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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Texas Rangers, at Rogers Centre, May 5, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Start Time:

7:07et (local)

Venue:

Rogers Centre

Series:

Game #4 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

64° (based on last ten years)

Rangers

Manager:

Jeff Banister

Game #:

On This Date:

25-22

Blue Jays

Manager:

John Gibbons

Game #:

On This Date:

17-17

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 TEX    @TOR  7:07pm
Fri, May 13, 2016 TOR    @TEX  8:05pm
Sat, May 14, 2016 TOR    @TEX  8:05pm
Sun, May 15, 2016 TOR    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET

Texas Rangers

15-13, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Wed, May  4  @TOR  L   3-4       15-13  2nd  1.5 gb
 27 Tue, May  3  @TOR  L   1-3 (10)  15-12  2nd  0.5 gb
 26 Mon, May  2  @TOR  W   2-1       15-11  1st  0.5 up
 25 Sun, May  1   LAA  L   6-9       14-11  1st  0.5 up
 24 Sat, Apr 30   LAA  W   7-2       14-10  1st  0.5 up
 23 Fri, Apr 29   LAA  W   4-2       13-10  1st  0.5 up
 22 Wed, Apr 27   NYY  W   3-2       12-10  1st  0.5 up
 21 Tue, Apr 26   NYY  W  10-1       11-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 25   NYY  L   1-3       10-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 24  @CHW  L   1-4       10-9   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-13

Toronto Blue Jays

14-15, 3rd, 3 GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    7-8    Road:    7-7    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-11   vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   3-7 
 vsEast: 10-10   vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Wed, May  4   TEX  W   4-3       14-15  3rd  3.0 gb
 28 Tue, May  3   TEX  W   3-1 (10)  13-15  3rd  3.5 gb
 27 Mon, May  2   TEX  L   1-2       12-15  4th  4.0 gb
 26 Sun, May  1  @TBR  W   5-1       12-14  3rd  3.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 30  @TBR  L   3-4       11-14  4th  4.0 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 29  @TBR  W   6-1       11-13  3rd  4.0 gb
 23 Wed, Apr 27   CHW  L   0-4       10-13  4th  3.5 gb
 22 Tue, Apr 26   CHW  L   1-10      10-12  4th  2.5 gb
 21 Mon, Apr 25   CHW  L   5-7       10-11  3rd  2.5 gb
 20 Sun, Apr 24   OAK  W   6-3       10-10  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Sat, Jun 27, 2015 TEX  4 @TOR  0        W:Yovani Gallardo (7-6), L: Matt Boyd (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 26, 2015 TOR 12  TEX  2        W:Mark Buehrle (8-4), L: Nick Martinez (5-4), S: none
Sun, Jul 20, 2014 TOR  9  TEX  6        W:Todd Redmond (1-4), L: Neftali Feliz (0-1), S: Aaron Loup (4)
Season Series: 2016 - TOR over 2-1; 2015 - TOR won 4-2; 2014 - TOR won 4-2; All-Time - TOR leads 206-201

SP: Derek Holland (29, LHP, 3-1, 2.48)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (3-1)			29.0	22	8	8	8	18	2	2.48
2015 (4-3)			58.2	59	32	32	17	41	11	4.91
2014 (2-0)			37.0	34	8	6	5	25	0	1.46

Last 7 GS		4-1	40.1	32	15	15	13	25	6	3.35	54
2016-04-30	LAA	W	6.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	90	65
2016-04-24	@CHW	L	6.1	5	3	3	3	3	1	99	51
2016-04-19	HOU	W	5.0	5	2	2	1	5	0	105	53
2016-04-12	@SEA	W	6.2	4	0	0	2	4	0	110	68
2016-04-07	@LAA	ND	5.0	4	3	3	2	5	1	92	50
2015-10-01	LAA	W	6.1	3	3	3	3	6	1	98	58
2015-09-26	@HOU	ND	5.0	7	4	4	2	1	3	87	36

Last 5 v.TOR		2-1	33.1	37	15	15	6	25	6	4.05	52
2015-08-25	TOR	ND	6.0	7	4	4	1	3	3	94	44
2013-06-16	TOR	L	6.0	10	4	4	0	6	2	104	42
2012-05-25	TOR	W	7.1	5	2	2	1	9	1	105	68
2011-07-30	@TOR	W	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	95	83
2011-04-27	TOR	ND	5.0	11	5	5	3	2	0	100	24

SP: J.A. Happ (33, LHP, 3-0, 2.76)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (3-0)			32.2	31	10	10	9	20	4	2.76
2015 (11-8)			172.0	173	71	69	45	151	16	3.61
2014 (11-11)			158.0	160	79	74	51	133	22	4.22

Last 7 GS		4-0	44.2	35	10	10	12	31	4	2.01	61
2016-04-30	@TBR	ND	6.2	6	3	3	3	7	2	106	54
2016-04-23	OAK	W	7.0	7	3	3	1	1	1	92	51
2016-04-18	@BOS	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	93	68
2016-04-13	NYY	W	6.0	7	1	1	3	4	0	101	55
2016-04-06	@TBR	ND	6.0	7	2	2	1	4	1	89	53
2015-10-04	CIN	W	6.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	97	70
2015-09-28	STL	ND	6.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	56	74

Last 5 v.TEX		2-2	22.1	21	11	9	5	23	1	3.63	54
2015-04-28	@TEX	W	6.2	6	1	1	1	9	0	97	66
2015-04-17	TEX	L	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	98	60
2012-08-17	TEX	W	6.0	2	1	1	1	8	0	98	71
2011-06-20	@TEX	L	2.2	8	7	5	1	3	0	84	20

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

Rangers Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (3.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Happ*
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 52.Tepera
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Alberto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/7 .118/.118/.118/.235 .200/.286 .286 15/.286 0/0 0/0

1.Andrus G/S/vP 11/.091 1/.000 12/.900 16/.501 16/.544 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 100/81 .293/.323/.413/.736 .980/.677 .591 90/.738 1/3 0/1

29.Beltre G/S/vP 10/.600 ··· 8/.536 15/.354 30/.646 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 116/83 .286/.336/.448/.784 .907/.735 .763 100/.824 0/0 3/0

3.DeShields G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 100/76 .239/.316/.307/.623 .411/.686 .795 87/.659 3/3 1/2

20.Desmond G/S/vP 9/.375 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 9/1.556 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 110/81 .224/.309/.357/.666 .995/.548 .495 94/.720 5/1 3/2

84.Fielder* G/S/vP 26/.905 1/3.000 6/.167 16/1.458 14/.557 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 115/84 .202/.252/.308/.560 .472/.592 .477 98/.555 0/0 2/0

8.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/26 .154/.233/.179/.412 .544/.323 .517 39/.456 0/0 0/0

30.Mazara* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/61 .325/.380/.463/.843 .576/.984 .958 92/.843 0/0 3/0

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 8/.625 15/.629 7/.486 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 96/77 .250/.313/.432/.744 .541/.796 .436 84/.776 0/0 3/0

12.Odor* G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 3/1.167 6/2.167 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 112/79 .283/.321/.472/.793 .815/.784 .649 96/.876 4/1 4/3

16.Rua G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 41/24 .256/.293/.359/.652 1.096/.341 .623 37/.724 0/0 1/0

6.Wilson G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 9/1.929 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 19/17 .188/.263/.188/.451 1.000/.378 .580 19/.451 0/0 0/0

IP 32.2 8.2 9.2 10.2 11.2 2.0 13.0 10.0 1.0 TOTAL .253/.313/.389/.701 .735/.688 .644 .734 14/8 23/10

ERA-K/9

2.76/5.5

1.04/8.3

5.59/8.4

1.69/13.5

2.31/10.0

0.00/4.5

2.08/9.7

8.10/9.0

9.00/0.0

3.58/7.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 132/.258 39/.265 49/.372 42/.211 45/.171 8/.143 49/.191 44/.349 6/.400 .243 Mazara
Rua
Desmond
DeShields 0/0/21/2
5/0/2/2
22/5/0/2
0/23/0/1

OPS .742 .683 .928 .683 .586 .393 .501 .968 .900 .696

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 17/.567 16/.683 21/.924 18/1.300 18/.520 4/.000 28/.438 18/1.389 2/.500 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 115/.765 23/.681 28/.935 24/.257 27/.630 4/.833 21/.586 26/.692 4/1.000 .679

Home 53/.733 26/.599 21/.944 28/.846 27/.622 8/.393 24/.345 25/1.000 6/.900

Last 28d days 106/.727 39/.683 43/.902 35/.666 39/.574 8/.393 42/.538 39/1.000 6/.900

HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 0/2/0 1/1/0 2/2/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 3/1/1 0/0/0 28/14/6

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

Blue Jays Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Holland*
G/S/vB 43.Barnette
G/S/vB 58.Claudio*
G/S/vB 41.Diekman*
G/S/vB 47.Dyson
G/S/vB 31.Klein
G/S/vB 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Barney G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 35/19 .281/.343/.406/.749 .646/.839 .780 32/.777 2/0 1/1

19.Bautista G/S/vP 21/.638 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/.250 8/1.042 124/99 .222/.363/.465/.828 .729/.854 .793 107/.796 0/1 5/1

3.Carrera* G/S/vP 9/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/2.500 38/29 .333/.368/.472/.841 1.222/.715 1.006 34/.882 2/1 1/1

20.Donaldson G/S/vP 23/1.091 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 8/.833 9/.904 128/98 .282/.383/.618/1.001 1.492/.860 1.021 110/1.008 1/0 9/1

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 15/1.133 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/2.000 2/.000 11/.598 121/98 .245/.306/.400/.706 .798/.685 .695 104/.713 0/0 4/0

17.Goins* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 88/69 .155/.193/.226/.419 .316/.449 .424 76/.406 1/0 1/2

55.Martin G/S/vP 8/.125 1/2.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 3/.333 6/.000 79/59 .169/.241/.183/.424 .358/.447 .485 67/.504 0/0 0/1

11.Pillar G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 3/.000 114/83 .283/.327/.396/.724 .690/.736 .852 96/.768 2/1 1/1

21.Saunders* G/S/vP 12/.083 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 98/70 .299/.378/.540/.918 1.077/.853 .903 86/.929 0/1 4/0

14.Smoak# G/S/vP 31/.656 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 4/2.250 2/.000 61/49 .271/.426/.417/.843 .333/.990 .993 56/.860 1/0 2/0

22.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 31/20 .172/.226/.276/.502 .717/.400 .399 27/.382 0/0 1/1

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 5/.000 1/.000 4/1.750 1/2.000 116/93 .160/.267/.320/.587 .174/.681 .605 100/.580 0/0 5/2

IP 29.0 12.1 5.2 9.2 13.0 7.2 11.0 11.0 TOTAL .230/.314/.391/.706 .691/.711 .741 .718 9/4 34/13

ERA-K/9

2.48/5.6

3.65/5.9

3.18/4.7

2.79/10.2

2.08/7.6

4.70/14.0

5.73/7.4

9.00/3.3

3.70/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martin (8-2-1)
Thole (6-4-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 116/.206 52/.306 27/.360 39/.143 51/.227 30/.233 50/.298 53/.370 .253 Pillar
Bautista
Carrera
Saunders 0/28/0/3
0/0/28/2
9/1/2/1
23/0/0/0

OPS .614 .735 .847 .545 .674 .733 .829 1.195 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 23/.317 28/.839 7/.571 11/.282 18/.603 12/.667 23/1.331 17/1.731 .765

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.683 24/.610 20/.950 28/.650 33/.703 18/.778 27/.416 36/.955 .753

Road 73/.612 24/.530 17/.937 14/.548 28/.943 21/.571 16/1.152 28/.618

Last 28d days 95/.594 43/.677 27/.847 34/.590 40/.643 30/.733 41/.610 43/.913

HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 2/0/0 2/1/0 4/0/0 39/6/5

Usage ····X··· XoX·o··· ···X···· ·X·X···X ·oXX·o·· ·o··X··· ·Xo··o·X oX·oo···

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 6.12

TEX 4.21

ATL 3.07

RA/G

CHC 2.54

STL 4.18

MIL 5.85

D. Murphy .398

F. Freeman .263

D. Norris .138

OBP

D. Fowler .470

R. Cano .333

D. Norris .176

SLG

C. Carter .681

C. Granderson .430

E. Aybar .208

OPS

D. Murphy 1.112

J. Abreu .761

D. Norris .394

ERA

J. Zimmermann .55

M. Perez 3.60

J. Peavy 9.00

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.55

K. Maeda 7.88

J. Weaver 4.45

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.