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Game Preview: TBR @ TOR, 1:07pm, Sunday, August 28, 2011 @Rogers Centre

Rays, 72-59, 72-59 3rd, 9 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: David Price (25, LHP, 11-11, 3.53)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (11-11)			183.2	159	73	72	45	170	18	3.53
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		2-4	48.2	40	16	16	18	38	4	2.96	59
2011-08-23	DET	L	8.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	116	66
2011-08-17	@BOS	W	8.0	3	0	0	3	6	0	116	79
2011-08-12	@NYY	W	8.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	114	68
2011-08-07	OAK	ND	4.2	7	4	4	3	7	1	110	38
2011-08-02	TOR	L	6.2	5	3	3	2	6	2	111	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

Last 5 v.TOR		4-1	37.1	25	10	9	11	32	5	2.17	65
2011-08-02	TOR	L	6.2	5	3	3	2	6	2	111	56
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

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

 Home:   35-31   Road:   37-28   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  47-45   vsLHP:  25-14   1-Run:  22-16
 vsEast: 26-21   vsCntrl:21-17   vsWest: 13-15 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Sat, Aug 27  @TOR  W   6-5       72-59  3rd  9.0 gb
130 Fri, Aug 26  @TOR  W   6-1       71-59  3rd  8.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Blue Jays, 66-66, 66-66 4th, 15½ GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Brandon Morrow (26, RHP, 9-8, 4.65)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (9-8)			137.1	126	78	71	51	159	12	4.65
2010 (10-7)			146.1	136	76	73	66	178	11	4.49
2009 (2-4)			69.2	66	38	34	44	63	10	4.39

Last 7 GS		3-4	42.2	44	30	25	14	49	7	5.27	49
2011-08-23	KCR	L	4.2	11	6	6	1	5	2	103	22
2011-08-17	@SEA	W	6.0	3	1	1	2	12	0	110	72
2011-08-12	LAA	L	7.0	4	5	4	4	3	1	110	50
2011-08-06	@BAL	L	7.2	4	6	3	1	6	1	98	58
2011-07-31	TEX	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	11	0	115	66
2011-07-26	BAL	L	3.1	9	7	6	1	5	3	90	20
2011-07-20	SEA	W	7.0	7	3	3	3	7	0	110	55

Last 5 v.TBR		3-2	33.2	15	7	7	16	43	1	1.87	69
2011-05-04	@TBR	W	6.1	5	1	1	4	7	0	107	62
2011-04-23	TBR	L	5.1	3	3	3	2	10	1	93	58
2010-08-08	TBR	W	9.0	1	0	0	2	17	0	137	100
2010-05-31	TBR	W	7.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	91	66
2010-04-25	@TBR	L	6.0	3	2	2	6	8	0	108	60

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

 Home:   32-33   Road:   34-33   ExtrInn:10-3 
 vsRHP:  47-51   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  20-23
 vsEast: 21-28   vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest: 20-15 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Sat, Aug 27   TBR  L   5-6       66-66  4th 15.5 gb
131 Fri, Aug 26   TBR  L   1-6       66-65  4th 14.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 27, 2011 TBR  6 @TOR  5        W:Jeff Niemann (9-5), L: Shawn Camp (1-3), S: Joel Peralta (2)
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 TBR  6 @TOR  1        W:James Shields (12-10), L: Henderson Alvarez (0-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2011 - TBR over 9-4; 2010 - TBR won 10-8; 2009 - TBR won 14-4; All-Time - TBR leads 119-115

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 5.51 TBR 4.24 SFG 3.39	RA/G PHI 3.31 ARI 4.25 BAL 5.25	BA A. Gonzalez .345 R. Weeks .272 A. Dunn .163	OBP J. Bautista .455 M. Moreland .336 V. Wells .249	SLG J. Bautista .646 R. Roberts .434 A. Dunn .289	OPS J. Bautista 1.102 G. Sanchez .771 A. Hill .576	ERA J. Cueto 2.03 K. Lohse 3.73 A. Burnett 5.31	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.42 R. Vogelsong 6.91 B. Penny 3.57

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.51

TBR 4.24

SFG 3.39

RA/G

PHI 3.31

ARI 4.25

BAL 5.25

A. Gonzalez .345

R. Weeks .272

A. Dunn .163

OBP

J. Bautista .455

M. Moreland .336

V. Wells .249

SLG

J. Bautista .646

R. Roberts .434

A. Dunn .289

OPS

J. Bautista 1.102

G. Sanchez .771

A. Hill .576

ERA

J. Cueto 2.03

K. Lohse 3.73

A. Burnett 5.31

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.42

R. Vogelsong 6.91

B. Penny 3.57

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

PA/OPS 23.Morrow
G/S/vB 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 13/.077 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 5/1.800 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 219/186 .194/.231/.218/.450 .450/.450 .389 19/.421 3/1 1/7

22.Damon* G/S/vP 16/.846 3/.000 10/1.000 1/.000 6/1.500 8/.250 11/.384 ··· 22/1.000 ··· 529/384 .264/.315/.410/.725 .723/.725 .801 102/.685 12/4 11/0

5.Fuld* G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.333 3/.000 339/254 .238/.310/.361/.671 .554/.709 .616 36/.880 20/8 3/3

28.Jaso* G/S/vP 13/.462 2/.500 5/.400 1/5.000 2/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 220/195 .221/.306/.344/.650 .520/.664 .678 20/.768 1/2 4/2

8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/3.000 2/.000 3/1.167 147/100 .336/.424/.592/1.016 1.122/.965 1.024 104/1.006 13/5 6/1

9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/2.667 2/1.000 174/88 .195/.256/.338/.594 .681/.518 .591 27/.573 5/7 4/1

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 10/.325 3/.666 3/.667 ··· 4/.250 4/.833 2/2.500 1/.000 7/1.262 ··· 424/349 .280/.344/.492/.836 .634/.880 .774 71/.816 11/1 17/3

11.Kotchman* G/S/vP 6/1.100 3/.333 3/.333 1/.000 9/.476 9/.555 3/2.000 ··· 7/.762 ··· 440/332 .325/.386/.453/.840 .735/.875 .774 96/.884 1/2 8/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP 16/.823 3/3.334 9/.222 1/.000 5/.200 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 8/1.625 3/.667 437/327 .235/.332/.479/.811 .961/.762 .907 107/.870 1/1 24/9

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 8/.929 ··· 5/.400 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 338/210 .219/.307/.350/.658 .908/.510 .705 69/.527 10/6 5/9

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/.250 5/.000 3/3.000 2/5.000 ··· 2/.000 218/107 .174/.269/.300/.569 .691/.442 .628 39/.423 0/0 7/3

2.Upton G/S/vP 16/.404 3/.333 15/.624 1/.000 9/.222 9/1.333 5/.000 1/no AB 23/.685 2/.500 504/369 .224/.306/.394/.700 .655/.715 .831 85/.701 26/8 18/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 18/.600 3/.000 12/1.278 1/.000 8/.750 6/.333 1/2.000 2/1.000 8/.393 3/1.000 559/395 .280/.366/.487/.853 .913/.832 .960 103/.757 16/6 15/5

IP 137.1 22.2 55.2 5.1 39.2 43.1 5.0 0.2 62.1 54.2 TOTAL .246/.318/.402/.720 .748/.709 .749 .764 121/53 132/58

ERA-K/9

4.65/10.4

4.76/6.3

4.85/4.2

1.69/6.8

3.86/9.5

2.08/8.9

7.20/10.8

13.50/0.0

4.48/7.8

3.29/7.4

4.19/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (39-9-4)
Shoppach (20-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 594/.240 101/.272 251/.326 22/.273 175/.259 175/.230 25/.286 5/.500 261/.242 234/.254 .255 Joyce
Upton
Fuld
Jennings
Zobrist
Damon
Rodriguez
Johnson 14/0/101/8
0/121/0/5
74/7/6/5
25/7/1/2
0/0/36/1
16/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
1/1/0/0

OPS .687 .805 .871 .727 .745 .590 .876 2.100 .737 .706 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 336/.649 70/.590 124/.907 11/1.000 110/.840 93/.511 9/1.000 2/1.500 149/.906 95/.588 .753

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 258/.736 31/1.277 127/.835 11/.455 65/.585 82/.681 16/.792 3/2.667 112/.513 139/.789 .724

Home 336/.779 52/.859 143/.922 22/.727 104/.805 112/.742 18/.800 3/1.667 129/.807 111/.812

Last 28d days 108/.722 101/.805 54/.955 22/.727 27/.499 40/.335 16/.866 5/2.100 54/.535 84/.619

HR/SB/CS 12/14/4 5/1/0 3/7/2 1/0/0 5/12/0 1/1/3 1/0/0 1/0/0 9/2/1 5/2/3 137/89/31

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Price*
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/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 390/302 .213/.277/.441/.718 .898/.665 .683 70/.608 0/0 20/5

19.Bautista G/S/vP 26/1.500 3/.667 3/.666 1/.000 5/1.300 2/.500 2/.500 1/no AB 525/405 .315/.455/.646/1.102 1.234/1.064 1.124 96/1.040 6/3 37/7

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 15/.750 5/1.400 4/.750 2/.500 ··· 1/3.000 2/1.500 1/.000 425/318 .275/.334/.463/.797 .797/.797 .924 100/.929 4/1 14/11

5.Escobar G/S/vP 13/.808 8/.250 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 539/418 .282/.360/.408/.767 .904/.728 .892 104/.539 3/2 11/12

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 4/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 493/372 .210/.290/.408/.698 .519/.758 .718 73/.490 13/3 18/6

13.Lawrie G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/59 .329/.372/.699/1.070 .737/1.185 1.192 78/1.070 1/0 5/3

26.Lind* G/S/vP 32/.517 1/2.000 10/.500 2/2.000 6/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 453/330 .257/.300/.444/.744 .672/.771 .727 96/.485 1/1 22/4

18.McCoy G/S/vP 16/.661 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/66 .226/.333/.312/.645 .504/.734 .643 19/.465 5/1 1/1

8.Molina G/S/vP 9/.666 1/4.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 152/114 .296/.362/.430/.792 .880/.761 .767 20/.721 2/1 2/1

20.Teahen* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 7/.971 ··· 6/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.000 147/127 .185/.252/.296/.548 .206/.601 .739 16/.313 0/1 4/1

46.Thames* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 268/214 .270/.315/.472/.786 .865/.766 .862 90/.738 1/0 9/2

3.Wise* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 76/63 .225/.263/.254/.517 .308/.562 .467 26/.732 4/2 0/0

IP 183.2 41.2 50.0 27.0 24.0 17.2 57.2 34.0 TOTAL .252/.316/.417/.734 .792/.716 .769 .709 104/41 154/82

ERA-K/9

3.53/8.3

4.10/8.8

1.80/7.4

3.67/6.3

6.75/7.5

5.09/9.2

3.28/7.8

4.50/5.8

3.61/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Arencibia (65-22-11)
Molina (24-9-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 743/.234 173/.216 194/.199 121/.275 110/.236 82/.296 220/.201 153/.230 .236 Bautista
Thames
Wise
Teahen
McCoy 0/0/89/10
24/0/27/2
10/26/0/0
4/0/8/0
0/6/4/0

OPS .668 .668 .537 .716 .704 .946 .623 .682 .687

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.535 73/.571 93/.607 50/.999 52/.540 43/.640 101/.459 78/.648 .668

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 557/.712 100/.740 101/.478 71/.528 58/.871 39/1.308 119/.765 75/.718 .704

Road 366/.683 79/.704 95/.599 46/.914 60/.716 35/.743 125/.818 83/.745

Last 28d days 139/.645 36/1.014 28/.218 28/.738 21/.301 23/1.485 31/.369 11/.899

HR/SB/CS 18/14/4 4/8/3 2/1/1 2/1/1 3/3/0 5/3/0 6/3/2 3/4/0 126/81/27

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