TOR @ TEX, Friday, April 11, 2008 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 4-5, 4th, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC	SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 1-0, 3.60) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-0) 5 5 2 2 3 2 0 3.60 2007 (7-9) 111 116 56 47 36 50 14 3.81 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 36.2 37 19 19 13 19 6 4.66 48 2008-04-05 BOS W 5 5 2 2 3 2 0 83 48 2007-09-29 TBD ND 6 4 1 1 4 3 0 100 59 2007-09-24 NYY W 7.2 5 1 1 0 1 0 99 66 2007-09-19 BOS W 6.2 2 1 1 4 1 1 95 63 2007-09-14 BAL L 3 7 4 4 1 5 1 66 33 2007-09-09 TBD L 5 7 3 3 0 5 3 92 46 2007-09-03 BOS L 3.1 7 7 7 1 2 1 66 19 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 3-3 Road: 1-2 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 4-3 vsLHP: 0-2 1-Run: 0-4 vsEast: 4-2 vsCntrl: 0-0 vsWest: 0-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 9 Thu, Apr 10 OAK L 2-3 (12) 4-5 4th 2.0 gb 8 Wed, Apr 9 OAK L 3-6 4-4 2nd 2.5 gb 7 Tue, Apr 8 OAK L 8-9 4-3 2nd 2.0 gb 6 Sun, Apr 6 BOS W 7-4 4-2 2nd 0.5 gb 5 Sat, Apr 5 BOS W 10-2 3-2 3rd 0.5 gb 4 Fri, Apr 4 BOS W 6-3 2-2 4th 0.5 gb 3 Thu, Apr 3 @NYY L 2-3 1-2 5th 1.5 gb 2 Wed, Apr 2 @NYY W 5-2 1-1 2nd 1.0 gb 1 Tue, Apr 1 @NYY L 2-3 0-1 4th 1.0 gb Last 10: 4-5 Last 20: 4-5 Last 30: 4-5
Texas Rangers, 5-4, 3rd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC	SP: Vicente Padilla (30, RHP, 1-0, 2.77) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-0) 13 17 5 4 3 8 2 2.77 2007 (6-10) 120.1 146 88 77 50 71 16 5.76 2006 (15-10) 200 206 108 100 70 156 21 4.50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 36.2 36 16 14 14 21 4 3.44 51 2008-04-06 LAA W 7 9 4 3 0 4 2 108 49 2008-04-01 SEA ND 6 8 1 1 3 4 0 110 53 2007-09-19 MIN L 5 3 3 3 5 2 1 97 46 2007-09-16 OAK ND 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 10 42 2007-09-11 DET W 6 3 0 0 3 6 0 99 69 2007-09-05 KCR W 6 2 0 0 2 5 0 90 71 2007-08-31 LAA ND 6.2 10 6 6 1 0 1 84 29 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 3-1 27.2 25 11 10 7 20 4 3.25 57 2007-05-05 TOR W 7 6 2 1 1 3 0 105 61 2007-04-30 TOR L 7 6 4 4 4 4 3 105 49 2006-07-18 TOR W 7 7 2 2 1 3 0 105 57 2006-07-05 TOR W 6.2 6 3 3 1 10 1 105 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 2-1 Road: 3-3 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 4-2 vsLHP: 1-2 1-Run: 2-1 vsEast: 2-1 vsCntrl: 0-0 vsWest: 3-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 9 Thu, Apr 10 BAL W 5-4 5-4 3rd 0.5 gb 8 Thu, Apr 10 BAL W 3-1 4-4 3rd 0.5 gb 7 Tue, Apr 8 BAL L 1-8 3-4 3rd 1.0 gb 6 Sun, Apr 6 @LAA W 10-4 3-3 2nd 0.5 gb 5 Sat, Apr 5 @LAA L 1-2 2-3 3rd 1.5 gb 4 Fri, Apr 4 @LAA W 11-6 2-2 2nd 0.5 gb 3 Wed, Apr 2 @SEA L 1-4 1-2 3rd 1.0 gb 2 Tue, Apr 1 @SEA W 5-4 1-1 1st Tied 1 Mon, Mar 31 @SEA L 2-5 0-1 3rd 1.0 gb Last 10: 5-4 Last 20: 5-4 Last 30: 5-4
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Aug 05, 2007 TOR 4 TEX 1 W:Dustin McGowan , L: Brandon McCarthy , S: Jeremy Accardo Sat, Aug 04, 2007 TOR 9 TEX 5 W:Shaun Marcum , L: Willie Eyre , S: none Fri, Aug 03, 2007 TOR 6 TEX 4 W:Roy Halladay , L: Jamey Wright , S: Jeremy Accardo Sun, May 06, 2007 TEX 3 TOR 2 W:Joaquin Benoit , L: A.J. Burnett , S: Akinori Otsuka Sat, May 05, 2007 TEX 11 TOR 4 W:Vicente Padilla , L: Roy Halladay , S: none Fri, May 04, 2007 TEX 7 TOR 1 W:Brandon McCarthy , L: Tomokazu Ohka , S: Willie Eyre Mon, Apr 30, 2007 TOR 6 TEX 1 W:Roy Halladay , L: Vicente Padilla , S: none Sun, Apr 29, 2007 TOR 7 TEX 3 W:Tomokazu Ohka , L: Brandon McCarthy , S: none Sat, Apr 28, 2007 TEX 9 @TOR 8 (10) W:Akinori Otsuka , L: Brian Tallet , S: Joaquin Benoit Fri, Apr 27, 2007 TEX 5 @TOR 3 W:Robinson Tejeda , L: Josh Towers , S: Akinori Otsuka Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - Tied 5-5; 2006 - TEX won 4-2; All-Time - TEX leads 173-165

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.98

BAL 4.67

WSN 4.15

RA/G

BOS 4.06

KCR 4.80

TBD 5.83

M. Ordonez .363

J. Francoeur .293

J. LaRue .148

OBP

B. Bonds .480

J. Varitek .367

J. LaRue .240

SLG

C. Ross .653

T. Tulowitzki .479

A. Gonzalez .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.067

G. Sheffield .839

J. LaRue .512

ERA

J. Peavy 2.54

A. Pettitte 4.05

S. Olsen 5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.50

A. Cook 3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 14.Fukumori
G/S/vB 54.German
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 59.Rupe
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB 45.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/106 .230/.352/.393/.745 .916/.685 .835 / 0/1 4/0

21.Coats* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/27 .206/.263/.324/.587 1.345/.273 1.000 / 0/0 0/1

11.Eckstein G/S/vP ··· 20/.950 ··· 2/.500 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 10/.522 484/339 .309/.356/.382/.739 .709/.752 .671 / 10/1 3/20

2.Hill G/S/vP 12/.750 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 657/503 .291/.333/.459/.792 .916/.753 .752 / 4/3 17/14

6.McDonald G/S/vP 8/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 353/260 .251/.279/.333/.612 .818/.539 .598 / 7/2 1/9

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 27/.697 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.429 476/361 .240/.315/.391/.706 .794/.676 .750 / 2/0 10/5

15.Rios G/S/vP 7/.715 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 711/545 .297/.354/.498/.852 1.022/.802 .862 / 17/4 24/7

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 16/.517 12/.833 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 5/.650 8/.375 379/282 .260/.332/.361/.693 .861/.637 .731 / 2/1 7/14

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 9/.819 5/.933 ··· 6/1.166 13/.891 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.500 405/352 .289/.368/.549/.917 .818/.931 .916 / 2/1 21/6

23.Stewart G/S/vP ··· 14/.824 ··· 4/.250 5/.400 ··· ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 630/444 .290/.345/.394/.739 .699/.756 .836 / 11/3 12/4

35.Thomas G/S/vP 23/.785 18/.856 ··· 5/1.933 15/1.610 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 11/1.323 624/480 .277/.377/.480/.857 1.062/.796 .763 / 0/0 26/

10.Wells G/S/vP 9/.222 11/.273 ··· 3/1.167 4/.500 ··· ··· 4/1.833 2/2.000 642/492 .245/.304/.402/.706 .835/.668 .712 / 10/4 16/3

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 11/.764 8/.125 ··· 1/.000 8/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 7/.821 391/304 .242/.341/.411/.752 .797/.739 .658 / 0/0 10/8

IP 120.1 82.0 13.2 45.1 68.1 77.0 TOTAL .254/.340/.384/.724 .628/.745 .639 .724 9/3 8/4

ERA-K/9

5.76/5.3

2.85/9.5

/0.0

7.24/5.3

5.56/7.5

/0.0

3.03/8.3

3.62/4.6

3.58/4.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (12-7-1)
Zaun (73-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 553/.299 337/.225 / / 62/.286 196/.267 / 285/.208 330/.259 .275 Rios
Wells
Stewart
Stairs
Coats
Scutaro 0/22/147/11
0/148/0/5
139/6/0/4
43/0/17/3
5/2/5/2
6/0/4/0

OPS .810 .641 .857 .743 .602 .743 .753

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 266/.877 146/.489 / / 14/1.179 92/.662 / 115/.381 144/.848 .783

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 287/.749 191/.760 / / 48/.767 104/.807 / 170/.754 186/.666 .728

Home 245/.663 185/.584 / / 38/.900 116/.696 / 163/.635 151/.639 .722

Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 16/3/3 6/2/2 // // 2/0/0 5/1/0 // 4/2/0 6/4/4 7/5/4

Usage ····X··· X···X··· ······o· ··o···o· ······o· ······X· ··X····· X···o··· X·X·····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Texas Rangers Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Litsch
G/S/vB 49.Accardo
G/S/vB 43.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 22.League
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

9.Blalock* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.250 5/.650 2/1.500 5/1.150 ··· 232/178 .293/.358/.543/.901 .796/.932 .999 / 4/1 10/6

29.Botts# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 190/143 .240/.326/.335/.662 .833/.605 .664 / 1/0 2/0

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 244/166 .306/.402/.545/.947 .966/.937 .930 / 5/2 13/2

23.Broussard* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 264/245 .275/.330/.404/.734 .618/.742 .733 / 2/0 7/2

22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.453 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 454/339 .307/.355/.459/.814 .826/.809 .916 / 5/3 10/3

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 377/358 .260/.337/.444/.781 .606/.788 .943 / 2/1 11/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 337/256 .292/.368/.554/.922 .588/1.028 .989 / 3/3 19/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 2/.500 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 566/431 .263/.355/.441/.796 .999/.732 .921 / 23/2 20/17

15.Laird G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 448/329 .224/.278/.349/.627 .691/.603 .663 / 6/2 9/12

2.Melhuse# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 103/76 .213/.275/.287/.562 .630/.532 .481 / 0/0 1/0

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/89 .343/.384/.552/.936 1.071/.901 .776 / 0/0 2/1

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 345/257 .230/.300/.373/.674 .483/.739 .608 / 1/0 8/7

10.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/1.404 5/1.200 3/.666 3/2.000 1/.000 692/524 .315/.366/.418/.783 .797/.779 .808 / 13/3 9/19

IP 111.0 67.1 58.0 57.0 11.2 62.1 45.1 TOTAL .252/.334/.414/.748 .873/.707 .677 .748 5/1 9/9

ERA-K/9

3.81/4.1

2.14/7.6

/0.0

2.17/8.8

4.58/9.3

6.17/5.4

3.47/7.8

2.98/4.4

3.73/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (59-39-9)
Melhuse (16-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 478/.270 275/.206 / 239/.223 242/.220 58/.380 267/.215 174/.224 .246 Byrd
Hamilton
Murphy
Bradley
Botts
Catalanotto
Laird
Broussard 18/63/40/9
9/71/10/7
32/10/15/4
40/15/4/3
28/0/0/2
64/0/0/2
1/0/0/0
10/0/12/0

OPS .761 .558 .592 .631 .968 .611 .643 .716

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 259/.863 137/.419 / 126/.548 113/.721 27/1.190 106/.697 75/1.023 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 219/.646 138/.697 / 113/.639 129/.556 31/.766 161/.555 99/.356 .718

Road 276/.773 148/.612 / 108/.674 119/.638 30/.898 138/.736 81/.648 .673

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 14/6/3 4/10/1 // 3/0/1 3/5/2 1/0/1 1/9/1 5/0/0 6/2/2

Usage ·····X·· ·XX·X·o· o······· ·X·····o oo···X·· X·X····· X·X··oo· ·oX··X·o

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.

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Game Preview: TOR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Friday, April 11, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 1-0, 3.60)

SP: Vicente Padilla (30, RHP, 1-0, 2.77)

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