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Game Preview: TOR @ ATL, 7:10pm, Thursday, May 30, 2013 @Turner Field

Blue Jays, 23-30, 23-30 5th, 8½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: R.A. Dickey (38, RHP, 4-6, 4.85)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-6) 68.2 62 41 37 31 57 11 4.85
2012 (20-6) 233.2 192 78 71 54 230 24 2.73
2011 (8-13) 208.2 202 85 76 54 134 18 3.28
Last 7 GS 2-4 45.2 40 28 26 22 37 8 5.12 50
2013-05-25 BAL L 6.2 9 6 6 3 4 2 118 33
2013-05-20 TBR W 8.0 4 3 2 4 5 0 120 65
2013-05-14 SFG W 6.0 6 2 2 2 10 1 115 60
2013-05-09 @TBR ND 6.0 5 3 2 5 5 0 110 52
2013-05-04 SEA L 6.0 6 7 7 2 5 3 100 35
2013-04-28 @NYY L 7.0 4 3 3 1 4 2 94 60
2013-04-23 @BAL L 6.0 6 4 4 5 4 0 118 43
Last 5 v.ATL 1-3 30.0 29 18 18 14 21 4 5.40 47
2012-07-14 @ATL ND 5.0 8 5 5 2 4 0 84 33
2012-04-18 @ATL L 4.1 8 8 8 2 5 3 79 18
2012-04-07 ATL W 6.0 5 2 2 4 3 1 94 53
2011-09-17 @ATL L 7.2 3 1 1 6 4 0 108 67
2011-08-05 ATL L 7.0 5 2 2 0 5 0 98 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-16   Road:    9-14   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  19-21   vsLHP:   4-9    1-Run:   7-11
 vsEast: 12-20   vsCntrl: 6-7    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Wed, May 29  @ATL  W   3-0       23-30  5th  8.5 gb
 52 Tue, May 28   ATL  L   6-7 (10)  22-30  5th  9.5 gb
 51 Mon, May 27   ATL  W   9-3       22-29  5th  9.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 26   BAL  W   6-5       21-29  5th  9.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 25   BAL  L   5-6       20-29  5th 10.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 24   BAL  L   6-10      20-28  5th  9.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 23   BAL  W  12-6       20-27  5th  8.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 22   TBR  W   4-3 (10)  19-27  5th  9.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 21   TBR  L   3-4       18-27  5th 10.0 gb
 44 Mon, May 20   TBR  W   7-5       18-26  5th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Braves, 31-21, 31-21 1st, 4½ up

SP: Mike Minor (25, LHP, 6-2, 2.47)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-2) 65.2 47 18 18 14 61 7 2.47
2012 (11-10) 179.1 151 88 82 56 145 26 4.12
2011 (5-3) 82.2 93 39 38 30 77 7 4.14
Last 7 GS 4-1 46.2 32 16 16 13 45 6 3.09 61
2013-05-25 @NYM W 7.1 3 0 0 2 10 0 113 80
2013-05-19 LAD ND 6.0 3 2 2 2 9 0 103 65
2013-05-13 @ARI W 6.2 8 1 1 2 4 1 104 56
2013-05-08 @CIN W 7.0 4 1 1 3 7 1 117 69
2013-05-03 NYM ND 7.0 3 3 3 0 4 2 90 63
2013-04-28 @DET L 6.2 6 6 6 2 6 2 100 42
2013-04-23 @COL W 6.0 5 3 3 2 5 0 102 53
Last 5 v.TOR 1-0 7.0 5 1 1 1 8 0 1.29 70
2011-06-21 TOR W 7.0 5 1 1 1 8 0 95 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-6    Road:   16-15   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  20-15   vsLHP:  11-6    1-Run:   6-3 
 vsEast: 13-5    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  7-6  IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Wed, May 29   TOR  L   0-3       31-21  1st  4.5 up
 51 Tue, May 28  @TOR  W   7-6 (10)  31-20  1st  4.5 up
 50 Mon, May 27  @TOR  L   3-9       30-20  1st  4.5 up
 49 Sun, May 26  @NYM  L   2-4       30-19  1st  4.5 up
 48 Sat, May 25  @NYM  W   6-0       30-18  1st  5.5 up
 47 Fri, May 24  @NYM  W   7-5 (10)  29-18  1st  4.5 up
 46 Wed, May 22   MIN  W   8-3       28-18  1st  4.5 up
 45 Tue, May 21   MIN  W   5-4 (10)  27-18  1st  4.5 up
 44 Mon, May 20   MIN  W   5-1       26-18  1st  3.5 up
 43 Sun, May 19   LAD  W   5-2       25-18  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 29, 2013 TOR  3 @ATL  0        W:Juan Perez (1-0), L: Kris Medlen (1-6), S: Casey Janssen (11)
Tue, May 28, 2013 ATL  7 @TOR  6 (10)   W:Cory Gearrin (2-1), L: Thad Weber (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (16)
Mon, May 27, 2013 TOR  9  ATL  3        W:Mark Buehrle (2-3), L: Tim Hudson (4-4), S: none

Sun, Jun 10, 2012 TOR 12 @ATL  4        W:Carlos Villanueva (1-0), L: Livan Hernandez (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 09, 2012 ATL  5  TOR  2        W:Tommy Hanson (7-4), L: Drew Hutchison (5-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (18)
Fri, Jun 08, 2012 ATL  4  TOR  3 (10)   W:Cristhian Martinez (3-1), L: Francisco Cordero (1-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 22, 2011 ATL  5  TOR  1        W:Brandon Beachy (2-1), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (3-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 21, 2011 ATL  5  TOR  1        W:Mike Minor (1-2), L: Zach Stewart (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 20, 2011 ATL  2  TOR  0        W:Tim Hudson (6-6), L: Ricky Romero (6-7), S: Craig Kimbrel (20)
Sun, May 24, 2009 ATL 10  TOR  2        W:Jeff Bennett (2-1), L: Shawn Camp (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - TOR over 2-1; 2012 - ATL won 2-1; 2011 - ATL won 3-0; All-Time - TOR leads 17-16

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 2013 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 (4.49 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Minor*
G/S/vB
43.Avilan*
G/S/vB
48.Carpenter
G/S/vB
53.Gearrin
G/S/vB
46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB
38.Varvaro
G/S/vB
52.Walden
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 192/149 .239/.255/.489/.745 .581/.793 .440 84/.677 0/0 12/1
19.Bautista G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/1.500 4/.000 205/170 .292/.405/.571/.976 1.050/.962 .764 111/1.102 3/0 12/3
22.Blanco G/S/vP 6/.367 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/24 .182/.250/.242/.492 .308/.604 .368 20/.669 0/0 0/0
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 16/1.000 2/.000 4/.833 1/.000 7/.572 2/.000 2/.000 144/99 .211/.241/.338/.579 .443/.636 .658 68/.654 5/2 2/4
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 5/.600 228/174 .292/.339/.392/.732 .578/.780 .754 104/.940 2/2 2/0
16.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 75/31 .206/.307/.429/.735 .908/.489 .847 36/.909 0/0 3/1
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 231/186 .265/.342/.510/.852 .728/.880 1.031 110/.908 2/0 14/1
8.Gose* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 18/12 .267/.389/.333/.722 1.000/.556 .500 18/.722 0/0 0/0
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 143/91 .207/.241/.311/.552 .640/.502 .586 53/.616 0/2 3/6
66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 124/99 .233/.339/.301/.640 .520/.669 .599 68/.669 7/1 0/4
26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 139/133 .302/.403/.491/.894 .500/.914 .912 73/1.062 1/0 4/1
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· 5/.000 ··· 5/2.100 186/138 .238/.306/.435/.741 .626/.782 .588 87/.727 0/1 8/1
IP 65.2 20.1 9.1 24.0 20.1 29.1 14.0 TOTAL .253/.320/.427/.747 .683/.769 .695 .814 35/10 67/30
ERA-K/9 2.47/8.4 2.66/4.0 1.93/6.8 1.88/6.0 2.21/13.3 2.45/6.8 4.50/11.6 3.47/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (21-5-6)
 Blanco (3-0-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 252/.201 85/.208 41/.281 95/.241 79/.194 117/.209 63/.288 .245  Cabrera
 Bautista
 Gose
 Bonifacio
 Rasmus
45/0/0/3
0/0/40/2
7/1/0/0
2/7/5/0
0/48/0/0
OPS .593 .558 .817 .655 .627 .584 .706 .694
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/.398 40/.497 22/1.029 34/.535 45/.639 61/.438 40/.520 .668
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 187/.662 45/.614 19/.561 61/.720 34/.610 56/.745 23/1.024 .714
Home 94/.510 35/.564 17/.619 29/.553 31/.368 43/.306 31/.472
Last 28d days 129/.571 42/.494 41/.817 43/.741 40/.800 60/.687 16/1.038
HR/SB/CS 7/1/2 0/1/1 1/1/1 1/0/2 3/1/1 2/0/0 0/2/0 48/25/12
Usage ····X··· ·X·o·X·· X···X··· Xo·X·o·· ·o···X·· XX···X·· X·······
Braves Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (5.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Dickey
G/S/vB
27.Cecil*
G/S/vB
50.Delabar
G/S/vB
44.Janssen
G/S/vB
49.Lincoln
G/S/vB
62.Loup*
G/S/vB
57.Perez*
G/S/vB
58.Redmond
G/S/vB
32.Rogers
G/S/vB
45.Wagner
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Francisco* G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 115/98 .241/.287/.398/.685 .294/.756 .836 45/.513 0/1 5/3
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 20/1.439 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 168/114 .309/.375/.434/.809 .826/.801 .900 107/.833 0/0 3/4
24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/105 .271/.322/.624/.946 1.239/.837 1.036 55/1.105 0/0 12/3
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 24/.838 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/2.300 1/.000 120/78 .152/.300/.253/.553 .454/.608 .719 51/.597 1/2 2/0
23.Johnson G/S/vP 16/.646 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 137/83 .346/.380/.492/.872 1.103/.725 .773 46/.867 0/0 3/2
7.Johnson G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 61/28 .250/.300/.339/.639 .678/.588 .481 27/.679 0/0 0/0
11.Laird G/S/vP 10/.600 6/.000 ··· 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/28 .267/.340/.311/.651 .408/.861 .892 19/.377 1/0 0/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 25/.710 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.467 ··· 69/45 .267/.348/.583/.931 .481/1.185 .768 69/.931 0/1 6/0
14.Pena# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/58 .294/.355/.471/.826 .347/.973 .973 32/.910 0/2 2/0
17.Schafer* G/S/vP 10/.800 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 96/84 .308/.426/.462/.887 .258/.986 .796 54/1.044 6/2 2/0
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 208/142 .249/.282/.373/.655 .596/.682 .584 104/.719 1/1 5/2
26.Uggla G/S/vP 31/.315 1/.000 ··· 5/.933 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 196/141 .186/.301/.401/.702 .741/.688 .726 91/.786 0/0 10/8
2.Upton G/S/vP 8/.929 26/.573 5/.400 13/1.077 2/3.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 179/120 .146/.232/.247/.478 .506/.465 .508 70/.490 3/3 4/2
8.Upton G/S/vP 8/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 12/1.318 ··· 216/152 .261/.375/.550/.925 1.171/.832 .797 97/.728 4/0 14/4
IP 68.2 27.1 27.0 16.0 14.2 28.2 2.2 29.0 2.0 TOTAL .244/.319/.417/.737 .723/.743 .760 .751 16/12 70/29
ERA-K/9 4.85/7.5 1.98/10.5 2.33/10.0 2.25/9.0 6.14/8.0 2.51/6.3 0.00/13.3 /0.0 4.03/5.6 0.00/9.0 4.75/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gattis (8-4-1)
 Laird (10-3-0)
 McCann (7-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 293/.239 106/.179 115/.200 58/.158 69/.259 117/.248 8/.000 / 127/.292 6/.167 .267  Gattis
 Upton
 Schafer
 Heyward
 Upton
 Johnson
7/0/0/2
0/44/0/2
6/10/10/1
0/1/28/1
44/0/7/0
3/2/11/0
OPS .765 .535 .609 .418 .860 .668 .000 .778 .333 .796
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 153/.766 57/.372 50/.697 35/.318 33/.845 45/.578 4/.000 / 55/.873 3/.667 .808
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 140/.763 49/.728 65/.541 23/.565 36/.873 72/.716 4/.000 / 72/.711 3/.000 .785
Road 105/.702 48/.551 56/.665 24/.292 23/.890 53/.536 8/.000 / 68/.909 6/.333
Last 28d days 141/.806 45/.506 40/.608 28/.657 51/.873 53/.586 8/.000 / 62/.751 6/.333
HR/SB/CS 11/2/0 1/3/0 1/2/1 1/0/0 3/0/1 3/2/2 0/0/0 // 2/0/0 0/0/0 72/24/5
Usage ····X··· ·X··X·o· ·X·X···o o······X ··X··Xo· ·o·Xo··o 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.