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Game Preview: TEX @ TOR, 7:07pm, Wednesday, April 16, 2008 @Rogers Centre

Texas Rangers, 5-9, 4th, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Kason Gabbard (26, LHP, 1-0, 2.13)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)             12.2  14   3   3   4   5  1    2.13      
 2007 (6-1)             81.1  68  42  42  41  55  8    4.65      
 2006 (1-3)             25.2  24  11  10  16  15  0    3.51      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-0  40    40  22  22  23  21  5    4.95   46 
 2008-04-10    BAL  ND   5.2   7   3   3   2   1  1     101   42 
 2008-04-04    LAA   W   7     7   0   0   2   4  0      92   65 
 2007-09-14    OAK  ND   4     5   7   7   7   4  1      94   21 
 2007-09-02    LAA  ND   6     5   5   5   5   3  1     102   40 
 2007-08-28    CHW  ND   4.2   4   3   3   3   3  2      91   44 
 2007-08-22    BAL   W   6     7   3   3   1   3  0      89   48 
 2007-08-17    MIN  ND   6.2   5   1   1   3   3  0     102   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR    Has never faced TOR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-6    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   4-7    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  3-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 15   LAA  L   4-7        5-9   4th  3.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   LAA  L   4-7        5-8   4th  3.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   TOR  L   4-5 (10)   5-7   4th  2.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   TOR  L   1-4        5-6   4th  2.5 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   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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-9    Last 30: 5-9 
Toronto Blue Jays, 8-6, 2nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 2-0, 3.38)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-0)             10.2  11   4   4   5   7  1    3.38      
 2007 (7-9)            111   116  56  47  36  50 14    3.81      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  39    36  14  14  14  22  6    3.23   52 
 2008-04-11    TEX   W   5.2   6   2   2   2   5  1      93   52 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      1-0   5.2   6   2   2   2   5  1    3.18   52 
 2008-04-11    TEX   W   5.2   6   2   2   2   5  1      93   52 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-3    Road:    5-3    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   8-4    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   1-5 
 vsEast:  5-3    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @BAL  W  11-3        8-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @BAL  L   3-4        7-6   3rd  1.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @TEX  W   5-4 (10)   7-5   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @TEX  W   4-1        6-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @TEX  W   8-5        5-5   3rd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-6    Last 30: 8-6 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 TOR  5 @TEX  4 (10)   W:Jesse Carlson (1-0), L: Dustin Nippert (0-1), S: B.J. Ryan (1)
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 TOR  4 @TEX  1        W:Roy Halladay (2-1), L: Luis Mendoza (0-1), S: none
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 (8-5), L: Brandon McCarthy (5-8), S: Jeremy Accardo (20)
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 TOR  9  TEX  5        W:Shaun Marcum (8-4), L: Willie Eyre (3-4), S: none
Fri, Aug 03, 2007 TOR  6  TEX  4        W:Roy Halladay (12-5), L: Jamey Wright (3-4), S: Jeremy Accardo (19)
Sun, May 06, 2007 TEX  3  TOR  2        W:Joaquin Benoit (1-1), L: A.J. Burnett (2-3), S: Akinori Otsuka (4)
Sat, May 05, 2007 TEX 11  TOR  4        W:Vicente Padilla (1-4), L: Roy Halladay (4-1), S: none
Fri, May 04, 2007 TEX  7  TOR  1        W:Brandon McCarthy (2-4), L: Tomokazu Ohka (2-3), S: Willie Eyre (1)
Mon, Apr 30, 2007 TOR  6  TEX  1        W:Roy Halladay (4-0), L: Vicente Padilla (0-4), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 3-0; 2007 - Tied 5-5; 2006 - TEX won 4-2; All-Time - TEX leads 173-168

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.

Texas Rangers Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.71 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
52.Ryan*
G/S/vB
56.Tallet*
G/S/vB
40.Wolfe
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 2/.000 10/.200 5/.650 7/.453 5/1.150 ··· 232/178 .293/.358/.543/.901 .796/.932 .790 / 4/1 10/6
29.Botts# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 190/143 .240/.326/.335/.662 .833/.605 .660 / 1/0 2/0
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 4/1.833 2/1.500 1/.000 244/166 .306/.402/.545/.947 .966/.937 .964 / 5/2 13/2
23.Broussard* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 264/245 .275/.330/.404/.734 .618/.742 .734 / 2/0 7/2
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.393 2/1.000 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 454/339 .307/.355/.459/.814 .826/.809 .715 / 5/3 10/3
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 377/358 .260/.337/.444/.781 .606/.788 .622 / 2/1 11/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 337/256 .292/.368/.554/.922 .588/1.028 .861 / 3/3 19/4
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/1.667 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 3/.667 1/2.000 3/.666 3/.000 566/431 .263/.355/.441/.796 .999/.732 .675 / 23/2 20/17
15.Laird G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 448/329 .224/.278/.349/.627 .691/.603 .588 / 6/2 9/12
2.Melhuse# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 103/76 .213/.275/.287/.562 .630/.532 .608 / 0/0 1/0
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 112/89 .343/.384/.552/.936 1.071/.901 1.056 / 0/0 2/1
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 345/257 .230/.300/.373/.674 .483/.739 .735 / 1/0 8/7
10.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 7/1.404 6/1.000 6/.666 3/2.000 3/1.167 692/524 .315/.366/.418/.783 .797/.779 .759 / 13/3 9/19
IP 111.0 67.1 58.0 57.0 4.1 62.1 45.1 TOTAL .252/.332/.403/.735 .784/.721 .782 .735 9/2 13/16
ERA-K/9 3.81/4.1 2.14/7.6 /0.0 2.17/8.8 4.58/9.3 12.46/6.3 3.47/7.8 2.98/4.4 3.61/6.6

 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 25/.333 267/.215 174/.224 .249  Byrd
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Bradley
 Catalanotto
 Botts
 Laird
 Broussard
18/63/40/9
9/71/10/7
32/10/15/4
40/15/4/3
64/0/0/2
28/0/0/2
1/0/0/0
10/0/12/0
OPS .761 .558 .592 .631 .964 .611 .643 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 259/.863 137/.419 / 126/.548 113/.721 3/.667 106/.697 75/1.023 .707
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 219/.646 138/.697 / 113/.639 129/.556 22/1.010 161/.555 99/.356 .750
Home 202/.744 127/.495 / 131/.525 123/.623 10/.686 129/.481 93/.639 .733
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 14/6/3 4/10/1 // 3/0/1 3/5/2 1/0/0 1/9/1 5/0/0 13/9/4
Usage ····X··· ··o···XX X·o·oo·· ··X·o·X· ·o··Xoo· ··o····· ·Xo··X·X o·o·X·oX

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 (5.43 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (4.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 13.Gabbard*
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
54.German
G/S/vB
58.Littleton
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/106 .230/.352/.393/.745 .916/.685 .644 / 0/1 4/0
11.Eckstein G/S/vP ··· 20/.950 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 10/.522 484/339 .309/.356/.382/.739 .709/.752 .816 / 10/1 3/20
2.Hill G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.667 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.833 2/1.500 657/503 .291/.333/.459/.792 .916/.753 .836 / 4/3 17/14
1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 5/4 .600/.600/1.000/1.600 .000/2.000 1.500 / 1/0 0/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 353/260 .251/.279/.333/.612 .818/.539 .624 / 7/2 1/9
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.429 476/361 .240/.315/.391/.706 .794/.676 .658 / 2/0 10/5
15.Rios G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.833 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 711/545 .297/.354/.498/.852 1.022/.802 .842 / 17/4 24/7
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 5/.200 12/.833 1/no AB 5/.650 1/.000 3/1.667 5/.650 8/.375 379/282 .260/.332/.361/.693 .861/.637 .653 / 2/1 7/14
24.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 8/1.125 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 6/1.500 405/352 .289/.368/.549/.917 .818/.931 .918 / 2/1 21/6
23.Stewart G/S/vP 6/.533 14/.824 5/.400 4/1.250 ··· ··· 4/1.500 3/.000 630/444 .290/.345/.394/.739 .699/.756 .629 / 11/3 12/4
35.Thomas G/S/vP 2/no AB 18/.856 7/1.571 3/.000 1/no AB 3/.667 2/.000 11/1.323 624/480 .277/.377/.480/.857 1.062/.796 .944 / 0/0 26/
10.Wells G/S/vP 1/.000 11/.273 5/.933 3/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 5/1.400 2/2.000 642/492 .245/.304/.402/.706 .835/.668 .700 / 10/4 16/3
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 1/.000 9/.111 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 7/.821 391/304 .242/.341/.411/.752 .797/.739 .856 / 0/0 10/8
IP 81.1 82.0 48.0 45.1 68.1 77.0 TOTAL .282/.370/.394/.763 .681/.776 .763 .763 14/8 10/8
ERA-K/9 4.65/6.1 2.85/9.5 /0.0 4.31/4.5 5.56/7.5 /0.0 3.03/8.3 3.62/4.6 4.14/4.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 344/.231 337/.225 / 205/.262 196/.267 / 285/.208 330/.259 .289  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 .706 .641 .737 .743 .602 .743 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 81/.698 146/.489 / 79/.695 92/.662 / 115/.381 144/.848 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 263/.708 191/.760 / 126/.763 104/.807 / 170/.754 186/.666 .768
Road 193/.801 152/.712 / 98/.574 80/.815 / 122/.559 179/.830 .769
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 8/5/2 6/2/2 // 6/3/1 5/1/0 // 4/2/0 6/4/4 9/10/8
Usage ·····X·· o·o··X·· ·oXo···o ·X······ ··X·X··· X··X···X o·X··X·· ·X···X·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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