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Game Preview: TBR @ TOR, 7:07pm, Friday, August 26, 2011 @Rogers Centre

Rays, 70-59, 70-59 3rd, 9½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: James Shields (29, RHP, 11-10, 3.05)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (11-10)			192.0	154	70	65	50	180	21	3.05
2010 (13-15)			203.1	246	128	117	51	187	34	5.18
2009 (11-12)			219.2	239	113	101	52	167	29	4.14

Last 7 GS		3-3	49.1	48	28	28	16	43	8	5.11	51
2011-08-21	SEA	ND	7.1	12	7	7	1	7	2	110	32
2011-08-16	@BOS	L	8.0	3	3	3	1	6	1	114	69
2011-08-09	KCR	W	9.0	6	0	0	3	8	0	117	80
2011-08-03	TOR	W	7.1	3	1	1	3	6	1	112	71
2011-07-27	@OAK	L	4.0	12	10	10	2	2	2	80	-2
2011-07-21	NYY	W	7.2	6	1	1	3	6	0	117	66
2011-07-16	BOS	L	6.0	6	6	6	3	8	2	106	41

Last 5 v.TOR		3-1	31.1	32	18	17	10	26	9	4.88	50
2011-08-03	TOR	W	7.1	3	1	1	3	6	1	112	71
2011-04-24	@TOR	W	9.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	95	84
2010-09-10	@TOR	ND	5.0	7	5	4	0	4	2	83	39
2010-08-07	@TOR	L	4.0	9	8	8	4	2	6	94	10
2009-09-18	TOR	W	6.0	9	4	4	1	7	0	97	44

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

 Home:   35-31   Road:   35-28   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  46-45   vsLHP:  24-14   1-Run:  21-16
 vsEast: 24-21   vsCntrl:21-17   vsWest: 13-15 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Thu, Aug 25   DET  L   0-2       70-59  3rd  9.5 gb
128 Wed, Aug 24   DET  W   3-2 (10)  70-58  3rd  8.5 gb
127 Tue, Aug 23   DET  L   1-2       69-58  3rd  8.5 gb
126 Mon, Aug 22   DET  L   2-5       69-57  3rd  8.5 gb
125 Sun, Aug 21   SEA  W   8-7       69-56  3rd  8.0 gb
124 Sat, Aug 20   SEA  W   8-0       68-56  3rd  8.0 gb
123 Fri, Aug 19   SEA  W   3-2       67-56  3rd  9.0 gb
122 Wed, Aug 17  @BOS  W   4-0       66-56  3rd  8.5 gb
121 Tue, Aug 16  @BOS  W   6-2       65-56  3rd  9.5 gb
120 Tue, Aug 16  @BOS  L   1-3       64-56  3rd  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Blue Jays, 66-64, 66-64 4th, 14 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Henderson Alvarez (21, RHP, 0-1, 4.32)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (0-1)			16.2	21	9	8	3	10	2	4.32

Last 7 GS		0-1	16.2	21	9	8	3	10	2	4.32	46
2011-08-20	@OAK	L	6.0	7	2	1	1	3	0	107	54
2011-08-15	@SEA	ND	5.0	6	4	4	1	3	1	96	41
2011-08-10	OAK	ND	5.2	8	3	3	1	4	1	104	44

Has never faced TBR as starter.

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

 Home:   32-31   Road:   34-33   ExtrInn:10-3 
 vsRHP:  47-49   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  20-22
 vsEast: 21-26   vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest: 20-15 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Thu, Aug 25   KCR  L   6-9       66-64  4th 14.0 gb
129 Wed, Aug 24   KCR  W   4-3       66-63  4th 13.0 gb
128 Tue, Aug 23   KCR  L   4-6       65-63  4th 13.0 gb
127 Sun, Aug 21  @OAK  W   1-0       65-62  4th 13.0 gb
126 Sat, Aug 20  @OAK  L   1-5       64-62  4th 13.0 gb
125 Fri, Aug 19  @OAK  L   0-2       64-61  4th 13.0 gb
124 Thu, Aug 18  @OAK  W   7-0       64-60  4th 12.0 gb
123 Wed, Aug 17  @SEA  W   5-1       63-60  4th 12.0 gb
122 Tue, Aug 16  @SEA  W  13-7       62-60  4th 13.0 gb
121 Mon, Aug 15  @SEA  L   5-6       61-60  4th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 04, 2011 TBR  7  TOR  6 (12)   W:Brandon Gomes (1-1), L: Shawn Camp (1-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 03, 2011 TBR  9  TOR  1        W:James Shields (10-9), L: Carlos Villanueva (6-3), S: none
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 TOR  3 @TBR  1        W:Ricky Romero (9-9), L: David Price (9-10), S: Jon Rauch (10)
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)
Season Series: 2011 - TBR over 7-4; 2010 - TBR won 10-8; 2009 - TBR won 14-4; All-Time - TBR leads 117-115

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 5.52 TBR 4.22 SFG 3.41	RA/G PHI 3.29 TEX 4.30 BAL 5.25	BA A. Gonzalez .348 C. Crisp .272 A. Dunn .165	OBP J. Bautista .458 E. Encarnacion .336 V. Wells .242	SLG J. Bautista .651 R. Roberts .435 A. Dunn .292	OPS J. Bautista 1.109 Y. Molina .775 A. Rios .572	ERA J. Weaver 2.03 J. Garcia 3.73 J. Reyes 5.26	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.42 D. Holland 6.86 B. Penny 3.57

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.52

TBR 4.22

SFG 3.41

RA/G

PHI 3.29

TEX 4.30

BAL 5.25

A. Gonzalez .348

C. Crisp .272

A. Dunn .165

OBP

J. Bautista .458

E. Encarnacion .336

V. Wells .242

SLG

J. Bautista .651

R. Roberts .435

A. Dunn .292

OPS

J. Bautista 1.109

Y. Molina .775

A. Rios .572

ERA

J. Weaver 2.03

J. Garcia 3.73

J. Reyes 5.26

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.42

D. Holland 6.86

B. Penny 3.57

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Rays Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Alvarez
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 34.Carreno
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 58.Ledezma*
G/S/vB 35.Lewis*
G/S/vB 51.Litsch
G/S/vB 47.Perez*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.800 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 212/182 .191/.230/.216/.446 .427/.449 .376 12/.333 3/1 1/7

22.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 10/1.000 ··· 6/1.500 8/.250 10/.425 ··· 22/1.000 ··· 524/380 .267/.318/.414/.732 .729/.733 .818 101/.706 12/4 11/0

5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 334/252 .241/.311/.365/.676 .569/.709 .624 36/.810 20/8 3/3

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/2.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 216/192 .219/.302/.328/.630 .544/.639 .637 16/.500 1/2 3/2

8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 137/94 .342/.425/.590/1.015 1.103/.973 1.024 103/.936 13/5 5/1

9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 170/86 .180/.244/.327/.571 .673/.481 .551 23/.393 4/6 4/1

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 ··· 4/.250 4/.833 1/2.000 1/.000 7/1.262 ··· 420/346 .278/.343/.489/.832 .600/.882 .764 74/.771 11/1 17/3

11.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 9/.476 8/.375 3/2.000 ··· 7/.762 ··· 435/327 .326/.386/.455/.842 .735/.878 .777 100/.852 1/2 8/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 9/.222 ··· 4/.250 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 7/1.571 ··· 428/321 .234/.327/.465/.792 .960/.738 .873 107/.804 1/1 22/9

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 7/.762 ··· 5/.400 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 334/208 .212/.302/.341/.643 .897/.495 .680 72/.554 10/5 5/9

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.250 4/.000 3/3.000 2/5.000 ··· ··· 214/105 .177/.274/.306/.580 .705/.451 .649 40/.466 0/0 7/2

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 14/.571 ··· 8/.250 9/1.333 5/.000 1/no AB 22/.473 ··· 495/362 .224/.304/.390/.694 .655/.706 .822 84/.611 26/7 17/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 12/1.278 ··· 7/.572 6/.333 1/2.000 2/1.000 7/.453 ··· 550/389 .282/.369/.489/.858 .911/.841 .974 103/.799 15/6 15/5

IP 16.2 54.2 3.1 38.2 42.0 4.0 0.2 61.2 49.2 TOTAL .245/.317/.400/.716 .746/.705 .743 .732 119/50 127/57

ERA-K/9

4.32/5.4

4.77/4.3

0.00/5.5

3.96/9.5

2.14/9.2

6.75/13.5

13.50/0.0

4.09/7.7

3.26/7.4

4.16/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (39-8-4)
Shoppach (20-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 76/.300 246/.323 14/.286 171/.260 170/.218 20/.294 5/.500 256/.241 212/.250 .255 Joyce
Fuld
Upton
Jennings
Zobrist
Damon
Rodriguez
Johnson 14/0/100/8
74/7/5/5
0/119/0/5
23/7/1/2
0/0/36/1
16/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
1/1/0/0

OPS .785 .866 .643 .751 .571 .871 2.100 .719 .693 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.686 122/.905 6/.667 108/.837 91/.477 5/1.200 2/1.500 147/.908 90/.592 .754

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 22/1.024 124/.827 8/.625 63/.605 79/.681 15/.750 3/2.667 109/.466 122/.770 .718

Home 27/.850 138/.915 14/.643 100/.818 107/.720 13/.762 3/1.667 124/.773 89/.804

Last 28d days 76/.785 50/.920 14/.643 27/.499 38/.272 11/.855 5/2.100 53/.495 62/.545

HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 3/6/2 0/0/0 5/11/0 1/1/2 1/0/0 1/0/0 8/2/1 5/2/1 132/87/28

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Shields
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 47.Gomes
G/S/vB 74.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Arencibia G/S/vP 8/1.625 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 386/298 .213/.277/.440/.718 .898/.664 .682 72/.604 0/0 20/5

19.Bautista G/S/vP 22/1.122 3/.667 3/.666 1/.000 5/1.300 1/no AB 2/.500 1/no AB 518/399 .317/.458/.651/1.109 1.246/1.069 1.140 97/1.056 6/3 37/7

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 11/.909 4/.500 4/.750 2/.500 ··· 1/3.000 2/1.500 1/.000 417/310 .277/.336/.461/.796 .797/.796 .928 98/.934 4/1 13/11

5.Escobar G/S/vP 16/.563 8/.250 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/no AB ··· 530/410 .286/.364/.413/.777 .912/.738 .917 98/.552 3/2 11/12

2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 485/364 .211/.291/.412/.703 .519/.766 .729 75/.562 13/3 18/6

13.Lawrie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/51 .338/.386/.677/1.063 .737/1.192 1.208 70/1.063 1/0 4/3

26.Lind* G/S/vP 40/1.044 1/2.000 10/.500 2/2.000 6/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 445/323 .257/.301/.447/.749 .678/.776 .736 92/.463 1/1 22/4

18.McCoy G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/63 .220/.324/.308/.632 .504/.715 .617 16/.343 5/1 1/1

8.Molina G/S/vP 8/1.100 1/4.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 149/111 .303/.370/.439/.809 .880/.784 .803 21/.686 2/0 2/1

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 5/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 478/347 .239/.314/.415/.730 .777/.712 .660 83/.691 5/2 14/5

20.Teahen* G/S/vP 31/.941 ··· 7/.971 ··· 6/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.000 146/126 .187/.253/.299/.552 .206/.606 .751 16/.313 0/1 4/1

46.Thames* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 260/207 .263/.309/.458/.767 .783/.763 .833 89/.616 1/0 8/2

IP 192.0 41.1 50.0 27.0 23.1 17.0 56.2 34.0 TOTAL .253/.317/.418/.735 .791/.717 .773 .698 104/40 151/81

ERA-K/9

3.05/8.4

3.92/8.9

1.80/7.4

3.67/6.3

6.94/7.3

4.76/9.0

3.34/7.9

4.50/5.8

3.62/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Arencibia (63-19-11)
Molina (24-9-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 756/.222 170/.212 194/.199 121/.275 108/.241 79/.294 217/.204 153/.230 .236 Bautista
Rasmus
Thames
Teahen
McCoy 0/0/87/9
0/115/0/4
22/0/27/2
4/0/7/0
0/5/4/0

OPS .639 .640 .537 .716 .719 .914 .632 .682 .687

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 409/.644 72/.562 93/.607 50/.999 51/.551 41/.541 100/.464 78/.648 .668

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 347/.633 98/.698 101/.478 71/.528 57/.889 38/1.347 117/.779 75/.718 .704

Road 334/.670 76/.642 95/.599 46/.914 58/.743 32/.640 122/.840 83/.745

Last 28d days 122/.587 33/.897 28/.218 28/.738 20/.317 24/1.267 31/.369 11/.899

HR/SB/CS 21/1/4 3/8/3 2/1/1 2/1/1 3/3/0 4/3/0 6/3/2 3/4/0 123/81/26

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

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.