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Game Preview: TEX @ TOR, 1:07pm, Saturday, August 18, 2012 @Rogers Centre

Rangers, 68-50, 68-50 1st, 5 up

SP: Roy Oswalt (34, RHP, 4-2, 6.53)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-2)			40.0	59	31	29	7	38	8	6.53
2011 (9-10)			139.0	153	60	57	33	93	10	3.69
2010 (13-13)			211.2	162	70	65	55	193	19	2.76

Last 7 GS		4-2	40.2	57	27	25	7	33	7	5.53	43
2012-07-30	LAA	L	5.1	11	8	8	0	4	3	96	18
2012-07-17	@OAK	W	6.1	3	1	1	0	6	1	103	69
2012-07-08	MIN	ND	5.2	5	1	1	2	3	0	102	56
2012-07-03	@CHW	L	4.2	13	11	9	1	4	3	112	1
2012-06-27	DET	W	6.0	13	5	5	2	6	0	107	30
2012-06-22	COL	W	6.2	9	1	1	1	6	0	110	57
2011-09-27	@ATL	W	6.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	85	69

Last 5 v.TOR		1-0	9.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0.00	86
2005-06-12	TOR	W	9.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	88	86

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

 Home:   36-22   Road:   32-28   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  48-34   vsLHP:  20-16   1-Run:  15-15
 vsEast: 17-12   vsCntrl:18-15   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Fri, Aug 17  @TOR  L   2-3       68-50  1st  5.0 up
117 Thu, Aug 16  @NYY  W  10-6       68-49  1st  6.0 up
116 Wed, Aug 15  @NYY  L   2-3       67-49  1st  6.0 up
115 Tue, Aug 14  @NYY  L   0-3       67-48  1st  6.0 up
114 Mon, Aug 13  @NYY  L   2-8       67-47  1st  6.0 up
113 Sun, Aug 12   DET  W   8-3       67-46  1st  6.5 up
112 Sat, Aug 11   DET  W   2-1       66-46  1st  5.5 up
111 Fri, Aug 10   DET  L   2-6       65-46  1st  5.5 up
110 Wed, Aug  8  @BOS  W  10-9       65-45  1st  5.5 up
109 Tue, Aug  7  @BOS  W   6-3       64-45  1st  5.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Blue Jays, 56-63, 56-63 5th, 15 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Villanueva (28, RHP, 6-2, 3.12)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (6-2)			80.2	66	29	28	35	86	10	3.12
2011 (6-4)			107.0	103	49	48	32	68	11	4.04
2010 (2-0)			52.2	48	27	27	22	67	7	4.61

Last 7 GS		4-2	42.1	33	13	13	13	44	5	2.76	60
2012-08-13	CHW	ND	7.0	5	1	1	1	8	1	85	70
2012-08-08	@TBR	L	6.0	6	3	3	3	7	0	103	52
2012-08-01	@SEA	L	6.0	7	4	4	0	6	1	84	48
2012-07-27	DET	W	5.0	4	2	2	2	3	2	99	52
2012-07-21	@BOS	W	6.1	4	3	3	2	5	1	101	56
2012-07-15	CLE	W	6.0	3	0	0	5	8	0	102	69
2012-07-04	KCR	W	6.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	85	71

Last 5 v.TEX		0-0	5.2	10	3	3	0	1	0	4.76	38
2011-07-23	@TEX	ND	5.2	10	3	3	0	1	0	105	38

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

 Home:   31-28   Road:   25-35   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  43-43   vsLHP:  13-20   1-Run:   8-16
 vsEast: 16-24   vsCntrl:18-13   vsWest: 13-17 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Fri, Aug 17   TEX  W   3-2       56-63  5th 15.0 gb
118 Thu, Aug 16   CHW  L   2-7       55-63  5th 15.0 gb
117 Wed, Aug 15   CHW  L   5-9       55-62  5th 15.0 gb
116 Tue, Aug 14   CHW  L   2-3       55-61  5th 14.0 gb
115 Mon, Aug 13   CHW  W   3-2 (11)  55-60  5th 13.0 gb
114 Sun, Aug 12   NYY  W  10-7       54-60  5th 13.0 gb
113 Sat, Aug 11   NYY  L   2-5       53-60  5th 14.0 gb
112 Fri, Aug 10   NYY  L   4-10      53-59  5th 13.0 gb
111 Thu, Aug  9  @TBR  L   1-7       53-58  5th 12.0 gb
110 Wed, Aug  8  @TBR  L   2-3       53-57  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 17, 2012 TOR  3  TEX  2        W:J.A. Happ (9-10), L: Yu Darvish (12-9), S: Casey Janssen (16)
Sun, May 27, 2012 TEX 12  TOR  6        W:Yu Darvish (7-2), L: Kyle Drabek (4-5), S: none
Sat, May 26, 2012 TEX  8  TOR  7 (13)   W:Yoshinori Tateyama (1-0), L: Jason Frasor (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 25, 2012 TEX 14  TOR  3        W:Derek Holland (4-3), L: Brandon Morrow (5-3), S: none
Wed, May 02, 2012 TOR 11  TEX  5        W:Ricky Romero (4-0), L: Matt Harrison (3-2), S: none
Tue, May 01, 2012 TOR  8  TEX  7        W:Francisco Cordero (1-1), L: Mike Adams (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 30, 2012 TEX  4 @TOR  1        W:Yu Darvish (4-0), L: Kyle Drabek (2-2), S: Joe Nathan (6)

Sun, Jul 31, 2011 TOR  7  TEX  3        W:Brandon Morrow (8-5), L: C.J. Wilson (10-5), S: none
Sat, Jul 30, 2011 TEX  3 @TOR  0        W:Derek Holland (10-4), L: Brad Mills (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 29, 2011 TOR  3  TEX  2        W:Brett Cecil (4-4), L: Alexi Ogando (10-5), S: Jon Rauch (9)
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 4-3; 2011 - TOR won 6-4; 2010 - TOR won 7-3; All-Time - TEX leads 193-190

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 2012 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 TEX 5.03 CIN 4.33 CHC 3.69	RA/G WSN 3.56 DET 4.40 COL 5.75	BA A. McCutchen .360 C. Johnson .275 J. Smoak .190	OBP J. Votto .465 D. Pedroia .337 J. Smoak .254	SLG D. Ortiz .609 T. Hunter .438 J. Carroll .288	OPS J. Votto 1.069 K. Morales .775 J. Smoak .574	ERA J. Zimmermann 2.38 C. Lee 3.83 J. Guthrie 5.75	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.39 W. Chen 7.27 D. Lowe 3.29

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.03

CIN 4.33

CHC 3.69

RA/G

WSN 3.56

DET 4.40

COL 5.75

A. McCutchen .360

C. Johnson .275

J. Smoak .190

OBP

J. Votto .465

D. Pedroia .337

J. Smoak .254

SLG

D. Ortiz .609

T. Hunter .438

J. Carroll .288

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

K. Morales .775

J. Smoak .574

ERA

J. Zimmermann 2.38

C. Lee 3.83

J. Guthrie 5.75

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.39

W. Chen 7.27

D. Lowe 3.29

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Rangers Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB 50.Delabar
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 64.Jenkins
G/S/vB 49.Lincoln
G/S/vB 62.Loup*
G/S/vB 31.Lyon
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 8/.393 3/2.667 7/.750 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.200 4/1.334 523/373 .295/.366/.394/.760 .687/.790 .785 109/.755 19/7 2/11

29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.933 14/.643 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.000 32/.188 481/346 .303/.341/.482/.823 .656/.888 .795 108/.634 1/0 19/6

17.Cruz G/S/vP 7/.715 5/.650 9/.583 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 6/.334 471/343 .266/.329/.462/.791 .938/.737 .692 99/.928 8/4 18/2

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 217/115 .318/.388/.406/.794 .879/.720 .843 35/.467 11/5 1/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 5/2.600 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 8/.536 476/320 .290/.357/.593/.950 .814/1.018 .977 105/.866 7/3 34/5

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 9/.708 4/1.750 17/.945 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 5/.800 534/392 .267/.335/.427/.762 .997/.678 .634 103/.690 20/7 13/14

27.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/33 .189/.250/.405/.655 .500/.695 .231 3/1.000 2/0 0/0

15.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 228/196 .282/.339/.510/.849 .683/.877 .713 55/.882 1/1 12/1

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 8/.250 4/1.000 5/1.200 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 5/1.600 355/303 .303/.382/.476/.858 .921/.847 .726 92/.937 8/2 10/1

9.Olt G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/12 .222/.333/.278/.611 .633/.583 .514 24/.611 1/1 0/3

8.Soto G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 242/174 .194/.275/.333/.608 .641/.596 .618 63/.604 0/0 7/7

10.Young G/S/vP 9/.444 4/.000 17/.294 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 5/1.200 487/346 .270/.302/.342/.644 .759/.598 .681 102/.644 2/2 3/4

IP 80.2 46.0 47.2 5.2 68.2 17.1 47.0 43.1 TOTAL .276/.339/.439/.778 .769/.781 .742 .745 82/33 136/63

ERA-K/9

3.12/9.6

3.91/11.9

2.27/9.1

0.00/3.2

3.15/8.8

2.60/6.2

2.87/10.9

1.87/8.7

4.55/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (0-0-0)
Soto (45-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 337/.221 188/.176 178/.186 19/.111 280/.238 63/.148 194/.239 167/.203 .254 Cruz
Hamilton
Murphy
Gentry
Martin
Olt
Moreland 6/0/110/7
71/64/1/5
81/2/12/3
0/88/2/3
3/11/0/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .678 .651 .537 .222 .702 .372 .638 .566 .760

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 175/.785 77/.392 93/.479 7/.286 132/.646 29/.207 65/.623 80/.564 .757

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 162/.570 111/.842 85/.601 12/.182 148/.752 34/.518 129/.645 87/.567 .762

Home 176/.696 101/.414 94/.575 8/.000 95/.550 28/.250 91/.570 82/.672

Last 28d days 98/.703 48/.620 32/.390 19/.222 51/.793 52/.374 37/.495 29/.755

HR/SB/CS 10/6/3 10/2/1 5/3/2 0/0/0 10/8/2 0/1/0 4/9/2 3/6/3 152/58/34

Usage ····X··· XX··X··X oo··Xo·· ··oo··o· o·X··X·o o··X··X· oo··o·X· ·X···X··

Blue Jays Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 11.Darvish
G/S/vB 50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 41.Ogando
G/S/vB 28.Ross*
G/S/vB 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Cooper* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 135/103 .285/.311/.446/.757 .656/.790 .716 66/.749 0/1 4/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 8/.572 3/.666 8/.500 1/.000 ··· 322/204 .259/.315/.410/.724 .800/.681 .729 101/.793 37/8 6/7

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 25/.368 2/.500 9/2.042 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 12/.861 2/1.000 ··· 492/366 .294/.388/.568/.956 1.131/.899 1.053 103/.894 13/3 31/3

5.Escobar G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/1.000 9/.347 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 9/.819 1/.000 ··· 479/351 .245/.294/.327/.621 .592/.631 .679 89/.570 3/1 7/10

68.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 87/56 .171/.233/.329/.562 .595/.534 .842 39/.331 0/0 3/0

43.Gose* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 79/63 .200/.273/.271/.544 .857/.468 .584 66/.586 9/2 0/1

3.Hechavarria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/13 .125/.192/.167/.359 .321/.397 .500 27/.359 0/0 0/1

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 8/.661 6/.533 6/.167 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 464/333 .230/.316/.380/.696 .603/.733 .744 91/.661 10/2 14/10

6.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 8/.000 2/.500 5/.000 ··· ··· 161/116 .221/.255/.423/.678 .784/.635 .893 78/.526 1/0 7/1

18.McCoy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 23/13 .190/.261/.190/.451 .425/.462 .205 14/.220 0/0 0/0

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 11/1.045 1/.000 6/1.167 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 4/.250 2/no AB ··· 468/340 .245/.306/.452/.758 .622/.807 .683 78/.648 4/2 20/6

14.Sierra G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/25 .333/.349/.500/.849 1.111/.655 .939 43/.849 1/0 2/0

17.Vizquel# G/S/vP 18/.343 3/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/1.000 7/.929 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 122/87 .216/.248/.241/.489 .352/.545 .560 41/.561 3/0 0/2

IP 40.0 39.0 147.2 23.2 33.0 46.1 50.0 55.1 22.2 TOTAL .249/.313/.422/.734 .744/.730 .772 .677 100/31 160/81

ERA-K/9

6.53/8.6

2.77/7.8

4.51/10.5

4.56/9.1

2.18/7.1

2.72/10.5

2.88/8.8

1.79/6.0

5.16/7.9

4.04/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gomes (0-0-0)
Mathis (22-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 180/.343 169/.265 654/.233 103/.169 129/.197 188/.241 197/.200 222/.215 101/.333 .250 Rasmus
Davis
Sierra
Vizquel
Gose
Encarnacion
McCoy
Gomes 0/108/0/5
82/6/16/4
0/0/12/1
1/0/0/0
0/11/13/0
3/0/0/0
2/2/1/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .959 .680 .711 .586 .581 .640 .614 .601 .901 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 81/.968 89/.711 375/.735 35/.527 60/.551 114/.639 80/.697 98/.583 37/.996 .711

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.952 80/.647 279/.680 68/.615 69/.604 74/.643 117/.554 124/.616 64/.846 .724

Road 64/1.032 81/.712 343/.708 25/.815 41/.347 76/.550 108/.551 109/.637 34/.679

Last 28d days 48/1.014 36/.745 146/.808 43/.548 8/.708 35/.924 56/.908 39/.832 36/.758

HR/SB/CS 8/1/2 1/8/1 13/20/2 3/0/0 3/0/1 5/3/0 6/3/0 3/1/1 5/4/0 127/76/19

Usage ········ ·Xo···o· X····X·· ·X··XX·X ····o··X ·o······ X·oX··X· ··X··ooo ·o·o·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.