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Game Preview: TEX @ TOR, 1:07pm, Saturday, June 8, 2013 @Rogers Centre

Rangers, 36-24, 36-24 2nd, ½ GB, 1½ up in WC

SP: Yu Darvish (26, RHP, 7-2, 2.77)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-2) 81.1 52 25 25 24 111 9 2.77
2012 (16-9) 191.1 156 89 83 89 221 14 3.90
Last 7 GS 3-1 48.2 36 19 19 14 62 9 3.51 62
2013-06-02 KCR ND 7.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 99 75
2013-05-27 @ARI ND 7.2 7 4 4 0 14 1 116 63
2013-05-21 OAK L 6.0 5 1 1 3 5 1 101 60
2013-05-16 DET W 8.0 7 4 4 1 6 2 130 57
2013-05-11 @HOU W 7.0 3 3 3 3 8 2 105 64
2013-05-05 BOS ND 7.0 4 3 3 2 14 2 127 69
2013-04-30 CHW W 6.0 7 4 4 3 9 1 108 48
Last 5 v.TOR 2-1 19.0 14 7 7 6 22 3 3.32 60
2012-08-17 @TOR L 7.0 3 3 3 1 10 1 114 68
2012-05-27 TOR W 5.0 7 3 3 3 3 1 93 41
2012-04-30 @TOR W 7.0 4 1 1 2 9 1 97 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-8    Road:   18-16   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  24-17   vsLHP:  12-7    1-Run:  10-6 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest: 19-9  IL: 3-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 57 Tue, Jun  4  @BOS  L   5-17      35-22  1st  1.5 up
 56 Sun, Jun  2   KCR  W   3-1       35-21  1st  2.0 up
 55 Sat, Jun  1   KCR  L   1-4 (10)  34-21  1st  2.0 up
 54 Fri, May 31   KCR  W   7-2       34-20  1st  3.0 up
 53 Thu, May 30   ARI  W   9-5       33-20  1st  3.0 up
 52 Mon, May 27  @ARI  L   4-5       32-20  1st  3.0 up
 51 Mon, May 27  @ARI  L   3-5       32-19  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Blue Jays, 26-34, 26-34 5th, 10½ GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (34, LHP, 2-4, 5.42)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-4) 73.0 83 47 44 21 48 11 5.42
2012 (13-13) 202.1 197 88 84 40 125 26 3.74
2011 (13-9) 205.1 221 93 82 45 109 21 3.59
Last 7 GS 1-3 44.2 46 25 24 15 29 5 4.84 49
2013-06-01 @SDP L 6.0 10 4 3 1 2 0 98 39
2013-05-27 ATL W 6.0 5 1 1 2 6 0 111 62
2013-05-22 TBR ND 7.0 4 2 2 2 6 0 109 65
2013-05-17 @NYY L 6.0 6 5 5 3 4 0 100 41
2013-05-11 @BOS ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 105 66
2013-05-06 @TBR ND 6.0 9 7 7 2 5 2 107 29
2013-05-01 BOS L 6.2 7 5 5 3 1 3 106 38
Last 5 v.TEX 3-2 32.2 37 17 17 2 10 5 4.68 48
2010-07-04 @TEX W 7.0 5 3 3 0 0 2 93 55
2010-06-01 TEX L 5.1 12 6 6 1 3 0 106 22
2010-04-27 @TEX L 7.0 7 4 4 1 2 1 104 48
2009-05-01 @TEX W 6.0 7 3 3 0 2 1 81 48
2008-07-22 TEX W 7.1 6 1 1 0 3 1 91 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-16   Road:   11-18   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  21-23   vsLHP:   5-11   1-Run:   7-14
 vsEast: 12-20   vsCntrl: 6-7    vsWest:  2-2  IL: 6-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 56 Sat, Jun  1  @SDP  L   3-4       23-33  5th 10.5 gb
 55 Fri, May 31  @SDP  L   3-4 (17)  23-32  5th  9.5 gb
 54 Thu, May 30  @ATL  L   3-11      23-31  5th  9.5 gb
 53 Wed, May 29  @ATL  W   3-0       23-30  5th  8.5 gb
 52 Tue, May 28   ATL  L   6-7 (10)  22-30  5th  9.5 gb
 51 Mon, May 27   ATL  W   9-3       22-29  5th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
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)
Season Series: 2013 - TOR over 1-0; 2012 - TEX won 6-3; 2011 - TOR won 6-4; All-Time - TEX leads 195-191

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
Rangers Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB
27.Cecil*
G/S/vB
50.Delabar
G/S/vB
44.Janssen
G/S/vB
49.Lincoln
G/S/vB
62.Loup*
G/S/vB
29.McGowan
G/S/vB
57.Perez*
G/S/vB
32.Rogers
G/S/vB
45.Wagner
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 12/.614 12/.900 4/2.000 7/.750 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 266/191 .256/.307/.310/.616 .498/.662 .694 107/.622 14/2 0/4
15.Baker G/S/vP 11/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/5.000 5/1.100 1/2.000 77/30 .333/.403/.681/1.084 1.412/.633 1.253 33/.958 0/0 7/1
29.Beltre G/S/vP 27/.852 8/.536 6/.750 14/.643 2/1.000 ··· 13/.154 ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 247/186 .310/.352/.543/.895 .898/.895 .848 96/1.162 0/0 13/4
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· ··· 2/.000 9/1.158 ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.200 ··· 217/161 .273/.373/.401/.774 .797/.766 .751 95/.613 0/0 4/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 9/.000 11/1.464 5/.650 9/.583 1/3.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 234/170 .264/.321/.505/.825 .980/.769 .865 86/.802 5/1 14/2
3.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/33 .205/.222/.250/.472 .432/.485 .597 30/.414 1/0 0/1
23.Gentry G/S/vP 6/.334 4/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 115/49 .220/.316/.320/.636 .715/.534 .557 42/.475 6/2 1/0
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 136/117 .262/.316/.402/.717 .705/.720 .516 64/.734 8/2 2/2
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/1.334 6/.334 4/1.000 5/1.200 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.000 213/153 .216/.263/.377/.640 .582/.663 .531 95/.693 0/3 7/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 21/.829 6/.666 2/.000 7/.762 1/3.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 151/96 .296/.325/.437/.761 .618/.844 .768 50/.869 0/1 4/0
13.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 56/40 .294/.339/.431/.771 .683/.799 .749 56/.771 0/2 2/2
8.Soto G/S/vP 16/.464 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 ··· 80/54 .206/.316/.338/.655 .279/.844 .478 34/.836 0/1 2/2
IP 73.0 31.1 31.0 18.2 17.2 32.2 4.2 35.0 7.0 TOTAL .268/.327/.438/.765 .737/.777 .730 .762 37/16 75/29
ERA-K/9 5.42/5.9 1.72/10.4 2.03/10.2 1.93/9.1 6.11/8.1 2.20/6.9 /0.0 0.00/11.5 3.60/6.2 0.00/5.1 4.51/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (18-2-2)
 Soto (7-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 321/.282 119/.159 130/.185 66/.154 85/.271 132/.235 / 15/.067 150/.269 24/.182 .261  Martin
 Murphy
 Gentry
 Baker
 Cruz
2/40/6/4
58/0/0/2
0/42/0/2
17/0/1/0
0/0/56/0
OPS .800 .484 .569 .397 .843 .630 .133 .713 .399 .768
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.711 61/.346 58/.635 40/.278 43/.875 51/.529 / 4/.000 68/.797 10/.400 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 218/.842 58/.630 72/.515 26/.577 42/.810 81/.684 / 11/.182 82/.647 14/.397 .768
Home 164/.763 61/.494 62/.526 34/.509 46/.838 69/.710 / / 75/.594 4/.500
Last 28d days 107/.682 40/.157 40/.421 23/.759 48/.952 47/.397 / 15/.133 69/.647 24/.399
HR/SB/CS 11/1/0 1/3/0 1/5/1 1/0/0 3/0/1 3/2/2 // 0/0/0 2/1/0 0/0/1 76/30/6
Usage ······X· o····X·X o····X·X ··o··o·X ·····X·· X····o·X ·······X X····X·· o··X··Xo
Blue Jays Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB
56.Cotts*
G/S/vB
44.Frasor
G/S/vB
50.Kirkman*
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 217/168 .219/.240/.443/.682 .551/.723 .946 80/.568 0/1 12/3
19.Bautista G/S/vP 6/.167 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 239/195 .259/.364/.498/.862 .908/.851 1.151 105/.886 5/0 12/3
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 162/112 .212/.239/.331/.570 .461/.615 .502 73/.708 6/2 2/4
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 12/.788 2/no AB 4/1.000 ··· ··· 4/2.250 ··· 259/196 .288/.329/.388/.717 .492/.790 .764 95/.862 2/2 3/0
11.Davis G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 88/49 .280/.322/.390/.712 .857/.597 .799 1/.000 8/1 1/0
16.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/34 .256/.333/.487/.821 .946/.610 .661 30/.919 0/0 4/1
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 9/2.042 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 3/1.000 1/.000 264/210 .265/.341/.521/.862 .703/.901 .723 103/1.039 3/0 17/3
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 4/.250 5/1.100 7/.286 4/.250 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 165/100 .212/.245/.301/.547 .572/.531 .498 45/.459 0/2 3/6
66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 140/113 .219/.338/.281/.619 .524/.640 .675 66/.603 7/1 0/4
31.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 167/152 .331/.413/.521/.934 1.267/.896 .884 83/1.022 1/0 5/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 6/1.167 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/.500 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 216/152 .249/.310/.437/.747 .615/.804 .833 90/.745 0/1 9/1
30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 81.1 8.2 15.1 22.0 24.1 26.2 30.0 62.0 9.0 TOTAL .252/.315/.418/.733 .676/.755 .783 .795 39/11 74/37
ERA-K/9 2.77/12.3 1.04/10.3 3.52/10.0 8.18/10.2 1.85/8.9 1.69/7.8 0.90/5.7 3.92/6.5 3.00/3.0 3.65/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (27-6-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 319/.181 36/.167 65/.228 115/.364 94/.153 115/.260 117/.167 262/.254 38/.257 .248  Cabrera
 Bautista
 Davis
 Bonifacio
 Rasmus
52/0/0/3
0/0/47/2
7/1/13/2
3/7/5/0
0/55/0/0
OPS .574 .519 .748 .979 .482 .638 .519 .693 .632 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 185/.574 20/.713 20/.372 44/.996 49/.495 39/.667 49/.608 148/.784 18/.667 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.576 16/.276 45/.920 71/.962 45/.467 76/.623 68/.453 114/.572 20/.600 .703
Road 130/.449 15/.582 45/.761 69/.985 54/.634 56/.635 59/.483 148/.702 17/.765
Last 28d days 114/.652 36/.519 22/.495 46/1.072 37/.344 51/.792 50/.500 126/.628 38/.632
HR/SB/CS 9/4/1 0/1/0 3/1/0 2/2/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 2/1/2 7/3/0 0/0/0 53/25/6
Usage ·····X·· ··X··oo· ·o·o···· ·o·X···· ··o··ooX ·Xo···X· ·XX··ooo X·····X· 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.