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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Texas Rangers, at Rogers Centre, July 20, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Start Time:

1:07et (local)

Venue:

Rogers Centre

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Rogers Centre

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

77° (based on last ten years)

Rangers

Manager:

Ron Washington

Game #:

On This Date:

19-28

Blue Jays

Manager:

John Gibbons

Game #:

On This Date:

17-15

Season Series
Fri, May 16, 2014 TOR  2 @TEX  0     
Sat, May 17, 2014 TOR  4 @TEX  2     
Sun, May 18, 2014 TEX  6  TOR  2     
Fri, Jul 18, 2014 TEX  5 @TOR  1     
Sat, Jul 19, 2014 TOR  4  TEX  1     

Sun, Jul 20, 2014 TEX    @TOR  1:07pm

                         All times ET

Texas Rangers

39-58, 5th, 21 GB, 19½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   18-30   Road:   21-28   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  30-40   vsLHP:   9-18   1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast:  6-15   vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest: 16-24 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Sat, Jul 19  @TOR  L   1-4       39-58  5th 21.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18  @TOR  W   5-1       39-57  5th 21.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13   LAA  L   7-10      38-57  5th 21.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12   LAA  L   2-5       38-56  5th 20.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11   LAA  L   0-3       38-55  5th 20.0 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 10   LAA  L   6-15      38-54  5th 20.0 gb
 91 Wed, Jul  9   HOU  L   4-8       38-53  4th 19.0 gb
 90 Tue, Jul  8   HOU  L   3-8       38-52  4th 19.0 gb
 89 Mon, Jul  7   HOU  L   7-12      38-51  4th 18.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  6  @NYM  L   4-8       38-50  4th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 6-24

Toronto Blue Jays

50-48, 2nd, 4 GB, 9 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   26-22   Road:   24-26   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  37-33   vsLHP:  13-15   1-Run:   7-10
 vsEast: 18-17   vsCntrl:13-13   vsWest: 10-12 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sat, Jul 19   TEX  W   4-1       50-48  2nd  4.0 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 18   TEX  L   1-5       49-48  2nd  4.0 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 13  @TBR  L   0-3       49-47  2nd  4.0 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 12  @TBR  L   3-10      49-46  2nd  3.0 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 11  @TBR  W   8-5       49-45  2nd  3.0 gb
 93 Wed, Jul  9  @LAA  L   7-8       48-45  2nd  2.5 gb
 92 Tue, Jul  8  @LAA  W   4-0       48-44  2nd  2.5 gb
 91 Mon, Jul  7  @LAA  L   2-5       47-44  2nd  3.0 gb
 90 Sun, Jul  6  @OAK  L   2-4       47-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 89 Sat, Jul  5  @OAK  L   1-5       47-42  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 19, 2014 TOR  4  TEX  1        W:Marcus Stroman (5-2), L: Colby Lewis (6-7), S: Aaron Loup (3)
Fri, Jul 18, 2014 TEX  5 @TOR  1        W:Yu Darvish (9-5), L: R.A. Dickey (7-10), S: none
Sun, May 18, 2014 TEX  6  TOR  2        W:Aaron Poreda (2-0), L: R.A. Dickey (4-4), S: none
Sat, May 17, 2014 TOR  4 @TEX  2        W:Steve Delabar (3-0), L: Neal Cotts (1-3), S: Casey Janssen (3)
Fri, May 16, 2014 TOR  2 @TEX  0        W:Drew Hutchison (2-3), L: Yu Darvish (3-2), S: none

Sun, Jun 16, 2013 TOR  7 @TEX  2        W:Chien-Ming Wang (1-0), L: Derek Holland (5-4), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2014 - TOR over 3-2; 2013 - TOR won 6-1; 2012 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - TOR leads 199-198

SP: Nick Tepesch (25, RHP, 3-5, 4.31)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (3-5)			56.1	54	28	27	21	35	8	4.31
2013 (4-6)			93.0	100	53	50	27	76	12	4.84

Last 7 GS		1-5	38.0	40	22	21	16	19	6	4.97	46
2014-07-11	LAA	L	6.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	90	50
2014-07-06	@NYM	L	6.0	5	6	6	4	4	2	91	38
2014-06-27	MIN	W	7.1	3	0	0	2	5	0	106	75
2014-06-18	@OAK	L	5.0	9	4	4	2	1	0	99	32
2014-06-13	@SEA	ND	6.1	2	0	0	2	5	0	73	72
2014-06-07	CLE	L	5.1	8	4	4	4	1	1	88	33
2014-05-31	@WSN	L	2.0	7	5	4	2	1	2	62	23

Last 5 v.TOR		0-1	7.0	5	6	6	2	6	1	7.71	47
2013-06-07	@TOR	L	7.0	5	6	6	2	6	1	88	47

SP: Mark Buehrle (35, LHP, 10-6, 2.64)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (10-6)			126.1	129	41	37	32	73	9	2.64
2013 (12-10)			203.2	223	100	94	51	139	24	4.15
2012 (13-13)			202.1	197	88	84	40	125	26	3.74

Last 7 GS		0-5	45.0	52	19	18	12	27	7	3.60	51
2014-07-11	@TBR	ND	5.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	93	43
2014-07-05	@OAK	L	6.0	10	3	3	1	3	1	110	42
2014-06-29	CHW	L	8.0	6	2	2	2	5	1	115	65
2014-06-24	NYY	ND	6.2	8	4	4	0	3	2	94	45
2014-06-18	@NYY	L	6.0	6	3	2	2	4	1	103	52
2014-06-12	@BAL	L	6.1	8	4	4	1	3	1	99	43
2014-06-07	STL	L	7.0	5	1	1	5	6	1	118	64

Last 5 v.TEX		2-1	33.0	32	12	12	5	17	3	3.27	55
2014-05-17	@TEX	ND	6.2	7	2	2	1	4	0	102	55
2013-06-14	@TEX	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	100	75
2013-06-08	TEX	ND	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	92	66
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

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Rangers Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 62.Loup*
G/S/vB 29.McGowan
G/S/vB 58.Redmond
G/S/vB 21.Santos
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 21/.401 12/.900 8/.679 3/1.000 3/.666 1/2.000 4/.833 415/308 .265/.311/.339/.650 .845/.585 .680 94/.570 20/9 2/11

7.Arencibia G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 74/56 .149/.203/.284/.486 .878/.371 .760 8/1.089 0/0 2/2

29.Beltre G/S/vP 36/.805 8/.536 15/.600 1/no AB 15/.134 1/2.000 2/.000 345/265 .335/.383/.538/.921 .939/.915 .838 90/1.179 1/1 14/9

61.Chirinos G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 214/155 .240/.271/.423/.695 .666/.706 .787 54/.748 0/0 9/2

17.Choo* G/S/vP 39/1.045 14/.517 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 5/.000 395/274 .236/.354/.367/.721 .751/.708 .795 95/.594 3/3 9/3

60.Gimenez G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 94/72 .261/.309/.375/.684 .747/.664 .805 38/.516 0/0 0/2

2.Martin* G/S/vP 5/1.100 3/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 2/1.500 ··· ··· 337/262 .265/.323/.374/.697 .478/.759 .612 72/.696 18/8 5/6

12.Odor* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 191/141 .267/.305/.409/.714 .504/.787 .797 79/.611 2/4 3/4

51.Rios G/S/vP 30/.519 6/1.333 7/.572 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 391/298 .302/.330/.435/.765 1.059/.677 .772 84/.588 16/8 4/5

19.Robertson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 74/40 .257/.297/.300/.597 .794/.417 .608 28/.728 2/2 0/2

9.Rosales G/S/vP 11/.182 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/8 .294/.333/.353/.686 .700/.661 .700 19/.686 0/0 0/1

20.Smolinski G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 31/22 .379/.419/.483/.902 1.222/.764 .250 31/.902 0/0 0/0

8.Soto G/S/vP 22/.332 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

IP 126.1 29.2 22.0 46.2 62.2 49.1 19.2 TOTAL .259/.317/.386/.703 .757/.683 .718 .666 66/37 70/70

ERA-K/9

2.64/5.2

3.94/11.5

1.23/5.7

3.09/7.5

4.16/6.6

2.55/7.1

7.78/11.9

4.05/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Arencibia (9-2-2)
Chirinos (29-23-5)
Gimenez (10-2-1)
Soto (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 526/.267 140/.263 84/.217 192/.193 272/.255 200/.261 97/.308 .256 Martin
Rios
Choo
Robertson
Smolinski 0/90/0/6
0/0/87/4
57/0/0/3
15/12/4/2
8/0/1/0

OPS .709 .712 .491 .602 .763 .678 .974 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.704 58/.792 42/.603 67/.485 135/.776 91/.797 52/.699 .761

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 384/.711 82/.656 42/.381 125/.666 137/.748 109/.583 45/1.305 .717

Home 251/.769 72/.932 52/.544 91/.627 124/.974 115/.705 41/.582

Last 28d days 112/.816 15/.500 27/.556 46/.679 38/.937 29/.288 27/1.187

HR/SB/CS 9/0/1 0/5/0 0/3/0 1/4/1 9/6/2 2/5/4 3/5/0 84/65/16

Usage ········ o·····o· ······o· oX······ Xo······ ·o····oo ·······X

Blue Jays Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (5.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Tepesch
G/S/vB 25.Baker
G/S/vB 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB 68.Feierabend*
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 55.Mendez
G/S/vB 28.Soria
G/S/vB 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB 63.West
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Bautista G/S/vP 3/.333 6/1.700 2/.000 1/2.000 6/1.500 ··· 4/.500 2/.500 ··· 398/308 .289/.408/.495/.903 1.081/.849 .927 60/.606 4/1 17/2

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 4/2.250 5/.400 5/.400 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· 434/309 .303/.351/.456/.807 .775/.820 .760 91/.745 5/2 11/2

47.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 230/196 .234/.309/.502/.811 .439/.875 .823 51/.644 0/2 14/7

8.Gose* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 136/109 .233/.331/.284/.615 .584/.622 .545 32/.548 5/3 0/0

16.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 8/.250 2/1.500 5/.733 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 19/13 .167/.421/.250/.671 .167/.913 .775 19/.671 0/0 0/0

66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 109/77 .289/.343/.340/.683 .576/.728 .690 73/.744 0/0 0/4

31.Kratz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/40 .192/.222/.333/.556 .670/.436 .514 10/.000 0/0 3/0

33.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 42/14 .122/.143/.195/.338 .321/.368 .521 28/.464 1/0 1/0

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 11/.546 4/.833 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 310/216 .260/.300/.353/.653 .595/.678 .752 75/.669 1/0 5/2

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 226/172 .223/.274/.469/.744 .582/.788 .659 62/.599 1/0 13/0

7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 1/3.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 371/258 .271/.323/.408/.732 .732/.731 .832 100/.819 17/1 7/13

22.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 92/67 .265/.337/.289/.626 .612/.631 .758 19/.485 0/3 0/0

18.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 124/45 .252/.320/.423/.743 .975/.332 .867 38/.793 2/1 3/2

IP 56.1 53.1 41.1 3.0 7.2 7.0 31.1 46.2 3.0 TOTAL .258/.325/.422/.747 .691/.768 .785 .688 41/14 117/50

ERA-K/9

4.31/5.6

6.24/5.9

3.48/10.7

9.00/6.0

2.35/3.5

0.00/6.4

2.59/12.1

3.47/8.1

0.00/6.0

4.90/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kratz (12-5-1)
Navarro (37-9-6)
Thole (16-2-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 239/.254 226/.275 177/.259 15/.385 28/.167 26/.091 123/.178 193/.218 10/.111 .285 Bautista
Cabrera
Rasmus
Mastroianni
Gose
Tolleson 0/8/74/8
94/1/2/7
0/56/0/3
2/7/10/2
2/33/7/2
0/0/6/0

OPS .760 .817 .692 .938 .542 .283 .474 .715 .422 .795

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 154/.732 110/.820 67/.776 7/.000 11/.091 12/.444 75/.623 72/.759 6/.733 .799

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 85/.806 116/.814 110/.640 8/1.750 17/.820 14/.148 48/.236 121/.688 4/.000 .791

Road 135/.831 108/.777 93/.724 9/1.069 12/.350 4/.000 59/.428 90/.741 /

Last 28d days 77/.639 92/.801 44/.748 15/.938 28/.542 26/.283 29/.810 46/.546 10/.422

HR/SB/CS 8/2/4 9/3/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 9/3/2 0/0/0 98/49/27

Usage ········ ······X· ·X····X· X·····X· ······X· o······X ·X·····o ······X· ·······X

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

LAA 5.03

KCR 4.04

SDP 2.98

RA/G

SEA 3.36

BOS 4.23

COL 5.26

T. Tulowitzki .340

E. Hosmer .272

C. Carter .200

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .432

A. Rios .330

N. Schierholtz .248

SLG

J. Abreu .624

D. Wright .412

E. Cabrera .290

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.035

M. Carpenter .747

E. Cabrera .546

ERA

A. Wainwright 1.83

E. Volquez 3.65

R. Nolasco 5.90

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.36

J. Shields 7.46

K. Correia 4.12

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.