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Game Preview: TOR @ TBR, 6:10pm, Saturday, April 24, 2010 @Tropicana Field

Blue Jays, 10-7, 10-73rd, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Ricky Romero (25, LHP, 1-1, 1.57)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-1)			23.0	11	4	4	6	22	1	1.57
2009 (13-9)			178.0	192	88	85	79	141	18	4.30

Last 7 GS		2-2	47.1	39	17	17	17	44	3	3.23	59
2010-04-18	LAA	L	8.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	111	72
2010-04-13	CHW	W	8.0	1	2	2	2	12	1	101	82
2010-04-08	@TEX	ND	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	103	65
2009-10-04	@BAL	ND	7.0	5	4	4	3	8	1	109	56
2009-09-29	@BOS	W	5.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	107	47
2009-09-24	SEA	ND	6.1	9	3	3	3	5	1	113	45
2009-09-19	@TBR	L	6.0	7	4	4	4	6	0	111	44

Last 5 v.TBR		1-1	14.0	11	4	4	8	13	0	2.57	61
2009-09-19	@TBR	L	6.0	7	4	4	4	6	0	111	44
2009-07-01	TBR	W	8.0	4	0	0	4	7	0	113	77

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

 Home:    4-6    Road:    6-1    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   9-5    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  4-0    vsCntrl: 4-3    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Fri, Apr 23  @TBR  W   6-5       10-7   3rd  2.0 gb
 16 Wed, Apr 21   KCR  L   3-4 (10)   9-7   3rd  3.0 gb
 15 Tue, Apr 20   KCR  W   4-3        9-6   3rd  2.0 gb
 14 Mon, Apr 19   KCR  W   8-1        8-6   3rd  2.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 18   LAA  L   1-3        7-6   3rd  2.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 17   LAA  L   3-6        7-5   3rd  1.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 16   LAA  L   5-7        7-4   3rd  0.5 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 15   CHW  W   7-3        7-3   1st  0.5 up
  9 Wed, Apr 14   CHW  L   1-11       6-3   1st    Tied
  8 Tue, Apr 13   CHW  W   4-2        6-2   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-7    Last 30:10-7

Rays, 12-5, 12-51st, ½ up

SP: Jeff Niemann (27, RHP, 1-0, 2.93)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-0)			15.1	13	5	5	4	7	2	2.93
2009 (13-6)			180.2	185	84	79	59	125	17	3.94
2008 (2-2)			16.0	18	12	9	8	14	3	5.06

Last 7 GS		2-1	34.2	41	20	20	13	26	4	5.19	46
2010-04-19	@BOS	W	7.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	100	60
2010-04-13	@BAL	ND	7.0	8	3	3	1	3	1	103	51
2010-04-08	BAL	ND	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	54
2009-10-03	NYY	W	5.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	87	51
2009-09-28	BAL	ND	3.1	7	4	4	3	3	1	89	30
2009-09-22	SEA	ND	6.2	4	3	3	4	5	1	108	55
2009-09-15	@BAL	L	4.1	11	6	6	1	6	0	83	22

Last 5 v.TOR		2-1	20.1	21	12	11	6	10	2	4.87	47
2009-08-24	@TOR	W	6.1	8	6	5	3	3	1	104	35
2009-07-26	@TOR	L	6.2	9	5	5	1	6	1	94	41
2009-06-29	@TOR	W	7.1	4	1	1	2	1	0	100	65

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

 Home:    3-4    Road:    9-1    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   9-1    vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast: 10-4    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Fri, Apr 23   TOR  L   5-6       12-5   1st  0.5 up
 16 Thu, Apr 22  @CHW  W  10-2       12-4   1st  0.5 up
 15 Wed, Apr 21  @CHW  W  12-0       11-4   2nd  0.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 20  @CHW  L   1-4       10-4   2nd  0.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 19  @BOS  W   8-2       10-3   1st  0.5 up
 12 Sun, Apr 18  @BOS  W   7-1        9-3   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 17  @BOS  W   6-5        8-3   1st    Tied
 10 Fri, Apr 16  @BOS  W   3-1 (12)   7-3   1st    Tied
  9 Wed, Apr 14  @BAL  W   9-1        6-3   1st    Tied
  8 Tue, Apr 13  @BAL  W   8-6 (10)   5-3   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-5    Last 30:12-5

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 23, 2010 TOR  6 @TBR  5        W:Brett Cecil (1-0), L: Matt Garza (3-1), S: Kevin Gregg (5)

Sun, Sep 20, 2009 TBR  3  TOR  1        W:David Price (9-7), L: Roy Halladay (15-10), S: J.P. Howell (17)
Sat, Sep 19, 2009 TBR  4  TOR  0        W:Matt Garza (8-10), L: Ricky Romero (12-9), S: none
Fri, Sep 18, 2009 TBR 11  TOR  4        W:James Shields (10-11), L: Scott Richmond (6-10), S: none
Wed, Aug 26, 2009 TOR  3  TBR  2        W:Brandon League (2-5), L: J.P. Howell (6-4), S: none
Tue, Aug 25, 2009 TBR  7 @TOR  3        W:James Shields (8-10), L: Brett Cecil (5-3), S: none
Mon, Aug 24, 2009 TBR 12 @TOR  7        W:Jeff Niemann (12-5), L: Roy Halladay (13-7), S: none
Sun, Aug 16, 2009 TBR  5  TOR  2        W:Dan Wheeler (4-3), L: Brandon League (1-5), S: none
Sat, Aug 15, 2009 TBR  8  TOR  3        W:Scott Kazmir (7-7), L: Brian Tallet (5-7), S: none
Fri, Aug 14, 2009 TOR  5 @TBR  2        W:Roy Halladay (13-5), L: James Shields (7-9), S: Jason Frasor (6)
Season Series: 2010 - TOR leads 1-0; 2009 - TBR won 14-4; 2008 - TBR won 11-7; All-Time - TOR leads 104-100

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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.65

DET 4.56

SDP 3.94

RA/G

LAD 3.77

NYM 4.67

BAL 5.41

J. Mauer .365

Y. Torrealba .291

A. Miles .185

OBP

J. Mauer .444

W. Harris .364

A. Miles .224

SLG

A. Pujols .658

J. Thome .481

A. Miles .242

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

B. McCann .834

A. Miles .466

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.16

J. Niemann 3.94

L. Hernandez 5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.43

J. Cueto 6.94

J. Lannan 3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Blue Jays Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Niemann
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 31.Cormier
G/S/vB 54.Ekstrom
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB 29.Soriano
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Bautista G/S/vP 6/.750 7/.453 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 4/1.250 3/.000 1/.000 10/.200 404/259 .235/.349/.408/.757 .919/.664 .707 77/.856 4/0 13/4

14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 3/1.000 1/.000 5/1.000 202/152 .247/.299/.484/.782 .664/.822 .722 50/.573 1/1 8/8

15.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 4/.000 338/269 .225/.320/.410/.729 .814/.707 .720 37/.677 2/1 13/11

3.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/.650 7/1.857 ··· 3/.333 3/.000 4/.000 13/.769 429/323 .238/.279/.355/.635 .515/.675 .613 75/.931 2/1 8/7

2.Hill G/S/vP 11/.364 6/1.500 1/no AB 2/3.500 ··· 10/.929 15/.734 1/.000 9/.597 734/552 .286/.330/.499/.829 .897/.806 .807 14/.786 6/2 36/7

26.Lind* G/S/vP 10/1.225 3/.000 9/.222 5/.900 ··· 4/.000 8/1.125 ··· 8/.875 654/475 .305/.370/.562/.932 .780/.992 .939 76/.845 1/1 35/1

18.McCoy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 29/.703 2/0 0/0

6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 5/.750 ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.762 11/.400 1/.000 4/.000 156/105 .258/.271/.384/.655 .615/.675 .628 27/.480 0/2 4/3

8.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/1.600 ··· 1/.000 9/.889 3/.000 3/.000 155/108 .217/.292/.268/.560 .539/.569 .575 17/.485 0/0 1/1

35.Overbay* G/S/vP 9/.777 7/.429 8/.393 8/2.000 ··· 8/.500 11/1.493 3/1.000 10/.900 500/414 .265/.372/.466/.838 .534/.905 .831 73/.444 0/0 16/2

21.Ruiz G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 130/100 .313/.385/.635/1.019 .798/1.090 1.225 13/.538 1/1 10/0

45.Snider* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 276/226 .241/.328/.419/.748 .608/.775 .690 61/.529 1/1 9/4

10.Wells G/S/vP 9/.347 8/.875 8/1.250 5/.000 ··· 12/.350 16/.783 5/.650 16/.192 684/512 .260/.311/.400/.711 .602/.748 .779 73/1.206 17/4 15/1

IP 180.2 67.1 36.1 77.1 18.1 66.2 99.2 75.2 57.2 TOTAL .230/.306/.443/.750 .528/.804 .827 .750 13/1 24/10

ERA-K/9

3.94/6.2

4.81/9.2

3.47/6.9

3.26/4.2

6.38/9.3

2.84/10.7

6.77/5.4

2.97/12.1

3.28/7.0

3.40/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (41-8-2)
Molina (23-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 769/.266 289/.235 142/.214 331/.249 83/.292 278/.197 459/.311 307/.194 219/.199 .231 Bautista
Wells
Snider
Lind
McDonald
McCoy 42/6/36/11
0/155/0/6
56/0/21/3
55/0/0/1
4/0/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .728 .681 .588 .679 .806 .627 .889 .586 .659 .712

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 412/.753 112/.701 83/.385 180/.671 42/.752 86/.772 276/.746 145/.746 64/1.020 .717

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 357/.701 177/.667 59/.880 151/.688 41/.855 192/.561 183/1.108 162/.445 155/.511 .708

Home 317/.717 156/.611 75/.635 133/.674 32/1.030 147/.684 199/.853 152/.466 119/.707

Last 28d days 64/.670 34/.539 22/1.357 30/.407 29/.864 / 39/.665 29/.720 25/.644

HR/SB/CS 17/24/6 6/6/1 4/2/1 6/6/1 3/4/0 7/3/2 19/1/2 6/3/0 11/5/0 21/9/3

Usage ····X··· X··X···X o·····oo oo·····X ··X··X·· ·oo·X·o· o·····oX o··o··Xo

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Rays Batters (5.76 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 24.Romero*
G/S/vB 49.Accardo
G/S/vB 57.Camp
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 29.McGowan
G/S/vB 30.Valdez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

94.Aybar# G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 2/.000 3/2.334 5/1.100 3/2.667 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 336/215 .253/.331/.416/.747 .882/.674 .830 20/.829 1/0 12/8

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 7/.629 3/.666 14/1.371 7/.762 6/.900 2/.000 4/.500 12/.258 5/.650 ··· 567/389 .320/.389/.490/.879 .930/.856 .796 77/.609 30/7 14/20

15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/72 .278/.301/.444/.746 .145/.918 .806 28/.821 2/2 1/2

5.Burrell G/S/vP 6/.000 6/1.500 6/.000 10/.733 5/.400 9/.333 3/.333 3/.667 2/.500 ··· 476/333 .221/.315/.367/.682 .588/.719 .777 52/.699 2/0 14/0

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 8/.393 4/.500 8/1.167 18/.742 12/.166 11/1.064 10/.777 8/.250 11/1.182 ··· 672/462 .305/.364/.452/.816 .704/.868 .827 75/.930 60/16 15/4

37.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 37/33 .188/.270/.500/.770 .750/.773 1.022 / 1/0 3/0

19.Kapler G/S/vP 6/.666 2/2.000 4/.000 5/.800 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 238/64 .239/.329/.439/.768 .931/.357 .794 26/.679 5/2 8/2

3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/.900 2/2.000 6/.333 5/.900 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 2/4.000 ··· 671/474 .281/.364/.526/.889 .909/.881 .849 73/.885 9/0 33/13

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.286 4/1.750 7/.286 3/.333 4/1.417 3/.333 8/.500 7/.971 ··· 410/254 .218/.261/.322/.583 .740/.489 .572 49/.367 5/2 8/5

23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.250 8/1.417 17/.738 10/.644 3/1.666 3/.000 9/.476 17/1.612 ··· 570/374 .227/.356/.537/.893 .814/.936 .984 68/.868 3/3 39/10

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 29/14 .200/.276/.440/.716 .630/.786 .650 33/.670 0/0 2/0

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 327/257 .214/.335/.399/.734 1.045/.652 .577 9/.708 0/0 12/4

2.Upton G/S/vP 4/.500 8/1.375 7/.572 8/.619 12/.432 2/1.500 5/2.000 10/.550 13/.077 ··· 626/437 .241/.313/.373/.686 .572/.734 .741 70/.851 42/14 11/4

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/1.467 3/.333 5/1.350 5/1.100 7/1.171 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 599/398 .297/.405/.543/.948 1.035/.905 1.027 73/.729 17/6 27/7

IP 178.0 24.2 79.2 46.2 57.2 68.2 40.0 49.1 TOTAL .254/.330/.429/.759 .656/.819 .739 .759 21/6 19/10

ERA-K/9

4.30/7.1

2.55/6.6

3.50/6.5

3.09/8.3

2.50/8.7

4.72/9.3

5.85/5.4

/0.0

5.66/6.9

3.88/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (61-22-6)
Shoppach (49-15-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 771/.284 107/.267 333/.245 200/.251 227/.209 298/.229 192/.341 / / 225/.292 .233 Upton
Crawford
Kapler
Zobrist
Rodriguez
Joyce
Burrell 0/144/0/6
154/0/0/6
14/12/66/5
9/7/59/5
3/2/2/0
0/4/5/0
1/0/1/0

OPS .790 .765 .705 .688 .556 .740 .930 .800 .687

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 229/.879 51/.485 163/.762 61/.786 117/.712 133/.592 90/.921 / / 100/.687 .551

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 542/.750 56/1.028 170/.650 139/.643 110/.391 165/.860 102/.938 / / 125/.886 .767

Road 419/.790 59/.773 163/.759 86/.866 111/.620 153/.906 84/.764 / / 111/.863

Last 28d days 85/.448 25/1.071 37/.558 25/.738 43/.942 26/.462 30/.489 105/.647 / 7/.971

HR/SB/CS 18/9/7 2/2/3 7/0/1 4/1/1 4/6/2 13/1/0 5/0/1 // // 5/4/4 19/13/5

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