BLUE JAYS (85-72) (87-70), 28, 2016 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS:

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1 GAME NOTES American League East Champions 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2015 American League Champions 1992, 1993 World Series Champions 1992, 1993 Toronto Blue Jays Communications Department Game #158, Home #80 (46-33), BALTIMORE ORIOLES (85-72) at TORONTO BLUE JAYS (87-70), Wednesday, September 28, PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: (All Times Eastern) Wednesday, September 28 vs. Baltimore Orioles, 7:07 pm LHP Francisco Liriano (8-13, 4.88) vs. RHP Chris Tillman (16-6, 3.84) Thursday, September 29 vs. Baltimore Orioles, 7:07 pm RHP Marcus Stroman (9-9, 4.34) vs. RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (7-12, 5.71) AT A GLANCE Record , 2 nd, 5.0 GB Pre All-Star/Post All-Star /36-30 Home Attendance (Total & Average)... 3,299,640/41,768 Sellouts () Season (Record after 157 Games) Season (Record after 158 Games) Season (Hm. Att.) After 74 games... 2,462, Season (Hm. Att.) After 75 games... 2,509,118 Come From Behind Wins Last Shutout by Blue Jays , Sept. 24, vs. NYY Last Shutout by Opponent...4-0, Sept. 18, at LAA Under JOHN GIBBONS Vs. RHS/LHS /22-20 Blue Jays/Opponents scoring first /24-41 GMS decided in final AB/Walk-Off /6-8 1-Run Games Franchise record Home/Road /41-37 April/May/June/July/Aug/Sept /17-12/15-12/16-8/17-11/11-13 Series Record/Home/Road /14-9-3/ Series Openers/Finales /29-21 After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing /12-9/6-53 After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing /9-6/1-62 Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road /3-3/1-6 at ROGERS CENTRE Blue Jays HR Dome Open/Cld. 72/35 Opponents HR Dome Open/Cld...62/32 W/L, open/closed/other /11-17/1-0 All-time/open/closed/other / / /70-46 CH-CHECK IT OUT: The Blue Jays began their final home series of the year with a 5-1 win over the Orioles last night Josh Donaldson opened the scoring after connecting for his 37 th HR of the year, a 2R shot Ezequiel Carrera would later hit his 6 th HR of the season to extend his careerhigh Improved to 4-1 on the homestand, batting.302 with RISP in those contests (13-for-43) A win tonight would secure their second straight series win Would mark the first time this month the club has won consecutive series. Aaron Sanchez moved to 14-2 on the season His.875 winning percentage is the highest in baseball (min. 15 decisions) Allowed just one earned run for the 14 th time last night Marked the first time in franchise history TOR has two starters with at least 14 starts of allowing one earned run or less (Happ-15). NOW WE GO: The Blue Jays have won eight of their last 12 games, after beginning the month dropping nine of their first 12 contests Over these last 12 games have outscored the opposition by a count of TOR is batting.265 with 19-2B & 14-HR (.791 OPS) over those contests, while averaging 4.4 runs per game In that same stretch, the pitching staff has combined for a 1.83 ERA (22ER/108.1IP). Since Sept. 15, Josh Donaldson, Jose Bautista & Edwin Encarnacion have combined to hit.308 with 9-2B & 9-HR while drawing 30-BB...Began the month hitting only.193 with 4-HR & 3-2B. Jose Bautista and Troy Tulowitzki, have combined to hit.359 (14-39) with RISP in Sept., including a.320 (8-20) mark since Sept. 15. MAKE IT RAIN: Last night Josh Donaldson hit his 37 th HR (2R) of the season to give the Blue Jays a 2-0 lead in the 1 st inning 44 of his 78 home runs with TOR have either tied the game or given the club the lead. Reached base in all four of his plate appearances last night Has reached base multiple times in seven consecutive games T-2 nd longest active streak in MLB (Freddie Freeman 8G). Over his last 7G is batting.360 (9-25) with 2-2B, 3-HR & 7-BB (1.315). Is the first player with back-to-back 120+ run seasons since Hanley Ramirez in Needs 2RBI to record his second consecutive 100+ RBI season Had never reached the 100 RBI plateau in his career prior to the 2015 season. BRING ON THOSE O s: This season Michael Saunders is batting.414 (24-58) vs. the Orioles Has seven home runs in 16 games against BAL this year In fact 14 of his 24 hits have gone for XBH Has posted a.493 OBP,.897 SLG & a OPS vs. the Orioles this season In 40 career games vs. BAL, is batting at a.298 clip with 9-2B, 1-3B, 14-HR,.368 OBP & a OPS Has reached base in 18 of his last 20G hitting.425 with 17-XBH over that stretch The 7-HR vs. BAL this year are his most vs. any one team in a season. VIEWS FROM THE 6IX: Tonight, the Blue Jays will play the second contest of a 3-game set against Baltimore Are 4-1 on their final homestand of the season, outscoring opponents over those give games. Are at home this season, having won nine of their last 14G at Rogers Centre Will be looking to win consecutive series at home for the first time since Aug against TB (2-1) & HOU (3-1). Josh Donaldson and Edwin Encarnacion rank 4 th (1.010) & 9 th (.951) in OPS at home in the AL Over his last 26 games at home, Edwin is batting.326 with a OPS (5-2B, 7-HR, 19-BB). Kevin Pillar has posted a.304 average at Rogers Centre this season, the highest mark on the club. BLUE JAYS vs. ORIOLES: All-Time: All-Time, Rogers Centre: : 10-7 With last night s victory the Blue Jays secured their season series win Have now won back-to-back season series, the first time to do so since TOR has won nine of the last 13 games, outscoring BAL TOR has hit 29 home runs in the 17 games played this season (at least one in 12 straight), while the Orioles have hit 26. Dating back to last season, the Blue Jays have won 12 of the last 17 tilts at Rogers Centre, outscoring the O s In fact have won six of their last seven games at home. Edwin Encarnacion ranks 3 rd among all active players with 34-HR vs. BAL (Ortiz- 55, Longoria- 35) Edwin has 6-2B, 6-HR & 16- RBI over his last 20G Jose Bautista has reached base safely in 24 of his last 26 starts, posting a.309 average (30-97) and a.427 OBP Has 7-2B, 9-HR, 19-BB and 25 RBI in those contests. STEADY EDDIE: Edwin Encarnacion ranks 2 nd in MLB with 126 RBI this season, while having only the 8 th most at-bats with RISP (160) Is only the 3 rd different Blue Jays player to record at least 125 RBI in a season (5 th time: Delgado 3x, Bell 1x) and the first to do so since Has 42 HR this season (T-2 nd in ML) to match his career-high set in 2012 In fact that is the last time a Blue Jay hit that many HR Is only the 3 rd Blue Jay to record multiple 40+ HR seasons (Delgado/Bautista 3x). STARTING STRONG: Toronto s starting staff leads the AL in QS (97), IP (963.2), ERA (3.69), Opp. Avg. (.237), Opp. OPS (.692) & WHIP (1.22) Have given up the 2 nd fewest HR in AL (118) Are one of four teams in ML without a complete game this season In fact, Toronto is on pace to become the first team in MLB history to lead the league in starters innings pitched without the aid of a complete game. This month Blue Jays starters have held the opp. to 3-ER or less in 20 of the 24 games played In each of their last 12 contests have limited the opposition to 2ER or fewer (1.33 ERA) This is the longest streak of its kind in club history Over their last six games the rotation has held opposing offenses to one earned run or less This marks only the second such streak in franchise history (last: May 19-16, 1983). Four TOR starters rank in the top 15 among AL pitchers for lowest opp. AVG with RISP, min. 110 AB (Happ -.200, Estrada -.213, Sanchez & Dickey -.224) No other team has multiple starters in the top 10, while only TB has two pitchers in the top 15 in the AL. JOSE, JOSE, JOSE: Jose Bautista had his on-base streak of 33G snapped last night Over those contests posted a.287 average with a.407 OBP & a.907 OPS Was his longest on-base streak since a career-high 37 games in Has reached base safely multiple times in 13 of his last 20 games, recording a.432 OBP in those contests with a.925 OPS. DID YOU KNOW? The last time a TOR rotation finished a season with an ERA below 3.69 was in 1991 (3.49) In fact this year s 3.69 ERA currently stands as the 4 th best in club history ( ). Joe Biagini has produced an ERA of 0.69 in his outings of 2.0+ IP this season (2ER, 26.0, 16H, 3BB, 25K). Brett Cecil has allowed just three earned runs over his last 18.2 IP (1.45 ERA) Has fanned 25 of his 72 batters faced (34.7 %). Ezequiel Carrera has 6-HR in 289 PA this year Prior to this season had five home runs in 670 career plate appearances. TOR & BAL are the only teams in baseball with six players with 20+ HR this season. Blue Jays hitters have an XBH % of 39.5 vs. RHP (395/999)

2 BLUE JAYS GAME NOTES Page 2 STARTING PITCHER Francisco Liriano, LHP #45 Born: San Cristobal, DR; Age: 32 W-L ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO AVG JAYS CAREER TONIGHT S START & HIGHLIGHTS: Is making his 8th start (10th appearance) for the Blue Jays since being acquired from PIT August 1...In his seven starts with TOR has posted a 3.07 ERA (14ER/41.0 IP)...Has recorded five quality starts in those seven starts...had only seven in his last 21 starts for the Pirates before being traded...his 3.07 ERA among starters is the 10th best mark in the AL since joining the Blue Jays on Aug. 5. GROUND EM OUT: His 51.5% ground ball rate is 11th best in MLB...In fact percentage jumps to 61.0% vs. LHB, 4th best in the Majors. His 84 walks on the season are 2nd most in MLB, however has walked only 15 in his nine outings with TOR...In his 28 starts this season has issued at least four walks 12 times...has a strike percentage of 59.8 this season which ranks as the 2nd lowest mark among MLB starters...has pitched into the 7th inning three times over his last 20 starts. Over the past 30 days (3 starts) has limited hitters to a.179 average, 8th best in MLB...Has held opponents to a.222 average the first time through the order, that mark increases to.238 the second time through and.316 when facing a batter three or four times...in fact has allowed a.438 OBP the 3rd time through the order, 2nd worst mark among MLB starters. SLIP SLIDIN AWAY: has recorded 33 of his 36 strikeouts against lefties this year with his slider (91.7%) - the highest mark % in MLB; (League Avg: 33.0%)...Overall, he has thrown his slider 44.7% of the time vs. LHH, most in baseball. Held the Yankees scoreless over six innings in his last outing...picked up his 8th win and 2nd as a Jay and marked 2nd time with TOR to not allow an earned run... Was the 11th time in his 28 starts to throw at least 6.0 IP while holding opponents to two earned runs or fewer. 7.0, 2x, last 5/18 vs. ATL 10, 6/3 va. LAA 8, 5/13 at CHC 8, 5/13 at CHC 5, 5x, last: 6/27 vs. LAD 13, 7/21 vs. MIL 3, 5/13 at CHC 111, 6/17 at CHC G, 4/30-5/06 5G, 5/29-6/27 6-6, 4.28 ERA, 15 GS 2-7, 5.54 ERA, 15G, 13 GS.252, 26 HR.237, 5 HR.257, 21 HR SINGLE-GAME HIGHS IP H R ER BB SO HR PITCHES CG SHO WIN STREAK LOSS STREAK SPLITS HOME ROAD OPP. AVG VS. LHB VS. RHB CAREER 9.0, 3x, last: 8/14/13 at STL 12, 8/9/13 at COL 10, 8/9/13 at COL 10, 8/9/13 at COL 7, 2x, last 9/1/12 at DET 15, 7/13/12 vs. OAK 3, 5x, last: 5/13/16 at CHC 123, 2x, last 5/3/11 at CWS 3, 3x, last: 8/14/13 at STL 1, 5/3/11 at CWS 8 G, 7/16-9/14/10 6 G, 3x, last 9/25/13-5/25/14 CAREER 46-38, 3.79 ERA, 140G, 126GS 50-54, 4.35 ERA, 144G, 129GS.239, 146 HR.220, 17 HR.245, 129 HR vs. THE ORIOLES W-L ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO AVG CAREER ROGERS CTR In his start August 26 vs. MIN, allowed three earned runs over 5.0 IP in a 15-8 TOR victory...issued four walks, his most since July 26 vs. SEA, a span of six starts...was his first win as a member of the Blue Jays, and his first victory since July 21 vs. MIL. Held the Indians to one unearned run over six innings, Aug. 19 at CLE...Did not allow an earned run for only the 2nd time this season and first since Opening Day...Did not receive a decision as CLE scored 2 in the 9th for a 3-2 walk-off win. VS. THE ORIOLES: Has not faced the Orioles since the 2014 season...overall has lost his last three decisions over four starts dating back to His best outing came back in his rookie season (2006), where he limited the O s to a Javy Lopez single over seven innings, in a 4-0 win. GAME LOGS DATE SCORE OPP DEC SCORE WHEN LEFT IP H R ER BB K HR PIT/STRIKES NOTES 4/3 W, 4-1 STL W /50 10K for 2nd time on Opening Day (2014) 4/8 W, 6-5 at CIN ND / th career strikeout 4/19 L, 4-5 at SD L /56 4/24 W, at ARI ND /59 4/30 W, 5-1 CIN W /72 5/6 W, 4-2 at STL W /70 2nd straight start vs. STL with 10+ K 5/13 L, 4-9 at CHC L /54 Season-high 8ER allowed & career-high 3HR (5th time) 5/18 L, 1-3 ATL L /62 5/24 W, 12-1 ARI W /40 5/29 L, 2-6 at TEX L /57 6/3 L, 2-9 LAA L /40 6/11 L, 1-5 STL L /58 6/17 L, 0-6 at CHC L /60 6/22 L, 6-7 SF ND /57 6/27 L, 4-5 LAD L /55 7/3 W, 6-3 at OAK W /53 7/8 W, 8-4 CHC ND /59 7/15 L, 1-5 at WAS L /59 7/21 W, 5-3 MIL W /67 Season-high 13K, 3rd 10+ K game in (25th career) 7/26 L, 4-7 SEA L /38 7/31 L, 2-4 at MIL L /56 8/5 W, 4-3 at KC ND /61 Ist start as a Blue Jay and just 8th QS on season 8/12 L, 3-5 HOU L /58 1st loss as a Blue Jay 8/19 L, 2-3 at CLE ND /57 Two of three starts as a Blue Jay have been quality 8/26 W, 15-8 MIN W /59 First win since July 21, and his first as a Blue Jay 9/12 W, 3-2 TB ND /51 Just the 4th time in his 26 starts 1BB or less 9/17 L, 1-6 at LAA L /63 2ER in 5 of 6 starts with Toronto 9/23 W, 9-0 NYY W /64 2nd time as a Jay with 0 ER ORIOLES vs. LIRIANO PLAYER AVG. AB H HR BB K Alvarez Davis Hardy Jones Joesph Machado Reimold Schoop Trumbo Wieters STARTERS TOR AL Wins 65 2nd ERA st AVG.237 1st WHIP st IP st SO 818 4th BB 313 4th (most) STARTING PITCHERS BREAKDOWN QUALITY RUN RUNS/ JAYS STARTER GS STARTS SUPPORT GAME PKO SBA CS REC. Stroman Dickey Sanchez Happ Estrada Hutchison Liriano Totals: CAREER MISC. YEAR STARTS QS 6+ CG SHO GB% Totals Fangraphs League Avg (44.3%) BLUE JAYS vs. TILLMAN PLAYER AVG. AB H HR BB K Barney Bautista Carrera Donaldson Encarnacion Goins Martin Navarro Pillar Saunders Smoak Travis Tulowitzki Upton Jr

3 TOR AL ERA th AVG th WHIP th OPS th BB/ nd SO/ th HR/ th SV% th FIP th BLUE JAYS RELIEVERS Home Runs Allowed: Game high: 7, 6/25 at CWS 3-HR Inn: 2x, last: 6/25 at CWS (2 nd inn.) Multi-HR: 6x, last: Sanchez, 8/16 at NYY Grand slam: 4x, last: Morales, 8/7 at KC Leadoff: 2x, last: Forsythe, 8/9 vs. TB Walk-off: Stubbs, 5/14 at TEX Naquin, 8/19 at CLE Back-to-Back: 4x, last: 9/12 vs. TB (Longoria/Miller) Back-to-Back-to- Back: 6/25 at CWS (Lawrie, Navarro, Shuck) Pinch Hit: Romine, 5/25 at NYY Inside the Park: Lawrie, 6/25 at CWS Naquin, 8/19 at CLE Extra inn: 2x, last: Jones, 7/31 vs. BAL Bullpen - Active Scoreless Innings Streak: 3.0 (Sept. 27-) Season-High Scoreless innings Streak: 16.0 (Aug. 9-15) Active IP Without Allowing HR: 3.0 (Sept. 27-) Season-High IP Without Allowing a HR: 26.2 IP (Aug. 9-19) Catchers GS IP ER ERA SB CCS CPO CS% PB Martin 114 (69-45) Navarro 5 (1-4) Thole 38 (17-21) Totals: 157 (87-70) BULLPEN BREAKDOWN (relief appearances only reg. season, as a Blue Jay) Pitcher Last App. DEC IP H ER BB K FBE IR-RS SV-OPP Longest Outing (career) Last HR Barnes 9/26 vs. NYY ND /4/16 at TB -- Benoit 9/25 vs. NYY ND /3/02 at BAL 9/11 vs. BOS Biagini 9/27 vs. BAL ND x, last: 9/7/16 at NYY 9/11 vs. BOS Cecil 9/26 vs. NYY Hold x, last: 8/13/14 at SEA 8/21 at CLE Dermody 9/14 vs. TB ND /9/16 vs. BOS 9/14 vs. TB Feldman 9/20 at SEA ND /21/11 at CWS 9/9 vs. BOS Grilli 9/26 vs. NYY L,BS x, last 6/5/07 at TEX 9/26 vs. NYY Loup 9/21 at SEA ND /12/13 at KC 6/9 vs. BAL Osuna 9/27 vs. BAL ND /6/15 vs. NYY 9/19 at SEA Schultz 9/18 at LAA ND /15/14 vs. KC 8/27 vs. MIN Tepera 9/21 at SEA ND x, last 9/7/15 at BOS 10/4/15 at TB Total BARNES, RHP, #24 (.275 AVG/1.39 WHIP) LH:.200 (4-20) : 0-0, 3.95, 12G, 13.2, 5BB/14K, 1-Hold RH:.323 (10-31) With TOR, LHH are 4-for-20 (2-2B) Has surrendered just three hits with RISP in 15-AB (.200, 0-XBH) as a Blue Jay. Has struck out a batter in 10 of his 12 appearances (9.22 SO/9). BENOIT, RHP, #53 (.210 AVG/1.27 WHIP) LH:.238 (19-80) : 3-1, 2.81, 51G, 48.0, 24BB/52K, 5HR, 17-Hlds RH:.188 (18-96) 9/26 vs. NYY suffered a tear in his left calf after coming out from the bullpen when benches cleared in the 2 nd inning. Since being acquired from the Mariners on July 26 had posted a 0.38 ERA (1-ER/23.2) in 25 appearances That is the lowest ERA by any reliever in the Majors over that timeframe. BIAGINI, RHP, #31 - Rookie (.254 AVG/1.28 WHIP) LH:.292 (31-106) : 4-2, 2.74, 58G, 65.2, 19BB/59K, 3HR, 7-Holds RH:.227 (34-150) Opp. are batting.197 (15-76) with RISP including only 1-XBH against him Opp. are 2 for their last 27 (.074) with RISP over his last 16G. Had gone his first 49 career games (242 batters) without giving up a HR After that had done so in three of his next four games from Sept (3-HR/24 batters). Over his last 13G, has posted a 5.79 ERA (9-ER/14.0, 3-HR, 6-BB, 3- HBP, 13-SO,.827 OPS). 13 of his 58 relief appearances have been 2.0+IP this season & in those outings has produced a 0.69 ERA (2ER, 26.0, 16H, 3BB, 25K). CECIL, LHP, #27 (.270 AVG/1.30 WHIP) LH:.254 (16-63) : 1-7, 3.89, 51G, 34.2, 8BB/40K, 5HR, 7-Holds RH:.284 (21-74) Over his last 27G has allowed an ER in just two of those outings (1.45 ERA, 3ER/18.2, 4-BB/25K,.164 AVG, 0.80 WHIP) Has gone his last 14G without allowing a run (8.1, 6H, BB, 12K). LHB are hitting.138 (4-for-29, 1-BB/13K) with 0-XBH over his last 20G Has retired 11 of his last 13 LHB (single, HBP). Opp. are 2-for-13 (.154) with RISP over his last 9G. DERMODY, LHP, #50 - Rookie (.400 AVG/2.00 WHIP) LH:.571 (4-7) : 0-0, 12.00, 5G, 3.0, 0BB/5K, 1HR RH:.250 (2-8) 9/14 vs. TB surrendered 1 st HR of his career (Dickerson) Opp. are hitting.400 while LHH are batting.571 (4-for-7). 9/11 vs. BOS struck out the only 2 batters he faced (Ortiz/Betts). 9/3 at TB made ML debut (0.2IP, 2H, 1K Franklin). FELDMAN, RHP, #46 (.282 AVG/1.38 WHIP) LH:.325 (40-123) : 7-4, 3.97, 40G/5GS, 76.1, 19BB/56K, 10HR RH:.254 (47-185) In 35G out of the pen this year has posted a 6-2 record with a 4.13 ERA (24ER/52.1, 7HR) with an opp. avg. of.279 & a 1.26 WHIP. Has held the opp. to a.208 (15-72) with RISP as reliever this year. 9/13 vs. TB had a streak of 119 straight PA vs. RHH without allowing a BB snapped after walking A. Ramirez...It had been the longest active streak in MLB In fact, walked 2-RHH in a relief appearance for just the 2 nd time this year (last: April 8 at MIL). 9/9 vs. BOS marked the 2 nd time this year to allow 2-HR in a relief app. & 4 th time to allow 3+ER. SMITH, RHP, #35 - Rookie (--) LH: -- : -- RH: -- In 47 combined relief appearances between New Hampshire & Buffalo, posted a 1.94 ERA with 22BB/81K over 60.2 IP Had fanned 39 batters over his last 26.2 IP of the season. Player-DL Injury Date Games Bautista OF L-Big Toe 6/7-7/24 30 (17-13) Bautista - OF L-Knee 8/ (7-5) Carrera OF L-Achilles 8/ (8-6) Cecil LHP L-Tricep/Lat 5/15-6/30 42 (24-18) Estrada RHP Back 3/26-4/9 6 (2-4) Estrada RHP Back 7/ (10-4) Floyd RHP R-Shoulder 6/26-current 81 (46-35) Goins IF R-Forearm 7/ (16-7) Loup - LHP L-Elbow 3/26-5/27 50 (25-25) Morales LHP L-Arm 4/7-7/21 92 (52-40) Pillar- OF L-Thumb 8/ (7-6) Schultz RHP L-Hip 3/26-5/21 44 (21-23) Travis IF L-Shoulder 3/26-5/24 47 (22-25) Tulowitzki - IF R-Quad 5/28-6/17 20 (14-6) 12 players, 14x GRILLI, RHP #37 (.198 AVG/1.25 WHIP) LH:.209 (18-86) : 7-6, 3.32, 65G, 57.2, 31BB/80K, 9HR, 21-Hlds RH:.190 (23-121) Has fanned at least one batter in 36 of his last 42G (57-SO/40.0 IP) RHH have struck out 45 times in 133 PA (33.8%) this season. Since joining TOR on May 31, has an ERA of 3.32 (15ER/40.2 IP) in 44G His SO/BF of.352 since being acquired is the 8 th highest in AL His 19 holds over that stretch rank 1 st in AL. 9/26 vs. NYY lost his 6 th game of the season (4 th as a Jay) & suffered his 4 th blown save (2 nd with TOR, 2-for-4) after surrendering 2-HR in the 9 th inning It marked just the 2 nd time in his career to surrender 2- HR in a relief appearance (last: 9/13/06 vs. TEX) 2 nd time to allow 4- ER in a game, last time also vs. NYY on 9/6 (4ER, 0.2, blown save). 9/24 vs. NYY picked up his 7 th win of the season, 6 th since joining TOR The six wins are the most by any TOR reliever since Shawn Camp & Casey Janssen had six each in OSUNA, RHP, #54 (.202 AVG/0.91 WHIP) LH:.244 (30-123) : 3-2, 2.57, 68G, 68.2, 13BB/81K, 8HR RH:.162 (21-130) Has held the 1 st batter to.141 AVG (9-64) & a.191 OBP (2-2B, 4-BB). Has gone three straight games without a SO for the 1 st time in his career Has only gone two or more straight appearances without a SO three times Batters are 6-for-14 (.462) over those last 3G. LHH are batting.360 (9-for-25) with a.865 OPS over his last 10G. 9/25 vs. NYY won his 3 rd game of the year despite suffering his 4 th blown SV which snapped a string of eight straight that had been converted...it marked the 4 th time this year that he had allowed a run in a save situation (2 nd time more than 1-ER). 9/24 vs. NYY saved his 35 th game (39-SVO) Ranks T-5 th in AL with those 35-SV Is 55-for-62 in SV situations for his career (88.7%). SCHULTZ, RHP, #47 (.266 AVG/1.22 WHIP) LH:.320 (8-25) : 0-1, 5.51, 16G, 16.1, 3BB/10K, 3HR RH:.231 (9-39) Has a groundball % of 58.5 over his last 13G with the Blue Jays. Opposing hitters are 3-for-14 (.214 AVG,.200 OBP) with RISP Has stranded all seven of his inherited runners this year. 9/11 vs. BOS suffered 1 st loss of the season (0.0, 2H, 2ER). TEPERA, RHP, #52 (.254 AVG/1.53 WHIP) LH:.226 (7-31) : 0-1, 3.31, 18G, 16.1, 8BB/15K, 1HR RH:.278 (10-36) Has a 1.93 ERA over his last 15G (3ER/14.0, HR, 4BB, 14K) Has stranded 11 of his 13 inherited runners this season. Has held LHB to a.171 (14-82) career AVG However, of those 14 hits vs. LHB, 4 have been a HR Overall, has allowed 9-HR over 48.1 career IP (1.64 HR/9).

4 TOR AL AVG th OBP rd SLG th OPS th HR nd R/G rd XBH 506 T-6 th BB st SO th RISP th WAR rd Run Dif rd BLUE JAYS HITTERS HOME RUNS: Game high: 5, 2x, last: 6/17 at BAL Leadoff: 5x, Bautista, 3x, last 7/29 vs. BAL Travis, 2x, last 8/6 at KC Grand slam: 3x, Donaldson, 2x, last: 6/14 vs. PHI Tulowitzki, 9/11 vs. BOS Multi-HR (9 players, 18x): Donaldson, 4x, last: 8/28 vs. MIN Martin, 2x, last; 8/16 at NYY Travis, 8/5 at KC Encarnacion, 4x, last: 9/11 vs.bos Pillar, 6/16 at PHI Smoak, 5/3 vs. TEX Saunders, 3x, last 7/23 vs. SEA Tulowitzki, 4/23 vs. OAK Bautista, 4/9 vs. BOS Walk-off: 2x, Encarnacion, 6/10 vs. BAL Smoak, 5/3 vs. TEX Back-to-Back: 8x, last: Tulowitzki/Martin, 8/16 at NYY (6 th inn) Multi-HR Inn: 22x, last: 9/20 at SEA (4 th inning) 3-HR Inn: 2x, last: 7/29 vs. BAL (1 st inn.) Extra Inn: Encarnacion, 6/10 vs. BAL (10 th inning) 3-HR: 2x, Donaldson, 8/28 vs. MIN Saunders, 6/17 at BAL Pinch Hit: Carrera, 9/12 vs. TB ON THE HOMESTAND: Barney, 1-3, BB Bautista, 6-17, 4-2B, 2HR, 5RBI, 3BB, 3K Carrera, 5-11, HR, 3RBI, BB, 3K Donaldson, 6-16, 2B, 2HR, 4RBI, 6BB, 2K Encarnacion, 5-17, 4RBI, 6BB, 3K Goins, 0-1, K Martin, 3-16, RBI, 6BB, 5K Navarro, 1-4, RBI Pillar, 5-17, 2K Saunders, 2-12, RBI, BB, 5K Smoak, 0-2, BB, HBP Travis, 2-15, 2B, BB, 5K Tulowitzki, 6-21, 3-2B, 5RBI, 2K Upton, 1-4, 2BB BARNEY, #18 (.270, 4HR,.698 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.309/.249 LAST APP: 9/27 vs. BAL (1-2) Streak: 1 game, 1-2 Over his last 18 games is batting.341 (15-44) with four multi-hit contests In his 16 games prior to this stretch was only 3-for-42. Is batting.309 vs. LHP this season & has a hit when facing a southpaw in six of his last seven games (.571, 8-for-14). 8/26 vs. MIN hit HR #4 of the year (1R), his 1 st since June 5 at BOS. Highs, Hits: 3, 3x, last: 8/26 vs. MIN RBI: 3, 7/20 at ARI BURNS, #1 (.000, 0HR,.143 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.000/.000 LAST APP: 7/19 at ARI (PR, R) Streak: 0-6 9/27 recalled from Buffalo Making his 3 rd separate stint with TOR this season...hit.230 with 34-XBH & a.636 OPS in 111G with the Bisons Hit.300 (15-for-50) with RISP/2 outs. BAUTISTA, #19 (.235, 21HR,.816 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.216/.241 LAST APP: 9/27 vs. BAL (0-4, 2K) Streak: 0-6 Has 46-XBH out of 96 total hits (47.9 XBH %) this season 37 of those XBH have come vs. RHP (77 total hits vs. RHP) Six of his last 10 hits have gone for extra bases (3-HR/3-2B). Despite missing 42G due to injury, ranks 7 th in the AL with 81- BB 69 of those BB have come vs. RHP (4 th in AL) & also ranks 4 th in P/PA vs. RHP at 4.33 Ranks 2 nd in the AL in swing % of pitches outside of the zone at 20.3 (Carlos Santana 1 st at 19.8%). 9/27 vs. BAL had a 33 game on base streak snapped after going 0- for-4 (.407 OBP, 24-BB,.907 OPS) Over his last 20G has reached multiple times in 13 of them (.432 OBP). 9/25 vs. NYY hit his 21 st HR & reached base in all four PA Has homered in 3 of his last 6G 15 of his 21-HR have been go-ahead shots his last 5-HR have either tied or given TOR a lead. Highs, Hits: 3, 8/28 vs. MIN RBI: 4, 4/9 vs. BOS CARRERA, #3 (.247, 6HR,.691 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.364/.205 LAST APP: 9/27 vs. BAL (2-3, HR, 2RBI, BB) Streak: 4 games, 7-14 Has a hit in four straight games (.500, 7-for-14) Is now 9 for his last 25 AB (.360, 1-2B, 2-HR, 3-BB) Has reached base safely in 10 of his last 20 plate appearances. Is batting.362 with RISP (17-47), striking out only 8 times (62 PA). Is batting.364 with a.408 OBP & a.908 OPS vs. LHP this year. 9/27 vs. BAL hit his career-best 6 th HR In fact, the 6-HR this year are more than his previous five seasons combined (5-HR). Highs, Hits: 4, 4/23 vs. OAK** RBI: 2, 2x, last: 6/28 at COL CECILIANI, #9 (.111, 0HR,.358 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.000/.150 LAST APP: 9/26 vs. NYY (PR) Streak: 0-8 Two of his three hits with TOR have been doubles In 82G with Buffalo hit.266 with a.764 OPS (17-2B, 3-3B, 10-HR). Highs, Hits: 1, 3x, last: 8/15 at NYY RBI: 1, 8/14 vs. HOU DONALDSON, #20 (.286, 37HR,.965 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.293/.284 LAST APP: 9/27 vs. BAL (2-2, HR, 2RBI, 2BB) Streak: 1 game, 2-2 Among the AL ranks 2 nd in BB (107), OBP (.407), 3 rd in OPS (.965), WAR (7.5), SLG (.558) Became 5 th different player in club history with 100+BB in a season (Bautista-4x, Delgado-4x, McGriff-1x, Olerud-1x) Has 21-BB over his last 20 games (.402 OBP). Is the only 3B in club history to record multiple 30-HR seasons 44 of his 78 HR with TOR have either tied the game or given the club the lead That represents the most by any player in the Majors over that period. 9/27 vs. BAL hit his 37 th HR Became 6 th player in club history with consecutive seasons of 300+ TB (last: Jose Bautista, ). Highs, Hits: 4, 3x, last 7/3 vs. CLE RBI: 5, 2x, last: 6/14 vs. PHI ENCARNACION, #10 (.267, 42HR,.897 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.239/.274 LAST APP: 9/27 vs. BAL (0-4, 2K) Streak: 0-6 Ranks 2 nd in ML with 126-RBI (Arenado 1 st 129) & T-2 nd with 42- HR (Trumbo 45) His 126 RBI are a career-high & 5 th most in club history & the most since Carlos Delgado had a franchise high 145 in 2003 His 42-HR matches his career best (2 nd time, last 2012) & are T-6 th highest in a season in team history In fact, the last time a Jay hit that many HR was Edwin in of his career high 156 hits this season have gone for XBH (33-2B, 42-HR) Vs. LHP has 15 XBH out of 28 total hits (53.6%). 9/20 at SEA hit his 42 nd HR of the season becoming 3 rd player in club history with multiple 40+HR seasons (Delgado-3x, Bautista-3x). Is only 3 rd player in club history to record 4 seasons of 35+HR/100+RBI (4 th time) joining Delgado (5x) & Bautista (4x) 6 th player in team history to record 40-HR/120-RBI in same season (Delgado-3x, Bautista-1x, Bell-1x, Green-1x, Donaldson-1x). Has walked multiple times in 4 of his last 6G (8-BB/28-PA) Has also reached base safely in 17 of his last 38 PA. Highs, Hits: 3, 6x, last: 8/8 vs. TB RBI: 6, 5/5 vs. TEX GOINS, #17 (.188, 3HR,.540 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.167/.193 LAST APP: 9/23 vs. NYY (PH-SS, 0-1, K) Streak: 0-1 Is 6 for his last 16 AB (.375) Has 13 XBH out of 28 hits (46.4%) vs. RHP this season Has not walked in in 37 PA vs. LHP. 9/17 at LAA made his professional debut at 1B after entering in 8 th. Highs, Hits: 3, 4/13 vs. NYY RBI: 2, 3x, last: 6/15 at PHI MARTIN, #55 (.235, 20HR,.743 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.226/.237 LAST APP: 9/27 vs. BAL (1-4) Streak: 1 game, 1-4 Has hit 13-HR with 34-RBI in 46G since Aug. 1 (160-AB)...Had just 7-HR in 277 AB through the end of July Has hit 12 of those 13-HR over his last 35 starts (.351 OBP/.559 SLG/.910 OPS). 1 of his last 41 hits have gone for XBH (51.2%). Has a.914 OPS with 5-2B & 10-HR over his last 40G vs. RHP Is avg pitchers/pa vs. RHP this season (5 th in AL) Ranks 3 rd in the AL in swing % of pitches outside of the zone at /20 at SEA hit his 20 th HR of the season 1 st time he has had back-to-back 20+HR seasons & 3 rd total for his career 13 of his 20- HR have come with runners on base & 7 of his last 9-HR have come with RISP TOR are now 28-3 in the last 31G when he hits a HR. Highs, Hits: 3, 5x, last: 8/23 vs. LAA RBI: 5, 2x, last: 8/26 vs. MIN NAVARRO, #30 (.209, 6HR,.591 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.225/.202 LAST APP: 9/26 vs. NYY (PH, 1-1, RBI) Streak: 1 game, 1-1 Leads the AL & T-2 nd in ML with 4-CPKO this year (Davis Ross-5). Is just 3 for his last 20 AB vs. LHP, span of 10G. Highs, Hits: 3, 2x, last: 7/30 at MIN RBI: 4, 7/2 at HOU PILLAR, #11 (.266, 7HR,.679 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.285/.260 LAST APP: 9/27 vs. BAL (1-3, K) Streak: 3 games, 3-10 Among all CF, ranks 1 st in UZR (20.3) & defensive runs saved (19). Leads TOR in AVG with RISP (.314), 2B (34) & 3+hit games (12). 9/20 at SEA matched his season high with 3 hits (12 th time), 2 nd in as many games...3 rd time he reached base safely 4 times in a game. Highs, Hits: 3, 12x, last 9/20 at SEA RBI: 4, 7/30 vs. BAL POMPEY, #45 (.000, 0HR,.000 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP: --/-- LAST APP: 9/26 vs. NYY (PR-DH) Streak: 0-2 Has been used as a PR 16x in his career (5-SB), scoring 7 times. Became the 1 st player in MLB postseason history to steal 2 bases without having a PA (GM 2 ALDS vs. TEX) Did that for a 2 nd time in G6 ALCS vs. KC) His 4-SB ranked T-2 nd in the playoffs (Cain-6). Highs, Hits: -- RBI: -- SAUNDERS, #21 (.255, 24HR,.820 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.283/.247 LAST APP: 9/27 vs. BAL (0-3, K) Streak: 0-5 Ranks T-3 rd for most HR vs. a LHP by a LHH in a season in club history (Delgado, 12-HR in 99 & 9-HR in 04). Has 20 XBH out of 43 total hits in two-strike counts 44 of his last 91 hits (48.4%) have gone for XBH (22-2B, 3-3B, 19-HR). Is batting.323 with 24-XBH (10-HR) & OPS from the 7 th inning on this season. Has gone his last 21 contests without a multi-hit game, batting.161 (10-62) with a just a.537 OPS over that span. 9/20 at SEA hit his 24 th HR, a new career-high (previous 19, 2012) 1 st HR since Aug. 31 at BAL, span of 41-AB 14 of those 24-HR have come on the road, including each of his last three. Highs, Hits: 3, 8x, last 7/3 vs. CLE RBI: 8, 6/17 at BAL** SMOAK, #13 (.221, 14HR,.716 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.212/.225 LAST APP: 9/27 vs. BAL (DEF-1B) Streak: 0-2 Is batting.368 (21-57) with a OPS in close & late situations. Is batting.171 (26-152) over his last 48G with an AB. Has struck out 91 times in 242 PA vs. RHP Has SO 18 times in his last 49 PA Has 12-XBH out of 25 total hits (in 2-strike counts) Overall this season is batting.167 with RISP TOR record for lowest AVG in those situations (min. 80 AB) in a single season is.168 set by J.P. Arencibia in /26 vs. MIN hit his 14 th HR 3 rd time in career with 5+ RBI. Highs, Hits: 3, 2x, last: 8/26 vs. MN RBI: 5, 8/26 vs. MIN THOLE, #22 (.169, 1HR,.474 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.156/.174 LAST APP: 9/21 at SEA (DEF-C) Streak: 1 game, 2-2 Has 6-RBI over his last 15G Prior to this had gone 30 straight contests without driving in a run. 4/4 at TB hit his 1 st HR of the season Marked his 1 st HR since Aug. 21, 2013 (span of 222 AB). Highs, Hits: 2, 4x, last: 9/16 at LAA RBI: 2, 7/10 vs. DET

5 BLUE JAYS HITTERS TRAVIS, #29 (.299, 10HR,.778 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.258/.312 LAST APP: 9/26 vs. NYY (0-3, K) Streak: 0-11 Leads the club with 79 hits since the break including 27 multi-hit games & a.321 AVG Is 3 rd on the club with 10, 3+hit games despite missing the first 47G of the year. Is batting.396 with RISP since the break (4 th in AL) Is hitting.354 (17-49) with 9-XBH in the 1 st inning (1.033 OPS). 9/21 at SEA had his career high 17G hit streak snapped Hit.392 over that span & marks the longest hit streak by any Jay this year. 8/6 at KC hit his 10 th HR of the season, 4 th career leadoff shot Of his 18 career HR, 11 have either tied or given TOR the lead. Highs, Hits: 4, 8/8 vs. TB** RBI: 3, 6/19 at BAL TULOWITZKI, #2 (.253, 24HR,.759 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.264/.249 LAST APP: 9/27 vs. BAL (2-4, 2-2B) Streak: 3 games, 4-13 Has just 7-XBH vs. LHP, with all seven of those coming over his last 30G vs. LHP (.323, 21-64, 2-2B, 5-HR, 15-RBI) In the 2 nd half of the season is batting.341 (15-for-44) vs. LHP with a OPS. Has 15 XBH out of 31 total hits (48.4%) with RISP this season Is 6 for his last 16 AB (.375 AVG) with RISP. 9/23 vs. NYY recorded 4-RBI which represents his 4 th, 4+RBI game as a Blue Jay, all coming this season. 9/16 at LAA hit his 24 th HR (23 rd as a SS) Is 3-HR shy of tying Tony Batista (26-HR, 1999) for most HR by a TOR-SS in a season Ranks T-4 th in ML among SS with 23-HR (Story-27, Semien-26, Seager-26). Highs, Hits: 4, 8/16 at NYY RBI: 5, 8/10 vs. TB UPTON, #7 (.239, 20HR,.697 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.281/.226 LAST APP: 9/27 vs. BAL (DEF-LF, 0-1) Streak: 0-3 Has a.901 OPS vs. LHP along with a.324 BABIP this season. Has struck out 47 times in 143 PA (32.9%) vs. RHP since the break. His 299 career SB ranks 8 th among active players. 9/10 vs. BOS hit his 20 th HR, 4 th career 20-HR/20-SB season, 1 st since 2012 The 20-HR are his most HR since 2012 (28). 9/3 at TB stole his 25 th base of the year, 6 th career 25+SB season & 1 st since 2012 (31-SB) Stole 25+ every year from Highs, Hits: 4, 2x, last: 7/8 at LAD RBI: 4, 6/24 at CIN Day by Day (Since Aug. 15) Day Date G# at OPP W/L Score WP LP SAVE Record POS +/- Att Mon Aug at NYY L 0-1 Green Dickey Betances ,015 Tue Aug at NYY W 12-6 Feldman Warren ,874 Wed Aug at NYY W 7-4 Happ Sabathia Osuna ,736 Thu Aug 18 **** Off Day **** Fri Aug at CLE L 2-3 Manship Osuna ,665 Sat Aug at CLE W 6-5 Biagini Tomlin Osuna ,604 Sun Aug at CLE L 2-3 Clevinger Cecil Allen ,696 Mon Aug 22 **** Off Day **** T1 0 Tue Aug LAA W 7-2 Dickey Skaggs T1 0 46,696 Wed Aug LAA L 2-8 Shoemaker Estrada T1 0 44,404 Thu Aug LAA L 3-6 Weaver Happ T1 0 46,273 Fri Aug MIN W 15-8 Liriano Dean ,534 Sat Aug MIN W 8-7 Grilli Pressly Osuna ,485 Sun Aug MIN W 9-6 Feldman Light ,444 Mon Aug at BAL W 5-1 Estrada Miley ,532 Tue Aug at BAL L 3-5 Brach Grilli Britton ,083 Wed Aug at BAL W 5-3 Sanchez Gallardo ,161 Thu Sep 1 **** Off Day **** Fri Sep at TB L 3-8 Farquhar Stroman ,602 Sat Sep at TB L 5-7 Snell Estrada Colome T1 0 14,353 Sun Sep at TB W 5-3 Benoit Jepsen Osuna ,884 Mon Sep at NYY L 3-5 Tanaka Dickey Betances ,141 Tue Sep at NYY L 6-7 Shreve Grilli Parker T1 0 27,532 Wed Sep at NYY L 0-2 Mitchell Stroman Clippard T1 0 30,501 Thu Sep 8 **** Off Day **** Fri Sep vs. BOS L 3-13 Porcello Estrada ,953 Sat Sep vs. BOS W 3-2 Happ Rodriguez Osuna ,829 Sun Sep vs. BOS L 8-11 Ross Schultz Kimbrel ,590 Mon Sep vs. TB W 3-2 Grilli Boxberger Osuna ,333 Tues Sep vs. TB L 2-6 Smyly Stroman T2-2 38,338 Wed Sep vs. TB L 1-8 Cobb Estrada ,001 Thu Sep at LAA W 7-2 Happ Wright T2-2 37,559 Fri Sep at LAA W 5-0 Dickey Weaver Osuna T2-2 42,159 Sat Sep at LAA L 1-6 Nolasco Liriano T2-3 39,195 Sun Sep at LAA L 0-4 Meyer Stroman ,270 Mon Sep at SEA W 3-2 Estrada Walker Osuna T2-4 34,809 Tues Sep at SEA W 10-2 Happ Iwakuma ,573 Wed Sep at SEA L 1-2 (12) Vincent Dickey ,595 Thu Sep 22 **** Off Day **** ,595 Fri Sep vs. NYY W 9-0 Liriano Mitchell ,016 Sat Sep vs. NYY W 3-0 Grilli Clippard Osuna ,828 Sun Sep vs. NYY W 4-3 Osuna Clippard ,896 Mon Sep vs. NYY L 5-7 Warren Grilli Layne ,532 Tues Sep vs. BAL W 5-1 Sanchez Gausman ,762 Wed Sep vs. BAL Thu Sep vs. BAL Fri Sep at BOS Sat Oct at BOS Sun Oct at BOS