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Game Preview: TEX @ TOR, 7:07pm, Friday, July 29, 2011 @Rogers Centre

Rangers, 60-46, 60-46 1st, 2 up

SP: Alexi Ogando (27, RHP, 10-4, 2.79)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (10-4) 119.1 94 42 37 28 89 10 2.79
2010 (4-1) 41.2 31 6 6 16 39 2 1.30
Last 7 GS 3-4 38.0 39 23 18 10 29 2 4.26 50
2011-07-24 TOR L 6.2 7 3 3 2 6 0 103 52
2011-07-19 @LAA W 8.0 4 0 0 3 5 0 116 76
2011-07-06 BAL W 7.0 4 3 3 1 5 2 102 61
2011-07-01 FLA W 6.2 5 2 2 2 8 0 102 62
2011-06-25 NYM L 3.0 8 6 3 0 1 0 76 26
2011-06-19 @ATL L 5.0 5 3 1 1 3 0 104 51
2011-06-14 @NYY L 1.2 6 6 6 1 1 0 53 19
Last 5 v.TOR 0-1 12.2 11 5 5 5 13 1 3.55 56
2011-07-24 TOR L 6.2 7 3 3 2 6 0 103 52
2011-04-28 TOR ND 6.0 4 2 2 3 7 1 96 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-21   Road:   25-25   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  43-31   vsLHP:  17-15   1-Run:  12-15
 vsEast: 15-13   vsCntrl:18-13   vsWest: 18-11 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Thu, Jul 28   MIN  W   4-1       60-46  1st  2.0 up
105 Wed, Jul 27   MIN  L   2-7       59-46  1st  2.0 up
104 Tue, Jul 26   MIN  L   8-9       59-45  1st  3.0 up
103 Mon, Jul 25   MIN  W  20-6       59-44  1st  4.0 up
102 Sun, Jul 24   TOR  L   0-3       58-44  1st  3.0 up
101 Sat, Jul 23   TOR  W   5-4       58-43  1st  4.0 up
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
Blue Jays, 53-52, 53-52 4th, 12 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Brett Cecil (24, LHP, 3-4, 4.71)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-4) 57.1 58 31 30 22 42 8 4.71
2010 (15-7) 172.2 175 87 81 54 117 18 4.22
2009 (7-4) 93.1 116 59 55 38 69 17 5.30
Last 7 GS 3-3 47.1 42 23 22 19 36 6 4.18 53
2011-07-24 @TEX W 9.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 121 84
2011-07-19 SEA ND 7.0 9 5 5 1 2 2 109 40
2011-07-10 @CLE W 6.0 7 1 1 3 6 0 104 57
2011-07-05 @BOS L 8.0 6 3 2 2 6 1 114 64
2011-06-30 PIT L 6.1 8 6 6 3 6 1 100 36
2011-04-20 NYY L 5.0 6 5 5 4 4 0 82 35
2011-04-15 @BOS W 6.0 2 3 3 4 5 2 92 57
Last 5 v.TEX 2-0 16.0 21 15 15 4 12 2 8.44 39
2011-07-24 @TEX W 9.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 121 84
2010-05-14 TEX ND 2.0 8 8 8 2 2 1 48 8
2009-08-31 @TEX W 5.0 9 7 7 0 3 1 85 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-25   Road:   27-27   ExtrInn: 9-2 
 vsRHP:  38-41   vsLHP:  15-11   1-Run:  15-20
 vsEast: 18-23   vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest: 11-8  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Thu, Jul 28   BAL  W   8-5       53-52  4th 12.0 gb
104 Wed, Jul 27   BAL  W   3-0       52-52  4th 13.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 26   BAL  L   4-12      51-52  4th 13.0 gb
102 Sun, Jul 24  @TEX  W   3-0       51-51  4th 12.5 gb
101 Sat, Jul 23  @TEX  L   4-5       50-51  4th 12.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 24, 2011 TOR  3 @TEX  0        W:Brett Cecil (3-4), L: Alexi Ogando (10-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 23, 2011 TEX  5  TOR  4        W:Darren Oliver (3-5), L: Marc Rzepczynski (2-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2011 - TOR over 4-3; 2010 - TOR won 7-3; 2009 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - TEX leads 188-185

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  5.53

BAL  4.14

SEA  3.32

 RA/G

PHI  3.32

CLE  4.25

BAL  5.24

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .352

T. Tulowitzki  .281

A. Dunn  .163

 OBP

J. Bautista  .463

A. Pujols  .344

V. Wells  .249

 SLG

J. Bautista  .670

J. Francoeur  .455

C. Getz  .284

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.133

A. Ethier  .807

A. Rios  .555

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.79

M. Garza  3.72

J. Happ  6.12

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.46

R. Nolasco  6.80

B. Penny  3.76

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Rangers Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 57.Camp
G/S/vB		 50.Francisco
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 58.Ledezma*
G/S/vB		 43.Miller*
G/S/vB		 59.Mills*
G/S/vB		 60.Rauch
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 40.Walters
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 8/.929 3/.000 ··· 6/.750 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 4/.000 ··· 434/319 .280/.333/.347/.680 .707/.670 .689 106/.684 30/6 3/20
9.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.000 1/3.000 ··· 153/126 .326/.356/.496/.852 1.139/.790 .939 57/.873 6/2 4/1
17.Cruz G/S/vP 9/1.208 7/1.142 ··· 7/.762 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 4/.750 ··· 361/275 .260/.310/.527/.837 1.089/.760 .665 95/.880 6/4 22/6
19.Davis* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/4.000 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 76/62 .254/.303/.408/.711 .665/.721 .961 19/.421 0/0 3/3
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 9/.444 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 4/.250 3/2.667 ··· 304/214 .304/.355/.549/.905 .704/.992 .861 103/.958 6/1 13/3
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 9/.597 7/1.500 ··· 16/.908 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 5/.500 7/.619 ··· 468/337 .246/.351/.445/.796 .763/.809 .658 110/.830 19/2 16/7
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 344/257 .271/.327/.439/.766 .510/.851 .719 75/.572 2/2 12/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 5/.400 ··· 258/186 .252/.318/.350/.668 .433/.760 .607 29/.966 6/5 5/3
25.Napoli G/S/vP 10/.300 7/.453 7/.000 5/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 219/130 .276/.384/.562/.946 1.089/.849 .859 56/1.255 2/2 13/2
12.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/3 .333/.333/1.000/1.333 /1.333 3/1.333 0/0 0/0
2.Teagarden G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/25 .269/.321/.346/.668 .000/.751 .384 / 0/0 0/0
8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 12/.667 ··· 278/190 .261/.296/.387/.683 .656/.695 .593 60/.781 0/1 4/7
10.Young G/S/vP 9/.873 7/1.171 ··· 15/.334 7/.286 3/.000 ··· 6/1.167 6/.666 ··· 447/329 .333/.371/.490/.862 .947/.831 .750 96/1.011 4/2 9/3
IP 57.1 44.2 30.2 31.0 2.0 15.2 43.1 95.0 5.0 TOTAL .277/.334/.450/.784 .781/.785 .702 .870 99/31 126/85
ERA-K/9 4.71/6.6 5.24/4.0 4.99/10.3 2.90/8.1 9.00/9.0 4.02/5.2 /0.0 3.95/6.2 3.60/5.9 7.20/7.2 4.24/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (9-5-0)
 Teagarden (5-6-1)
 Torrealba (43-20-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 250/.264 196/.318 140/.272 132/.256 9/.143 77/.306 / 184/.249 393/.240 21/.167 .260  Murphy
 Cruz
 Chavez
 Hamilton
 Moreland
59/13/4/5
18/0/79/5
3/33/5/3
45/18/0/2
0/0/33/0
OPS .781 .852 .801 .657 .905 .892 .722 .646 .619 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 89/.591 97/.903 91/.918 71/.540 1/.000 52/.691 / 98/.697 209/.640 7/.286 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 161/.884 99/.801 49/.586 61/.795 8/1.042 25/1.342 / 86/.744 184/.653 14/.812 .710
Home 107/.964 113/.881 79/.849 91/.764 9/.905 33/.839 / 100/.646 179/.726 15/.795
Last 28d days 126/.631 45/.980 29/.599 17/1.037 9/.905 11/1.636 / 42/.834 134/.759 21/.619
HR/SB/CS 8/1/1 3/6/2 5/7/0 1/1/2 1/0/0 1/1/0 // 7/1/0 7/10/0 1/0/0 100/79/24
Usage ····X··· ··X···X· o·o···o· o·o····o ··X····· ··o····· oo···o·X X····X·· X··X·o··
Blue Jays Batters (4.76 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Ogando
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 311/244 .218/.283/.451/.734 1.056/.647 .688 68/.744 0/0 16/4
19.Bautista G/S/vP 6/1.417 11/1.364 3/.333 8/.125 3/.333 4/.250 ··· 417/327 .327/.463/.670/1.133 1.225/1.107 1.226 81/1.071 5/3 31/4
11.Davis G/S/vP 7/.572 16/.625 5/1.200 10/.844 7/.666 5/.800 1/.000 312/237 .239/.270/.350/.620 .803/.565 .731 72/.717 31/10 1/2
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 6/.500 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 5/.000 315/236 .267/.308/.432/.740 .752/.736 .853 92/.870 4/0 8/11
5.Escobar G/S/vP 4/2.000 6/1.100 ··· 4/1.666 1/2.000 3/1.334 5/.000 428/336 .311/.389/.449/.838 .978/.800 .990 85/.980 3/2 9/9
2.Hill G/S/vP 3/.000 18/.410 4/.750 7/.953 4/2.000 8/.250 2/.500 362/289 .231/.279/.323/.602 .497/.629 .602 88/.540 13/2 5/6
26.Lind* G/S/vP 6/.834 17/1.235 3/.333 10/.500 3/1.666 9/1.000 2/.000 349/258 .286/.338/.498/.837 .800/.850 .874 101/.652 1/1 19/4
6.McDonald G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 3/.000 4/.250 6/.666 5/.000 156/114 .218/.261/.310/.571 .520/.589 .594 28/.692 1/2 2/2
8.Molina G/S/vP 2/.000 9/.444 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 128/98 .313/.384/.446/.830 1.059/.758 .821 21/.874 2/0 2/1
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.500 391/289 .242/.328/.414/.742 .807/.720 .708 61/.497 5/2 11/3
45.Snider* G/S/vP 6/.833 5/.400 2/.000 7/.143 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 186/145 .234/.281/.368/.650 .322/.746 .687 87/.764 8/3 3/3
20.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 13/.581 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.500 2/1.000 130/115 .203/.277/.305/.582 .277/.620 .768 42/.507 0/1 3/1
IP 119.1 2.0 38.2 13.0 30.1 36.1 23.1 TOTAL .258/.323/.421/.744 .816/.723 .785 .775 92/35 119/62
ERA-K/9 2.79/6.7 4.50/4.5 3.26/6.3 3.46/6.2 3.86/8.3 2.23/7.7 5.01/5.8 3.77/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (58-16-8)
 Molina (21-8-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 477/.213 9/.222 161/.212 54/.234 139/.295 152/.229 102/.298 .247  Bautista
 Rasmus
 Snider
 Davis
 Teahen
0/0/70/8
0/93/0/4
40/6/3/4
0/77/6/2
3/0/6/0
OPS .593 .556 .666 .621 .804 .585 .917 .707
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 280/.661 4/.000 88/.575 22/1.294 58/.965 61/.629 42/.715 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 197/.494 5/1.000 73/.782 32/.194 81/.694 91/.553 60/1.050 .675
Road 192/.549 / 64/.692 6/1.267 59/.911 61/.687 42/.807
Last 28d days 82/.625 9/.556 37/.587 54/.621 27/.799 23/.435 20/1.087
HR/SB/CS 10/2/2 0/0/0 4/0/3 1/3/1 3/1/2 3/3/2 6/1/0 113/57/31
Usage ····X··· ···o··o· o·XX···· ··X·X··· ·Xo··X·· ·Xo··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.