Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays: Texas Trails ALDS, 0-2 ALDS Workout Day Notes
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Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays: Texas trails ALDS, 0-2 ALDS Workout Day Notes ALDS Pre-Game 3 Workout Day • Saturday, October 8, 2016 • Rogers Centre ALDS VS. TORONTO: Texas lost 5-3 in Game 2 on Friday in Arlington, COLBY LEWIS will be making his 1st postseason start since 2011 in Sun- and trail this American League Division Series against Toronto, 2-games- day’s Game 3…Lewis has gone 4-1, 2.38 (14 ER/53.0 IP) in 9 games/8 to-none…this is just the 4th time the Rangers have ever gone down 0-2 in starts in his postseason career, all with Texas in 2010-11 and 2015…has a postseason series, also the 1998 and 1999 ALDS vs. NYY, and 2010 WS the most career postseason wins and innings of any pitcher in franchise vs. SF…Texas lost all 3 of those series, swept in the 2 ALDS instances and history and is 2nd in strikeouts (45)…lone outing in 2015 ALDS vs. Toronto lost in 5 games in the 2010 World Series after winning Game 3…it is the 1st came in relief in Game 4 (3.0 IP, 1 R-ER)…his 2.38 ERA in the playoffs is time in 4 instances that Texas has lost the 1st 2 games of a series at home. the 3rd-lowest among all active pitchers (in 2015) with 50.0 or more innings to Madison Bumgarner (1.94) and Matt Cain (2.10), and the 13th-best in IT’S ALL BEEN DONE: There have been 3 instances in MLB postseason the majors since 1955…has gone 4-1, 2.34 (13 ER/50.0 IP) in his 8 career history in which a team has won a best-of-5 series after losing the 1st 2 playoff starts, all in 2010-11. games at home…those teams: the 2001 Yankees (vs. OAK), the 2012 Gi- ants (vs. CIN), and the 2015 Blue Jays (vs. TEX)…only the 2001 Yankees SOME RELIEF: The Texas bullpen posted 4.0 scoreless innings to finish and 2015 Blue Jays did it in a 2-2-1 series format (forcing and winning a Game 2, allowing just one hit and one walk…the only runs allowed by re- Game 5 at home), as the 2012 Giants won 3 straight road games in Cin- lievers in this series came on Jose Bautista’s 3-R HR off Jake Diekman cinnati under the Division Series’ 2-3 format that year…overall, there have in Game 1, as the bullpen owns a 2.79 ERA (3 ER/9.2 IP) in the 2 games been 9 instances of a team falling behind 0-2 in a best-of-5 postseason with a .229 (8-35) opponents average…the bullpen compiled a team-re- series to come back and win it. cord scoreless streak of 35.1 innings from Sept. 20-Oct. 2 that ran into the season finale, 2nd-longest such streak in franchise history (35.2 innings by WINS AND LOSSES: Texas has lost 5 straight in the postseason dating to Washington Senators in April 1969). last year’s ALDS, all vs. Toronto, the 2nd-longest losing streak in team his- tory (9 G, 10/2/96-10/9/99 - all vs. NYY)…the only teams with multiple skids CLAUDIO WITHOUT K’S: Alex Claudio pitched 3.2 scoreless relief innings of 5+ games in the playoffs since the introduction of the Division Series in in Game 1, just the 3rd Ranger with a scoreless relief outing so long in the 1995 are the Rangers (9 G and 5 G) and Yankees (two 5 G). postseason (Scott Feldman-4.1 SHO IP in 2011 ALCS G2 vs. DET; Derek Holland-3.2 SHO IP in 2010 ALCS G4 at NYY)…it was just the 6th score- GAME 3: Texas has gone 3-7 all-time in Game 3, losing 3 straight (2015 less relief outing of 3.2+ IP in postseason history without a strikeout, 1st ALDS vs. TOR, 2011 World Series vs. STL, 2011 ALCS at DET)…the 3 since Oakland’s Gene Nelson (3.2 IP, 0 R, 0 SO) in 1990 WS G3 vs. CIN. losses come after Rangers had won 3 in a row (2011 ALDS at TB, 2010 WS vs. SF, 2010 ALCS at NYY)…Rangers are 2-1 all-time in Game 3’s on CAN’T FIGHT THE YOUTH: Nomar Mazara made his postseason debut in the road. a Game 2 start, going 1-for-3…at 21 years, 164 days old for his debut on Friday, he became the 2nd-youngest player in Rangers postseason history. ALDS ROAD SUCCESS: Of the 14 teams with 10+ road games in LDS YOUNGEST RANGERS AT TIME OF POSTSEASON DEBUT play (since 1995), the Rangers’ 8-6 (.571) record is 3rd-best all-time, the Yr.Days Player Pos. Game Date highest of any A.L. club…only teams ahead of Texas on that list are ATL 19.228 Jurickson Profar PH 2012 ALWC vs. BAL 10/5/12 (.583, 14-10) and STL (.577, 15-11)…Texas went 2-1 in games here at Rog- 21.164 Nomar Mazara RF 2016 ALDS G2 vs. TOR 10/7/16 ers Centre in last year’s ALDS, with the Game 5 loss snapping the Rangers’ 21.247 Rougned Odor 2B 2015 ALDS G1 at TOR 10/8/15 7-game win streak in road Division Series contests…that 7-game win streak 22.041 Elvis Andrus SS 2010 ALDS G1 at TB 10/6/10 remains the longest ever by an A.L. club, T2nd-longest all-time behind an 22.157 Neftali Feliz RHP 2010 ALDS G1 at TB 10/6/10 8-game win streak for the Braves from 1995-99. • With 2 losses in Arlington, Rangers are now 1-11 (.083) all-time in ALDS THE MINIMUM: The Rangers had 10 baserunners against Jays Game 2 home games, lowest win pct. of any club (Twins are 1-10)…only teams with starter J.A. Happ, who registered the win with the minimum 5.0 IP…it was as many home LDS losses as Texas are NYY (22-14) and ATL (13-13). the 1st time in postseason history for a starting pitcher to last the minimum 5.0 IP and record a win, while allowing one-or-zero runs and 10+ baserun- BATS IN GAME 2: Texas out-hit Toronto 13-to-6 in Game 2…according to ners…just 4 starters have ever recorded such a win in the regular season Elias Sports Bureau, the +7 hit margin was the most for any team in a post- against Texas, the last being Chicago-AL’s Neal Cotts on 8/22/03 at the season loss since 2002, when STL out-hit SF 12-4 in a 5-4 loss in NLCS White Sox’ current ballpark. G4 at SF…Game 2 marked the Rangers’ most hits ever in a Division Series game, T3rd-most in any postseason contest to 17 in 2011 ALCS G6 vs. DET A.L. WEST CHAMPIONS: Texas won the American League West division and 15 in 2011 WS G6 at STL (11 inn.). title for the second straight year and the seventh time in team history (oth- • The Rangers had 10 different batters reach safely in Game 2, 2nd-most in ers 1996, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011, and 2015)…this is team’s 8th trip to the any playoff loss in franchise history (11 reached in 2010 WS G1 at SF)…the postseason, also hosting the A.L. Wild Card Game in 2012…Rangers are 13 men left on base by TEX was the most in any postseason game in club in the postseason for the 5th time in 7 years, this after a 10-year drought… history, the highest figure for any team in a 9-inning postseason contest the only other ML team with as many as 5 playoff appearances in the last 7 since the Cardinals (14) in 2011 ALDS G3 vs. PHI (STL lost 3-2). years (2010-16) is STL (5)…the only other MLB clubs with 4 division titles • After going 0-for-1 with RISP in Game 1, Texas went 2-for-18 with RISP since 2010 are DET (4) and LAD (4). in Game 2…according to STATS LLC, Game 2 was the 1st time in any 9-inning game in postseason history for a team to have 2-or-fewer hits in VS. JAYS: The Rangers went 3-4 against the Blue Jays in the regular sea- 18+ AB with RISP. son, last meeting on May 15 in Arlington…it was the 2nd-earliest for the Rangers to finish a season series with any one opponent, as last game with IAN DESMOND had 3 hits in Game 2, tying his career high for a postsea- the White Sox was on May 11…club is 8-18 vs. Jays in reg. season since son game (3rd time, did it in Games 1 and 3 of 2012 NLDS vs. STL while the start of 2013, and lost last year’s ALDS, 3-games-to-2. with WAS)…it was just the 3rd 3-hit game by a Ranger in the postseason in 2015-16, all by outfielders, the others by Delino DeShields (2015 G2 at POSTSEASON HISTORY: The Rangers are 21-29 (.420) all-time in the TOR) and Shin-Soo Choo (2015 G4 vs. TOR). playoffs, including 20-20 since 2010…Texas has dropped 4 straight and 7 of last 9 games beginning with 2011 World Series Game 6, this after a 10-4 POWER OUTAGE: Texas has been out-homered 6-0 in this series, as 9 of span during the 2011 postseason…club’s 40 postseason games since 2010 15 Toronto runs in this ALDS have come via the long ball…the 6 HR have are most in the A.L.