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Game Preview: TOR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Monday, August 31, 2009 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Blue Jays, 58-70, 4th, 23 GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: Brett Cecil (22, LHP, 5-3, 4.96)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-3)			78.0	93	47	43	34	59	13	4.96

Last 7 GS		3-2	39.0	38	19	16	19	31	5	3.69	51
2009-08-25	TBR	L	3.1	6	6	5	3	3	2	76	26
2009-08-20	BOS	L	4.1	6	6	4	3	2	2	85	30
2009-08-08	BAL	ND	4.1	5	2	2	3	2	0	75	44
2009-08-01	@OAK	W	7.0	6	4	4	1	3	0	100	51
2009-07-26	TBR	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	7	1	99	69
2009-07-21	CLE	ND	7.0	7	0	0	4	9	0	108	68
2009-07-10	@BAL	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	96	67

Has never faced TEX.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   34-32   Road:   24-38   ExtrInn: 5-11
 vsRHP:  41-45   vsLHP:  17-25   1-Run:  16-24
 vsEast: 17-37   vsCntrl:19-11   vsWest: 15-11 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Sun, Aug 30  @BOS  L   0-7       58-70  4th 23.0 gb
127 Sat, Aug 29  @BOS  L   2-3       58-69  4th 22.0 gb
126 Fri, Aug 28  @BOS  L   5-6       58-68  4th 21.0 gb
125 Wed, Aug 26   TBR  W   3-2       58-67  4th 20.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 25   TBR  L   3-7       57-67  4th 20.5 gb
123 Mon, Aug 24   TBR  L   7-12      57-66  4th 20.5 gb
122 Sun, Aug 23   LAA  W   8-3       57-65  4th 20.0 gb
121 Sat, Aug 22   LAA  L   3-7       56-65  4th 20.0 gb
120 Fri, Aug 21   LAA  W   5-4       56-64  4th 20.0 gb
119 Thu, Aug 20   BOS  L   1-8       55-64  4th 20.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Rangers, 72-57, 2nd, 5 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Derek Holland (22, LHP, 7-8, 4.95)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-8)			109.0	118	64	60	35	86	19	4.95

Last 7 GS		4-3	44.2	37	18	17	13	36	7	3.43	56
2009-08-26	@NYY	L	6.0	7	6	6	3	4	2	99	35
2009-08-20	MIN	W	5.1	7	1	1	0	3	1	83	53
2009-08-15	BOS	W	6.2	7	2	2	2	3	2	99	53
2009-08-09	@LAA	W	9.0	3	0	0	1	8	0	96	88
2009-08-04	@OAK	L	4.1	4	4	3	4	4	1	80	41
2009-07-30	SEA	W	8.2	2	1	1	1	10	0	118	85
2009-07-25	@KCR	L	4.2	7	4	4	2	4	1	85	36

Has never faced TOR.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   41-24   Road:   31-33   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  46-36   vsLHP:  26-21   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast: 21-16   vsCntrl:18-19   vsWest: 24-13 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sun, Aug 30  @MIN  L   3-5       72-57  2nd  5.0 gb
128 Sat, Aug 29  @MIN  W   3-0       72-56  2nd  4.0 gb
127 Fri, Aug 28  @MIN  L   2-3       71-56  2nd  5.0 gb
126 Thu, Aug 27  @NYY  W   7-2       71-55  2nd  4.0 gb
125 Wed, Aug 26  @NYY  L   2-9       70-55  2nd  5.0 gb
124 Tue, Aug 25  @NYY  W  10-9       70-54  2nd  4.0 gb
123 Sun, Aug 23  @TBR  W   4-0       69-54  2nd  5.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 22  @TBR  L   4-5 (10)  68-54  2nd  6.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 21  @TBR  L   3-5       68-53  2nd  5.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 20   MIN  W  11-1       68-52  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 11, 2009 TEX  1  TOR  0        W:Kevin Millwood (6-4), L: Ricky Romero (3-3), S: C.J. Wilson (6)
Tue, Jun 09, 2009 TOR  9 @TEX  0        W:Brian Tallet (4-3), L: Doug Mathis (0-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - TOR leads 4-2; 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - TEX leads 179-173

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

LAA 5.68

CHW 4.58

SDP 3.89

RA/G

SFG 3.78

NYM 4.71

WSN 5.46

J. Mauer .371

M. Bourn .290

B. Schneider .188

OBP

A. Pujols .443

J. Gomes .361

R. Cedeno .242

SLG

A. Pujols .670

S. Choo .477

N. Punto .257

OPS

A. Pujols 1.113

T. Hafner .836

A. Casilla .544

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.20

B. Zito 3.94

B. Penny 5.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.49

D. Davis 6.79

J. Lannan 3.68

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Blue Jays Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Holland*
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 35.Hunter
G/S/vB 52.Mathis
G/S/vB 33.Millwood
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 64.Strop
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.804 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 3/1.667 2/.000 12/.166 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 360/265 .243/.274/.415/.689 .827/.640 .744 62/.642 1/0 14/8

23.Bautista G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 270/153 .231/.355/.321/.676 .796/.579 .655 52/.512 4/0 3/4

13.Chavez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 138/98 .258/.274/.348/.623 .527/.660 .623 28/.509 1/1 2/2

2.Hill G/S/vP 1/.000 9/.619 ··· 2/1.500 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 19/.737 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 5/1.100 587/434 .287/.324/.501/.825 .927/.789 .824 100/.739 4/2 31/7

26.Lind* G/S/vP 2/2.000 7/1.429 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/2.334 9/.222 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/3.000 530/376 .299/.360/.535/.896 .774/.947 .860 88/.775 1/1 25/1

6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/31 .228/.241/.333/.575 .667/.492 .563 13/.321 0/1 1/2

15.Millar G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.833 ··· 3/.333 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.167 48/.985 2/2.500 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.000 229/101 .229/.310/.376/.686 .762/.588 .681 24/.825 0/0 6/4

35.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· 11/.586 ··· 5/.400 4/.500 3/2.500 3/.333 17/1.228 2/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 394/324 .274/.388/.479/.867 .584/.933 .845 73/.968 0/0 13/2

3.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/54 .298/.365/.526/.891 .667/.933 .888 63/.891 1/0 4/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.661 ··· 6/.000 6/1.100 3/.666 3/.666 29/.326 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 7/.453 585/428 .293/.388/.430/.818 .859/.803 .882 99/.789 10/4 11/4

45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 150/122 .231/.304/.410/.715 .519/.757 .791 42/.790 1/1 6/3

10.Wells G/S/vP 1/.000 8/1.025 ··· 5/.800 6/.733 ··· 3/1.333 20/.516 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 6/1.500 542/404 .255/.308/.400/.708 .613/.739 .777 94/.738 14/3 13/0

IP 109.0 150.0 17.2 38.0 40.1 73.1 33.0 167.0 47.0 46.2 1.0 60.0 TOTAL .267/.332/.432/.764 .770/.762 .759 .744 62/19 153/68

ERA-K/9

4.95/7.1

3.72/5.3

0.51/11.2

3.55/10.7

4.24/8.7

2.95/5.4

3.00/4.6

3.61/5.4

4.02/7.5

1.74/8.5

0.00/9.0

3.30/9.9

4.15/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 470/.274 616/.249 60/.086 155/.222 179/.261 301/.232 132/.240 689/.255 210/.250 184/.196 3/.000 254/.222 .258

OPS .806 .690 .255 .666 .735 .677 .642 .741 .706 .536 .000 .645 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 131/.795 333/.655 33/.408 82/.665 82/.714 163/.843 55/.644 341/.724 119/.758 57/.741 3/.000 87/.451 .754

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 339/.810 283/.731 27/.074 73/.668 97/.751 138/.488 77/.640 348/.758 91/.638 127/.440 / 167/.743 .735

Home 242/.908 304/.732 17/.353 68/.681 103/.803 173/.727 99/.683 363/.691 65/.670 95/.468 / 128/.464

Last 28d days 127/.718 130/.688 60/.255 43/.909 12/.639 128/.648 28/.949 107/.868 118/.730 35/.452 3/.000 53/.625

HR/SB/CS 19/8/1 15/13/6 1/1/0 5/1/0 3/4/1 7/7/2 2/0/0 20/13/7 5/9/1 3/7/1 0/0/0 3/3/1 139/84/33

Usage ····X··· ·X·····X ·X···X·· ·X·X·X·o X··X·o·· ··X····· ····X··· X····X·· ···X···· ·····o·o ··o····· XX·X····

Rangers Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 32.Halladay
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 22.League
G/S/vB 48.Richmond
G/S/vB 33.Roenicke
G/S/vB 24.Romero*
G/S/vB 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 403/282 .267/.331/.379/.710 .711/.708 .832 83/.756 24/3 5/16

9.Blalock* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/.000 13/.154 7/.453 38/.910 9/1.413 2/1.500 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.150 431/310 .238/.276/.473/.749 .689/.773 .685 86/.603 2/0 23/5

29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/52 .388/.444/.490/.934 .667/.951 1.313 51/.992 11/1 1/2

22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.267 11/.282 3/.666 13/1.077 4/.500 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 476/332 .278/.321/.478/.800 .765/.815 .913 99/.845 8/2 15/2

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 9/.778 4/.833 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 411/290 .263/.341/.540/.880 .662/.968 .961 35/.713 17/3 28/4

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/2.000 298/205 .205/.258/.414/.672 .515/.744 .640 21/.686 0/0 16/2

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.650 2/1.000 1/2.000 12/.606 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 336/229 .269/.318/.412/.731 .864/.668 .613 109/.917 8/3 8/1

5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 4/1.667 2/.000 4/.250 7/.286 21/.855 11/1.155 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 7/.453 506/366 .250/.325/.504/.829 1.064/.739 .967 61/1.083 28/2 28/8

14.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.500 1/.000 8/1.500 3/2.000 2/.000 3/.667 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 361/285 .260/.335/.436/.771 .625/.810 .783 85/.677 7/4 12/1

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 6/.833 1/.000 3/.666 6/2.000 29/1.034 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 369/292 .254/.285/.394/.680 .832/.638 .670 62/.703 1/2 9/4

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 168/129 .192/.257/.364/.622 .850/.548 .636 62/.711 0/0 6/5

13.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 16/.327 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 156/124 .305/.351/.397/.748 1.016/.675 .791 40/.935 4/0 1/0

10.Young G/S/vP ··· 6/1.000 1/3.000 10/1.278 9/.666 44/.714 10/.500 5/.400 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 6/1.000 556/400 .327/.379/.533/.913 .888/.922 .957 114/.924 8/3 22/7

IP 78.0 64.1 54.2 37.1 44.1 190.0 31.0 61.0 106.1 25.2 136.2 55.1 129.0 TOTAL .259/.320/.454/.775 .763/.780 .834 .790 123/24 191/87

ERA-K/9

4.96/6.8

3.64/6.2

4.77/7.6

3.13/9.2

1.83/8.3

3.13/7.8

5.81/4.6

5.31/9.3

4.32/8.2

3.86/9.1

3.95/6.8

3.58/8.3

5.09/6.6

4.31/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 349/.300 267/.243 234/.262 162/.243 169/.196 743/.263 146/.346 258/.267 450/.250 109/.247 582/.274 234/.213 573/.256 .264

OPS .872 .706 .750 .681 .497 .678 .972 .771 .770 .609 .786 .662 .755 .763

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 115/.885 130/.746 97/.786 45/.833 85/.626 409/.686 71/.978 125/.859 274/.877 51/.827 175/.924 50/.649 170/.886 .794

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 234/.863 137/.667 137/.726 117/.621 84/.364 334/.667 75/.964 133/.688 176/.613 58/.427 407/.723 184/.665 403/.702 .740

Road 156/.859 122/.704 112/.731 64/.923 86/.584 298/.687 57/.728 114/.696 228/.768 46/.604 309/.810 116/.743 290/.796

Last 28d days 60/1.041 52/.832 34/.781 13/.839 21/.349 154/.861 23/.864 59/.990 82/.867 51/.626 125/.848 116/.712 75/.888

HR/SB/CS 13/3/4 5/0/0 6/2/1 3/1/1 1/4/2 18/16/5 5/0/1 8/7/1 17/5/3 0/5/0 16/4/6 6/7/1 14/6/3 140/70/38

Usage ·····X·· o·X···X· oo··X··X ·X··Xo·· ·····X·· X·····X· ·o···o·o ·X··X·X· ··X····· ··X··X·X ·X·····X ····X··· ··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.