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Game Preview: TOR @ BOS, 7:10pm, Friday, July 20, 2012 @Fenway Park

Blue Jays, 45-47, 45-47 5th, 12 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Aaron Laffey (27, LHP, 1-1, 3.38)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-1)			32.0	29	14	12	8	18	5	3.38
2011 (3-2)			53.1	67	24	23	21	30	7	3.88
2010 (2-3)			55.2	62	30	28	28	28	1	4.53

Last 7 GS		2-2	38.0	40	17	13	16	20	3	3.08	49
2012-07-14	CLE	W	5.0	8	4	4	3	4	1	93	36
2012-07-06	@CHW	L	6.0	8	4	3	1	4	1	89	45
2012-07-01	LAA	ND	6.0	4	3	2	0	4	1	93	58
2012-06-26	@BOS	ND	6.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	82	66
2010-07-19	@MIN	W	5.0	5	1	0	4	2	0	100	53
2010-07-10	@TBR	L	5.2	7	3	3	3	1	0	102	41
2010-07-05	@TEX	ND	4.1	5	2	1	3	3	0	101	47

Last 5 v.BOS		0-1	8.0	10	8	8	4	6	2	9.00	39
2012-06-26	@BOS	ND	6.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	82	66
2009-10-03	@BOS	L	2.0	7	8	8	2	4	2	65	12

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

 Home:   25-20   Road:   20-27   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  35-32   vsLHP:  10-15   1-Run:   5-13
 vsEast: 12-19   vsCntrl:15-9    vsWest:  9-10 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 92 Wed, Jul 18  @NYY  L   0-6  (7)  45-47  5th 12.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul 17  @NYY  L   1-6       45-46  5th 11.5 gb
 90 Mon, Jul 16  @NYY  L   3-6       45-45  5th 10.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 15   CLE  W   3-0       45-44  4th  9.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 14   CLE  W  11-9       44-44  4th 10.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 13   CLE  L   0-1       43-44  5th 10.5 gb
 86 Sun, Jul  8  @CHW  W  11-9       43-43  4th  9.5 gb
 85 Sat, Jul  7  @CHW  L   0-2       42-43  5th  9.5 gb
 84 Fri, Jul  6  @CHW  L   2-4       42-42  5th  9.0 gb
 83 Thu, Jul  5   KCR  L   6-9       42-41  5th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

RedSox, 48-45, 48-45 3rd, 9½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Josh Beckett (32, RHP, 5-7, 4.44)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (5-7)			95.1	93	47	47	24	72	9	4.44
2011 (13-7)			193.0	146	65	62	52	175	21	2.89
2010 (6-6)			127.2	151	89	82	45	116	20	5.78

Last 7 GS		1-3	46.0	45	23	23	9	32	0	4.50	52
2012-07-15	@TBR	W	6.0	8	3	3	2	7	0	104	49
2012-07-06	NYY	ND	5.0	8	6	6	2	5	0	90	30
2012-06-30	@SEA	ND	6.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	85	57
2012-06-11	@MIA	L	7.0	6	4	4	1	5	0	97	53
2012-06-06	BAL	L	8.0	5	2	2	0	5	0	92	69
2012-05-31	DET	L	7.0	10	4	4	1	1	0	102	41
2012-05-26	TBR	ND	7.0	4	2	2	0	5	0	91	66

Last 5 v.TOR		1-1	25.2	30	18	17	13	31	4	5.96	46
2011-09-05	@TOR	ND	3.2	3	0	0	1	6	0	54	60
2011-04-16	TOR	W	7.0	3	1	1	2	9	0	101	74
2010-09-18	TOR	L	7.0	10	4	3	2	4	1	111	45
2010-04-26	@TOR	ND	3.0	9	8	8	3	3	1	83	9
2009-08-28	TOR	ND	5.0	5	5	5	5	9	2	108	41

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

 Home:   25-25   Road:   23-20   ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:  28-35   vsLHP:  20-10   1-Run:   9-12
 vsEast: 16-20   vsCntrl:16-9    vsWest:  5-9  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Thu, Jul 19   CHW  W   3-1       48-45  3rd  9.5 gb
 92 Wed, Jul 18   CHW  W  10-1       47-45  3rd 10.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul 17   CHW  L   5-7       46-45  4th 10.5 gb
 90 Mon, Jul 16   CHW  W   5-1       46-44  3rd  9.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 15  @TBR  W   7-3       45-44  4th  9.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 14  @TBR  L   3-5       44-44  4th 10.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 13  @TBR  W   3-1       44-43  4th  9.5 gb
 86 Sun, Jul  8   NYY  L   3-7       43-43  4th  9.5 gb
 85 Sat, Jul  7   NYY  W   9-5       43-42  4th  8.5 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  7   NYY  L   1-6       42-42  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 27, 2012 BOS 10  TOR  4        W:Jon Lester (5-5), L: Ricky Romero (8-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 BOS  5  TOR  1        W:Andrew Miller (2-0), L: Luis Perez (2-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 25, 2012 TOR  9 @BOS  6        W:Henderson Alvarez (4-6), L: Felix Doubront (8-4), S: Casey Janssen (8)
Sun, Jun 03, 2012 TOR  5  BOS  1        W:Drew Hutchison (5-2), L: Daniel Bard (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 02, 2012 BOS  7 @TOR  4        W:Felix Doubront (6-2), L: Kyle Drabek (4-6), S: Alfredo Aceves (14)
Fri, Jun 01, 2012 BOS  7 @TOR  2        W:Clay Buchholz (5-2), L: Henderson Alvarez (3-5), S: none
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 TOR  3  BOS  1        W:Ricky Romero (1-0), L: Jon Lester (0-1), S: Sergio Santos (1)
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 TOR  7  BOS  3        W:Kyle Drabek (1-0), L: Daniel Bard (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 09, 2012 BOS  4 @TOR  2        W:Scott Atchison (1-0), L: Sergio Santos (0-1), S: Alfredo Aceves (1)

Wed, Sep 14, 2011 TOR  5 @BOS  4        W:Ricky Romero (15-10), L: Daniel Bard (2-8), S: Frank Francisco (15)
Season Series: 2012 - BOS over 5-4; 2011 - BOS won 10-8; 2010 - BOS won 12-6; All-Time - BOS leads 286-226

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 2012 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 TEX 5.04 PHI 4.22 SDP 3.59	RA/G WSN 3.49 ATL 4.29 COL 5.64	BA A. McCutchen .369 Y. Alonso .270 B. Ryan .190	OBP J. Votto .465 A. Jones .336 C. Pennington .259	SLG A. McCutchen .649 A. Escobar .426 D. Gordon .282	OPS A. McCutchen 1.072 T. Hunter .760 C. Pennington .541	ERA C. Sale 2.11 A. Sanchez 3.95 J. Arrieta 6.13	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.57 J. Johnson 7.60 D. Lowe 3.26

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.04

PHI 4.22

SDP 3.59

RA/G

WSN 3.49

ATL 4.29

COL 5.64

A. McCutchen .369

Y. Alonso .270

B. Ryan .190

OBP

J. Votto .465

A. Jones .336

C. Pennington .259

SLG

A. McCutchen .649

A. Escobar .426

D. Gordon .282

OPS

A. McCutchen 1.072

T. Hunter .760

C. Pennington .541

ERA

C. Sale 2.11

A. Sanchez 3.95

J. Arrieta 6.13

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.57

J. Johnson 7.60

D. Lowe 3.26

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Blue Jays Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Beckett
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Albers
G/S/vB 37.Melancon
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 63.Tazawa
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 283/209 .237/.273/.436/.709 .770/.687 .691 59/.866 1/0 13/4

11.Davis G/S/vP 3/.000 5/1.000 8/.250 2/1.000 ··· 7/1.238 7/.929 ··· 219/135 .245/.298/.380/.678 .646/.699 .616 83/.511 24/7 4/6

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 8/.268 7/.000 14/.643 4/.833 5/2.000 1/.000 4/.750 1/no AB 380/284 .296/.384/.579/.963 1.089/.921 .891 93/1.081 9/2 25/2

5.Escobar G/S/vP 11/.182 2/.000 13/.770 2/1.000 11/.830 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 382/284 .249/.294/.335/.630 .628/.630 .553 84/.635 2/1 6/8

8.Francisco G/S/vP 3/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.666 ··· 54/19 .240/.296/.380/.676 .739/.557 .596 17/.978 0/1 0/0

68.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/28 .211/.273/.474/.746 .813/.685 .329 / 0/0 3/0

43.Gose* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .200/.200/.200/.400 1.000/.000 .400 5/.400 0/0 0/0

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 10/.522 2/.000 4/2.750 1/.000 10/1.350 5/1.000 8/1.125 ··· 365/265 .242/.333/.379/.712 .624/.746 .681 76/.678 10/1 10/8

13.Lawrie G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.334 1/2.000 1/.000 374/269 .278/.324/.407/.730 .827/.692 .713 90/.604 12/8 8/12

26.Lind* G/S/vP 22/1.289 11/.473 9/.777 3/.667 1/no AB 2/.000 7/1.714 ··· 200/156 .233/.310/.417/.727 .561/.775 .654 68/.995 0/0 8/4

6.Mathis G/S/vP 10/.600 5/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 8/.250 ··· 83/59 .250/.296/.526/.823 1.031/.732 .503 23/1.136 1/0 5/0

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 380/277 .245/.311/.464/.775 .685/.807 .817 99/.713 4/2 17/5

17.Vizquel# G/S/vP 15/.600 3/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 5/.666 7/1.167 ··· 81/59 .200/.250/.200/.450 .473/.441 .413 20/.311 2/0 0/1

IP 95.1 47.2 36.2 18.1 21.2 52.1 34.0 10.2 TOTAL .252/.319/.430/.748 .741/.751 .707 .764 70/26 131/66

ERA-K/9

4.44/6.8

3.97/8.1

2.21/5.9

5.89/6.9

2.91/10.4

3.10/9.3

3.71/9.0

0.84/6.7

4.09/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Arencibia (32-19-9)
Gomes (0-0-0)
Mathis (14-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 398/.256 200/.231 143/.203 77/.254 85/.208 218/.219 145/.278 44/.262 .254 Davis
Rasmus
Gomes
Encarnacion
Vizquel
Gose
Francisco 66/5/9/4
0/91/0/4
2/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
5/0/4/0

OPS .694 .649 .616 .778 .595 .651 .747 .581 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 241/.763 111/.686 58/.797 37/.967 53/.393 82/.474 70/.703 17/.544 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 157/.591 89/.602 85/.504 40/.603 32/.942 136/.756 75/.789 27/.604 .727

Home 209/.648 116/.662 79/.626 45/.883 47/.478 105/.853 62/.774 27/.528

Last 28d days 78/.760 48/.633 30/.845 39/.256 28/.766 97/.653 34/.767 17/.765

HR/SB/CS 9/12/1 4/3/0 5/3/2 5/0/1 2/0/0 6/3/2 2/1/1 0/2/1 93/68/21

Usage ····X··· X··oX·o· ·o···oX· ·o··Xo·· ·o···oo· ··o···X· ···o··o· ··X·o···

RedSox Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB 58.Beck
G/S/vB 39.Carpenter
G/S/vB 48.Cordero
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 62.Loup*
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 373/263 .261/.286/.412/.698 .854/.635 .654 79/.682 10/4 10/9

77.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/29 .395/.410/.526/.937 .545/1.093 1.094 40/.937 3/0 0/0

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 12/.955 ··· ··· 8/.375 17/.352 14/.693 ··· 5/1.850 2/.500 16/6 .429/.500/.429/.929 .875/1.000 .929 16/.929 3/0 0/0

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/1.142 12/.817 ··· 4/1.000 6/.900 61/36 .281/.328/.368/.696 .900/.551 .800 31/.806 1/0 0/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· 2/.500 5/1.400 4/1.833 2/3.000 ··· 7/.286 12/.584 391/247 .298/.340/.440/.780 .855/.735 .849 87/1.030 0/0 8/4

64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 213/135 .286/.319/.513/.832 .828/.834 .867 65/.641 3/1 11/7

66.Nava# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 225/162 .259/.379/.416/.796 .524/.901 .854 88/.525 3/0 4/1

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 8/1.333 1/.000 1/5.000 2/1.000 12/.432 15/1.000 ··· 7/.619 5/1.850 342/231 .265/.326/.398/.724 .695/.737 .733 53/.824 6/3 6/1

5.Punto# G/S/vP 13/.581 ··· ··· 7/.929 6/.000 4/1.000 ··· 8/.000 9/1.083 122/102 .208/.317/.287/.604 .426/.640 .500 33/.549 4/0 1/2

7.Ross G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 11/1.767 4/.000 3/2.667 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 254/173 .274/.348/.570/.917 1.222/.777 1.003 86/1.005 1/1 16/0

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 11/.855 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/1.911 6/.000 ··· 5/.900 2/.000 266/224 .229/.282/.490/.772 .571/.810 .788 70/.542 0/0 17/6

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 5/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 119/53 .262/.350/.524/.875 .833/.927 .980 26/.742 1/0 5/2

12.Sweeney* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.167 2/.000 ··· 15/.734 ··· 200/179 .274/.317/.387/.704 .367/.740 .682 17/.376 0/0 0/2

IP 32.0 6.1 2.0 34.1 36.0 36.2 3.0 34.2 50.1 TOTAL .269/.330/.442/.772 .795/.761 .815 .770 43/15 109/52

ERA-K/9

3.38/5.1

2.84/7.1

9.00/9.0

5.77/6.8

4.00/11.2

2.21/9.1

6.00/0.0

1.30/8.8

2.68/10.2

4.49/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (52-14-5)
Shoppach (16-7-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 129/.242 26/.174 11/.333 160/.340 154/.242 141/.203 11/.182 131/.193 214/.217 .258 Nava
Ross
Sweeney
Gonzalez
Crawford
Ellsbury 55/0/0/5
20/7/44/4
0/18/44/3
0/0/18/1
4/0/0/0
0/14/0/0

OPS .711 .535 1.232 .943 .785 .566 .364 .539 .676 .774

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 34/.732 15/.795 6/1.000 84/.918 68/.906 76/.470 6/.333 65/.627 118/.697 .755

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 95/.704 11/.191 5/1.400 76/.965 86/.693 65/.682 5/.400 66/.450 96/.652 .789

Road 65/.605 9/.222 / 74/.798 77/.877 66/.492 5/.800 68/.495 85/.646

Last 28d days 95/.748 3/.000 11/1.232 29/1.127 38/.744 36/.389 11/.364 37/.615 68/.589

HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 7/5/0 5/5/2 4/3/1 0/0/0 2/5/3 5/3/2 119/46/25

Usage ·····X·· ···o···· ·····X·· ··oo···· ···Xo·X· ·····Xo· ··oo·X·· ····X·X· ····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.