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Game Preview: TBR @ TOR, 1:07pm, Sunday, September 2, 2012 @Rogers Centre

Rays, 72-61, 72-61 3rd, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: David Price (26, LHP, 16-5, 2.53)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (16-5)			174.0	142	52	49	50	170	15	2.53
2011 (12-13)			224.1	192	93	87	63	218	22	3.49
2010 (19-6)			208.2	170	71	63	79	188	15	2.72

Last 7 GS		3-1	48.0	37	12	12	7	50	4	2.25	65
2012-08-27	@TEX	L	4.0	10	6	6	0	3	2	69	21
2012-08-21	KCR	ND	8.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	114	84
2012-08-16	@LAA	W	7.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	103	77
2012-08-11	@MIN	W	7.0	7	2	2	0	5	1	101	60
2012-08-05	BAL	ND	8.0	2	0	0	3	5	0	109	80
2012-07-30	@OAK	ND	7.0	5	3	3	2	11	1	121	64
2012-07-25	@BAL	W	7.0	7	1	1	0	10	0	105	69

Last 5 v.TOR		3-2	32.1	27	13	10	8	36	5	2.78	59
2012-05-15	@TOR	W	7.0	6	3	3	0	6	1	112	59
2012-04-18	@TOR	W	5.2	8	2	2	2	3	1	106	46
2011-09-23	TOR	L	6.0	5	5	2	2	7	1	100	53
2011-08-28	@TOR	W	7.0	3	0	0	2	14	0	111	83
2011-08-02	TOR	L	6.2	5	3	3	2	6	2	111	56

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

 Home:   35-30   Road:   37-31   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  53-40   vsLHP:  19-21   1-Run:  19-24
 vsEast: 28-22   vsCntrl:13-17   vsWest: 22-13 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Sat, Sep  1  @TOR  W   5-4       72-61  3rd  4.5 gb
132 Fri, Aug 31  @TOR  L   1-2       71-61  3rd  4.5 gb
131 Thu, Aug 30  @TOR  L   0-2       71-60  3rd  4.5 gb
130 Wed, Aug 29  @TEX  W   8-4       71-59  3rd  4.0 gb
129 Tue, Aug 28  @TEX  L   0-1       70-59  3rd  5.0 gb
128 Mon, Aug 27  @TEX  L   5-6       70-58  3rd  4.0 gb
127 Sat, Aug 25   OAK  L   2-4       70-57  2nd  3.5 gb
126 Fri, Aug 24   OAK  L   4-5       70-56  2nd  3.5 gb
125 Thu, Aug 23   OAK  W   5-0       70-55  2nd  2.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 22   KCR  W   5-3       69-55  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11

Blue Jays, 60-72, 60-72 5th, 16 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Ricky Romero (27, LHP, 8-12, 5.50)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (8-12)			162.0	161	105	99	89	110	18	5.50
2011 (15-11)			225.0	176	85	73	80	178	26	2.92
2010 (14-9)			210.0	189	98	87	82	174	15	3.73

Last 7 GS		0-6	39.2	39	29	28	27	26	1	6.35	43
2012-08-28	@NYY	L	7.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	106	63
2012-08-21	@DET	L	5.1	7	5	5	8	0	0	101	26
2012-08-15	CHW	L	6.0	8	6	6	2	5	1	98	35
2012-08-10	NYY	L	7.0	4	3	3	3	2	0	98	56
2012-08-04	@OAK	ND	7.0	3	1	1	4	5	0	99	68
2012-07-30	@SEA	L	6.0	8	4	3	2	7	0	102	47
2012-07-25	OAK	L	1.1	4	8	8	6	1	0	66	9

Last 5 v.TBR		3-1	33.2	23	17	12	20	25	6	3.21	56
2012-05-23	@TBR	ND	6.0	2	4	4	7	7	0	105	52
2012-04-17	TBR	W	6.0	8	3	3	3	4	1	92	45
2011-09-24	@TBR	L	7.2	6	6	1	2	5	2	114	56
2011-08-29	TBR	W	6.0	6	3	3	4	2	2	107	46
2011-08-02	@TBR	W	8.0	1	1	1	4	7	1	109	79

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

 Home:   33-31   Road:   27-41   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  45-50   vsLHP:  15-22   1-Run:  10-21
 vsEast: 20-28   vsCntrl:18-16   vsWest: 13-19 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Sat, Sep  1   TBR  L   4-5       60-72  5th 16.0 gb
131 Fri, Aug 31   TBR  W   2-1       60-71  5th 15.0 gb
130 Thu, Aug 30   TBR  W   2-0       59-71  5th 16.0 gb
129 Wed, Aug 29  @NYY  W   8-5       58-71  5th 16.5 gb
128 Tue, Aug 28  @NYY  L   1-2       57-71  5th 17.5 gb
127 Mon, Aug 27  @NYY  W   8-7 (11)  57-70  5th 16.5 gb
126 Sat, Aug 25  @BAL  L   2-8       56-70  5th 17.0 gb
125 Fri, Aug 24  @BAL  L   4-6       56-69  5th 17.0 gb
124 Thu, Aug 23  @DET  L   2-3 (11)  56-68  5th 16.0 gb
123 Wed, Aug 22  @DET  L   2-3       56-67  5th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 01, 2012 TBR  5 @TOR  4        W:Wade Davis (2-0), L: Henderson Alvarez (7-12), S: Fernando Rodney (40)
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 TOR  2  TBR  1        W:Brandon Morrow (8-5), L: Jeremy Hellickson (8-10), S: Casey Janssen (19)
Thu, Aug 30, 2012 TOR  2  TBR  0        W:Carlos Villanueva (7-4), L: Matt Moore (10-8), S: Casey Janssen (18)
Thu, Aug 09, 2012 TBR  7  TOR  1        W:Matt Moore (9-7), L: Henderson Alvarez (7-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 08, 2012 TBR  3  TOR  2        W:Alex Cobb (6-8), L: Carlos Villanueva (6-2), S: Fernando Rodney (34)
Tue, Aug 07, 2012 TBR  4  TOR  1        W:James Shields (10-7), L: J.A. Happ (7-10), S: Fernando Rodney (33)
Wed, May 23, 2012 TBR  5  TOR  4 (11)   W:Jake McGee (1-1), L: Darren Oliver (0-2), S: none
Tue, May 22, 2012 TBR  8  TOR  5        W:Wade Davis (1-0), L: Drew Hutchison (3-2), S: Fernando Rodney (14)
Mon, May 21, 2012 TOR  6 @TBR  2        W:Kyle Drabek (4-4), L: Jeremy Hellickson (4-1), S: none
Tue, May 15, 2012 TBR  4 @TOR  3        W:David Price (6-2), L: Henderson Alvarez (3-3), S: Fernando Rodney (11)
Season Series: 2012 - TBR over 10-4; 2011 - TBR won 12-6; 2010 - TBR won 10-8; All-Time - TBR leads 132-121

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 5.14 SFG 4.32 HOU 3.63	RA/G WSN 3.59 TEX 4.29 COL 5.49	BA A. McCutchen .346 Y. Alonso .274 C. Pena .188	OBP A. McCutchen .410 A. Cabrera .335 J. Smoak .258	SLG R. Braun .603 I. Kinsler .437 J. Carroll .295	OPS R. Braun .992 D. DeJesus .771 J. Smoak .576	ERA J. Cueto 2.48 J. Johnson 3.86 R. Wolf 5.69	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.28 W. Chen 7.37 H. Alvarez 3.42

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.14

SFG 4.32

HOU 3.63

RA/G

WSN 3.59

TEX 4.29

COL 5.49

A. McCutchen .346

Y. Alonso .274

C. Pena .188

OBP

A. McCutchen .410

A. Cabrera .335

J. Smoak .258

SLG

R. Braun .603

I. Kinsler .437

J. Carroll .295

OPS

R. Braun .992

D. DeJesus .771

J. Smoak .576

ERA

J. Cueto 2.48

J. Johnson 3.86

R. Wolf 5.69

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.28

W. Chen 7.37

H. Alvarez 3.42

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Rays Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Romero*
G/S/vB 50.Delabar
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 64.Jenkins
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Brignac* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 5/1.800 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 18/14 .118/.167/.118/.284 .500/.220 .308 / 0/0 0/1

13.Francisco G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 2/.000 145/81 .243/.290/.368/.657 .648/.665 .520 52/.596 0/1 2/1

5.Fuld* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 75/48 .300/.347/.400/.747 .733/.754 .854 45/.724 7/1 0/1

16.Gimenez G/S/vP 7/1.171 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 73/36 .191/.236/.206/.442 .714/.170 .520 / 0/0 0/3

8.Jennings G/S/vP 14/.547 3/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/.900 455/345 .249/.313/.398/.711 .763/.694 .748 101/.882 23/2 11/0

9.Johnson# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 4/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 313/211 .247/.312/.348/.659 .595/.700 .801 23/.673 17/6 5/12

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 19/.505 2/.000 7/.629 ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.800 11/.955 380/287 .256/.354/.457/.811 .613/.875 .824 76/.668 4/2 15/1

7.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.666 21/1.026 309/210 .331/.380/.452/.832 1.016/.744 .778 80/.919 1/0 6/3

21.Lobaton# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 182/123 .227/.328/.318/.646 .779/.591 .720 38/.633 0/1 2/4

3.Longoria G/S/vP 29/.762 1/.000 6/.833 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 4/2.750 10/.400 192/143 .281/.365/.491/.856 1.323/.702 .817 95/.718 2/3 9/7

28.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 3/.000 4/.833 231/185 .204/.270/.308/.578 .364/.630 .592 51/.708 3/1 5/4

23.Pena* G/S/vP 17/.567 ··· 7/.629 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 12/.733 6/1.000 527/366 .188/.317/.338/.655 .593/.682 .634 71/.485 2/2 16/6

19.Roberts G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 409/275 .241/.305/.356/.661 .652/.665 .652 89/.734 9/6 9/9

30.Scott* G/S/vP 19/.340 ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 6/.533 15/1.015 286/199 .224/.276/.433/.710 .521/.791 .724 24/.641 4/0 12/0

24.Thompson* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 19/8 .059/.158/.059/.217 .282/.125 .000 / 2/1 0/0

2.Upton G/S/vP 33/.726 4/.500 13/1.077 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.750 12/.583 508/363 .249/.300/.417/.717 .722/.715 .721 105/.864 26/6 16/2

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 34/.965 1/.000 10/.200 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 12/2.292 544/380 .266/.375/.466/.840 .859/.833 .902 100/.962 13/9 15/10

IP 162.0 53.0 52.2 12.0 76.0 22.2 52.1 47.1 98.2 TOTAL .237/.314/.382/.697 .697/.696 .721 .772 113/40 128/94

ERA-K/9

5.50/6.1

3.74/12.7

2.22/9.4

4.50/3.8

3.20/8.6

1.99/6.7

2.92/10.2

1.71/8.9

3.10/9.2

4.53/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gimenez (17-3-0)
Lobaton (33-8-0)
Molina (30-14-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 721/.261 218/.183 196/.185 51/.261 312/.240 84/.185 214/.231 182/.193 405/.222 .255 Upton
Zobrist
Jennings
Joyce
Fuld
Francisco
Thompson
Roberts
Johnson
Gimenez 0/114/0/8
0/0/70/6
87/20/0/4
32/0/66/2
8/4/10/2
17/0/18/1
6/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .777 .666 .541 .711 .708 .427 .622 .543 .676 .760

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 231/.866 92/.520 101/.472 21/.686 144/.636 43/.286 71/.632 87/.571 206/.773 .755

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 490/.735 126/.775 95/.612 30/.729 168/.771 41/.577 143/.616 95/.517 199/.581 .763

Home 321/.747 109/.412 101/.575 18/.461 113/.614 36/.306 98/.541 87/.631 221/.667

Last 28d days 114/.679 57/.698 36/.605 51/.711 56/.991 35/.353 33/.472 30/.646 121/.642

HR/SB/CS 18/7/10 11/2/1 6/3/2 2/2/0 11/9/2 0/1/1 4/9/2 3/6/3 13/6/5 166/62/38

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Price*
G/S/vB 31.Badenhop
G/S/vB 40.Davis
G/S/vB 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 47.Gomes
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Davis G/S/vP 19/.631 ··· 8/.542 4/1.750 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 5/1.150 380/249 .246/.306/.377/.683 .748/.648 .688 106/.557 40/11 6/8

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 27/.833 6/.833 21/.238 4/.750 3/.333 4/1.750 3/3.000 8/1.232 2/.500 5/.400 547/406 .288/.386/.570/.956 1.118/.901 1.047 97/.920 13/3 36/3

5.Escobar G/S/vP 22/.654 11/.664 24/1.000 3/1.167 4/.833 4/1.000 1/.000 6/.500 1/.000 5/.200 514/373 .253/.299/.346/.645 .665/.638 .678 73/.641 3/1 8/10

3.Hechavarria G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 64/38 .211/.233/.316/.549 .327/.710 .591 57/.598 0/0 1/2

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 17/.529 11/.384 11/.955 ··· 1/.000 5/.933 5/.400 6/1.167 4/1.000 4/.750 509/364 .225/.314/.365/.678 .632/.697 .744 80/.599 10/2 14/10

26.Lind* G/S/vP 35/.471 1/.000 21/.855 10/.500 2/2.000 11/.091 5/.400 3/.666 2/.000 7/.286 243/183 .234/.300/.396/.697 .532/.753 .719 25/.737 0/0 9/4

6.Mathis G/S/vP 18/.749 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 197/139 .210/.246/.398/.644 .739/.605 .808 72/.520 1/0 8/2

18.McCoy G/S/vP 22/.749 ··· 8/.250 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 49/29 .174/.224/.239/.464 .544/.414 .393 40/.386 2/1 1/0

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 12/.334 4/1.750 11/.382 6/.000 2/.500 7/.953 3/1.667 5/.000 3/.333 6/.900 522/380 .228/.294/.421/.714 .566/.768 .639 80/.405 4/3 21/6

14.Sierra G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 84/52 .272/.298/.407/.705 .795/.649 .854 71/.650 1/0 3/0

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 9/.222 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/1.167 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.667 199/114 .244/.311/.358/.669 .584/.728 .644 17/.945 1/1 4/2

17.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 8/1.071 138/102 .223/.263/.254/.517 .342/.579 .580 34/.515 3/2 0/3

IP 174.0 56.2 58.0 20.0 11.2 46.2 43.2 55.0 24.2 61.1 TOTAL .245/.309/.413/.723 .729/.720 .757 .607 106/38 173/86

ERA-K/9

2.53/8.8

3.02/6.2

2.33/9.8

2.70/8.6

6.94/8.5

2.89/7.9

2.06/11.1

3.76/11.1

1.46/8.4

0.73/8.8

3.26/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (23-18-6)
Torrealba (33-10-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 688/.225 239/.264 236/.199 81/.145 59/.261 186/.205 171/.182 214/.190 98/.161 233/.179 .232 Davis
Rasmus
Sierra
McCoy
Vizquel
Encarnacion 95/6/16/5
0/121/0/5
0/0/20/3
2/4/3/1
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .610 .704 .588 .395 .902 .653 .493 .618 .451 .448 .660

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.497 86/.803 111/.499 39/.441 27/1.101 89/.567 76/.705 114/.556 51/.470 131/.492 .680

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 530/.645 153/.650 125/.657 42/.349 32/.735 97/.731 95/.320 100/.689 47/.429 102/.392 .644

Road 364/.710 123/.769 113/.572 39/.388 26/.985 94/.718 87/.532 108/.597 46/.389 116/.570

Last 28d days 100/.603 36/.631 34/.399 33/.248 / 34/.775 29/.241 41/.584 / 44/.563

HR/SB/CS 15/11/6 6/1/0 5/3/1 0/1/0 2/1/0 5/3/4 3/0/0 8/2/1 1/2/0 2/1/1 119/80/25

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