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Game Preview: TOR @ TEX, 3:05pm, Sunday, June 16, 2013 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Blue Jays, 31-36, 31-36 5th, 9½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Chien-Ming Wang (33, RHP, 0-0, 6.14)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-0) 7.1 10 5 5 3 3 2 6.14
2012 (2-3) 32.1 50 24 24 15 15 5 6.68
2011 (4-3) 62.1 67 35 28 13 25 8 4.04
Last 7 GS 2-3 35.0 48 21 21 17 20 6 5.40 42
2013-06-11 @CHW ND 7.1 10 5 5 3 3 2 93 38
2012-09-23 MIL ND 4.0 8 2 2 0 2 0 69 40
2012-06-19 TBR L 3.1 7 5 5 3 1 1 77 24
2012-06-12 @TOR W 5.0 4 2 2 5 5 1 95 51
2012-06-07 NYM L 5.1 8 2 2 3 1 1 84 42
2012-05-30 @MIA L 4.0 7 4 4 3 4 0 79 33
2011-09-24 ATL W 6.0 4 1 1 0 4 1 85 64
Last 5 v.TEX 2-1 25.0 31 18 17 3 12 2 6.12 42
2009-06-04 TEX ND 4.2 7 5 5 1 5 1 69 34
2007-05-10 TEX L 6.1 11 7 7 1 2 0 98 24
2006-05-17 TEX W 8.0 6 3 2 1 3 1 81 62
2006-05-07 @TEX W 6.0 7 3 3 0 2 0 93 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-17   Road:   15-19   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  25-25   vsLHP:   6-11   1-Run:   8-14
 vsEast: 12-20   vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 6-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Sat, Jun 15  @TEX  W   6-1       31-36  5th  9.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Rangers, 38-30, 38-30 2nd, 2 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Derek Holland (26, LHP, 5-3, 3.11)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-3) 84.0 86 33 29 22 80 4 3.11
2012 (12-7) 175.1 162 100 91 52 145 32 4.67
2011 (16-5) 198.0 201 97 87 67 162 22 3.95
Last 7 GS 3-1 41.1 56 19 16 12 43 2 3.48 49
2013-06-11 CLE L 4.1 9 4 4 1 4 0 85 32
2013-06-06 @BOS ND 6.0 9 2 2 3 4 0 115 47
2013-05-31 KCR W 7.0 8 2 1 1 8 0 104 62
2013-05-25 @SEA W 6.2 4 2 0 3 10 0 119 69
2013-05-19 DET ND 4.2 8 4 4 3 6 2 106 35
2013-05-14 @OAK ND 5.2 8 4 4 1 5 0 98 41
2013-05-08 @MIL W 7.0 10 1 1 0 6 0 93 59
Last 5 v.TOR 3-1 29.1 30 17 17 10 25 3 5.22 49
2012-05-25 TOR W 7.1 5 2 2 1 9 1 105 68
2011-07-30 @TOR W 9.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 95 83
2011-04-27 TOR ND 5.0 11 5 5 3 2 0 100 24
2010-09-08 @TOR W 5.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 88 67
2009-08-31 TOR L 3.0 7 10 10 3 1 2 71 3
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-13   Road:   19-17   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  25-21   vsLHP:  13-9    1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  7-8    vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest: 19-9  IL: 3-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Sat, Jun 15   TOR  L   1-6       38-30  2nd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 15, 2013 TOR  6 @TEX  1        W:R.A. Dickey (6-8), L: Josh Lindblom (0-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2013 - TOR over 5-1; 2012 - TEX won 6-3; 2011 - TOR won 6-4; All-Time - TEX leads 196-195

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
Blue Jays Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Holland*
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 9/.444 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 15/.553 1/no AB 3/1.167 8/.875 4/1.833 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 4/.500 275/228 .265/.364/.509/.872 .844/.878 .683 118/.846 5/0 15/3
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 188/134 .210/.238/.318/.556 .464/.590 .623 80/.567 8/3 2/5
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 11/.364 3/.666 12/.788 2/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/2.250 ··· 291/221 .274/.315/.367/.682 .486/.744 .640 105/.658 2/2 3/0
11.Davis G/S/vP 16/.606 ··· 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/.000 2/2.500 4/1.250 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 99/38 .233/.313/.442/.755 .889/.540 .871 36/.740 0/0 4/2
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 9/1.111 3/.666 2/.000 7/.971 4/.000 3/.666 2/3.000 3/1.000 4/.500 299/242 .266/.348/.517/.865 .762/.889 1.018 115/.923 3/0 18/5
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 16/.580 1/.000 5/.650 1/.000 8/.393 6/.167 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 196/124 .222/.258/.308/.566 .543/.580 .634 66/.550 0/2 3/6
66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 168/135 .221/.339/.294/.634 .473/.670 .649 82/.660 7/1 0/4
26.Lind* G/S/vP 14/.940 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 6/.533 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 4/.833 201/179 .343/.413/.543/.956 1.273/.912 .975 99/1.029 1/0 7/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 7/.429 4/.000 2/5.000 1/.000 3/1.000 5/.250 2/.000 3/.000 3/.666 246/178 .251/.317/.466/.783 .577/.865 .735 99/.878 0/1 12/1
30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 13/12 .167/.231/.167/.397 .000/.432 .571 13/.397 0/0 0/1
IP 84.0 12.2 19.0 5.1 26.1 32.0 32.1 67.0 18.1 TOTAL .252/.315/.417/.731 .659/.757 .701 .753 44/12 84/43
ERA-K/9 3.11/8.6 0.71/9.2 3.32/10.4 3.38/3.4 1.71/8.9 1.41/8.7 1.11/5.9 4.30/6.7 1.47/2.5 3.66/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (29-7-7)
 Thole (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 349/.268 50/.163 82/.247 20/.125 102/.143 136/.238 127/.171 287/.263 76/.243 .247  Bautista
 Cabrera
 Davis
 Rasmus
 Bonifacio
0/0/54/5
59/0/0/3
10/2/14/2
0/61/0/0
4/7/5/0
OPS .690 .459 .730 .500 .460 .603 .528 .729 .589 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.733 25/.767 27/.472 9/.762 52/.500 48/.659 56/.566 166/.836 39/.494 .706
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 287/.681 25/.170 55/.856 11/.293 50/.418 88/.573 71/.497 121/.582 37/.676 .688
Home 163/.720 27/.450 33/.717 17/.391 43/.263 73/.592 65/.596 139/.759 32/.509
Last 28d days 106/.729 50/.459 29/.618 20/.500 31/.205 57/.708 43/.554 102/.744 76/.589
HR/SB/CS 4/4/1 0/1/0 3/3/0 0/2/0 2/2/0 0/1/0 2/1/2 9/3/0 0/0/0 60/31/7
Usage ····X··· ··o·o·oX X··oo··X ·Xo·X·o· ·····oX· X··X·o·X ··o··Xo· ···X···· o··X···X
Rangers Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 67.Wang
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 3/.000 12/.900 6/2.000 8/.679 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.334 2/.000 7/.286 2/.000 301/213 .246/.301/.294/.595 .482/.641 .504 104/.432 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 22/.527 8/.536 7/.629 15/.600 ··· 14/.142 33/.182 ··· 6/1.167 5/1.400 283/213 .307/.353/.523/.876 .866/.879 .915 95/.930 0/0 14/6
27.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 8/1.196 4/.250 8/.393 1/.000 250/182 .266/.372/.393/.765 .834/.737 .794 91/.543 0/0 5/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 7/.714 12/1.333 6/.533 9/.583 ··· 5/.200 6/.334 ··· 5/1.400 3/.333 268/194 .261/.325/.506/.831 .857/.821 .794 91/.865 5/1 16/2
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 44/.457 7/2 1/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 7/.143 13/.404 5/1.400 17/.945 ··· 5/.000 5/.800 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 185/124 .295/.364/.488/.852 .645/.959 .939 5/.200 3/2 7/7
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 158/134 .266/.316/.413/.729 .554/.762 .957 61/.677 9/2 3/2
21.McGuiness* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 26/19 .192/.192/.231/.423 .286/.474 .316 26/.423 0/0 0/0
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 5/1.400 8/.250 5/.800 6/1.300 2/1.500 1/5.000 5/1.600 1/.000 6/.333 3/.000 243/174 .210/.267/.375/.642 .569/.673 .724 96/.620 0/4 8/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 9/.111 8/.500 2/.000 9/.819 2/.500 3/1.667 11/.637 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· 181/117 .294/.326/.435/.761 .646/.824 .743 80/.829 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 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 ··· 86/54 .189/.294/.311/.605 .225/.844 .811 19/.330 0/1 2/2
IP 7.1 35.1 34.0 21.2 35.2 2.1 19.0 8.1 42.0 9.0 TOTAL .262/.324/.428/.752 .715/.769 .781 .683 41/17 84/36
ERA-K/9 6.14/3.7 1.53/10.2 1.85/10.9 2.49/8.7 2.02/6.8 3.86/7.8 2.84/5.2 0.00/8.7 3.21/5.4 1.00/6.0 4.27/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 31/.357 131/.143 147/.202 80/.171 143/.240 13/.200 83/.274 27/.154 175/.259 33/.200 .259  Martin
 Murphy
 Gentry
 Baker
 Cruz
3/46/6/5
65/0/0/4
0/48/0/2
18/0/1/0
0/0/64/0
OPS 1.026 .437 .581 .437 .640 .985 .785 .339 .693 .550 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 10/1.750 69/.304 66/.604 48/.340 56/.561 6/1.700 37/1.245 9/.444 84/.700 11/.364 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 21/.731 62/.587 81/.559 32/.585 87/.683 7/.286 46/.414 18/.284 91/.683 22/.654 .755
Road 31/1.026 67/.407 80/.619 40/.304 70/.538 4/.750 54/.785 15/.133 100/.769 24/.399
Last 28d days 31/1.026 44/.142 50/.527 37/.718 49/.501 13/.985 6/.533 27/.339 84/.560 33/.550
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 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 85/35/8
Usage ····X··· o···o··o ··X··X·X ··o·X··X ·o···o·o o·····XX ·o···X·· ······XX ··X····· o·····oX

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.