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Game Preview: TOR @ OAK, 3:35pm, Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @McAfee Coliseum

Blue Jays, 63-56, 63-56 4th, 10 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Marc Rzepczynski (24, LHP, 1-1, 4.42)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-1)			18.1	20	9	9	2	19	2	4.42
2009 (2-4)			61.1	51	27	25	30	60	7	3.67

Last 7 GS		2-2	41.2	39	16	16	13	39	4	3.46	55
2010-08-13	@LAA	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	101	79
2010-07-21	@KCR	L	4.2	9	5	5	1	3	0	93	28
2010-07-07	MIN	ND	5.2	8	4	4	1	7	2	99	43
2009-09-01	@TEX	L	6.0	8	3	3	2	9	1	103	51
2009-08-26	TBR	ND	6.0	3	2	2	5	7	1	116	60
2009-08-21	LAA	W	6.1	3	1	1	1	6	0	102	68
2009-08-16	@TBR	ND	6.0	6	1	1	3	1	0	101	54

Has never faced OAK as starter.

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Tue, Aug 17  @OAK  L   2-6       63-56  4th 10.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Athletics, 58-60, 58-60 3rd, 9 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (24, LHP, 10-8, 3.49)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (10-8)			147.0	127	60	57	66	121	10	3.49
2009 (6-7)			98.2	113	68	63	56	109	14	5.75
2008 (1-4)			34.0	32	34	29	25	34	9	7.68

Last 7 GS		3-3	44.0	40	19	17	18	37	2	3.48	54
2010-08-13	@MIN	L	6.0	3	4	2	4	7	0	110	57
2010-08-07	TEX	W	7.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	113	68
2010-08-01	@CHW	L	8.0	6	4	4	0	11	0	99	65
2010-07-27	@TEX	ND	6.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	111	61
2010-07-21	BOS	W	6.0	7	4	4	2	3	1	107	43
2010-07-16	@KCR	W	7.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	99	61
2010-07-07	NYY	L	4.0	8	5	5	5	5	1	90	26

Last 5 v.TOR		1-1	12.2	7	6	6	4	12	1	4.26	58
2010-05-01	@TOR	W	6.2	3	2	2	2	8	0	103	66
2008-08-06	@TOR	L	6.0	4	4	4	2	4	1	95	50

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

 Home:   35-25   Road:   23-35   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  43-43   vsLHP:  15-17   1-Run:  17-12
 vsEast: 15-18   vsCntrl:16-14   vsWest: 19-18 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Tue, Aug 17   TOR  W   6-2       58-60  3rd  9.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 OAK  6  TOR  2        W:Dallas Braden (8-8), L: Brian Tallet (2-5), S: Michael Wuertz (6)
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
Season Series: 2010 - TOR over 4-2; 2009 - TOR won 6-3; 2008 - TOR won 6-4; All-Time - OAK leads 192-167

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

LAA 4.43

SEA 3.26

RA/G

SDP 3.39

TOR 4.34

ARI 5.45

J. Hamilton .359

J. Loney .285

L. Valbuena .163

OBP

J. Morneau .437

P. Polanco .357

B. Wood .183

SLG

M. Cabrera .629

I. Stewart .465

B. Wood .223

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.060

D. Valencia .812

B. Wood .406

ERA

A. Wainwright 1.99

M. Leake 3.78

B. Bannister 5.95

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.49

B. Matusz 6.94

M. Buehrle 3.76

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Blue Jays Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
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 3/.666 3/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 14/.297 ··· 8/.536 4/.000 499/406 .256/.371/.593/.964 .877/.984 .841 104/1.223 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 ··· 281/222 .245/.310/.462/.772 .739/.778 .797 85/.736 1/0 13/13

5.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 7/.000 ··· ··· ··· 419/325 .259/.343/.327/.670 .817/.630 .724 98/.693 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 3/.333 2/.000 2/.500 6/.666 ··· 3/.667 ··· 7/1.738 ··· 4/.500 3/.666 433/332 .216/.285/.397/.682 .489/.737 .605 93/.776 1/2 18/6

15.Lewis* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 10/.925 ··· ··· 1/.000 404/317 .268/.333/.445/.777 .635/.817 .786 66/.663 11/4 8/3

26.Lind* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 4/.250 4/1.250 ··· 5/.200 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 472/356 .236/.294/.412/.707 .346/.828 .622 94/.954 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 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 91/66 .233/.258/.395/.654 .750/.616 .539 12/.780 1/0 2/1

8.Molina G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 8/.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 142/106 .264/.326/.388/.714 .399/.825 .653 40/.705 1/0 4/1

35.Overbay* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 3/1.000 7/1.572 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 5/.933 ··· 4/1.250 1/no AB 465/360 .248/.328/.417/.745 .656/.772 .653 88/.760 1/0 13/5

45.Snider* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/148 .236/.308/.461/.768 .699/.785 .796 52/.677 3/2 8/2

10.Wells G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.667 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 476/379 .268/.321/.503/.825 .618/.875 .700 92/.772 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 29/.857 3/0 3/0

IP 147.0 40.1 38.2 5.0 14.0 53.2 13.1 119.1 3.2 29.0 45.2 TOTAL .250/.313/.456/.769 .654/.801 .722 .810 39/15 183/66

ERA-K/9

3.49/7.4

1.56/6.5

3.96/9.1

7.20/1.8

4.50/11.6

3.19/8.9

4.05/8.8

4.53/6.3

2.45/9.7

4.03/9.0

3.55/5.9

3.57/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Arencibia (1-2-0)
Buck (35-13-1)
Molina (16-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 619/.233 156/.206 177/.288 25/.435 62/.218 218/.204 59/.240 511/.267 18/.231 125/.236 197/.254 .244 Bautista
Wells
Wise
Snider
Lewis
Lind
McCoy
McDonald 0/1/85/10
0/111/0/4
8/11/6/2
20/0/25/2
74/7/7/1
15/0/0/0
5/1/2/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .648 .551 .776 .915 .779 .635 .668 .813 .796 .736 .745 .692

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.507 65/.553 75/.613 10/1.156 21/1.206 79/.653 22/.687 264/.801 5/1.600 47/.914 60/1.084 .696

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 481/.690 91/.548 102/.905 15/.757 41/.568 139/.625 37/.656 247/.825 13/.444 78/.637 137/.610 .690

Home 284/.576 91/.555 88/.728 21/.762 39/.701 102/.574 31/.476 276/.685 14/.906 65/.548 100/.560

Last 28d days 108/.505 / 28/1.121 12/.667 4/.250 40/.742 29/.572 / 7/.286 32/.560 22/.697

HR/SB/CS 10/8/3 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··· ·X······ ········ X··o···X ·X··o··· ········ ········ X·X····· ··o·····

Athletics Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Rzepczynski*
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 ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 12/.258 506/363 .270/.379/.390/.769 .846/.738 .801 91/.682 4/2 5/10

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

25.Carson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 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 ··· 15/1.181 3/.666 8/.250 10/.777 5/.750 3/.666 13/.334 205/146 .277/.342/.441/.782 .826/.764 .864 101/.794 18/2 4/2

32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 5/.600 8/.750 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 8/.393 258/217 .274/.395/.439/.834 .582/.886 .904 76/.778 1/1 8/1

11.Davis G/S/vP ··· 4/1.417 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 6/.533 388/282 .272/.310/.382/.692 .873/.625 .696 78/.708 36/7 5/3

14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 9/.472 3/.000 3/.000 10/.333 2/.500 4/.833 13/.558 315/243 .260/.330/.329/.659 .627/.668 .507 86/.515 4/4 2/2

18.Gross* G/S/vP 2/.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 ··· 4/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 7/1.143 233/190 .243/.339/.337/.676 .733/.663 .702 9/1.111 6/1 2/1

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.650 1/.000 8/.500 471/351 .260/.295/.391/.686 .801/.647 .730 89/.616 1/1 10/10

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

2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.629 424/322 .259/.334/.376/.710 .606/.744 .667 74/.657 19/4 3/18

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 96/69 .217/.305/.289/.594 .699/.554 .535 18/.180 1/0 1/3

7.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 ··· 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 87/.618 3/1 12/8

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/6 .400/.400/.400/.800 1.000/.667 1.333 6/1.000 0/0 0/0

26.Watson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/33 .200/.273/.367/.639 /.639 .742 25/.584 0/0 1/0

IP 18.1 54.0 1.0 48.1 45.0 45.2 53.1 144.0 TOTAL .256/.321/.374/.695 .693/.696 .706 .629 104/26 71/83

ERA-K/9

4.42/9.3

3.00/5.7

9.00/0.0

2.23/7.1

4.00/8.8

3.35/9.6

3.88/8.3

3.69/7.5

4.11/7.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 78/.282 215/.255 7/.500 189/.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
50/0/0/3
25/66/15/3
9/0/3/3
0/45/0/2
6/0/0/0
10/0/1/0
12/0/0/0
4/1/10/0
5/0/0/0

OPS .799 .747 1.417 .560 .722 .661 .731 .689 .717

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 19/.387 82/.899 2/.500 72/.582 84/.765 91/.658 102/.725 301/.526 .678

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 59/.930 133/.655 5/1.750 117/.546 119/.694 99/.663 123/.733 292/.860 .741

Road 51/.720 111/.890 7/1.417 114/.454 117/.815 101/.759 111/.579 325/.701

Last 28d days 25/.290 31/1.098 7/1.417 34/.456 33/.603 31/.362 35/1.154 128/.710

HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 7/6/1 0/0/0 2/3/0 2/5/1 4/2/0 5/3/1 18/4/6 107/52/29

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