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Game Preview: TOR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Blue Jays, 10-12, 10-12 4th, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jesse Litsch (26, RHP, 1-1, 3.63)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-1) 17.1 18 9 7 7 16 1 3.63
2010 (1-5) 46.2 53 30 30 15 16 7 5.79
2009 (0-1) 9.0 14 9 9 1 8 4 9.00
Last 7 GS 2-3 39.1 41 19 17 13 25 4 3.89 49
2011-04-17 @BOS L 6.0 7 6 4 1 5 1 97 42
2011-04-11 @SEA ND 5.0 5 0 0 4 4 0 111 57
2011-04-06 OAK W 6.1 6 3 3 2 7 0 100 54
2010-08-01 CLE L 4.0 6 4 4 2 1 1 74 33
2010-07-25 @DET ND 5.1 5 2 2 3 3 0 82 50
2010-07-20 @KCR W 5.2 8 1 1 0 0 0 84 49
2010-07-11 BOS L 7.0 4 3 3 1 5 2 99 61
Last 5 v.TEX 1-0 10.2 15 6 6 2 10 2 5.06 45
2008-04-16 TEX ND 5.0 9 4 4 0 5 1 94 38
2008-04-11 @TEX W 5.2 6 2 2 2 5 1 93 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-5    Road:    4-7    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:   7-10   vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  5-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Mon, Apr 25  @TEX  W   6-4       10-12  4th  3.5 gb
 21 Sun, Apr 24   TBR  L   0-2        9-12  4th  4.5 gb
 20 Sat, Apr 23   TBR  L   4-6        9-11  3rd  3.5 gb
 19 Fri, Apr 22   TBR  W   6-4 (11)   9-10  2nd  2.5 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 20   NYY  L   2-6        8-10  4th  3.0 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 19   NYY  W   6-5 (10)   8-9   2nd  2.0 gb
 16 Mon, Apr 18  @BOS  L   1-9        7-9   2nd  3.0 gb
 15 Sun, Apr 17  @BOS  L   1-8        7-8   2nd  2.5 gb
 14 Sat, Apr 16  @BOS  L   1-4        7-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 13 Fri, Apr 15  @BOS  W   7-6        7-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-12
Rangers, 14-8, 14-8 1st, 1½ up

SP: Matt Harrison (25, LHP, 3-1, 1.88)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-1) 28.2 18 7 6 9 19 3 1.88
2010 (3-2) 78.1 80 45 41 39 46 10 4.71
2009 (4-5) 63.1 81 43 43 23 34 9 6.11
Last 7 GS 4-1 45.2 37 20 18 18 28 5 3.55 54
2011-04-20 LAA L 6.2 4 3 3 3 5 1 105 56
2011-04-15 @NYY W 8.0 7 2 1 3 3 1 104 62
2011-04-09 @BAL W 7.0 2 1 1 1 3 1 109 71
2011-04-03 BOS W 7.0 5 1 1 2 8 0 108 69
2010-05-06 KCR ND 5.0 4 4 4 3 1 1 95 41
2010-05-01 @SEA W 6.0 7 3 2 3 3 0 127 48
2010-04-26 DET ND 6.0 8 6 6 3 5 1 103 34
Last 5 v.TOR 0-0 4.0 9 5 5 2 1 2 11.25 23
2009-04-22 @TOR ND 4.0 9 5 5 2 1 2 85 23
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-3    Road:    4-5    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:  10-6    vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Mon, Apr 25   TOR  L   4-6       14-8   1st  1.5 up
 21 Sun, Apr 24   KCR  W   8-7       14-7   1st  2.5 up
 20 Sat, Apr 23   KCR  W   3-1       13-7   1st  1.5 up
 19 Fri, Apr 22   KCR  W  11-6       12-7   1st  0.5 up
 18 Wed, Apr 20   LAA  L   1-4       11-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 19   LAA  L   4-15      11-6   1st    Tied
 16 Mon, Apr 18   LAA  W   7-1       11-5   1st  1.0 up
 15 Sun, Apr 17  @NYY  L   5-6       10-5   1st    Tied
 14 Sat, Apr 16  @NYY  L   2-5       10-4   1st  1.0 up
 13 Fri, Apr 15  @NYY  W   5-3       10-3   1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:14-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 25, 2011 TOR  6 @TEX  4        W:Kyle Drabek (2-0), L: Colby Lewis (1-3), S: Jon Rauch (4)

Thu, Sep 09, 2010 TEX  4 @TOR  2        W:Colby Lewis (10-12), L: Shawn Hill (0-1), S: Neftali Feliz (35)
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 TEX  8 @TOR  1        W:Derek Holland (3-3), L: Marc Rzepczynski (1-4), S: none
Tue, Sep 07, 2010 TOR  8  TEX  5        W:Shaun Marcum (12-7), L: Scott Feldman (6-10), S: Kevin Gregg (31)
Mon, Sep 06, 2010 TOR  7  TEX  2        W:Ricky Romero (12-8), L: Tommy Hunter (12-3), S: none
Sun, May 16, 2010 TOR  5  TEX  2        W:Brandon Morrow (3-3), L: Colby Lewis (3-2), S: Kevin Gregg (11)
Sat, May 15, 2010 TOR  6  TEX  0        W:Ricky Romero (4-1), L: Scott Feldman (1-4), S: none
Fri, May 14, 2010 TOR 16  TEX 10        W:Josh Roenicke (1-0), L: Doug Mathis (1-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 08, 2010 TOR  3 @TEX  1        W:Casey Janssen (1-0), L: Frank Francisco (1-1), S: Jason Frasor (2)
Wed, Apr 07, 2010 TOR  7 @TEX  4        W:Brian Tallet (1-0), L: Dustin Nippert (0-1), S: Jason Frasor (1)
Season Series: 2011 - TOR over 1-0; 2010 - TOR won 7-3; 2009 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - TEX leads 185-182

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 2011 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 2010 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.30

ARI  4.40

SEA  3.17

 RA/G

SDP  3.59

CHW  4.35

PIT  5.35

 BA

J. Hamilton  .359

M. Mora  .285

B. Wood  .146

 OBP

J. Morneau  .437

O. Infante  .359

B. Wood  .174

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .633

C. Granderson  .468

B. Wood  .208

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

A. Torres  .823

B. Wood  .382

 ERA

F. Hernandez  2.27

C. Pavano  3.75

J. Bonderman  5.53

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.79

M. Cain  7.13

K. Kendrick  4.18

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Blue Jays Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB		 47.Bush
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 21.Tomko
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/24 .143/.189/.343/.532 .077/.772 .229 58/.839 0/0 2/0
19.Bautista G/S/vP 3/1.667 14/1.065 6/2.100 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 6/1.000 683/554 .260/.378/.617/.995 .843/1.030 .879 87/1.305 9/2 54/7
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 18/.742 2/no AB 1/2.000 5/.000 ··· 6/1.167 367/288 .244/.305/.482/.787 .914/.755 .887 60/.738 1/0 21/18
5.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 567/439 .256/.337/.318/.655 .733/.633 .683 88/.786 6/2 4/18
26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/1.000 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 613/468 .237/.287/.425/.712 .341/.829 .660 93/.609 0/0 23/0
18.McCoy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/55 .195/.267/.244/.511 .745/.370 .487 19/.721 5/1 0/2
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 5/1.800 2/1.500 5/.400 4/.000 2/1.000 5/.000 163/121 .250/.273/.454/.727 .743/.721 .731 47/.755 2/1 6/5
8.Molina G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/1.000 183/134 .246/.304/.377/.681 .464/.763 .660 34/.853 1/0 6/2
16.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· 11/.546 2/1.500 7/.786 2/.000 ··· 9/.597 341/253 .269/.315/.406/.721 .516/.794 .650 57/.689 21/4 8/5
20.Rivera G/S/vP 3/1.666 8/.750 7/.572 ··· ··· 1/no AB 16/.670 455/293 .252/.312/.409/.721 .746/.707 .819 63/.474 2/2 15/6
45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 319/258 .255/.304/.463/.767 .702/.783 .762 86/.537 6/3 14/3
25.Woodward G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 22/16 .158/.273/.211/.483 .667/.404 .543 4/.000 0/0 0/1
IP 78.1 174.1 62.0 61.2 55.0 10.2 TOTAL .247/.320/.401/.720 .759/.710 .653 .720 23/7 22/16
ERA-K/9 4.71/5.3 4.54/5.5 2.03/6.5 2.48/9.5 2.29/8.2 10.13/9.3 /0.0 3.71/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (3-2-1)
 Molina (19-15-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 356/.262 781/.286 240/.196 244/.242 217/.196 60/.362 / .238  Bautista
 Rivera
 Patterson
 Snider
 McDonald
 Lind
 McCoy
0/1/113/12
83/1/25/8
56/10/1/4
53/0/29/3
2/0/0/0
16/0/0/0
8/2/6/0
OPS .755 .826 .548 .654 .574 1.109 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.716 366/.857 76/.561 113/.529 89/.623 24/1.132 / .675
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 255/.770 415/.799 164/.542 131/.765 128/.535 36/1.093 / .735
Home 173/.747 445/.856 114/.491 110/.516 115/.670 33/.976 /
Last 28d days 109/.558 35/.610 31/.775 33/.485 26/.487 27/.396 8/1.375
HR/SB/CS 10/5/1 28/22/6 5/3/1 4/8/3 4/3/2 2/1/0 // 26/13/5
Usage ·····X·· X·····X· ·····X·o ··Xo···· ·o·o···· o··X·o·o ·X······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (5.27 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Litsch
G/S/vB		 57.Camp
G/S/vB		 29.Dotel
G/S/vB		 50.Francisco
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 60.Rauch
G/S/vB		 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 5/.400 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 674/502 .265/.342/.301/.643 .642/.644 .641 84/.626 32/15 0/16
29.Beltre G/S/vP 10/.900 10/.311 22/.656 9/.555 11/.091 13/.693 4/.000 ··· ··· 641/441 .321/.365/.553/.919 .943/.908 .881 90/.854 2/1 28/19
3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 185/129 .277/.330/.349/.679 .539/.739 .676 12/.873 0/2 0/7
20.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 468/363 .276/.309/.340/.649 .609/.660 .656 51/.618 15/7 3/4
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 1/5.000 ··· 6/1.000 7/.762 2/2.500 6/1.100 ··· 445/324 .318/.374/.576/.950 .976/.941 1.099 87/.846 17/4 22/5
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 5/.200 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 136/105 .192/.279/.292/.571 .411/.618 .613 7/.143 3/0 1/2
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/1.667 5/1.750 3/.000 ··· 10/.200 15/.971 4/.500 6/2.334 3/.000 460/350 .286/.382/.412/.794 .957/.743 .881 97/.851 15/5 9/7
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 173/150 .255/.364/.469/.833 .604/.869 .835 70/.912 3/1 9/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 4/1.500 6/.533 3/.000 ··· 471/346 .291/.358/.449/.806 .696/.847 .834 60/.752 14/2 12/1
25.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 3/.000 5/.000 5/.400 5/1.000 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· 510/347 .238/.316/.468/.784 .966/.700 .804 43/1.283 4/2 26/12
2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 85/56 .155/.259/.338/.597 .686/.542 .495 / 0/0 4/2
8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 7/1.143 363/259 .271/.343/.378/.721 .698/.729 .823 63/.738 7/5 7/3
10.Young G/S/vP 6/.000 6/1.000 12/.583 ··· 13/.923 14/.357 5/1.000 6/.750 2/1.000 718/528 .284/.330/.444/.774 .871/.739 .871 94/.878 4/2 21/19
IP 46.2 72.1 64.0 52.2 63.2 68.2 57.2 63.2 52.2 TOTAL .268/.336/.485/.821 .895/.798 .923 .821 16/7 32/17
ERA-K/9 5.79/3.1 2.99/5.7 4.08/10.5 3.76/10.2 3.68/9.2 3.67/8.3 3.12/7.2 4.95/8.1 4.61/11.4 3.98/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (52-19-5)
 Teagarden (15-3-3)
 Torrealba (38-22-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 202/.286 298/.259 279/.218 221/.247 279/.247 298/.272 245/.268 287/.289 231/.238 .239  Murphy
 Cruz
 Borbon
 Moreland
74/10/51/9
14/0/94/3
1/133/0/2
0/0/7/0
OPS .822 .728 .743 .681 .691 .748 .671 .840 .702 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 120/.833 118/.832 115/.993 92/.549 120/.718 131/.798 120/.739 70/.671 117/.768 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.805 180/.661 164/.576 129/.765 159/.671 167/.709 125/.607 217/.895 114/.637 .679
Road 85/.857 142/.795 136/.848 99/.603 150/.841 137/.721 118/.603 142/.771 127/.574
Last 28d days 76/.706 39/.589 26/.701 9/.958 44/.673 33/.626 39/.711 40/.368 41/.571
HR/SB/CS 7/2/0 8/7/1 9/9/1 5/9/1 4/6/1 8/4/1 3/0/1 8/5/3 7/8/1 22/16/8
Usage ········ ···X··o· ··o··o·X ·o···X·· X··X··X· ··X··X·o X··o··X· oo·o··o· ··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.