| Theodore Roosevelt... Married...
Was originally signed by Dodgers scout Joe Ferrone... Graduated
in 1994 from Yosemite High School... Attended Fresno City College.
2006 Highlights:
Won a career-high 15 games and led Toronto with 160 strikeouts.
... Had two three-game winning streaks (June 15-28, Sept. 6-16).
... Went 4-2 with a 2.45 ERA in September. ... Struck out a season-high
12 batters on June 10 against Detroit. ... Finished 15-13 with
a 4.31 ERA in 32 starts. ... Has posted a 37-34 record in three
seasons with the Jays.
2005 Highlights:
Was 10-11 with a 5.56 ERA in 25 starts... Was activated from 15-day
DL on September 6... Had two stints on the disabled list... Placed
on the 15-day DL April 1 with left shoulder tendonitis (retro
to March 25)... Also placed on 15-day DL, July 25 with left bicep
tendonitis... Was activated on September 6... The Blue Jays were
12-13 when Lilly started... Was 8-3 with a 4.14 ERA at home. Was
2-8 with a 7.57 ERA on the road... From May 20 to July 6 had five
straight victories at Rogers Centre which was just two short of
the club record for consecutive winning starts at home, Dave Stieb
won seven in a row at Exhibition Stadium (1983-1984)... From June
15 through July 14, was 4-2 with a 2.13 ERA in six starts. Five
of the six were quality starts... In July was 3-1 with a 3.68
ERA in five starts (12ER/29.1IP). Only month he won three games
in... Had eight quality starts total... In his 25 starts, received
129 runs of support for an average of 5.1 per start... Went at
least 6.0IP in 11 of his last 17 starts. Had just one start of
6.0IP in his prior seven starts... Ranked 2nd on team with 58
walks... ABOUT THE STARTS: May 20 vs. WAS was the first time he
did not walk a batter in a start since May 17, 2004 vs. MIN (a
span of 31 starts), also recorded his first quality start of the
season... Won in his 13th start 5-2 on June 15 vs. STL 7.0IP,
0ER... Was his first of two starts on the season where he did
not allow an earned run (also July 6 vs. OAK)... June 25 at WAS
went past the 700.0IP plateau for his career... Won 11-2, June
20 vs. BAL... 7.0IP, 2ER, 10K... The 10 strikeouts marked the
6th time in his career to have fanned 10 or more batters in a
game... The last time he had struck out 10 or more occurred on
Aug. 23, 2004 vs. BOS when he fanned a career high 13 batters.
During that start he also went past the 600 strikeout mark for
his career... Won 15-2 on July 1 at BOS... 6.0IP, 7H, ER, HR,
2BB, 3K... Was his first road victory of the season (8th start)...
20th start of the season was on July 24 at KC... Received a no
decision in a 6-5 loss... 4.0IP, 5H, 4ER, HR, 3K, left game with
Left Bicep Tendonitis... Lost 5-0 on September 23 at NYY... 1.0IP,
5H, 4ER, 2HR, 3BB... Shortest start of his career... Surrendered
back to back home runs to leadoff the game (Jeter & Cano)...
First Blue Jays pitcher to allow that since Pat Hentgen, May 7,
1999 vs. TEX... A LILLY PAD: Lilly fared much better when the
Blue Jays scored first for him... Over his 25 starts the Blue
Jays scored first in just nine of them... In his 16 starts where
the opponents scored first, he was 3-10 with a 8.00 ERA (62ER/69.2IP)...
In the nine starts where the Blue Jays scored first, his record
was 7-1 with a 2.54 ERA (16ER/56.2IP)... SOME HOME COOKING: Lilly
won seven of his last nine starts at Rogers Centre. Over those
seven contests, had a 2.48 ERA (16ER/58.0IP). Conversely, in his
first four starts at Rogers Centre, he owned a record of 1-2 with
a 10.13 ERA (18ER/16.0IP)... WHAT THE HITTERS THOUGHT: Opponents
batted .272... LH hitters batted .336, while RH hitters batted
.248... Ranked 2nd on the team with 23 home runs allowed, 19 to
RH hitters. |
