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Game Preview: TOR @ TEX, 4:05pm, Saturday, June 15, 2013 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Blue Jays, 30-36, 30-36 5th, 9½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: R.A. Dickey (38, RHP, 5-8, 5.11)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-8) 88.0 85 54 50 35 64 14 5.11
2012 (20-6) 233.2 192 78 71 54 230 24 2.73
2011 (8-13) 208.2 202 85 76 54 134 18 3.28
Last 7 GS 3-3 46.0 47 27 25 18 31 6 4.89 48
2013-06-10 @CHW L 5.0 10 7 7 1 0 2 98 18
2013-06-05 @SFG W 8.1 2 0 0 2 5 0 103 82
2013-05-30 @ATL L 6.0 11 6 6 1 2 1 98 27
2013-05-25 BAL L 6.2 9 6 6 3 4 2 118 33
2013-05-20 TBR W 8.0 4 3 2 4 5 0 120 65
2013-05-14 SFG W 6.0 6 2 2 2 10 1 115 60
2013-05-09 @TBR ND 6.0 5 3 2 5 5 0 110 52
Last 5 v.TEX 1-0 7.2 6 2 2 1 2 1 2.35 60
2008-07-31 @TEX W 7.2 6 2 2 1 2 1 90 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-17   Road:   14-19   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  24-25   vsLHP:   6-11   1-Run:   8-14
 vsEast: 12-20   vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest:  5-3  IL: 6-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 66 Fri, Jun 14  @TEX  W   8-0       30-36  5th  9.5 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 13  @TEX  W   3-1       29-36  5th 10.5 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 11  @CHW  W   7-5 (10)  28-36  5th 11.0 gb
 63 Mon, Jun 10  @CHW  L   6-10      27-36  5th 12.0 gb
 62 Sun, Jun  9   TEX  L   4-6       27-35  5th 11.0 gb
 61 Sat, Jun  8   TEX  W   4-3 (18)  27-34  5th 10.0 gb
 60 Fri, Jun  7   TEX  W   6-1       26-34  5th 10.5 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  5  @SFG  W   4-0       25-34  5th 10.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  4  @SFG  L   1-2       24-34  5th 11.5 gb
 57 Sun, Jun  2  @SDP  W   7-4 (11)  24-33  5th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Rangers, 38-29, 38-29 2nd, 2 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Josh Lindblom (26, RHP, 0-1, 5.91)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-1) 10.2 12 7 7 3 10 1 5.91
2012 (3-5) 71.0 61 31 28 35 70 13 3.55
2011 (1-0) 29.2 21 9 9 10 28 0 2.73
Last 7 GS 0-1 10.2 12 7 7 3 10 1 5.91 46
2013-06-10 CLE ND 6.0 5 3 3 1 6 0 101 55
2013-05-20 OAK L 4.2 7 4 4 2 4 1 88 36
Has never faced TOR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-12   Road:   19-17   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  25-20   vsLHP:  13-9    1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  7-7    vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest: 19-9  IL: 3-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Fri, Jun 14   TOR  L   0-8       38-29  2nd  2.0 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 13   TOR  L   1-3       38-28  2nd  2.0 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 12   CLE  L   2-5       38-27  2nd  1.0 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 11   CLE  L   2-5       38-26  1st    Tied
 63 Mon, Jun 10   CLE  W   6-3       38-25  1st  1.0 up
 62 Sun, Jun  9  @TOR  W   6-4       37-25  1st  0.5 up
 61 Sat, Jun  8  @TOR  L   3-4 (18)  36-25  2nd  0.5 gb
 60 Fri, Jun  7  @TOR  L   1-6       36-24  2nd  0.5 gb
 59 Thu, Jun  6  @BOS  L   3-6       36-23  1st  0.5 up
 58 Wed, Jun  5  @BOS  W   3-2       36-22  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 14, 2013 TOR  8 @TEX  0        W:Mark Buehrle (3-4), L: Justin Grimm (5-5), S: none
Thu, Jun 13, 2013 TOR  3 @TEX  1        W:Esmil Rogers (2-2), L: Neal Cotts (2-1), S: Casey Janssen (14)
Sun, Jun 09, 2013 TEX  6 @TOR  4        W:Neal Cotts (2-0), L: Neil Wagner (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (19)
Sat, Jun 08, 2013 TOR  4  TEX  3 (18)   W:Aaron Loup (3-3), L: Ross Wolf (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 07, 2013 TOR  6  TEX  1        W:Neil Wagner (1-0), L: Nick Tepesch (3-5), S: none

Sun, Aug 19, 2012 TEX 11 @TOR  2        W:Matt Harrison (14-7), L: Henderson Alvarez (7-11), S: none
Sat, Aug 18, 2012 TEX  2 @TOR  1        W:Michael Kirkman (1-2), L: Carlos Villanueva (6-3), S: Joe Nathan (24)
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
Season Series: 2013 - TOR over 4-1; 2012 - TEX won 6-3; 2011 - TOR won 6-4; All-Time - TEX leads 196-194

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

BOS  5.14

SDP  4.19

MIA  3.02

 RA/G

STL  3.46

CHC  4.26

HOU  5.19

 BA

M. Cabrera  .354

S. Smith  .268

B. Upton  .159

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .447

Y. Alonso  .335

J. Arencibia  .233

 SLG

C. Davis  .695

D. Murphy  .430

P. Polanco  .256

 OPS

C. Davis  1.114

B. Moss  .765

J. Keppinger  .494

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.71

J. Vargas  3.74

W. Peralta  6.03

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.99

J. Lester  7.22

J. Garland  4.24

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Blue Jays Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 25.Lindblom
G/S/vB		 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 44.Frasor
G/S/vB		 37.McClellan
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB		 49.Tepesch
G/S/vB		 55.Wolf
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/1.000 240/185 .211/.233/.427/.660 .514/.704 .396 85/.549 0/1 13/3
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 8/.875 4/1.833 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 4/.500 271/224 .261/.362/.509/.870 .844/.876 .674 114/.841 5/0 15/3
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 184/131 .215/.243/.326/.569 .474/.604 .653 76/.599 8/3 2/5
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/.666 12/.788 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· ··· 4/2.250 ··· 287/218 .278/.319/.372/.691 .493/.755 .658 101/.686 2/2 3/0
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 4/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 99/56 .304/.337/.402/.739 .822/.674 .682 12/.871 11/1 1/0
16.DeRosa G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/.000 2/2.500 4/1.250 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 98/37 .235/.316/.447/.763 .889/.556 .890 35/.762 0/0 4/2
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 7/.971 4/.000 3/.666 2/3.000 3/1.000 4/.500 295/238 .270/.353/.525/.878 .762/.905 1.049 111/.959 3/0 18/5
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 8/.393 5/.200 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 192/121 .221/.258/.309/.567 .551/.577 .639 62/.553 0/2 3/6
66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 164/132 .218/.335/.293/.629 .450/.670 .639 78/.651 7/1 0/4
26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 6/.533 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 4/.833 197/175 .339/.411/.526/.937 1.273/.890 .941 95/.996 1/0 6/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 3/1.000 4/.333 2/.000 3/.000 3/.666 242/175 .250/.314/.455/.769 .586/.841 .704 95/.844 0/1 11/1
30.Thole* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 9/9 .125/.222/.125/.347 /.347 .667 9/.347 0/0 0/1
IP 10.2 12.2 18.1 5.1 26.1 30.1 32.1 67.0 17.2 TOTAL .252/.315/.417/.732 .664/.757 .702 .756 44/12 82/43
ERA-K/9 5.91/8.4 0.71/9.2 2.95/10.3 3.38/3.4 1.71/8.9 1.48/8.9 1.11/5.9 4.30/6.7 1.53/2.5 3.64/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (29-7-7)
 Thole (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 47/.273 50/.163 76/.221 20/.125 102/.143 130/.248 127/.171 287/.263 73/.254 .247  Bautista
 Cabrera
 Davis
 Bonifacio
 Rasmus
0/0/53/5
58/0/0/3
10/2/13/2
3/7/5/0
0/60/0/0
OPS .751 .459 .688 .500 .460 .622 .528 .729 .615 .697
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 30/.918 25/.767 23/.321 9/.762 52/.500 45/.675 56/.566 166/.836 37/.523 .703
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 17/.435 25/.170 53/.850 11/.293 50/.418 85/.594 71/.497 121/.582 36/.694 .692
Home 47/.751 27/.450 27/.597 17/.391 43/.263 67/.628 65/.596 139/.759 29/.568
Last 28d days 47/.751 50/.459 25/.467 20/.500 35/.213 55/.770 48/.641 102/.744 73/.615
HR/SB/CS 1/2/0 0/1/0 3/3/0 0/2/0 2/2/0 0/1/0 2/1/2 9/3/0 0/0/0 58/31/7
Usage ····X··· ·o·o·oX· ··oo··X· Xo·X·o·· ····oX·· ··X·o·X· ·o··Xo·· ··X····X ··X···XX
Rangers Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Dickey
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 50.Delabar
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 29.McGowan
G/S/vB		 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 57.Perez*
G/S/vB		 32.Rogers
G/S/vB		 45.Wagner
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 12/.900 6/2.000 8/.679 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.334 2/.000 7/.286 1/.000 296/208 .251/.306/.300/.605 .482/.657 .524 104/.465 16/2 0/6
15.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 1/5.000 5/1.100 2/1.000 92/39 .317/.391/.695/1.086 1.491/.599 .893 43/1.074 0/0 9/1
29.Beltre G/S/vP 5/.400 8/.536 7/.629 15/.600 ··· 14/.142 33/.182 ··· 6/1.167 4/1.250 279/209 .304/.351/.523/.874 .866/.877 .913 96/.985 0/0 14/5
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 8/1.196 4/.250 8/.393 ··· 245/177 .271/.376/.400/.776 .834/.752 .818 91/.598 0/0 5/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 1/.000 11/1.464 6/.533 9/.583 ··· 5/.200 6/.334 ··· 5/1.400 3/.333 264/191 .262/.326/.511/.836 .870/.823 .805 92/.872 5/1 16/2
3.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 57/38 .192/.236/.231/.467 .423/.487 .377 26/.330 1/0 0/1
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 130/54 .219/.310/.316/.626 .714/.506 .642 46/.483 7/2 1/0
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 154/130 .252/.305/.396/.700 .554/.729 .911 60/.617 8/2 3/2
21.McGuiness* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 22/16 .182/.182/.227/.409 .333/.438 .267 22/.409 0/0 0/0
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.286 5/.800 6/1.300 2/1.500 1/5.000 5/1.600 1/.000 6/.333 3/.000 239/171 .208/.264/.376/.639 .577/.664 .719 97/.673 0/4 8/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 10/1.389 7/.572 2/.000 9/.819 2/.500 3/1.667 11/.637 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· 177/114 .295/.328/.440/.767 .656/.829 .755 76/.847 0/1 5/0
13.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 87/58 .278/.326/.392/.718 .618/.767 .854 87/.718 0/2 2/3
8.Soto G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 ··· 86/54 .189/.294/.311/.605 .225/.844 .811 24/.583 0/1 2/2
IP 88.0 34.0 34.0 21.2 35.2 1.1 19.0 8.1 42.0 8.0 TOTAL .262/.324/.430/.755 .719/.771 .788 .708 40/17 84/35
ERA-K/9 5.11/6.5 1.59/10.3 1.85/10.9 2.49/8.7 2.02/6.8 6.75/13.8 2.84/5.2 0.00/8.7 3.21/5.4 1.13/5.6 4.32/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (24-2-2)
 Soto (7-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 378/.253 127/.148 147/.202 80/.171 143/.240 9/.167 83/.274 27/.154 175/.259 29/.192 .259  Martin
 Murphy
 Gentry
 Baker
 Cruz
3/45/6/5
64/0/0/4
0/48/0/2
18/0/1/0
0/0/63/0
OPS .773 .451 .581 .437 .640 1.111 .785 .339 .693 .558 .762
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 193/.819 66/.319 66/.604 48/.340 56/.561 4/1.833 37/1.245 9/.444 84/.700 10/.400 .766
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 185/.725 61/.597 81/.559 32/.585 87/.683 5/.400 46/.414 18/.284 91/.683 19/.653 .760
Road 190/.747 63/.434 80/.619 40/.304 70/.538 / 54/.785 15/.133 100/.769 20/.377
Last 28d days 148/.769 40/.157 50/.527 37/.718 49/.501 9/1.111 6/.533 27/.339 84/.560 29/.558
HR/SB/CS 14/2/0 1/3/0 1/5/1 1/0/0 3/2/4 1/0/0 2/2/0 0/1/0 3/1/0 1/0/1 85/34/8
Usage ····X··· ···o··oo ·X··X·Xo ·o·X··X· o···o·oX ·····XX· o···X··· ·····XX· ·X·····X ·····oXo

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.