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Game Preview: TOR @ SEA, 10:10pm, Tuesday, July 31, 2012 @Safeco Field

Blue Jays, 51-51, 51-51 5th, 9 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Aaron Laffey (27, LHP, 2-1, 3.22)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-1)			44.2	42	18	16	11	26	7	3.22
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		3-1	40.2	41	16	13	13	24	5	2.88	52
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
2010-07-19	@MIN	W	5.0	5	1	0	4	2	0	100	53

Last 5 v.SEA		1-1	29.1	32	15	10	11	16	4	3.07	49
2009-08-22	SEA	ND	7.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	113	49
2009-07-24	@SEA	W	7.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	106	75
2009-07-19	SEA	ND	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	1	100	45
2008-07-18	@SEA	L	3.2	9	8	3	2	1	2	84	20
2007-09-25	@SEA	ND	5.2	4	1	1	2	3	0	75	58

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

 Home:   28-23   Road:   23-28   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  39-35   vsLHP:  12-16   1-Run:   5-13
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:17-10   vsWest: 10-13 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 97 Wed, Jul 25   OAK  L   0-16      48-49  4th 10.5 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 24   OAK  L   2-7       48-48  4th  9.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 22  @BOS  W  15-7       48-47  4th  9.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 21  @BOS  W   7-3       47-47  5th 10.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 20  @BOS  W   6-1       46-47  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Mariners, 48-57, 48-57 4th, 13 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (29, LHP, 11-7, 3.76)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (11-7)			146.0	128	62	61	41	96	25	3.76
2011 (10-13)			201.0	205	105	95	59	131	22	4.25
2010 (9-12)			192.2	187	86	81	54	116	18	3.78

Last 7 GS		4-1	48.0	39	19	18	16	34	10	3.38	57
2012-07-26	KCR	W	8.0	1	1	1	3	5	0	115	78
2012-07-21	@TBR	W	6.0	7	1	0	3	5	0	108	58
2012-07-16	@KCR	W	6.0	7	3	3	3	0	2	94	43
2012-07-07	@OAK	W	9.0	7	1	1	1	6	1	107	74
2012-07-01	BOS	ND	8.0	5	1	1	2	6	1	117	72
2012-06-26	OAK	ND	6.2	3	2	2	2	10	1	103	68
2012-06-20	@ARI	L	4.1	9	10	10	2	2	5	104	5

Last 5 v.TOR		0-3	26.1	27	19	19	15	15	3	6.49	42
2012-04-29	@TOR	L	6.0	4	2	2	3	4	1	111	57
2011-08-16	TOR	L	4.0	7	8	8	4	2	1	94	14
2011-07-20	@TOR	L	3.0	6	5	5	5	0	0	80	22
2011-04-13	TOR	ND	6.2	5	1	1	1	7	0	105	66
2010-05-20	TOR	ND	6.2	5	3	3	2	2	1	100	52

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

 Home:   23-29   Road:   25-28   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  31-37   vsLHP:  17-20   1-Run:  14-18
 vsEast:  9-17   vsCntrl:16-12   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Mon, Jul 30   TOR  W   4-1       48-57  4th 13.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 29   KCR  W   7-6       47-57  4th 14.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 28   KCR  W   4-3       46-57  4th 14.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 27   KCR  W   6-1       45-57  4th 15.0 gb
101 Thu, Jul 26   KCR  W   4-1       44-57  4th 16.0 gb
100 Wed, Jul 25   NYY  L   2-5       43-57  4th 16.5 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 24   NYY  W   4-2       43-56  4th 15.5 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 23   NYY  L   1-4       42-56  4th 16.5 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 22  @TBR  W   2-1       42-55  4th 15.5 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 21  @TBR  W   2-1       41-55  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 30, 2012 SEA  4  TOR  1        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (2-2), L: Ricky Romero (8-8), S: Lucas Luetge (1)
Sun, Apr 29, 2012 TOR  7  SEA  2        W:Henderson Alvarez (1-2), L: Jason Vargas (3-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 28, 2012 TOR  7  SEA  0        W:Brandon Morrow (2-1), L: Kevin Millwood (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 SEA  9 @TOR  5 (10)   W:Charlie Furbush (2-1), L: Luis Perez (2-1), S: none

Wed, Aug 17, 2011 TOR  5 @SEA  1        W:Brandon Morrow (9-7), L: Blake Beavan (3-4), S: none
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 TOR 13 @SEA  7        W:Luis Perez (2-2), L: Jason Vargas (7-11), S: none
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 SEA  6  TOR  5        W:Tom Wilhelmsen (1-0), L: Jon Rauch (5-4), S: Brandon League (30)
Thu, Jul 21, 2011 TOR  7  SEA  5        W:Jon Rauch (4-3), L: David Pauley (5-4), S: none
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 TOR 11  SEA  6        W:Brandon Morrow (7-4), L: Jason Vargas (6-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 TOR  6  SEA  5 (14)   W:Casey Janssen (3-0), L: Jamey Wright (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - tied 2-2; 2011 - TOR won 6-3; 2010 - TOR won 3-2; All-Time - TOR leads 189-167

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 5.00 CIN 4.28 MIA 3.70	RA/G WSN 3.54 SDP 4.26 COL 5.64	BA A. McCutchen .368 J. Heyward .271 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 D. Murphy .339 J. Smoak .253	SLG A. McCutchen .627 T. Hunter .432 D. Gordon .282	OPS J. Votto 1.069 C. Davis .771 D. Gordon .562	ERA R. Vogelsong 2.22 C. Billingsley 3.89 E. Santana 5.97	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.59 D. Haren 7.39 D. Lowe 3.08

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.00

CIN 4.28

MIA 3.70

RA/G

WSN 3.54

SDP 4.26

COL 5.64

A. McCutchen .368

J. Heyward .271

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

D. Murphy .339

J. Smoak .253

SLG

A. McCutchen .627

T. Hunter .432

D. Gordon .282

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

C. Davis .771

D. Gordon .562

ERA

R. Vogelsong 2.22

C. Billingsley 3.89

E. Santana 5.97

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.59

D. Haren 7.39

D. Lowe 3.08

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Blue Jays Batters (4.93 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Vargas*
G/S/vB 18.Iwakuma
G/S/vB 23.Kelley
G/S/vB 53.Kinney
G/S/vB 44.Luetge*
G/S/vB 36.Perez*
G/S/vB 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Cooper* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 70/56 .288/.329/.424/.753 .643/.782 .744 1/.000 0/1 2/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 9/.111 4/1.250 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· 247/152 .258/.313/.418/.731 .709/.745 .741 67/.717 28/7 6/6

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 18/1.500 5/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 16/.711 4/1.250 421/314 .295/.390/.585/.975 1.121/.925 .902 86/1.077 9/3 28/2

5.Escobar G/S/vP 12/.523 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 16/1.600 2/2.000 412/308 .256/.303/.349/.652 .630/.660 .589 70/.750 3/1 7/9

68.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 62/40 .208/.262/.434/.696 .753/.651 .380 18/.569 0/0 3/0

43.Gose* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/26 .179/.258/.214/.472 .400/.487 .327 31/.472 2/1 0/0

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/1.250 ··· 1/no AB ··· 11/.282 1/.000 401/291 .239/.328/.380/.709 .663/.726 .677 73/.712 10/1 11/9

13.Lawrie G/S/vP 5/.400 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 413/298 .285/.330/.420/.750 .896/.693 .717 80/.647 13/8 9/13

6.Mathis G/S/vP 15/.200 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 107/77 .245/.288/.480/.768 .989/.680 .468 32/.790 1/0 5/0

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 7/.715 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 423/309 .243/.308/.455/.764 .663/.799 .806 92/.582 4/2 18/5

17.Vizquel# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.347 ··· 98/70 .217/.258/.250/.508 .368/.563 .444 28/.536 2/0 0/1

IP 146.0 59.1 28.2 7.2 29.0 14.0 53.2 TOTAL .253/.319/.435/.754 .764/.751 .720 .765 78/28 146/70

ERA-K/9

3.76/5.9

4.10/7.6

3.77/9.7

2.35/12.9

1.86/9.0

2.57/9.6

2.52/10.7

3.78/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gomes (0-0-0)
Mathis (16-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 584/.239 247/.248 126/.272 33/.115 115/.186 59/.278 220/.215 .243 Davis
Rasmus
Vizquel
Gose
Encarnacion
Gomes 66/6/14/4
0/100/0/4
1/0/0/0
0/1/8/0
2/0/0/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .708 .781 .759 .572 .485 .674 .597 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.786 121/.708 37/.976 13/.413 69/.420 28/.854 116/.651 .709

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 440/.683 126/.850 89/.672 20/.683 46/.582 31/.508 104/.537 .687

Home 250/.577 156/.680 54/.581 15/.133 54/.419 28/.481 103/.613

Last 28d days 110/.621 100/.763 22/.883 32/.593 29/.361 25/.835 44/.623

HR/SB/CS 25/6/6 11/1/6 4/1/0 1/2/0 0/3/0 0/0/0 3/6/1 112/79/30

Usage ····X··· X····X·· ·····X·· o··o·X·o oo·X·oo· ·oo··o·· ·XX·X·X·

Mariners Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB 39.Carpenter
G/S/vB 34.Carreno
G/S/vB 46.Crawford*
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Ackley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 429/278 .225/.305/.324/.629 .605/.642 .571 93/.521 11/2 6/2

20.Carp* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 125/100 .206/.312/.393/.705 .737/.696 .746 27/.991 1/0 5/2

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/no AB 10/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.666 1/.000 171/108 .181/.248/.268/.517 .486/.535 .461 6/.333 4/0 2/1

27.Jaso* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB 1/5.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 204/168 .281/.389/.467/.856 .367/.959 .895 60/.913 2/0 5/0

61.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 82/71 .192/.263/.205/.468 .282/.498 .301 13/.432 1/2 0/0

63.Montero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 359/238 .263/.309/.402/.711 1.021/.555 .619 68/.944 0/2 10/2

30.Olivo G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· ··· ··· 3/3.500 ··· ··· 7/.857 5/.400 6/.834 213/124 .202/.217/.337/.554 .608/.515 .506 47/.362 1/4 7/3

4.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/31 .146/.167/.293/.459 .000/.626 .245 42/.459 0/0 1/0

12.Robinson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/1 .286/.286/.429/.714 .833/.000 .714 8/.714 1/0 0/1

26.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 12/1.852 321/199 .197/.288/.292/.580 .601/.566 .603 68/.665 8/5 2/3

55.Saunders* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.400 1/.000 376/247 .260/.316/.422/.738 .804/.703 .567 87/.713 15/3 10/3

15.Seager* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 408/262 .247/.313/.408/.720 .667/.750 .575 95/.671 9/4 11/8

33.Wells G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 209/106 .249/.317/.407/.725 .801/.652 .665 99/.670 2/0 6/0

IP 44.2 8.0 17.0 8.0 39.2 59.1 9.2 39.0 38.2 61.2 TOTAL .232/.294/.361/.656 .651/.658 .578 .645 72/25 87/40

ERA-K/9

3.22/5.2

5.63/9.0

6.35/5.3

6.75/5.6

2.27/9.3

2.73/9.1

2.79/5.6

3.00/9.5

1.40/9.1

2.92/9.5

4.53/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (13-4-1)
Montero (30-8-5)
Olivo (36-18-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 182/.247 35/.200 75/.266 36/.333 152/.196 239/.230 34/.147 164/.252 146/.194 260/.213 .255 Wells
Saunders
Figgins
Carp
Robinson
Peguero 48/5/4/4
8/86/0/4
37/6/1/2
24/0/0/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/7/0

OPS .708 .948 .983 1.129 .546 .675 .324 .655 .531 .684 .767

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/.721 16/1.144 38/.828 17/.471 81/.456 111/.581 14/.143 55/.661 72/.592 141/.731 .752

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 135/.704 19/.793 37/1.116 19/1.876 71/.651 128/.756 20/.450 109/.652 74/.470 119/.633 .779

Road 93/.594 8/.250 66/1.045 12/1.333 71/.503 164/.844 15/.267 84/.740 75/.474 110/.633

Last 28d days 104/.814 35/.948 6/.833 1/.000 30/.372 44/.560 34/.324 32/.563 34/.485 92/.601

HR/SB/CS 7/1/1 4/1/0 6/3/2 3/1/1 4/3/1 8/8/2 0/0/0 3/7/1 2/5/3 8/4/2 132/52/27

Usage ····X··· X····X·· ·X······ ·o······ ···oX··· ··X·X·o· o··X·X·· ···oX··· ···Xo··· ···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.