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Game Preview: TOR @ PIT, 7:05pm, Friday, May 2, 2014 @PNC Park

Blue Jays, 13-15, 13-15 3rd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Brandon Morrow (29, RHP, 1-2, 6.04)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-2) 22.1 19 15 15 16 24 2 6.04
2013 (2-3) 54.1 63 39 34 18 42 12 5.63
2012 (10-7) 124.2 98 45 41 41 108 12 2.96
Last 7 GS 2-2 31.1 33 25 23 17 31 6 6.61 44
2014-04-26 BOS L 2.2 0 4 4 8 1 0 65 35
2014-04-20 @CLE ND 5.0 3 2 2 2 6 1 95 57
2014-04-15 @MIN ND 3.2 4 2 2 4 4 0 98 45
2014-04-09 HOU W 6.0 5 3 3 1 9 1 86 58
2014-04-03 @TBR L 5.0 7 4 4 1 4 0 87 40
2013-05-28 ATL ND 2.0 4 4 2 0 2 1 47 38
2013-05-23 BAL W 7.0 10 6 6 1 5 3 98 37
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 7.0 4 1 1 3 10 0 1.29 72
2011-06-29 PIT W 7.0 4 1 1 3 10 0 117 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-7    Road:    8-8    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  10-11   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Thu, May  1  @KCR  W   7-3       13-15  3rd  2.5 gb
 27 Wed, Apr 30  @KCR  L   2-4       12-15  4th  3.5 gb
 26 Tue, Apr 29  @KCR  L   7-10      12-14  4th  3.0 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27   BOS  W   7-1       12-13  3rd  3.0 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26   BOS  L   6-7       11-13  4th  3.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25   BOS  L   1-8       11-12  3rd  2.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24   BAL  L   4-11      11-11  3rd  2.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23   BAL  L   8-10      11-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22   BAL  W   9-3       11-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @CLE  L   4-6       10-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-15
Pirates, 10-18, 10-18 4th, 9½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Gerrit Cole (23, RHP, 2-2, 3.18)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-2) 34.0 32 13 12 11 26 4 3.18
2013 (10-7) 117.1 109 43 42 28 100 7 3.22
Last 7 GS 4-2 46.0 43 16 15 15 44 4 2.93 58
2014-04-25 @STL L 7.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 102 62
2014-04-20 MIL ND 8.0 6 1 1 1 6 1 91 71
2014-04-15 @CIN L 6.0 9 5 5 3 3 2 98 34
2014-04-10 @CHC W 6.0 5 4 3 2 10 0 100 56
2014-04-04 STL W 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 1 108 58
2013-09-24 @CHC W 6.0 7 2 2 1 6 0 94 55
2013-09-19 SDP W 6.0 4 1 1 3 12 0 97 69
Has never faced TOR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-8    Road:    4-10   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:   8-17   vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl:10-16   vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Thu, May  1  @BAL  L   5-6 (10)  10-18  4th  9.5 gb
 27 Thu, May  1  @BAL  L   1-5       10-17  4th  9.5 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27  @STL  L   0-7       10-16  4th  8.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26  @STL  W   6-1       10-15  4th  8.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25  @STL  L   0-1        9-15  4th  8.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24   CIN  L   1-2        9-14  4th  7.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23   CIN  L   2-5        9-13  4th  7.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22   CIN  L   1-4        9-12  4th  6.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21   CIN  W   6-5        9-11  3rd  6.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20   MIL  L   2-3 (14)   8-11  4th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:10-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 30, 2011 PIT  6 @TOR  2        W:Jeff Karstens (6-4), L: Brett Cecil (1-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 29, 2011 TOR  2  PIT  1        W:Brandon Morrow (4-4), L: Paul Maholm (4-9), S: Frank Francisco (9)
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 PIT  7 @TOR  6        W:Kevin Correia (10-6), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (3-7), S: Joel Hanrahan (23)
Sun, Jun 22, 2008 TOR  8 @PIT  5        W:Dustin McGowan (6-5), L: T.J. Beam (0-1), S: B.J. Ryan (15)
Sat, Jun 21, 2008 PIT  6  TOR  3        W:Paul Maholm (5-5), L: Jesse Litsch (7-4), S: Matt Capps (17)
Fri, Jun 20, 2008 PIT  1  TOR  0 (12)   W:Tyler Yates (3-0), L: Jesse Carlson (1-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 12, 2003 TOR  5  PIT  4        W:Mark Hendrickson (5-5), L: Jeff Suppan (5-6), S: Cliff Politte (10)
Wed, Jun 11, 2003 TOR  8  PIT  5        W:Roy Halladay (9-2), L: Jeff D'Amico (4-7), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2003 TOR 13  PIT  8        W:Cory Lidle (9-4), L: Kris Benson (5-7), S: none
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - TOR leads 5-4

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 2014 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

LAA  5.52

TEX  4.07

SDP  2.66

 RA/G

ATL  3.00

DET  4.13

ARI  5.77

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .370

A. Pierzynski  .269

C. Granderson  .141

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .478

N. Aoki  .336

Y. Alonso  .198

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .728

B. Zobrist  .414

J. Gyorko  .215

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.207

A. Pollock  .755

Y. Alonso  .427

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.15

C. Lee  3.29

R. Nolasco  6.67

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  14.03

R. Elias  7.97

R. Nolasco  3.94

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Blue Jays Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Cole
G/S/vB		 30.Gomez
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 29.Morris
G/S/vB		 38.Pimentel
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/101 .292/.465/.583/1.048 1.300/.982 1.022 106/1.035 1/1 8/2
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/91 .342/.368/.567/.935 1.020/.902 .843 103/.970 3/0 5/0
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.733 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 122/99 .252/.344/.411/.755 .604/.790 .707 101/.825 1/0 2/1
47.Francisco* G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 46/37 .275/.370/.550/.920 .000/1.169 .854 46/.920 0/0 3/0
39.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 7/.857 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/10 .364/.417/.455/.871 .000/1.056 .871 13/.871 2/0 0/0
8.Gose* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/8 .333/.556/.500/1.056 .000/1.225 1.056 9/1.056 1/0 0/0
13.Lawrie G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/85 .204/.259/.388/.647 .619/.656 .540 92/.719 0/0 6/0
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 101/78 .301/.337/.376/.713 .696/.718 .531 80/.800 1/0 1/1
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/84 .196/.250/.412/.662 .639/.668 .656 83/.746 0/0 5/0
7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 53/39 .180/.226/.300/.526 .593/.502 .511 52/.537 0/0 1/1
22.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/15 .458/.480/.500/.980 .944/1.000 .769 23/.978 0/2 0/0
18.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 34.0 16.1 12.0 12.1 11.1 12.1 10.2 TOTAL .253/.327/.413/.740 .705/.751 .691 .769 11/3 34/10
ERA-K/9 3.18/6.9 4.96/6.1 1.50/6.8 2.19/5.1 3.18/8.8 2.19/12.4 1.69/6.7 3.73/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (22-4-3)
 Thole (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 141/.252 71/.328 44/.171 48/.283 50/.233 50/.205 46/.268 .253  Rasmus
 Cabrera
 Gose
 Bautista
0/24/0/3
26/1/0/2
1/1/0/1
0/4/25/1
OPS .715 .998 .404 .726 .689 .566 .689 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/.654 33/1.395 20/.472 12/.879 22/.909 14/.657 16/.875 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.745 38/.692 24/.348 36/.677 28/.526 36/.532 30/.573 .713
Home 57/.652 37/1.021 25/.426 25/.497 31/.476 27/.619 26/.703
Last 28d days 112/.743 61/.967 34/.268 39/.793 33/.812 43/.635 37/.734
HR/SB/CS 4/6/1 4/2/3 0/0/1 2/0/0 1/2/0 1/2/0 0/1/1 31/24/9
Usage ······X· X···X··· ·····o·o X·····X· o····X·· X····o·X X····X··
Pirates Batters (3.64 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Morrow
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 50.Delabar
G/S/vB		 48.Happ*
G/S/vB		 36.Hutchison
G/S/vB		 64.Jenkins
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 58.Redmond
G/S/vB		 32.Rogers
G/S/vB		 21.Santos
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 9/1.127 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/1.333 ··· 118/94 .194/.297/.388/.685 .857/.641 .673 98/.685 2/1 6/5
12.Barmes G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 8/.125 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 33/28 .133/.212/.133/.345 .000/.410 .269 31/.369 0/0 0/1
15.Davis* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.450 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 70/58 .200/.314/.350/.664 .083/.791 .961 66/.654 0/0 2/0
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/18 .217/.250/.391/.641 .667/.634 .923 21/.736 1/1 1/0
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/113 .241/.325/.313/.638 .490/.654 .641 105/.569 9/1 1/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/.333 4/1.167 ··· 28/1.460 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.400 2/2.000 131/114 .295/.427/.505/.932 1.075/.912 1.052 111/.966 3/0 4/3
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/67 .159/.213/.174/.387 .583/.361 .428 59/.336 0/0 0/2
17.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 11/.489 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/36 .275/.327/.588/.916 1.091/.821 .614 50/.874 0/0 3/0
26.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/24 .276/.276/.310/.586 .400/.625 .875 24/.542 0/0 0/2
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/79 .208/.288/.333/.621 .000/.629 .676 63/.621 0/0 3/0
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 12/.432 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/.750 7/.286 ··· 20/15 .200/.200/.200/.400 .400/.400 .571 20/.400 0/0 0/2
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 18/.778 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.000 2/no AB 73/57 .250/.301/.309/.610 .688/.587 .556 66/.578 0/0 0/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 21/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.730 2/1.000 120/95 .245/.328/.434/.762 1.100/.680 .686 101/.775 1/0 6/1
IP 22.1 10.1 10.2 4.1 33.0 1.2 13.1 18.1 14.1 8.2 TOTAL .225/.303/.352/.655 .731/.642 .663 .646 16/3 28/19
ERA-K/9 6.04/9.7 5.23/15.7 4.22/5.0 4.15/8.4 3.82/10.4 16.20/10.6 3.38/6.1 2.45/7.4 6.28/10.1 8.31/16.6 4.55/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Sanchez (9-2-1)
 Stewart (5-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 99/.232 49/.225 43/.167 21/.200 139/.254 9/.556 52/.073 74/.273 67/.323 42/.273 .256  Snider
 Marte
 Tabata
 McCutchen
 Harrison
0/0/21/2
28/2/0/1
4/0/18/1
0/28/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .784 .692 .563 .800 .732 2.000 .377 .765 .922 .913 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 61/.910 24/.725 24/.442 11/.650 86/.754 6/1.833 21/.528 45/.866 33/1.188 21/.611 .799
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 38/.593 25/.660 19/.715 10/.971 53/.697 3/2.333 31/.258 29/.607 34/.669 21/1.257 .719
Road 61/.822 24/.482 20/.954 9/.611 94/.628 / 30/.280 31/.687 37/1.015 27/1.292
Last 28d days 77/.749 43/.689 33/.472 21/.800 119/.763 9/2.000 40/.315 68/.784 49/.879 35/.829
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 0/4/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 3/7/1 2/0/1 0/2/1 1/2/0 4/1/0 1/3/0 22/27/5
Usage ·····X·· ··X··o·o ··X·Xo·· ········ ·X·····X ·····X·· X····o·· ·X····Xo ··o·o··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.