After bouncing them at this stage last year, the Toronto Blue Jays will meet the Texas Rangers for the second consecutive season in the best-of-five American League Division Series.
Check out how the two teams fared against each other in the regular season:
Blue Jays' 2016 results against the Rangers
DATE | LOCATION | RESULT | WP | LP | SV |
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5/2/2016 | TORONTO | 2-1L | T. Barnette | G. Floyd | S. Tolleson |
5/3/2016 | TORONTO | 3-1W | J. Biagini | P. Klein | |
5/4/2016 | TORONTO | 4-3W | R. Osuna | T. Barnette | |
5/5/2016 | TORONTO | 12-2W | J. Happ | D. Holland | |
5/13/2016 | ARLINGTON | 5-0W | R. Dickey | M. Perez | |
5/14/2016 | ARLINGTON | 6-5L | T. Barnette | G. Floyd | |
5/15/2016 | ARLINGTON | 7-6L | M. Bush | J. Chavez | S. Dyson |
Blue Jays pitching v. Rangers
Player | W | L | ERA |
---|---|---|---|
R.A. Dickey | 1 | 0 | 0.63 |
Aaron Sanchez | 0 | 0 | 5.93 |
Marco Estrada | 0 | 0 | 3.75 |
J.A. Happ | 1 | 0 | 1.29 |
Joe Biagini | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Gavin Floyd | 0 | 2 | 6.00 |
Roberto Osuna | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Chad Girodo | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Drew Storen | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Jesse Chavez | 0 | 1 | 5.40 |
Brett Cecil | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Ryan Tepera | 0 | 0 | 9.00 |
Blue Jays hitting vs. Rangers
Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Troy Tulowitzki | 30 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | .267 |
Jose Bautista | 28 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .179 |
Josh Donaldson | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .107 |
Edwin Encarnacion | 27 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 9 | .296 |
Justin Smoak | 27 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 6 | .407 |
Michael Saunders | 25 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | .360 |
Kevin Pillar | 24 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | .417 |
Russell Martin | 19 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .368 |
Darwin Barney | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
Ryan Goins | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .100 |
Ezequiel Carrera | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .500 |
Josh Thole | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Andy Burns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Blue Jays Series Notes:
- The Blue Jays went 8-5 in the season’s final 2 weeks (tied for 5th in MLB). But they were last in the majors in scoring in September/October, averaging 3.7 runs per game.
- This is the 112th major-league postseason, and according to Elias, the Blue Jays are the 3rd team ever to make the postseason after finishing last in the majors in runs per game in September/October.
The 2012 Reds (lost in the NLDS) and the 1974 Athletics (won the World Series) are the other teams to do it.
- But while their offence has suffered, their starting pitching has been outstanding, posting a 3.27 ERA since the start of September (2nd in MLB).
And since Francisco Liriano returned to the rotation 3 weeks ago, the starters have a 2.08 ERA in 21 games, the lowest in the majors.
Rangers pitching vs. Blue Jays
Player | W | L | IP | ERA |
---|---|---|---|---|
Colby Lewis | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.21 |
Martin Perez | 0 | 1 | 11.1 | 0.79 |
Cesar Ramos | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 1.04 |
A.J. Griffin | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.50 |
Sam Dyson | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
Tom Wilhelmsen | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 16.2 |
Tony Barnette | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 |
Derek Holland | 0 | 1 | 2.2 | 37.13 |
Shawn Tolleson | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 13.5 |
Matt Bush | 1 | 0 | 2.1 | 0.00 |
Jake Diekman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
Andrew Faulkner | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.00 |
Phil Klein | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 20.25 |
Rangers hitting vs. Blue Jays
Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rougned Odor | 31 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .194 |
Nomar Mazara | 29 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .345 |
Ian Desmond | 28 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .214 |
Adrian Beltre | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .154 |
Prince Fielder | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .154 |
Mitch Moreland | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
Elvis Andrus | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .190 |
Ryan Rua | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .133 |
Bobby Wilson | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .200 |
Delino DeShields | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
Brett Nicholas | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
Bryan Holaday | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .400 |
Hanser Alberto | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
Drew Stubbs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
Rangers Series Notes:
- The Rangers went 36-11 in one-run games this season, the best record in one-run games in MLB history (min. 20 one-run games played).
- That means they were 59-56 in games decided by two runs or more this season, a record that would've place them 9th in the AL this season, behind the Yankees and Astros.
- And with a run differential of +8 this season, they were actually outscored by 17 runs in all games other than games decided by one run.