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Game Preview: TOR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Monday, June 8, 2009 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Blue Jays, 32-27, 3rd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Casey Janssen (27, RHP, 1-2, 5.82)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-2) 17.0 26 11 11 4 4 2 5.82
2007 (2-3) 72.2 67 22 19 20 39 4 2.35
2006 (6-10) 94.0 103 58 53 21 44 12 5.07
Last 7 GS 1-6 34.1 49 30 28 10 8 7 7.34 36
2009-06-03 LAA L 4.0 7 5 5 1 2 1 69 29
2009-05-29 BOS W 7.0 11 3 3 2 2 1 108 43
2009-05-23 @ATL L 6.0 8 3 3 1 0 0 78 43
2006-07-24 @SEA L 3.1 5 6 6 2 1 1 65 25
2006-07-19 TEX L 6.2 6 5 4 2 2 1 86 44
2006-07-14 SEA L 4.0 5 3 2 2 0 0 75 40
2006-07-05 @TEX L 3.1 7 5 5 0 1 3 49 27
Last 5 v.TEX 0-2 10.0 13 10 9 2 3 4 8.10 36
2006-07-19 TEX L 6.2 6 5 4 2 2 1 86 44
2006-07-05 @TEX L 3.1 7 5 5 0 1 3 49 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-10   Road:   11-17   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  22-18   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  6-9    vsCntrl:18-9    vsWest:  8-6  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 59 Sun, Jun  7   KCR  W   4-0       32-27  3rd  2.5 gb
 58 Sat, Jun  6   KCR  L   2-6       31-27  3rd  3.0 gb
 57 Fri, Jun  5   KCR  W   9-3       31-26  3rd  2.5 gb
 56 Thu, Jun  4   LAA  L   5-6       30-26  3rd  3.0 gb
 55 Wed, Jun  3   LAA  L   1-8       30-25  3rd  2.0 gb
 54 Tue, Jun  2   LAA  W   6-4       30-24  3rd  2.0 gb
 53 Sun, May 31   BOS  L   2-8       29-24  3rd  1.5 gb
 52 Sat, May 30   BOS  W   5-3       29-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 51 Fri, May 29   BOS  W   6-3       28-23  3rd  1.5 gb
 50 Wed, May 27  @BAL  L  10-12(11)  27-23  3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Rangers, 33-23, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Scott Feldman (26, RHP, 5-0, 3.79)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-0) 54.2 45 23 23 20 31 6 3.79
2008 (6-8) 151.1 161 103 89 56 74 22 5.29
2007 (1-2) 39.0 44 26 25 32 19 3 5.77
Last 7 GS 4-0 43.0 30 13 13 15 23 3 2.72 57
2009-06-03 @NYY W 6.1 5 2 2 3 5 1 98 57
2009-05-29 OAK W 6.0 5 2 2 3 2 0 104 53
2009-05-23 @HOU W 6.2 5 3 3 2 5 2 107 55
2009-05-17 LAA ND 6.0 4 0 0 2 3 0 108 65
2009-05-12 SEA ND 6.1 4 1 1 2 2 0 109 61
2009-05-06 @OAK W 6.0 4 2 2 2 3 0 89 57
2009-05-01 CHW ND 5.2 3 3 3 1 3 0 77 53
Last 5 v.TOR 0-1 11.1 13 7 6 5 7 0 4.76 45
2008-08-02 TOR L 5.1 5 4 3 3 4 0 90 45
2008-04-13 TOR ND 6.0 8 3 3 2 3 0 91 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-9    Road:   15-14   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  20-16   vsLHP:  13-7    1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest: 13-3  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Sun, Jun  7  @BOS  W   6-3       33-23  1st  4.5 up
 55 Sat, Jun  6  @BOS  L   1-8       32-23  1st  3.5 up
 54 Fri, Jun  5  @BOS  W   5-1       32-22  1st  3.5 up
 53 Thu, Jun  4  @NYY  L   6-8       31-22  1st  3.5 up
 52 Wed, Jun  3  @NYY  W   4-2       31-21  1st  4.5 up
 51 Tue, Jun  2  @NYY  L   3-12      30-21  1st  4.5 up
 50 Sun, May 31   OAK  L   4-5       30-20  1st  4.5 up
 49 Sat, May 30   OAK  W  14-1       30-19  1st  5.5 up
 48 Fri, May 29   OAK  W   5-2       29-19  1st  4.5 up
 47 Fri, May 29   OAK  W   6-3       28-19  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 TOR  5  TEX  2        W:Scott Richmond (2-0), L: Kevin Millwood (1-2), S: Scott Downs (1)
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 TOR  8  TEX  7 (11)   W:Jason Frasor (3-0), L: C.J. Wilson (0-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 TEX  5 @TOR  4        W:Brandon McCarthy (2-0), L: Roy Halladay (3-1), S: Frank Francisco (2)

Sun, Aug 03, 2008 TEX  8  TOR  4        W:Luis Mendoza (3-4), L: David Purcey (1-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 02, 2008 TOR  6 @TEX  4        W:A.J. Burnett (13-9), L: Scott Feldman (4-4), S: B.J. Ryan (21)
Fri, Aug 01, 2008 TEX  9  TOR  8        W:C.J. Wilson (2-2), L: B.J. Ryan (2-4), S: none
Thu, Apr 17, 2008 TEX  4 @TOR  1        W:Vicente Padilla (2-1), L: Roy Halladay (2-2), S: C.J. Wilson (5)
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 TEX  7 @TOR  5 (14)   W:Dustin Nippert (1-1), L: A.J. Burnett (1-1), S: C.J. Wilson (4)
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
Season Series: 2009 - TOR leads 2-1; 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - TEX leads 178-171

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 2009 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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.73

FLA  4.59

SEA  3.77

RA/G

LAD  3.78

TBR  4.74

WSN  5.96

BA

J. Bartlett  .373

M. Cuddyer  .275

C. Young  .182

OBP

K. Youkilis  .470

N. Morgan  .346

D. Navarro  .231

SLG

A. Pujols  .682

O. Hudson  .444

J. Kendall  .265

OPS

A. Pujols  1.137

A. LaRoche  .792

D. Navarro  .528

ERA

Z. Greinke  1.55

J. Marquis  4.10

F. Carmona  7.42

K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.29

G. Meche  6.59

J. Pineiro  3.71

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Blue Jays Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Feldman
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
45.Holland*
G/S/vB
56.O'Day
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP 6/1.100 2/.000 6/.167 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 182/130 .281/.311/.425/.736 .978/.637 .844 77/.575 1/0 4/4
23.Bautista G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 133/77 .264/.400/.368/.768 .872/.676 .785 60/.642 3/0 1/1
13.Chavez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 43/30 .286/.286/.357/.643 .667/.633 .375 19/.895 0/0 1/1
2.Hill G/S/vP 6/.583 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.100 269/202 .311/.349/.494/.843 .842/.844 .880 104/.687 2/1 13/5
1.Inglett* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 18/17 .125/.222/.125/.347 .000/.369 .143 18/.347 0/0 0/0
26.Lind* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 3/3.000 247/180 .309/.377/.525/.901 .834/.927 .753 99/.806 1/1 9/1
6.McDonald G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 22/14 .227/.227/.227/.455 .500/.429 .200 12/.500 0/0 0/0
30.Millar G/S/vP 6/1.167 3/.333 4/.250 1/.000 1/2.000 5/1.000 117/56 .252/.316/.393/.709 .793/.612 .755 62/.583 0/0 3/1
35.Overbay* G/S/vP 8/.542 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 166/143 .302/.404/.583/.986 .625/1.051 .871 66/1.104 0/0 7/0
15.Rios G/S/vP 8/1.625 7/.143 5/.400 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.666 265/200 .267/.325/.433/.758 .701/.776 .617 104/.851 7/1 7/1
33.Rolen G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 199/137 .294/.367/.435/.802 1.108/.672 .788 75/.789 2/0 3/5
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 5/.650 6/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 7/.453 278/205 .297/.399/.448/.847 1.023/.787 .882 112/.842 6/3 5/1
10.Wells G/S/vP 5/1.100 5/.800 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.500 260/197 .254/.308/.386/.693 .571/.731 .844 102/.528 9/0 5/0
IP 54.2 19.2 14.1 31.2 18.0 24.1 TOTAL .280/.347/.441/.788 .827/.773 .786 .726 32/6 62/24
ERA-K/9 3.79/5.1 0.46/9.1 3.77/4.4 6.54/6.8 1.00/8.5 3.33/5.9 4.56/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 222/.224 76/.157 63/.250 141/.313 73/.206 106/.247 .266
OPS .656 .452 .751 .904 .573 .720 .769
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 126/.700 39/.396 27/1.190 48/.931 20/.850 35/.498 .800
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 96/.598 37/.513 36/.419 93/.890 53/.477 71/.818 .743
Home 119/.664 36/.367 47/.952 61/1.186 34/.493 48/.477
Last 28d days 124/.615 20/.671 28/.228 104/.972 32/.472 45/.634
HR/SB/CS 6/5/2 1/0/0 2/1/0 7/3/0 1/2/0 2/1/0 68/34/12
Usage ····X··· ····o··X ··o··o·· ·X···X·X o·X····· o··XX···
Rangers Batters (5.29 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Janssen
G/S/vB
57.Camp
G/S/vB
39.Carlson*
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
58.Hayhurst
G/S/vB
22.League
G/S/vB
24.Romero*
G/S/vB
52.Ryan*
G/S/vB
56.Tallet*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 176/125 .275/.326/.406/.732 .799/.705 .820 80/.745 9/1 3/8
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 6/1.500 3/.666 3/.000 12/.167 6/.533 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 8/.393 5/1.150 187/137 .253/.294/.534/.829 .567/.929 .803 69/.767 1/0 12/1
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 3/.000 0/0 0/1
22.Byrd G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 5/1.267 11/.282 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/4.000 ··· 189/120 .294/.317/.467/.784 .698/.833 .960 79/.769 2/0 4/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 1/no AB 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 225/164 .292/.356/.614/.969 .791/1.035 1.014 97/1.156 9/1 17/3
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 201/141 .202/.254/.431/.685 .521/.754 .703 87/.576 0/0 12/1
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 11/1.212 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 115/56 .272/.400/.533/.933 .946/.917 1.116 49/.745 1/0 5/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 8/1.125 4/1.667 2/.000 3/.333 5/.400 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 4/.833 259/182 .274/.357/.549/.905 1.211/.772 1.225 112/.821 11/2 15/5
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 1/.000 134/109 .250/.351/.357/.708 .251/.817 .517 66/.801 4/3 2/1
21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 164/110 .243/.293/.388/.681 .720/.660 .789 76/.642 0/1 5/1
2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/46 .220/.304/.260/.564 .664/.539 .565 21/.578 0/0 0/2
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.429 1/.000 60/45 .345/.379/.455/.834 1.000/.774 .940 21/.733 2/0 0/0
10.Young G/S/vP 7/.714 6/1.000 1/3.000 9/1.431 7/.857 ··· 5/.400 ··· 8/1.375 3/2.000 237/170 .336/.380/.541/.921 1.052/.868 .958 107/.862 4/1 8/3
IP 17.0 22.1 28.0 24.0 19.2 1.0 24.2 37.1 13.1 67.1 TOTAL .269/.328/.479/.807 .799/.810 .888 .786 46/9 89/32
ERA-K/9 5.82/2.1 4.03/6.5 5.14/5.5 2.25/9.4 2.29/6.9 0.00/18.0 4.01/6.9 4.10/6.3 7.43/8.1 4.54/7.1 4.27/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 78/.361 98/.273 122/.252 96/.209 72/.194 4/.500 98/.239 157/.287 62/.314 289/.210 .256
OPS .967 .813 .689 .525 .494 1.000 .639 .871 1.008 .699 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/.930 45/.670 51/.825 26/.692 32/.529 2/.000 42/.744 42/.878 29/.825 87/.847 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 35/1.003 53/.940 71/.598 70/.459 40/.468 2/2.000 56/.556 115/.865 33/1.177 202/.638 .754
Road 26/.746 46/.977 56/.659 33/1.037 33/.595 / 34/.661 57/.922 30/1.325 149/.809
Last 28d days 78/.967 35/.721 52/.876 30/.563 32/.651 4/1.000 33/.442 76/1.101 34/.870 132/.626
HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 2/0/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 1/4/1 8/1/1 3/1/2 9/4/1 67/35/16
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··X ·X··X··· ··o····· ··o····· ···o···· ···X···· ··X····X ·X··o··o ···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.