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The Blue Jays dominated the Rangers in Thursdays ALDS Game 1. Will they make it a Texas two-step when the two teams meet again Friday afternoon?Go inside the numbers and matchups that will decide Fridays game, and then vote for which team will win at the bottom of the page.Inside the pitching matchupWhen?Happ is on the mound:?One of the least likely 20-game winners in recent memory,?J.A. Happ?signed a three-year, $36 million contract that now looks like the bargain of the offseason. When he was traded from the Mariners to the Pirates last year, Pirates pitching coach Ray Searage had Happ raise his arm slot a bit and take a more direct stride toward home plate.The idea that this increased the velocity on his four-seamer isnt necessarily true. While he now throws 92-93 mph as opposed to 89-90 when he first came up with the Phillies, he was also throwing 92-93 with the Blue Jays in 2014. It has, however, generated more swing-and-misses -- up from 15.9 percent with his fastball in 2014 to 20.5 percent this year -- with better command as well. The raise in arm slot has perhaps added some deception to his delivery.He works away to right-handers with his fastball and goes up or low and away to lefties. He throws both a four-seamer and two-seamer and throws his fastball a lot -- 73 percent of the time. Among qualified starters, only Bartolo Colon and teammate Aaron Sanchez threw a higher rate of fastballs. His secondary pitchers are a slider, curveball and changeup. He throws the curve about only seven times per start but batters hit .137 against it. It could be an effective two-strike option against an aggressive Rangers lineup. -- David SchoenfieldWhen Darvish is on the mound: In his return from Tommy John surgery,?Yu Darvish?was as dominant as before, striking out 132 batters in 100 innings. After returning in late May, he made three starts and then missed five weeks because of neck and shoulder issues, but he was healthy in the second half. In his final outing against the Rays, he fanned 12 in six innings.Darvish has a full arsenal of pitches (including a slider, changeup, curveball, cutter, sinker) but has learned that he can succeed living off a fastball that averaged 93.5 mph -- actually higher average velocity than pre-surgery -- and a deadly slider. He changes speeds effectively with the fastball as he can still dial back and touch 97-98. Batters hit .157 against his slider, right in line with his career mark of .162. Perhaps as a precaution after the surgery, he doesnt throw the slider as much as he did, down from 30 percent to about 20 percent.One thing I dont understand is why he doesnt ditch the cutter. It was an effective pitch for him in 2012, but batters have pounded it ever since -- hitting .333 and slugging .567 against it. Sometimes it seems Darvish simply has too many pitches and likes to use all of them, although he has cut his walk rate from his rookie season. The Rangers were pretty careful with his pitch count as he topped 100 only three times (all in August), but improved efficiency allowed him to go six-plus innings in 11 of his final 13 starts. -- SchoenfieldPlayer in the spotlightAdrian Beltre. At 37, Beltre had another tremendous season, hitting .300 with 32 home runs and cementing his status as a first-ballot Hall of Famer. He was also Mr. Clutch, hitting .385/.408/.646 in late and close situations. He has averaged 6.3 WAR per season since joining the Rangers in 2011. What hed love is to get back to the World Series like that first season in Texas -- and win it this time. -- SchoenfieldWhat will decide todays gameJose Bautista has homered in each of the first two games of this postseason, but hes about to face his kryptonite. Hes 1-for-18 with nine strikeouts against Game 2 starter Darvish. On Bautistas career, thats his worst average against any pitcher he has faced at least 15 times.Darvish has succeeded against Bautista by keeping the ball away. He typically throws outside pitches -- those on the outer third of the plate or further outside -- 44 percent of the time against right-handed hitters. Against Bautista, that rate is 60 percent. Bautista hit .175 with a .288 slugging percentage against outside pitches this season. From 2012 to 2015, he hit .250 with a .411 slugging percentage against them.?--?ESPN Stats & InfoChoosing sides: Who will win?When Darvish becomes a free agent after next season, hell be looking for a deal that pays him close to $30 million, if not more. Winning Game 2 of the ALDS against lefty Happ would look real good on an already excellent resume. Darvish will need his best effort to beat Torontos 20-game winner, but the Rangers signed him to win games like this. He gave up one run or fewer in three of his past four starts. Who knows how much the four-day layoff hurt the Rangers, but it wont matter all that much if they go down 2-0. -- Jean-Jacques TaylorThe Blue Jays won big Thursday and have 20-game winner Happ starting. Closer Roberto Osuna also probably will be recovered and ready to go. So the Rangers will need a great outing from Darvish or they will be heading to Toronto with their backs to the wall, their toes on the cliff edge and their spouses one finger tap from booking a mid-October trip to Hawaii. Will that pressure help or hurt Darvish? Well see, but Im looking for a closer game than 10-1.?-- Jim CapleWhere the series standsIts not a must-win game for the Rangers, but it feels like a must-win game, as you dont want to go back to Toronto down 2-0 and facing AL ERA leader Aaron Sanchez in Game 3. Bautista has homered in six of his past 13 games, so Darvish will have to figure out how to avoid seeing another Bautista long ball.?--?SchoenfieldCustom Nike Chicago Cubs Jerseys .5 million, one-year contract on Friday. Hawkins, who turns 41 in December, will compete with Rex Brothers for the closers role at spring training. Custom Nike Houston Astros Jerseys . Louis Blues. Shane Hnidy joins Brian Munz for the broadcast on TSN 1290 Radio at 7pm ct. https://www.customnikebaseballjerseys.com/ . According the Toronto Star, a knee injury will keep Sundin out of the lineup, which includes former teammates Gary Roberts, Darcy Tucker, Tie Domi and Curtis Joseph. Custom Nike New York Yankees Jerseys . -- Matt Ryan needed one of the best games of his career to lead the Falcons and their depleted offence out of their three-game losing streak last week. Custom Nike St. Louis Cardinals Jerseys . Dusautoir, the former World Player of the Year, sustained a torn bicep playing for Toulouse in the Heineken Cup on Saturday. The flanker, who has played 65 times for France, is expected to be out for up to four months.KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee turned up its defensive intensity to produce a surprisingly lopsided victory over Georgia Tech.Shembari Phillips and Grant Williams each scored 14 points as Tennessee cruised to an 81-58 triumph over the Yellow Jackets, who hadnt trailed an opponent by more than eight points all season before Saturday.Overall, thats something we can continue to build on, Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said of his teams defensive effort. Thats got to really be the staple of who we are.Tennessee (3-3) was returning from a nine-day layoff after going 1-2 in the Maui Invitational last week, but it was Georgia Tech that looked like it hadnt played in over a week. Tennessee stayed in control virtually the entire way and led by as many as 28 points.Georgia Tech (4-3) played without usual starting guard Justin Moore, who stayed in Atlanta because of a stomach virus. Josh Heath, who made 15 starts in 2015-16, started in Moores place and scored just two points while shooting 0 for 7.Our mentality has been attack, attack, attack, Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner said. We played `un-attack today. We played real passive. I was disappointed in our energy level. That falls on my shoulders. Hopefully I can analyze and examine some things and decide what we can do to get better.Tennessee was playing its third straight game without Jordan Bone, who has a stress fracture in his left foot. Bone had been Tennessees starting point guard before his injury. The Vols also played a third straight game without forward Admiral Schofield due to a violation of team rules.The Vols overcame the absence of those two guys by getting big contributions from just about everyone who did play.Williams 14 points represented a career high for the freshman forward. Phillips, a natural shooting guard playing point guard for now, had five rebounds and a career-high seven assists with only one turnover.I feel liike I can play off the ball and I can play on the ball, Phillips said.dddddddddddd Whatever the team needs at the time... if somebody steps up and (Barnes) feels like theyre doing a better job than me, Ill move back to the wing. But personally I do enjoy playing the point. Im going to continue to get better at it every day.John Fulkerson scored 12 points and Robert Hubbs III added 10 points for Tennessee.Quinton Stephens scored 15, Christian Matthews had 14 and Josh Okogie added 11 for Georgia Tech. Ben Lammers had 10 points and 14 rebounds.THE TAKEAWAYGeorgia Tech: The Yellow Jackets offense didnt look quite the same without Moore, who averages a team-high 4.8 assists per game. Georgia Tech shot a season-low 32.7 percent from the floor and committed a season-high 19 turnovers.I thought their athleticism bothered us in some areas, Pastner said. We would get to the paint, but we would just throw up a `hope shot. Hopes a bad strategy.Tennessee: The Vols didnt look intimidated at all against a Georgia Tech team that entered the day with nine blocks per game to lead all Division I teams. Tennessee shot 52.8 percent from the floor and had only two of its shots blocked.OVERDUE OFFENSETennessee forward Lew Evans, a Utah State graduate transfer, had seven points, six rebounds and three assists Saturday after failing to score in his first five games with his new team. Evans had averaged 8.4 points per game at Utah State last season.KEY STATGeorgia Tech shot 46.2 percent (6 of 13) from 3-point range but just 28.6 percent (12 of 42) from inside the arc. The Yellow Jackets missed 16 of their first 17 two-point attempts.NEXT UPGeorgia Tech: At VCU on Wednesday.Tennessee: Hosts Presbyterian on Tuesday.---More AP College Basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org ' ' '