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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 #96, Road #50 (22-27), TORONTO BLUE JAYS (44-51) at CLEVELAND INDIANS (48-45), Friday, July 21, 2017 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: (All Times Eastern) Friday, July 21 at Cleveland Indians, 7:10 pm…RHP Marco Estrada (4-6, 5.33) vs. RHP Trevor Bauer (7-8, 5.59) Saturday, July 22 at Cleveland Indians, 7:10 pm…RHP Marcus Stroman (9-5, 3.10) vs. RHP Danny Salazar (3-5, 5.40) Sunday, July 23 at Cleveland Indians, 1:10 pm…LHP JA Happ (3-6, 3.55) vs. TBA 2017 AT A GLANCE ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Record .................................................................... 44-51, 5th, 9.0 GB Tonight, Toronto continues its 10-day, 10-game road trip (3-4) with Home Attendance (Total & Average) ...................... 1,823,669/39,645 the opener a three-game series in Cleveland…Return home for 7 Sellouts (2017) ................................................................................ 11 games, starting with a 4G series vs. Oakland (43-52) on Monday, 2016 Season Record after 95 Games ........................................ 53-42 followed by a 3G set with the Angels (47-50). 2016 Season Record after 96 Games ........................................ 54-42 The Jays are 22-27 on the road but have gone 14-12 in their last 26 Come From Behind Wins ................................................................ 27 contests…Have drawn 5+ walks in 4 straight games and have 10+ Last Shutout by Blue Jays ........................ 4-0, June 28, 2017 vs. BAL hits in 9 of the last 17 road games…Are averaging 4.41 R/G on the road (18th in MLB, 8th in AL)…Have struck out 83 batters over the Last Shutout by Opponent ....................... 2-0, June 29, 2017 vs. BAL st Under JOHN GIBBONS ......................................................... 688-665 last 9 road games (9.2 K/G) and rank 1 in the Majors with 89 road vs. RHS/LHS ...................................................................... 36-34/8-17 Ks this month…Have allowed 4.71 R/G while away from Rogers Centre (17th in MLB and 8th in the AL). Blue Jays/Opponents scoring first .................................... 20-18/24-33 Games decided in final AB/Walk-Off ........................................ 7-9/3-7 BLUE JAYS vs. INDIANS: 1-Run Games ............................................................................. 14-11 All-Time: 205-202...All-Time, On The Road: 95-107...2017: 2-1 Franchise record ................................................................ 3211-3239 The Jays won 2 of 3 in their only series so far this year (5/9-10 at Home/Road ...................................................................... 22-24/22-27 Rogers Centre) but were outscored, 15-12, and out-hit, 26-21, in Series Record/Home/Road .................................... 9-15-7/5-7-3/4-8-4 those games…Toronto lost the season series last year (3-4) but Series Openers/Finales .................................................... 14-17/15-16 have won four of the last six season series…Have gone 13-10 since After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ...................................... 30-4/10-6/5-41 the start of 2014…Have posted a 5-5 record at CLE over that After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ........................................ 24-2/7-7/1-42 time…Met in the playoffs for the first time last year, losing the ALCS Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road ....................................... 3-8/0-2/3-6 to CLE, 4-1. Vs. East/Central/West/NL ................................... 17-27/5-7/15-10/7-7 Josh Donaldson is a career .333 hitter against the Indians (41-for- April/May/June/July ........................................... 8-17/18-10/11-15/7-9 123) with 5-2B, 2-3B, 7-HR and 32-RBI in 32 games…Missed the 2017 at ROGERS CENTRE series earlier this year with a calf injury, but went 14-for-39 (.359) in Blue Jays HR Dome Open/Cld………………….………………….15/45 10 regular & postseason games in 2016 with 5-XBH, 7-RBI and Opponents HR Dome Open/Cld…………………………………....22/38 9BB/8K for a .490 OBP and a 1.131 OPS. W/L, 2017 open/closed/other………………………………5-5/17-13/0-6 Jose Bautista leads the team with 11 HR and 39 RBI in 54 career All-time/open/closed/other. .......... 1230-1023/667-561/490-411/70-51 games versus the Indians…Has reached base safely in 18 straight games (.372 OBP)…Has a .414 OBP and a 1.010 OPS over his last THE LATEST: 25 games in Cleveland. Yesterday afternoon, TOR earned a split of its four-game series in BOS with an 8-6 victory…The win was their 27th come-from-behind SMOAK STILL RISING: effort…The Jays are now 5-3 in their last 8 games at Fenway Park, Justin Smoak went 7-for-15 (.467) with 2-HR, 4-RBI and 5-BB in the as well as 8-4 in their last 12. 4G series at BOS for a .600 OBP and a 1.533 OPS…Has hit .329 With the win, the Blue Jays remain 5th in the AL East standings but (23-for-70) with 11-XBH and 16-RBI over his last 19 divisional are now 9.0 games back of 1st place Boston…Have been in 5th place games (.415 OBP, 1.100 OPS). th for a total of 93 days this season (tied for 4 place for 17 days). The All-Star is now tied for the HR lead among MLB first basemen…He also ranks 3rd in SLG (.588), 3rd in total bases (191), THIS & THAT: 4th in OPS (.959), 5th in RBI (62), and 6th in OBP (.372). The Jays have gone 1-1-2 over their last 4 series and are now 9-15-7 in series play this season (4-8-4 on the road)…Are now 20-16 in day MLB, First Basemen Home Runs - 2017 games this season (24-35 in night contests). Rank Player HR RBI Toronto batters generated 10 hits yesterday and have 10+ hits in 3 of 1 Joey Votto 26 68 the last 5 games…Scored 8 runs in a game for the first time since 1 Cody Bellinger 26 63 6/25 at KC, a span of 19 contests…Have 8+ runs in 9 games this 1 Justin Smoak 26 62 year, posting an 8-1 record in those contests…Drew 7 walks for a 1 Logan Morrison 26 61 total of 22 during the 4 games in Boston. 5 Anthony Rizzo 23 60 Blue Jay pitchers struck out 10 batters and have 7+ Ks in 10 straight RELIEF WORKERS: games…Earned a win while issuing 6 walks and are now 4-11 in The Jays’ bullpen put in 7.1 innings of work yesterday…Have 7+ IP in games with 6+ BB…Threw 163 pitches and have averaged 170.9 9 games this year (just 2 last season), making up 11.8% of the 76 nd pitches per game since the All-Star Break, 2 most in the Majors such bullpen efforts in the Majors this season. (BOS - 173.6). Blue Jay relievers struck out 9 batters yesterday and have 9+ Ks on 8 ABOUT LAST GAME: occasions (61 such games in MLB this year, no other team has more nd Francisco Liriano allowed 3 runs (2ER) on 6 hits and a walk over 1.2 than 5)…Rank 2 in the Majors with 389 strikeouts (HOU - nd innings…Has lasted 2.0 or less innings in 4 of 16 starts this 412)…Have also combined for 353.0 IP, 2 in the AL (BAL - 354.2). year…The Jays are 10-6 in his starts this season. OSUNA-MATIC: Steve Pearce tied the game, 3-3, with a 2-out, 2-RBI single...Was his Roberto Osuna struck out a pair of batters yesterday, en route to his 10th hit in his last 21 at-bats with runners in scoring position (.476 24th save (T-3rd in AL)…Has 16 strikeouts while issuing just one walk AVG)…Has recorded multiple RBI in 6 games this year…4 of those over his last 10 games (10.1 IP)…With 53 strikeouts and 4 walks this games have been vs. AL East opponents and all 4 efforts have been year, Osuna is on pace for one of the best SO/BB ratios by a reliever on the road…Is batting .303 (20-for-66) with 4-2B, 5-HR and 14-RBI in AL history. in his last 19 road games. Ryan Goins also drove in a pair of runs…Did so on a two-out single AL, Top SO/BB Reliever Seasons (min. 37 IP) - All-Time in the 3rd inning…Was his 10th hit in 30 at-bats with two out and RISP Rank Player Year SO/BB this year (.333 AVG)…Has driven in 15 of his 31 RBI in those 1 Dennis Eckersley 1989 18.33 situations this year. 2 Dennis Eckersley 1990 18.25 Dominic Leone earned his 2nd win of 2017 and the 10th of his 3 Tom Morgan 1958 16.50 career…Tied a season high with 4 strikeouts over 2.1 innings of 4 Evan Scribner 2015 16.00 work…Has not allowed a run in his last 10 outings (11.1 IP). 5 Andrew Miller 2016 13.67 Justin Smoak hit his 25th and 26th home runs of the year to extend his 6 Roberto Osuna 2017 13.25 career high…Drove in 3 runs, giving him 5 games this year of 3+ JULY HEAT: nd RBI…Ranks 2 in the AL with 20 multi-RBI games (Nelson Cruz- With the win, the Jays improve to 7-9 for the month of July…Last 22)…Now with 62 RBI, has surpassed his career high of 59 from year, the team posted a record of 16-8 in the month, its 2nd best in th 2015…Had 3 hits in a game for the 6 time this year (last: 6/19 at club history (1999, 19-7)…Over the last 4 seasons, Toronto boasts TEX), one more than his previous two seasons combined.