2020 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 @BlueJaysBM TORONTO BLUE JAYS (20-16) at BOSTON RED SOX (12-26) RHP Tanner Roark (2-1, 5.33) vs. RHP Zack Godley (0-3, 7.71) Game #37 Road #24 (12-11) September 4, 2020 4:10 pm TV: SNET1 RADIO: SN590 2020 AT A GLANCE THE LATEST: ROAD WORK: Overall 20-16 The Blue Jays scored a run in the 7th and another The Blue Jays are in Boston for five games at Fenway Home 8-5 in the 8th to force extras at Fenway Park last night, Park, which includes a home-and-home doubleheader Road 12-11 eventually winning, 6-2, over the Red Sox in 10 today...Went 1-1 in Miami to begin this road trip and Day 5-7 innings...Have now gone 5-6 in extra-inning games... are now 12-11 in away affairs. Night 15-9 The 11 extra-inning contests are the most in the Toronto batters have hit .222 when on the road this Majors this season (2nd: HOU - 7)...Toronto’s season (12th in the AL) while scoring an AL-low 3.74 Current Streak W2 current rate of 30.6% games going to extras is the runs/game (27th in MLB)...The pitching staff holds a Last 5 Games 3-2 highest all-time (2nd: BOS - 20.0% in 1943)...Are road ERA of 3.33 (3rd in the AL), to go with a .220 road Last 10 Games 7-3 now 8-11 in games decided in the last at-bat, after a opponents’ average (2nd in the AL, 6th in MLB). July 3-4 1-8 start to the season. August 15-11 The Jays are have now won two straight games, six BBIGGIO: September 2-1 of their last eight, seven of the last 10, and 13 of their Cavan Biggio doubled, scored twice and drew a pair of vs. LHSP 7-7 last 18 contests...Are four games over .500 to match a walks in a 1-for-3 effort last night...Now has 23 walks vs. RHSP 13-9 season high (18-14 on Aug. 30)...Have not been five for the season, tied for 4th most in the AL, while his Series Opener 9-4 games above .500 since May 3, 2018 (18-13), when walk rate of 7.17 PA/BB now sits 10th...His .404 OBP Series Finale 5-7 they won the first half of a doubleheader in Cleveland... when batting 1st in the lineup trails ony DJ LeMahieu (.413) for the highest in the AL. By Series 3-4-5 Have now moved into a tie with the Yankees (20-16) for 2nd place in the AL East...Have not been in 2nd or By Home Series 2-1-2 TIME TO PANIK: By Road Series 1-3-3 tied for 2nd beyond the first month of a season since Joe Panik went 2-for-4 last night and drove in Toronto’s Rubber Games 0-4 ending the 2016 campaign tied with Baltimore for 2nd 1st run of the game in the 7th inning...Was his 1st RBI place at 89-73...Are now 2.0 games up on the Tigers Sweeps/Were Swept 2-0 as a Blue Jay...His 61 at-bats without an RBI to start a for the final AL playoff spot. Scored First 10-8 season were 3rd most in team history (Dave Collins - Opponent Scored First 10-8 MLB, % Games in Extra Innings - All-Time 76 AB in 1983; Brandon Drury - 65 AB in 2019). One-Run Games 10-7 Rank Team Extras Games % BULLPEN BITS: 1 2020 Toronto Blue Jays 11 36 30.6 One or Two-Run Games 12-12 Anthony Kay, Thomas Hatch, Ryan Borucki and 2 1943 Boston Red Sox 31 155 20.0 Comeback Wins 12-10 Rafael Dolis comined for 4.1 scoreless innings of relief 3 2020 Houston Astros 7 36 19.4 Last AB Wins 8-11 last night while striking out seven batters...Toronto’s 4 1943 St. Louis Browns 28 153 18.3 Walk-off Wins 4-4 bullpen now holds a 3.11 ERA to rank 3rd in the AL (4th 5 1957 Detroit Tigers 28 154 18.2 Extra Innings 5-6 in MLB) while their .218 opponents’ batting average is Led After 6 14-2 also 3rd (6th in MLB)...Their 180 combined strikeouts Led After 7 13-1 HERNÁNDEZ THE HERO: trail only the Red Sox (200) and Brewers (197). Led After 8 13-1 Teoscar Hernández had the game-winning blast last FIVE FOR FIGHTING: Tied After 6 2-6 night, a three-run homer in the 10th inning..Was his This weekend marks Toronto’s first five-game series Tied After 7 3-9 2nd career extra-inning home run (July 27, 2017 vs. TB - 12th inning)...Was his 13th home run of the since July 1-4, 2002, also at Fenway Park, when the Tied After 8 5-7 season, tying him for the MLB lead with Neslon Jays lost all five games to the Red Sox...This set Behind After 6 4-8 Cruz, Fernando Tatis Jr., Mike Trout and Luke Voit. marks the 11th series of 5+ games in team history, and Behind After 7 2-6 The 27-year-old also singled and scored twice as he the 5th since moving into Rogers Centre in 1989...The Behind After 8 0-7 went 2-for-4 with a walk...Extended his career-long Blue Jays have gone 3-6-1 in the 10 prior extra-long Division Games 13-10 hitting streak to 15 games (10G from Sept. 17, series. vs. Other Divisions 7-6 2019-July 24, 2020)...Has gone 19-for-52 (.365) with DOG DAYS OF AUGUST...AND SEPTEMBER: vs. AL Teams 13-10 14 runs scored, one double, six home runs, 11 RBI and Toronto was orginally scheduled to be one of seven vs. NL Teams 7-6 nine walks over that stretch (.459 OBP, 1.190 OPS). teams this season to play the maximum of 20 games in Hit 0 HR 5-7 The 15-game streak the longest by a Blue Jay this 20 days (Aug. 21-Sept. 9), but with the doubleheader Hit 1+ HR 15-9 season (Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - 12G)...It is the 3rd against the Phillies also inserted into the schedule on longest active streak in the Majors (Jose Abreu - 17; Hit 2+ HR 12-5 Aug. 20, are now in a stretch of 28 games in 27 days... Freddie Freeman - 16) and the 4th longest by an AL Scored 3 or Fewer Runs 4-10 Have gone 14-7 through the first 21 contests. Scored 4 or More Runs 16-6 hitter in 2020...The last Toronto batter with a streak of Scored 5 or More Runs 15-4 at least 15 games was Devon Travis, who put together VS. THE RED SOX: All-Time: 293-367 a 17-game stretch from Sept. 3-20, 2016. Allowed 3 or Fewer Runs 11-3 2020: 3-3 Road: 151-180 The outfielder is now hitting .311 (42-for-135) for the Allowed 4 or More Runs 9-13 Road: 2-2 Fenway Park: 151-180 season...Among AL hitters, currently ranks 3rd in SLG Allowed 5 or More Runs 4-9 The Blue Jays are now 3-3 against the Red Sox so far (.644), 3rd in total bases (87), 3rd in OPS (1.005), More Hits than Opponent 12-6 this season...Last had a winning season vs. Boston in T-6th in extra-base hits (19), T-7th in hits (42) and 2016 (10-9)...Have won two series at Fenway Park Fewer Hits than Opponent 7-7 T-9th in AVG. Committed No Errors 11-10 since the start of 2017, going 11-21 there in that span. AL, Longest Hitting Streaks - 2020 Teoscar Hernández is now 8-for-24 (.333) with a pair WHEN BATTING LAST Rank Player Games Dates of doubles and a pair of home runs in six games vs. Stadium W/L RF RA 1 Anthony Santander 18 8/5-8/23 the Red Sox this season...Holds a career .966 OPS Sahlen Field 8-5 82 65 2 José Abreu 17 8/16-Active over 39 games vs. Boston, batting .264 (37-for-136) Nationals Park 0-2 4 10 3 David Fletcher 16 7/31-8/17 with seven doubles, a triple, 14 home runs and 32 4 Teoscar Hernández 15 8/20-Active RBI...Now has 10 home runs and 25 RBI in 25 games Fenway Park - - - at Fenway (.663 SLG). Citizens Bank Park - - - Cavan Biggio homered twice in the Fenway Park LOURDES GOES EXTRA-LONG: series last month...Is now 18-for-59 (.305) in his 18 BY THE NUMBERS Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also homered in the 10th last night career games against the Red Sox...Has recorded MLB, SLG Leaders - 2020 as he went 2-for-5...Was his 6th home run of the four doubles, a triple, three home runs and six RBI Juan Soto .758 season, homering in consecuitve games for the 5th while drawing 20 walks for a .481 OBP and 1.040 OPS Nelson Cruz .667 time in his careeer and 2nd time this year (Aug. 23-24 in those contests.