TORONTO BLUE JAYS (48-56) at OAKLAND ATHLETICS (61-46) RHP Marco Estrada (4-7, 4.72) Vs
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a American League East Champions 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2015 American League Champions 1992, 1993 World Series Champions 1992, 1993 TORONTO BLUE JAYS (48-56) at OAKLAND ATHLETICS (61-46) RHP Marco Estrada (4-7, 4.72) vs. RHP Edwin Jackson (1-2, 3.86) Game #105 Road #50 (21-28) July 30, 2018 10:05 pm TV: SNET RADIO: SN590 2018 AT A GLANCE LEFT COAST LIFESTYLE: Record ..........................................................................48-56, 4th, 24.5 GB This afternoon marks the 4th game of Toronto’s longest road trip of the Home Attendance (Total/Average) ..................................1,618,856/29,979 season, playing 10 games in a 10-day span...After this three-game Sellouts .....................................................................................................1 series in Oakland, will complete the trip with four dates in Seattle (62-43). 2017 Season Record after 104 Games ..............................................48-56 The Jays are 2-1 on the current road trip...Have gone 4-7 in their last 11 2017 Season Record after 105 Games ..............................................49-56 road games and are 8-17 since May 29...Have an overall road record Come From Behind Wins ........................................................................27 of 21-28...The .429 win% ranks 9th among AL clubs...Have been out- Last Shutout by Blue Jays .............................. 2-0, June 16, 2018 vs. WAS scored, 258-225, and out-hit, 457-401, during away contests...Have Last Shutout by Opponent ................................ 5-0, July 26, 2018 vs. MIN averaged 4.59 runs/game on the road (7th highest in the AL) while Under JOHN GIBBONS .................................................................768-756 allowing 5.27 R/G (12th in the AL)...Have averaged 1.37 HR/road game, vs. RHS/LHS ............................................................................36-31/12-25 3rd best in the AL. Blue Jays/Opponents Scoring First ..........................................28-15/19-41 BLUE JAYS vs. THE ATHLETICS: Games Decided in Final AB/Walk-Off ..........................................20-11/7-3 All-Time: 195-221...All-Time, On The Road: 99-109...2018: 0-4 1-Run Games .....................................................................................14-12 The Blue Jays were swept by the A’s in a four-game series the last Franchise Record .......................................................................3291-3330 time they met, back at Rogers Centre in May...Were out-scored, 27-12 Home/Road ..............................................................................27-28/20-28 in that set...Have gone 4-9 in Oakland since the start of 2014 (1-2 last Series Record/Home/Road ..........................................11-16-8/5-9-4/6-7-4 year) while going 12-5 at home. Series Openers/Finales ............................................................20-15/15-20 Kendrys Morales leads all current Blue Jays with 22 career home runs After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ................................................ 36-5/6-6/6-45 and 61 RBI vs. Oakland...Has gone 23-for-83 (.277) with 3-2B, 4-HR After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing .............................................. 36-3/10-4/2-49 and 11-RBI in 22 games against them since 2015 (.806 OPS). Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road .............................................. 9-5/6-4/3-1 Yangervis Solarte went 7-for-18 (.389) in the 4G series earlier against vs. East/Central/West/NL .......................................... 17-25/14-11/8-15/9-5 the A’s earlier this year, including a pair of doubles, a home run and March/April/May/June/July ................................1-2/15-10/9-19/14-12/9-13 four RBI...Has hits in each of his last five games against them, dating 2018 at ROGERS CENTRE back to 2015 (8-for-22, .364 AVG). Blue Jays HR Dome Open/Closed .....................................................35/38 Justin Smoak has gone 20-for-74 (.270) vs. OAK over the last four Opponents HR Dome Open/Closed ...................................................29/45 seasons, with 2-2B, 6-HR, 14-RBI and 14BB/19K across 22 games W/L, 2018 open/closed/other .............................................14-11/13-17/0-0 (.541 SLG, .927 OPS). All-time/open/closed/other ................... 1277-1067/698-584/509-431/70-52 THE LATEST: DIAZ HITS NUMERO DIEZ: Yesterday afternoon, the Blue Jays plated five runs in the 9th inning Aledmys Diaz got the Jays on the board yesterday with a solo shot in the as they came back to beat the White Sox, 7-4...Was their 27th come- 5th inning...Marked his 10th home run of the season, 7th most among AL from-behind victory of the season...Won a game when trailing after eight shortstops...Was his 3rd HR this year vs. CWS...Eight of his home runs innings for just the 2nd time this year, also coming back for a 5-4 win in have been solo homers. 10 innings on June 7 vs. BAL...Have now claimed two of their last three Diaz also doubled in the 9th...Has hit .281 (41-for-146) with 9-2B, 4-HR series after going 0-3-5 over their previous eight sets. and 15-RBI over 43G since his DL stint (.216 AVG prior). The Jays are now 9-13 in July and have won 18 of their last 36 games, as well as 22 of their last 43...Have moved to 4.0 games back of the Rays DRURY DRIVES IN A PAIR: but remain a season-most 24.5 games behind the division-leading Red Brandon Drury drove in two runs with a 9th-inning double, giving Toronto Sox...Have not been further back since 2009, finishing 28.0 GB of NYY. a 5-3 lead yesterday...Marked his 1st XBH and RBI as a Blue Jay...Has gone 2-for-8 with three runs scored in three games so far for Toronto. BEST STREAK BY A ROOKIE...EVER!: Lourdes Gurriel Jr. extended his career-best hitting streak to 11 games MAILE’S NEW MARKS: yesterday with a 1st-inning single...The streak is the longest by a Blue Luke Maile doubled, walked and drove in a run yesterday...The double Jay this season...He then added two more singles to extend his multi-hit was his 8th this season, giving him a new career high (7 in 2016)...Has streak to 11 games, extending the longest such streak in franchise also set personal bests this year in games (50), runs (20), hits (89), history (Fernandez - 9G in 1986)...Was his 4th career three-hit effort, the walks (19) and RBI (24). 3rd of his last eight games...Was also his 3rd consecutive 2-RBI game. A QUALITY KID: The 24 year old became the 7th player since 1900 to record a multi-hit Ryan Borucki threw 6.0 innings of two-run ball yesterday...Has thrown (last: Tony Perez - 11G in 1973) streak of at least 11 games and the 1st five quality starts in his first six MLB games...Is yet to allow a home ... rookie to do so His streak is tied for the longest all-time by an AL run over 35.0 innings of work, the 4th longest active homerless streak batter, joining Shoeless Joe Jackson (1912) and Sam Rice (1925). among all MLB starters...Recorded five strikeouts while issuing a lone Gurriel Jr. has hits in each of his last 17 starts, tied for the 3rd longest walk...Has 28 strikeouts so far, tied for 3rd most all-time by a Blue Jay streak in the Majors this season (Brantley - 19, Ramos - 18)...Is batting through their first six MLB games, while his 2.83 ERA is 3rd best (Chacin .432 (32-for-74) with 4-2B, 5-HR and 15-RBI over that span... Is now - 2.54, Guzman - 2.62). hitting .322 for the season, the best among all MLB rookies with at least 100 plate appearances (2nd: Juan Soto - .310)...Now has 46 hits Toronto, Most Strikeouts Over First 6 Games - All-Time over the course of his first 38 career games, 2nd most in team history, Rank Player SO ERA trailing only Aaron Hill who had 48 in 2005...Has hit .423 (30-for-71) over 1 Marc Rzepczynski 37 3.74 the course of July for the highest AVG in the AL this month. 2 Kyle Drabek 29 3.28 3 Ryan Borucki 28 2.83 MLB, Longest Multi-Hit Streaks - Since 1900 3 Jerry Garvin 28 3.09 Rank Player Games Start-End 5 Ricky Romero 26 4.10 1 Rogers Hornsby 13 07/05/1923-07/18/1923 2 Billy Herman 12 09/16/1935-04/14/1936 3 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 11 07/11/2018-Current WEARING OUT WELCOME MATS: 3 Tony Perez 11 08/08/1973-08/20/1973 The Jays recorded eight home runs over their three games in Chicago, 3 Paul Waner 11 06/03/1927-06/16/1927 tied for their most in a 3G set this year (8HR vs. WAS)...Have recorded 3 Sam Rice 11 05/26/1925-06/03/1925 31 HR since July 3, tied for 3rd most in the AL over that span (LAA-32, 3 Joe Jackson 11 06/21/1912-06/30/1912 OAK-32)...In that time, have hit 17 HR in just nine road games for an average of 1.89 HR/G, the highest in the Majors (2nd: PIT - 1.88). TEOSCAR TIES IT: Teoscar Hernandez tied yesterday’s game, 3-3, with a home run to lead TRADING POST: off the 9th inning...Each of his last six homers have either tied the game Prior to tonight’s contest, the Blue Jays acquired RHP Ken Giles, RHP or given the Jays the lead...Now has 10 such HR (T-10th in the AL)...Has David Paulino and minor-league RHP Hector Perez from the Houston hit 10 of his 16 HR on the road, including each of his last four. Astros in exchange for RHP Roberto Osuna.