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2017 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 Baseball Media Department Follow us on Twitter @BlueJaysPR Game #120, Home #62 (32-29), TAMPA BAY RAYS (60-61) at TORONTO BLUE JAYS (57-62), Wednesday, August 16, 2017 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: (All Times Eastern) Wednesday, August 16 vs. Tampa Bay Rays, 7:07 pm…RHP Jake Faria (5-3, 3.19) vs. RHP Marcus Stroman (10-6, 3.00) Thursday, August 17 vs. Tampa Bay Rays, 4:07 pm…RHP Chris Archer (8-7, 3.84) vs. RHP Chris Rowley (1-0, 1.69) Friday, August 18 at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 pm…LHP J.A. Happ (6-8, 3.63) vs. RHP Jake Arrieta (12-8, 3.73) Saturday, August 19 at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 pm…RHP Nick Tepesch (1-2, 5.25) vs. LHP Jose Quintana (3-2, 3.86) Sunday, August 20 at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 pm…RHP Marco Estrada (5-8, 5.09) vs. RHP Kyle Hendriks (4-4, 3.45) 2017 AT A GLANCE ON THE HOME FRONT: Record ................................................................ 57-62, 5th, 11.0 GB This evening, TOR continues a 10-day, 10-game homestand (5-3) Home Attendance (Total & Average) ...................... 2,442,549/40,147 with the third tango of a four-game series against the Sellouts (2017) .............................................................................. 14 Rays…Following tomorrow’s matinee, will leave for a 6G road trip 2016 Season Record after 119 Games ..................................... 67-52 against the Cubs (62-56) and the Rays. 2016 Season Record after 120 Games ..................................... 68-52 The Jays have won 10 of their last 15 games at Rogers Centre and Come From Behind Wins............................................................... 33 have gone 12-7 in their last 19 at home…Have hit home runs in 17 of the last 19 at Rogers Centre (28 HR)…Are averaging 4.13 R/G at Last Shutout by Blue Jays ...................... 4-0, Aug. 10, 2017 vs. NYY th th Last Shutout by Opponent ....................... 2-0, June 29, 2017 vs. BAL home this season (27 in MLB, 15 in AL)…Have held opponents to Under JOHN GIBBONS ........................................................ 701-676 2 ER or less 12 times in their last 24 games…Are allowing 4.85 R/G in home contests this season (21st in MLB, 11th in AL). vs. RHS/LHS .................................................................. 46-44/11-18 Blue Jays/Opponents scoring first .................................. 29-23/28-39 BLUE JAYS vs. RAYS: Games decided in final AB/Walk-Off ................................. 15-13/6-10 All-Time: 164-183...All-Time, Rogers Centre: 93-81...2017: 7-7 1-Run Games ........................................................................... 18-15 The Jays have been outscored, 63-53, but are 3-1 in one-run Franchise record .............................................................. 3224-3250 games…Have lost just 3 of their last 9 meetings…Lost the 2016 Home/Road .................................................................... 32-29/25-32 series (8-11) and have lost 8 of the last 9 seasons…Since 2008, Series Record/Home/Road ................................13-18-7/8-8-3/5-10-4 have a record of 72-108…The .400 win% over that time is Series Openers/Finales .................................................. 17-22/20-18 Toronto’s lowest vs. any AL opponent. After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ..................................... 38-7/13-6/6-49 Kendrys Morales has 14 RBI against Tampa Bay this season…All 3 After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ....................................... 47-5/6-8/4-49 of his 4+ RBI games in 2017 have come against the Rays. Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road ...................................... 5-9/1-2/4-7 Jose Bautista leads the Jays in career HR and RBI versus the Vs. East/Central/West/NL ................................. 20-29/7-11/21-14/9-8 Rays…His 31 HR against Tampa Bay are the most among all April/May/June/July/Aug ......................... 8-17/18-10/11-15/12-15/8-5 active players…His 80 RBI are 3rd most (Cano-101, Lind-82). 2017 at ROGERS CENTRE Blue Jays HR Dome Open/Cld………………….………………….34/48 JD DRIVES IN #500: Opponents HR Dome Open/Cld…………………………………....32/42 Josh Donaldson hit his 18th home run last night, a 3-run blast in the W/L, 2017 open/closed/other……………………………13-9/19-14/0-6 5th inning…The 3 RBI were the 498th, 499th and 500th of his All-time/open/closed/other. ......... 1240-1029/676-565/494-413/70-51 career…Has homered 9 times in his last 17 games, after an 18G span without any (his other 9 HR took place over a 59G span)…Has THE LATEST: homered in 3 straight games for the 6th time in his career, two of Last night, Toronto lost the second match of its four-game series, 6-4, which have been in his last 14G. to Tampa Bay…Are now 11-18 in games vs. left-handed starters this With the 3 RBI, Donaldson has now driven in 21 over his last 17 season (24-20 last season and 20-15 in 2015)…Have hit .246 vs. games while hitting .350 (21-for-60) with a .467 OBP and a 1.317 LHP in 2017, their lowest since 2013 (.240). OPS, the highest in the AL over that time…Among AL batters since The Blue Jays had their 3-game winning streak snapped…Have won July 27, he is tied for 1st in HR (9) and ranks 2nd in OBP (.467), 2nd in 6 of their last 10 games, and have gone 8-5 in their last 13…Remain nd th th st SLG (.850), T-2 in RBI (21) and 4 in BB (13)…His 272 RBI over 5 in the AL East standings and are now 11.0 games back of 1 th the last 3 season are tied for the 7 most in Majors. place…Are still 3.5 GB of the final wild card spot (LAA, 61-59)…Have AL, Home Runs - Since 7/27 been in 5th place for a total of 119 days this season (tied for 4th place Rank Player HR RBI SLG OPS for 17 days). 1 Josh Donaldson 9 21 .850 1.317 THIS & THAT: 1 Nelson Cruz 9 21 .873 1.313 Toronto pitchers gave up 6 runs last night, ending their streak of 1 Joey Gallo 9 17 .737 1.095 allowing 2 or fewer ER in 5 consecutive contests...Gave up 13 hits, 4 Justin Upton 7 24 .681 1.045 after going 5 games without allowing more than 8 (26 total)…Have 4 Brian Dozier 7 15 .616 .932 allowed 13 or more hits on 23 occasions this season (had 16 such games in 2016). DIVISIONAL DRAMA: Blue Jay batters hit 2 doubles and have at least one in 20 of their last The Blue Jays are now 20-29 against AL East opponents...Have won th 21 games…Have 46-2B since July 20, 5 most in the AL. 4 of their last 7 and are 7-4 in their last 11 divisional games since ending a 5-game losing streak against the AL East on July 4 (then ABOUT LAST NIGHT: 13-25). Marco Estrada allowed 6 runs over 4.1 innings, his shortest start since 6/30 vs. BOS (4.1 IP)…Is now 0-7 in his last 8 starts against POWER SURGE: the Rays with a 7.75 ERA (35 ER/40.2 IP)…Gave up 10 hits, his The Blue Jays have hit 33 HR since July 26, which leads the most since allowing a career-high 12 hits to Tampa Bay on 6/13. Majors…Over that time, Toronto is tied for the most walks in the AL Kevin Pillar drove in the opening run of the game with a double in the with Oakland (75) while also tied for the 4th fewest strikeouts (135). 2nd inning…Marked his 15th double off a left-handed pitcher (Snell), th MLB, Team HR - Since 7/25 which is the most in the Majors…Also singled in the 4 inning for his Rank Team Home Runs BB K 24th multi-hit effort this year (3rd most on the team). th 1 Toronto Blue Jays 33 75 135 Jose Bautista doubled and scored in the 5 inning…15 of his last 19 2 Baltimore Orioles 32 68 149 hits have been for extra bases (9-2B, 6-HR). th 3 Cincinatti Reds 31 95 157 Tim Mayza made his MLB debut as he took the mound to start the 9 3 Chicago Cubs 31 68 176 inning…Struck out the first batter he faced (PH Peter 3 Washington Nationals 31 45 155 Bourjos)…Finished with 2H and a K in a scoreless inning. WHAT A RELIEF: ROSTER ROLLOVER: Toronto relievers combined for 4.2 scoreless innings last night…Have C Miguel Montero has been activated from the DL (R-groin) for not allowed a run in the last 3 games (10.2 IP) and have given up just tonight’s game…RHP Domonic Leone has been reinstated from the 7 hits and 1 run over the last 6 contests (17.1 IP) for a 0.52 ERA and bereavement list…LHP J.P. Howell and C Mike Ohlman have both an opponents average of .117. been designated for assignment. Toronto pen pals have combined for 429.2 innings this season, the AUGUST IN AUGUST: most in the AL…Have struck out at least 2 batters in 7 consecutive The Blue Jays are now 8-5 in August…The team went 17-11 last contests (23 K)…The bullpen’s total of 461 Ks this year are 3rd most th year (.607) and 21-6 (.690) in 2015 - its best August in club in the AL and 4 most in club history (just 11 less than in all of 2016).