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Game Preview: TOR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Friday, June 14, 2013 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Blue Jays, 29-36, 29-36 5th, 10½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (34, LHP, 2-4, 5.06)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-4) 80.0 87 48 45 23 51 12 5.06
2012 (13-13) 202.1 197 88 84 40 125 26 3.74
2011 (13-9) 205.1 221 93 82 45 109 21 3.59
Last 7 GS 1-2 45.0 43 21 20 14 31 3 4.00 53
2013-06-08 TEX ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 3 1 92 66
2013-06-01 @SDP L 6.0 10 4 3 1 2 0 98 39
2013-05-27 ATL W 6.0 5 1 1 2 6 0 111 62
2013-05-22 TBR ND 7.0 4 2 2 2 6 0 109 65
2013-05-17 @NYY L 6.0 6 5 5 3 4 0 100 41
2013-05-11 @BOS ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 105 66
2013-05-06 @TBR ND 6.0 9 7 7 2 5 2 107 29
Last 5 v.TEX 2-2 32.1 35 17 17 4 10 5 4.73 48
2013-06-08 TEX ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 3 1 92 66
2010-07-04 @TEX W 7.0 5 3 3 0 0 2 93 55
2010-06-01 TEX L 5.1 12 6 6 1 3 0 106 22
2010-04-27 @TEX L 7.0 7 4 4 1 2 1 104 48
2009-05-01 @TEX W 6.0 7 3 3 0 2 1 81 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-17   Road:   13-19   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  23-25   vsLHP:   6-11   1-Run:   8-14
 vsEast: 12-20   vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest:  4-3  IL: 6-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Thu, Jun 13  @TEX  W   3-1       29-36  5th 10.5 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 11  @CHW  W   7-5 (10)  28-36  5th 11.0 gb
 63 Mon, Jun 10  @CHW  L   6-10      27-36  5th 12.0 gb
 62 Sun, Jun  9   TEX  L   4-6       27-35  5th 11.0 gb
 61 Sat, Jun  8   TEX  W   4-3 (18)  27-34  5th 10.0 gb
 60 Fri, Jun  7   TEX  W   6-1       26-34  5th 10.5 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  5  @SFG  W   4-0       25-34  5th 10.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  4  @SFG  L   1-2       24-34  5th 11.5 gb
 57 Sun, Jun  2  @SDP  W   7-4 (11)  24-33  5th 10.5 gb
 56 Sat, Jun  1  @SDP  L   3-4       23-33  5th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Rangers, 38-28, 38-28 2nd, 2 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Justin Grimm (24, RHP, 5-4, 5.25)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-4) 60.0 74 37 35 20 51 7 5.25
2012 (1-1) 14.0 22 14 14 3 13 1 9.00
Last 7 GS 3-3 36.1 52 30 29 12 27 5 7.18 39
2013-06-09 @TOR ND 5.2 5 4 4 3 6 1 107 46
2013-06-04 @BOS L 1.2 7 8 8 3 1 1 60 7
2013-05-30 ARI W 6.0 8 3 2 0 3 0 91 49
2013-05-24 @SEA W 6.1 10 3 3 0 5 0 88 46
2013-05-18 DET W 6.2 7 2 2 1 2 0 105 53
2013-05-13 @OAK L 5.0 7 5 5 2 3 2 90 34
2013-05-07 @MIL L 5.0 8 5 5 3 7 1 99 35
Last 5 v.TOR 0-0 5.2 5 4 4 3 6 1 6.35 46
2013-06-09 @TOR ND 5.2 5 4 4 3 6 1 107 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-11   Road:   19-17   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  25-20   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest: 19-9  IL: 3-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 66 Thu, Jun 13   TOR  L   1-3       38-28  2nd  2.0 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 12   CLE  L   2-5       38-27  2nd  1.0 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 11   CLE  L   2-5       38-26  1st    Tied
 63 Mon, Jun 10   CLE  W   6-3       38-25  1st  1.0 up
 62 Sun, Jun  9  @TOR  W   6-4       37-25  1st  0.5 up
 61 Sat, Jun  8  @TOR  L   3-4 (18)  36-25  2nd  0.5 gb
 60 Fri, Jun  7  @TOR  L   1-6       36-24  2nd  0.5 gb
 59 Thu, Jun  6  @BOS  L   3-6       36-23  1st  0.5 up
 58 Wed, Jun  5  @BOS  W   3-2       36-22  1st  1.5 up
 57 Tue, Jun  4  @BOS  L   5-17      35-22  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 13, 2013 TOR  3 @TEX  1        W:Esmil Rogers (2-2), L: Neal Cotts (2-1), S: Casey Janssen (14)
Sun, Jun 09, 2013 TEX  6 @TOR  4        W:Neal Cotts (2-0), L: Neil Wagner (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (19)
Sat, Jun 08, 2013 TOR  4  TEX  3 (18)   W:Aaron Loup (3-3), L: Ross Wolf (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 07, 2013 TOR  6  TEX  1        W:Neil Wagner (1-0), L: Nick Tepesch (3-5), S: none

Sun, Aug 19, 2012 TEX 11 @TOR  2        W:Matt Harrison (14-7), L: Henderson Alvarez (7-11), S: none
Sat, Aug 18, 2012 TEX  2 @TOR  1        W:Michael Kirkman (1-2), L: Carlos Villanueva (6-3), S: Joe Nathan (24)
Fri, Aug 17, 2012 TOR  3  TEX  2        W:J.A. Happ (9-10), L: Yu Darvish (12-9), S: Casey Janssen (16)
Sun, May 27, 2012 TEX 12  TOR  6        W:Yu Darvish (7-2), L: Kyle Drabek (4-5), S: none
Sat, May 26, 2012 TEX  8  TOR  7 (13)   W:Yoshinori Tateyama (1-0), L: Jason Frasor (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 25, 2012 TEX 14  TOR  3        W:Derek Holland (4-3), L: Brandon Morrow (5-3), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - TOR over 3-1; 2012 - TEX won 6-3; 2011 - TOR won 6-4; All-Time - TEX leads 196-193

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 2013 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
Blue Jays Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Grimm
G/S/vB
56.Cotts*
G/S/vB
44.Frasor
G/S/vB
37.McClellan
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
46.Ross*
G/S/vB
52.Scheppers
G/S/vB
49.Tepesch
G/S/vB
55.Wolf
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.833 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/1.000 236/181 .211/.233/.417/.650 .514/.692 .365 85/.512 0/1 12/3
19.Bautista G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/no AB 2/.500 7/1.000 4/1.833 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 4/.500 266/219 .267/.368/.520/.888 .844/.898 .700 113/.877 5/0 15/3
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.333 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 180/127 .208/.237/.315/.553 .474/.583 .623 76/.557 8/2 2/5
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.666 12/.788 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· ··· 4/2.250 ··· 283/214 .282/.324/.378/.702 .493/.770 .677 101/.717 2/2 3/0
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 4/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 98/55 .304/.340/.402/.742 .822/.680 .688 11/.909 11/1 1/0
16.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 4/1.250 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 98/37 .235/.316/.447/.763 .889/.556 .890 35/.762 0/0 4/2
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 1/.000 7/.971 4/.000 3/.666 2/3.000 3/1.000 4/.500 291/234 .267/.351/.518/.868 .762/.894 1.035 111/.965 3/0 18/5
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 8/.393 5/.200 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 188/117 .215/.253/.299/.552 .551/.553 .615 62/.502 0/2 3/6
66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 160/128 .214/.329/.275/.604 .450/.640 .579 74/.598 7/1 0/4
26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 6/.533 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 4/.833 193/171 .335/.409/.527/.936 1.273/.887 .939 95/1.019 1/0 6/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 3/1.000 4/.333 2/.000 3/.000 3/.666 238/171 .249/.311/.442/.753 .586/.821 .671 95/.793 0/1 10/1
30.Thole* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 9/9 .125/.222/.125/.347 /.347 .667 9/.347 0/0 0/1
IP 60.0 12.2 18.1 4.0 26.1 30.1 32.1 67.0 17.2 TOTAL .251/.315/.413/.728 .664/.751 .692 .744 44/11 80/43
ERA-K/9 5.25/7.7 0.71/9.2 2.95/10.3 2.25/2.2 1.71/8.9 1.48/8.9 1.11/5.9 4.30/6.7 1.53/2.5 3.58/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (29-7-7)
 Thole (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 272/.297 50/.163 76/.221 15/.083 102/.143 130/.248 127/.171 287/.263 73/.254 .246  Bautista
 Cabrera
 Davis
 Bonifacio
 Rasmus
0/0/52/5
57/0/0/3
9/2/13/2
3/7/5/0
0/59/0/0
OPS .804 .459 .688 .350 .460 .622 .528 .729 .615 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.798 25/.767 23/.321 7/.286 52/.500 45/.675 56/.566 166/.836 37/.523 .693
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 130/.811 25/.170 53/.850 8/.393 50/.418 85/.594 71/.497 121/.582 36/.694 .690
Home 109/.658 27/.450 27/.597 12/.167 43/.263 67/.628 65/.596 139/.759 29/.568
Last 28d days 120/.849 50/.459 25/.467 15/.350 38/.195 55/.770 51/.599 102/.744 73/.615
HR/SB/CS 7/3/1 0/1/0 3/3/0 0/2/0 2/2/0 0/1/0 2/1/2 9/3/0 0/0/0 56/31/6
Usage ····X··· o·o·oX·· ·oo··X·o o·X·o··· ···oX··· ·X·o·X·X o··Xo··X ·X····X· ·X···XX·
Rangers Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB
27.Cecil*
G/S/vB
50.Delabar
G/S/vB
44.Janssen
G/S/vB
62.Loup*
G/S/vB
29.McGowan
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Perez*
G/S/vB
32.Rogers
G/S/vB
45.Wagner
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 15/.575 12/.900 6/2.000 8/.679 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.334 2/.000 7/.286 1/.000 293/208 .254/.309/.303/.612 .500/.657 .537 106/.590 16/2 0/6
15.Baker G/S/vP 14/1.143 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 1/5.000 5/1.100 2/1.000 92/39 .317/.391/.695/1.086 1.491/.599 .893 43/1.074 0/0 9/1
29.Beltre G/S/vP 30/.833 8/.536 7/.629 15/.600 ··· 14/.142 33/.182 ··· 6/1.167 4/1.250 276/209 .300/.348/.521/.869 .844/.877 .902 98/.964 0/0 14/5
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 7/.619 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 7/1.381 4/.250 8/.393 ··· 241/177 .272/.378/.403/.781 .857/.752 .829 92/.641 0/0 5/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 12/.000 11/1.464 6/.533 9/.583 ··· 5/.200 6/.334 ··· 5/1.400 3/.333 261/191 .264/.326/.515/.841 .888/.823 .814 93/.862 5/1 16/2
3.Garcia# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 56/38 .176/.222/.216/.438 .321/.487 .284 29/.220 1/0 0/1
23.Gentry G/S/vP 9/.555 4/1.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 127/54 .225/.317/.324/.642 .746/.506 .682 44/.555 7/2 1/0
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 151/130 .257/.311/.404/.715 .636/.729 .953 60/.665 8/2 3/2
21.McGuiness* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 19/16 .211/.211/.263/.474 .667/.438 .333 19/.474 0/0 0/0
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/1.334 7/.286 5/.800 6/1.300 2/1.500 1/5.000 5/1.600 1/.000 6/.333 3/.000 239/171 .208/.264/.376/.639 .577/.664 .719 102/.652 0/4 8/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 21/.829 7/.572 2/.000 9/.819 2/.500 3/1.667 11/.637 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· 177/114 .295/.328/.440/.767 .656/.829 .755 76/.847 0/1 5/0
13.Profar# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 83/58 .280/.329/.400/.729 .638/.767 .898 83/.729 0/2 2/3
8.Soto G/S/vP 19/.387 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 ··· 83/54 .197/.305/.324/.629 .249/.844 .889 21/.675 0/1 2/2
IP 80.0 34.0 34.0 21.2 34.2 1.1 18.0 8.1 42.0 8.0 TOTAL .263/.326/.434/.759 .733/.771 .800 .732 40/17 84/35
ERA-K/9 5.06/5.7 1.59/10.3 1.85/10.9 2.49/8.7 2.08/6.7 6.75/13.8 3.00/5.5 0.00/8.7 3.21/5.4 1.13/5.6 4.38/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (24-2-2)
 Soto (7-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 348/.273 127/.148 147/.202 80/.171 140/.246 9/.167 80/.271 27/.154 175/.259 29/.192 .260  Martin
 Murphy
 Gentry
 Baker
 Cruz
2/45/6/4
64/0/0/4
0/47/0/2
18/0/1/0
0/0/62/0
OPS .780 .451 .581 .437 .655 1.111 .790 .339 .693 .558 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.711 66/.319 66/.604 48/.340 54/.584 4/1.833 37/1.245 9/.444 84/.700 10/.400 .770
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.809 61/.597 81/.559 32/.585 86/.691 5/.400 43/.395 18/.284 91/.683 19/.653 .765
Road 157/.839 63/.434 80/.619 40/.304 67/.564 / 51/.793 15/.133 100/.769 20/.377
Last 28d days 107/.626 43/.145 53/.496 37/.718 46/.535 9/1.111 9/.722 27/.339 84/.560 29/.558
HR/SB/CS 12/1/0 1/3/0 1/5/1 1/0/0 3/2/4 1/0/0 2/2/0 0/1/0 3/1/0 1/0/1 85/34/8
Usage ·····X·· ··o··oo· X··X·Xo· o·X··X·· ···o·oX· ····XX·· ···X···· ····XX·· X·····X· ····oXo·

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.