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 #94, Road #47 (21-26), TORONTO BLUE JAYS (43-50) at BOSTON RED SOX (53-42), Wednesday, July 19, 2017 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: (All Times Eastern) Wednesday, July 19 at Boston Red Sox, 7:10 pm…RHP Aaron Sanchez (1-2, 3.94) vs. LHP Drew Pomeranz (9-4, 3.75) Thursday, July 20 at Boston Red Sox, 1:35 pm…TBA vs. RHP Doug Fister (0-3, 6.75) 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 ON THE ROAD AGAIN: 2017 AT A GLANCE Tonight, Toronto continues its 10-day, 10-game road trip (2-3) with Record .................................................................... 43-50, 5th, 9.0 GB the third tilt of a four-game set in Boston…Will finish the trip with a Home Attendance (Total & Average) ...................... 1,823,669/39,645 three-game series in Cleveland (48-44) starting on Friday. Sellouts (2017) ................................................................................ 11 The Jays are 21-26 on the road but have gone 13-12 in their last 24 2016 Season Record after 93 Games ........................................ 51-42 contests, including wins in 5 of the last 9…Have 10+ hits in 2 of their 2016 Season Record after 94 Games ........................................ 52-42 last 3 road games and in 8 of their last 15…Are averaging 4.40 R/G Come From Behind Wins ................................................................ 26 on the road (19th in MLB, 9th in AL)…Have struck out 66 batters over Last Shutout by Blue Jays ........................ 4-0, June 28, 2017 vs. BAL the last 7 road games (9.4 K/G) and rank 5th in the AL with 407 road Last Shutout by Opponent ....................... 2-0, June 29, 2017 vs. BAL Ks (Boston leads with 448)…Have allowed 4.68 R/G while away Under JOHN GIBBONS ......................................................... 687-664 from Rogers Centre (16th in MLB and 8th in the AL). vs. RHS/LHS ...................................................................... 35-34/8-16 Blue Jays/Opponents scoring first .................................... 20-17/24-32 BLUE JAYS vs. RED SOX: Games decided in final AB/Walk-Off ........................................ 7-9/3-7 All-Time: 274-331...All-Time, On The Road: 140-160...2017: 2-6 1-Run Games ............................................................................. 14-11 The Jays have lost 6 of 8 this year but were 10-9 last Franchise record ................................................................ 3210-3238 season…Toronto has won 4 of its last 6 games and 7 of its last 10 at Home/Road ...................................................................... 22-24/21-26 Fenway Park…TOR suffered their only sweep of the season at the Series Record/Home/Road .................................... 9-15-6/5-7-3/4-8-3 hands of the BOS in their last series (6/30-7/2)…Were outscored 29- Series Openers/Finales .................................................... 14-17/14-16 6 in the series…Was most runs allowed by TOR in a series since After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ...................................... 29-4/10-6/5-40 May 16-18, 2016 vs. TB (31R)…Since 2011, have alternated season After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ........................................ 23-2/7-7/1-41 series wins, taking 2012 (11-7), 2014 (12-7) and 2016 (10-9). Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road ....................................... 3-8/0-2/3-6 Jose Bautista leads the Blue Jays in career HR and RBI against the Vs. East/Central/West/NL ................................... 16-26/5-7/15-10/7-7 Red Sox…His 41 HR ranks 1st among active players (2nd, Longoria- April/May/June/July ........................................... 8-17/18-10/11-15/6-8 31) while his 99 RBI are 3rd best (Cano-116, Longoria-102)…24 of 2017 at ROGERS CENTRE those HR have been in Boston. Blue Jays HR Dome Open/Cld………………….………………….15/45 Including last night’s 2-for-6 effort, Kevin Pillar has recorded 12 Opponents HR Dome Open/Cld…………………………………....22/38 multi-hit games at Fenway Park…Is now batting .337 (35-for-104) in W/L, 2017 open/closed/other………………………………5-5/17-13/0-6 28 career games at the venue. All-time/open/closed/other. .......... 1230-1023/667-561/490-411/70-51 TULO TIME: th THE LATEST: Troy Tulowitzki went 4-for-7 last night…Marked his 17 career game Last night, TOR lost the second match of its four-game series in with 4+ hits and his second as a Blue Jay (8/16/16 at NYY - 4H)…Of BOS, 5-4, in 15 innings…The Jays are now 3-8 in extra-inning his 55 hits this year, 36 have come in multi-hit efforts…Has 10 hits in contests, having lost each of their last three…Their .273 win% in 8 games vs. BOS (.294 AVG) this season and has hit .324 (11-for- th 34) in his last 8 games vs. AL East teams. those games ranks 28 in MLB...Were 4-9 when needing extras last year…Their .292 win% over the last two seasons is the 2nd lowest in OSUNA OR LATER, ALL STREAKS END: the Majors (CIN-.250)…Have gone 0-6 in extra-inning games vs. AL Roberto Osuna took the mound in the 11th inning last night with a 4-3 opponents this season, including three such losses to the Red Sox. lead and gave up a run on three singles…Allowed a run for the first With the loss, the Blue Jays fall back into 5th in the AL East standings time since 6/7 at OAK, a span of 14 games (13.2 IP). and back to 9.0 games back of 1st place Boston…Have been in 5th Osuna suffered his 1st blown save since 4/27 at STL…Had his streak place for a total of 91 days this season (tied for 4th place for 17 of consecutive saves come to an end at 22, 3rd longest streak in the days)…With a win tonight and a Baltimore (44-49) loss, would move ML (Jansen-24, Holland-23)…It was the 4th longest in club history. th back into a tie for 4 in the division…Toronto has not been better Toronto, Most Consecutive Saves – All-Time th than tied for 4 in the AL East standings at any point this season. Player Streak Start Date – End Date THIS & THAT: Tom Henke 25 04/09/1991 – 08/07/1991 The 15-inning affair was the Jays’ longest this season based on Casey Janssen 24 08/04/2013 – 05/27/2014 innings…Their 13-inning game on 4/21 at LAA lasted 5 hours and 36 Tom Henke 23 08/27/1986 – 06/23/1987 minutes, 37 minutes longer than last night’s 4:59 effort. Roberto Osuna 22 04/29/2017 – 07/17/2017 Toronto batters collected 15 hits last night, their 2nd highest total in a MIKE’S NIGHT: game this season (5/29 vs. CIN - 23)…Hit 4 doubles and have hit Mike Bolsinger pitched 3.1 innings in relief last night and allowed multiple doubles in back-to-back games for the first time since 6/18- just one hit (the game-winning home run to Ramirez) after retiring 23, when they did so in 6 straight games…Grounded into 3 double the first 11 batters he faced…Has pitched 3.1 innings or more in plays to extend their MLB lead to 99 (2nd, BOS - 91)…Failed to hit a each of his last 3 appearances…Struck out 6 batters and has 17 Ks HR for the 25th time and are now 4-21 in those games. in those 3 games…Struck out 4 batters in the 13th inning, joining Blue Jay pitchers struck out 15 batters to tie a season high (4th time, Steve Delebar (8/13/12 vs. CWS, 10th inning) as the only pitchers in last: 5/31 vs. CIN)…Issued just two walks, and have walked two or club history to record 4 strikeouts in an inning. less in 4 of their 11 extra-inning games. ISSUES WITH THE EAST: ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Jays had their three-game winning streak against divisional J.A. Happ threw 100 pitches over 5.0 innings, allowing 2 ER on 5 hits opponents come to an end last night and are now 16-26 vs. the AL and 2 walks…Has allowed 3 or fewer runs in each of his 8 starts East…Went 40-36 (.526) vs. the division last year and 42-34 (.553) in since returning from the DL on May 30…Has held the Sox to 2 or less 2015…Have not had a losing record against the East since 2013 (30- runs in 8 of those outings…Is the first starter to hold Boston to 2 or 46, .395), also the last time the Jays finished 5th in the division. fewer runs in 5 straight games since Michael Pineda (4/10/14-9/1/15 - also 5 starts). AL East, Records within the Division – 2017 Jose Bautista went 2-for-5 with a pair of walks…Both of his hits were Team Record Win% doubles, his first game with more than one double this season (had 3 New York Yankees 23-17 .575 such games last year and 3 in 2015)…Now with 205 doubles in a Baltimore Orioles 26-20 .565 Blue Jays uniform, has surpassed Rance Mulliniks (204) for 9th most Boston Red Sox 20-21 .488 in club history (8th, Olerud - 213).