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MLB : ATS Matchup
Thursday 10/8/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
TEXAS  GALLARDO )
 
TORONTO  PRICE )
+1.5  +100

-1.5  -120
+220

-240

8ov
 
5
Final
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TEXAS (88 - 74) at TORONTO (93 - 69)
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Thursday, 10/8/2015 4:05 PM
YOVANI GALLARDO (R) vs. DAVID PRICE (L)
AL Division Series - Best of 5 - Game 1
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
901TEXAS+205Ov 8,+105+205Ov 7.5,-130
902TORONTO-225Un 8,-125-225Un 7.5,+110
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
TEXAS - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games88-74+29.972-804.60.2570.3190.4130.7324.50.2620.3240.4190.742
Road Games45-36+24.335-434.30.2410.2990.3850.6844.30.2580.3190.4200.739
vs Left-handed Starters35-31+11.732-304.80.2500.3140.4100.7255.20.2770.3430.4370.780
Past 7 Games4-3+0.34-36.00.2660.3470.4590.8074.70.2620.3190.4170.736
Turf Games1-2-0.51-22.70.2520.2920.4020.6945.00.2250.3170.4270.744
Day Games23-24+2.420-234.80.2520.3230.3900.7134.80.2670.3300.4310.761
TEXAS - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.60.2570.31916255111417278321720.4137055031233100113011912016982
Road Games4.30.2410.29981276566513114800.3853232316634953656627432
Lefty Starters4.80.2500.31466227356811110780.4103082135342546542537936
TEXAS - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games4.121.3475022422304756320145726-20451673.8%
Road Games4.191.293232115108209309122816-928877.8%

TORONTO - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games93-69+10.278-735.50.2680.3370.4560.7934.10.2480.2990.4030.703
Home Games53-28+12.631-465.60.2770.3500.4840.8343.60.2280.2770.3750.652
vs Right-handed Starters72-52+13.858-555.50.2670.3360.4540.7904.00.2440.2970.3930.690
Past 7 Games3-4-1.55-15.40.3030.3680.4900.8585.60.2360.2860.4720.757
Turf Games53-28+12.631-465.60.2770.3500.4840.8343.60.2280.2770.3750.652
Day Games37-27+5.531-285.80.2780.3470.4720.8184.30.2530.3030.4110.714
TORONTO - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games5.50.2680.33716255101478306172320.45684957011518810571638814560
Home Games5.60.2770.35081266273817061230.4844382965244353371416731
Righty Starters5.50.2670.33612442231128229121790.454644436894668201126511547
TORONTO - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.501.139475.72041854125713045921-27342161.8%
Home Games3.001.071230.7897720025472268-11161061.5%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
TEXAS - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
9/24/2015HAMELS(L)@ OAKLANDBASSITT(R)8-1W-1458 evO13112762
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) 
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) 
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) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(Retransmitting with slug to conform to digest. With AP Photos.)

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

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press

Texas (88-74) at Toronto (93-69), 3:37 p.m. EDT

TORONTO (AP) -- For some pitchers trying to stop Josh Donaldson and the rest of the powerful Toronto Blue Jays, it's enough to take their breath away.

"You can't let up," Texas Rangers closer Shawn Tolleson said a day ahead of Thursday's AL Division Series opener. "There's no getting past one guy and taking an exhale. Definitely, that poses its challenges. It's not an easy lineup to just pitch around one guy and get to the next."

Still, in their final series of the regular season, a four-game showdown against the Los Angeles Angels, the Rangers' pitching staff got something of a warm-up for facing the bashing Blue Jays.

"We've tried to do a good job this season about keeping the mindset of never letting up," Tolleson said. "We had those same talks when playing Anaheim the other day, pitching to (Mike) Trout and (Albert) Pujols and then you face (C.J.) Cron, who had really hurt us a lot all season long."

"We talked about how you get Trout and Pujols out and you kind of take an exhale and then, before you know it, Cron hits a double off the wall or a home run. I think that kind of preparation is going to prepare us for this," he said.

Good practice, for sure, but Toronto's deep lineup will present even tougher challenges, with AL MVP candidate Donaldson followed by sluggers Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion. Catch your breath while you can, because shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and catcher Russell Martin aren't far behind.

"Our lineup is legit," Donaldson said. "One through nine, I feel like we have probably the best lineup in baseball."

Tolleson wasn't about to argue.

"It's probably going to be more challenging than it would be going up against another team," he said.

Toronto was the only big league team to top 800 runs and outscored the Yankees, baseball's second-most prolific offense, by 127 runs. That's the biggest gap in the major leagues between the No. 1 and 2 offenses since 1953, according to STATS.

Texas finished third in the majors with 751 runs.

Toronto scored double-digit runs 26 times this season, the most since St. Louis and Atlanta in 2003 - the tail end of the Steroids Era.

"The consistency, that's what blows you away," Blue Jays pitcher R.A. Dickey said. "Every team probably has five or six games a year where they score 10 runs, but we have an offense that has generated a lot of runs in a lot of games. It's a pretty consistent baseline that you're seeing."

Besides their big run output, Toronto's also led the major leagues with 232 homers, 852 RBIs and 570 walks.

"That's a great group of hitters," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. "You've got to give them credit, you look at their numbers and what they've done, they speak for themselves."

Texas opens with right-hander Yovani Gallardo, who beat Toronto twice this season and didn't allow a run in 13 2-3 innings.

"I think we've come up with a good game plan, just being aggressive," Gallardo said. "Obviously they have a good lineup, a powerful lineup. With the catchers, we did a good job of making adjustments throughout the game whenever we had to."

Donaldson said Gallardo has become a different pitcher by improving his fastball command and adding a cutter to his arsenal.

"He's done a pretty good job of evolving himself into more of a complete pitcher," Donaldson said. "You have to take advantage of those mistakes that he's going to make, because he's not going to make a whole lot throughout the course of a game."

Toronto starts left-hander David Price, who went 9-1 with a 2.30 ERA in 11 starts after he was acquired from Detroit on July 30t.

"He throws 98 with a couple of off speed pitches. He hits his spots," Rangers designated hitter Prince Fielder said. "He doesn't mess around too much. He comes after hitters and he's not afraid of contact. He's a great pitcher, and it's going to be tough."

Price hasn't pitched since allowing five runs in five innings in a Sept. 26 start against Tampa Bay, an 11-day break between outings.

"If you can get these days off at this point in the season, that's good," said Price, who threw 220 1-3 innings during the regular season. "If you can come into the postseason with your body feeling the way I feel right now, that's a plus."


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