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Game Preview: TBR @ TOR, 7:07pm, Monday, August 29, 2011 @Rogers Centre

Rays, 73-59, 73-59 3rd, 8½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Wade Davis (25, RHP, 8-7, 4.28)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-7)			145.0	152	74	69	47	78	18	4.28
2010 (12-10)			168.0	165	77	76	62	113	24	4.07
2009 (2-2)			36.1	33	19	15	13	36	2	3.72

Last 7 GS		1-1	46.1	48	26	23	12	32	5	4.47	50
2011-08-24	DET	ND	9.0	4	2	2	3	6	1	102	74
2011-08-19	SEA	ND	7.0	7	2	1	2	8	1	114	63
2011-08-10	KCR	ND	6.1	6	4	4	1	4	0	111	48
2011-08-04	TOR	ND	7.2	5	3	3	3	4	1	108	58
2011-07-28	@OAK	W	6.0	6	5	5	0	6	1	100	46
2011-07-22	@KCR	L	5.1	11	6	5	0	3	1	91	27
2011-07-06	@MIN	ND	5.0	9	4	3	3	1	0	91	33

Last 5 v.TOR		2-1	36.0	31	11	11	13	18	5	2.75	57
2011-08-04	TOR	ND	7.2	5	3	3	3	4	1	108	58
2011-05-19	@TOR	L	7.2	7	3	3	4	3	2	99	52
2011-05-03	TOR	ND	6.0	6	2	2	3	2	0	112	51
2010-09-11	@TOR	W	7.0	7	1	1	3	6	1	108	62
2010-08-30	TOR	W	7.2	6	2	2	0	3	1	91	62

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

 Home:   35-31   Road:   38-28   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  48-45   vsLHP:  25-14   1-Run:  22-16
 vsEast: 27-21   vsCntrl:21-17   vsWest: 13-15 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Sun, Aug 28  @TOR  W  12-0       73-59  3rd  8.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Blue Jays, 66-67, 66-67 4th, 16 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Ricky Romero (26, LHP, 12-9, 2.78)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (12-9)			181.0	139	62	56	67	150	18	2.78
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		5-0	53.2	27	11	11	19	42	5	1.84	69
2011-08-24	KCR	ND	6.0	8	3	3	4	3	1	109	43
2011-08-18	@OAK	W	9.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	111	85
2011-08-13	LAA	W	7.0	2	1	1	2	3	1	98	70
2011-08-07	@BAL	W	8.0	4	2	2	0	5	2	94	71
2011-08-02	@TBR	W	8.0	1	1	1	4	7	1	109	79
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

Last 5 v.TBR		3-2	33.1	15	15	14	15	35	4	3.78	62
2011-08-02	@TBR	W	8.0	1	1	1	4	7	1	109	79
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

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

 Home:   32-34   Road:   34-33   ExtrInn:10-3 
 vsRHP:  47-51   vsLHP:  19-16   1-Run:  20-23
 vsEast: 21-29   vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest: 20-15 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Sun, Aug 28   TBR  L   0-12      66-67  4th 16.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 28, 2011 TBR 12 @TOR  0        W:David Price (12-11), L: Brandon Morrow (9-9), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2011 - TBR over 10-4; 2010 - TBR won 10-8; 2009 - TBR won 14-4; All-Time - TBR leads 120-115

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 5.49 CLE 4.25 SFG 3.39	RA/G PHI 3.31 OAK 4.24 BAL 5.23	BA A. Gonzalez .345 K. Fukudome .273 A. Dunn .163	OBP J. Bautista .452 M. Izturis .338 V. Wells .249	SLG J. Bautista .640 C. Santana .436 A. Dunn .289	OPS J. Bautista 1.092 P. Bourjos .771 A. Rios .575	ERA J. Cueto 2.05 R. Dickey 3.72 A. Burnett 5.31	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.74 J. Zimmermann 6.92 B. Penny 3.74

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.49

CLE 4.25

SFG 3.39

RA/G

PHI 3.31

OAK 4.24

BAL 5.23

A. Gonzalez .345

K. Fukudome .273

A. Dunn .163

OBP

J. Bautista .452

M. Izturis .338

V. Wells .249

SLG

J. Bautista .640

C. Santana .436

A. Dunn .289

OPS

J. Bautista 1.092

P. Bourjos .771

A. Rios .575

ERA

J. Cueto 2.05

R. Dickey 3.72

A. Burnett 5.31

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.74

J. Zimmermann 6.92

B. Penny 3.74

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Rays Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Romero*
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 5/.000 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 23/1.271 3/.000 10/1.000 2/1.000 6/1.500 8/.250 12/.350 1/.000 22/1.000 ··· 535/388 .263/.313/.407/.720 .713/.723 .791 108/.665 12/4 11/0

5.Fuld* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 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 3/2.667 2/.500 5/.400 1/5.000 2/2.000 3/.333 3/1.333 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 226/198 .224/.307/.358/.665 .626/.670 .708 26/.884 1/2 4/2

8.Jennings G/S/vP 4/1.250 3/1.666 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 2/2.500 2/.000 3/1.167 153/104 .354/.440/.646/1.086 1.160/1.051 1.159 110/1.101 14/5 8/1

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 7/.143 3/.666 3/.667 ··· 4/.250 4/.833 4/2.750 2/1.000 7/1.262 ··· 430/352 .284/.347/.497/.844 .717/.872 .792 77/.860 11/1 17/3

11.Kotchman* G/S/vP 8/.393 3/.333 3/.333 2/.500 9/.476 9/.555 4/2.000 1/no AB 7/.762 ··· 446/336 .323/.390/.451/.841 .747/.873 .778 102/.889 1/2 8/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP 19/.760 3/3.334 9/.222 2/.500 5/.200 4/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 8/1.625 3/.667 443/331 .236/.332/.476/.808 .949/.763 .901 113/.860 1/1 24/9

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 14/.557 ··· 8/.929 ··· 5/.400 3/1.167 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 343/213 .220/.312/.360/.672 .905/.535 .730 74/.601 10/6 6/9

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 13/.077 ··· 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 23/.620 3/.333 15/.624 2/.000 9/.222 9/1.333 6/.167 2/.500 23/.685 2/.500 510/373 .224/.308/.392/.701 .655/.716 .830 91/.706 27/8 18/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 24/1.110 3/.000 12/1.278 2/.000 8/.750 6/.333 2/2.000 3/1.167 8/.393 3/1.000 565/399 .280/.366/.484/.850 .924/.823 .951 109/.746 16/6 15/5

IP 181.0 22.2 55.2 6.1 39.2 43.1 6.0 2.1 62.1 54.2 TOTAL .246/.319/.405/.724 .756/.712 .757 .784 123/53 135/58

ERA-K/9

2.78/7.5

4.76/6.3

4.85/4.2

1.42/7.1

3.86/9.5

2.08/8.9

15.00/9.0

3.86/3.9

4.48/7.8

3.29/7.4

4.24/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (40-9-4)
Shoppach (20-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 737/.213 101/.272 251/.326 28/.269 175/.259 175/.230 36/.393 14/.364 261/.242 234/.254 .256 Joyce
Upton
Fuld
Jennings
Zobrist
Damon
Rodriguez
Johnson 14/0/102/8
0/122/0/5
74/7/6/5
26/7/1/2
0/0/36/1
16/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
1/1/0/0

OPS .642 .805 .871 .745 .745 .590 1.179 1.227 .737 .706 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 220/.795 70/.590 124/.907 14/1.044 110/.840 93/.511 15/1.390 6/1.100 149/.906 95/.588 .754

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 517/.579 31/1.277 127/.835 14/.445 65/.585 82/.681 21/.976 8/1.333 112/.513 139/.789 .730

Home 351/.612 52/.859 143/.922 28/.745 104/.805 112/.742 29/1.210 12/.944 129/.807 111/.812

Last 28d days 144/.529 101/.805 54/.955 28/.745 27/.499 40/.335 27/1.270 14/1.227 54/.535 84/.619

HR/SB/CS 18/13/5 5/1/0 3/7/2 1/0/0 5/12/0 1/1/3 1/0/0 1/0/0 9/2/1 5/2/3 140/91/31

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Davis
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 9/1.194 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 393/303 .212/.275/.437/.712 .877/.663 .673 73/.581 0/0 20/5

19.Bautista G/S/vP 18/.535 3/.667 3/.666 2/.000 5/1.300 2/.500 2/.500 1/no AB 529/406 .312/.452/.640/1.092 1.198/1.061 1.103 100/.991 6/3 37/8

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 9/.333 5/1.400 4/.750 2/.500 ··· 1/3.000 2/1.500 1/.000 428/318 .276/.334/.462/.796 .793/.797 .920 103/.921 4/1 14/11

5.Escobar G/S/vP 17/.971 8/.250 3/1.167 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 543/419 .282/.359/.406/.765 .880/.731 .885 108/.537 3/2 11/12

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/.667 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 497/373 .208/.288/.404/.692 .506/.756 .705 72/.498 13/3 18/7

13.Lawrie G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 82/59 .338/.378/.688/1.066 .783/1.185 1.173 82/1.066 1/0 5/3

26.Lind* G/S/vP 15/.757 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 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 113/67 .223/.348/.309/.657 .523/.744 .664 23/.540 6/1 1/1

8.Molina G/S/vP 5/.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 156/114 .295/.359/.424/.784 .842/.761 .752 24/.683 2/1 2/1

20.Teahen* G/S/vP 11/.764 ··· 7/.971 1/.000 6/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.000 148/128 .184/.250/.294/.544 .206/.596 .727 17/.294 0/1 4/1

46.Thames* G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 272/214 .266/.310/.464/.774 .803/.766 .840 94/.705 1/0 9/2

3.Wise* G/S/vP 5/.800 2/.000 4/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 76/63 .225/.263/.254/.517 .308/.562 .467 25/.678 4/2 0/0

IP 145.0 41.2 50.0 28.1 24.0 17.2 57.2 34.2 TOTAL .251/.316/.416/.731 .781/.715 .764 .697 105/41 154/84

ERA-K/9

4.28/4.8

4.10/8.8

1.80/7.4

3.49/6.7

6.75/7.5

5.09/9.2

3.28/7.8

4.41/6.2

3.58/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Arencibia (67-22-11)
Molina (24-9-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 627/.270 173/.216 194/.199 127/.271 110/.236 82/.296 220/.201 156/.233 .235 Bautista
Thames
McCoy
Wise
Teahen 0/0/90/10
25/0/27/2
0/7/4/0
10/26/0/0
4/0/8/0

OPS .772 .668 .537 .707 .704 .946 .623 .682 .685

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 296/.725 73/.571 93/.607 52/.955 52/.540 43/.640 101/.459 79/.639 .665

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 331/.815 100/.740 101/.478 75/.543 58/.871 39/1.308 119/.765 77/.726 .702

Road 298/.817 79/.704 95/.599 52/.867 60/.716 35/.743 125/.818 86/.742

Last 28d days 120/.627 36/1.014 28/.218 34/.703 21/.301 23/1.485 31/.369 14/.845

HR/SB/CS 18/1/3 4/8/3 2/1/1 2/1/1 3/3/0 5/3/0 6/3/2 3/4/0 126/82/27

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

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.