American League East Champions 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2015 American League Champions 1992, 1993 World Series Champions 1992, 1993 TORONTO BLUE JAYS (73-88) at TAMPA BAY RAYS (89-72) RHP Sam Gaviglio (3-9, 5.19) vs. RHP Ryne Stanek (2-3, 3.08) Game #162 Road #81 (33-47) September 30, 2018 3:10 pm TV: SNET RADIO: SN590 2018 AT A GLANCE ROAD WORK: Record ..........................................................................73-88, 4th, 34.0 GB This afternoon marks the final match of Toronto’s last road trip of the Home Attendance (Total/Average) ..................................2,325,281/29,066 season...Have won five of their last 11 road games...Have gone 33-47 Sellouts .....................................................................................................1 in road contests so far this year...The .413 win% ranks T-9th among 2017 Season Record after 161 Games ..............................................75-86 AL teams...Have been out-scored, 430-344, and out-hit, 743-655, while 2017 Season Record after 162 Games ..............................................76-86 on the road...Have allowed the 3rd most road hits among AL clubs Come-From-Behind Wins ........................................................................42 (BAL-787, KC-769) but have hit 100 HR in those contests (T-7th)... Last Shutout by Blue Jays .................................5-0, Sept. 17, 2018 at BAL Have averaged 4.30 runs/game on the road (8th highest in the AL) while Last Shutout by Opponent ............................. 11-0, Sept. 14, 2018 at NYY allowing 5.38 R/G (13th in the AL). Under JOHN GIBBONS .................................................................793-788 BLUE JAYS vs. THE RAYS: vs. RHS/LHS ............................................................................58-50/15-38 All-Time: 173-197...All-Time, On The Road: 74-110...2018: 6-12 Blue Jays/Opponents Scoring First ..........................................41-25/32-63 The Blue Jays are 6-12 against the Rays so far this season but have Games Decided in Final AB/Walk-Off ..........................................24-13/9-3 won four of the last seven games...Have combined for 39 runs and 1-Run Games .....................................................................................23-17 69 hits over the last seven meetings, after recording just 16 runs and Franchise Record .......................................................................3316-3362 56 hits in their first 11 contests vs. Tampa Bay...Were swept in three Home/Road ..............................................................................40-41/33-47 games the last time they played at Tropicana Field and are now 2-6 Series Record/Home/Road .................................. 17-24-11/7-13-6/10-11-5 there this year...With a win today, will claim their first series at the Trop Series Openers/Finales ............................................................27-26/23-29 since May 5-7, 2017 (2-1). After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ...............................................55-6/7-6/11-75 Aledmys Diaz has gone 16-for-50 (.320) with 4-2B, 3-HR and 8-RBI After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ...............................................58-3/11-4/4-80 over 16 games vs. TB this season...Has an 9G hitting streak going Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road ............................................ 10-6/7-5/3-1 against them, batting .379 (11-for-29) over that stretch. vs. East/Central/West/NL ...................................... 30-45/18-15/12-21/13-7 Rowdy Tellez has hits and RBI in five of his seven contests vs. the Pre/Post All-Star Break. ...........................................................43-52/30-36 Rays, going 8-for-25 (.320) with 3-2B, 3-HR and 9-RBI (1.108 OPS). 2018 at ROGERS CENTRE Richard Urena is 8-for-26 (.308) with a walk and two stolen bases in his Blue Jays HR Dome Open/Closed .....................................................53/58 9G against Tampa Bay. Opponents HR Dome Open/Closed ...................................................49/55 W/L, 2018 open/closed/other ............................................ 21-19/19-21/0-1 All-time/open/closed/other ................... 1290-1080/706-591/514-436/70-53 GIBBY’S GOOD BYE: Going into today’s game, John Gibbons has recorded 793 wins over two THE LATEST: stints as Toronto’s manager, 2nd only to Cito Gaston’s 894...Gibby ranks Last night, the Blue Jays were downed by the Rays in the middle match 82nd in wins all-time and is 11th among active managers. of their three-game series by a score of 4-3...Are now 23-17 in one-run contests...The .575 win% is tied for 5th in the AL and is Toronto’s 7th John Gibbons, Two Stints as Manager best all-time...Last had a winning record in one-run games in 2011, going 2004-08 2013-18 29-28 (.509) in those affairs...Are 5-6 in rubbermatch games so far this Games 610 971 season. Record 305-305 488-483 Despite the loss, the Jays have won eight of their last 14 games...Have Win % .500 .503 also won nine of their last 19 contests and have gone 13-15 over their Playoffs 0 2 last 28, as well as 18-19 across their last 37 games...Have gone 30-36 since the All-Star break...Remain 34.0 games behind the division-leading JONNY HUSTLES FOR A HITTING STREAK: Red Sox. Jon Berti made his 3rd big-league appearance last night as he got the start at second base and batted leadoff for the 1st time...Singled in his SUNFLOWER SEED SHOWERS: first at-bat and then swiped second base for this 1st MLB steal...Later Teoscar Hernandez hit a solo homer in the 6th inning last night to give came around to score his 1st MLB run...Has a hit in all three career the Jays a 2-1 lead...Marked his 22nd home run, surpassing Kendrys games, going 3-for-11 (.273) with a double and two RBI along the way. Morales (21) for 3rd on the team...Was his 13th HR to come on the road... Has homered in consecutive games for the 3rd time this season, last TELLEZ TOTALS: doing so on Aug. 8-9 vs. BOS...Has combined to hit 12 September home Rowdy Tellez picked up an RBI on a sacrifice fly in the 1st inning last runs in the last two seasons (four this year), tied for 7th among AL hitters. night...Is now batting .303 (20-for-66) with nine doubles and four homers as a big-league player...His 14 RBI are tied for 5th most by a Blue Jay REESE’S PIECE OF PINCH-HITTING: through their first 22 MLB games. Reese McGuire picked up his 2nd MLB home run last night with a 9th Toronto, Most RBI Through First 22 MLB Games - All-Time inning solo shot while pinch-hitting for Danny Jansen...Was the 3rd pinch- Rank Player RBI hit homer by a Blue Jay this season...Was the 11th PH-HR by a Toronto 1 Carlos Delgado 20 rookie all-time (last: Yan Gomes - June 11, 2012 vs. WAS)...Was the 15th 2 Devon Travis 19 home run by a Blue Jays rookie this month, 2nd most among AL clubs...Is 3 Aaron Hill 17 now batting .310 (9-for-29) with five extra-base hits and four RBI through 4 Cecil Fielder 16 his first 13 career games (.976 OPS). 5 Tellez/Lawrie/Hudson 14 AL, Rookie Home Runs - September, 2018 DISIONAL DRAMA: Rank Team HR The Jays are 7-4 in their last 11 games vs. AL East clubs...Are 30-45 in 1 Los Angeles Angels 18 divisional games this year...The .400 win% ranks 11th among AL teams 2 Toronto Blue Jays 15 and is Toronto’s lowest since 2013, when the club went 30-46 (.395). 3 Chicago White Sox 11 3 Minnesota Twins 11 THAT AIN’T RIGHT: 3 Tampa Bay Rays 11 With last night’s loss, the Blue Jays will finish the 2018 season with a 15-38 record in games vs. left-handed starters...The .283 win% in such contests is Toronto’s lowest all-time (1981: 14-30, .318) and is the lowest BO-ROOKIE CAMPAIGN: in the Majors this season. Ryan Borucki wrapped up his rookie season with a 6.2-inning effort last night...Allowed four runs on seven hits and three walks while recording MLB, Lowest Win% in Game vs. LH Starters - 2018 three strikeouts...Posted a September ERA of 2.65 (10 ER/34.0 IP) with Team W-L Win% an opponents’ average of .165, which is 4th best among AL starters. Toronto Blue Jays 15-38 .283 The 24 year old’s 11 quality starts this season were the most by a Toronto Miami Marlins 12-26 .316 rookie since Marcus Stroman tossed 14 in 2014...His 3.87 ERA this San Diego Padres 18-37 .327 season ranks 6th best all-time by a Blue Jays rookie (min. 12 starts). Chicago White Sox 15-25 .375 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: (All Times Eastern) Thursday, March 28 vs. Detroit Tigers...2019 Opening Day BLUE JAYS GAME NOTES Page 2 STARTING PITCHER Sam Gaviglio, RHP #43 Born: Ashland, OR AGE: 28 TODAY’S START: YEAR W-L ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO AVG Making his 24th start and 4th against the Rays this season... 2018 3-9 4.77 25 23 118.0 134 68 21 35 102 .281 Coming off a loss on 9/25 vs. HOU where he threw 5.0+ innings 2017 4-5 4.36 16 13 74.1 76 36 16 42 49 .270 and allowed 4 runs (3ER, 2BB, 3K)... Holds a 0-2 record with a 5.27 CAREER 7-14 5.15 41 36 192.1 210 113 37 61 151 .277 ERA this season in 3 starts against the Rays. 2018 HIGHLIGHTS: SINGLE-GAME HIGHS Is 2-3 with a 3.41 ERA (27 ER/71.1 IP) at home and is 1-6 with an 2018 CAREER 7.91 ERA on the road (41 ER/46.2 IP).