a American League East Champions 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2015 American League Champions 1992, 1993 World Series Champions 1992, 1993 TORONTO BLUE JAYS (37-42) at HOUSTON ASTROS (53-28) RHP Marco Estrada (4-7, 4.48) vs. LHP Dallas Keuchel (4-8, 3.90) Game #80 Road #40 (17-22) June 27, 2018 2:10pm TV: SNET RADIO: SN590 2018 AT A GLANCE WEST WORLD SEASON 42: Record ..........................................................................37-42, 4th, 16.0 GB This afternoon marks the final contest of a seven-game western road trip Home Attendance (Total/Average) .................................. 1,133,110/29,054 for the Blue Jays...Have gone 8-14 against AL West teams this season Sellouts .....................................................................................................1 (5-4 on the road)...Will have an off-day tomorrow before beginning a 2017 Season Record after 79 Games ................................................37-42 nine-game homestand on Friday...Have the Tigers (36-44) in town for 2017 Season Record after 80 Games ................................................37-43 four games before the Mets (32-45) come in for two...Will then have Come From Behind Wins ........................................................................19 another off-day before finishing with three games against the Yankees Last Shutout by Blue Jays .............................. 2-0, June 16, 2018 vs. WAS (52-25) over the weekend. Last Shutout by Opponent ...............................7-0, June 27, 2018 at HOU The Jays are now 3-3 on their current road trip and have won lost 11 Under JOHN GIBBONS .................................................................757-742 of their last 15 road games...Need a victory today to secure a winning vs. RHS/LHS ..............................................................................28-22/9-20 road trip for the 2nd time this season (5-2 from April 6-13)...Now hold an Blue Jays/Opponents Scoring First ............................................23-9/14-32 overall road record of 17-22 for a .436 win% (9th in the AL)...Have been Games Decided in Final AB/Walk-Off ............................................15-5/5-1 out-scored, 198-165, and out-hit, 357-304, away from Rogers Centre... 1-Run Games .......................................................................................10-9 Have averaged 4.23 runs/game while on the road (8th highest in the AL) Franchise Record .......................................................................3280-3316 while allowing 5.08 R/G (12th in the AL). Home/Road ..............................................................................20-20/17-22 BLUE JAYS vs. THE ASTROS: Series Record/Home/Road ............................................9-12-5/4-7-2/5-5-3 All-Time: 20-23...All-Time, On The Road: 7-16...2018: 1-1 Series Openers/Finales ............................................................14-13/13-13 The Blue Jays lost the 2017 season series with the Astros (3-4)...Have After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ................................................ 30-2/3-5/4-35 dropped five of their seven season series with Houston...Were out- After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ................................................ 27-1/9-2/1-39 scored, 63-34, over the seven games last year...The 9.0 R/G allowed Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road .............................................. 7-1/5-1/2-0 were the Jays’ most vs. any opponent in a single season all-time (min. vs. East/Central/West/NL ............................................ 12-20/10-5/8-14/7-3 4G)...Home teams in TOR vs. HOU games are now 29-14. March/April/May/June ............................................... 1-2/15-10/9-19/12-11 Yangervis Solarte has only played the Astros six times in his career but 2018 at ROGERS CENTRE has gone 9-for-22 (.409) in those games with 2-2B, 4-RBI, 5-BB and Blue Jays HR Dome Open/Closed .....................................................22/33 3-K (.519 OBP, 1.019 OPS). Opponents HR Dome Open/Closed ...................................................17/39 Russell Martin went 8-for-24 (.333) with a pair of homers in six games W/L, 2018 open/closed/other .................................................9-7/11-13/0-0 vs. Houston last year...Kevin Pillar hit .292 (7-for-24) with a pair of All-time/open/closed/other ................... 1270-1059/693-580/507-427/70-52 doubles in six games...Steve Pearce reached base safely in all five of his games, going 4-for-15 (.267) with an RBI and 6BB/4K (.476 OBP). THE LATEST: Last night, the Blue Jays fell, 7-0, in the middle match of a three-game series in Houston...Were shut out for the 5th time this season (last: WALK-MART:. June 13 at TB)...Need a win today to claim their first road series win Russell Martin singled and drew his 35th walk of the season...Did not since taking two of three in Philadelphia from May 25-27...Are 2-4 in surpass Francisco Cervelli for the most walks as a catcher (31) as he rubbermatch games so far this season. had already been moved to third base...Marked his 9th appearance at The Jays have won seven of their last 11 games and 11 of their last a position other than catcher, one less than he had all of last season. 18...Are now 12-9 in their last 21 contests, following a 4-15 stretch...Are Martin has now chased just 9.9% of pitches outside of the strike zone now a game above .500 in June at 12-11...Have dropped to two games this year, the best rate among the 269 batters who have seen at least behind the Rays for 3rd place in the AL East and 16.0 games back of the 300 such pitches. division-leading Yankees. MLB, Lowest Chase Rate on Out-Of-Zone Pitches - 2018 BO-ROOKIE DEBUT: Rank Player Chases Pitches Percentage Ryan Borucki was added to the Jays’ roster yesterday to make his Major- 1 Russell Martin 43 434 9.9% League debut last night...The 24-year-old became the 44th player in 2 Joey Votto 99 694 14.3% team history to make his MLB debut as a starter (last: Chris Rowley on 3 Max Muncy 63 423 14.9% Aug. 12, 2017 vs. PIT) and the 17th to do so on the road. 4 Joe Mauer 62 411 15.1% The lefty then threw 6.0 innings and allowed two runs on six hits with a 5 Mookie Betts 87 574 15.2% four walks and three strikeouts...Marked the 12th time in club history for a pitcher to throw at least six frames and allow two-or-less runs in his MLB debut (last: Zach Stewart on June 16, 2011 at BAL - 7.0 IP, 2ER). GIBBY’S 1,500th:. This afternoon marks John Gibbons’ 1,500th game as manager, 2nd THIS AND THAT: most in team history behing only Cito Gaston’s 1,764 games...Currently The Blue Jays were held hitless through four innings last night and finished ranks 87th all-time (86: Lee Fohl - 1,521)...Has gone 757-742 as bench with a total of five - all singles...Marked their 7th game this season without boss (.505 win%) and ranks 11th in wins among active managers. an extra base hit, one less than the most in MLB (MIL/PIT/SEA - 8)... Struck out 15 times, tied for their 2nd most in a game this year...Their four WHAT’S LEFT: games of 15+ Ks are 2nd most in the AL (TEX - 6). The Blue Jays are slated to face a left-handed starter for the 30th time this season...Have lost 13 of their last 14 and are now 9-20 in such NEW AND IMPROVED: games this season...The .310 win% is the lowest in the Majors (LAA: Randal Grichuk had one of Toronto’s five hits last night...Has gone 8-for- 6-13, .316) and the lowest in team history (1981: 14-30, .318). 29 (.276) over his last eight starts...Since June 3 (20G), Grichuk is hitting Toronto now has a .560 win% vs. RH starters (28-22) for a R/L difference .299 (20-for-67) with 5-2B, 7-HR and 17-RBI for a .687 SLG - 2nd best in in win% of .250 (3rd biggest in MLB)...The last time an MLB team had a the AL over that span...Has been a .278 batter in 22 games since coming difference of .250+ was in the strike-shortened 1994 season, when the off the DL (.106 AVG in 25G before DL stint). Marlins posted a increase of .273 (courtesy STATS). AL, Slugging Percentage Leaders - Since 6/3/18 MLB, Largest Win% Difference vs. LH/RH Starting Pitchers - 2018 Rank Player HR RBI AVG SLG Team vs.LHS vs.RHS Difference 1 Nelson Cruz 10 19 .311 .770 1. Washington Nationals .333 (8-16) .611 (33-21) +.278 2 Randal Grichuk 7 17 .299 .687 2. Los Angeles Angels .316 (6-13) .574 (35-26) +.258 3 Eddie Rosario 7 14 .329 .683 3. Toronto Blue Jays .310 (9-20) .560 (28-22) +.250 4 Eduardo Escobar 2 18 .360 .680 4. Boston Red Sox .550 (11-9) .700 (42-18) +.150 5 Alex Bregman 7 22 .301 .663 5. Oakland Athletics .448 (13-16) .569 (29-22) +.121 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: (All Times Eastern) Thursday, June 28...OFF-DAY Friday, June 29 vs. Detroit Tigers, 7:07 pm...TBA vs. RHP Marcus Stroman (0-5, 6.80) Saturday, June 30 vs. Detroit Tigers, 1:07 pm...TBA vs. RHP Sam Gaviglio (2-2, 3.98) Sunday, July 1 vs. Detroit Tigers, 1:07 pm...TBA vs. LHP J.A. Happ (10-3, 3.62) Monday, July 2 vs. Detroit Tigers, 1:07 pm...TBA vs. TBA BLUE JAYS GAME NOTES Page 2 STARTING PITCHER Marco Estrada, RHP # 25 Born: Sonora, MEX; AGE: 34 TONIGHT’S START: YEAR W-L ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO AVG Making his 16th start of the season...Received his 7th loss of the 2018 4-7 4.48 15 15 84.1 85 42 14 22 68 .261 season in his last game (6/22 at LAA) when he matched a season 2017 10-9 4.98 33 33 186.0 186 103 31 71 176 .256 long with 7.0 IP and earned his 4th straight quality start (2ER, CAREER 59-59 4.08 265 176 1168.1 1032 530 177 359 1048 .234 2BB, 7K).