 .750

Home 260/.728 85/.582 8/.750 25/.248 67/.709 76/.508 62/.802 127/.762 94/.659 52/.887

Last 28d days 143/.779 47/.439 13/.769 37/.395 43/.851 39/.464 29/.403 101/.758 111/.857 37/.405

HR/SB/CS 14/1/1 2/4/0 0/1/0 1/0/1 2/2/0 1/2/1 7/6/0 8/14/4 7/3/3 4/3/0 89/47/15

Usage ·····X·· ·X·X·o·· ··o···o· ·o·o·ooo ··X····· ······o· ···X···· ··X····X ··X····· ·o·o···X

Rays Batters (5.41 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Accardo
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 58.Hayhurst
G/S/vB 22.League
G/S/vB 24.Romero*
G/S/vB 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 173/109 .281/.376/.473/.848 .884/.828 .864 34/1.175 0/0 7/3

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 2/1.000 10/1.489 3/.666 ··· 5/.800 ··· 3/.666 3/.333 6/.833 3/1.167 248/166 .358/.401/.562/.963 1.059/.917 .961 70/.834 17/1 8/7

5.Burrell G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/1.583 5/.650 197/133 .222/.335/.305/.640 .590/.662 .667 71/.598 2/0 3/0

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 3/.666 6/1.300 3/.000 1/.000 11/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 25/.482 7/1.238 362/235 .318/.376/.458/.833 .725/.893 .815 101/.825 41/7 8/2

11.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 29/10 .320/.414/.440/.854 .768/1.000 1.167 5/.400 0/0 1/0

26.Gross* G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/.750 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 175/156 .275/.383/.423/.806 1.383/.743 .846 66/.897 6/3 4/3

41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 71/41 .265/.286/.338/.624 .572/.659 .742 15/.400 2/1 1/0

27.Kapler G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 13/.770 1/.000 121/34 .248/.331/.505/.835 1.087/.241 .803 29/1.760 3/2 4/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.500 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/no AB 328/231 .290/.369/.545/.914 .898/.921 .804 92/.715 2/0 16/8

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 7/.286 1/5.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 4/.000 7/.572 252/175 .214/.244/.321/.564 .702/.506 .489 74/.651 2/1 5/4

23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.333 5/2.000 7/.715 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 7/.429 6/.533 352/228 .231/.364/.534/.898 .820/.942 1.057 102/.925 1/1 23/8

2.Upton G/S/vP 7/1.286 5/.800 2/.000 ··· 9/.347 ··· 5/.200 4/.500 4/.500 2/1.000 349/243 .244/.334/.386/.720 .628/.756 .747 108/.900 30/7 7/1

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 3/2.500 4/.000 2/.000 270/182 .281/.400/.598/.998 1.130/.934 1.079 97/.859 8/3 16/3

IP 8.1 37.1 38.2 39.0 30.0 11.2 39.0 79.0 20.2 100.2 TOTAL .272/.354/.458/.812 .840/.798 .837 .840 124/29 107/60

ERA-K/9

4.32/6.5

4.10/7.0

4.89/6.5

6.23/6.5

2.40/7.5

1.54/6.2

5.08/8.3

2.96/7.5

6.53/5.7

4.38/6.6

4.28/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 33/.269 158/.255 172/.275 179/.344 108/.204 54/.295 159/.261 295/.248 95/.293 435/.230 .261

OPS .894 .740 .730 .977 .517 .821 .754 .724 .986 .703 .759

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 15/.421 73/.623 70/.842 65/.797 51/.620 26/.962 69/.814 84/.862 45/.767 129/.871 .773

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 18/1.346 85/.847 102/.658 114/1.084 57/.424 28/.685 90/.706 211/.667 50/1.187 306/.635 .749

Road 20/.762 70/.803 82/.671 105/1.027 55/.569 15/1.236 59/.660 143/.778 49/1.256 223/.731

Last 28d days 33/.894 60/.621 50/.832 75/1.065 31/.586 50/.805 58/.957 138/.554 33/.938 146/.712

HR/SB/CS 2/2/2 3/0/0 2/2/1 8/2/2 1/2/2 1/0/0 4/6/1 9/3/2 5/1/3 11/4/3 96/47/28

Usage X·Xo···X ··X····o ·Xoo··X· ·X····o· Xo···X·· ·X······ ooo···o· X····X·· ·X·····o ···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.