GDT(3/3): Texas Rangers @ Toronto Blue Jays - Buehrle vs. Tepesch - 1:07 PM ET

[fatcowxlive]

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Pitching Matchup:

 

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SP - Mark Buehrle (162.1 IP, 32 BB, 5.29 K/9, 2.28 BB/9, .262 BAA, .293 BABIP, 3.71 FIP) [L]

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SP - Nick Tepesch (56.1 IP, 21 BB, 5.59 K/9, 3.36 BB/9, .250 BAA, .266 BABIP, 4.96 FIP) [R]

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Lineups:

http://i.imgur.com/o5Brqgi.png

Make your picks for the first homer contest hosted by Dylan! (Click the image below!)

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Jays Batting:

 

Team Batting:

http://i.imgur.com/Prgbad1.png

 

Team Pitching:

http://i.imgur.com/FFovsKb.png

 

Rangers Batting:

 

Team Batting:

http://i.imgur.com/10tFP7X.png

 

Team Pitching:

http://i.imgur.com/eB5MBDj.png

 

Notes:

 

MLB:

• No Important Notes Today.
  

 

Jays:

• After opening 10-1 with a 2.10 ERA, Buehrle has gone 0-5 with a 3.60 ERA since June 7. The veteran left-hander was removed after laboring through a season-low five innings in his final appearance before the break, yielding two runs and nine hits last Friday in an 8-5 win at Tampa Bay. Buehrle is 13-5 with a 3.12 ERA against the Rangers, including 2-0 with a 1.95 mark in his last four matchups. He surrendered two runs over 6 2-3 innings but didn't receive a decision in a 4-2 win at Texas on May 17.
  
• Melky Cabrera has hit safely in 10 of his last 11 games. He went 3-for-4 with a double on Saturday.
  
• Max Pentecost, the Blue Jays' 11th overall pick from the 2014 First-Year Player Draft, has hit in all four games (6-for-16) with Class A Vancouver since being promoted from the Gulf Coast League.
  

 

Rangers:

• Tepesch is on the verge of losing a career-worst third straight start after yielding three runs over six-plus innings in last Friday's 3-0 defeat to the Los Angeles Angels. Tepesch has gone 0-3 with a 6.52 ERA in his last four road outings while receiving a combined three runs of support. He allowed six runs over seven innings in his only appearance against Toronto, a 6-1 road loss last June 7.
  
• Texas, who won 5-1 the night before to snap an eight-game skid, has posted a 4-23 record since June 17. The major league-worst Rangers are hitting .205 with runners in scoring position over that time, including Saturday's 1/8 display. Shin-Soo Choo is hitless in his last 21 at-bats with 11 strikeouts. Leonys Martin is also struggling, going 3 for his last 21.
  
• The Rangers haven't gained ground in the AL West since June 16 with a win against Oakland, and they haven't won consecutive games since June 27-28.
  

 

Standings:

http://i.imgur.com/DFKSi8b.pngt

 

Venue:

http://i.imgur.com/DA0uqWS.png

http://www.andrewclem.com/Baseball/Diag/RogersCentre.gif

 

I hope you guys enjoy the GDT! Please leave feedback and ideas/improvements for future GDTs!

[sh3156]

Would be nice to see what Tolleson can do against RHP

 

Doesn't look promising being 4 for 40

 

LETS GO BLUEJAYS!!!!

Edited July 20, 2014 by sh3156

[jaysfan2014]

What a lousy Rangers lineup without Choo and Rios.

[glory]

Man, does Navarro have to bat behind Bautista? If JPA wasn't so bad last year, Dinner would be getting far more flack for being a bad baseball player.

 

Against RHP with this lineup, put Rasmus behind Bautista. At least there is a chance Colby can belt one out.

[TBJ12]

What a lousy Rangers lineup without Choo and Rios.

 

Jays lineup doesn't look much better.

[Daniel Labude]

Win the series!

[sh3156]

Great first inning

 

Lets go JayS!!!!!!!!

[TBJ12]

Nice quick inning. Lets get the bats going early.

[RIPEXPOS]

That Gose catch for the second out drops for a single against the majority of outfielders...

[sh3156]

f*** f*** f***

[sh3156]

Good at bat Kawa

[TBJ12]

Kawasaki stays hot!

[sh3156]

Very nice beautiful single

[MrMariusz]

Kawasaki!

[MrMariusz]

WHY O WHY the first pitch out.

 

lol.

[sh3156]

I am having a hard time remmemberin the last time Bautista hit one out

[guylaroche5]

I am having a hard time remmemberin the last time Bautista hit one out

 

brewers series

 

LETS GO JAYS

[burlingtonbandit]

Terrible AB by Joey

[sh3156]

Pop up :-(

[MrMariusz]

Waste of the Kawasaki AB to see them swinging for homeruns like that.

Its the first inning...

[sh3156]

f***ing JPA hit the genetic lottery

[sh3156]

Goddamn Leadoff walk

 

If they lose tonight pretty much end of the year

[MrMariusz]

Setting up the DP!

[MrMariusz]

Great pickoff!!!

[sh3156]

Nice

 

Lets go bluejays

[sh3156]

Looks like another close to sell out crowd

[sh3156]

Great Job Mark B

[JFD]

anyone got a gif of that whiny little bitch Lewis?

[Orgfiller]

Navarro!!!

[jaysfan2014]

Navarro! 1-0 Jays.