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Game Preview: TOR @ OAK, 10:05pm, Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @McAfee Coliseum

Blue Jays, 63-55, 63-55 4th, 9 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Brandon Morrow (25, RHP, 9-6, 4.45)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-6)			127.1	117	66	63	57	151	10	4.45
2009 (2-4)			69.2	66	38	34	44	63	10	4.39
2008 (3-4)			64.2	40	26	24	34	75	10	3.34

Last 7 GS		4-1	43.1	42	24	21	15	59	5	4.36	54
2010-08-08	TBR	W	9.0	1	0	0	2	17	0	137	100
2010-08-02	@NYY	W	5.1	7	5	5	2	9	2	99	41
2010-07-26	BAL	W	6.0	5	2	2	4	6	1	99	56
2010-07-17	@BAL	W	7.0	5	2	2	2	8	0	92	65
2010-07-10	BOS	ND	4.0	8	5	4	2	4	0	102	30
2010-07-04	@NYY	ND	6.0	9	5	5	1	7	1	116	40
2010-06-29	@CLE	L	6.0	7	5	3	2	8	1	96	48

Last 5 v.OAK		3-0	25.1	16	11	11	14	32	2	3.91	59
2010-04-30	OAK	W	6.0	7	2	2	2	9	0	109	57
2009-09-30	OAK	W	8.0	1	0	0	2	9	0	105	87
2008-09-26	OAK	W	5.0	6	6	6	5	8	2	114	34
2008-09-21	@OAK	ND	6.1	2	3	3	5	6	0	113	58

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

 Home:   31-24   Road:   32-31   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  53-40   vsLHP:  10-15   1-Run:  16-22
 vsEast: 26-19   vsCntrl:17-16   vsWest: 13-9  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Mon, Aug 16  @OAK  W   3-1       63-55  4th  9.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 15  @LAA  W   4-1       62-55  4th 10.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 14  @LAA  L   2-7       61-55  4th 11.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 13  @LAA  W   3-0       61-54  4th 10.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 12   BOS  W   6-5       60-54  4th 11.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 11   BOS  L   1-10      59-54  4th 11.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug 10   BOS  L   5-7       59-53  4th 10.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  8   TBR  W   1-0       59-52  4th 10.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  7   TBR  W  17-11      58-52  4th 10.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  6   TBR  W   2-1       57-52  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Athletics, 57-60, 57-60 3rd, 10 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (26, LHP, 7-8, 3.56)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-8)			129.0	128	57	51	24	81	13	3.56
2009 (8-9)			136.2	144	63	59	42	81	9	3.89
2008 (5-4)			71.2	77	36	33	25	41	8	4.14

Last 7 GS		3-2	47.0	47	19	15	10	31	4	2.87	55
2010-08-11	@SEA	W	9.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	104	79
2010-08-06	TEX	L	6.0	5	4	4	2	1	2	88	45
2010-07-31	@CHW	W	9.0	8	2	2	1	5	1	111	67
2010-07-25	CHW	W	6.1	5	3	3	2	5	0	98	54
2010-07-20	BOS	ND	4.2	10	4	1	1	6	0	94	39
2010-06-22	CIN	L	6.0	10	4	3	1	4	0	106	41
2010-06-17	@CHC	ND	6.0	5	1	1	1	4	1	83	61

Last 5 v.TOR		1-2	20.0	22	9	9	4	8	2	4.05	49
2009-07-31	TOR	W	6.2	8	5	5	1	1	1	106	38
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:   34-25   Road:   23-35   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  42-43   vsLHP:  15-17   1-Run:  17-12
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:16-14   vsWest: 19-18 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Mon, Aug 16   TOR  L   1-3       57-60  3rd 10.0 gb
116 Sun, Aug 15  @MIN  L   2-4       57-59  3rd 10.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug 14  @MIN  L   0-2       57-58  3rd  9.0 gb
114 Fri, Aug 13  @MIN  L   3-4       57-57  3rd  9.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 11  @SEA  W   5-1       57-56  3rd  8.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug 10  @SEA  L   0-2       56-56  3rd  9.0 gb
111 Mon, Aug  9  @SEA  L   1-3       56-55  2nd  8.0 gb
110 Sun, Aug  8   TEX  W   3-2       56-54  2nd  7.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  7   TEX  W   6-2       55-54  2nd  8.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  6   TEX  L   1-5       54-54  2nd  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 TOR  3 @OAK  1        W:Shaun Marcum (11-6), L: Brett Anderson (3-4), S: none
Sun, May 02, 2010 TOR  9  OAK  3        W:Shaun Marcum (1-1), L: Ben Sheets (1-3), S: none
Sat, May 01, 2010 OAK  4 @TOR  3        W:Gio Gonzalez (3-1), L: Dana Eveland (2-1), S: Andrew Bailey (3)
Fri, Apr 30, 2010 TOR 10  OAK  2        W:Brandon Morrow (2-2), L: Trevor Cahill (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 29, 2010 TOR  6  OAK  3        W:Ricky Romero (2-1), L: Justin Duchscherer (2-1), S: Kevin Gregg (6)

Sun, Aug 02, 2009 TOR  7 @OAK  2        W:Ricky Romero (10-4), L: Vin Mazzaro (2-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 01, 2009 TOR  6 @OAK  5        W:Brett Cecil (5-1), L: Trevor Cahill (6-10), S: Jason Frasor (4)
Fri, Jul 31, 2009 OAK  8  TOR  5        W:Dallas Braden (8-9), L: Scott Richmond (6-6), S: Andrew Bailey (14)
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
Season Series: 2010 - TOR over 4-1; 2009 - TOR won 6-3; 2008 - TOR won 6-4; All-Time - OAK leads 191-167

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 2010 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 5.24

FLA 4.43

SEA 3.25

RA/G

SDP 3.42

LAD 4.38

ARI 5.45

C. Johnson .365

J. Loney .285

L. Valbuena .163

OBP

J. Morneau .437

S. Castro .357

B. Wood .183

SLG

J. Hamilton .634

M. Reynolds .466

B. Wood .223

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.066

R. Spilborghs .812

B. Wood .406

ERA

A. Wainwright 1.99

C. Richard 3.80

B. Bannister 5.95

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.68

B. Myers 6.91

M. Buehrle 3.76

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Blue Jays Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Braden*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 52.Bonser
G/S/vB 57.Bowers*
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 15.Sheets
G/S/vB 50.Wolf
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

9.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/16 .250/.250/.688/.938 /.938 .000 16/.938 0/0 2/0

19.Bautista G/S/vP 6/.666 3/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 14/.297 ··· 7/.619 4/.000 495/405 .258/.374/.599/.973 .910/.987 .855 104/1.223 5/2 37/5

14.Buck G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 19/.439 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 304/243 .277/.309/.498/.807 1.139/.722 .853 34/.608 0/0 14/1

12.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 7/.714 ··· 10/.533 ··· 278/222 .244/.309/.464/.773 .744/.778 .800 85/.749 1/0 13/13

5.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.000 ··· ··· ··· 415/325 .258/.339/.326/.665 .799/.630 .716 94/.672 5/2 3/11

21.Green G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 23/9 .143/.217/.143/.360 .452/.222 .397 / 0/0 0/0

2.Hill G/S/vP 13/1.282 2/.000 2/.500 6/.666 ··· 3/.667 ··· 7/1.738 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 429/331 .216/.285/.396/.681 .471/.740 .602 93/.765 1/2 18/5

15.Lewis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 10/.925 ··· ··· 1/.000 404/317 .268/.333/.445/.777 .635/.817 .786 68/.642 11/4 8/3

26.Lind* G/S/vP 7/1.571 2/.000 4/.250 4/1.250 ··· 5/.200 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 468/355 .238/.297/.416/.713 .355/.830 .633 94/.977 0/0 17/0

18.McCoy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/36 .200/.259/.260/.519 .600/.479 .382 0/ 4/1 0/1

6.McDonald G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 91/66 .233/.258/.395/.654 .750/.616 .539 16/.775 1/0 2/1

8.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 8/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 139/106 .270/.333/.397/.730 .436/.825 .681 40/.705 1/0 4/1

35.Overbay* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/1.000 7/1.572 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 5/.933 ··· 4/1.250 1/no AB 462/360 .247/.328/.416/.743 .646/.772 .648 89/.738 1/0 13/5

45.Snider* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 178/148 .242/.315/.472/.787 .795/.785 .831 48/.736 3/2 8/1

10.Wells G/S/vP 9/.347 3/.000 2/1.000 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.667 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 472/378 .270/.324/.508/.832 .639/.878 .712 92/.841 5/3 22/0

1.Wise* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 62/54 .267/.279/.517/.795 .250/.879 .966 31/.800 3/0 3/0

IP 129.0 40.1 38.2 5.0 14.0 53.0 13.1 119.1 3.2 27.2 45.2 TOTAL .250/.314/.458/.772 .661/.802 .727 .815 39/15 183/63

ERA-K/9

3.56/5.7

1.56/6.5

3.96/9.1

7.20/1.8

4.50/11.6

3.23/8.8

4.05/8.8

4.53/6.3

2.45/9.7

4.23/8.8

3.55/5.9

3.59/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Arencibia (1-2-0)
Buck (35-13-1)
Molina (12-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 524/.261 156/.206 177/.288 25/.435 62/.218 215/.202 59/.240 511/.267 18/.231 121/.245 197/.254 .245 Bautista
Wells
Wise
Snider
Lewis
Lind
McCoy
McDonald 0/1/84/10
0/110/0/4
8/11/6/2
19/0/25/2
74/7/7/1
15/0/0/0
5/1/2/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .701 .551 .776 .915 .779 .635 .668 .813 .796 .763 .745 .695

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.738 65/.553 75/.613 10/1.156 21/1.206 78/.662 22/.687 264/.801 5/1.600 46/.937 60/1.084 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 399/.689 91/.548 102/.905 15/.757 41/.568 137/.619 37/.656 247/.825 13/.444 75/.665 137/.610 .692

Home 312/.680 91/.555 88/.728 21/.762 39/.701 99/.572 31/.476 276/.685 14/.906 61/.588 100/.560

Last 28d days 115/.600 / 28/1.121 12/.667 4/.250 37/.749 34/.561 / 7/.286 31/.580 25/.693

HR/SB/CS 13/1/1 3/3/1 5/1/0 0/1/0 4/0/1 6/4/1 1/5/0 18/13/9 0/0/0 4/1/0 4/1/1 109/60/25

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

Athletics Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Morrow
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 28.Marcum
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 13/.639 2/1.500 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 12/.258 501/361 .268/.378/.388/.766 .851/.733 .796 91/.698 4/2 5/10

6.Buck* G/S/vP 12/.531 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.857 41/34 .200/.300/.343/.643 .714/.624 .756 3/.000 1/0 1/0

25.Carson G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/9 .195/.190/.293/.483 .494/.444 .178 26/.392 1/0 1/0

22.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/14 .000/.050/.000/.050 .167/.000 20/.050 0/0 0/1

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 4/.250 15/1.181 2/.000 8/.250 10/.777 5/.750 3/.666 13/.334 200/143 .266/.330/.428/.758 .782/.748 .823 100/.778 16/2 4/2

32.Cust* G/S/vP 14/.978 2/.500 4/.500 8/.750 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 8/.393 253/214 .278/.395/.445/.840 .579/.893 .920 75/.880 1/1 8/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 6/.666 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 6/.533 384/279 .272/.311/.383/.694 .882/.625 .700 78/.708 36/7 5/3

14.Ellis G/S/vP 8/.393 8/.268 2/.000 3/.000 10/.333 2/.500 4/.833 13/.558 310/240 .261/.332/.331/.663 .647/.668 .511 85/.537 4/4 2/2

18.Gross* G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.708 6/.334 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 200/161 .240/.289/.306/.595 .476/.621 .560 17/.721 4/1 1/1

28.Jackson G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 7/1.143 228/187 .245/.333/.340/.673 .703/.667 .699 4/1.250 5/1 2/1

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 11/.818 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.650 1/.000 8/.500 470/351 .258/.294/.387/.680 .782/.647 .720 92/.595 1/1 10/10

19.Larish* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/9 .154/.154/.154/.308 .500/.222 .333 13/.308 0/0 0/0

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 12/.444 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.629 420/320 .259/.334/.376/.710 .613/.742 .667 75/.628 18/4 3/18

35.Powell# G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 92/66 .228/.319/.304/.622 .729/.581 .683 14/.237 1/0 1/3

7.Rosales G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 3/2.000 279/178 .271/.321/.400/.721 .794/.681 .635 25/.448 2/2 7/2

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 12/.584 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.200 4/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 11/.182 375/280 .250/.307/.392/.699 .543/.751 .768 92/.628 3/1 12/8

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 12/.533 2/.000 3/.000 5/.400 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 9/.222 331/257 .294/.342/.383/.725 .623/.754 .798 / 1/1 1/0

30.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .286/.286/.286/.571 .667/.500 3/.667 0/0 0/0

26.Watson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/33 .200/.273/.367/.639 /.639 .742 29/.733 0/0 1/0

IP 127.1 53.0 48.1 45.0 45.2 53.1 144.0 TOTAL .256/.320/.374/.694 .689/.696 .703 .641 100/26 71/82

ERA-K/9

4.45/10.7

3.06/5.6

/0.0

2.23/7.1

4.00/8.8

3.35/9.6

3.88/8.3

3.69/7.5

4.10/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Powell (8-7-0)
Suzuki (47-14-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 544/.247 210/.251 / 189/.210 203/.264 190/.213 225/.266 593/.243 .249 Gross
Sweeney
Jackson
Davis
Cust
Crisp
Carter
Buck
Watson
Carson
Rosales 31/9/34/5
0/1/80/4
49/0/0/3
25/66/14/3
9/0/3/3
0/44/0/2
6/0/0/0
10/0/1/0
12/0/0/0
4/1/10/0
5/0/0/0

OPS .718 .746 .560 .722 .661 .731 .689 .716

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 313/.719 80/.923 / 72/.582 84/.765 91/.658 102/.725 301/.526 .677

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 231/.716 130/.639 / 117/.546 119/.694 99/.663 123/.733 292/.860 .740

Road 261/.844 106/.895 / 114/.454 117/.815 101/.759 111/.579 325/.701

Last 28d days 83/.600 26/1.162 / 34/.456 33/.603 31/.362 43/.981 128/.710

HR/SB/CS 10/5/9 7/5/1 // 2/3/0 2/5/1 4/2/0 5/3/1 18/4/6 107/48/29

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