TOR @ BAL, Sunday, September 28, 2008 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 85-76, 4th, 11 GB, 9½ GB in WC	SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 12-9, 3.67) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-9) 169 175 78 69 38 94 20 3.67 2007 (7-9) 111 116 56 47 36 50 14 3.81 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 47 37 13 12 17 32 3 2.30 60 2008-09-23 NYY L 7 5 3 2 1 8 1 110 64 2008-09-18 BAL W 6 4 2 2 4 6 0 107 58 2008-09-13 @BOS ND 5.1 5 3 3 5 3 0 111 44 2008-09-09 @CHW W 7 6 2 2 2 6 0 112 61 2008-09-04 MIN W 9 4 0 0 2 3 0 115 80 2008-08-28 @TBR L 6.2 10 3 3 0 2 2 104 44 2008-08-23 BOS W 6 3 0 0 3 4 0 105 67 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 2-3 28.1 28 18 15 11 17 3 4.76 47 2008-09-18 BAL W 6 4 2 2 4 6 0 107 58 2008-07-21 @BAL L 4.2 7 6 6 2 1 1 80 25 2007-09-14 BAL L 3 7 4 4 1 5 1 66 33 2007-08-18 BAL L 6 6 5 2 1 4 1 104 49 2007-05-15 BAL W 8.2 4 1 1 3 1 0 99 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 47-34 Road: 38-42 ExtrInn: 6-9 vsRHP: 65-53 vsLHP: 20-23 1-Run: 24-32 vsEast: 36-35 vsCntrl:24-12 vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 161 Sat, Sep 27 @BAL L 1-2 (6) 85-76 4th 11.0 gb 160 Fri, Sep 26 @BAL W 3-0 (7) 85-75 4th 11.0 gb 159 Thu, Sep 25 NYY W 8-2 84-75 4th 12.0 gb 158 Wed, Sep 24 NYY L 2-6 (10) 83-75 4th 13.0 gb 157 Tue, Sep 23 NYY L 1-3 83-74 4th 12.0 gb 156 Sun, Sep 21 BOS L 0-3 83-73 4th 10.0 gb 155 Sat, Sep 20 BOS W 6-3 83-72 4th 10.0 gb 154 Fri, Sep 19 BOS L 3-4 82-72 4th 10.0 gb 153 Thu, Sep 18 BAL W 3-2 82-71 3rd 9.0 gb 152 Wed, Sep 17 BAL W 8-7 81-71 3rd 10.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:17-13
Baltimore Orioles, 68-92, 5th, 27½ GB, 26 GB in WC	SP: Jeremy Guthrie (29, RHP, 10-11, 3.57) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-11) 186.2 170 79 74 57 119 22 3.57 2007 (7-5) 175.1 165 78 72 47 123 23 3.70 2006 (0-0) 19.1 24 15 15 15 14 2 6.98 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-3 46 35 18 18 17 27 6 3.52 56 2008-08-29 @TBR L 3 7 7 7 6 2 0 85 13 2008-08-23 NYY L 6.2 7 5 5 1 7 2 115 46 2008-08-18 BOS L 7 5 2 2 5 4 2 104 58 2008-08-13 @CLE W 7 4 1 1 1 4 0 101 68 2008-08-08 TEX W 7 5 1 1 1 4 1 115 66 2008-08-02 @SEA W 9 4 1 1 1 2 0 106 76 2008-07-28 @NYY W 6.1 3 1 1 2 4 1 102 65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 1-1 32.2 25 10 9 3 22 1 2.48 61 2008-07-23 TOR L 5.2 6 2 2 1 4 0 94 52 2008-07-10 @TOR ND 7 4 2 1 1 3 0 101 65 2008-06-07 @TOR W 7 6 1 1 0 6 0 91 67 2007-09-27 TOR ND 5 6 3 3 1 3 0 80 45 2007-08-19 @TOR ND 8 3 2 2 0 6 1 115 74
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-42 Road: 31-50 ExtrInn: 5-6 vsRHP: 52-60 vsLHP: 16-32 1-Run: 21-29 vsEast: 22-49 vsCntrl:20-18 vsWest: 15-18 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 160 Sat, Sep 27 TOR W 2-1 (6) 68-92 5th 27.5 gb 159 Fri, Sep 26 TOR L 0-3 (7) 67-92 5th 28.5 gb 158 Wed, Sep 24 TBR L 6-11 67-91 5th 29.0 gb 157 Tue, Sep 23 TBR L 5-7 67-90 5th 28.0 gb 156 Tue, Sep 23 TBR L 2-5 67-89 5th 28.0 gb 155 Mon, Sep 22 TBR L 2-4 67-88 5th 26.0 gb 154 Sun, Sep 21 @NYY L 3-7 67-87 5th 25.0 gb 153 Sat, Sep 20 @NYY L 0-1 67-86 5th 25.0 gb 152 Fri, Sep 19 @NYY L 2-3 67-85 5th 24.0 gb 151 Thu, Sep 18 @TOR L 2-3 67-84 5th 23.0 gb Last 10: 1-9 Last 20: 5-15 Last 30: 6-24
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 27, 2008 BAL 2 TOR 1 (6) W:Brian Bass (4-4), L: John Parrish (1-1), S: none Fri, Sep 26, 2008 TOR 3 @BAL 0 (7) W:Scott Richmond (1-3), L: Chris Waters (3-5), S: none Thu, Sep 18, 2008 TOR 3 BAL 2 W:Jesse Litsch (12-8), L: Garrett Olson (9-9), S: B.J. Ryan (31) Wed, Sep 17, 2008 TOR 8 BAL 7 W:Jesse Carlson (7-1), L: Kameron Mickolio (0-1), S: B.J. Ryan (30) Tue, Sep 16, 2008 BAL 2 @TOR 0 W:Chris Waters (3-3), L: Shaun Marcum (9-7), S: none Thu, Jul 24, 2008 TOR 7 @BAL 1 W:Roy Halladay (12-7), L: Daniel Cabrera (6-6), S: none Wed, Jul 23, 2008 TOR 5 @BAL 1 W:A.J. Burnett (11-9), L: Jeremy Guthrie (6-8), S: none Tue, Jul 22, 2008 TOR 10 @BAL 8 W:Jesse Carlson (2-1), L: Fernando Cabrera (0-1), S: B.J. Ryan (19) Mon, Jul 21, 2008 BAL 8 TOR 3 W:Radhames Liz (4-2), L: Jesse Litsch (8-7), S: none Thu, Jul 10, 2008 TOR 6 BAL 5 W:Shawn Camp (2-1), L: George Sherrill (2-4), S: none Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 11-6; 2007 - TOR won 10-8; 2006 - TOR won 11-8; All-Time - TOR leads 238-213

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 2008 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 5.60

ATL 4.67

SDP 3.95

RA/G

TOR 3.78

HOU 4.64

TEX 5.96

C. Jones .364

M. Cabrera .294

J. Towles .138

OBP

C. Jones .469

P. Burrell .367

T. Pena .189

SLG

A. Pujols .651

M. Ordonez .491

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.112

F. Tatis .853

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Santana 2.53

G. Meche 3.98

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.31

V. Padilla 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Guthrie
G/S/vB 51.Bierd
G/S/vB 56.Burres*
G/S/vB 23.Castillo*
G/S/vB 57.Cherry
G/S/vB 54.Cormier
G/S/vB 41.McCrory
G/S/vB 31.Mickolio
G/S/vB 25.Miller
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 58.Simon
G/S/vB 32.Walker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP 8/.250 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.400 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 377/264 .249/.294/.410/.704 .591/.754 .755 43/.406 0/0 11/

23.Bautista G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 423/295 .238/.313/.407/.720 .893/.648 .756 43/.831 1/1 15/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 380/345 .296/.352/.408/.760 .708/.764 .634 71/.713 9/2 3/

26.Lind* G/S/vP 9/.777 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 344/246 .287/.321/.445/.766 .695/.794 .811 93/.613 2/0 9/

6.McDonald G/S/vP 9/.444 1/no AB 7/.619 1/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 207/125 .210/.255/.269/.524 .623/.460 .549 42/.425 3/1 1/

36.Mench G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 130/41 .237/.315/.351/.666 .681/.635 .534 18/.646 2/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 14/.742 3/.333 8/.661 ··· ··· 7/2.285 ··· ··· ··· 9/.000 ··· 8/.000 625/460 .270/.357/.415/.772 .547/.855 .806 89/.720 1/2 14/

15.Rios G/S/vP 15/.619 3/.000 12/.872 ··· 2/2.500 5/.600 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/2.334 ··· 2/.500 683/521 .293/.338/.464/.802 .735/.823 .773 108/.926 32/8 15/

33.Rolen G/S/vP 7/.286 1/no AB 3/3.000 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.167 463/344 .260/.348/.431/.778 .760/.784 .807 96/.889 5/0 11/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 8/.375 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 6/1.100 ··· 1/.000 587/428 .264/.339/.354/.693 .732/.677 .708 103/.694 7/2 7/

45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 76/60 .314/.355/.486/.841 .732/.868 .728 69/.885 0/0 2/

7.Thigpen G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 21/10 .176/.263/.353/.616 1.025/.222 1.133 14/.705 0/0 1/

10.Wells G/S/vP 8/.804 1/.000 7/.858 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 6/.834 462/354 .293/.338/.478/.815 .838/.808 .777 106/.769 4/2 18/

35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 13/.595 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.800 ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 3/.000 308/256 .217/.306/.323/.629 .554/.643 .635 12/.583 3/5 4/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 4/1.250 ··· 2/1.000 283/221 .233/.339/.358/.698 .572/.740 .526 43/.855 2/1 6/

IP 186.2 36.1 128.2 26.0 17.0 71.2 5.2 7.2 7.2 52.1 11.0 38.0 TOTAL .263/.331/.398/.728 .696/.739 .711 .745 80/27 123/84

ERA-K/9

3.57/5.7

4.95/6.2

6.09/4.4

3.81/8.0

6.35/7.9

4.02/5.8

12.71/6.3

5.87/9.4

1.17/9.4

4.82/9.6

4.91/6.5

6.87/5.7

5.13/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (42-22-2)
Thigpen (4-1-0)
Zaun (40-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 778/.239 176/.313 593/.311 121/.260 85/.231 319/.279 31/.318 36/.267 39/.290 236/.237 47/.273 178/.325 .276 Rios
Wells
Wilkerson
Lind
Snider
Scutaro
Mench
Inglett 0/61/93/14
0/100/0/5
29/4/64/4
70/0/0/2
13/0/6/2
3/0/0/1
21/0/15/1
22/1/12/0

OPS .685 .868 .855 .758 .873 .727 .830 .743 .750 .718 .910 .981 .795

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 402/.702 79/.868 180/.857 45/.791 38/.766 144/.667 20/.614 16/.536 20/.874 71/.542 34/.780 98/.913 .785

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 376/.666 97/.867 413/.853 76/.738 47/.926 175/.772 11/1.225 20/.921 19/.628 165/.797 13/1.280 80/1.066 .802

Home 386/.734 105/.986 323/1.002 56/.553 46/.835 125/.668 22/.851 31/.656 16/.598 124/.693 47/.910 69/.674 .801

Last 28d days / 36/1.150 77/.780 34/1.085 39/1.051 63/.618 23/.664 29/.590 39/.750 12/.639 47/.910 32/1.112

HR/SB/CS 22/13/4 3/0/0 17/11/2 3/2/0 3/1/1 4/6/2 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/2/0 6/3/0 3/1/0 12/2/1 181/130/33

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Litsch
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 22.League
G/S/vB 31.Parrish*
G/S/vB 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB 40.Wolfe
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Castro G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 177/116 .193/.246/.267/.513 .538/.499 .492 52/.567 0/0 2/

13.Cintron# G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 6/.334 ··· 143/98 .288/.324/.364/.687 .643/.706 .804 28/.829 0/2 1/

12.Fahey* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 5/.700 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 110/83 .233/.259/.359/.618 .593/.626 .696 18/.660 0/0 0/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 7/.715 4/1.000 ··· 8/.804 8/1.375 5/.200 10/.300 15/.424 7/1.371 2/.000 504/352 .258/.308/.408/.716 .688/.729 .767 74/.673 0/0 15/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 14/1.167 1/2.000 5/.900 13/.154 3/.666 5/.200 12/.861 24/.578 11/.818 3/1.167 658/447 .306/.362/.555/.916 .752/.996 .947 86/.758 4/0 32/

10.Jones G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 5/.000 7/.857 5/.000 1/.000 4/.000 511/377 .272/.312/.403/.715 .660/.734 .723 81/.666 10/3 9/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 15/.564 3/.000 8/.625 12/.666 3/.000 2/.000 4/1.750 2/4.000 14/.594 3/3.000 693/471 .303/.404/.489/.893 .837/.920 .825 91/.826 10/7 20/

15.Millar G/S/vP 7/.453 12/.650 2/.000 13/1.316 11/.830 8/1.000 10/.200 14/.381 7/.286 3/.666 607/434 .235/.325/.396/.720 .736/.714 .772 58/.504 0/1 20/

3.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 116/62 .297/.319/.450/.769 .655/.873 .835 64/.701 0/0 3/

6.Mora G/S/vP 9/.444 8/.500 3/2.667 16/.780 12/.900 6/.533 7/1.000 7/.572 11/.700 3/.000 566/396 .285/.343/.483/.826 .993/.753 .903 36/.676 3/7 23/

16.Payton G/S/vP 7/.143 8/.250 ··· 10/1.250 3/.000 2/1.000 6/.733 9/.929 4/.833 6/.334 364/248 .243/.291/.346/.637 .755/.581 .598 46/.322 8/1 7/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 148/120 .188/.260/.271/.531 .726/.486 .594 21/.508 0/0 2/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 15/1.092 5/1.000 4/.500 19/.974 13/.913 5/.650 4/.250 7/.143 13/.762 4/.000 701/492 .297/.378/.452/.830 .851/.821 .846 94/.735 40/10 9/

19.Salazar G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 4/1.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 94/51 .284/.372/.506/.879 .618/1.106 .851 75/.876 0/1 5/

63.Santos G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 9/9 .111/.111/.111/.222 /.222 .333 9/.222 0/0 0/

30.Scott* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/5.000 2/2.000 5/.400 2/1.000 532/412 .257/.336/.473/.810 .702/.842 .867 73/.525 2/2 23/

IP 169.0 39.1 59.0 70.2 47.1 32.0 42.1 58.0 56.1 22.0 TOTAL .268/.334/.430/.764 .752/.770 .789 .671 81/37 172/98

ERA-K/9

3.67/5.0

4.12/7.1

2.29/8.2

1.78/7.3

4.18/8.0

2.25/6.2

4.04/4.5

2.95/9.0

2.88/7.5

2.45/5.7

3.51/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (99-24-9)
Quiroz (30-9-5)
Santos (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 709/.266 166/.263 233/.195 290/.213 208/.208 137/.229 179/.288 249/.216 240/.243 86/.234 .244 Markakis
Payton
Jones
Scott
Montanez 0/0/155/17
71/38/4/8
0/128/0/4
105/0/0/3
26/4/5/1

OPS .734 .694 .622 .590 .679 .653 .800 .650 .664 .662 .691

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 386/.738 65/.976 125/.592 119/.540 81/.842 66/.765 66/.889 76/.767 113/.654 37/.749 .732

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 323/.730 101/.515 108/.657 171/.625 127/.578 71/.552 113/.750 173/.602 127/.673 49/.596 .650

Road 366/.817 81/.759 119/.786 154/.670 101/.748 66/.613 64/.968 122/.784 98/.634 29/.670 .719

Last 28d days 137/.581 8/1.071 45/.461 39/.947 20/1.071 30/.690 51/.753 47/.673 49/.552 14/.445

HR/SB/CS 20/3/6 2/3/0 6/1/3 3/2/0 4/5/2 2/0/0 5/2/1 4/4/0 4/6/1 2/1/0 134/86/37

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Game Preview: TOR @ BAL, 1:35pm, Sunday, September 28, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 12-9, 3.67)

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (29, RHP, 10-11, 3.57)

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