asdasdfasdf American League East Champions 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2015 American League Champions 1992, 1993 World Series Champions 1992, 1993 TORONTO BLUE JAYS (4-3) at TEXAS RANGERS (3-5) RHP Marco Estrada (0-0, 3.86) vs. LHP Matt Moore (0-1, 9.00) Game #8 Road #1 (0-0) April 6, 2018 8:05pm TV: SNET RADIO: SN590 2018 AT A GLANCE Record... 4-3, T-2nd, 2.0 GB Home Attendance (Total/Average)...199,962/28,566 Sellouts...1 2017 Season Record after 7 Games...1-6 2017 Season Record after 8 Games...1-7 Come From Behind Wins...3 Last Shutout by Blue Jays...4-0, Aug. 10, 2017 vs. NYY Last Shutout by Opponent... 4-0, Sept. 29, 2017 at NYY Under JOHN GIBBONS...724-703 vs. RHS/LHS...3-3/1-0 Blue Jays/Opponents Scoring First...2-0/2-3 Games Decided in Final AB/Walk-Off...0-0/0-0 1-Run Games...0-0 Franchise Record...3247-3277 Home/Road...4-3/0-0 Series Record/Home/Road...1-0-1/1-0-1/0-0-0 Series Openers/Finales...1-1/1-1 After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing... 2-0/1-1/1-2 After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing... 4-0/0-0/0-3 Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road... 0-0/0-0/0-0 vs. East/Central/West/NL... 2-2/2-1/0-0/0-0 March/April...1-2/3-1 2018 at ROGERS CENTRE Blue Jays HR Dome Open/Closed...0/10 Opponents HR Dome Open/Closed...0/13 W/L, 2018 open/closed/other... 0-0/4-3/0-0 All-time/open/closed/other... 1254-1041/685-574/499-416/70-52 THE LATEST: On Wednesday night, the Blue Jays had their four-game win streak come to an end, falling, 4-3, to the visiting White Sox...The win streak was their longest since Sept. 9-12, 2017. The Jays lost their first one-run contest of the year...played in an MLBhigh 53 one-run games last season (26-27). STILL SMOAKING: Justin Smoak doubled twice on Wednesday...Is now slugging.808 in 2018 (5-2B, 2-HR), tied for 4th in the AL. Last week s Player of the Week is tied for the MLB lead in RBI (9) and ranks T-2nd among AL hitters in doubles (5), extra-base hits (7) and total bases (21), 5th in OPS (1.274) and 6th in OBP (.467). AL, RBI Leaders - 2018 Rank Player HR RBI 1 Justin Smoak 2 9 1 Didi Gregorius 2 9 3 Matt Davidson 4 8 3 Carlos Correa 2 8 5 3 Players - 7 MORE ABOUT LAST GAME: Aaron Sanchez recorded seven strikeouts over six full innings, his most Ks in a game since Sept. 27, 2016 vs. BAL (10K)...Threw 98 pitches, a mark he d reached just twice in 2017...Hit two batters, doing so for the second time in his career (also July 19, 2016 at ARI). Curtis Granderson doubled in the 4th inning as part of a 2-for-2 night... Has three extra-base hits in his last two games (2B and 3B on 4/3 vs. CWS). Steve Pearce singled in a run while pinch-hitting in the 6th inning...is now 2-for-3 as a PH this season...went 0-for-6 as a PH in 2017 (21-for-106,.198 career). EXTRA, EXTRA!: The Jays three extra-base hits against the White Sox on Wednesday brings their extra-base hit total for the season to 28...The team s 28 XBH this season are tied for the most in the Majors. MLB, Extra-Base Hit Leaders - 2018 Rank Team 2B 3B HR Total 1 Toronto Blue Jays 17 1 10 28 1 Houston Astros 18 2 8 28 1 Los Angeles Angels 15 2 11 28 4 New York Yankees 14 1 12 27 5 Chicago White Sox 10 2 14 26 ON THE ROAD AGAIN: This evening, Toronto plays its first road contest of the 2018 campaign... Went 34-47 on the road last season (11th in AL)...The.420 win% was the club s lowest since going 32-49 (.395) in 2012. Tonight marks the second day of a nine-game, 11-day road trip...after this three-game set in Texas, will play three in Baltimore and three in Cleveland, starting that final series after an off-day on Thursday. The Blue Jays set a team record last year with 117 home runs on the road (116 HR in 1999)...The 117 HR were tied for 4th most in the Majors. BLUE JAYS vs. RANGERS: All-Time: 212-206...All-Time, at Texas: 92-121...2017: 4-3 The Jays took the 2017 season series, 4-3, which included a split of a four-game series in Arlington...Since the start of 2013, have won each regular-season series with Texas while compiling a record of 22-11... Toronto s.667 win% over that span is its highest vs. any AL opponent. Toronto also swept the 2016 ALDS over Texas and took the 2015 series, 3-2...The Blue Jays combined record (regular and postseason) against the Rangers since the start of 2013 is 28-13...The.683 win% is 5th highest of any AL team vs. another AL opponent over that span. Justin Smoak went 10-for-25 (.400) against his former team last season, picking up at least one hit in all seven games...had three doubles and two homers (3-RBI, 5BB/5K) for a 1.260 OPS, his highest vs. any AL club...is a.301 (88-for-292) career hitter vs. TEX (.888 OPS)...Is riding an eight-game hitting streak in Arlington (13-for-31) and is a.315 (51-for-162) career batter there (.964 OPS). Kendrys Morales leads all Blue Jays with 15 career homers and 64 RBI against the Rangers...Steve Pearce has hit.318 (14-for-44) with 5-2B, 4-HR and 13-RBI in 13 career games vs. Texas. BRINGER OF APRIL SHOWERS: Josh Donaldson may have started with a 1-for-10 March (2BB/5K), but since April has come around, is batting.357 (5-for-14) with a pair of homers and just one strikeout (four walks) for a 1.286 OPS...His 1.056 April OPS over the last three seasons leads all AL batters (courtesy STATS). AL, April OPS Leaders (min. 150 PA) - 2016-2018 Rank Player OPS 1 Josh Donaldson 1.056 2 Mike Trout 1.023 3 Miguel Sano.964 4 Nelson Cruz.941 5 Jose Altuve.930 STAYING GROUNDED: Toronto pitchers combined to induce four ground ball double plays on Wednesday, the most by any team in a game so far this season...have generated a Major League leading 12-GIDP in 2018 (2nd: SF-9). Individually, Aaron Sanchez leads all MLB pitchers with 5-GIDP this season, two more than any other player. MLB, Most Opponent Ground Ball Double Plays - 2018 Rank Team GIDP 1 Toronto Blue Jays 12 2 San Francisco Giants 9 3 Texas Rangers 8 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 7 5 5 Teams 6 WHAT S LEFT: The Jays are slated to face a left-handed starter in all three games of this series (Moore, Minor, Hamels)...Have won their only game against a lefty starter this season (5-3 win vs. Sabathia and the Yankees on 3/31)...Went 18-24 in such games last season, despite having three of the AL s top-10 batters vs. left-handed pitching...kendrys Morales hit.362 vs. LHPs, 2nd best in the AL, Kevin Pillar s.336 AVG ranked 7th and Justin Smaok s.331 was 10th best. STARTING STRONGER: The Jays reached the four-win mark this season in six games, as opposed to 16 games last year and nine games in 2016. Last season, Toronto got off to its worst start in franchise history, going 1-9 through the first 10 games and 2-11 through 13 contests...finished the opening month at 8-17 (.320 win%), 3rd worst in club history, having gone 7-15 in both 1979 and 2004. UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: (All Times Eastern) Saturday, April 7 at Texas Rangers, 8:05 pm...rhp Marcus Stroman (0-0, 7.20) vs. LHP Mike Minor (0-1, 3.86) Sunday, April 8 at Texas Rangers, 3:05 pm...lhp Jaime Garcia (0-0, 1.50) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (1-1, 3.80)
BLUE JAYS GAME NOTES Page 2 STARTING PITCHER Marco Estrada, RHP # 25 Born: Sonora, MEX; AGE: 34 TONIGHT S START:: Making his 2nd start of the season...went 7.0 innings in his first outing, the longest start by a Blue Jays pitcher this season... Allowed 3 runs on 4 hits for Toronto s first quality start of 2018. 2017 HIGHLIGHTS: Posted career highs last year in starts (33), innings (186.0), hits (186), home runs (31), ER (103), walks (71) and strikeouts (176). Threw his changeup 31.9% of time, 2nd most in Majors (J. Vargas - 32.8%). From 8/26 to 9/22, won a career-high five straight decisions...in fact, from 9/5-22 (four starts) allowed just 13 hits for a.141 opponents average (13-for-92) and a 1.67 ERA (5 ER/27.0 IP). Over his last 18 starts, allowed more than five hits just four times. Allowed just 1 run over 7.0 innings (3BB, 4K) in his last start on 9/22 vs. NYY in an 8-1 win Came after a season-high 8.0 IP at MIN Also hit a personal best in innings pitched last year (181.0 in 2015) Gave up a homer to surpass his previous career high of 29 in 2014. His groundball percentage of 30.7% in 2017 was the lowest in the Majors. Allowed the 3rd most extra base hits in the Majors last season with 84 (Porcello-95, Nolasco-88). Had a streak of 12 straight starts without a win from 6/1-8/5/17. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS: In 2015, his first season with Toronto, set career bests in wins (13), hits/9 (6.66), opponent average (.203), OBP (.269) and OPS (.633). VS. THE RANGERS: Lost his last start against the Rangers, throwing only 3.2 innings in the contest on 6/19 at Globe Life Park (7H, 6ER, 1HR, 4BB, 4K, 6.52 ERA)...Is 2-1 over his 6 career starts vs. TEX (3.74 ERA) YEAR W-L ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO AVG 2018 0-0 3.86 1 1 7.0 4 3 2 3 2.167 2017 10-9 4.98 33 33 186.0 186 103 31 71 176.256 CAREER 55-52 4.05 251 162 1091.0 951 491 165 340 982.232 2018 7.0, 3/31 vs NYY 4, 3/31 vs NYY 3, 3/31 vs NYY 3, 3/31 vs NYY 3, 3/31 vs NYY 2, 3/31 vs NYY 2, 3/31 vs NYY 117, 6/24 at TEX 2018 0-0, 3.86 ERA, 1GS, ERA, GS.167, 2 HR.100, 0 HR.214, 2 HR SINGLE-GAME HIGHS IP H R ER BB SO HR PITCHES CG SHO W STREAK L STREAK SPLITS HOME ROAD OPP. AVG VS. LHB VS. RHB CAREER 8.2, 6/24/15 at TB 12, 6/3/17 vs. TB 8, 2x, last: 9/27 at BOS 8, 5/5/13 vs. STL 7, 6/30/17 vs. BOS 12, 2x, last: 5/21/17 at BAL 4, 5/23/14 at MIA 129, 6/24/15 at TB 5G, 8/26-9/22/17 5G, 3x, last 6/1-7/21/17 CAREER 27-26, 3.75 ERA, 124G, 77GS 28-26, 4.32 ERA, 127G, 85GS.232, 165 HR.217, 81 HR.246, 84 HR vs. TEXAS RANGERS W-L ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO AVG 2017 1-0 6.52 2 2 9.2 11 7 2 5 12.275 CAREER 2-1 3.74 6 6 33.2 26 14 5 13 28.208 ROAD 1-1 3.06 4 4 21.2 20 12 3 11 17.244 PITCH SELECTION Fourseam Fastball (57.1%, 89.6mph), Changeup (20.9%, 77.2mph), Curve (11.0%, 77.7mph), Cutter (11.0%, 86.2mph). 2018 GAME LOGS DATE SCORE OPP DEC SCORE WHEN LEFT IP H R ER BB K HR PIT/STRIKES NOTES 3/31 W, 5-3 NYY ND 3-3 7.0 4 3 3 3 2 2 91/57 Gone 7.0 innings in last three starts vs. Yankees RANGERS vs. ESTRADA Name AB H HR BB SO BA Elvis Andrus 16 4 0 1 2.250 Adrian Beltre 11 2 0 3 0.182 Juan Centeno 2 0 0 0 1.000 Robinson Chirinos 3 1 0 0 1.333 Shin-Soo Choo 11 4 1 1 3.364 Delino DeShields 5 1 0 2 2.200 Joey Gallo 4 0 0 0 2.000 Cole Hamels 3 0 0 0 3.000 Tim Lincecum 1 0 0 0 1.000 Nomar Mazara 10 3 1 2 2.300 Mike Minor 3 0 0 0 2.000 Rougned Odor 11 2 1 0 4.182 Jurickson Profar 2 1 0 0 0.500 Ryan Rua 4 2 0 1 2.500 Total 86 20 3 10 25.233 BLUE JAYS vs. MOORE Name AB H HR BB SO BA Aledmys Diaz 6 0 0 0 0.000 Josh Donaldson 8 3 1 1 3.375 Curtis Granderson 8 1 0 3 3.125 Randal Grichuk 5 1 0 0 1.200 Russell Martin 9 3 2 1 2.333 Kendrys Morales 5 3 1 1 0.600 Steve Pearce 16 5 0 0 3.313 Kevin Pillar 7 1 0 0 1.143 Justin Smoak 11 1 0 1 3.091 Yangervis Solarte 3 1 0 0 1.333 Total 78 19 4 7 17.244 2018 ROTATION STARTERS TOR AL Wins 1 T-9th ERA 4.76 12th AVG.238 8th WHIP 1.29 9th IP 39.2 4th SO 40 4th BB 16 T-13th QS 3 T-3rd CAREER MISC. YEAR STARTS QS 6+IP CG SHO GB% 2018 1 1 1 0 0 40.9 2017 33 17 19 0 0 30.7 Totals 162 87 100 0 0 34.4 2018 League Average GB% (42.9) STARTING PITCHERS BREAKDOWN GAMES QUALITY RUN PICK STOLEN CAUGHT GROUND TEAM STARTER STARTED STARTS SUPPORT OFFS BASES STEALS DBL PLAY RECORD Estrada 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 1-0 Garcia 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1-0 Happ 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 1-1 Sanchez 2 1 4 0 0 0 2 0-2 Stroman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-0
as- dasdfasdf BLUE JAYS GAME NOTES Page 3 AXFORD, RHP #77 (0-0, 3.86 ERA, 2.57 WHIP) LH:.000 (0-3, 0HR) 3G, 2.1IP, 3BB/2K, 3H,.300 OBA RH:.429 (3-7, 0HR) LAST APP: 4/3 vs. CWS (1.0, H, BB) LAST HR: 7/2 vs. ATL FBE: 1-for-3 IR-RS: 1-1 (100.0%) SV-OP: 0-0 HOLDS: 1 THROWS: Sinker (68%, 97mph), Cutter (16%, 93mph), Fourseam (10%, 97mph), Curve (6%, 81mph) Started the 2017 campaign on the disabled list with a strained right shoulder, the 1st DL stint of his career. Allowed runs in 12 of his 22 outings last season for a career-high 6.43 ERA...Struck out 21 batters over 21.0 innings. 3/29 vs. NYY, became the 26th Canadian-born player to wear a Blue Jays uniform (10th born in Ontario). 4/1 vs. NYY, pitched a scoreless inning on his 35th birthday (2BB/K). BARNES, RHP #24 (0-0, 3.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP) LH:.167 (1-6, 1HR) 4G, 3.0P, 0BB/3K, 3H,.250 OBA RH:.333 (2-6, 0HR) LAST APP: 4/3 vs. CWS (0.2, K) LAST HR: 3/29 vs. NYY FBE: 3-for-4 IR-RS: 3-1 (33.3%) SV-OP: 0-0 HOLDS: 1 THROWS: Fourseam (68%, 92mph), Changeup (23%, 81mph), Slider (9%, 84mph) Allowed only 5 of 37 inherited runners to score last season (13.5%), the 2nd-best percentage in the AL. Held opponents to a.118 average (8-for-68) with runners in scoring position while allowing just two extra-base hits. Set a career high with 5 strikeouts on 5/30/17 vs. CIN. CLIPPARD, RHP #36 (1-0, 4.50 ERA, 0.75 WHIP) LH:.143 (1-7, 1HR) 4G, 4.0IP, 1BB/6K, 2H,.143 OBA RH:.143 (1-7, 1HR) LAST APP: 4/3 vs. CWS (1.0, H, ER, HR, 2K) LAST HR: 4/3 vs. CWS FBE: 4-for-4 IR-RS: 0-0 (.-%) SV-OP: 0-0 HOLDS: 1 THROWS: Fourseam (41%, 91mph), Changeup (26%,79mph), Split (21%, 82mph), Slider (12%, 84mph) Started last season with the Yankees and went 1-5 with a 4.95 ERA over 40 games (36.1 IP, 19BB/42K). Traded to the White Sox on 7/18/17...Made 11 appearances, posting a 1.80 ERA across 10.0 innings. Traded to Houston on 8/13/17 where he went 0-2 in 16 outings (6.43 ERA) to end the regular season...did not make any of the Astros postseason rosters. 3/29 vs. NYY, made his Toronto debut (1.0 IP, H, ER, K, HR). 4/1 vs. NYY, earned his 1st win as a Blue Jay (49th career). LOUP, LHP #62 (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP) LH:.- (0-0, 0HR) 3G, 3.0IP, 1BB/4K, 2H,.200 OBA RH:.200 (2-10, 0HR) LAST APP: 4/4 vs. CWS (1.0, 2K) LAST HR: 8/4 at HOU FBE: 2-for-3 IR-RS: 0-0 (.-%) SV-OP: 0-0 HOLDS: 0 THROWS: Sinker (62%, 93mph), Changeup (20%, 80mph), Cutter (13%, 85mph), Curve (5%, 78mph) Struck out a career-high 64 batters in 2017 (56 in 2014). Played in 70 games last year, one shy of his career high from 2014 and T-8th among AL pitchers. Struck out a career-high 5 batters on 4/717 at TB. Posted a 1.08 ERA (16.2 IP, 2ER, 8BB, 22K) with just two extra-base hits allowed over his last 22 games. BLUE JAYS BULLPEN OH, RHP #22 (1-0, 2.25 ERA, 1.25 WHIP) LH:.143 (1-7, 0HR) 4G, 4.0IP, 1BB/4K, 4H,.235 OBA RH:.300 (3-10, 0HR) LAST APP: 4/4 vs. CWS (1.0, H, 2K) LAST HR: 4/2 vs. CWS FBE: 2-for-4 IR-RS: 0-0 (.-%) SV-OP: 1-1 HOLDS: 0 THROWS: Fourseam (52%, 92mph), Slider (32%, 85mph), Changeup (12%, 83mph), Curve (4%, 77mph) Last season, led the Cardinals and ranked T-10th in the NL with 38 games finished. Pitched a career-high 13 consecutive games (15.0 innings) without allowing an earned run from 4/18-5/17/17. 3/29 vs. NYY, became the 1st South Korea-born player to pitch for the Blue Jays (1.0 IP, H, K). 4/1 vs. NYY, collected his 1st save as a Blue Jay (40th career). 4/2 vs. CWS, recorded his 1st win as a Blue Jay (8th carerer). OSUNA, RHP #54 (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP) LH:.000 (0-5, 0HR) 3G, 3.0IP, 0BB/2K, 0H,.000 OBA RH:.000 (0-4, 0HR) LAST APP: 4/2 vs. CWS (1.0, K) LAST HR: 9/3 at BAL FBE: 3-for-3 IR-RS: 0-0 (.-%) SV-OP: 2-2 HOLDS: - THROWS: Fourseam (65%, 96mph), Cutter (10%, 91mph), Slider (10%, 87mph), Changeup (10%, 84mph), Sinker (6%, 96mph) Recorded his 2nd save of 2018 on 4/2 vs. CWS...Ranks 4th on the alltime club list with 97 saves (Henke-217, Ward-121, Koch-100). Recorded a career-high 39 saves last year, the 2nd most in a season in franchise history (D. Ward 45 in 1993) and 2nd most in the AL (A. Colome 47). Became the 1st Toronto pitcher with back-to-back seasons of 35+ saves... Became the 1st pitcher in MLB history with multiple 35+ save seasons before the age of 23. Became the 4th pitcher in team history with at least three seasons of 20+ saves only Tom Henke had more (7). Among AL relievers in 2017, ranked 1st in SO/BB (9.22), 1st in BB/9 (1.27), 6th in WHIP (0.86) and 7th in HR/9 (0.42). Posted personal bests last season in strikeouts (83), SO/9 (11.67), WHIP, BB/9, opponents OBP (.234) and SLG (.274), HR/9, XBH allowed (11) and pitcher WAR (2.1). TEPERA, RHP #52 (1-1, 2.25 ERA, 0.75 WHIP) LH:.000 (0-4, 0HR) 4G, 4.0IP, 1BB/5K, 2H,.154 OBA RH:.222 (2-9, 0HR) LAST APP: 4/4 vs. CWS (1.0, H, ER, HR, BB) LAST HR: 4/4 vs. CWS FBE: 3-for-4 IR-RS: 0-0 (.-%) SV-OP: 0-0 HOLDS: 1 THROWS: Fourseam (53%, 97mph), Cutter (43%, 91mph), Sinker (4%, 97mph) Took the win on 3/31 vs. NYY...Among AL RPs last season, ranked T-4th in wins (7) and T-5th in IP (77.2). In 2017, set career marks in wins, innings, games (73), strikeouts (81), SO/9 (9.39) and opponents OPS (.633). Held left-handed hitters to a.196 AVG (20-for-102) last year and kept opponents to a.205 average overall. Put together a career-best scoreless streak of 19.0 innings from 4/30-5/27, the longest streak by any Toronto pitcher in 2017. RPs TOR AL ERA 2.31 3rd AVG.188 3rd WHIP 0.99 1st OPS.678 6th BB/9 2.70 6th SO/9 10.03 6th HR/9 1.93 14th SV% 100.0 T-1st Catchers GS INN ER CERA SB CCS CS% CPO PB Maile 2 18.0 8 4.00 2 0 0.0 0 0 Martin 5 45.0 19 3.80 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 7 63.0 27 3.86 3 0 0.0 0 0 TOR RPs SV-OP ERA AVG WHIP OPS BB/9 SO/9 HR/9 Mar/Apr 3-3 2.31.188 0.99.678 2.70 10.03 1.93 Ejections (2017) Reason Date Umpire Gibbons Arguing call at 3rd 4/23 at LAA De Jesus Gibbons Arguing balls & strikes 4/24 at LAA Basner Gibbons Arguing obstruction 5/8 vs. CLE Carapazza Walker Arguing with HP umpire 5/10 vs. CLE Carapazza Gibbons Arguing balls & strikes 7/27 vs. OAK Little Martin Arguing with HP umpire 7/27 vs. OAK Little Stroman Arguing with HP umpire 7/27 vs. OAK Little Gibbons Arguing ball & strikes 8/16 vs. TB Barksdale Pillar Arguing ball & strikes 8/22 at TB Fairchild Donaldson Arguing ball & strikes 9/5 at BOS Hudson Bautista Arguing ball & strikes 9/25 at BOS Fairchild 2018 DL Injury Date Games Alford R-Hamstring Strain 3/26-7 (4-3) Pompey R-Wrist 3/26-7 (4-3) Tulowitzki R-Heel 3/29-7 (4-3) 3 Player, 3x 7 (4-3) 2018 HOME RUNS: Grand Slam (1x, 1 player): Smoak, 4/1 vs. NYY (8th inning off D. Robertson) 2-HR Game (1x, 1 player): Smoak, 4/1 vs. NYY (2R, 4R) 3-HR Game: LAST: Morales, 8/3/17 at BAL Extra-Inning: LAST: Pearce, 7/27/17 vs. OAK (10th inning) Walk-off: LAST: Pearce, 7/30/17 vs. LAA Inside-the-park: LAST: Carrera, 5/6/17 at TB Leadoff: LAST: Hernandez, 9/24/17 vs. NYY Pinch-hit: LAST: Carrera, 4/18/17 vs. BOS Back-to-back: LAST: Lopez/Pearce, 8/23/17 at TB (2nd inning) 3-HR Inning: LAST: 8/23/17 at TB (2nd inning: Goins, Lopez, Pearce)
as- dasdfasdf BLUE JAYS GAME NOTES Page 4 DIAZ, #1 (.313, 2HR, 1.125 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.333/.308 LAST APP: 4/3 vs. CWS (3-3, 2B, HR, 3RBI) STREAK: 3G, 5-7 HOMESTAND:.313 (5-16), 2-2B, 2HR, 4RBI, 3K LAST HR: 4/3 4 of his 5 hits this season have gone for extra bases (2B on 4/1 vs. NYY, HR on 4/2 vs. CWS) Last season, had 24 of his 74 hits go for extras. Led the Cardinals last season with 19 infield hits. Put together a career-best 8G hitting streak from 5/20-5/29/17. Went 5-for-8 (.625) as a pinch-hitter last season. 4/3 vs. CWS, hit his 2nd home run as a Blue Jay Homered in back-toback games for the 1st time in his career Had a 3-for-3 night for his first three-hit effort since 5/6/17 at ATL (11th career 3+ hit game). DONALDSON, #20 (.250, 2HR,.942 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.500/.200 LAST APP: 4/4 vs. CWS (1-3, H, BB) STREAK: 5G, 6-17 HOMESTAND:.250 (6-24), 2B, 2HR, 4RBI, 6BB, 6K LAST HR: 4/3 Led the Majors last season with 15 home runs in the 1st inning (2nd, G. Stanton-14) The last time a player had 15 1st-inning homers was in 2001 (Alex Rodriguez - 18 and Sammy Sosa - 16). Ranked 1st in AL with 24 home runs after the 2017 All-Star Break (2nd most in club history: Bautista - 30 in 2010) In the second half among AL batters, ranked 2nd in SLG (.606), 2nd in OPS (.992), 4th in RBI (53), 4th in walks (45) and 6th in total bases (154). Led the AL with 11 game-winning home runs last year, one back of MLB leaders G. Stanton and E. Thames. Since joining the Jays in 2015, 65 of his 111 HR (59%) have either tied the game or given his team the lead which leads MLB over that period. Is one of three Toronto third basemen to hit 100+ HR (Gruber-107, Donaldson-105, Sprague-103). 4/3 vs. CWS, homered in back-to-back games for the 1st time this season Homered in each of Toronto s last five meetings with the White Sox, tying a franchise high for HR streaks vs. any opponent (5th time), the most recent being Edwin Encarnacion s 5G streak vs. PHI, from 8/18/15-6/16/16 (courtesy STATS). GRANDERSON, #18 (.350, 0HR,.959 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.333/.353 LAST APP: 4/4 vs. CWS (2-2, 2B) STREAK: 3G, 5-10 HOMESTAND:.350 (7-20), 2-2B, 3B, RBI, 2BB, 5K LAST HR: 9/27 Hit leadoff homers on June 21, 22 and 27 last year...all three came on the same road trip...has 45 leadoff home runs, 6th most all-time and 2nd most among active players (Kinsler-46). 3/29 vs. NYY, walked and singled in his Blue Jays debut (1-for-2). 4/3 vs. CWS, hit a triple in the 4th inning Was the Blue Jays first triple in 50 games (8/14/17 vs. TB -Pearce) Also hit a double in the 8th inning for his first multi-xbh game as a Blue Jay. 4/4 vs. CWS, hit a double as part of a 2-for-2 night Has 3-XBH in his last 2 games (2B and 3B on 4/3/17). GRICHUK, #15 (.087, 1HR,.403 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.333/.063 LAST APP: 4/4 vs. CWS (0-4, 3K) STREAK: 0-15 HOMESTAND:.087 (2-23), HR, 2RBI, 3BB, 9K LAST HR: 3/30 vs. NYY Of his 22 home runs last year, 15 were solo homers and 17 of the 22 were hit in the No. 7 position or later in the lineup (T-3rd in NL). 50 of his 98 hits (51%) last season went for extra-bases...tallied 50 XBH for a second consecutive season. 3/30 vs. NYY, hit his 1st HR as a Blue Jay. 4/2 vs. CWS, drew a pair of walks, the 4th game in his career with more than one Last had a multi-bb game on April 16, 2016 (2-BB). MAILE, #21 (.375, 0HR, 1.069 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.000/.750 LAST APP: 4/3 vs. CWS (2-5, 2B, 2RBI, K) STREAK: 2G, 3-8 HOMESTAND:.375 (3-8), 2B, 3RBI, BB, K LAST HR: 5/31 vs. CIN Posted a 3.50 catcher ERA while the Jays went 21-15 in his 36 starts as catcher last season. Played in a career-high 46 games in 2017 and matched a personal best with 10 runs scored. 3/31 vs. NYY, went 1-for-3 with a walk in his season debut. 4/3 vs. CWS, went 2-for-5 and is now 3-for-8 in 2018 Dating back to last season, has gone 10-for-29 (.345) over his last 10 games. BLUE JAYS HITTERS NGOEPE, #61 (.100, 0HR,.282 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.333/.125 LAST APP: 4/4 vs. CWS (0-3, K) STREAK: 0-3 HOMESTAND:.100 (1-10), BB, 5K LAST HR: Was recalled to the Pirates last season on 4/26 and made his MLB debut that night vs. CHC, becoming the 1st player from the continent of Africa to appear in a Major League game...singled off Jon Lester in his 1st at-bat (1-for-2, BB, K). 3/30 vs. NYY, made his Toronto debut as a defensive replacement at SS. 4/1 vs. NYY, singled in the 2nd inning for his 1st hit as a Blue Jay. PEARCE, #28 (.200, 0HR,.600 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.333/.000 LAST APP: 4/4 vs. CWS (1-2, RBI) STREAK: 3G, 3-6 HOMESTAND:.286 (2-7), 2B, RBI, 2K LAST HR: 8/23 at TB Last year, became just the 3rd player in MLB history with two walk-off grand slams in the same season (Cy Williams-1926, Jim Presley-1986). On 7/27 vs. OAK, became the first player since 2014 to hit a game-ending, extra-inning grand slam after going hitless to that point in the game. On 7/30 vs. LAA, capped a 9th-inning comeback with a walk-off grand slam off Bud Norris as the Jays overcame a 10-4 deficit to earn an 11-10 victory, the largest 9th-inning comeback in team history. 4/4 vs. CWS, drove in a run with a single while pinch-hitting Is now 2-for-3 as a PH this season (went 0-for-6 in 2017). PILLAR, #11 (.320, 1HR,.866 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.000/.364 LAST APP: 4/4 vs. CWS (0-4, 2K) STREAK: 0-4 HOMESTAND:.320 (8-25), 2-2B, HR, 2RBI, BB, 7K LAST HR: 3/29 Set career highs last season in doubles (37), home runs (16), extra-base hits (54), walks (33) and strikeouts (95). Hit 20 doubles vs. LHPs in 2017, the 2nd most in the Majors (J. Ramirez- 22) Hit.336 (48-for-143) vs. lefties overall (7th in AL). Batted.316 (54-for-171) with 24-XBH when leading off an inning last season (.384 OBP,.550 SLG) The 54 hits ranked 5th in the AL. 3/29 vs. NYY, homered on Opening Day for the 1st time in his career. 4/1 vs. NYY, marked his 1st three-hit game of the year Had nine 3+H games last season (T-1st on TOR). SMOAK, #14 (.385, 2HR, 1.274 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.500/.350 LAST APP: 4/4 vs. CWS (2-4, 2-2B, K) STREAK: 2G, 3-7 HOMESTAND:.385 (10-26), 5-2B, 2HR, 9RBI, 3BB, 8K LAST HR: 4/1 Set an MLB record with 11 home runs in the 9th inning or later in 2017 (four more than any other player). His career-high 38 home runs last season were the most all-time by a Toronto switch-hitter and the most by any switch-hitter since Mark Teixeira hit 39 HR in 2011. His 37 homers as a first baseman led the Majors, and were the most by a TOR-1B since Carlos Delgado hit 40 HR in 2003. Also set career marks last season in games played (158), hits (151), runs (85), doubles (29), RBI (90), walks (73), average (.270), OBP (.355), SLG (.529) and OPS (.883). Led the Blue Jays with 39 multi-hit games in 2017. 4/1 vs. NYY, hit his 2nd career grand slam to put the Jays ahead, 7-4 Earlier in the game, hit his 1st home run of 2018, a two-run homer Marked his 7th career multi-hr game (last: 7/20/17 at BOS) His 6-RBI day tied a career best, (also: 5/30/12 at TEX) Became the 3rd Toronto player all-time with 6+ RBI against the Yankees (Roy Howell: 9/10/77-9, Ernie Whitt: 9/12/87-6). SOLARTE, #26 (.250, 1HR,.818 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP: 167/.286 LAST APP: 4/3 vs. CWS (2-4, 2B, BB) STREAK: 1G, 2-4 HOMESTAND:.250 (5-20), 2-2B, HR, 2RBI, 2BB, 3K LAST HR: 3/31 Set career bests in home runs (18) and stolen bases (3) last season. Hit.301 with runners on base last year (.219 with none on)...batted.293 (34-for-116) with runners in scoring position. Played eight games in 2017 at first base (four starts), 79 games at second base (74 starts), 28 games at shortstop (24 starts) and 22 games at third base (18 starts). 4/3 vs, CWS, went 2-for-4 for his first multi-hit contest of 2018 Had 30 multi-hit games in 2017. MARTIN, #55 (.133, 1HR,.762 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.000/.143 LAST APP: 4/4 vs. CWS (0-4, 1RBI, K) STREAK: 0-4 HOMESTAND:.133 (2-15), HR, 3RBI, 2BB, 4K LAST HR: 4/2 Led all catchers with 47 walks last season Since joining Toronto in 2015, ranks 2nd among catchers with 149-BB (Y. Grandal-158). Ranked 2nd in 2017 with a.516 OBP in close-and-late situations (J. Altuve -.529) Finished 5th in the AL with 16-BB in such plate appearances. Made nine starts at third base, one more than his previous career high in 2008. 4/2 vs. CWS, hit his 1st homer of the year, a two-run blast to put the Jays up, 3-2 Of his 13-HR last season, only 3 had a runner on base. MORALES, #8 (.143, 0HR,.343 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.333/.091 LAST APP: 4/4 vs. CWS (1-4, RBI, K) STREAK: 2G, 2-8 HOMESTAND:.143 (2-14), 2RBI, BB, 5K LAST HR: 9/26 at BOS His four homers to tie the game or give his team the lead from the 9th inning on last season were the most in MLB and tied for the most in team history (Bautista-2013, Donaldson-2015). Hit eight homers in close-and-late situations last season, which tied with four others for the most in the Majors. Homered three times on 8/31/17 at BAL to become the 17th different Blue Jay to hit 3+ HR in a game...collected a career-best 7-RBI. Hit a career-high.362 (46-for-127) vs. left-handed pitching last year, which ranked 2nd in the AL (A. Garcia -.424). TRAVIS, #29 (.050, 0HR,.145 OPS) vs. LHP/RHP:.-/.050 LAST APP: 4/4 vs. CWS (0-4, 1K) STREAK: 0-11 HOMESTAND:.063 (1-20), RBI, BB, 9K LAST HR: 5/31 vs. CIN Put together a 13-game hitting streak from 5/14-29, the longest by a Blue Jay in 2017. Hit his 2nd career grand slam on 5/26/17 vs. TEX (also 5/3/15 at CLE), becoming the 1st TOR-2B with multiple grand slams. Led the Majors last year with 16 doubles in May (next closest player had 10). 2018 TOR AL AVG.237 9th OBP.308 8th SLG.452 5th OPS.760 5th HR 10 5th R/G 5.14 6th BB 23 T-7th SO 67 T-12th RISP.302 3rd DIFF. 8 T-5th
as- dasdfasdf BLUE JAYS GAME NOTES Page 5 BLUE JAYS DAY-BY-DAY Gm Date Opp. W/L Score Winner Loser Save Record Stand GB Time Attend. Gm Date Opp. W/L Score Winner Loser Save Record Stand GB Time Attend. 1 3/29 vs. NYY L 1-6 Severino Happ 0-1 T4 1.0 2:51 48,115 2 3/30 vs. NYY L 2-4 Tanaka Sanchez Chapman 0-2 5 2.0 2:49 33,716 3 3/31 vs. NYY W 5-3 Tepera Betances Osuna 1-2 T4 1.0 2:37 37,396 March Totals: 1-2 Home: 1-2 Road: - Runs For: 8 Runs Against: 13 4 4/1 vs. NYY W 7-4 Clippard Robertson Oh 2-2 T2 1.0 3:03 29,091 5 4/2 vs. CWS W 4-2 Oh Farquhar Osuna 3-2 2 1.0 2:51 16,629 6 4/3 vs. CWS W 14-5 Happ Gonzalez 4-2 2 1.0 3:27 17,451 7 4/4 vs. CWS L 3-4 Jones Tepera Soria 4-3 3 1.5 2:56 17,268 8 4/6 at TEX 9 4/7 at TEX 10 4/8 at TEX 11 4/9 at BAL 12 4/10 at BAL 13 4/11 at BAL 14 4/13 at CLE 15 4/14 at CLE 16 4/15 at CLE 17 4/16 vs. KC 18 4/17 vs. KC 19 4/18 vs. KC Blue Jays Back-to-Back World Series Sweatshirt Giveaway Day 20 4/19 at NYY 21 4/20 at NYY 22 4/21 at NYY 23 4/22 at NYY 24 4/24 vs. BOS 25 4/25 vs. BOS 26 4/26 vs. BOS 27 4/27 vs. TEX 28 4/28 vs. TEX Country Day 29 4/29 vs. TEX 30 4/30 at MIN 31 5/1 at MIN 32 5/2 at MIN 33 5/4 at TB 34 5/5 at TB 35 5/6 at TB 36 5/8 vs. SEA 37 5/9 vs. SEA 38 5/10 vs. SEA 39 5/11 vs. BOS 40 5/12 vs. BOS 41 5/13 vs. BOS Mother s Day 42 5/15 at NYM 43 5/16 at NYM 44 5/17 vs. OAK 45 5/18 vs. OAK 46 5/19 vs. OAK 47 5/20 vs. OAK 48 5/22 vs. LAA 49 5/23 vs. LAA 50 5/24 vs. LAA School Day 51 5/25 at PHI 52 5/26 at PHI 53 5/27 at PHI 54 5/28 at BOS 55 5/29 at BOS 56 5/30 at BOS 57 6/1 at DET 58 6/2 at DET 59 6/3 at DET 60 6/5 vs. NYY 61 6/6 vs. NYY Marcus Stroman Shimmy Wobble Bobble Giveaway Night 62 6/7 vs. BAL 63 6/8 vs. BAL 64 6/9 vs. BAL 65 6/10 vs. BAL 66 6/11 at TB 67 6/12 at TB 68 6/13 at TB 69 6/15 vs. WAS 70 6/16 vs. WAS 71 6/17 vs. WAS Father s Day 72 6/19 vs. ATL MLB Network Reusable Bag Giveaway Night 73 6/20 vs. ATL 74 6/21 at LAA 75 6/22 at LAA 76 6/23 at LAA 77 6/24 at LAA 78 6/25 at HOU 79 6/26 at HOU 80 6/27 at HOU 81 6/29 vs. DET 82 6/30 vs. DET 83 7/1 vs. DET Canada Day 84 7/2 vs. DET 85 7/3 vs. NYM 86 7/4 vs. NYM 87 7/6 vs. NYY 88 7/7 vs. NYY 89 7/8 vs. NYY 90 7/10 at ATL 91 7/11 at ATL 92 7/12 at BOS 93 7/13 at BOS 94 7/14 at BOS 95 7/15 at BOS 96 7/20 vs. BAL 97 7/21 vs. BAL 98 7/22 vs. BAL 99 7/23 vs. MIN 100 7/24 vs. MIN 101 7/25 vs. MIN 102 7/27 at CWS 103 7/28 at CWS 104 7/29 at CWS 105 7/30 at OAK 106 7/31 at OAK 107 8/1 at OAK 108 8/2 at SEA 109 8/3 at SEA 110 8/4 at SEA 111 8/5 at SEA 112 8/7 vs. BOS 113 8/8 vs. BOS Aaron Sanchez Blue Replica Jersey Giveaway Night 114 8/9 vs. BOS 115 8/10 vs. TB 116 8/11 vs. TB 25-Year Anniversary Back-to-Back World Series 117 8/12 vs. TB 118 8/13 at KC 119 8/14 at KC 120 8/15 at KC 121 8/16 at KC 122 8/17 at NYY 123 8/18 at NYY 124 8/19 at NYY 125 8/20 vs. BAL 126 8/21 vs. BAL 127 8/22 vs. BAL Camp Day 128 8/24 vs. PHI 129 8/25 vs. PHI Blue Jays Replica Batting Helmet Giveaway Day 130 8/26 vs. PHI 131 8/27 at BAL 132 8/28 at BAL 133 8/29 at BAL 134 8/31 at MIA 135 9/1 at MIA 136 9/2 at MIA 137 9/3 vs. TB 138 9/4 vs. TB 139 9/5 vs. TB 140 9/6 vs. CLE 141 9/7 vs. CLE 142 9/8 vs. CLE 143 9/9 vs. CLE 144 9/11 at BOS 145 9/12 at BOS 146 9/13 at BOS 147 9/14 at NYY 148 9/15 at NYY 149 9/16 at NYY 150 9/17 at BAL 151 9/18 at BAL 152 9/19 at BAL 153 9/20 vs. TB 154 9/21 vs. TB 155 9/22 vs. TB 156 9/23 vs. TB 157 9/24 vs. HOU 158 9/25 vs. HOU 159 9/26 vs. HOU 160 9/28 at TB 161 9/29 at TB 162 9/30 at TB
DATE: 4/06/18 TORONTO BLUE JAYS TEAM BATTING / PITCHING ID: TEAMBPR TIME: 1:28:32 Compiled by the MLB Baseball Information System PAGE: 1 THRU GAMES OF 4/05/18 * = D/L, + = ROOKIE, # = MULT. TEAMS GI PINCH HIT PLAYER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP AB H HR RBI *+Alford,A.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000.000 0 0 0 0 Diaz,A.313 6 16 4 5 13 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.813.313 0 0 0 0 Donaldson,J.250 7 24 7 6 13 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 6 1 6 1 0 0 0.542.400 0 0 0 0 Granderson,C.350 7 20 3 7 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 1.550.409 1 1 0 0 Grichuk,R.087 7 23 1 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 0.217.185 0 0 0 0 Maile,L.375 2 8 1 3 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0.625.444 0 0 0 0 Martin, Jr,R.133 5 15 2 2 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 1.333.235 0 0 0 0 Morales,K.143 5 14 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0.143.200 2 0 0 0 RIGHT.333 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.333.333 0 0 0 0 LEFT.091 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.091.167 2 0 0 0 +Ngoepe,G.100 5 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0.100.182 0 0 0 0 Pearce,S.286 4 7 3 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.429.286 3 2 0 1 Pillar,K.320 7 25 6 8 13 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 3 0 1 0.520.346 0 0 0 0 * Pompey,D.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000.000 0 0 0 0 RIGHT.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000.000 0 0 0 0 LEFT.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000.000 0 0 0 0 Smoak,J.385 7 26 5 10 21 5 0 2 9 0 0 1 3 0 8 0 0 0 0.808.467 0 0 0 0 RIGHT.500 6 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.667.571 0 0 0 0 LEFT.350 20 7 17 4 0 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 7 0.850.435 0 0 0 0 Solarte,Y.250 5 20 2 5 10 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 1.500.318 0 0 0 0 RIGHT.167 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.333.286 0 0 0 0 LEFT.286 14 4 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0.571.333 0 0 0 0 Travis,D.050 5 20 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0.050.095 0 0 0 0 * Tulowitzki,T.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000.000 0 0 0 0 TORONTO.237 7 228 36 54 103 17 1 10 34 0 1 1 23 2 67 5 1 2 7.452.308 6 3 0 1 OPPONENTS.224 7 232 28 52 105 12 1 13 28 0 0 6 23 0 66 3 0 12 5.453.310 2 0 0 0 DH.192 7 26 5 5 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 11 0 0 0 0.346.300 0 0 0 0 OPP PITCHER R/L W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Axford,J R 0 0 3.86 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0.300 Barnes,D R 0 0 3.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0.250 Clippard,T R 1 0 4.50 4 0 0 1 0 0 4.0 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 6 0 0.143 Estrada,M R 0 0 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 3 3 2 0 3 0 2 0 0.167 Garcia,J L 0 0 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 7 0 0.211 Happ,J L 1 1 5.40 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 11 7 6 3 1 2 0 14 0 0.268 Loup,A L 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.200 Oh,S R 1 0 2.25 4 0 0 1 0 1 4.0 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 0.235 Osuna,R R 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 3 0 2 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 Sanchez,A R 0 1 5.40 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 14 7 7 1 2 6 0 9 0 0.318 Stroman,M R 0 0 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 4 4 1 0 3 0 8 0 0.158 Tepera,R R 1 1 2.25 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 0 0.154 TORONTO 4 3 3.86 7 7 0 7 0 3 63.0 52 28 27 13 6 23 0 66 0 0.224 OPPONENTS 3 4 5.19 7 7 0 7 0 2 59.0 54 36 34 10 1 23 2 67 0 0.237