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MLB : ATS Matchup
Friday 10/9/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
TEXAS  HAMELS )
 
TORONTO  STROMAN )
+1.5  -140

-1.5  +120
+155

-165

7.5ov
 
6
Final
4

TEXAS (89 - 74) at TORONTO (93 - 70)
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Friday, 10/9/2015 12:45 PM
COLE HAMELS (L) vs. MARCUS STROMAN (R)
AL Division Series - Best of 5 - Game 2 - TEX leads 1-0
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
909TEXAS+165Ov 8,+110+170Ov 7.5,-115
910TORONTO-175Un 8,-130-180Un 7.5,-105
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
TEXAS - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games89-74+32.172-804.60.2570.3190.4130.7314.50.2610.3230.4180.741
Road Games46-36+26.535-434.30.2400.2980.3850.6834.30.2570.3180.4190.737
vs Right-handed Starters53-43+18.240-504.50.2620.3230.4140.7374.10.2510.3090.4060.715
Past 7 Games5-2+43-36.10.2500.3320.4560.7884.10.2430.2880.4000.688
Turf Games2-2+1.71-23.20.2320.2790.3990.6774.50.2130.2890.4020.691
Day Games24-24+4.620-234.80.2500.3210.3900.7114.70.2650.3280.4290.757
Playoff games1-0+2.20-05.00.1610.2350.3870.6223.00.1820.2060.3330.539
TEXAS - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.60.2570.31916355421422279321740.4137105061240100113412012016982
Road Games4.30.2400.29882279667013214820.3853282346704954057627432
Righty Starters4.50.2620.32396323884916722940.4143972906997566577679046
TEXAS - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games4.111.3405062432314776420146026-20461674.2%
Road Games4.161.280236116109211319123116-929878.4%

TORONTO - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games93-70+7.878-735.50.2680.3360.4560.7924.10.2480.2990.4030.702
Home Games53-29+10.231-465.50.2760.3480.4820.8303.60.2270.2770.3750.652
vs Left-handed Starters21-17-3.620-185.60.2720.3410.4630.8044.50.2630.3070.4360.742
Past 7 Games2-5-4.95-05.30.2880.3530.4840.8375.90.2400.2960.4930.789
Turf Games53-29+10.231-465.50.2760.3480.4820.8303.60.2270.2770.3750.652
Day Games37-28+3.131-285.70.2760.3450.4700.8144.30.2510.3020.4110.713
Playoff games0-1-2.40-03.00.1820.2060.3330.5395.00.1610.2350.3870.622
TORONTO - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games5.50.2680.33616355431484308172330.45685257111558810611638914660
Home Games5.50.2760.34882269574417261240.4824412975284353771426831
Lefty Starters5.60.2720.341381287350775530.4632051342572223751233013
TORONTO - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.491.137477.72041854125713146121-27342161.8%
Home Games2.981.066232.7897720025482288-11161061.5%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
TEXAS - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
9/25/2015GALLARDO(R)@ HOUSTONKAZMIR(L)6-2W1308 ovP139211113
9/26/2015HOLLAND(L)@ HOUSTONMCHUGH(R)7-9L1408 evO12711070
9/27/2015PEREZ(L)@ HOUSTONKEUCHEL(L)2-4L2058 unU331850
9/28/2015LEWIS(R)DETROITVERLANDER(R)4-7L-1458.5 evO109112120
9/29/2015HAMELS(L)DETROITNORRIS(L)7-6W-1808.5 ovO980954
9/30/2015GALLARDO(R)DETROITBOYD(L)6-2W-1859.5 unU9401271
10/1/2015HOLLAND(L)LA ANGELSHEANEY(L)5-3W-1109 unU880450
10/2/2015PEREZ(L)LA ANGELSWEAVER(R)1-2L-1159.5 evU360642
10/3/2015LEWIS(R)LA ANGELSSANTIAGO(L)10-11L-1109 ovO13611792
10/4/2015HAMELS(L)LA ANGELSRICHARDS(R)9-2W-1258.5 evO1061340
10/8/2015GALLARDO(R)@ TORONTOPRICE(L)5-3W2208 ovP540641
10/9/2015HAMELS(L)@ TORONTOSTROMAN(R) 
10/11/2015 TORONTO  

TORONTO - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
9/25/2015DICKEY(R)TAMPA BAYODORIZZI(R)5-3W-1608 evP10110530
9/26/2015PRICE(L)TAMPA BAYARCHER(R)10-8W-1857 unO1283940
9/27/2015BUEHRLE(L)TAMPA BAYANDRIESE(R)5-4W-1659 unP1071630
9/28/2015ESTRADA(R)@ BALTIMORETILLMAN(R)4-3W1009 evU1060420
9/30/2015STROMAN(R)@ BALTIMOREGONZALEZ(R)15-2W-1558 evO18130764
9/30/2015DICKEY(R)@ BALTIMOREGAUSMAN(R)1-8L1108 unO5401140
10/1/2015HUTCHISON(R)@ BALTIMOREWILSON(R)4-6L1707.5 evO9708120
10/2/2015BUEHRLE(L)@ TAMPA BAYRAMIREZ(R)8-4W-1258 ovO1790640
10/3/2015ESTRADA(R)@ TAMPA BAYARCHER(R)3-4L-1057 ovP880540
10/4/2015BUEHRLE(L)@ TAMPA BAYMOORE(L)3-12L-1458.5 ovO91021320
10/8/2015PRICE(L)TEXASGALLARDO(R)3-5L-2408 ovP641540
10/9/2015STROMAN(R)TEXASHAMELS(L) 
10/11/2015 @ TEXAS  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
TEXAS: When Yu Darvish pitched only one inning this spring before season-ending elbow surgery, the Texas Rangers were already off to an ominous start.
The Rangers lost their ace even before what they are still hoping will be a comeback season.
''There is no way to spin that, other than it's a tough deal for us. He's one of the best pitchers in the game,'' general manager Jon Daniels said this spring. ''That being said, it's one guy. It's not 17. Good teams and good organizations have had similar news at similar times before and found a way. That's got to be our mentality.''
Texas had 22 different players spend time on the disabled list last season, including Darvish missing the final seven weeks with elbow inflammation before needing Tommy John ligament-replacement surgery this spring.
The aching result for the Rangers was the American League's worst record (67-95) and their most losses since 1985, ending an impressive four-year run of 90-win seasons with their only two World Series appearances (2010-11).
Darvish was 10-7 and an All-Star again before getting sidelined last season.
As for the top of the rotation without him, the January trade to get local pitcher Yovani Gallardo proved even more important. Gallardo, who can be a free agent after this season, started the last five season openers for Milwaukee.
Derek Holland, who didn't pitch until September last season after knee surgery, had a strong finish. Shoulder soreness slowed the left-hander this spring, but that likely set him up to start the home opener April 10 against Houston, in the fifth game of the season.
Also among the injured in 2014 were slugger Prince Fielder and Shin-Soo Choo, the big offensive additions before last season.
Fielder had missed only one game the previous five seasons with Detroit and Milwaukee before being limited to only 42 games and three home runs in his Rangers debut because a herniated disk in his neck that required surgery. Choo played 123 games, but his on-base percentage dipped from .423 in 2013 for Cincinnati to .340 before operations late last season for a bone spur in his left elbow and torn cartilage in his left ankle.
''There's no telling what this ballclub can do,'' new manager Jeff Banister said. ''They've yet to have an opportunity to play together. Let's hope they get a really strong shot of playing together for 162-plus (games).''
Here are a few things to know about the Rangers, who open the season April 6 at Oakland:
CLOSING TIME: Neftali Feliz is back in his World Series role for the Rangers as their closer after an ill-fated and injury-plagued attempt to be a starter. The right-hander was 3-1 with a 3.16 ERA in eight games (seven starts) in 2012 before Tommy John surgery. Feliz was 2-1 with 13 saves in 14 chances with a 1.99 ERA in 30 relief appearances after rejoining the Rangers last July, just before Joakim Soria was traded.
BELTRE'S IMPACT: Third baseman Adrian Beltre is going into his 17th major league season, his fifth with the Rangers and signed through next season. ''He's the heart and soul of this club,'' Banister said. ''A shining light in the storm, that's what he was last year. ... Do yourself a favor and watch that last at-bat he put together in 2014.'' Determined not to be the final out of the season, Beltre went from an 0-2 count to getting a single on the third straight slider thrown after that.
LEFT OF CENTER: With pretty much every other defensive position set, Jake Smolinski and Ryan Ruo entered spring as candidates in left field. Both showed promising glimpses in short stints in their major league debuts the second half of last season. Ryan Ludwick, who made his major league debut with Texas in 2002 and played for five other teams the past decade, was a non-roster invitee who could play left. Michael Choice, who got 35 of his 55 outfield starts in left last year, was the early man out when optioned to the minors in mid-March. Choo moves from left to right after Alex Rios departed in free agency.
MISSING WORK: The 26 different DL stints for the Rangers last season amounted to 2,281 days lost. That was 833 more than Arizona, who had the second most, and more than double any other American League team.
TORONTO: TORONTO (AP) - The upcoming season for the Toronto Blue Jays seems destined to be defined by the one young pitcher who'll miss it and the two even younger guys who'll try to replace him.
Toronto's plans for ending baseball's longest active playoff drought took a serious hit when Marcus Stroman suffered a season-ending knee injury in spring training.
The second-year right-hander tore a ligament when his knee buckled as he backed off a bunt during a pregame fielding drill. He's out for the year after undergoing surgery.
''It's tough,'' Stroman said. ''I just feel like I let my team down. I've worked harder than I ever had this offseason.''
The injury changed Toronto's thinking about 22-year-old right-hander Aaron Sanchez, who might have been closing games rather than starting them if Stroman was still healthy, and 21-year-old lefty Daniel Norris, the van-dwelling surfer dude.
The two pitchers now look likely to get their shot in Toronto's rotation, slotting in behind 200-inning workhorses R.A Dickey and Mark Buehrle, and 24-year-old right-hander Drew Hutchison.
How successful they are could well determine what happens to the Blue Jays, out of the postseason since winning their second straight World Series in 1993 and the only team that hasn't reached the playoffs this century.
''We may have to rely on a young guy who may not be proven,'' manager John Gibbons said. ''Stro was a baby, too, but a special guy.''
Sanchez has already shown signs that he could also be special. He excelled out of the bullpen in 24 games last season, posting three saves and a 1.09 ERA in 33 innings, striking out 27 while walking nine and holding opponents to a .128 average.
With the increased demands of a starting role lying ahead, the hard-throwing Sanchez has spent this spring refining his slider.
''With the way he throws, it could turn into a big strikeout pitch for him,'' Gibbons said.
The Blue Jays are also high on Norris, currently better known for spending his winters searching for prime surfing spots while living out of a 1978 Volkswagen camper van nicknamed ''Shaggy.''
''He's a different bird,'' Gibbons said. ''Anytime you live in a van, I wouldn't say that's normal.''
Norris had an abnormal 2014 season, rising from Class A to the majors after going 12-2 with a 2.53 ERA at three minor league stops. He underwent elbow surgery last October to remove bone spurs, and expects to be better this year than the pitcher who made five appearances for the Blue Jays in September.
''He's a student of the game,'' Gibbons said. ''He's a very smart kid and he's grounded. He's got the most important thing: He's got a great arm.''
After Jose Reyes and the Blue Jays went 83-79, here's what else to watch as they try to move up:
MIGHTY MIGUEL: Sanchez and Norris aren't the only impressive young arms expected to break camp with the Blue Jays. Right-hander Miguel Castro, 20, didn't allow a run in his first five spring appearances, striking out eight and walking none while allowing three hits over nine innings. A hard thrower who stands an imposing 6-foot-5, Castro has put himself in position to jump from Class A, where he went 8-3 with a 2.68 ERA last season, all the way to the majors. ''He looks like a seasoned vet out there, under control, very relaxed,'' Gibbons said.
NEW GUYS, NEW FOCUS: Toronto strengthened its lineup over the winter by signing free agent catcher Russell Martin to a five-year, $82 million contract and acquiring All-Star third baseman Josh Donaldson from Oakland. Slugger Jose Bautista has praised the newcomers for making a difference in the clubhouse with their winning pedigree and intense focus. ''We need something along those lines here every now and then,'' Bautista said. ''It's good to have guys to whom winning matters.''
BLOCKING THE PLATE: Adding Martin gave the Blue Jays a logjam at catcher, where incumbent Dioner Navarro is signed through 2015 and Josh Thole is Dickey's knuckleball specialist. Martin has worked hard this spring to prove he can handle Dickey's floater, which could mean Thole is ticketed for Triple-A. Or, Toronto may yet trade the switch-hitting Navarro to open room at DH for Edwin Encarnacion, who has been slowed this spring by a balky back and may not be able to handle regular duty at first base.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (TEXAS-TORONTO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Rangers-Blue Jays Preview* ===========================

By JORDAN GARRETSON STATS Writer

Texas (88-74) at Toronto (93-69), 12:45 p.m. EDT

Cole Hamels tasted playoff success early in his career, leading Philadelphia to a World Series title in his third season.

Seven years later, he's hoping to do the same for his new club.

The left-hander takes the mound Friday for the Texas Rangers as they look to bury the Toronto Blue Jays in a 2-0 deficit in the AL Division Series, though both teams may have to cope with injuries to star players.

The Rangers dropped Hamels' first two starts after acquiring him at the trade deadline, but have won all 10 since. He owns a 3.21 ERA in that span and capped the regular season with his first complete game for Texas, tossing a three-hitter in Sunday's 9-2 victory against the Los Angeles Angels as the Rangers clinched the AL West.

Hamels (7-1, 3.66 ERA) knows all about postseason glory. He was named the 2008 World Series MVP after going 4-0 with a 1.80 in five postseason starts as a 24-year-old.

He's 7-4 with a 3.09 ERA in 13 career playoff outings, including 5-1 and 2.01 on the road, though this marks his first taste of postseason action since he threw six scoreless innings in a Division Series win at St. Louis in 2011.

"These are the best moments," he told MLB's official website. "And you truly don't have anything to lose but enjoying it, because it's a special time. Not a lot of us get to experience this."

Hamels is still seeking his first win against Toronto, however, having gone 0-2 with a 6.97 ERA in four meetings.

Thursday's 5-3 victory has the Rangers looking to take a 2-0 lead, which would put the odds squarely in their favor. Since 2004, 27 teams have fallen into a 2-0 deficit in the division series, and only San Francisco in 2012 came back to win the series, defeating Cincinnati en route to winning the World Series.

Thursday's loss spoiled Toronto's first playoff game in 22 years.

"I'm over it," catcher Russell Martin said. "I'm ready to go tomorrow. I'm not a big believer in carrying over to the next day. It's a completely brand new ballgame. I like our offense, I like our defense, I like our pitching, I like our chances."

Both teams could be without one of their biggest offensive assets in Josh Donaldson and Adrian Beltre. Donaldson left in the fifth inning after taking a knee to the head during a slide into second base in the fourth, and manager John Gibbons said he reported feeling light-headed in the field, though he passed concussion tests.

Donaldson's 123 RBIs were the second-most in baseball.

"Hopefully he can bounce back and be back in the lineup tomorrow," Martin said. "He's an MVP. Obviously you want that guy playing."

Beltre left in the third with a sore lower back, also suffering his injury when sliding into second in the first inning. Manager Jeff Bannister said he wasn't sure if Beltre would play, though general manager Jon Daniels didn't rule him out.

An MRI showed a strained back but no structural damage, though Joey Gallo and Ed Lucas will join the team from Texas' Arizona Fall League squad in case Beltre needs to be removed from the roster.

"Obviously we want Adrian in there," Banister said of his third baseman, who posted a 1.204 OPS and 33 RBIs over his final 22 regular-season games. "He's the heart and soul of this ballclub."

Toronto outhit Texas 6-5, but the Blue Jays were 2 for 9 with runners in scoring position. All five of the Rangers' runs came against starter David Price, including three on homers by Robinson Chirinos and Rougned Odor.

Jose Bautista also gave the Blue Jays a scare, but is expected to play after leaving with a sore right hamstring after popping out in the eighth. He hit a solo homer in the sixth to get Toronto within a run.

Marcus Stroman (4-0, 1.67) has been outstanding in four starts since returning from a torn ACL suffered in spring training, particularly in the last three where he's limited opponents to 16 hits and two runs over 22 innings. The right-hander's performance has even caught the attention of Hamels.

"I think you have to give Stroman some serious credit for what he's done this year," Hamels said. " ... From what he's been able to do, it's absolutely tremendous."

Stroman won his only previous start against Texas, throwing seven scoreless innings in a 4-1 home victory July 19, 2014.


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