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Texas Rangers vs. Toronto Blue Jays, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, May 15, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Start Time:

2:05ct (local), 3:05et

Venue:

Globe Life Park in Arlington

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

80° (based on last ten years)

Blue Jays

Manager:

John Gibbons

Game #:

On This Date:

16-18

Rangers

Manager:

Jeff Banister

Game #:

On This Date:

21-27

Season Series
Mon, May 02, 2016 TEX  2 @TOR  1     
Tue, May 03, 2016 TOR  3  TEX  1 (10)
Wed, May 04, 2016 TOR  4  TEX  3     
Thu, May 05, 2016 TOR 12  TEX  2     
Fri, May 13, 2016 TOR  5 @TEX  0     
Sat, May 14, 2016 TEX  6  TOR  5 (10)

Sun, May 15, 2016 TOR    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET

Toronto Blue Jays

19-19, 3rd, 5½ GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    9-10   Road:   10-9    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  13-13   vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:   3-9 
 vsEast: 10-10   vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 3-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Sat, May 14  @TEX  L   5-6 (10)  19-19  3rd  5.5 gb
 37 Fri, May 13  @TEX  W   5-0       19-18  3rd  4.5 gb
 36 Wed, May 11  @SFG  L   4-5 (13)  18-18  3rd  4.0 gb
 35 Tue, May 10  @SFG  W   4-0       18-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 34 Mon, May  9  @SFG  W   3-1       17-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 33 Sun, May  8   LAD  L   2-4       16-17  4th  3.5 gb
 32 Sat, May  7   LAD  L   2-6       16-16  3rd  2.5 gb
 31 Fri, May  6   LAD  W   5-2       16-15  3rd  2.0 gb
 30 Thu, May  5   TEX  W  12-2       15-15  3rd  3.0 gb
 29 Wed, May  4   TEX  W   4-3       14-15  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Texas Rangers

21-16, 2nd, ½ GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   13-7    Road:    8-9    ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  16-11   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   6-3 
 vsEast:  6-6    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest: 10-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 37 Sat, May 14   TOR  W   6-5 (10)  21-16  2nd  0.5 gb
 36 Fri, May 13   TOR  L   0-5       20-16  2nd  1.5 gb
 35 Wed, May 11   CHW  W   6-5       20-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 34 Tue, May 10   CHW  W  13-11      19-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 33 Mon, May  9   CHW  L   4-8 (12)  18-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 32 Sun, May  8  @DET  W   8-3       18-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  7  @DET  W  10-5       17-14  2nd  1.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  6  @DET  W   5-1       16-14  2nd  1.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  5  @TOR  L   2-12      15-14  2nd  2.5 gb
 28 Wed, May  4  @TOR  L   3-4       15-13  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 14, 2016 TEX  6  TOR  5 (10)   W:Tony Barnette (3-2), L: Gavin Floyd (1-3), S: none
Fri, May 13, 2016 TOR  5 @TEX  0        W:R.A. Dickey (2-4), L: Martin Perez (1-3), S: none
Thu, May 05, 2016 TOR 12  TEX  2        W:J.A. Happ (4-0), L: Derek Holland (3-2), S: none
Wed, May 04, 2016 TOR  4  TEX  3        W:Roberto Osuna (1-0), L: Tony Barnette (1-2), S: none
Tue, May 03, 2016 TOR  3  TEX  1 (10)   W:Joe Biagini (1-1), L: Phil Klein (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 02, 2016 TEX  2 @TOR  1        W:Tony Barnette (1-1), L: Gavin Floyd (0-2), S: Shawn Tolleson (9)

Thu, Aug 27, 2015 TEX  4  TOR  1        W:Yovani Gallardo (11-9), L: Marco Estrada (11-8), S: Shawn Tolleson (26)
Wed, Aug 26, 2015 TOR 12 @TEX  4        W:David Price (13-4), L: Colby Lewis (14-6), S: none
Tue, Aug 25, 2015 TOR  6 @TEX  5        W:LaTroy Hawkins (3-1), L: Shawn Tolleson (5-3), S: Roberto Osuna (15)
Sun, Jun 28, 2015 TOR  3  TEX  2        W:Drew Hutchison (8-1), L: Chi Chi Gonzalez (2-3), S: Roberto Osuna (2)
Season Series: 2016 - TOR over 4-2; 2015 - TOR won 4-2; 2014 - TOR won 4-2; All-Time - TOR leads 208-202

SP: Aaron Sanchez (23, RHP, 3-1, 2.58)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (3-1)			45.1	36	14	13	17	39	3	2.58
2015 (7-6)			92.1	74	35	33	44	61	9	3.22
2014 (2-2)			33.0	14	5	4	9	27	1	1.09

Last 7 GS		3-1	45.1	36	14	13	17	39	3	2.58	59
2016-05-09	@SFG	W	7.0	3	1	1	5	5	0	105	67
2016-05-04	TEX	ND	7.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	101	54
2016-04-29	@TBR	W	7.0	6	0	0	2	6	0	103	69
2016-04-22	OAK	L	4.1	10	6	6	1	3	1	85	21
2016-04-17	@BOS	W	7.0	2	1	1	4	7	0	105	72
2016-04-12	NYY	ND	6.0	3	2	1	3	5	1	97	62
2016-04-05	@TBR	ND	7.0	5	1	1	0	8	1	91	71

Last 5 v.TEX		0-0	7.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	3.86	54
2016-05-04	TEX	ND	7.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	101	54

SP: Cesar Ramos (32, LHP, 0-2, 5.11)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (0-2)			12.1	15	7	7	6	7	3	5.11
2015 (2-1)			52.1	55	17	16	15	43	2	2.75
2014 (2-6)			82.2	73	39	34	39	66	8	3.70

Last 7 GS		1-3	34.1	37	20	16	16	25	5	4.19	47
2016-04-25	NYY	L	6.0	9	3	3	2	5	2	96	45
2014-05-17	@LAA	L	1.1	4	4	4	1	1	0	35	30
2014-05-12	@SEA	L	6.2	11	9	5	2	6	1	114	28
2014-05-07	BAL	ND	5.2	3	2	2	2	4	2	72	57
2014-05-01	@BOS	ND	4.2	1	1	1	6	6	0	95	58
2014-04-26	@CHW	W	5.0	5	0	0	2	0	0	65	55
2014-04-20	NYY	ND	5.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	53	57

Has never faced TOR as starter.

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Ramos*
G/S/vB 43.Barnette
G/S/vB 51.Bush
G/S/vB 58.Claudio*
G/S/vB 41.Diekman*
G/S/vB 47.Dyson
G/S/vB 56.Faulkner*
G/S/vB 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Barney G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 54/22 .314/.352/.392/.744 .699/.814 .388 38/.828 2/0 1/3

19.Bautista G/S/vP 9/.904 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.900 9/.904 167/129 .215/.353/.437/.790 .736/.808 .820 112/.628 0/1 6/1

1.Burns G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/2 .000/.250/.000/.250 .500/.000 .250 4/.250 0/0 0/0

3.Carrera* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/2.500 47/32 .341/.383/.455/.838 1.110/.710 .500 37/.962 2/1 1/1

20.Donaldson G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.166 ··· 8/.833 9/.904 171/128 .265/.368/.524/.892 1.283/.767 .859 115/.789 3/0 9/1

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 8/1.792 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 12/1.125 163/127 .235/.294/.430/.724 .909/.674 .703 108/.677 0/0 7/0

17.Goins* G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 108/87 .167/.213/.265/.478 .340/.511 .533 69/.393 1/0 2/2

55.Martin G/S/vP 8/1.071 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 6/.000 108/80 .165/.231/.175/.407 .472/.382 .361 67/.485 0/0 0/1

11.Pillar G/S/vP 5/1.200 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 4/.750 3/.000 152/106 .273/.311/.406/.717 .749/.702 .507 96/.795 2/1 2/1

21.Saunders* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 4/1.167 1/.000 130/91 .325/.392/.547/.939 1.013/.908 1.032 90/1.010 0/2 5/0

14.Smoak# G/S/vP 11/.182 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2.800 3/1.000 87/64 .314/.448/.500/.948 .590/1.092 .977 70/1.058 1/0 3/0

22.Thole* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 38/21 .152/.243/.242/.486 .646/.381 .697 29/.452 0/0 1/1

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 5/.000 ··· 5/2.400 2/3.500 150/114 .185/.280/.392/.672 .261/.797 .763 96/.782 0/0 8/6

IP 12.1 16.1 1.0 11.0 13.2 18.0 5.0 14.0 14.1 TOTAL .235/.316/.397/.713 .719/.711 .688 .729 11/5 45/20

ERA-K/9

5.11/5.1

2.76/6.1

0.00/9.0

3.27/3.3

2.63/12.5

2.00/6.5

7.20/1.8

7.07/7.1

8.79/3.1

4.15/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martin (12-4-2)
Thole (6-4-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 55/.306 71/.318 3/.000 50/.326 58/.208 70/.242 25/.286 66/.323 67/.356 .259 Pillar
Bautista
Carrera
Saunders
Burns 0/37/0/3
0/0/37/2
15/2/2/1
31/1/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .953 .761 .000 .817 .597 .667 1.114 .944 1.198 .768

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 18/.817 33/.861 / 9/.444 14/.607 23/.462 9/.730 30/1.252 20/1.609 .770

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 37/1.007 38/.677 3/.000 41/.904 44/.591 47/.759 16/1.304 36/.690 47/1.028 .768

Home 40/1.082 38/.829 3/.000 29/.755 37/.677 32/.360 19/1.192 49/.900 33/1.805

Last 28d days 55/.953 51/.839 3/.000 39/.899 43/.659 47/.745 4/.833 46/.895 41/.779

HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/1 3/0/0 4/1/0 6/0/0 50/7/6

Usage ·····X·· o··o·o·X ·X······ ····X·o· o··X·o·o oo·o·oX· ·X······ X···XX·o ·X·X··oX

Rangers Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (3.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Sanchez
G/S/vB 31.Biagini
G/S/vB 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB 30.Chavez
G/S/vB 39.Floyd
G/S/vB 57.Girodo*
G/S/vB 54.Osuna
G/S/vB 45.Storen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Alberto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/9 .174/.174/.174/.348 .286/.444 .333 13/.500 0/0 0/0

1.Andrus G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 12/.900 16/.501 16/.544 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 134/109 .287/.331/.385/.716 .902/.671 .788 92/.685 4/3 0/4

29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 8/.536 15/.354 31/.625 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 153/110 .275/.327/.449/.776 .945/.711 .766 99/.724 0/0 5/1

20.Desmond G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 10/1.600 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 152/111 .257/.329/.426/.755 1.090/.631 .878 102/.991 7/1 4/4

84.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 6/.167 16/1.458 15/.515 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 154/112 .187/.247/.281/.527 .504/.536 .626 97/.555 0/0 2/0

8.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/32 .220/.291/.360/.651 .776/.560 .647 36/.730 0/0 1/0

30.Mazara* G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 130/89 .307/.362/.439/.800 .633/.882 .689 99/.724 0/0 4/0

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 8/.625 15/.629 7/.486 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 130/102 .250/.331/.414/.745 .620/.780 .971 84/.768 0/0 4/0

12.Odor* G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 4/.833 6/2.167 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 156/106 .287/.314/.507/.821 .818/.822 .864 105/.902 5/1 7/3

16.Rua G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 61/38 .293/.328/.448/.776 .980/.652 .915 41/.841 1/0 2/0

15.Stubbs G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.262 4/1.250 ··· ··· 3/.000 50/24 .267/.340/.400/.740 .558/.946 .871 31/.769 6/0 2/0

6.Wilson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 9/1.929 2/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/no AB ··· 44/40 .263/.310/.421/.731 1.000/.701 .413 40/.799 0/0 2/0

IP 45.1 11.1 10.1 13.0 18.0 5.2 15.1 12.0 TOTAL .258/.317/.409/.726 .763/.712 .757 .753 24/8 37/18

ERA-K/9

2.58/7.7

0.79/7.2

5.23/7.9

2.08/11.1

2.00/10.0

1.59/6.3

1.76/10.6

8.25/8.2

3.21/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Holaday (3-4-0)
Wilson (2-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 187/.213 50/.233 52/.370 55/.245 68/.161 21/.150 60/.200 58/.352 .237 Desmond
Rua
Mazara
Stubbs 29/10/0/3
10/0/2/2
0/0/30/2
5/13/2/0

OPS .596 .599 .912 .717 .558 .490 .541 .971 .670

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 109/.677 20/.663 23/.838 25/1.130 28/.329 13/.154 34/.496 30/1.313 .682

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 78/.489 30/.559 29/.974 30/.408 40/.725 8/1.089 26/.599 28/.643 .660

Road 109/.472 19/.681 31/.891 24/.482 35/.570 5/.000 31/.658 25/.838

Last 28d days 111/.673 34/.657 30/.952 36/.693 52/.633 21/.490 38/.562 40/1.047

HR/SB/CS 3/2/1 0/3/0 1/2/0 2/2/1 2/2/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 3/1/1 33/18/8

Usage ·····X·· X··o···X o······· ···X··o· X··X·oX· ·o·o··oo ····oXX· ···X··o·

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 2016 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

CHC 6.09

DET 4.17

ATL 3.06

RA/G

CHC 2.94

STL 4.35

CIN 5.53

D. Murphy .403

J. Donaldson .265

C. Coghlan .168

OBP

B. Harper .461

B. Park .336

E. Aybar .211

SLG

D. Ortiz .695

P. Goldschmidt .436

E. Aybar .215

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.101

L. Duda .770

E. Aybar .426

ERA

J. Arrieta 1.29

N. Tropeano 3.68

J. Peavy 7.43

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.83

J. Hammel 7.96

M. Latos 4.31

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.