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Game Preview: TOR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Tuesday, June 9, 2009 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Blue Jays, 33-27, 3rd, 2½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Tallet (31, LHP, 3-3, 4.54)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-3) 67.1 53 35 34 32 53 9 4.54
2008 (1-2) 56.1 52 19 18 22 47 4 2.88
2007 (2-4) 62.1 49 26 24 28 54 1 3.47
Last 7 GS 2-2 45.0 30 18 18 21 36 4 3.60 57
2009-06-04 LAA ND 6.0 6 5 5 3 6 1 109 43
2009-05-30 BOS W 7.0 3 3 3 4 6 1 118 61
2009-05-25 @BAL L 6.0 7 2 2 2 5 0 101 53
2009-05-19 @BOS L 6.0 4 2 2 2 5 0 102 59
2009-05-14 NYY ND 6.0 4 2 2 5 2 0 91 53
2009-05-09 @OAK W 7.0 2 1 1 2 7 1 97 74
2009-05-04 CLE ND 7.0 4 3 3 3 5 1 94 59
Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-10   Road:   12-17   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  23-18   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  6-9    vsCntrl:18-9    vsWest:  9-6  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 60 Mon, Jun  8  @TEX  W   6-3       33-27  3rd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Rangers, 33-24, 1st, 4 up

SP: Doug Mathis (26, RHP, 0-0, 0.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
2008 (2-1) 22.1 37 20 17 14 9 3 6.85
Last 7 GS 1-1 17.1 32 20 17 12 6 3 8.83 29
2008-06-08 TBR W 5.1 5 2 2 2 1 1 94 49
2008-06-02 CLE ND 3.2 12 8 8 3 4 2 100 6
2008-05-25 @CLE ND 6.0 7 1 1 3 1 0 108 52
2008-05-20 @MIN L 2.1 8 9 6 4 0 0 70 7
Has never faced TOR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-10   Road:   15-14   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  20-17   vsLHP:  13-7    1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest: 13-3  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Mon, Jun  8   TOR  L   3-6       33-24  1st  4.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 08, 2009 TOR  6 @TEX  3        W:Casey Janssen (2-2), L: Scott Feldman (5-1), S: Scott Downs (8)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - TOR leads 3-1; 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - TEX leads 178-172

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  5.72

FLA  4.58

SEA  3.77

 RA/G

LAD  3.78

KCR  4.71

WSN  5.96

 BA

J. Bartlett  .373

C. Kotchman  .277

C. Young  .178

 OBP

K. Youkilis  .470

N. Markakis  .349

D. Navarro  .231

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .676

C. Crawford  .449

J. Kendall  .265

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.116

H. Matsui  .795

D. Navarro  .528

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.55

J. Beckett  4.09

F. Carmona  7.42

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.29

B. Myers  6.50

J. Garland  3.65

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Blue Jays Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Mathis
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 ··· 2/.000 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 186/134 .275/.304/.415/.720 .978/.616 .806 77/.571 1/0 4/4
23.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 5/1.100 274/207 .310/.347/.490/.837 .842/.835 .865 105/.634 2/1 13/6
1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 3/3.000 251/184 .313/.378/.551/.929 .834/.965 .813 99/.882 1/1 11/1
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 22/14 .227/.227/.227/.455 .500/.429 .200 12/.500 0/0 0/0
30.Millar G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 4/.250 1/.000 1/2.000 5/1.000 121/60 .252/.314/.387/.701 .793/.604 .737 66/.578 0/0 3/1
35.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 170/147 .303/.406/.577/.983 .625/1.045 .870 66/1.130 0/0 7/0
15.Rios G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 5/.400 1/2.000 2/.500 6/.666 270/205 .266/.326/.434/.760 .701/.779 .627 105/.843 7/1 7/1
33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 203/141 .304/.374/.448/.822 1.108/.704 .826 75/.789 2/1 3/5
19.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 7/.453 283/210 .304/.402/.451/.854 1.023/.797 .895 113/.891 6/4 5/1
10.Wells G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.500 265/202 .251/.309/.381/.690 .571/.727 .834 103/.536 10/0 5/0
IP 1.0 19.2 14.1 31.2 19.0 24.1 TOTAL .281/.347/.443/.791 .827/.777 .793 .735 33/8 64/25
ERA-K/9 0.00/9.0 0.46/9.1 3.77/4.4 6.54/6.8 0.95/8.1 3.33/5.9 4.59/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 3/.000 76/.157 63/.250 141/.313 78/.212 106/.247 .267
OPS .000 .452 .751 .904 .583 .720 .773
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 1/.000 39/.396 27/1.190 48/.931 20/.850 35/.498 .808
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 2/.000 37/.513 36/.419 93/.890 58/.496 71/.818 .744
Home / 36/.367 47/.952 61/1.186 39/.521 48/.477
Last 28d days 3/.000 20/.671 25/.258 99/1.024 37/.504 45/.634
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 7/3/0 1/2/0 2/1/0 70/35/14
Usage ··o····· ·····o·· ···o··o· ··X···X· Xo·X···· ·o··XX··
Rangers Batters (5.25 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Tallet*
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		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 22.League
G/S/vB		 24.Romero*
G/S/vB		 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 180/128 .276/.330/.405/.734 .824/.699 .822 80/.763 9/1 3/8
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 5/1.150 3/.666 3/.000 13/.154 7/.453 ··· 9/1.413 2/1.500 ··· 8/.393 192/141 .253/.297/.528/.825 .556/.928 .797 74/.761 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 ··· ··· 5/1.267 11/.282 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 2/2.000 ··· 2/4.000 193/124 .299/.321/.467/.789 .698/.838 .961 78/.792 2/1 4/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 2/.000 ··· ··· 229/168 .291/.354/.607/.961 .791/1.021 .993 96/1.161 9/1 17/3
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 204/144 .199/.250/.424/.674 .521/.737 .680 86/.499 0/0 12/1
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 12/1.100 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 116/56 .269/.397/.527/.923 .928/.917 1.097 45/.703 1/0 5/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 4/.833 4/1.667 2/.000 4/.250 6/.333 ··· 11/1.155 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 264/186 .274/.357/.543/.901 1.195/.773 1.204 112/.785 11/2 15/5
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/2.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.800 138/113 .259/.355/.379/.734 .251/.845 .616 70/.848 4/3 2/1
21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB 168/113 .245/.298/.387/.685 .733/.660 .792 76/.646 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 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.429 60/45 .345/.379/.455/.834 1.000/.774 .940 21/.733 2/0 0/0
10.Young G/S/vP 3/2.000 6/1.000 1/3.000 10/1.278 8/.750 ··· 10/.500 5/.400 ··· 8/1.375 242/174 .329/.372/.529/.901 1.036/.847 .918 107/.776 4/1 8/3
IP 67.1 22.1 28.0 25.1 21.1 1.0 22.1 25.1 37.1 13.1 TOTAL .269/.328/.476/.804 .797/.807 .880 .768 46/10 89/33
ERA-K/9 4.54/7.1 4.03/6.5 5.14/5.5 2.13/8.9 2.11/6.3 0.00/18.0 5.24/4.0 3.91/7.1 4.10/6.3 7.43/8.1 4.23/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 289/.210 98/.273 122/.252 102/.208 77/.194 4/.500 103/.340 101/.242 157/.287 62/.314 .256
OPS .699 .813 .689 .526 .488 1.000 .910 .640 .871 1.008 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.847 45/.670 51/.825 27/.667 34/.558 2/.000 54/.918 43/.726 42/.878 29/.825 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 202/.638 53/.940 71/.598 75/.472 43/.434 2/2.000 49/.888 58/.573 115/.865 33/1.177 .751
Road 149/.809 46/.977 56/.659 39/.966 38/.567 / 51/.736 37/.661 57/.922 30/1.325
Last 28d days 132/.626 35/.721 52/.876 36/.559 37/.614 4/1.000 103/.910 36/.462 76/1.101 34/.870
HR/SB/CS 9/4/1 2/0/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 1/1/1 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/4/1 8/1/1 3/1/2 67/35/17
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· ··X··X·· X··o···· o··o···· ····o··· X····X·· o···X··· ···X···· ··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.