ALDS Game 4 -- Dickey vs Holland

Monday, October 12 2015 @ 01:36 PM EDT

Contributed by: Eephus


She cried "Bingo", you finally clued in
I guess I never thought to look there
What you took you can give back
But I never kept track

I guess I never thought I'd have to

The Texas Rangers aren't through with the Blue Jays yet. Thanks to Marco Estrada's timely outing and Troy Tulowitzki's even timelier home run, Toronto gets to play another game this afternoon in Arlington. The former long-time-ago Ranger R.A. Dickey gets the call for the Blue Jays, facing the organization that drafted him for the first time since 2014. In fact, Dickey has only faced the Rangers three times in his current knuckleballing incarnation, going 0-2 in 2014 (9 ER in 13.1 IP) and 1-0 in 2013 (1 run in 5.2 IP). Ah, the small sample size. Derek Holland counters for Texas: he is 3-2, 5.15 in eight career appearances versus the Blue Jays, though he's allowed eight home runs in 43.2 innings.

Lineups

BLUE JAYS

Revere (LF)
Donaldson (3B)
Bautista (RF)
Encarnacion (DH)
Colabello (1B)
Tulowitzki (SS)
Martin (C)
Pillar (CF)
Goins (2B)
Dickey (P)

RANGERS

DeShields (CF)
Choo (RF)
Fielder (DH)
Moreland (1B)
Andrus (SS)
Hamilton (LF)
Chirinos (C)
Odor (2B)
Alberto (3B)
Holland (P)

It was a slight surprise when Holland was announced as the starter for the Rangers, considering they have a 17 game winner kicking about in Colby Lewis, who also has an impressive postseason resume (4-1, 2.34 in eight starts, 32 hits allowed in 50 innings). An explanation might be his career numbers against the Blue Jays, where he is 3-6, 6.97 in eleven games (ten starts) with 15 long shots allowed in just 51.2 innings. Still, perhaps Lewis is summoned at the first sign of shenanigans for Holland.

It's funny how you get a feel for it when you finally lose your sense of fear.


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