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Game Preview: PIT @ TOR, 7:07pm, Thursday, June 30, 2011 @Rogers Centre

Pirates, 40-39, 40-39 4th, 3 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Karstens (28, RHP, 5-4, 2.66)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-4) 84.2 76 31 25 17 53 14 2.66
2010 (3-10) 122.2 146 72 67 27 72 21 4.92
2009 (4-6) 108.0 115 66 65 45 52 12 5.42
Last 7 GS 3-1 45.1 32 11 8 6 21 6 1.59 62
2011-06-25 BOS W 6.2 6 4 3 3 2 3 109 47
2011-06-19 @CLE ND 7.0 5 2 1 2 4 1 97 63
2011-06-14 @HOU W 6.2 3 0 0 0 3 0 87 71
2011-06-09 ARI ND 7.0 4 0 0 1 2 0 79 70
2011-06-03 PHI ND 7.0 4 1 1 0 2 0 97 67
2011-05-29 @CHC L 5.0 7 3 2 0 4 1 71 47
2011-05-20 DET W 6.0 3 1 1 0 4 1 75 66
Last 5 v.TOR 1-0 13.0 15 7 5 3 4 1 3.46 47
2006-09-30 TOR ND 6.2 5 4 2 0 3 1 78 55
2006-09-19 @TOR W 6.1 10 3 3 3 1 0 99 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-20   Road:   21-19   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  26-31   vsLHP:  14-8    1-Run:  13-8 
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:16-10   vsWest:  9-10 IL: 7-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Wed, Jun 29  @TOR  L   1-2       40-39  4th  3.0 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 28  @TOR  W   7-6       40-38  3rd  3.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 26   BOS  L   2-4       39-38  3rd  4.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 25   BOS  W   6-4       39-37  3rd  3.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 24   BOS  W   3-1       38-37  3rd  3.0 gb
 74 Wed, Jun 22   BAL  W   5-4       37-37  4th  3.0 gb
 73 Tue, Jun 21   BAL  W   9-3       36-37  4th  4.0 gb
 72 Mon, Jun 20   BAL  L   3-8       35-37  4th  4.5 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 19  @CLE  L   2-5 (11)  35-36  4th  4.0 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 18  @CLE  L   1-5       35-35  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Blue Jays, 40-41, 40-41 4th, 8½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Brett Cecil (24, LHP, 1-2, 6.86)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-2) 21.0 24 16 16 11 15 4 6.86
2010 (15-7) 172.2 175 87 81 54 117 18 4.22
2009 (7-4) 93.1 116 59 55 38 69 17 5.30
Last 7 GS 4-2 38.2 51 27 26 14 21 6 6.05 41
2011-04-20 NYY L 5.0 6 5 5 4 4 0 82 35
2011-04-15 @BOS W 6.0 2 3 3 4 5 2 92 57
2011-04-09 @LAA ND 5.0 10 5 5 1 3 1 81 29
2011-04-03 MIN L 5.0 6 3 3 2 3 1 75 44
2010-09-29 NYY W 5.1 9 3 3 1 2 1 92 39
2010-09-24 BAL W 6.1 11 3 2 0 4 0 91 45
2010-09-17 @BOS W 6.0 7 5 5 2 0 1 96 36
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-19   Road:   22-22   ExtrInn: 7-2 
 vsRHP:  27-33   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  13-16
 vsEast: 13-18   vsCntrl:13-10   vsWest:  7-6  IL: 7-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Wed, Jun 29   PIT  W   2-1       40-41  4th  8.5 gb
 80 Tue, Jun 28   PIT  L   6-7       39-41  4th  8.5 gb
 79 Mon, Jun 27  @DET  L   2-4       39-40  4th  7.5 gb
 78 Sun, Jun 26  @STL  W   5-0       39-39  4th  7.0 gb
 77 Sat, Jun 25  @STL  W   6-3       38-39  4th  7.0 gb
 76 Fri, Jun 24  @STL  W   5-4       37-39  4th  7.5 gb
 75 Wed, Jun 22  @ATL  L   1-5       36-39  4th  8.5 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 21  @ATL  L   1-5       36-38  4th  8.5 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 20  @ATL  L   0-2       36-37  4th  8.5 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 19  @CIN  L   1-2       36-36  4th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 29, 2011 TOR  2  PIT  1        W:Brandon Morrow (4-4), L: Paul Maholm (4-9), S: Frank Francisco (9)
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 PIT  7 @TOR  6        W:Kevin Correia (10-6), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (3-7), S: Joel Hanrahan (23)

Sun, Jun 22, 2008 TOR  8 @PIT  5        W:Dustin McGowan (6-5), L: T. J. Beam (0-1), S: B. J. Ryan (15)
Sat, Jun 21, 2008 PIT  6  TOR  3        W:Paul Maholm (5-5), L: Jesse Litsch (7-4), S: Matt Capps (17)
Fri, Jun 20, 2008 PIT  1  TOR  0 (12)   W:Tyler Yates (3-0), L: Jesse Carlson (1-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 12, 2003 TOR  5  PIT  4        W:Mark Hendrickson (5-5), L: Jeff Suppan (5-6), S: Cliff Politte (10)
Wed, Jun 11, 2003 TOR  8  PIT  5        W:Roy Halladay (9-2), L: Jeff D'Amico (4-7), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2003 TOR 13  PIT  8        W:Cory Lidle (9-4), L: Kris Benson (5-7), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - tied 1-1; 2010 -  0-0; 2009 -  0-0; All-Time - TOR leads 5-3

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

NYY  5.33

CHC  4.10

SEA  3.42

 RA/G

PHI  3.19

LAD  4.22

HOU  5.07

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .356

K. Youkilis  .269

A. Dunn  .173

 OBP

J. Bautista  .473

A. Ramirez  .335

C. Figgins  .232

 SLG

J. Bautista  .667

C. Lee  .413

C. Figgins  .249

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.139

D. Murphy  .754

C. Figgins  .481

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.97

J. Niese  3.67

F. Carmona  5.89

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  9.87

B. Anderson  6.59

C. Pavano  3.74

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Pirates Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 57.Camp
G/S/vB		 29.Dotel
G/S/vB		 50.Francisco
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 60.Rauch
G/S/vB		 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 10/.633 268/200 .251/.309/.343/.653 .685/.641 .714 83/.703 1/5 2/4
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 11/.728 ··· 3/.000 144/69 .261/.292/.326/.618 .631/.604 .673 47/.660 4/0 0/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 7/2.964 227/195 .246/.335/.422/.757 .318/.834 .784 68/.799 4/3 8/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 8/.625 341/257 .280/.383/.464/.847 .966/.807 .885 100/.938 15/5 11/5
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/28 .211/.211/.263/.474 .636/.407 .444 39/.474 0/0 0/1
37.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 5/.400 9/.944 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 293/208 .230/.308/.356/.665 .719/.642 .650 83/.659 1/1 6/7
38.Paul* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/110 .267/.295/.362/.657 .192/.727 .893 63/.601 9/2 1/0
44.Presley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/5 .250/.333/.625/.958 1.750/.200 .958 9/.958 1/0 1/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 331/226 .248/.320/.381/.701 .532/.785 .795 99/.542 4/2 8/4
2.Wood G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 134/92 .218/.265/.306/.572 .469/.619 .477 50/.696 0/0 2/0
IP 21.0 34.2 20.2 23.0 32.2 33.1 31.2 65.2 TOTAL .240/.311/.352/.663 .663/.663 .705 .644 58/27 52/53
ERA-K/9 6.86/6.4 4.15/4.7 4.35/10.9 4.30/10.2 2.48/7.4 4.05/6.2 3.41/7.9 3.15/6.0 4.09/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McKenry (7-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 94/.304 148/.294 93/.205 106/.269 137/.200 139/.233 130/.226 259/.216 .255  McCutchen
 Diaz
 Paul
 Jones
 Presley
0/76/0/8
8/0/30/3
16/3/36/2
0/0/52/2
2/0/0/0
OPS .895 .832 .724 .804 .640 .706 .637 .588 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 30/.608 76/.875 38/1.089 69/.926 66/.531 72/.714 66/.497 127/.581 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 64/1.035 72/.785 55/.511 37/.577 71/.738 67/.693 64/.780 132/.595 .690
Home 46/.891 89/.895 32/.705 55/.884 76/.790 72/.670 62/.733 99/.713
Last 28d days / 31/.887 25/.544 34/.708 40/.694 48/.801 30/.840 128/.633
HR/SB/CS 4/0/1 3/4/2 4/0/0 4/6/0 4/5/1 6/1/0 2/1/1 5/4/0 78/58/21
Usage ········ ·Xo····o ·o······ X···Xo·· X·X··o·· ·o··o··X ··o·o··· ····X···
Blue Jays Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Karstens
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 34.McCutchen
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 43.Veras
G/S/vB		 48.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 236/181 .226/.284/.447/.731 1.042/.637 .753 65/.544 0/0 11/3
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 328/254 .329/.473/.667/1.139 1.184/1.126 1.289 107/.865 5/3 24/3
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· 3/2.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 233/177 .234/.263/.347/.610 .790/.554 .744 76/.407 18/8 1/2
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 215/159 .255/.288/.412/.700 .627/.726 .740 60/.861 1/0 5/11
5.Escobar G/S/vP 3/1.000 8/1.339 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/3.000 338/260 .281/.353/.424/.777 .980/.717 .922 98/.676 3/1 8/7
2.Hill G/S/vP 8/.679 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 266/214 .239/.282/.328/.610 .496/.638 .570 98/.612 10/0 3/3
26.Lind* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 240/177 .318/.367/.579/.946 .840/.984 1.004 100/1.074 1/1 16/2
6.McDonald G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 124/94 .189/.248/.297/.545 .566/.539 .588 6/.500 1/2 2/1
8.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/80 .301/.381/.441/.822 .967/.769 .804 36/.785 2/0 2/1
28.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 151/124 .169/.245/.309/.554 .998/.464 .527 58/.397 4/1 4/3
16.Patterson* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/5.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 2/.000 301/226 .262/.295/.401/.696 .808/.659 .717 100/.531 12/6 6/0
20.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.500 ··· 267/206 .249/.311/.369/.680 .965/.599 .657 59/.766 3/2 6/1
IP 84.2 37.1 40.0 35.2 35.1 7.2 TOTAL .254/.320/.416/.736 .828/.708 .783 .687 67/26 92/47
ERA-K/9 2.66/5.6 1.21/7.7 2.25/4.7 3.53/10.8 2.80/9.7 4.70/2.3 3.52/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (40-14-7)
 Molina (18-7-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 339/.242 141/.203 163/.264 154/.224 146/.180 34/.240 .256  Bautista
 Patterson
 Rivera
 Davis
 Nix
0/0/70/8
43/30/0/3
22/0/4/2
0/55/6/2
1/0/0/0
OPS .709 .526 .723 .648 .570 .742 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.859 64/.502 67/.890 57/.663 65/.694 17/.814 .784
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 170/.561 77/.547 96/.607 97/.637 81/.469 17/.662 .656
Road 142/.809 61/.551 60/.717 73/.598 72/.656 15/1.103
Last 28d days 128/.559 46/.337 73/.852 41/.790 47/.413 34/.742
HR/SB/CS 14/8/1 1/1/0 4/5/2 3/2/1 3/3/1 1/1/0 70/52/17
Usage ····X··· ·o··Xo·o ···Xoo·· ·X·o·o·o ·o···X·o o··oo···

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.