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Game Preview: TOR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Saturday, April 12, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Toronto Blue Jays, 5-5, 2nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Roy Halladay (31, RHP, 1-1, 4.20)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             15    15   7   7   3   9  4    4.20      
 2007 (16-7)           225.1 232 101  93  48 139 15    3.71      
 2006 (16-5)           220   208  82  78  34 132 19    3.19      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  54.1  59  25  20   9  29  6    3.31   54 
 2008-04-06    BOS   W   8     8   4   4   1   6  3     107   55 
 2008-04-01    NYY   L   7     7   3   3   2   3  1      93   52 
 2007-09-26    BAL   W   7    11   5   3   1   4  0     115   42 
 2007-09-21    NYY  ND   8.2   8   4   1   0   4  0     110   62 
 2007-09-15    BAL   W   7     5   1   1   2   2  0     100   63 
 2007-09-10    DET  ND   8.2  11   3   3   1   3  0     123   52 
 2007-09-04    BOS   L   8     9   5   5   2   7  2     126   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      3-1  30.2  36  17  16   6  28  2    4.70   50 
 2007-08-03    TEX   W   6     7   4   4   2   9  0     105   49 
 2007-05-05    TEX   L   5.1  12   9   9   2   3  0      99    9 
 2007-04-30    TEX   W   9     5   1   1   0   8  0     110   81 
 2006-07-04    TEX   W   7.2   6   0   0   2   4  0     100   69 
 2005-07-08    TEX  ND   2.2   6   3   2   0   4  2      48   40 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-3    Road:    2-2    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   5-3    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   0-4 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @TEX  W   8-5        5-5   2nd  0.5 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10   OAK  L   2-3 (12)   4-5   1st    Tied
  8 Wed, Apr  9   OAK  L   3-6        4-4   1st    Tied
  7 Tue, Apr  8   OAK  L   8-9        4-3   1st    Tied
  6 Sun, Apr  6   BOS  W   7-4        4-2   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr  5   BOS  W  10-2        3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  4   BOS  W   6-3        2-2   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  3  @NYY  L   2-3        1-2   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @NYY  W   5-2        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Tue, Apr  1  @NYY  L   2-3        0-1   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 5-5    Last 30: 5-5 
Texas Rangers, 5-5, 3rd, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Luis Mendoza (24, RHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-0)             16    13   4   4   4   7  1    2.25      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-0  11.2  10   3   3   4   4  1    2.31   52 
 2007-09-26    LAA  ND   4.2   4   2   2   3   2  0      70   47 
 2007-09-21    BAL   W   5     4   1   1   1   2  1      71   56 
 2007-09-08    OAK  ND   2     2   0   0   0   0  0      30   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR    Has never faced TOR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-2    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-3    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Fri, Apr 11   TOR  L   5-8        5-5   3rd  1.5 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10   BAL  W   5-4        5-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  8 Thu, Apr 10   BAL  W   3-1        4-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Tue, Apr  8   BAL  L   1-8        3-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @LAA  W  10-4        3-3   2nd  1.0 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  1.0 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  2  @SEA  L   1-4        1-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  1  @SEA  W   5-4        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @SEA  L   2-5        0-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 5-5    Last 30: 5-5 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 TOR  8 @TEX  5        W:Jesse Litsch (2-0), L: Vicente Padilla (1-1), S: Scott Downs (1)

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 
Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 1-0; 2007 - Tied 5-5; 2006 - TEX won 4-2; All-Time - TEX leads 173-166

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

BA

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 (5.30 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/106 .230/.352/.393/.745 .916/.685 .835 / 0/1 4/0
11.Eckstein G/S/vP ··· 20/.950 ··· 2/.500 5/.650 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/.522 484/339 .309/.356/.382/.739 .709/.752 .671 / 10/1 3/20
2.Hill G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 657/503 .291/.333/.459/.792 .916/.753 .752 / 4/3 17/14
1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/4 .600/.600/1.000/1.600 .000/2.000 2.000 / 1/0 0/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.429 476/361 .240/.315/.391/.706 .794/.676 .750 / 2/0 10/5
15.Rios G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 711/545 .297/.354/.498/.852 1.022/.802 .862 / 17/4 24/7
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 2/.000 12/.833 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 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 ··· 5/.933 1/2.000 6/1.166 13/.891 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.500 405/352 .289/.368/.549/.917 .818/.931 .916 / 2/1 21/6
23.Stewart G/S/vP 1/.000 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 ··· 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 ··· 11/.273 1/2.000 3/1.167 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.833 2/2.000 642/492 .245/.304/.402/.706 .835/.668 .712 / 10/4 16/3
9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· 8/.125 1/2.000 1/.000 8/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 7/.821 391/304 .242/.341/.411/.752 .797/.739 .658 / 0/0 10/8
IP 16.0 82.0 13.2 45.1 68.1 77.0 TOTAL .263/.348/.387/.735 .628/.755 .691 .735 13/4 8/5
ERA-K/9 2.25/3.9 2.85/9.5 /0.0 /0.0 7.24/5.3 5.56/7.5 /0.0 3.03/8.3 3.62/4.6 3.93/5.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 64/.232 337/.225 / / 62/.286 196/.267 / 285/.208 330/.259 .282  Rios
 Wells
 Stewart
 Stairs
 Scutaro
0/22/147/11
0/148/0/5
139/6/0/4
43/0/17/3
6/0/4/0
OPS .636 .641 .857 .743 .602 .743 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.637 146/.489 / / 14/1.179 92/.662 / 115/.381 144/.848 .789
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 27/.634 191/.760 / / 48/.767 104/.807 / 170/.754 186/.666 .738
Home 48/.708 185/.584 / / 38/.900 116/.696 / 163/.635 151/.639 .749
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 1/0/1 6/2/2 // // 2/0/0 5/1/0 // 4/2/0 6/4/4 7/9/5
Usage ·X···X·· X······o ···o···o ·······o X······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 (4.40 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Halladay
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 30/1.055 1/.000 1/.000 9/.222 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 3/.000 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 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 1/.000 244/166 .306/.402/.545/.947 .966/.937 .930 / 5/2 13/2
23.Broussard* G/S/vP 13/.917 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 264/245 .275/.330/.404/.734 .618/.742 .733 / 2/0 7/2
22.Byrd G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 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 31/.825 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 337/256 .292/.368/.554/.922 .588/1.028 .989 / 3/3 19/4
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 9/.222 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 3/.667 1/no AB 3/.666 2/.000 566/431 .263/.355/.441/.796 .999/.732 .921 / 23/2 20/17
15.Laird G/S/vP 9/.666 3/.000 1/.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 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/89 .343/.384/.552/.936 1.071/.901 .776 / 0/0 2/1
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 8/.661 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 345/257 .230/.300/.373/.674 .483/.739 .608 / 1/0 8/7
10.Young G/S/vP 36/.875 ··· ··· 7/1.404 6/1.000 3/.666 3/2.000 2/.500 692/524 .315/.366/.418/.783 .797/.779 .808 / 13/3 9/19
IP 225.1 67.1 58.0 57.0 11.2 62.1 45.1 TOTAL .249/.332/.415/.748 .802/.730 .695 .748 5/1 11/12
ERA-K/9 3.71/5.6 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 3.86/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 927/.268 275/.206 / 239/.223 242/.220 58/.380 267/.215 174/.224 .244  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 .678 .558 .592 .631 .968 .611 .643 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 498/.675 137/.419 / 126/.548 113/.721 27/1.190 106/.697 75/1.023 .726
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 429/.682 138/.697 / 113/.639 129/.556 31/.766 161/.555 99/.356 .712
Road 500/.694 148/.612 / 108/.674 119/.638 30/.898 138/.736 81/.648 .694
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 15/20/7 4/10/1 // 3/0/1 3/5/2 1/0/1 1/9/1 5/0/0 8/2/2
Usage ·····X·· ··XX·X·o oo······ o·X····· Xoo···X· ·X·X···· ·X·X··oo X·oX··X·

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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