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 (21-17) at BOSTON RED SOX (13-27) RHP Chase Anderson (0-0, 3.20) vs. RHP Ryan Weber (0-2, 5.79) Game #39 Road #26 (13-12) September 5, 2020 7:35 pm TV: SNET1 RADIO: SN590 2020 AT A GLANCE THE LATEST: ROAD WORK: Overall 21-17 The Blue Jays split their doubleheader in Boston The Blue Jays are in Boston for five games at Fenway Home 8-5 yesterday with both games decided by one-run... Park, which included a home-and-home doubleheader Road 13-12 Have now gone 11-8 in one-run games...The 19 yesterday...Went 1-1 in Miami to begin this road trip Day 5-7 one-run contests are the most in the Majors this and are now 13-12 in away affairs. Night 16-10 season (2nd: BAL - 15)...Toronto has had 50.0% Toronto batters have hit .227 when on the road this of its games in decided by one run, a rate which season (11th in the AL) while scoring 3.84 runs/game Current Streak L1 is currently the highest in MLB history (2nd: 1971 (14th in the AL)...The pitching staff holds a road ERA Last 5 Games 3-2 Houston Astros - 46.3%). of 3.53 (3rd in the AL, 4th in MLB), to go with a .226 Last 10 Games 7-3 The Jays have now won two of three in Boston, seven road opponents’ average (2nd in the AL, 5th in MLB). July 3-4 of their last 10, eight of the last 12, and 14 of their last August 15-11 20 contests...Are currently four games over .500 and THE NEW VILLAR: September 3-2 remain in a tie with the Yankees (21-17) for 2nd place Jonathan Villar was used as a pinch-runner in Game vs. LHSP 7-7 in the AL East...Have not been in 2nd or tied for 2nd 1 and started at shortstop in Game 2 yesterday... vs. RHSP 14-10 beyond the first month of a season since ending the Finished the day 1-for-3 with an RBI...Is now 3-for-15 Series Opener 9-4 2016 campaign tied with Baltimore for 2nd place at with two RBI and a walk in five games as a Blue Jay. Series Finale 5-7 89-73...Are now 3.0 games up on the Tigers for the By Series 3-4-5 final AL playoff spot. FUN WHILE IT LASTED: Teoscar Hernández needed a seven-inning quirk By Home Series 2-1-2 MLB, % Games Decided by 1 Run - All-Time in the schedule to take down his career-long hitting By Road Series 1-3-3 Rank Team 1R Games % streak of 15 games (10G from Sept. 17, 2019-July 24, Rubber Games 0-4 1 2020 Toronto Blue Jays 19 38 50.0 2020)...Went 19-for-52 (.365) with 14 runs scored, one Sweeps/Were Swept 2-0 2 1971 Houston Astrols 75 162 46.3 double, six home runs, 11 RBI and nine walks over Scored First 11-8 3 1968 Chicago White Sox 74 162 45.7 that stretch (.459 OBP, 1.190 OPS). Opponent Scored First 10-9 4 1946 Cincinnati Reds 69 156 44.2 The 15-game streak was the longest by a Blue Jay 5 1994 Los Angeles Dodgers 50 114 43.9 One-Run Games 11-8 this season (2nd: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - 12G)...It One or Two-Run Games 12-12 was the 3rd longest active streak in the Majors (Jose Comeback Wins 12-10 THE AFTERNOON: Abreu - 17; Freddie Freeman - 16) and the 4th longest Last AB Wins 8-11 The Blue Jays used a pair of three-run innings to by an AL hitter in 2020...The last Toronto batter with Walk-off Wins 4-4 build enough of a lead to hang on for an 8-7 win... a streak of at least 15 games was Devon Travis, who Extra Innings 5-6 Reached a season-high five games over .500 (21-16), put together a 17-game stretch from Sept. 3-20, 2016. the highest over the even mark they had been since Led After 6 15-2 AL, Longest Hitting Streaks - 2020 Led After 7 14-1 May 3, 2018 (18-13), when they won the first half of a Rank Player Games Dates doubleheader in Cleveland. Led After 8 13-1 1 José Abreu 18 8/16-Active Tied After 6 2-6 1 Anthony Santander 18 8/5-8/23 THE EVENING: Tied After 7 3-9 3 David Fletcher 16 7/31-8/17 Toronto was limited to two runs on six hits as they Tied After 8 5-7 4 Teoscar Hernández 15 8/20-9/3 dropped another one-run game, 3-2, in seven innings... Behind After 6 4-9 5 Alex Verdugo 14 8/10-8/25 Are now 3-1 in scheduled seven-inning contests, Behind After 7 2-6 5 Anthony Rendon 14 8/10-8/24 having also gone 2-0 vs. Philadelphia on Aug. 20. Behind After 8 0-7 Division Games 14-11 A TRIO FOR TRAVIS: FIVE FOR FIGHTING: vs. Other Divisions 7-6 Travis Shaw opened yesterday’s scoring with a solo This weekend marks Toronto’s first five-game series vs. AL Teams 14-11 shot in the 2nd inning of Game 1...Marked his 4th since July 1-4, 2002, also at Fenway Park, when the vs. NL Teams 7-6 home run of the season and first since Aug. 18 at Jays lost all five games to the Red Sox...This set Hit 0 HR 5-7 BAL...Also singled and doubled as he went 3-for-4, his marks the 11th series of 5+ games in team history, and Hit 1+ HR 16-10 first three-hit game since Aug. 9, 2018 vs. SD. the 5th since moving into Rogers Centre in 1989...The Hit 2+ HR 13-5 Blue Jays have gone 3-6-1 in the 10 prior extra-long Scored 3 or Fewer Runs 4-11 DANNY’S DRIVE: series. Scored 4 or More Runs 17-6 Danny Jansen sent a two-run blast over the green Scored 5 or More Runs 16-4 monster in the 2nd inning of Game 1 yesterday... VS. THE RED SOX: All-Time: 294-368 Snapped a 0-for-10 skid...Was his 3rd long-ball of the Allowed 3 or Fewer Runs 11-4 2020: 4-4 Road: 152-181 campaign and his 5th career home run vs. Boston, his Allowed 4 or More Runs 10-13 Road: 3-3 Fenway Park: 152-181 most vs. any opponent (3 vs. NYY). Allowed 5 or More Runs 5-9 The Blue Jays are now 4-4 against the Red Sox so far More Hits than Opponent 12-6 this season...Last had a winning season vs. Boston in TELLEZ MORE ABOUT PLAYING BOSTON: 2016 (10-9)...Have won two series at Fenway Park Fewer Hits than Opponent 7-8 Rowdy Tellez hit a solo homer in the 4th inning of Committed No Errors 12-10 since the start of 2017, going 13-22 there in that span. Game 2 yesterday...Was his 7th home run of the Teoscar Hernández is now 8-for-30 (.267) with a pair WHEN BATTING LAST season and his 3rd off Red Sox pitching...Has hit 10 of doubles and a pair of home runs in eight games vs. Stadium W/L RF RA career home runs vs. Boston, six more than he has vs. the Red Sox this season...Holds a career .932 OPS any other opponent...According to Elias, hitting 31.3% Sahlen Field 8-5 82 65 over 41 games vs. Boston, batting .253 (37-for-146) of his homers vs. Boston is the highest percentage Nationals Park 0-2 4 10 with seven doubles, a triple, 14 home runs and 32 among all active players vs. a single opponent (min. RBI...Now has 10 home runs and 25 RBI in 27 games Fenway Park 0-1 2 3 30 HR; 2nd: Jeimer Candelario - 26.4% vs. CWS). at Fenway Park (.621 SLG). The first baseman finished yesterday’s twinbill 3-for-5 Citizens Bank Park - - - Cavan Biggio homered twice in the Fenway Park with a walk and two RBI...Is now hitting .266 for the series last month...Is now 20-for-67 (.299) in his 20 BY THE NUMBERS season while slugging .532 with an .868 OPS. career games against the Red Sox...Has recorded MLB, % Pitches Taken - 2020 four doubles, a triple, three home runs and six RBI Yasmani Grandal 67.0 BEGINNING TO PANIK: while drawing 20 walks for a .460 OBP and .982 OPS Joe Panik combined to go 3-for-6 with two walks and Cavan Biggio 65.0 in those contests. Ramon Laureano 64.8 two RBI in yesterday’s doubleheader...Was batting .163 (7-for-43) with no extra-base hits or RBI through Rowdy Tellez is now hitting .348 (23-for-66) with four David Fletcher 64.6 his first 16 games...In seven games since, has gone doubles, 10 homers and 22 RBI in his 23 career Carlos Santana 64.5 9-for-23 (.391) with three doubles and two RBI.