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Game Preview: HOU @ TOR, 7:07pm, Thursday, April 10, 2014 @Rogers Centre

Astros, 3-6, 3-6 5th, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Dallas Keuchel (26, LHP, 0-1, 7.20)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 5.0 8 4 4 2 5 1 7.20
2013 (6-10) 153.2 184 96 88 52 123 20 5.15
2012 (3-8) 85.1 93 56 50 39 38 14 5.27
Last 7 GS 1-4 40.2 49 26 25 15 39 3 5.53 46
2014-04-05 LAA L 5.0 8 4 4 2 5 1 90 38
2013-09-25 @TEX L 5.2 6 7 6 3 5 1 97 33
2013-09-19 @CLE ND 7.0 7 1 1 1 7 0 112 65
2013-09-13 LAA W 5.2 10 6 6 2 9 1 105 32
2013-09-06 @OAK L 3.1 10 5 5 2 3 0 95 21
2013-08-31 SEA L 7.0 4 3 3 2 8 0 109 63
2013-08-25 TOR ND 7.0 4 0 0 3 2 0 105 68
Last 5 v.TOR 1-0 14.1 14 6 6 4 8 3 3.77 54
2013-08-25 TOR ND 7.0 4 0 0 3 2 0 105 68
2013-07-27 @TOR W 7.1 10 6 6 1 6 3 100 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-4    Road:    0-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-3    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  2-3    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @TOR  L   3-7        3-6   5th  2.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @TOR  L   2-5        3-5   4th  2.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7   LAA  L   1-9        3-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6   LAA  W   7-4        3-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5   LAA  L   1-5        2-3   2nd  2.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4   LAA  L   1-11       2-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  3   NYY  L   2-4        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  2   NYY  W   3-1        2-0   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Tue, Apr  1   NYY  W   6-2        1-0   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-6    Last 20: 3-6    Last 30: 3-6
Blue Jays, 5-4, 5-4 1st, ½ up

SP: R.A. Dickey (39, RHP, 1-1, 4.63)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 11.2 10 6 6 7 10 0 4.63
2013 (14-13) 224.2 207 113 105 71 177 35 4.21
2012 (20-6) 233.2 192 78 71 54 230 24 2.73
Last 7 GS 4-2 45.2 39 20 20 14 38 6 3.94 55
2014-04-05 NYY W 6.2 5 0 0 1 6 0 108 69
2014-03-31 @TBR L 5.0 5 6 6 6 4 0 88 31
2013-09-27 TBR W 7.1 5 2 2 1 3 2 95 62
2013-09-22 @BOS L 8.0 6 5 5 1 11 2 110 60
2013-09-17 NYY W 7.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 101 75
2013-09-11 LAA ND 5.1 7 4 4 2 2 1 92 38
2013-09-06 @MIN W 6.1 7 3 3 1 4 1 101 50
Last 5 v.HOU 1-2 32.1 34 19 19 7 22 5 5.29 48
2013-07-26 HOU ND 6.0 7 5 5 2 8 1 104 44
2012-08-25 HOU W 7.0 5 1 1 1 2 0 86 64
2012-04-30 @HOU ND 6.0 3 3 3 2 6 1 77 58
2011-05-14 @HOU L 5.1 11 6 6 0 2 2 106 24
2011-04-20 HOU L 8.0 8 4 4 2 4 1 104 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-2    Road:    2-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-2    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  3-4    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Wed, Apr  9   HOU  W   7-3        5-4   1st  0.5 up
  8 Tue, Apr  8   HOU  W   5-2        4-4   2nd  0.5 gb
  7 Sun, Apr  6   NYY  L   4-6        3-4   3rd  1.0 gb
  6 Sat, Apr  5   NYY  W   4-0        3-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  5 Fri, Apr  4   NYY  L   3-7        2-3   4th  1.0 gb
  4 Thu, Apr  3  @TBR  L   2-7        2-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  2  @TBR  W   3-0        2-1   1st  0.5 up
  2 Tue, Apr  1  @TBR  W   4-2        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @TBR  L   2-9        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-4    Last 20: 5-4    Last 30: 5-4 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 09, 2014 TOR  7  HOU  3        W:Brandon Morrow (1-1), L: Lucas Harrell (0-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 08, 2014 TOR  5  HOU  2        W:Mark Buehrle (2-0), L: Brett Oberholtzer (0-2), S: Sergio Santos (3)

Sun, Aug 25, 2013 TOR  2 @HOU  1        W:Mark Buehrle (10-7), L: Chia-Jen Lo (0-2), S: Casey Janssen (23)
Sat, Aug 24, 2013 HOU  8  TOR  5        W:Brad Peacock (3-4), L: Chien-Ming Wang (1-2), S: Chia-Jen Lo (2)
Fri, Aug 23, 2013 HOU 12  TOR  4        W:Jordan Lyles (6-6), L: Todd Redmond (1-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2014 - TOR over 2-0; 2013 - TOR won 4-3; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 8-7

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 2014 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

For the 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (2.89 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.00 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		 36.Hutchison
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 58.Redmond
G/S/vB		 32.Rogers
G/S/vB		 21.Santos
G/S/vB		 45.Wagner
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 672/480 .283/.316/.363/.678 .733/.656 .630 37/.803 35/13 5/9
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.000 6/1.500 2/5.000 ··· 4/.833 5/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 585/410 .223/.320/.451/.770 .782/.765 .925 30/.600 2/0 29/5
15.Castro* G/S/vP 11/.764 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 491/380 .276/.350/.485/.835 .738/.864 .769 27/.472 2/1 18/5
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 210/123 .225/.287/.361/.648 .660/.640 .641 12/.583 0/0 7/6
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 6/.533 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.833 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 589/424 .241/.286/.403/.690 .627/.714 .694 32/.545 0/1 21/16
21.Fowler# G/S/vP 7/1.238 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 492/346 .263/.369/.407/.776 .860/.741 .678 17/1.346 19/9 12/3
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 222/183 .221/.252/.319/.571 .575/.570 .575 7/.286 6/2 4/10
19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 288/212 .268/.332/.370/.702 .785/.669 .728 37/.314 6/7 4/3
14.Guzman G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 318/166 .226/.297/.378/.675 .691/.661 .865 23/.826 3/0 9/6
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 184/122 .282/.332/.365/.696 .669/.710 .735 16/.976 7/1 1/4
18.Krauss* G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 146/131 .209/.267/.366/.633 .333/.669 .813 20/.311 2/0 4/2
8.Presley* G/S/vP 6/.500 6/1.500 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 195/144 .276/.313/.373/.686 .634/.705 .689 22/.727 1/4 3/1
6.Villar# G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 5/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 241/176 .243/.321/.319/.640 .673/.627 .512 30/.707 18/8 1/16
IP 224.2 60.2 58.2 69.1 77.0 137.2 25.2 38.0 TOTAL .199/.268/.379/.647 .652/.644 .632 .647 7/0 11/4
ERA-K/9 4.21/7.1 2.82/10.4 3.22/12.6 /0.0 2.47/6.9 4.32/8.9 4.77/6.3 1.75/9.8 3.79/7.8 4.10/9.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (58-19-9)
 Corporan (31-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 943/.242 250/.201 253/.231 / 282/.258 324/.239 598/.279 90/.131 161/.271 .267  Krauss
 Fowler
 Presley
 Grossman
 Carter
 Guzman
 Hoes
18/0/9/3
0/110/0/3
12/28/12/2
45/29/2/2
49/0/2/0
35/0/5/0
3/2/44/0
OPS .728 .594 .680 .670 .757 .799 .393 .750 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 511/.766 123/.458 119/.712 / 113/.506 174/.724 337/.854 37/.312 69/.768 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 432/.682 127/.736 134/.654 / 169/.777 150/.794 261/.731 53/.449 92/.736 .705
Home 495/.773 132/.639 122/.732 / 144/.665 176/.588 267/.809 48/.485 85/.819
Last 28d days 51/.686 15/.795 16/.517 40/.855 19/.548 20/.522 24/.851 16/.760 6/.000
HR/SB/CS 35/8/3 4/6/2 4/5/2 // 5/3/7 13/8/0 21/3/1 1/5/0 5/0/1 3/12/1
Usage ····X··· ·X··Xo·o oo·o·X·· ···X···· ·X··oX·· ···X·X·· o··o··X· ·o··X··o X·······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Blue Jays Batters (3.78 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB		 37.Albers
G/S/vB		 45.Bass
G/S/vB		 66.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 36.Williams
G/S/vB		 61.Zeid
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 4/1.750 17/1.166 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 11/.829 7/.929 1/.000 528/416 .259/.358/.498/.856 .910/.842 .983 38/1.162 7/2 28/5
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 4/1.000 4/.833 7/1.143 1/5.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.333 3/1.334 1/2.000 372/268 .279/.322/.360/.682 .595/.717 .724 40/.950 2/2 3/1
1.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 19/.566 0/0 0/0
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 6/1.267 16/.646 ··· ··· 3/.667 3/5.000 15/.600 11/.404 2/.500 621/492 .272/.370/.534/.904 .859/.916 .835 37/.573 7/1 36/8
17.Goins* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 121/77 .252/.264/.345/.609 .576/.628 .589 20/.205 0/0 2/1
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 5/1.800 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 399/276 .236/.288/.310/.597 .606/.594 .600 24/1.000 1/5 5/10
31.Kratz G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 218/173 .213/.280/.386/.666 .406/.729 .772 7/1.000 0/0 9/1
13.Lawrie G/S/vP 6/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/1.000 2/.000 10/.775 3/1.666 442/338 .254/.315/.397/.712 .613/.742 .742 35/.384 9/5 11/12
26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/.000 9/.777 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 9/.222 2/1.000 521/421 .288/.357/.497/.854 .573/.924 .793 26/.923 1/0 23/7
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/.666 9/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 266/195 .300/.365/.492/.856 1.123/.764 1.008 33/.679 0/1 13/5
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/1.666 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.700 6/.334 1/.000 458/326 .276/.338/.501/.840 .712/.893 .913 34/.406 0/1 22/4
14.Sierra G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 122/84 .290/.369/.458/.827 .786/.845 1.060 8/.000 1/0 1/2
22.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 135/109 .175/.256/.242/.497 .477/.502 .433 4/1.000 0/0 1/3
IP 153.2 63.0 42.0 20.1 38.0 83.1 62.0 169.1 27.2 TOTAL .222/.298/.392/.690 .699/.685 .752 .690 5/1 11/3
ERA-K/9 5.15/7.2 3.14/5.0 5.36/6.6 1.77/6.7 4.97/9.5 5.18/8.3 2.61/7.1 4.57/5.7 3.90/7.8 5.35/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (33-9-1)
 Navarro (37-13-5)
 Thole (22-8-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 682/.297 262/.242 193/.297 87/.183 160/.220 365/.241 252/.251 728/.272 118/.250 .258  Bautista
 Cabrera
 Rasmus
 Sierra
0/0/109/8
77/0/0/3
0/114/0/1
2/0/29/0
OPS .812 .621 .829 .585 .783 .779 .658 .772 .708 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 162/.750 114/.683 90/.881 42/.463 71/.884 211/.919 103/.600 402/.818 52/.519 .805
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 520/.832 148/.573 103/.785 45/.706 89/.706 154/.594 149/.698 326/.716 66/.853 .679
Road 301/.826 121/.696 124/.965 37/.439 54/.893 222/.726 121/.689 367/.781 58/.771
Last 28d days 24/1.053 19/.596 16/.688 11/1.260 13/.490 31/.733 13/1.077 30/.977 11/1.091
HR/SB/CS 20/7/4 2/2/3 4/2/2 1/1/0 8/2/2 15/12/1 4/5/1 23/9/7 3/4/2 8/6/0
Usage ····X··· ····X··X ···X·X·· ·X·····X ·X··X··o ··X···X· ···oo··· X····X·X Xo······

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.