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Game Preview: TOR @ HOU, 8:10pm, Friday, August 23, 2013 @Minute Maid Park

Blue Jays, 57-71, 57-71 5th, 17½ GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Todd Redmond (28, RHP, 1-1, 3.32)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-1) 43.1 36 16 16 12 44 7 3.32
2012 (0-1) 3.1 7 4 4 5 2 1 10.80
Last 7 GS 1-0 35.2 31 13 13 10 40 6 3.28 55
2013-08-18 @TBR ND 6.0 6 1 1 1 4 1 91 59
2013-08-13 BOS ND 5.1 3 0 0 1 5 0 94 66
2013-08-02 @LAA ND 3.2 7 3 3 1 5 0 92 39
2013-07-28 HOU ND 6.0 3 1 1 2 10 1 102 70
2013-07-23 LAD ND 5.2 7 3 3 1 6 1 103 48
2013-07-13 @BAL ND 4.0 4 3 3 1 6 2 67 47
2013-07-07 MIN W 5.0 1 2 2 3 4 1 84 58
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 6.0 3 1 1 2 10 1 1.50 70
2013-07-28 HOU ND 6.0 3 1 1 2 10 1 102 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-32   Road:   26-39   ExtrInn: 7-8 
 vsRHP:  42-53   vsLHP:  15-18   1-Run:  15-22
 vsEast: 21-37   vsCntrl:11-14   vsWest: 16-12 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Thu, Aug 22  @NYY  L   3-5       57-71  5th 17.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 21  @NYY  L   2-4       57-70  5th 17.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 20  @NYY  L   2-3       57-69  5th 16.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 20  @NYY  L   4-8       57-68  5th 16.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 18  @TBR  L   1-2 (10)  57-67  5th 15.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 17  @TBR  W   6-2       57-66  5th 15.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 16  @TBR  L   4-5       56-66  5th 15.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 15   BOS  W   2-1       56-65  5th 15.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 14   BOS  W   4-3 (10)  55-65  5th 16.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 13   BOS  L   2-4 (11)  54-65  5th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Astros, 41-85, 41-85 5th, 32½ GB, 31½ GB in WC

SP: Jordan Lyles (22, RHP, 5-6, 5.19)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-6) 109.1 128 70 63 37 75 10 5.19
2012 (5-12) 141.1 159 97 80 42 99 20 5.09
2011 (2-8) 94.0 107 61 56 26 67 14 5.36
Last 7 GS 1-3 39.1 52 34 31 15 23 4 7.09 37
2013-08-13 @OAK W 7.0 5 1 1 2 3 0 99 64
2013-08-06 BOS L 4.2 9 8 8 3 6 1 92 17
2013-08-01 @BAL L 5.2 9 5 3 0 5 0 94 40
2013-07-26 @TOR ND 5.0 9 4 4 3 1 2 98 31
2013-07-21 SEA L 4.0 8 10 9 2 3 1 95 9
2013-07-10 @STL ND 6.1 6 4 4 2 2 0 95 45
2013-07-04 TBR ND 6.2 6 2 2 3 3 0 98 54
Last 5 v.TOR 0-0 5.0 9 4 4 3 1 2 7.20 31
2013-07-26 @TOR ND 5.0 9 4 4 3 1 2 98 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-43   Road:   22-42   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  30-63   vsLHP:  11-22   1-Run:  16-25
 vsEast:  7-20   vsCntrl: 7-16   vsWest: 19-40 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Wed, Aug 21  @TEX  L   4-5       41-85  5th 32.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 20  @TEX  L   2-4       41-84  5th 31.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 19  @TEX  L   5-16      41-83  5th 30.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 18  @LAA  W   7-5       41-82  5th 29.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 17  @LAA  L   5-6 (10)  40-82  5th 30.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 16  @LAA  W   8-2       40-81  5th 29.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 15  @OAK  L   0-5       39-81  5th 30.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 14  @OAK  W   2-1 (11)  39-80  5th 30.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 13  @OAK  W   5-4       38-80  5th 30.0 gb
117 Mon, Aug 12   TEX  L   1-2       37-80  5th 31.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 8-22

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 28, 2013 TOR  2  HOU  1        W:Casey Janssen (3-0), L: Jose Cisnero (2-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 27, 2013 HOU  8 @TOR  6        W:Dallas Keuchel (5-5), L: Josh Johnson (1-7), S: Jose Veras (19)
Fri, Jul 26, 2013 TOR 12  HOU  6        W:Brett Cecil (4-1), L: Paul Clemens (4-4), S: none
Thu, Jul 25, 2013 TOR  4  HOU  0        W:Mark Buehrle (6-7), L: Erik Bedard (3-8), S: none

Sun, May 22, 2011 HOU  3 @TOR  2        W:Wandy Rodriguez (3-3), L: Kyle Drabek (3-3), S: Mark Melancon (3)
Sat, May 21, 2011 TOR  7  HOU  5        W:Casey Janssen (1-0), L: Brett Myers (1-4), S: Octavio Dotel (1)
Fri, May 20, 2011 HOU  5 @TOR  2        W:Wilton Lopez (1-1), L: Frank Francisco (1-1), S: Mark Melancon (2)
Sun, Jun 12, 2005 HOU  3  TOR  0        W:Roy Oswalt (7-7), L: Josh Towers (5-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 11, 2005 HOU  6  TOR  3        W:Brad Lidge (2-2), L: Scott Schoeneweis (2-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 10, 2005 HOU  4  TOR  2        W:Wandy Rodriguez (2-2), L: Ted Lilly (3-7), S: Brad Lidge (16)
Season Series: 2013 - TOR over 3-1; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - HOU won 2-1; All-Time - HOU leads 6-4

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 2013 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

DET  5.06

NYM  4.03

MIA  3.23

 RA/G

ATL  3.43

NYM  4.24

HOU  5.33

 BA

M. Cabrera  .354

M. Bourn  .271

D. Uggla  .186

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .447

C. Denorfia  .332

J. Arencibia  .248

 SLG

C. Davis  .689

J. Heyward  .423

P. Kozma  .277

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.123

I. Kinsler  .755

P. Kozma  .551

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.72

J. Quintana  3.67

J. Blanton  6.12

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.96

D. Price  7.27

B. Colon  4.84

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Lyles
G/S/vB		 66.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 48.Cosart
G/S/vB		 50.Fields
G/S/vB		 63.Lo
G/S/vB		 54.Martinez
G/S/vB		 65.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB		 43.Peacock
G/S/vB		 61.Zeid
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 407/293 .212/.248/.398/.646 .645/.646 .448 59/.476 0/2 19/8
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 264/167 .273/.323/.355/.679 .912/.544 .672 68/.640 40/3 2/1
16.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 191/70 .223/.309/.428/.737 .800/.628 .700 36/.665 0/0 7/4
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 3/1.333 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 550/433 .273/.365/.525/.891 .854/.901 .927 115/.835 7/1 31/7
8.Gose* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/32 .244/.292/.289/.581 .688/.523 .508 22/.364 2/0 0/2
66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 235/187 .219/.316/.306/.622 .405/.678 .693 19/.667 7/1 1/6
13.Lawrie G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 298/230 .262/.316/.428/.745 .620/.782 .734 104/.898 6/4 9/9
26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 424/343 .280/.354/.475/.828 .542/.901 .900 95/.720 1/0 16/5
22.Pillar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/22 .080/.207/.080/.287 .250/.296 .384 30/.287 0/0 0/0
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 3/3.333 ··· 3/.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 269/210 .297/.353/.443/.796 .822/.788 .686 106/.629 12/4 9/2
14.Sierra G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .000/.400/.000/.400 .333/.500 .400 5/.400 0/0 0/0
30.Thole* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 96/85 .146/.255/.232/.487 .347/.502 .458 42/.568 0/0 1/3
IP 109.1 5.1 45.0 25.0 9.0 2.2 34.0 48.1 9.1 TOTAL .252/.319/.411/.731 .687/.747 .698 .689 97/31 152/87
ERA-K/9 5.19/6.2 0.00/3.4 1.60/4.2 6.84/9.4 1.00/5.0 0.00/3.3 2.91/5.8 5.59/8.0 7.71/7.7 4.87/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (48-15-12)
 Thole (18-7-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 496/.287 17/.063 177/.208 110/.258 37/.194 9/.143 138/.244 216/.239 42/.297 .276  Davis
 Pillar
 Sierra
 Gose
46/10/23/3
8/0/0/1
0/0/2/0
10/7/0/0
OPS .797 .368 .566 .906 .491 .286 .672 .838 .825 .806
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 263/.760 8/.000 112/.518 44/.990 19/.449 3/.000 44/.876 121/1.034 19/.465 .834
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 233/.836 9/.722 65/.650 66/.851 18/.528 6/.400 94/.578 95/.600 23/1.101 .784
Home 249/.841 5/1.000 53/.793 70/.824 11/.282 / 75/.757 67/.927 15/.938
Last 28d days 91/.830 17/.368 123/.592 40/.916 37/.491 9/.286 104/.566 78/.561 42/.825
HR/SB/CS 10/2/2 1/0/0 1/5/2 7/0/1 0/0/1 0/1/0 3/0/3 11/7/1 2/3/0 156/75/27
Usage ····X··· ··o·ooo· ··X····· ·····X·· ·X····X· ·X······ ····X··· ······X· ··o··oX·
Astros Batters (3.83 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Redmond
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 49.Lincoln
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 32.Rogers
G/S/vB		 21.Santos
G/S/vB		 45.Wagner
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 514/374 .274/.313/.350/.663 .751/.630 .695 90/.598 30/9 4/9
2.Barnes G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 342/231 .228/.285/.338/.622 .832/.524 .743 82/.501 10/7 6/2
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.000 5/1.933 2/.000 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 456/321 .214/.314/.438/.751 .722/.763 .623 87/.680 0/0 23/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 449/348 .273/.345/.466/.811 .693/.846 .854 86/.970 2/1 15/5
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 454/330 .236/.270/.402/.672 .645/.682 .717 97/.777 0/0 17/12
10.Elmore G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 118/77 .250/.319/.346/.665 .710/.640 .675 42/.617 0/3 2/7
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 200/169 .226/.245/.333/.578 .645/.566 .568 12/.417 6/2 4/9
19.Grossman# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 234/181 .263/.341/.356/.697 .707/.693 .658 103/.869 6/5 3/3
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/55 .307/.333/.440/.773 .625/.835 .644 78/.773 4/1 1/2
41.Stassi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .333/.429/.333/.762 .500/1.167 7/.762 0/0 0/
6.Villar# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 92/74 .244/.330/.295/.624 .393/.675 1.056 70/.592 11/4 0/6
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 201/154 .220/.279/.441/.719 .441/.805 .631 86/.746 1/1 10/3
IP 43.1 58.1 40.0 30.1 62.0 41.1 107.2 12.1 30.2 TOTAL .238/.297/.379/.676 .693/.670 .671 .702 88/42 123/95
ERA-K/9 3.32/9.1 2.78/10.5 3.15/8.1 3.56/7.1 2.47/6.4 3.92/7.0 5.02/6.3 2.92/7.3 3.23/7.6 4.42/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (54-17-10)
 Elmore (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 181/.221 238/.192 160/.197 139/.212 250/.252 175/.258 476/.297 48/.205 124/.232 .261  Barnes
 Grossman
 Carter
 Hoes
 Elmore
8/84/13/6
34/28/2/2
42/0/2/0
1/2/18/0
7/0/1/0
OPS .705 .587 .556 .708 .665 .758 .825 .614 .671 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 99/.620 117/.429 99/.591 70/.735 98/.476 68/1.014 267/.923 18/.472 53/.663 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.804 121/.751 61/.499 69/.683 152/.782 107/.586 209/.707 30/.695 71/.676 .751
Road 82/.873 111/.544 62/.345 64/.750 123/.631 96/.738 249/.841 26/.410 65/.491
Last 28d days 88/.691 40/.766 32/.748 38/.574 48/.830 40/.730 116/1.057 31/.579 45/.649
HR/SB/CS 7/7/0 4/6/2 2/0/0 4/3/1 5/3/6 5/3/1 16/1/1 1/3/0 4/0/1 159/69/22
Usage ····X··· ··o·X··· ·······o o···oX·· o·o···X· ··o··o·X ··X····· ··o·X·o· 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.