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Game Preview: TOR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Saturday, July 23, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Blue Jays, 50-50, 50-50 4th, 11½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Carlos Villanueva (27, RHP, 5-2, 3.31)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (5-2)			84.1	70	32	31	24	60	5	3.31
2010 (2-0)			52.2	48	27	27	22	67	7	4.61
2009 (4-10)			96.0	102	58	57	35	83	13	5.34

Last 7 GS		2-2	44.2	44	19	19	11	30	2	3.83	53
2011-07-17	NYY	L	6.0	8	5	5	1	6	0	98	41
2011-07-07	@CLE	ND	6.0	6	0	0	2	7	0	110	65
2011-07-02	PHI	ND	6.2	5	3	3	4	3	0	106	51
2011-06-25	@STL	W	6.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	96	56
2011-06-19	@CIN	L	7.0	7	2	2	0	3	1	89	58
2011-06-14	BAL	ND	6.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	98	47
2011-06-08	@KCR	W	7.0	6	4	4	1	5	1	102	53

Has never faced TEX as starter.

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

 Home:   24-24   Road:   26-26   ExtrInn: 9-2 
 vsRHP:  35-40   vsLHP:  15-10   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 16-22   vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest: 10-7  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Fri, Jul 22  @TEX  L   2-12      50-50  4th 11.5 gb
 99 Thu, Jul 21   SEA  W   7-5       50-49  4th 10.5 gb
 98 Wed, Jul 20   SEA  W  11-6       49-49  4th 11.0 gb
 97 Tue, Jul 19   SEA  W   6-5 (14)  48-49  4th 11.0 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 17   NYY  L   2-7       47-49  4th 11.5 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 16   NYY  L   1-4       47-48  4th 10.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 15   NYY  W   7-1       47-47  4th  9.5 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 14   NYY  W  16-7       46-47  4th 10.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 10  @CLE  W   7-1       45-47  4th 11.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul  9  @CLE  W   5-4 (10)  44-47  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Rangers, 57-43, 57-43 1st, 3 up

SP: Matt Harrison (25, LHP, 8-7, 2.91)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-7)			111.1	101	42	36	38	70	10	2.91
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		3-2	46.2	44	14	11	9	31	4	2.12	58
2011-07-17	@SEA	W	7.2	5	1	1	1	4	0	106	68
2011-07-10	OAK	W	7.2	6	0	0	1	7	0	112	73
2011-07-05	BAL	ND	6.0	11	2	2	0	5	2	103	47
2011-06-30	@HOU	L	6.0	7	5	5	2	2	1	110	38
2011-06-24	NYM	W	7.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	106	62
2011-06-18	@ATL	ND	6.1	3	3	1	1	6	1	102	64
2011-06-12	@MIN	L	6.0	5	2	1	3	3	0	75	56

Last 5 v.TOR		0-1	7.0	17	12	12	5	2	3	15.43	18
2011-04-26	TOR	L	3.0	8	7	7	3	1	1	60	13
2009-04-22	@TOR	ND	4.0	9	5	5	2	1	2	85	23

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

 Home:   32-18   Road:   25-25   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  40-30   vsLHP:  17-13   1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest: 18-11 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Fri, Jul 22   TOR  W  12-2       57-43  1st  3.0 up
 99 Thu, Jul 21  @LAA  L   0-1       56-43  1st  3.0 up
 98 Wed, Jul 20  @LAA  L   8-9       56-42  1st  4.0 up
 97 Tue, Jul 19  @LAA  W   7-0       56-41  1st  5.0 up
 96 Sun, Jul 17  @SEA  W   3-1       55-41  1st  4.0 up
 95 Sat, Jul 16  @SEA  W   5-1       54-41  1st  3.0 up
 94 Fri, Jul 15  @SEA  W   4-0       53-41  1st  2.5 up
 93 Thu, Jul 14  @SEA  W   5-0       52-41  1st  1.5 up
 92 Sun, Jul 10   OAK  W   2-0       51-41  1st  1.0 up
 91 Sat, Jul  9   OAK  W   7-6       50-41  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 TEX 12  TOR  2        W:Colby Lewis (10-7), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (5-8), S: none
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 TOR  5 @TEX  2        W:Frank Francisco (1-0), L: Darren Oliver (1-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 27, 2011 TEX  7  TOR  6        W:Cody Eppley (1-0), L: Octavio Dotel (1-1), S: Darren Oliver (2)
Tue, Apr 26, 2011 TOR 10 @TEX  3        W:Jesse Litsch (2-1), L: Matt Harrison (3-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2011 - TOR over 3-2; 2010 - TOR won 7-3; 2009 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - TEX leads 187-184

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

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G BOS 5.42 ATL 4.14 SEA 3.26	RA/G PHI 3.30 CLE 4.31 BAL 5.24	BA J. Reyes .349 P. Polanco .274 A. Dunn .163	OBP J. Bautista .465 N. Markakis .336 A. Rios .255	SLG J. Bautista .686 C. Jones .428 C. Getz .285	OPS J. Bautista 1.151 C. Jones .768 A. Rios .559	ERA J. Weaver 1.81 T. Cahill 3.77 J. Happ 5.88	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.35 B. Myers 6.70 B. Penny 3.78

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.42

ATL 4.14

SEA 3.26

RA/G

PHI 3.30

CLE 4.31

BAL 5.24

J. Reyes .349

P. Polanco .274

A. Dunn .163

OBP

J. Bautista .465

N. Markakis .336

A. Rios .255

SLG

J. Bautista .686

C. Jones .428

C. Getz .285

OPS

J. Bautista 1.151

C. Jones .768

A. Rios .559

ERA

J. Weaver 1.81

T. Cahill 3.77

J. Happ 5.88

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.35

B. Myers 6.70

B. Penny 3.78

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Blue Jays Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 35.Hunter
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Arencibia G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 296/232 .215/.280/.430/.710 .997/.631 .783 68/.691 0/0 14/4

19.Bautista G/S/vP 5/1.350 11/1.364 3/.333 7/.143 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 398/312 .330/.465/.686/1.151 1.265/1.119 1.059 87/1.197 5/3 31/4

11.Davis G/S/vP 8/.536 16/.625 5/1.200 9/.944 7/.666 5/.800 1/.000 301/229 .240/.270/.355/.625 .809/.570 .520 75/.696 29/9 1/2

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 5/.000 294/220 .264/.306/.420/.726 .735/.723 .640 91/.829 4/0 7/11

5.Escobar G/S/vP 2/1.000 6/1.100 ··· 4/1.666 1/2.000 3/1.334 5/.000 405/317 .297/.377/.437/.814 .939/.780 .654 85/1.010 3/1 9/9

2.Hill G/S/vP 3/.666 18/.410 4/.750 6/1.133 3/2.000 8/.250 2/.500 342/274 .229/.278/.317/.595 .504/.618 .620 93/.484 13/2 4/5

26.Lind* G/S/vP 5/1.400 17/1.235 3/.333 9/.555 2/2.500 9/1.000 2/.000 327/242 .295/.346/.508/.854 .822/.866 .827 104/.686 1/1 18/4

18.McCoy G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 90/57 .234/.344/.338/.682 .482/.797 .711 9/1.069 4/1 1/1

6.McDonald G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/1.667 1/.000 3/.000 4/.250 6/.666 5/.000 153/112 .223/.267/.317/.583 .534/.600 .554 30/.713 1/2 2/2

8.Molina G/S/vP 2/.000 9/.444 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 124/94 .315/.388/.454/.842 1.059/.770 .837 24/.792 2/0 2/1

16.Patterson* G/S/vP 2/1.000 9/1.111 2/2.500 6/.000 1/.000 8/.946 3/.333 337/259 .252/.287/.380/.667 .776/.634 .671 50/.501 12/8 6/0

45.Snider* G/S/vP 2/1.000 5/.400 2/.000 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 166/131 .238/.291/.384/.675 .378/.758 .639 67/.860 8/3 3/3

IP 111.1 1.0 36.1 8.2 28.0 34.0 22.0 TOTAL .257/.322/.420/.742 .818/.720 .705 .777 89/33 113/59

ERA-K/9

2.91/5.7

0.00/9.0

2.97/6.4

4.15/5.2

4.18/8.7

2.38/7.7

4.09/6.1

3.75/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Arencibia (55-16-8)
Molina (20-8-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 457/.245 3/.000 147/.200 37/.250 124/.291 143/.229 94/.287 .245 Bautista
Snider
Patterson
Davis
McCoy 0/0/70/8
36/5/3/4
50/30/8/3
0/74/6/2
0/3/2/0

OPS .668 .000 .641 .699 .785 .594 .858 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.790 2/.000 80/.522 15/1.303 50/.935 55/.625 39/.631 .753

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 355/.632 1/.000 67/.794 22/.287 74/.687 88/.573 55/1.005 .674

Home 230/.714 3/.000 83/.599 31/.591 65/.671 82/.526 52/.897

Last 28d days 116/.671 3/.000 28/.347 37/.699 22/.668 17/.471 18/.778

HR/SB/CS 10/1/2 0/0/0 4/0/3 1/3/1 3/1/2 3/3/2 5/1/0 109/53/29

Usage ·····X·· o······· ·····Xoo ··X····· ·····oX· ···X···· o·······

Rangers Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Villanueva
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 ··· 5/.400 6/.750 2/1.000 3/.666 405/301 .281/.333/.347/.680 .691/.677 .672 86/.721 29/5 3/17

29.Beltre G/S/vP 1/.000 10/.311 23/.626 9/.555 12/.083 13/.693 4/.000 ··· 421/316 .276/.318/.505/.823 .949/.784 .973 92/.995 0/1 20/11

9.Chavez* G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 136/116 .328/.361/.520/.881 1.138/.837 .796 52/.904 6/2 4/1

17.Cruz G/S/vP 1/.000 7/1.142 2/2.500 ··· 7/1.071 7/.762 2/2.500 6/1.100 334/259 .252/.302/.524/.827 1.161/.733 .977 86/.819 5/4 22/6

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/43 .250/.337/.313/.649 .533/.790 .683 19/.387 12/0 0/1

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 277/199 .294/.350/.536/.886 .730/.949 .913 93/.924 5/1 13/2

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 4/.250 7/1.500 5/.000 ··· 11/.182 16/.908 4/.500 6/2.334 439/319 .251/.360/.450/.810 .804/.813 .957 103/.990 19/2 15/7

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/3.000 1/5.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 318/242 .262/.321/.438/.759 .466/.850 .802 65/.522 2/1 12/3

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.400 4/1.500 6/.533 4/.000 251/179 .251/.319/.352/.671 .433/.768 .733 29/.951 5/5 5/3

25.Napoli G/S/vP 1/.000 7/.453 4/.000 7/.000 5/.400 5/1.000 2/1.000 5/.400 204/126 .266/.373/.561/.933 1.135/.809 1.005 41/1.299 2/2 13/2

12.Quintanilla* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 9/.889 3/.666 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 262/178 .252/.287/.370/.657 .647/.661 .723 54/.594 0/1 3/7

10.Young G/S/vP 3/.666 7/1.171 13/.641 ··· 14/.857 15/.334 5/1.000 6/.750 420/314 .329/.367/.488/.855 .985/.811 .956 90/.948 4/1 8/2

IP 84.1 43.1 29.0 28.2 40.1 28.2 41.0 39.1 TOTAL .273/.332/.449/.780 .791/.776 .860 .869 95/28 123/77

ERA-K/9

3.31/6.4

4.78/3.9

3.72/9.0

5.34/11.0

3.12/7.8

3.14/8.5

3.95/6.4

2.75/7.6

4.25/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (9-5-0)
Torrealba (39-18-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 342/.226 188/.308 121/.189 134/.286 172/.247 122/.252 174/.247 156/.201 .260 Murphy
Cruz
Chavez
Hamilton
Moreland
Gentry 57/13/4/5
18/0/73/5
3/29/5/2
40/17/0/2
0/0/33/0
0/33/3/0

OPS .606 .831 .651 .840 .738 .653 .706 .576 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 191/.615 95/.901 49/1.001 89/.940 88/.777 69/.557 95/.706 77/.450 .780

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 151/.595 93/.758 72/.444 45/.642 84/.698 53/.782 79/.702 79/.701 .701

Road 187/.533 83/.810 71/.619 61/.739 77/.572 41/.426 80/.793 73/.541

Last 28d days 83/.663 47/.898 29/.414 32/.892 43/1.052 7/1.571 38/.649 28/.332

HR/SB/CS 5/7/0 3/5/2 5/0/1 5/7/0 4/6/2 1/1/2 6/1/0 2/1/1 93/75/24

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