Vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS (46-53) RHP José Berríos (9-7, 3.68) 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 MINNESOTA TWINS (45-53) vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS (46-53) RHP José Berríos (9-7, 3.68) vs. LHP Ryan Borucki (0-1, 3.52) Game #100 Home #54 (27-26) July 24, 2018 7:07 pm TV: SNET RADIO: SN590 2018 AT A GLANCE ON THE HOME FRONT: Record ..........................................................................46-53, 4th, 23.5 GB This evening marks the 5th contest of a six-game homestand for the Home Attendance (Total/Average) ..................................1,554,237/29,777 Blue Jays...Have a day off after this three-game series with the Twins... Sellouts .....................................................................................................1 Will then set out on their longest road trip of the season, with three 2017 Season Record after 99 Games ................................................45-54 games in Chicago-AL (35-64), three in Oakland (58-43) and four in 2017 Season Record after 100 Games ..............................................46-54 Seattle (60-40). Come From Behind Wins ........................................................................26 The Jays are now 3-1 on the current homestand and have won 15 of Last Shutout by Blue Jays .............................. 2-0, June 16, 2018 vs. WAS their last 22 home dates (after a 1-10 stretch)...Hold an overall record of Last Shutout by Opponent ...............................7-0, June 27, 2018 at HOU 27-26 at Rogers Centre this season...Have hit 73 home runs at home, Under JOHN GIBBONS .................................................................766-753 3rd most in the AL (NYY-85, CLE-75)...Are a game above .500 at Rogers vs. RHS/LHS ............................................................................35-28/11-25 Centre, despite being out-scored, 247-240, and out-hit, 462-435, here... Blue Jays/Opponents Scoring First ..........................................27-13/19-40 Have averaged 4.53 runs/game at home (6th highest in the AL) while Games Decided in Final AB/Walk-Off ............................................19-9/7-3 allowing 4.66 R/G (10th in the AL). 1-Run Games .....................................................................................14-12 BLUE JAYS vs. THE TWINS: Franchise Record .......................................................................3289-3327 All-Time: 220-167...All-Time, Rogers Centre: 76-44...2018: 2-2 Home/Road ..............................................................................27-26/19-27 The Blue Jays took two of three games in Minnesota and are now Series Record/Home/Road ..........................................10-15-8/5-8-4/5-7-4 220-167 all-time against them...The .568 win% is their highest against Series Openers/Finales ............................................................19-15/14-19 any AL team...Have gone 61-29 vs. MIN since 2006 for a .678 win%, After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ................................................ 35-4/6-6/5-43 the 2nd highest of all matchups (min. 35G) over that span (NYY: 62-26 After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing .............................................. 35-3/10-3/1-47 vs. MIN - .705 win%). Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road .............................................. 9-4/6-3/3-1 Curtis Granderson leads all current Blue Jays with 25 career home vs. East/Central/West/NL ............................................ 17-25/12-8/8-15/9-5 runs against the Twins...Is a lifetime .289 (111-for-384) hitter against March/April/May/June/July ................................1-2/15-10/9-19/14-12/7-10 the Twins (19-2B, 9-2B). 2018 at ROGERS CENTRE Kendrys Morales leads with 54 career RBI vs. MIN...Has gone 6-for-15 Blue Jays HR Dome Open/Closed .....................................................35/38 (.400), including a pair of home runs, 3-RBI, 4-BB and 3-IBB in four Opponents HR Dome Open/Closed ...................................................28/44 games against Minnesota this season (.526 OBP). W/L, 2018 open/closed/other ............................................ 14-10/13-16/0-0 Justin Smoak is 6-for-17 (.353) this year vs. MIN...Has gone 25-for-76 All-time/open/closed/other ................... 1277-1065/698-583/509-430/70-52 (.329) as a Blue Jay vs. the Twins, with 5-2B, 4-HR and 14-RBI in 24 THE LATEST: games (11BB/14K, .966 OPS). Last night, the Blue Jays took their first loss since the All-Star break, falling, 8-3, to the Twins in the opener of their three-game series...Have SMOAKING SECTION: dropped two of their last three series openers after winning each of their Justin Smoak singled twice and doubled last night as he went 3-for-5... last five such games. Was his 7th game this season with 3+ hits, surpassing Yangervis Solarte The Jays are now 7-10 in July but have won 16 of their last 31 games, as (6) for the team lead in such efforts...Has now batted .353 (18-for-51) well as 21 of their last 38...Are 21-20 in their last 41 contests, following a with 5-2B, 5-HR, 11-RBI and 7BB/12K over his last 13 contests (.431 4-15 stretch...Are now 4.5 games back of the Rays for 3rd place in the AL OBP, 1.176 OPS)...Among AL switch-hitters this year, ranks 3rd in OBP East and have dropped to 23.5 games behind the division-leading Red (.365), 4th in SLG (.478) and 4th in OPS (.844). Sox to match a season mark...Have not been further back since Sept. 27, MORE ON MONDAY: 2013, when they sat a season-high 24.0 games behind Boston. Devon Travis went 2-for-5 via a pair of singles...Is hitting .333 (15-for- 45) with 3-XBH and 8-RBI over his last 16 games...Since May 22, has THE ROOKIE IS RED HOT: boosted his batting average from .141 to .244. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. got the Jays on the board last night with a solo home Kendrys Morales had a pair of singles and drove in a run...Has gone run in the 3rd inning...Was his 5th home run and his 4th solo shot... 36-for-112 (.321) with 7-2B, 7-HR and 13-RBI over his last 36 games. Became the 13th player in team history to homer 5+ times in his first 33 Jaime Garcia retired all nine batters he faced (3K) for his 2nd longest MLB games (also 12th with 16+ RBI and 14th with 33+ hits in first 33G). career relief outing (4.0 IP on Sept. 21, 2016 at COL). He also walked and singled to extend his multi-hit streak to six games... Became the 3rd rookie in team history with a multi-hit streak of 6+ games, THIS AND THAT: joining Al Woods (7G in 1977) and John Olerud (6G in 1990). Last night’s loss was the Jays’ 2nd this season when recording 11 hits Gurriel Jr. now has hits in each of his last 12 starts while batting .408 (20- (also July 12 at BOS)...Recorded nine singles, tied for their 2nd most this for-49) with 2-2B, 3-HR and 9-RBI over that span (1.064 OPS)...Among year (13 on June 10 vs. BAL)...Matched a season high with 13 runners AL rookies with at least 100 PA this season, ranks 3rd in AVG (.288), 8th left on base (also May 3 (Game 1) at CLE). in SLG (.441) and 8th in OPS (.752). GETTING DEFENSIVE: AL, Rookie Batting Average - 2018 (min. 100 PA) Yesterday, SABR released its first-half Defensive Index rankings...Three Rank Player AVG SLG OPS Blue Jays made the AL top-five list at their respective positions: 1 Gleyber Torres .294 .555 .905 - Justin Smoak ranks 3rd among first basemen 2 Miguel Andujar .289 .497 .821 - Kevin Pillar ranks 4th among center fielders 3 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. .288 .441 .752 - Randal Grichuk ranks 5th among right fielders 4 Shohei Ohtani .281 .529 .890 5 Joey Wendle .278 .398 .725 LEFT BEHIND: With last night’s loss, the Blue Jays are now 11-25 in games vs. left- handed starters...The 25 losses are the most in the Majors (three more GOOD GUYS FINISH FIRST: than any other team) while the .306 win% is 2nd lowest. Curtis Granderson has been named the Blue Jays’ winner of the Heart & Hustle Award...Since 2005, the award has been voted on by Alumni and MLB, Lowest Win% When Facing LH Starting Pitcher - 2018 active Major League players and is presented annually to an active player Team W-L Win% who demonstrates a passion for the game of baseball and best embodies Chicago White Sox 7-16 .304 the values, spirit and traditions of the game...This marks Granderson’s Toronto Blue Jays 11-25 .306 7th Heart & Hustle Award, joining Dustin Pedroia and Chase Utley as the Los Angeles Angels 9-19 .321 only seven-time winners...Granderson also won two each with the Tigers San Diego Padres 10-21 .323 (2007, 2008), the Yankees (2011, 2012) and the Mets (2015, 2016). Washington Nationals 10-18 .357 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: (All Times Eastern) Wednesday, July 25 vs. Minnesota Twins, 4:07 pm...RHP Ervin Santana (season debut) vs. RHP Sam Gaviglio (2-3, 4.59) Thursday, July 26...OFF-DAY Friday, July 27 at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 pm...RHP Marcus Stroman (3-7, 5.42) vs. RHP Reynaldo Lopez (4-8, 4.13) Saturday, July 28 at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 pm...LHP J.A. Happ (10-6, 4.18) vs. RHP Lucas Giolito (7-8, 6.09) Sunday, July 19 at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 pm...TBA vs. LHP Carlos Rodon (2-3, 3.56) BLUE JAYS GAME NOTES Page 2 STARTING PITCHER Ryan Borucki, LHP #56 Born: Mundelein, IL AGE: 24 TONIGHT’S START: YEAR W-L ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO AVG Recalled from Triple-A Buffalo today and is making his 5th Major- 2018 0-1 3.52 4 4 23.0 27 9 0 10 21 .287 League start tonight...Coming off a no-decision vs.