MLB Matchup of

Match Up: Toronto Blue Jays VS Tampa Bay Rays

TORONTOBLUE JAYS (19-27)

TAMPA BAYRAYS (24-22)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
TOR	19-27	-$868	4-8	15-19	10-10	9-17	25-20-1
TB	24-22	-$245	9-7	15-15	19-11	5-11	26-15-5

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TOR	TEAM	TB
4.15	RUNS	4.83
5.09	RUNS AGAINST	4.59
-0.93	DIFF	0.24
-$868	MONEY	-$245
4.72	TEAM ERA	4.36
8.04	OFF HITS	8.74
3.04	OFF WALKS	3.48
7.61	OFF Ks	6.85
9.09	DEF HIT	8.15
3.67	DEF WALKS	3.20
6.89	DEF Ks	8.24

INJURIES

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Rajai Davis	OF	15-Day Disabled List
Kyle Drabek	P	60-Day Disabled List
J.A. Happ	P	15-Day Disabled List
Drew Hutchison	P	60-Day Disabled List
Josh Johnson	P	15-Day Disabled List
Dustin McGowan	P	60-Day Disabled List
Luis Perez	P	60-Day Disabled List
Jose Reyes	SS	60-Day Disabled List
Sergio Santos	P	60-Day Disabled List

TAMPA BAY RAYS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Brandon Gomes	P	15-Day Disabled List
Matt Joyce	OF	Day-to-Day (hamstring)
Jeff Niemann	P	60-Day Disabled List
Juan Oviedo	P	60-Day Disabled List
David Price	P	15-Day Disabled List

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TEAM NEWS

TORONTO	TAMPA BAY
Toronto Sun	Tampa Bay Tribune

BETTING TRENDS

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

No trends to report

TAMPA BAY RAYS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

CARLOS VILLANUEVA (R) ERA: 3.93 W/L: 1-3

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/14/2013	COL	L	4-9	O	5	-116
05/08/2013	STL	L	4-5	O	6⅔	-100
05/03/2013	CIN	L	5-6	O	5⅔	-115

JAMES SHIELDS (R) ERA: 2.47 W/L: 2-5

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/22/2013	HOU	L	1-3	U	7	-210
05/17/2013	OAK	L	1-2	U	8	-108
05/11/2013	NYY	L	2-3	U	8	-160

Toronto Blue Jays's relievers have pitched 8 innings in the last 3 games.
Tampa Bay Rays's relievers have pitched 10⅔ innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
09/02/2012	Sun	TB	9	TOR	4	TB	172	7½	O	D Price	R Romero
09/01/2012	Sat	TB	5	TOR	4	TB	137	9	P	J Niemann	H Alvarez
08/31/2012	Fri	TB	1	TOR	2	TOR	103	8	U	J Hellickson	B Morrow
08/30/2012	Thu	TB	0	TOR	2	TOR	136	8	U	M Moore	C Villanueva
08/09/2012	Thu	TOR	1	TB	7	TB	-190	7½	O	H Alvarez	M Moore
08/08/2012	Wed	TOR	2	TB	3	TB	-145	7½	U	C Villanueva	A Cobb
08/07/2012	Tue	TOR	1	TB	4	TB	-172	7	U	J Happ	J Shields
05/23/2012	Wed	TOR	4	TB	5	TB	-124	7	O	R Romero	J Shields
05/22/2012	Tue	TOR	5	TB	8	TB	-135	8	O	D Hutchison	M Moore
05/21/2012	Mon	TOR	6	TB	2	TOR	-149	8	P	K Drabek	J Hellickson

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

BLUE JAYS

Blue Jays are third last in the league in hits at 8.0 per game.

Blue Jays have the second weakest defence in the league at 5.1 runs per game.

Blue Jays are the third worst in base on balls allowed, allowing 3.7 per game.

RAYS

No trends to report

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
09/20/2012	Thu	7	at NYY	10	L	-225	9	A Laffey	3	P Hughes
09/19/2012	Wed	1	at NYY	2	L	-192	9½	R Romero	6	D Phelps
09/19/2012	Wed	2	at NYY	4	L	-210	9½	H Alvarez	7	A Pettitte
09/16/2012	Sun	5	BOS	0	W	-112	7½	B Morrow	6	J Lester
09/15/2012	Sat	2	BOS	3	L	-125	8	C Villanueva	7	C Buchholz

TAMPA BAY RAYS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
09/20/2012	Thu	7	BOS	4	W	-218	7	D Price	7⅓	C Buchholz
09/19/2012	Wed	13	BOS	3	W	-185	8½	C Archer	5	D Matsuzaka
09/18/2012	Tue	5	BOS	7	L	-164	7½	J Hellickson	4	F Doubront
09/17/2012	Mon	2	BOS	5	L	-195	8	A Cobb	6	A Cook
09/16/2012	Sun	4	at NYY	6	L	-127	9	M Moore	3	H Kuroda

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Toronto's Overall Scoring vs Tampa Bay's Overall Defense	4.2	12	4.6	11
Toronto's Away Scoring vs Tampa Bay's Home Defense	4.0	12	4.2	7
Toronto's Road ERA vs Tampa Bay's Home ERA Allowed	5.0	13	4.8	3
Tampa Bay's Overall Scoring vs Toronto's Overall Defense	4.8	5	5.1	14
Tampa Bay's Home Scoring vs Toronto's Road Defense	4.9	4	5.1	14
Tampa Bay's Home ERA vs Toronto's Road ERA Allowed	4.0	7	3.6	13

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	19-27	11-13	8-14	10-10	9-17	25-20-1	4-8	15-19
vs Div	10-18	5-7	5-11	5-5	5-13	16-11-1	1-7	9-11
Last 10	6-4	4-1	2-3	3-0	3-4	5-5	1-1	5-3
vs AL	17-27	9-13	8-14	9-10	8-17	23-20-1	3-8	14-19
vs NL	2-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	1-0

TAMPA BAY RAYS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	24-22	14-8	10-14	19-11	5-11	26-15-5	9-7	15-15
vs Div	11-14	6-7	5-7	9-8	2-6	13-9-3	4-6	7-8
Last 10	6-4	2-2	4-2	4-2	2-2	5-5	1-3	5-1
vs AL	19-21	11-8	8-13	15-10	4-11	21-14-5	7-7	12-14
vs NL	5-1	3-0	2-1	4-1	1-0	5-1	2-0	3-1

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

CARLOS VILLANUEVA VS. TAMPA BAY RAYS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
09/21/2012	12-1	TB	2⅓	8	7	7	2	0	L
08/30/2012	2-0	TOR	6	5	0	0	1	7	W
08/08/2012	3-2	TB	6	6	3	3	3	7	L
08/03/2011	9-1	TB	2⅔	9	8	8	0	1	L

JAMES SHIELDS VS. TORONTO BLUE JAYS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
04/13/2013	3-2	TOR	9	2	3	3	3	6	L
09/21/2012	12-1	TB	7	6	0	0	1	9	W
08/07/2012	4-1	TB	8	2	1	1	1	6	W
05/23/2012	5-4	TB	7⅓	7	3	2	1	10	ND
08/26/2011	6-1	TB	9	7	1	1	1	12	W