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 #159 Road #78 (33-44), TORONTO BLUE JAYS (75-83) at BOSTON RED SOX (91-66), Wednesday, September 27, 2017 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: (All Times Eastern) Wednesday, September 27 at Boston Red Sox, 7:10 pm…RHP Marco Estrada (10-8, 4.70) vs. RHP Rick Porcello (10-17, 4.55) Thursday, September 28…OFF-DAY ON THE ROAD AGAIN: 2017 AT A GLANCE This evening, Toronto continues its final road trip of 2017 with the Record ............................................................... 75-83, T-4th, 16.5 GB concluding clash of a three-game series in Boston…Will have an off- Home Attendance (Total & Average) ...................... 3,203,886/39,554 day tomorrow before wrapping up the season with three games Sellouts (2017) ................................................................................ 17 against the Yankees beginning on Friday. 2016 Season Record after 158 Games ...................................... 87-71 The Blue Jays have won 4 of their last 5 road games and are 2016 Season Record after 159 Games ...................................... 87-72 looking to win 3 straight for the first time since 7/4-14 (3G)…Have Come From Behind Wins ................................................................ 39 won a road series for the first time since 7/31-8/2 at CWS, having Last Shutout by Blue Jays ........................ 4-0, Aug. 10, 2017 vs. NYY gone 0-4-2 in their previous 6 road series…Have doubled in 13 Last Shutout by Opponent ........................ 1-0, Sept. 21, 2017 vs. KC consecutive road contests (32-2B)…Have 11+ hits in 3 of their last 4 Under JOHN GIBBONS ......................................................... 719-697 away dates…Are averaging 4.56 R/G on the road this season (14th vs. RHS/LHS .................................................................... 58-60/17-23 in MLB, 7th in AL)…Have allowed 4.95 R/G away from Rogers Blue Jays/Opponents scoring first .................................... 42-33/33-50 Centre (19th in MLB, 9th in AL). Games decided in final AB/Walk-Off .................................. 16-18/7-15 1-Run Games ............................................................................. 25-26 BLUE JAYS vs. RED SOX: Franchise record ................................................................ 3242-3271 All-Time: 278-337...All-Time, on the Road: 144-163...2017: 6-12 Home/Road ...................................................................... 42-39/33-44 The Jays are looking for their first sweep of the Red Sox since Series Record/Home/Road (incl. BOS) .......... 18-24-9/12-11-3/6-13-6 taking all 3 games at Fenway from June 12-14, 2015…Have won 3 Series Openers/Finales .................................................... 23-28/23-26 of 5 meetings at Fenway Park this year and have a record of 34-22 After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ...................................... 54-9/15-8/6-66 at the historic venue since the start of 2012, the 2nd most wins by After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ...................................... 64-7/6-10/5-66 any visiting team (BAL - 35)…Are 5-12 against the Red Sox this Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road ................................... 5-14/1-2/4-12 season while being outscored, 97-68…The 97 runs allowed are their Vs. East/Central/West/NL ............................. 32-40/13-18/21-14/9-11 most vs. any opponent this season. Pre/Post All-Star Break .................................................... 41-47/34-36 Jose Bautista is the franchise leader in home runs (42) and RBI 2017 at ROGERS CENTRE (101) against Boston….His 42 career homers are the most among Blue Jays HR Dome Open/Cld………………….………………….54/51 active players while his 101 RBI rank third (Cano-116, Longoria- Opponents HR Dome Open/Cld…………………………………....57/42 106)…Has hit 6 more home runs against the Red Sox than any W/L, 2017 open/closed/other…………………………..22-18/20-14/0-7 other opponent (NYY-36)…His 25 HR at Fenway are his most at any All-time/open/closed/other. ........ ..1250-1039/685-574/495-413/70-52 venue other than Rogers Centre. THE LATEST: MONSTAH MASH: Last night, Toronto used 5 home runs to power its way to a second The Jays have hit 14 home runs in their last 6 games at Fenway straight win in Boston, taking the contest by a score of 9-4…The 5 Park…Their 15 HR there this season leads all visitors…Since their nd blasts were the Jays’ 2nd highest total this year (6HR on 8/23 at inaugural season in 1977, have hit 316 homers in Boston, 2 most of TB)…Toronto is looking for its 3rd sweep of a 3+ game series (last: any visiting team (NYY-327)…Over the last decade, have hit 116 HR there, 13 more than any other visiting club. 7/24-7/27 vs. OAK) and its first on the road this year. The Blue Jays have won 4 of their last 5 and are 11-6 over their last TEOSCAR TIME: 17 contests…Have moved into a tie for 4th in the AL East standings Teoscar Hernandez homered twice last night and has 7 HR with the Orioles (75-83)…Have been tied for 4th for 21 days this since his Sept. 1 call-up, setting a club record for the most season (5th place for 155 days)…The Jays can take sole possession homers by a Toronto rookie in the month…Collected 4-RBI and of 4th place with a win tonight and a Baltimore loss…Toronto has not now has a total of 18-RBI, 2nd most all-time by a Jays rookie in been higher than tied for 4th in the AL East standings at any September (Josh Phelps-19 in 2002)…Has a 5-game RBI streak (9- point this season. RBI), tied for the longest by a Toronto player this year (Martin: 7/30- th BRINGING THE RAIN EARLY AND OFTEN: 8/4)…Last night marked his 4 multi-RBI effort this season…Has For the second straight night, Josh Donaldson opened the scoring gone 20-for-68 (.274) with 15-R, 6-2B, 7-HR and 4-BB in 22G as a with a solo home run in the 1st inning…The homer was his 15th in the Blue Jay while slugging .644 with a .952 OPS. 1st inning this season, taking the MLB lead over Giancarlo Stanton STARTING FROM THE TOP: (14) for the most homers in the opening frame…Hit another solo With multi-HR efforts from their lead-off (Hernandez) and number-two rd shot in the 3rd inning for his 6th multi-HR game of the season (5th hitter (Donaldson), the Jays now have the 3 duo in MLB history to post All-Star Break) and the 16th of his career. start in the top two spots and hit multiple homers in the same st Donaldson has homered in each of his last 5 road contests (8 HR), game…The 1 occurrence was 126 years ago on Aug. 25, 1891, the longest such streak of his career and tied for the longest in MLB when Jimmy Ryan and Walt Wilmot each hit 2 HR for the Chicago in 2017 (M. Olson & E. Thames)…The stretch also ties a club record Colts (now CHC) to top the Brooklyn Bridegrooms (LAD)…The other (Encarnacion: Sept. 17-Oct. 3, 2015)…Only 8 players all-time have came on Aug. 22, 2010 when Omar Infante and Jason Heyward each had a longer road HR streak (last: Stanton-6G in 2012)…Donaldson homered twice for the Braves at Wrigley Field (courtesy Elias). th th finished 3-for-5 for his 9 3+ hit game (7 since 8/8)…Since the All- QUITE A COMBO: nd Star Break, he leads the AL with 24 HR while ranking 2 in SLG Kendrys Morales hit his 28th home run last night, a two-run shot in the rd th (.616) and OPS (1.009), T-3 in RBI (52) and 4 in BB (45). 5th inning…Had gone 17 games without a homer but has 5-2B, 7-HR AL, HR Post All-Star Break - 2017 and 24-RBI over his last 29 games. Rank Player HR RBI Morales now ranks 4th in HR among MLB switch-hitters while Justin 1 Josh Donaldson 24 52 Smoak leads the way (38 HR)…Their total of 66 HR is the most ever 2 Edwin Encarnacion 20 55 by a Toronto switch-hitting duo…The Smoak/Morales combo is now 2 Justin Upton 20 55 just 2 homers shy of the best such season all-time (courtesy STATS). 2 Gary Sanchez 20 50 MLB, Most HR by Switch-Hitting Duo - All-Time 2 Nelson Cruz 20 45 Year Team Total Players ABOUT LAST NIGHT: 2009 New York Yankees 68 Mark Teixeira 39, Nick Swisher 29 J.A. Happ allowed just one run over 7.0 innings…Has limited 2017 Toronto Blue Jays 66 Justin Smoak 38, Kendrys Morales 28 opponents to 1 ER in 5 of his last 6 starts while going 4-1 with a 1.91 2011 New York Yankees 62 Mark Teixeira 39, Nick Swisher 23 ERA (8 ER/37.2 IP)…Struck out 9 batters without issuing a walk for 2010 New York Yankees 62 Mark Teixeira 33, Nick Swisher 29 rd 1993 New York Mets 61 Bobby Bonilla 34, Eddie Murray 27 the 3 time this year (last: 6/18 vs. CWS). Kevin Pillar went 3-for-5 for his 9th 3+ hit effort this season (tied with FINISHING OUT IN THE EAST: Donaldson for team lead)…2 of his hits were off lefties, bringing his The Jays have gone 9-6 in their last 15 divisional games…Are now avg.