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Game Preview: TEX @ TOR, 1:07pm, Sunday, June 9, 2013 @Rogers Centre

Rangers, 36-25, 36-25 2nd, ½ GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Justin Grimm (24, RHP, 5-4, 5.13)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-4) 54.1 69 33 31 17 45 6 5.13
2012 (1-1) 14.0 22 14 14 3 13 1 9.00
Last 7 GS 3-4 37.1 53 29 28 13 30 5 6.75 40
2013-06-04 @BOS L 1.2 7 8 8 3 1 1 60 7
2013-05-30 ARI W 6.0 8 3 2 0 3 0 91 49
2013-05-24 @SEA W 6.1 10 3 3 0 5 0 88 46
2013-05-18 DET W 6.2 7 2 2 1 2 0 105 53
2013-05-13 @OAK L 5.0 7 5 5 2 3 2 90 34
2013-05-07 @MIL L 5.0 8 5 5 3 7 1 99 35
2013-05-02 CHW L 6.2 6 3 3 4 9 1 105 55
Has never faced TOR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-8    Road:   18-17   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  24-17   vsLHP:  12-8    1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  6-5    vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest: 19-9  IL: 3-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Blue Jays, 27-34, 27-34 5th, 10 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Josh Johnson (29, RHP, 0-2, 5.40)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-2) 26.2 34 18 16 9 25 4 5.40
2012 (8-14) 191.1 180 84 81 65 165 14 3.81
2011 (3-1) 60.1 39 13 11 20 56 2 1.64
Last 7 GS 0-4 38.2 43 24 21 17 37 5 4.89 48
2013-06-04 @SFG L 7.0 6 2 1 0 6 1 97 65
2013-04-21 NYY ND 5.1 8 4 4 3 4 1 93 37
2013-04-16 CHW ND 7.0 4 2 2 2 8 1 107 67
2013-04-11 @DET L 1.1 7 6 6 2 1 0 56 15
2013-04-05 BOS ND 6.0 9 4 3 2 6 1 98 44
2012-09-26 @ATL L 6.0 4 3 2 5 7 1 112 56
2012-09-19 ATL L 6.0 5 3 3 3 5 0 108 52
Last 5 v.TEX 0-0 7.0 4 1 1 1 7 0 1.29 71
2010-06-15 TEX ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 7 0 111 71
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-16   Road:   11-18   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  22-23   vsLHP:   5-11   1-Run:   8-14
 vsEast: 12-20   vsCntrl: 6-7    vsWest:  3-2  IL: 6-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
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
Season Series: 2013 - TOR over 2-0; 2012 - TEX won 6-3; 2011 - TOR won 6-4; All-Time - TEX leads 195-192

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 (4.52 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Johnson
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 3/.666 12/.900 5/2.000 8/.679 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 275/195 .254/.307/.306/.614 .480/.667 .686 110/.567 15/2 0/4
15.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 4/.500 1/5.000 5/1.100 2/1.000 85/35 .329/.400/.697/1.097 1.432/.668 1.249 41/1.008 0/0 8/1
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 8/.536 7/.629 14/.643 4/.500 ··· 14/.142 ··· 3/1.667 3/.000 255/191 .304/.345/.529/.874 .886/.870 .815 99/1.010 0/0 13/4
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 16/1.188 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 11/.920 ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 5/.200 ··· 225/165 .266/.373/.391/.764 .790/.754 .734 98/.602 0/0 4/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 11/1.464 6/.533 9/.583 3/1.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 242/175 .257/.318/.491/.809 .932/.763 .835 94/.762 5/1 14/2
3.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/33 .191/.208/.234/.442 .343/.485 .540 27/.231 1/0 0/2
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 118/49 .223/.316/.330/.646 .730/.534 .578 40/.529 6/2 1/0
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 141/120 .262/.319/.397/.716 .636/.730 .525 64/.670 8/2 2/2
21.McGuiness* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 4/1.000 6/1.300 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/.000 218/155 .217/.266/.379/.645 .603/.663 .544 95/.671 0/4 7/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/1.000 7/.572 2/.000 8/.929 2/1.500 2/.500 3/1.667 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 156/98 .301/.333/.438/.772 .644/.847 .785 55/.890 0/1 4/0
13.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 65/44 .276/.328/.397/.725 .611/.776 .685 65/.725 0/2 2/3
8.Soto G/S/vP 9/1.194 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 ··· 83/54 .197/.305/.324/.629 .249/.844 .446 37/.762 0/1 2/2
IP 26.2 32.1 32.0 19.2 21.2 33.2 0.1 6.2 35.0 7.2 TOTAL .265/.326/.434/.759 .727/.774 .723 .727 38/17 76/32
ERA-K/9 5.40/8.4 1.67/10.3 1.97/10.1 2.75/8.7 4.98/7.9 2.14/6.7 0.00/30.0 0.00/9.4 3.60/6.2 0.00/4.7 4.41/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (20-2-2)
 Soto (7-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 125/.304 122/.155 135/.188 72/.174 101/.244 136/.238 4/.000 21/.100 150/.269 27/.167 .259  Martin
 Murphy
 Gentry
 Baker
 Cruz
2/41/6/4
59/0/0/2
0/43/0/2
18/0/1/0
0/0/57/0
OPS .813 .471 .572 .441 .782 .644 .500 .243 .713 .397 .762
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/.589 64/.329 60/.633 44/.371 51/.767 53/.596 1/ 7/.286 68/.797 10/.400 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 58/1.089 58/.630 75/.521 28/.549 50/.796 83/.667 3/.333 14/.220 82/.647 17/.393 .758
Home 85/.776 64/.470 67/.535 40/.574 62/.745 73/.733 4/.500 6/.533 75/.594 7/.452
Last 28d days 27/.593 41/.153 41/.440 29/.806 64/.832 45/.508 4/.500 21/.243 64/.540 27/.397
HR/SB/CS 4/5/0 1/3/0 1/5/1 1/0/0 3/1/1 3/2/3 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 0/0/1 77/31/7
Usage ····X··· oo····X· Xo····X· X··o··o· X·····X· oX····o· X······· X······· ·X····X· Xo··X··X
Blue Jays Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Grimm
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 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/1.000 225/174 .220/.240/.436/.676 .529/.720 .916 83/.596 0/1 12/3
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.500 247/203 .254/.356/.483/.840 .908/.825 1.081 108/.762 5/0 12/3
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 170/118 .214/.240/.327/.567 .484/.600 .502 77/.586 7/2 2/4
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 12/.788 2/no AB 4/1.000 ··· ··· 4/2.250 ··· 263/200 .283/.324/.381/.706 .492/.773 .740 94/.832 2/2 3/0
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 93/53 .287/.326/.391/.717 .834/.628 .799 6/.667 9/1 1/0
16.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 93/36 .250/.333/.475/.808 .957/.573 .646 33/.877 0/0 4/2
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 3/1.000 4/.500 272/218 .263/.342/.513/.854 .703/.890 .716 106/.967 3/0 17/3
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 5/1.100 7/.286 5/.200 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 173/106 .202/.240/.288/.528 .554/.512 .464 53/.410 0/2 3/6
66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 143/116 .214/.331/.274/.604 .524/.622 .650 65/.558 7/1 0/4
31.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.533 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.833 175/158 .342/.423/.523/.946 1.235/.910 .911 86/1.077 1/0 5/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/5.000 ··· 3/1.000 4/.333 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 224/158 .254/.313/.444/.756 .595/.826 .846 94/.785 0/1 9/1
30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
IP 54.1 10.0 16.1 22.0 24.1 28.1 30.0 62.0 15.2 TOTAL .251/.314/.413/.727 .672/.747 .767 .757 41/11 74/38
ERA-K/9 5.13/7.5 0.90/10.8 3.31/9.9 8.18/10.2 1.85/8.9 1.59/8.0 0.90/5.7 3.92/6.5 1.72/2.3 3.56/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (28-7-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 247/.304 41/.171 69/.230 115/.364 94/.153 122/.255 117/.167 262/.254 65/.262 .247  Bautista
 Cabrera
 Davis
 Bonifacio
 Rasmus
0/0/48/3
53/0/0/3
8/1/13/2
3/7/5/0
0/56/0/0
OPS .816 .504 .732 .979 .482 .628 .519 .693 .604 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 126/.822 22/.742 20/.372 44/.996 49/.495 41/.633 49/.608 148/.784 32/.531 .695
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 121/.811 19/.229 49/.882 71/.962 45/.467 81/.625 68/.453 114/.572 33/.667 .697
Road 138/.943 20/.538 49/.738 69/.985 54/.634 63/.616 59/.483 148/.702 44/.644
Last 28d days 120/.919 41/.504 26/.497 43/1.155 37/.344 58/.752 50/.500 102/.656 65/.604
HR/SB/CS 6/3/1 0/1/0 3/2/0 2/2/0 2/2/0 0/1/0 2/1/2 7/3/0 0/0/0 53/27/6
Usage ····X··· X··X··oo X·o·o··· ··o·X··· ···o··oo X·Xo···X ··XX··oo ·X·····X XX··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.