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 www.bluejays.com 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: 2013 GLANCING at the JAYS nd th Tonight, TOR continues a 10-game road trip with the 2 of a 3-game 2013 Record ......................................................... 48-57, 5 , 14.5 GB set at Oakland…Are 0-1 on the trip after dropping last night’s series 2013 Home Attendance (Total & Average) ............. 1,778,143/31,753 opener, 9-4…Following the series with the A’s, fly to Los Angeles for 2012 Season (Hm. Attendance)-After 56 dates .................. 1,566,409 a 4-game set vs. LAA (48-56)…Following the series vs. LAA, Come From Behind Wins ................................................................ 21 conclude the trip with a 3-game series at Seattle (50-55). Last Shutout by Blue Jays .................................. 4-0, July 25 vs. HOU Are 20-29 on the road this season, having lost six of their last eight Last Shutout by Opponent ...................................... 3-0, July 9 at CLE contests…Have lost four consecutive series on the road (1-2 at TB, April ‘13/‘12/‘11 ....................................................... 10-17/12-11/13-14 1-3 at BOS, 1-2 at CLE & 1-2 at BAL), going 4-10 over that span. May ‘13/‘12/‘11 ....................................................... 13-15/15-13/15-13 CURRENT ROAD TRIP (0-1) June ‘13/’12/’11 ....................................................... 17-9/13-14/12-15 AVG/RISP: .156/-- (--) ERA: 7.88 Fielding%: .943 July ‘13/’12/’11 ........................................................ 8-16/11-14/15-11 Runs: 4 (4.0 R/G) Runs: 9 (9.0/G) Errors: 2 Under JOHN GIBBONS ......................................................... 353-362 HR: 3 SO/BB: 3/5 TC: 35 Under DeMarlo Hale (filled in on 6/10 at CWS) ............................. 0-1 SB/CS: 0-for-0 HR: 1 OF Assists: 0 2012 - After 105 games .............................................................. 51-54 OBP: .206 SV: 0-for-0 DP: 6 Vs. RHS/LHS ................................................................... 35-40/13-17 Blue Jays/Opponents scoring first .................................... 36-17/12-40 SLG: .438 AVG: .306 CCS: 0-for-0 GMS decided in final AB/Walk-Off ....................................... 14-10/5-5 BLUE JAYS vs. ATHLETICS 1-Run/2-Run Games .......................................................... 11-19/10-9 All-Time: 176-204 Franchise record ................................................................ 2876-2936 At Oakland Coliseum: 91-100 Home/Road ...................................................................... 28-28/20-29 Last Season: 4-5 (1-2 at home & 3-3 on the road) Series Record/Home/Road .................................. 10-17-6/7-8-3/3-9-3 2013: 0-1 Series Openers/Finales .................................................... 16-19/17-16 The Jays have now dropped five of their last eight & nine of their Vs. EAST/CENTRAL/WEST/NL ........................ 18-30/11-14/10-5/9-8 last 15 games dating back to 2011…Have dropped eight of their last After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ...................................... 36-1/8-10/4-46 13 contests at OAK dating back to 2010. After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ........................................ 37-1/8-7/3-49 Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road ....................................... 5-6/2-4/3-2 VS. THE WEST: 2013 at ROGERS CENTRE Own a record of 10-5 vs. the AL West, having won seven of their last Blue Jays HR Dome Open/Cld………………….…………………34/40 nine contests…Had a 6-game win streak from June 13-July Opponents HR Dome Open/Cld…………………………………...35/55 26…Lost for the 1st time on the road this year, having their 4-game W/L, 2013 open/closed/other…………………………..16-13/11-15/1-0 win streak snapped after last night’s loss…Tonight, will play the 6th of All-time/open/closed/other…………1053-888/560-498/429-346/63-44 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 THE LATEST: West on the road dating back to 2012…It had been the longest win Last night, TOR lost the 1st game of their road trip & series opener vs. streak on the road since June 26-July 15, 1991. st the A’s by a score of 9-4…The A’s scored four runs in the 1 inning YARD WORK: on just two hits & were leading 8-1 after five innings of play…The Last night at OAK, TOR hit 3-HR (Lawire, Encarnacion, Lind)…It st Jays have been outscored 8-1 in the 1 inning over their last three marked the 3rd time over their last four & 4th time over their last contests…The Jays had their record fall to 12-40 when the opposition seven games in which they had hit at least 3-HR…Lawrie & strikes first…Have now dropped four of their last five series openers. Encarnacion went deep in the 6th inning representing the 8th multi- Toronto’s pitching staff has allowed 7-ER or more in five of their last HR inning this season…It marked the 8th time that TOR hit at least 3- eight contests…The starting staff has now allowed 19-ER over their HR in a road game this season. last 22 innings of work (four game span)…Esmil Rogers lasted just Currently rank 2nd in the Majors with 134-HR (BAL leads with th 4.1 IP in last night’s start while allowing 6-ER…It was the 6 time 141)…TOR ranks 3rd in the Majors with 29-HR in July (DET/SEA over the last 13 games in which the starter has worked less than six lead with 34) & lead the Majors after the all-star break with 19-HR. innings (6.05 ERA, 50ER/74.1). FLEXING HIS MUSCLE: Last night at OAK, Edwin Encarnacion hit his club leading 29th HR WHERE WE STAND of the season…Edwin currently ranks 3rd in the Majors with 29-HR Tampa Bay 63-43 (.594) - (Chris Davis leads with 37) as he has gone deep three times over Boston 63-44 (.589) 0.5 GB his last four games…Encarnacion also ranks 4th in the Majors with Baltimore 58-48 (.547) 5.0 GB 84-RBI (Miguel Cabrera leads with 99) as he has knocked in a run New York 55-50 (.524) 7.5 GB in five consecutive contests (10 total). Toronto 48-57 (.457) 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 JUST THE FACTS: Miguel Cabrera (76-HR) has hit more HR than Encarnacion (71-HR) Since winning a ML best 11 straight contests from June 11-23, the since the start of 2012 among the Majors. 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. IN A GROOVE: Won their last series (3-1 vs. HOU) - 1st series victory since July 5-7 Last night, Edwin Encarnacion went 1-for-4 & has now reached vs. MIN (2-1), snapping a span of four straight series losses…It was base safely in 14 of his last 21 PA (5-game span)…Has hit safely in just the 2nd series victory over their last nine completed series. 12 of his last 14 games & is batting .370 (20-54) with 4-2B, 6-HR, 16- Currently own a record of 8-16 (.333) in the month of July…With two RBI, 8-BB & a 1.222 OPS (.444 OBP/.778 SLG) since July 12. st nd rd games remaining this month, are looking to avoid losing more than Among the AL in July, ranks T-1 in BB (16), 2 in OPS (1.077), 3 th th th 16 games in July for just the 6th time in club history…The last time in SLG (.649), T-4 in RBI (18), T-5 in HR (6), 6 in OBP (.429) & T- th TOR lost more than 16 games in July occurred in 2003 (8-17). 6 in XBH (12). TRIPLE THREAT: MILESTONES In 11 games since the all-star break, Edwin Encarnacion (.390, 16- th Rajai Davis 1-SB to tie Alex Rios for 7 on club list 41, 4-2B, 4-HR, 12-RBI), Jose Reyes (.318, 14-44, 4-2B, 2-HR, 7- th Adam Lind 1-HR to tie Ernie Whitt for 8 on club list RBI) & Colby Rasmus (.325, 13-40, 4-2B, 1-HR, 4-RBI) have nd J.P. Arencibia 1-HR to pass Darrin Fletcher for 2 on club list by combined to hit .344 (43-125) with 12-2B, 7-HR & 23-RBI. a catcher. Casey Janssen 3-SV to tie Mike Timlin for 6th on club list CENTRE OF ATTENTION: 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 PITCHING WOES: st st th nd AL in July, ranks 1 in XBH (14), T-1 in 2B (11), 6 in AVG (.352), Since June 24, the pitching staff ranks 2 last in the Majors with a hits (31), 9th in OBP (.400) & 10th in OPS (.980).