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Game Preview: TEX @ TOR, 7:07pm, Wednesday, April 22, 2009 @Rogers Centre

Rangers, 6-7, 2nd, 2½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Matt Harrison (23, LHP, 0-2, 8.44)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-2) 10.2 17 10 10 9 5 2 8.44
2008 (9-3) 83.2 100 57 51 31 42 12 5.49
Last 7 GS 3-2 40.1 54 28 27 17 25 8 6.02 41
2009-04-17 KCR L 5.0 8 6 6 4 3 2 98 26
2009-04-11 @DET L 5.2 9 4 4 5 2 0 99 32
2008-09-24 OAK W 6.0 6 2 2 1 7 1 98 58
2008-09-19 LAA ND 3.0 9 7 7 2 1 3 65 12
2008-09-12 @OAK W 9.0 5 0 0 4 5 0 118 78
2008-09-06 BOS W 6.0 7 4 4 1 4 1 103 45
2008-09-01 SEA ND 5.2 10 5 4 0 3 1 74 34
Has never faced TOR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-4    Road:    1-3    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   4-7    vsLHP:   2-0    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Tue, Apr 21  @TOR  W   5-4        6-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19   KCR  W   6-5        5-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 18   KCR  L   0-2        4-7   3rd  3.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17   KCR  L   3-12       4-6   3rd  3.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 15   BAL  W  19-6        4-5   2nd  3.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr 14   BAL  L   5-7 (10)   3-5   4th  3.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13   BAL  L   9-10       3-4   3rd  2.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @DET  L   4-6        3-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @DET  L   3-4        3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10  @DET  L   2-15       3-1   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-7    Last 30: 6-7
Blue Jays, 10-5, 1st, 1½ up

SP: David Purcey (27, LHP, 0-1, 6.46)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-1) 15.1 13 13 11 13 17 1 6.46
2008 (3-6) 65.0 67 41 40 29 58 9 5.54
Last 7 GS 1-2 38.0 43 28 25 20 39 2 5.92 44
2009-04-17 OAK ND 3.2 4 5 5 3 2 0 82 32
2009-04-12 @CLE L 4.2 4 5 4 6 10 1 113 42
2009-04-07 DET ND 7.0 5 3 2 3 5 0 101 59
2008-09-17 BAL ND 5.0 11 6 6 1 5 1 87 25
2008-09-12 @BOS L 6.2 6 4 3 2 6 0 120 52
2008-09-07 TBR W 8.0 6 0 0 3 7 0 111 74
2008-09-02 MIN ND 3.0 7 5 5 2 4 0 86 27
Last 5 v.TEX 0-1 5.0 3 5 5 2 4 3 9.00 43
2008-08-03 @TEX L 5.0 3 5 5 2 4 3 89 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-3    Road:    5-2    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   6-3    vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 8-3    vsWest:  2-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Tue, Apr 21   TEX  L   4-5       10-5   1st  1.5 up
 14 Sun, Apr 19   OAK  W   1-0       10-4   1st  2.5 up
 13 Sat, Apr 18   OAK  W   4-2 (12)   9-4   1st  2.0 up
 12 Fri, Apr 17   OAK  L   5-8        8-4   1st  1.0 up
 11 Thu, Apr 16  @MIN  W   9-2        8-3   1st  1.0 up
 10 Wed, Apr 15  @MIN  W  12-2        7-3   1st  0.5 up
  9 Tue, Apr 14  @MIN  L   2-3 (11)   6-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  8 Mon, Apr 13  @MIN  W   8-6        6-2   1st  0.5 up
  7 Sun, Apr 12  @CLE  L   4-8        5-2   1st  0.5 up
  6 Sat, Apr 11  @CLE  W   5-4        5-1   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-5    Last 30:10-5 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
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)
Season Series: 2009 - TEX leads 1-0; 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - TEX leads 178-169

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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  5.56

ATL  4.65

SDP  3.93

 RA/G

TOR  3.77

HOU  4.61

TEX  5.97

 BA

C. Jones  .364

R. Ibanez  .293

J. Towles  .137

 OBP

C. Jones  .470

C. Lee  .368

T. Pena  .189

 SLG

A. Pujols  .653

G. Dobbs  .491

T. Pena  .209

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.114

J. Cust  .851

T. Pena  .398

 ERA

J. Santana  2.53

A. Cook  3.96

N. Robertson  6.35

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.51

V. Padilla  6.68

L. Hernandez  3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (6.54 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 25.Purcey*
G/S/vB		 57.Camp
G/S/vB		 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 22.League
G/S/vB		 62.Murphy*
G/S/vB		 24.Romero*
G/S/vB		 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB		 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 40/.868 / /
9.Blalock* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 11/.182 5/.650 2/1.500 ··· ··· 8/.393 5/1.150 281/189 .287/.338/.508/.846 .903/.819 .720 48/.794 1/0 12/5
22.Byrd G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 5/1.267 9/.347 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/4.000 ··· 462/306 .298/.380/.462/.842 .841/.843 .772 36/1.028 7/2 10/6
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 133/96 .330/.421/.609/1.030 1.288/.933 .998 57/1.062 3/1 7/2
19.Davis* G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 317/224 .285/.331/.549/.880 .916/.866 .887 46/.565 1/2 17/4
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 2/no AB ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 704/476 .304/.371/.530/.901 .801/.950 .779 57/.627 9/1 32/6
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/1.125 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 238/152 .158/.256/.249/.505 .631/.436 .496 20/1.650 0/1 3/1
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/.333 4/1.667 1/.000 3/.333 4/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.833 583/431 .319/.375/.517/.892 .828/.915 .886 60/1.422 26/2 18/18
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 454/323 .275/.321/.465/.786 .669/.835 .752 22/.182 7/2 15/2
21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 230/148 .253/.352/.364/.716 .443/.876 .681 39/.626 0/2 3/9
2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/36 .319/.396/.809/1.205 .775/1.333 1.059 13/.322 0/0 6/3
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.429 1/.000 300/233 .222/.283/.267/.550 .365/.602 .460 11/.855 5/4 0/2
10.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 6/1.000 1/3.000 8/1.214 7/.857 4/.500 ··· ··· 7/.858 3/2.000 708/516 .284/.339/.402/.741 .842/.703 .680 58/.872 10/0 12/11
IP 65.0 39.1 60.0 70.2 47.1 33.0 58.0 56.1 TOTAL .279/.343/.527/.870 .883/.867 .578 .870 14/2 26/7
ERA-K/9 5.54/8.0 4.12/7.1 2.25/8.2 1.78/7.3 4.18/8.0 2.18/6.3 /0.0 /0.0 2.95/9.0 2.88/7.5 3.83/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (40-9-6)
 Teagarden (7-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 289/.267 166/.263 237/.196 290/.213 208/.208 141/.230 / / 249/.216 240/.243 .234  Byrd
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Jones
 Cruz
31/57/39/7
0/111/34/7
54/13/56/4
0/66/0/1
0/0/31/1
OPS .787 .694 .620 .590 .679 .648 .650 .664 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.826 65/.976 127/.599 119/.540 81/.842 67/.785 / / 76/.767 113/.654 .763
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 212/.772 101/.515 110/.644 171/.625 127/.578 74/.528 / / 173/.602 127/.673 .674
Home 170/.846 85/.632 114/.450 136/.500 107/.611 71/.690 / / 127/.521 142/.683
Last 28d days 70/.759 29/.606 32/.523 26/.235 18/.284 33/.960 7/.714 81/.665 22/1.111 52/.677
HR/SB/CS 9/2/3 2/3/0 6/1/3 3/2/0 4/5/2 2/0/0 // // 4/4/0 4/6/1 16/10/4
Usage ····X··· ···Xo·o· ···XX··X ··oX···o ···oXo·· o···X·o· ·····oo· ··X····X ··XX···· ···X····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Blue Jays Batters (6.07 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (6.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB		 55.Eyre
G/S/vB		 50.Francisco
G/S/vB		 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB		 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 6/.167 1/.000 377/264 .249/.294/.410/.704 .591/.754 .648 43/.533 0/0 11/4
23.Bautista G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 424/295 .238/.313/.405/.718 .885/.648 .677 33/.688 1/1 15/11
13.Chavez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 122/95 .259/.287/.319/.606 .576/.614 .678 3/.667 0/0 1/1
2.Hill G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 2/1.500 ··· 4/.833 229/174 .263/.324/.361/.685 .807/.648 .695 72/1.036 4/2 2/1
26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 3/3.000 349/250 .282/.316/.439/.755 .688/.781 .726 65/.984 2/0 9/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 207/125 .210/.255/.269/.524 .623/.460 .502 3/.667 3/1 1/9
30.Millar G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/.333 4/.250 5/1.000 610/437 .234/.323/.394/.717 .736/.709 .764 24/.833 0/1 20/6
35.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· 7/.929 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 630/463 .270/.358/.419/.777 .540/.865 .738 45/1.078 1/2 15/5
15.Rios G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 7/.143 5/.400 5/.800 687/525 .291/.337/.461/.798 .735/.818 .830 70/.573 32/8 15/4
33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 467/348 .262/.349/.431/.780 .760/.787 .749 56/.855 5/0 11/11
19.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 6/.000 3/.666 6/.533 592/433 .267/.341/.356/.697 .732/.684 .678 72/.978 7/2 7/8
45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 80/64 .301/.338/.466/.803 .732/.820 .900 39/1.028 0/0 2/0
10.Wells G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 5/.800 4/.500 5/1.400 466/357 .300/.343/.496/.840 .849/.837 .849 69/.769 4/2 20/3
IP 83.2 63.1 56.1 46.1 TOTAL .287/.357/.489/.846 .770/.878 .751 .846 6/1 23/6
ERA-K/9 5.49/4.5 /0.0 3.13/11.8 4.15/5.3 6.02/8.0 6.18/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (42-22-2)
 Chavez (13-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 372/.300 / 264/.200 227/.245 214/.268 .285  Rios
 Wells
 Lind
 Snider
 Scutaro
0/62/93/14
0/100/0/5
71/0/0/2
13/0/7/2
3/0/0/1
OPS .878 .634 .699 .842 .864
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.971 / 130/.617 90/.628 60/.869 .857
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 271/.844 / 134/.650 137/.746 154/.831 .871
Road 139/.863 / 130/.579 106/.765 85/.670
Last 28d days 55/1.051 16/1.200 25/.327 23/1.197 30/.899
HR/SB/CS 12/3/3 // 7/7/1 4/3/0 8/1/1 22/2/2
Usage ····X··· ····X·X· X·o····X o···X··X o·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.