2013 Game Notes

2013 GAME NOTES American League East Champions 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993 American League Champions 1992, 1993 World Series Champions 1992, 1993 Toronto Blue Jays Communications Department <a href="/goto?url=http://www.bluejays.com" target="_blank">www.bluejays.com </a>Game #106, Road #50 (20-29), TORONTO BLUE JAYS (48-57) at OAKLAND ATHLETICS (63-43), Tuesday, July 30, 2013 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: (All Times Eastern) Tuesday, July 30 at Oakland Athletics, 10:07 pm…LHP Mark Buehrle (6-7, 4.50) vs. RHP Dan Straily (6-4, 4.43)…SNET Wednesday, July 31 at Oakland Athletics, 3:37 pm…RHP R.A. Dickey (8-11, 4.86) vs. RHP Bartolo Colon (14-3, 2.54)…SNET THE LONG & WINDING ROAD: Tonight, TOR continues a 10-game road trip with the 2nd of a 3-game 2013 GLANCING at the JAYS 2013 Record......................................................... 48-57, 5th, 14.5 GB set at Oakland…Are 0-1 on the trip after dropping last night’s series opener, 9-4…Following the series with the A’s, fly to Los Angeles for a 4-game set vs. LAA (48-56)…Following the series vs. LAA, conclude the trip with a 3-game series at Seattle (50-55). Are 20-29 on the road this season, having lost six of their last eight contests…Have lost four consecutive series on the road (1-2 at TB, 1-3 at BOS, 1-2 at CLE & 1-2 at BAL), going 4-10 over that span. 2013 Home Attendance (Total & Average) ............. 1,778,143/31,753 2012 Season (Hm. Attendance)-After 56 dates .................. 1,566,409 Come From Behind Wins................................................................ 21 Last Shutout by Blue Jays..................................4-0, July 25 vs. HOU Last Shutout by Opponent ......................................3-0, July 9 at CLE April ‘13/‘12/‘11.......................................................10-17/12-11/13-14 May ‘13/‘12/‘11.......................................................13-15/15-13/15-13 June ‘13/’12/’11 .......................................................17-9/13-14/12-15 July ‘13/’12/’11 ........................................................8-16/11-14/15-11 Under JOHN GIBBONS .........................................................353-362 Under DeMarlo Hale (filled in on 6/10 at CWS) .............................0-1 2012 - After 105 games..............................................................51-54 Vs. RHS/LHS ...................................................................35-40/13-17 Blue Jays/Opponents scoring first....................................36-17/12-40 GMS decided in final AB/Walk-Off .......................................14-10/5-5 1-Run/2-Run Games..........................................................11-19/10-9 Franchise record ................................................................2876-2936 Home/Road......................................................................28-28/20-29 Series Record/Home/Road ..................................10-17-6/7-8-3/3-9-3 Series Openers/Finales....................................................16-19/17-16 Vs. EAST/CENTRAL/WEST/NL........................ 18-30/11-14/10-5/9-8 After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ......................................36-1/8-10/4-46 After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ........................................37-1/8-7/3-49 Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road.......................................5-6/2-4/3-2 2013 at ROGERS CENTRE CURRENT ROAD TRIP (0-1) AVG/RISP: .156/-- (--) Runs: 4 (4.0 R/G) HR: 3 SB/CS: 0-for-0 OBP: .206 ERA: 7.88 Runs: 9 (9.0/G) SO/BB: 3/5 HR: 1 SV: 0-for-0 AVG: .306 Fielding%: .943 Errors: 2 TC: 35 OF Assists: 0 DP: 6 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">CCS: 0-for-0 </li><li style="flex:1">SLG: .438 </li></ul>BLUE JAYS vs. ATHLETICS All-Time: 176-204 At Oakland Coliseum: 91-100 Last Season: 4-5 (1-2 at home & 3-3 on the road) 2013: 0-1 The Jays have now dropped five of their last eight & nine of their last 15 games dating back to 2011…Have dropped eight of their last 13 contests at OAK dating back to 2010. VS. THE WEST: Own a record of 10-5 vs. the AL West, having won seven of their last nine contests…Had a 6-game win streak from June 13-July 26…Lost for the 1st time on the road this year, having their 4-game win streak snapped after last night’s loss…Tonight, will play the 6th of 18 straight games vs. AL West opposition (July 25-Aug.12). Prior to last night’s loss, had won six straight contests vs. the AL West on the road dating back to 2012…It had been the longest win streak on the road since June 26-July 15, 1991. Blue Jays HR Dome Open/Cld………………….…………………34/40 Opponents HR Dome Open/Cld…………………………………...35/55 W/L, 2013 open/closed/other…………………………..16-13/11-15/1-0 All-time/open/closed/other…………1053-888/560-498/429-346/63-44 THE LATEST: Last night, TOR lost the 1st game of their road trip & series opener vs. the A’s by a score of 9-4…The A’s scored four runs in the 1st inning on just two hits & were leading 8-1 after five innings of play…The Jays have been outscored 8-1 in the 1st inning over their last three contests…The Jays had their record fall to 12-40 when the opposition strikes first…Have now dropped four of their last five series openers. Toronto’s pitching staff has allowed 7-ER or more in five of their last eight contests…The starting staff has now allowed 19-ER over their last 22 innings of work (four game span)…Esmil Rogers lasted just 4.1 IP in last night’s start while allowing 6-ER…It was the 6th time over the last 13 games in which the starter has worked less than six innings (6.05 ERA, 50ER/74.1). YARD WORK: Last night at OAK, TOR hit 3-HR (Lawire, Encarnacion, Lind)…It marked the 3rd time over their last four & 4th time over their last seven games in which they had hit at least 3-HR…Lawrie & Encarnacion went deep in the 6th inning representing the 8th multiHR inning this season…It marked the 8th time that TOR hit at least 3- HR in a road game this season. Currently rank 2nd in the Majors with 134-HR (BAL leads with 141)…TOR ranks 3rd in the Majors with 29-HR in July (DET/SEA lead with 34) & lead the Majors after the all-star break with 19-HR. FLEXING HIS MUSCLE: Last night at OAK, Edwin Encarnacion hit his club leading 29th HR of the season…Edwin currently ranks 3rd in the Majors with 29-HR (Chris Davis leads with 37) as he has gone deep three times over his last four games…Encarnacion also ranks 4th in the Majors with 84-RBI (Miguel Cabrera leads with 99) as he has knocked in a run in five consecutive contests (10 total). WHERE WE STAND Tampa Bay Boston Baltimore New York Toronto 63-43 (.594) 63-44 (.589) 58-48 (.547) 55-50 (.524) 48-57 (.457) - 0.5 GB 5.0 GB 7.5 GB 14.5 GB The reigning AL Player of the Week currently ranks T-2nd in the Majors with 4-HR after the break & is T-5th in the AL with 6-HR…Only Miguel Cabrera (76-HR) has hit more HR than Encarnacion (71-HR) since the start of 2012 among the Majors. JUST THE FACTS: Since winning a ML best 11 straight contests from June 11-23, the Blue Jays have posted a record of 10-21 (.323)...Despite winning three of their last five games, have lost 11 of their last 15 contests. Won their last series (3-1 vs. HOU) - 1st series victory since July 5-7 vs. MIN (2-1), snapping a span of four straight series losses…It was just the 2nd series victory over their last nine completed series. Currently own a record of 8-16 (.333) in the month of July…With two games remaining this month, are looking to avoid losing more than 16 games in July for just the 6th time in club history…The last time TOR lost more than 16 games in July occurred in 2003 (8-17). IN A GROOVE: Last night, Edwin Encarnacion went 1-for-4 & has now reached base safely in 14 of his last 21 PA (5-game span)…Has hit safely in 12 of his last 14 games & is batting .370 (20-54) with 4-2B, 6-HR, 16- RBI, 8-BB & a 1.222 OPS (.444 OBP/.778 SLG) since July 12. Among the AL in July, ranks T-1st in BB (16), 2nd in OPS (1.077), 3rd in SLG (.649), T-4th in RBI (18), T-5th in HR (6), 6th in OBP (.429) & T- 6th in XBH (12). TRIPLE THREAT: MILESTONES In 11 games since the all-star break, Edwin Encarnacion (.390, 16- 41, 4-2B, 4-HR, 12-RBI), Jose Reyes (.318, 14-44, 4-2B, 2-HR, 7- RBI) & Colby Rasmus (.325, 13-40, 4-2B, 1-HR, 4-RBI) have combined to hit .344 (43-125) with 12-2B, 7-HR & 23-RBI. Rajai Davis Adam Lind J.P. Arencibia 1-SB to tie Alex Rios for 7th on club list 1-HR to tie Ernie Whitt for 8th on club list 1-HR to pass Darrin Fletcher for 2nd on club list by a catcher. CENTRE OF ATTENTION: <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Casey Janssen </li><li style="flex:1">3-SV to tie Mike Timlin for 6th on club list </li></ul>Among AL-CF, Colby Rasmus ranks 2nd in HR (17), RBI (52), T-2nd in 2B (23), 3rd in OPS (.826), SLG (.490) & XBH (41)…Among the AL in July, ranks 1st in XBH (14), T-1st in 2B (11), 6th in AVG (.352), hits (31), 9th in OBP (.400) & 10th in OPS (.980). PITCHING WOES: Since June 24, the pitching staff ranks 2nd last in the Majors with a 5.09 ERA (153ER/270.1)…Over that same time, the starting staff ranks last in the Majors with an ERA of 5.74 (111ER/174.0) while surrendering a Major League high 32-HR…TOR starters have gone less than 6.0 IP in 13 of those 31 starts. Has hit safely in 20 of his last 26 games since June 29 & is batting .354 (34-96), 11-2B, 3-HR, 15-RBI, .398 OBP & a .961 OPS…Has now reached base safely in nine straight & in 19 of his last 20 contests dating back to July 5 (.405 OBP). <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">BLUE JAYS GAME NOTES </li><li style="flex:1">Page 2 </li></ul>STARTING PITCHER <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Mark Buehrle, LHP # 56 </li><li style="flex:1">Born: St. Charles, MO; AGE: 34 </li></ul>W-L 6-7 ERA 4.50 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">G</li><li style="flex:1">GS </li><li style="flex:1">IP </li><li style="flex:1">H</li><li style="flex:1">ER HR BB SO AVG </li></ul>16 35 91 .270 SINGLE-GAME HIGHS <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">2013 </li><li style="flex:1">21 </li><li style="flex:1">21 132.0 141 66 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">2013 </li><li style="flex:1">CAREER </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">CAREER </li><li style="flex:1">180-139 3.85 442 417 2811.0 2948 1203 316 639 1612 .272 </li></ul>IP 9.0, 7/25 vs. HOU 10, 2x, last 7/20 vs. TB 8, 7/12 at BAL 9.0, 24x, last: 7/25/13 vs. HOU 15, 9/15/11 at KC TONIGHT’S START & RECENT HIGHLIGHTS: Is making his 22nd start of the season and 30th career appearance (26th start) vs. the Athletics. H<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">R</li><li style="flex:1">11, 7/2/06 at CHC </li></ul>ER BB <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">8, 7/12 at BAL </li><li style="flex:1">10, 7/2/06 at CHC </li></ul> Will be making his 418th consecutive start without a DL stint...This represents the longest active streak in the majors. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">4, 6/25 at TB </li><li style="flex:1">6, 9/17/11 at ATL </li></ul>SO 9, 7/25 vs. HOU 3, 3x, last: 7/12 at BAL 111, 5/27 vs. TB 1, 7/25 vs. HOU 1, 7/25 vs. HOU 2 G, 6/14-19 12, 4/16/05 vs. SEA <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">4, 9/20/04 vs. MIN </li><li style="flex:1">HR </li></ul> Has a 2.95 ERA at Rogers Centre compared to a 6.44 ERA on the road. PITCHES CG 128, 6/26/03 at MIN 29x, last: 7/25/13 vs. HOU 9x, last: 7/25/13 vs. HOU 9 G, 4/20-7/3/05 Has surrendered three home runs in three separate starts this season... Prior to this year, had allowed three HR in a single start only once since 2009. SHO WIN STREAK LOSS STREAK Over his !rst seven starts allowed 11 home runs...Has allowed just !ve over his last 14 starts. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">3 G, 4/25-5/17 </li><li style="flex:1">9 G, 4/20-6/16/03 </li></ul> In his last start, July 25 vs. HOU tossed his 9th career shutout...Was most K’s (9) since his career high 12 in 2005. SPLITS Has committed two errors this season marking his !rst two error season since 2005. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">2013 </li><li style="flex:1">CAREER </li></ul>103-61, 3.63 ERA, 232 G, 217 GS 77-78, 4.10 ERA, 210 G, 200 GS .272, 316 HR HOME ROAD 5-2, 2.95 ERA, 11 GS 1-5, 6.44 ERA, 10 GS .270, 16 HR VS. THE ATHLETICS OPP. AVG VS. LHB VS. RHB Has not faced A’s since 2011...Has won last two starts and has allowed just six earned over his last 21.1 innings vs. OAK, all in 2011. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">.234, 5 HR </li><li style="flex:1">.261, 88 HR </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">.284, 11 HR </li><li style="flex:1">.275, 228 HR </li></ul>CAREER & 2012 NOTES: Finished the 2012 season with 202.1 innings pitched over 31 starts, giving him 10 wins, 30 starts and 200.0 innings pitched for the 12th straight season, extending the longest active streak in the Majors. Became just the 2nd pitcher ever to record a streak of 12 or more seasons with more than 200.0 innings pitched and fewer than 61 walks, joining Cy Young who did so in 13 straight seasons from 1897- 1907. vs. ATHLETICS <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">H</li><li style="flex:1">W-L </li></ul>-- ERA -- <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">G</li><li style="flex:1">GS IP </li><li style="flex:1">ER HR BB SO AVG </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">2013 </li><li style="flex:1">-</li><li style="flex:1">-</li><li style="flex:1">-- </li><li style="flex:1">-- </li><li style="flex:1">-- </li><li style="flex:1">-- </li><li style="flex:1">-- </li><li style="flex:1">-- </li><li style="flex:1">-- </li></ul>CAREER COLISEUM 6-13 2-7 3.73 29 25 173.2 169 72 17 49 88 .255 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">4.45 15 13 89.0 97 44 22 44 .275 </li><li style="flex:1">9</li></ul> Tossed a perfect game (MLB’s 18th) on July 23, 2009 vs. Tampa Bay and set a Major League record by retiring 45 consecutive batters from July 18- 28,2009 Recorded a no-hitter on April 18, 2007 vs. TEX...Is the only pitcher in baseball history to record multiple no-hitters and earn multiple Gold Glove awards. 2013 REGULAR SEASON GAME LOG - STARTER DATE SCORE 4/4 W10-8 4/10 W8-6 4/15 W4-3 4/20 L5-3 4/25 L5-3 OPP CLE at DET CWS NYY at NYY BOS at TB at BOS at NYY TB ATL at SD TEX at TEX COL at TB at BOS MIN at BAL TB HOU <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">DEC SCORE WHEN LEFT IP </li><li style="flex:1">H</li></ul>77977795645 R662355715214102440840<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ER BB </li><li style="flex:1">K</li></ul>423731554662374245459<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">HR PIT/STRIKES </li><li style="flex:1">NOTES </li></ul>-- -- W-- L 6-6 1-3 4-2 0-3 3-5 0-4 2-7 2-0 0-3 2-2 6-1 2-4 3-1 6-0 4-2 1-4 3-4 4-0 3-8 2-4 --- 5.1 4.1 6.1 7.0 5.1 6.2 6.0 7.0 6.0 7.0 6.0 652255715213102440830 122103223221211410032 200133200000101000300 88/55 96/52 102/59 108/71 99/67 106/62 107/67 105/69 100/60 109/66 111/72 98/62 2nd time over last 11 starts to not pitch at least 6.0 innings Was third straight no-decision dating back to last year Picked up his 1st win as a Blue Jay and 1st QS of season Has thrown 6.0+ innings in 11 of his last 14 starts Surrendered 3 HR for the 2nd time since 2010 Gave up 3 HR in consecutive starts for the1st time in career Allowed all seven runs in the 3rd inning 5/1 5/6 L10-1 W8-7 L-- -- L 5/11 W3-2 5/17 L5-0 5/22 W4-3 5/27 W9-3 Surrendered a season-low !ve hits and one earned run 6th time in 9 starts this season to allow !ve or more runs Earned his 4th quality start of the year Hasn’t allowed a HR in last 4G after allowing 11 over 1st 7 Committed 2nd error of yr, 1st two-error season since 2005 Surrendered 1st HR in last six games Pitched 7.0 scoreless innings for the 1st time this year Won two straight games for 1st time this season 1st time he allowed four runs over his previous six starts Has surrendered just two HR over last 10 starts Has not surrendered a ER to MIN in 35.2 innings 1st time he’s allowed 3HR in 3 starts in a season since 2006 10th quality start despit a season-high 10 hits (0 XBH) 9th career SO, most K’s since career high 12 in 2005 -- W<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">L</li><li style="flex:1">6/1 </li></ul>6/8 L4-3 W4-3 6.0 10 -- WWL-- WL 7.0 7.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 6.0 4488769 92/57 6/14 W8-0 6/19 W5-2 6/25 L5-1 6/30 L5-4 100/64 92/57 99/58 96/60 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">7/5 </li><li style="flex:1">W4-0 </li><li style="flex:1">101/74 </li></ul>101/63 111/69 108/74 7/12 L8-5 7/20 L4-3 7/25 W4-0 LW 7.0 10 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">9.0 </li><li style="flex:1">2</li></ul>

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