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 #157 Road #76 (31-44), TORONTO BLUE JAYS (73-83) at BOSTON RED SOX (91-64), Monday, September 25, 2017 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: (All Times Eastern) Monday, September 25 at Boston Red Sox, 7:10 pm…LHP Brett Anderson (3-4, 7.15) vs. LHP Drew Pomeranz (16-5, 3.15) Tuesday, September 26 at Boston Red Sox, 7:10 pm…LHP J.A. Happ (9-11, 3.64) vs. LHP Chris Sale (17-7, 2.75) 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 2017 AT A GLANCE ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Record .................................................................. 73-83, 5th, 18.5 GB This evening, Toronto begins its final road trip of 2017 with the Home Attendance (Total & Average) ...................... 3,203,886/39,554 premier of a three-game series in Boston…Will have an off-day on Sellouts (2017) ................................................................................ 17 Thursday before concluding the trip with three games against the 2016 Season Record after 156 Games ...................................... 86-70 Yankees beginning on Friday. 2016 Season Record after 157 Games ...................................... 87-70 The Blue Jays have won just 6 of their last 18 road games…Have Come From Behind Wins ................................................................ 38 gone 0-4-2 in their last 6 road series, last winning one at CWS from Last Shutout by Blue Jays ........................ 4-0, Aug. 10, 2017 vs. NYY 7/31-8/2…Have doubled in 11 consecutive road contests (28-2B) but have double-digit strikeouts in 7 of those games…Are averaging Last Shutout by Opponent ........................ 1-0, Sept. 21, 2017 vs. KC th th Under JOHN GIBBONS ......................................................... 717-696 4.48 R/G on the road this season (16 in MLB, 9 in AL)…Have vs. RHS/LHS .................................................................... 58-60/15-23 given up more than 3 ER in just 3 of their last 10 away dates…Have allowed 4.97 R/G away from Rogers Centre (19th in MLB, 9th in AL). Blue Jays/Opponents scoring first .................................... 40-33/33-50 Games decided in final AB/Walk-Off .................................. 16-18/7-15 BLUE JAYS vs. RED SOX: 1-Run Games ............................................................................. 25-26 All-Time: 276-337...All-Time, on the Road: 142-163...2017: 4-12 Franchise record ................................................................ 3240-3271 The Jays dropped 2 of 3 in their series at Fenway Park earlier this Home/Road ...................................................................... 42-39/31-44 month…Have a record of 32-22 at Fenway since the start of 2012, Series Record/Home/Road ............................ 17-24-9/12-11-3/5-13-6 the 2nd most wins by any visiting team (BAL - 35)…Are 1-5 in their Series Openers/Finales .................................................... 22-28/23-26 last 6 meetings overall with the Red Sox…Are 4-12 this season After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ...................................... 52-9/15-8/6-66 while being outscored, 89-53…The 89 runs allowed are their most After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ...................................... 62-7/6-10/5-66 vs. any opponent this season. Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road ................................... 5-14/1-2/4-12 Jose Bautista is the franchise leader in home runs (42) and RBI Vs. East/Central/West/NL ............................. 30-40/13-18/21-14/9-11 (101) against Boston….His 42 career homers are the most among Pre/Post All-Star Break .................................................... 41-47/32-36 active players while his 101 RBI rank third (Cano-116, Longoria- 2017 at ROGERS CENTRE 106)…Has hit 6 more home runs against the Red Sox than any Blue Jays HR Dome Open/Cld………………….………………….54/51 other opponent (NYY-36)…His 25 HR at Fenway are his most at any Opponents HR Dome Open/Cld…………………………………....57/42 venue other than Rogers Centre. W/L, 2017 open/closed/other…………………………..22-18/20-14/0-7 Justin Smoak has hit .333 vs. BOS this season (19-for-57) with 5- All-time/open/closed/other. ........ ..1250-1039/685-574/495-413/70-52 2B, 6-HR, 12-RBI and 11-BB for a .441 OBP and an OPS of 1.178…His 6 homers off Red Sox pitching are tied for the most this THE LATEST: season (M. Machado & G. Sanchez). Yesterday afternoon, Toronto won the rubbermatch of its three-game series against the Yankees by a score of 9-5…Finished with a ATTACKING THE GREEN MONSTAH: winning record (42-39) at Rogers Centre for the 4th straight The Jays have hit 7 home runs in their last 4 games at Fenway year…Ended the home portion of the schedule with the 17th sellout Park…Since their inaugural season in 1977, have hit 309 homers at (47,394) and a total of 3,203,886 in attendance. the historic venue, 2nd most of any visiting team (NYY-327)…Over the The Blue Jays have won 9 of their last 15 games but have a 14-21 last decade, no visiting squad has taken the Red Sox deep in their record over their last 35 contests…Remain 5th in the AL East and home park more often. 18.5 games back of first place…Have not been further back since the Home Runs by Visiting Teams at Fenway Park - Since 2008 th end of the 2013 season (23.0 GB)…Have been in 5 place for 154 Rank Team Games Home Runs th days this season (tied for 4 for 20 days). 1 Toronto Blue Jays 90 109 2 New York Yankees 91 103 TE-OSCAR WORTHY PERFORMANCE: 3 Tampa Bay Rays 93 93 Teoscar Hernandez hit his 1st career leadoff home run to open the 4 Baltimore Orioles 92 81 scoring yesterday…He became the first TOR rookie to hit a leadoff 5 Texas Rangers 40 49 homer since Devon Travis on July 28, 2015 vs. PHI…Has homered in 3 straight games, the 1st rookie in club history to do so…All 5 OH, K THEN: of his home runs this year have been at home. Blue Jay pitchers recorded 8 strikeouts yesterday for a total of 1,320 TOR, RBI by September Callups - All-Time Ks this year, surpassing the club record which was set last season Season Player HR RBI (1,314)…Rank 5th the AL in strikeouts this season…Racked up 6 2017 Teoscar Hernandez 5 12 more Ks from the relief staff to extend their club record of reliever Ks rd 2004 Russ Adams 4 10 to 606, 3 most in AL. 1981 Jesse Barfield 2 9 THAT AIN’T RIGHT: 2006 Adam Lind 2 8 Toronto is in the middle of facing 3 consecutive left-handed starters, THIS AND THAT: doing so for the second time this year (7/17-19 at BOS)…The Jays Blue Jay batters generated 9 runs in a game for the first time since a are 3-2 in their last 5 games vs. LH starters but are 15-23 this 10-4 win on 9/4 at BOS…Collected 4 doubles after going 3 games season…The .394 win% is their lowest since 2010 (.361, 13- without any. 23)…Despite the record this season, Toronto has 3 players in its top- Toronto pitchers have allowed 5 runs in consecutive contests for the five all-time in split advantage vs. lefties (courtesy STATS). first time since 9/6 at BOS (5) and 9/8 vs. DET (5)…Issued 4 walks Largest BA Diff. vs. LHP/RHP (LHP better), Blue Jays - All-Time yesterday and have allowed at least that many in 7 or their last 11G. LHP RHP Diff Kendrys Morales, 2017 .350 .218 +.132 MORE ABOUT LAST GAME: Alex Gonzalez, 2001 .336 .233 +.103 Marcus Stroman allowed 3 runs over 5.2 innings (5H, 2BB, Vernon Wells, 2005 .347 .245 +.102 2K)…Finishes 2017 with a home ERA of 2.63 (34 ER/116.1 IP), Kevin Pillar, 2017 .331 .232 +.099 which is currently 4th best in the AL…Induced his 33rd ground ball Justin Smoak, 2017 .348 .256 +.092 double play to retake the MLB lead over Clayton Richard (32)…Recorded 13 of his 17 outs on ground balls and continues to FINISHING OUT IN THE EAST: Each of the Blue Jays’ final nine games are against AL East lead the Majors with a 63.2 GB%. Russell Martin drove in 3 runs with a bases-clearing double in the 4th opponents (6G vs. NYY, 3G vs. BOS)…Have gone 7-6 in their last 13 inning…The 3-RBI effort matched his season best (5/29 vs. divisional games but are 30-40 against the East this season, the CIN)…Doubled again in the 7th, giving him 5-2B and 8-RBI over his worst record of the 5 teams…The Jays’ .429 win% vs. their closet rivals is their lowest since 2013 (.395, 30-46), which was the last time last 6 games. th th they finished 5 in the division. Jose Bautista singled twice and drew a walk for his 29 multi-hit game…His 85-BB rank 5th in the AL…Moved into 3rd all-time in club POWER COUPLE: history in total bases at 2202, one better than George Bell. Justin Smoak ranks 1st in HR (38) among MLB switch-hitters while Kevin Pillar doubled in his first at-bat, extending his career high to Kendrys Morales sits 4th (27)…Their total of 65 HR is the most ever 37…Leads all AL CF in 2B…Including yesterday’s, 20 of his doubles by a Toronto switch-hitting duo…The Smoak/Morales combo is now nd have come vs.