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Game Preview: TOR @ TBR, 7:10pm, Tuesday, August 2, 2011 @Tropicana Field

Blue Jays, 55-53, 55-53 4th, 11½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Ricky Romero (26, LHP, 8-9, 3.08)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-9)			143.0	121	55	49	55	126	13	3.08
2010 (14-9)			210.0	189	98	87	82	174	15	3.73
2009 (13-9)			178.0	192	88	85	79	141	18	4.30

Last 7 GS		2-3	47.1	40	20	17	21	39	3	3.23	56
2011-07-27	BAL	W	8.1	4	0	0	3	9	0	126	81
2011-07-21	SEA	ND	7.1	5	4	4	4	9	0	110	57
2011-07-16	NYY	L	5.0	6	4	3	3	7	0	107	45
2011-07-06	@BOS	L	4.1	9	6	6	3	2	2	96	20
2011-07-01	PHI	ND	6.1	6	4	2	4	3	0	109	48
2011-06-26	@STL	W	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	106	82
2011-06-20	@ATL	L	7.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	100	59

Last 5 v.TBR		2-2	32.1	20	16	15	14	31	4	4.18	57
2011-05-19	TBR	W	7.0	3	1	1	2	6	1	104	71
2011-04-24	TBR	L	7.0	5	2	2	1	10	1	102	68
2010-09-11	TBR	L	4.0	3	6	6	3	7	1	86	36
2010-08-31	@TBR	W	7.1	3	5	4	5	5	0	103	54
2010-04-24	@TBR	ND	7.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	105	57

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

 Home:   28-26   Road:   27-27   ExtrInn: 9-2 
 vsRHP:  39-41   vsLHP:  16-12   1-Run:  16-20
 vsEast: 18-23   vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest: 13-9  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Sun, Jul 31   TEX  W   7-3       55-53  4th 12.0 gb
107 Sat, Jul 30   TEX  L   0-3       54-53  4th 12.0 gb
106 Fri, Jul 29   TEX  W   3-2       54-52  4th 11.0 gb
105 Thu, Jul 28   BAL  W   8-5       53-52  4th 12.0 gb
104 Wed, Jul 27   BAL  W   3-0       52-52  4th 13.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 26   BAL  L   4-12      51-52  4th 13.0 gb
102 Sun, Jul 24  @TEX  W   3-0       51-51  4th 12.5 gb
101 Sat, Jul 23  @TEX  L   4-5       50-51  4th 12.5 gb
100 Fri, Jul 22  @TEX  L   2-12      50-50  4th 11.5 gb
 99 Thu, Jul 21   SEA  W   7-5       50-49  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14

Rays, 56-51, 56-51 3rd, 10 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: David Price (25, LHP, 9-9, 3.76)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (9-9)			148.1	132	63	62	33	141	15	3.76
2010 (19-6)			208.2	170	71	63	79	188	15	2.72
2009 (10-7)			128.1	119	72	63	54	102	17	4.42

Last 7 GS		2-3	46.0	41	21	21	13	47	6	4.11	56
2011-07-26	@OAK	L	6.0	7	4	4	4	4	0	105	42
2011-07-20	NYY	L	7.1	6	2	2	2	5	1	113	61
2011-07-15	BOS	W	6.0	5	3	3	1	7	3	121	56
2011-07-09	@NYY	ND	5.0	7	4	4	3	3	1	112	37
2011-07-04	@MIN	L	6.0	5	4	4	1	6	1	92	51
2011-06-28	CIN	ND	7.2	6	2	2	1	12	0	119	70
2011-06-22	@MIL	W	8.0	5	2	2	1	10	0	120	73

Last 5 v.TOR		5-0	38.2	29	9	6	9	29	3	1.40	67
2011-05-05	TOR	W	8.2	4	1	0	0	10	0	118	84
2011-04-23	@TOR	W	8.0	8	4	4	2	5	2	102	53
2010-09-01	TOR	W	8.0	4	1	1	2	7	1	107	75
2010-06-09	TOR	W	6.0	4	1	1	5	4	0	104	59
2010-06-02	@TOR	W	8.0	9	2	0	0	3	0	111	63

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

 Home:   24-25   Road:   32-26   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  38-39   vsLHP:  18-12   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 19-18   vsCntrl:16-14   vsWest:  9-13 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Sun, Jul 31  @SEA  W   8-1       56-51  3rd 10.5 gb
106 Sat, Jul 30  @SEA  L   2-3       55-51  3rd 10.5 gb
105 Fri, Jul 29  @SEA  W   8-0       55-50  3rd  9.5 gb
104 Thu, Jul 28  @OAK  W  10-8       54-50  3rd 10.5 gb
103 Wed, Jul 27  @OAK  L   4-13      53-50  3rd 11.5 gb
102 Tue, Jul 26  @OAK  L   1-6       53-49  3rd 10.5 gb
101 Mon, Jul 25  @OAK  L   5-7       53-48  3rd  9.5 gb
100 Sun, Jul 24  @KCR  W   5-0       53-47  3rd  9.5 gb
 99 Sat, Jul 23  @KCR  L   4-5 (10)  52-47  3rd  9.5 gb
 98 Fri, Jul 22  @KCR  L   4-10      52-46  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 19, 2011 TOR  3  TBR  2        W:Ricky Romero (4-4), L: Wade Davis (4-4), S: Frank Francisco (5)
Wed, May 18, 2011 TBR  6 @TOR  5        W:Jeremy Hellickson (5-2), L: Jesse Litsch (4-3), S: Kyle Farnsworth (9)
Thu, May 05, 2011 TBR  3  TOR  1        W:David Price (4-3), L: Kyle Drabek (2-2), S: Kyle Farnsworth (6)
Wed, May 04, 2011 TOR  3 @TBR  2        W:Brandon Morrow (1-1), L: Jeff Niemann (1-4), S: Frank Francisco (1)
Tue, May 03, 2011 TBR  3  TOR  2        W:Kyle Farnsworth (2-0), L: Jon Rauch (1-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 24, 2011 TBR  2 @TOR  0        W:James Shields (2-1), L: Ricky Romero (1-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 23, 2011 TBR  6 @TOR  4        W:David Price (3-2), L: Brandon Morrow (0-1), S: Kyle Farnsworth (5)
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 TOR  6  TBR  4 (11)   W:Marc Rzepczynski (2-0), L: Adam Russell (1-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 12, 2010 TOR  5  TBR  4        W:Kevin Gregg (2-5), L: Rafael Soriano (2-2), S: none
Sat, Sep 11, 2010 TBR 13 @TOR  1        W:Wade Davis (12-9), L: Ricky Romero (12-9), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - TBR over 5-3; 2010 - TBR won 10-8; 2009 - TBR won 14-4; All-Time - TBR leads 115-114

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 2011 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 BOS 5.53 BAL 4.10 SEA 3.31	RA/G PHI 3.33 BOS 4.22 BAL 5.33	BA A. Gonzalez .356 M. Moreland .272 A. Dunn .162	OBP J. Bautista .459 E. Andrus .334 A. Rios .253	SLG J. Bautista .656 K. Johnson .429 C. Getz .288	OPS J. Bautista 1.115 M. Bourn .764 A. Rios .548	ERA J. Cueto 1.72 R. Dickey 3.77 J. Happ 6.01	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.69 A. Ogando 6.70 C. Pavano 3.72

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.53

BAL 4.10

SEA 3.31

RA/G

PHI 3.33

BOS 4.22

BAL 5.33

A. Gonzalez .356

M. Moreland .272

A. Dunn .162

OBP

J. Bautista .459

E. Andrus .334

A. Rios .253

SLG

J. Bautista .656

K. Johnson .429

C. Getz .288

OPS

J. Bautista 1.115

M. Bourn .764

A. Rios .548

ERA

J. Cueto 1.72

R. Dickey 3.77

J. Happ 6.01

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.69

A. Ogando 6.70

C. Pavano 3.72

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Blue Jays Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Price*
G/S/vB 54.Ekstrom
G/S/vB 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 74.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Arencibia G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 320/247 .222/.284/.457/.742 1.021/.660 .780 65/.858 0/0 17/4

19.Bautista G/S/vP 23/1.469 1/.000 3/.666 4/1.250 ··· 2/.500 429/333 .324/.459/.656/1.115 1.224/1.084 1.057 76/.930 5/3 31/4

11.Davis G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 319/238 .238/.274/.351/.625 .816/.562 .509 64/.656 31/10 1/2

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 12/.650 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 325/241 .270/.314/.444/.758 .768/.754 .626 85/.997 4/0 9/11

5.Escobar G/S/vP 10/.400 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/no AB 435/340 .305/.383/.440/.823 .944/.790 .690 92/.900 3/2 9/9

2.Hill G/S/vP 22/.673 ··· 5/1.000 10/.929 ··· 10/.777 369/292 .232/.282/.324/.605 .497/.634 .603 81/.511 13/2 5/6

26.Lind* G/S/vP 29/.572 1/.000 10/.500 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 357/262 .279/.331/.486/.817 .765/.836 .807 92/.583 1/1 19/4

6.McDonald G/S/vP 15/.624 ··· 9/.000 7/.762 ··· 4/1.250 162/114 .223/.264/.311/.575 .540/.589 .554 19/.596 2/3 2/2

8.Molina G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 132/100 .302/.372/.431/.803 .989/.741 .837 21/.831 2/0 2/1

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 403/294 .240/.326/.410/.735 .801/.712 .769 59/.556 5/2 11/3

45.Snider* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 189/148 .236/.282/.368/.650 .322/.744 .617 81/.733 8/3 3/3

20.Teahen* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 7/.971 6/.000 2/.500 1/.000 131/116 .202/.275/.303/.577 .277/.615 .442 37/.467 0/1 3/1

IP 148.1 1.0 41.2 18.2 13.0 48.0 TOTAL .256/.321/.418/.739 .804/.719 .705 .745 93/36 121/62

ERA-K/9

3.76/8.6

0.00/9.0

2.16/7.1

8.68/7.7

3.46/6.9

3.75/7.7

3.72/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Arencibia (58-17-8)
Molina (21-9-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 604/.238 4/.250 166/.221 89/.274 59/.275 189/.211 .239 Bautista
Snider
Rasmus
Davis
Teahen 0/0/70/8
41/6/3/4
0/96/0/4
2/77/6/2
3/0/6/0

OPS .673 .500 .592 .795 .735 .665 .693

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.503 2/.000 76/.693 42/.562 30/.348 85/.511 .663

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 463/.725 2/1.000 90/.514 47/1.037 29/1.161 104/.793 .717

Home 297/.624 / 74/.558 31/.892 27/.843 70/.341

Last 28d days 104/.859 4/.500 33/.678 30/.661 25/.470 37/.748

HR/SB/CS 15/11/3 0/0/0 2/1/1 3/3/0 1/2/0 6/3/1 100/64/21

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

Rays Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Romero*
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 58.Ledezma*
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 60.Rauch
G/S/vB 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Damon* G/S/vP 19/1.607 9/.944 6/1.500 7/.286 10/.425 18/1.233 2/1.000 1/.000 427/311 .272/.325/.410/.734 .693/.749 .645 78/.662 9/4 9/0

5.Fuld* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 303/230 .236/.293/.355/.648 .563/.674 .650 48/.640 19/8 3/3

8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/32 .333/.463/.576/1.039 1.080/1.027 43/1.039 5/2 1/1

9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/78 .192/.259/.338/.597 .742/.482 .717 29/.503 4/5 3/1

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.500 3/.333 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 353/290 .278/.337/.503/.840 .656/.881 .881 62/.714 9/0 15/3

11.Kotchman* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 8/.542 8/.375 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 344/266 .326/.384/.444/.828 .684/.873 .883 92/.775 1/2 4/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP 16/.927 7/.286 4/.250 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 330/250 .232/.342/.446/.789 .865/.765 .669 96/.806 1/1 14/8

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 11/.741 7/.762 5/.400 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 269/171 .224/.311/.380/.691 1.014/.514 .686 82/.650 8/4 5/7

16.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/56 .256/.277/.433/.710 .608/.781 .729 19/.368 1/1 4/0

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 10/.100 2/.500 3/.333 3/.000 3/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 179/89 .191/.281/.318/.599 .756/.443 .572 42/.738 0/0 6/2

2.Upton G/S/vP 20/.653 13/.308 8/.250 8/1.500 4/.000 ··· 1/5.000 2/1.000 419/311 .224/.306/.394/.700 .736/.687 .562 84/.582 23/7 16/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 21/1.117 10/1.600 7/.572 5/.400 ··· ··· 4/.833 2/2.500 456/326 .282/.374/.501/.875 .901/.870 .729 94/1.141 12/4 14/5

IP 143.0 45.0 32.2 31.2 2.0 16.2 44.1 95.0 TOTAL .243/.315/.395/.710 .743/.698 .665 .724 97/41 102/52

ERA-K/9

3.08/7.9

5.20/4.0

4.68/10.2

2.84/7.9

9.00/9.0

4.32/5.4

4.06/6.3

3.60/5.9

4.20/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Shoppach (11-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 593/.230 197/.317 148/.271 135/.258 9/.143 82/.328 189/.253 393/.240 .260 Joyce
Upton
Fuld
Ruggiano
Jennings
Damon
Rodriguez
Johnson
Zobrist 12/0/84/6
0/101/0/5
69/5/4/5
24/2/3/1
7/2/0/0
15/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
1/1/0/0
0/0/30/0

OPS .669 .847 .791 .665 .905 .927 .742 .646 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 188/.793 97/.903 96/.866 72/.533 1/.000 57/.761 101/.696 209/.640 .765

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 405/.614 100/.792 52/.652 63/.820 8/1.042 25/1.342 88/.785 184/.653 .715

Road 296/.745 83/.810 61/.739 41/.426 / 44/.932 84/.816 214/.581

Last 28d days 110/.749 45/.980 33/.617 20/1.032 9/.905 14/1.495 42/.876 105/.802

HR/SB/CS 13/12/4 3/6/2 5/7/0 1/1/2 1/0/0 1/1/1 8/1/0 7/10/0 104/79/26

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