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Game Preview: TOR @ OAK, 4:05pm, Sunday, August 5, 2012 @The Coliseum

Blue Jays, 52-55, 52-55 5th, 10½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Aaron Laffey (27, LHP, 2-2, 4.20)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-2) 49.1 51 25 23 13 26 8 4.20
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 40.1 45 22 20 11 22 6 4.46 47
2012-07-31 @SEA L 4.2 9 7 7 2 0 1 75 16
2012-07-26 OAK ND 5.2 5 4 4 3 4 2 107 44
2012-07-20 @BOS W 7.0 8 0 0 0 4 0 88 65
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
Last 5 v.OAK 1-0 12.2 10 5 4 4 10 2 2.84 57
2012-07-26 OAK ND 5.2 5 4 4 3 4 2 107 44
2008-05-15 OAK W 7.0 5 1 0 1 6 0 100 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-23   Road:   24-32   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  40-38   vsLHP:  12-17   1-Run:   5-14
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:17-10   vsWest: 11-17 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Sat, Aug  4  @OAK  W   3-1 (11)  52-55  5th 10.5 gb
106 Fri, Aug  3  @OAK  L   4-5 (15)  51-55  5th 11.5 gb
105 Thu, Aug  2  @OAK  L   1-4       51-54  5th 10.5 gb
104 Wed, Aug  1  @SEA  L   3-5       51-53  5th 10.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 31  @SEA  L   2-7       51-52  5th  9.0 gb
102 Mon, Jul 30  @SEA  L   1-4       51-51  5th  9.0 gb
101 Sun, Jul 29   DET  L   1-4       51-50  4th  9.0 gb
100 Sat, Jul 28   DET  W   5-1       51-49  4th  9.0 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 27   DET  W   8-3       50-49  4th 10.0 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 26   OAK  W  10-4       49-49  4th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Athletics, 58-49, 58-49 2nd, 5½ GB, 1 up in WC

SP: Tommy Milone (25, LHP, 9-8, 3.68)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (9-8) 134.1 134 63 55 27 97 18 3.68
2011 (1-0) 26.0 28 11 11 4 15 2 3.81
Last 7 GS 2-3 45.0 50 20 14 3 45 5 2.80 56
2012-07-31 TBR L 6.0 7 5 5 1 4 0 95 41
2012-07-26 @TOR L 7.0 8 6 5 0 7 2 86 46
2012-07-20 NYY ND 7.0 6 0 0 0 10 0 110 75
2012-07-14 @MIN W 6.0 10 2 2 1 4 1 94 47
2012-07-06 SEA ND 7.0 6 1 1 1 9 0 107 69
2012-06-30 @TEX L 5.0 6 6 1 0 6 2 96 47
2012-06-25 @SEA W 7.0 7 0 0 0 5 0 110 68
Last 5 v.TOR 0-1 7.0 8 6 5 0 7 2 6.43 46
2012-07-26 @TOR L 7.0 8 6 5 0 7 2 86 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-24   Road:   26-25   ExtrInn: 9-3 
 vsRHP:  39-29   vsLHP:  19-20   1-Run:  18-12
 vsEast: 20-13   vsCntrl:11-11   vsWest: 17-17 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Sat, Aug  4   TOR  L   1-3 (11)  58-49  2nd  5.5 gb
106 Fri, Aug  3   TOR  W   5-4 (15)  58-48  2nd  4.5 gb
105 Thu, Aug  2   TOR  W   4-1       57-48  2nd  4.5 gb
104 Wed, Aug  1   TBR  L   1-4       56-48  3rd  4.5 gb
103 Tue, Jul 31   TBR  L   0-8       56-47  3rd  3.5 gb
102 Mon, Jul 30   TBR  W   4-3 (15)  56-46  2nd  3.5 gb
101 Sun, Jul 29  @BAL  L   1-6       55-46  2nd  4.5 gb
100 Sat, Jul 28  @BAL  W   6-1       55-45  2nd  3.5 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 27  @BAL  W  14-9       54-45  3rd  4.5 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 26  @TOR  L   4-10      53-45  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:21-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 04, 2012 TOR  3 @OAK  1 (11)   W:Jesse Chavez (1-1), L: Jerry Blevins (4-1), S: Darren Oliver (2)
Fri, Aug 03, 2012 OAK  5  TOR  4 (15)   W:Travis Blackley (4-3), L: Aaron Loup (0-2), S: none
Thu, Aug 02, 2012 OAK  4  TOR  1        W:Bartolo Colon (8-8), L: Henderson Alvarez (7-8), S: Ryan Cook (11)
Thu, Jul 26, 2012 TOR 10  OAK  4        W:Brandon Lyon (1-2), L: Tommy Milone (9-7), S: none
Wed, Jul 25, 2012 OAK 16 @TOR  0        W:A.J. Griffin (3-0), L: Ricky Romero (8-7), S: none
Tue, Jul 24, 2012 OAK  7 @TOR  2        W:Travis Blackley (3-2), L: Brett Cecil (2-3), S: none
Wed, May 09, 2012 TOR  5 @OAK  2        W:Brandon Morrow (4-1), L: Tyson Ross (1-3), S: Casey Janssen (1)
Tue, May 08, 2012 OAK  7  TOR  3        W:Grant Balfour (1-1), L: Francisco Cordero (1-2), S: none

Sun, Aug 21, 2011 TOR  1 @OAK  0        W:Luis Perez (3-2), L: Guillermo Moscoso (6-7), S: Casey Janssen (2)
Sat, Aug 20, 2011 OAK  5  TOR  1        W:Gio Gonzalez (10-11), L: Henderson Alvarez (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - OAK over 5-3; 2011 - Tied 5-5; 2010 - TOR won 4-3; All-Time - OAK leads 203-175

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
Blue Jays Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Milone*
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
54.Blackley*
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB
64.Griffin
G/S/vB
40.Neshek
G/S/vB
77.Norberto*
G/S/vB
67.Straily
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Cooper* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 90/70 .282/.322/.459/.781 .600/.835 .796 21/.836 0/1 3/1
11.Davis G/S/vP 4/.500 3/1.167 3/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/2.000 2/.000 269/167 .261/.313/.412/.726 .733/.721 .730 68/.800 30/8 6/7
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 3/1.666 3/.000 6/1.000 3/3.500 2/.000 2/2.000 4/1.167 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 445/330 .290/.387/.565/.951 1.135/.889 .866 89/.968 12/3 28/2
5.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 6/1.133 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 3/1.000 436/324 .256/.302/.347/.649 .632/.655 .590 74/.722 3/1 7/9
68.Gomes G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 72/46 .177/.239/.371/.610 .634/.586 .308 28/.394 0/0 3/0
43.Gose* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 48/37 .205/.255/.250/.505 .700/.449 .457 48/.505 2/1 0/0
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/1.000 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 3/1.167 425/306 .230/.317/.370/.687 .610/.718 .639 81/.548 10/1 12/10
13.Lawrie G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 427/309 .282/.326/.416/.742 .899/.681 .703 77/.661 13/8 9/13
6.Mathis G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/.333 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 121/86 .234/.271/.468/.740 .900/.672 .482 41/.593 1/0 6/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.666 442/322 .248/.311/.460/.771 .667/.807 .815 87/.566 4/2 19/6
14.Sierra G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 9/2 .444/.444/.556/1.000 1.286/.000 1.000 9/1.000 0/0 0/0
17.Vizquel# G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 3/1.000 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 104/73 .224/.262/.255/.517 .398/.568 .463 26/.654 2/0 0/1
IP 134.1 52.0 76.2 47.2 47.1 23.1 44.2 3.0 46.2 6.0 TOTAL .252/.317/.430/.746 .759/.741 .708 .715 83/29 150/73
ERA-K/9 3.68/6.5 2.60/7.4 3.40/5.7 2.45/8.5 2.47/9.1 4.24/12.7 2.42/7.0 0.00/12.0 2.70/7.1 1.50/7.5 3.42/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gomes (0-0-0)
 Mathis (20-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 548/.260 205/.171 306/.235 192/.212 189/.149 97/.253 174/.202 10/.000 190/.210 24/.227 .243  Rasmus
 Davis
 Sierra
 Gose
 Encarnacion
 Vizquel
 Gomes
0/104/0/5
71/6/15/4
0/0/2/0
0/3/11/0
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .703 .529 .629 .655 .545 .650 .560 .100 .621 .568 .678
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 149/.730 107/.541 86/.531 90/.615 95/.568 36/1.006 94/.515 2/.000 77/.729 13/.801 .720
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 399/.693 98/.516 220/.668 102/.690 94/.524 61/.435 80/.614 8/.125 113/.551 11/.291 .644
Home 247/.486 110/.406 145/.558 113/.756 94/.559 57/.533 104/.557 10/.100 113/.662 24/.568
Last 28d days 105/.716 35/.390 85/.686 53/.571 40/.999 39/.800 106/.624 10/.100 58/.748 24/.568
HR/SB/CS 18/6/7 3/2/2 3/2/4 5/4/3 4/3/2 0/3/0 5/0/3 0/0/0 4/3/2 0/0/0 90/63/37
Usage ····X··· oX·X·X·· ·X····X· Xo···X·· oXo··X·· ·Xo··o·· X····X·· XX······ X··X·o·X ·X······
Athletics Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB
20.Chavez
G/S/vB
50.Delabar
G/S/vB
44.Janssen
G/S/vB
49.Lincoln
G/S/vB
62.Loup*
G/S/vB
31.Lyon
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
33.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Carter G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 2/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 96/46 .260/.406/.636/1.043 1.015/1.066 .798 78/.960 0/0 9/4
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 305/205 .310/.370/.531/.901 .871/.916 .981 87/1.179 9/3 14/1
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 13/.785 1/no AB 3/.000 4/.500 6/1.867 2/.000 3/.000 11/1.145 3/.000 309/213 .251/.314/.356/.670 .561/.720 .707 62/.880 21/3 5/2
31.Gomes G/S/vP 9/1.444 ··· 2/2.500 9/.597 2/.500 1/2.000 4/1.250 5/.200 5/.000 230/99 .251/.374/.455/.829 .868/.776 .737 54/.967 3/1 11/1
7.Inge G/S/vP 15/.857 5/1.067 ··· 8/.125 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 9/1.125 9/.666 304/189 .207/.260/.379/.638 .667/.621 .701 89/.661 0/1 12/8
14.Kottaras* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 127/107 .211/.405/.347/.752 .575/.780 .828 19/.388 0/0 3/1
37.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 144/115 .231/.306/.531/.836 .600/.899 .685 49/.588 0/0 11/5
36.Norris G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 94/58 .198/.266/.326/.592 .553/.615 .474 49/.491 3/1 3/1
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 5/1.600 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 448/290 .261/.333/.511/.845 .856/.837 .837 91/.710 9/0 23/3
17.Rosales G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 43/20 .156/.372/.156/.528 .462/.604 .313 10/.425 0/0 0/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 105/85 .172/.212/.283/.494 .450/.505 .379 31/.625 2/0 2/2
23.Taylor G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/9 .143/.143/.190/.333 .167/.556 .231 5/.000 0/0 0/0
19.Weeks# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 2/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 451/296 .221/.305/.305/.610 .678/.573 .574 95/.569 14/5 2/9
IP 49.1 21.1 40.0 41.2 64.0 12.1 42.1 40.1 67.2 TOTAL .229/.304/.380/.684 .686/.682 .657 .747 82/24 116/67
ERA-K/9 4.20/4.7 8.44/11.4 3.83/11.5 2.16/9.3 2.53/8.9 3.65/6.6 2.76/10.0 1.34/8.9 3.19/9.4 4.50/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (27-5-1)
 Norris (9-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 206/.267 102/.281 160/.171 157/.189 256/.219 46/.200 176/.245 152/.193 284/.221 .255  Reddick
 Cespedes
 Moss
 Crisp
 Taylor
 Gomes
0/11/89/12
21/39/0/4
1/0/5/2
16/53/0/2
2/0/4/0
31/0/2/0
OPS .760 .925 .659 .528 .647 .485 .632 .523 .691 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/.778 39/1.096 69/.301 81/.456 122/.554 20/.300 59/.613 74/.576 157/.777 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.753 63/.815 91/.947 76/.606 134/.732 26/.631 117/.641 78/.472 127/.591 .775
Road 117/.707 91/.811 83/.996 76/.469 181/.789 27/.568 96/.687 81/.463 134/.657
Last 28d days 102/.892 10/2.129 36/.580 25/.285 48/.523 46/.485 35/.416 31/.467 95/.683
HR/SB/CS 8/1/2 6/0/0 9/2/1 4/3/1 8/8/2 0/1/0 3/9/2 2/6/3 9/4/2 137/56/31
Usage ····X··· X······· X·X·X··· oX······ ·X·o···X ·X·X·o·· ·X··X··· oo······ ···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.