a American League East Champions 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2015 American League Champions 1992, 1993 World Series Champions 1992, 1993 TORONTO BLUE JAYS (48-58) at OAKLAND ATHLETICS (63-46) RHP Marcus Stroman (4-7, 5.20) vs. LHP Sean Manaea (9-7, 3.46) Game #107 Road #52 (21-30) August 1, 2018 3:35 pm TV: SNET RADIO: SN590 2018 AT A GLANCE LEFT COAST LIFESTYLE: Record ..........................................................................48-58, 4th, 25.5 GB This afternoon marks the 6th game of Toronto’s longest road trip of the Home Attendance (Total/Average) ..................................1,618,856/29,979 season, playing 10 games in a 10-day span...After this three-game Sellouts .....................................................................................................1 series in Oakland, will complete the trip with four dates in Seattle (63-44). 2017 Season Record after 106 Games ..............................................49-57 The Jays are now 2-3 on the current road trip...Have gone 4-9 in their 2017 Season Record after 107 Games ..............................................50-57 last 13 road games and are 8-19 since May 29...Have an overall road Come From Behind Wins ........................................................................27 record of 21-30...The .412 win% ranks 10th among AL clubs and is their Last Shutout by Blue Jays .............................. 2-0, June 16, 2018 vs. WAS lowest since 2012 (.395)...Have been out-scored, 274-228, and out-hit, Last Shutout by Opponent ................................ 5-0, July 26, 2018 vs. MIN 480-412, during away contests...Have averaged 4.47 runs/game on the Under JOHN GIBBONS .................................................................768-758 road (8th highest in the AL) while allowing 5.37 R/G (13th in the AL)... vs. RHS/LHS ............................................................................36-33/12-25 Have averaged 1.35 HR/road game, tied for 4th best in the AL. Blue Jays/Opponents Scoring First ..........................................28-16/19-42 BLUE JAYS vs. THE ATHLETICS: Games Decided in Final AB/Walk-Off ..........................................20-11/7-3 All-Time: 195-223...All-Time, On The Road: 99-111...2018: 0-6 1-Run Games .....................................................................................14-12 The Blue Jays were swept by the A’s in a four-game series the last Franchise Record .......................................................................3291-3332 time they met, back at Rogers Centre in May...Have gone 4-11 in Home/Road ..............................................................................27-28/21-30 Oakland since the start of 2014 while going 12-5 at home...Have been Series Record/Home/Road (incl. OAK) ........................ 11-17-8/5-9-4/6-8-4 out-scored, 43-15, while losing all six games vs. the Athletics this Series Openers/Finales ............................................................20-16/15-20 year, their longest streak against them since Aug. 18, 1998-Aug. 15, After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ................................................ 36-5/6-6/6-47 1999 (7G)...Have never been swept by Oakland across an entire After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing .............................................. 36-3/10-4/2-51 season...Their only other one-win year vs. OAK was 1994 (1-5). Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road .............................................. 9-5/6-4/3-1 Kendrys Morales leads all current Blue Jays with 22 career home runs vs. East/Central/West/NL .......................................... 17-25/14-11/8-17/9-5 and 62 RBI vs. Oakland...Has gone 25-for-88 (.284) with 3-2B, 4-HR March/April/May/June/July ................................1-2/15-10/9-19/14-12/9-15 and 12-RBI in 24 games against them since 2015 (.825 OPS). 2018 at ROGERS CENTRE Yangervis Solarte went 7-for-18 (.389) in the 4G series against the A’s Blue Jays HR Dome Open/Closed .....................................................35/38 earlier this year, including a pair of doubles, a home run and four RBI... Opponents HR Dome Open/Closed ...................................................29/45 Has hits in six of his last seven games against them, dating back to W/L, 2018 open/closed/other .............................................14-11/13-17/0-0 2015 (9-for-30, .300 AVG). All-time/open/closed/other ................... 1277-1067/698-584/509-431/70-52 Justin Smoak has gone 21-for-78 (.269) vs. OAK over the last four THE LATEST: seasons, with 2-2B, 7-HR, 15-RBI and 14BB/22K across 23 games Last night, the Blue Jays lost for the second straight night in Oakland, (.564 SLG, .945 OPS). falling, 6-2, to the A’s...Have now dropped two of their last three sets and are 2-5-5 in their last 12 series...Need a win today to avoid being swept RANDAL RIPPING: for the 5th time this year in a 3+ game series (last: July 23-25 vs. MIN). Randal Grichuk doubled in the 1st inning last night and came around to The Jays finished July at 9-15...Are 18-20 in their last 37 games, as well score Toronto’s 1st run of the game...Has nine extra-base hits in his last as 22-23 over their last 45...Are now 5.5 games back of the Rays and 12 games (6-2B, 3-HR)...Over that span, has gone 13-for-46 for a line of remain at a season mark of 25.5 games behind the division-leading Red .283/.365/.609 (.974 OPS). Sox...Have not been further back of 1st place since the end of the 2009 campaign, finishing 28.0 games back of the Yankees...Are now 10 games GETTING BUFF: below .500, last hitting that point at the end of the 2017 campaign (76- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. made his Triple-A debut last night in Buffalo... 86)...Have not been further than 10 games below the even mark since Walked in each of his first three plate appearances and drove in a run Sept. 30, 2017 (75-86). in his next PA with a sacrifice fly...With last night’s effort, his 61 games at Double-A New Hampshire and some rehab work in the GCL (3G) and SMOAKING SOMETHING: FSL (1G), the 19 year old is now hitting .399 (99-for-248) this season Justin Smoak notched his 17th home run of the season last night, tying with 22-2B, 1-3B, 14-HR, 63-RBI and 25BB/28K (.451 OBP, 1.116 OPS). Yangervis Solarte for the team lead with a solo shot...Was his 10th road homer, which includes each of his last five blasts...Is now tied for 5th BACK IN THE SHOW: among switch-hitters with his 17 HR...Among AL first basemen, ranks 1st Brandon Cumpton was added to the Blue Jays’ roster last night and in OBP (.359), 3rd in SLG (.468) and 4th in HR (15 as a first baseman). made his team debut as he took the mound to start the 5th inning... Lasted 1.2 innings and allowed a lone run on three hits (2BB, 2K)...Was AL, OBP Leaders as a First Baseman - 2018 his first MLB action since Sept. 13, 2014 vs. CHC. Rank Player OBP SLG 1 Justin Smoak .359 .468 THIS AND THAT: 2 Mitch Moreland .338 .484 Blue Jay batters recorded another two-base hit last night and have now 3 Yonder Alonso .330 .469 doubled in 15 consecutive games (31-2B), matching their longest such 4 Yuli Gurriel .325 .442 stretch this year (also April 22- May 6)...Last had a longer streak last 5 Matt Olson .324 .441 season, a 25-game stretch from Aug. 25-Sept. 20, which was the 11th longest in team history. MORALES ON MORE LAST MONTH: Kendrys Morales went 2-for-2 last night on a pair of singles, drew two NOT SO WILD ABOUT THE WEST: walks and drove in a run...Reached base four times in a game for the The Jays are now 8-17 against AL West clubs this season...The .320 3rd time this season (last: July 13 at BOS)...Now has 24 multi-hit games, win% ranks 13th among AL teams and is their 2nd lowest in a season 2nd most on the team (Solarte-26)...Over his last 20 contests, has gone all-time (23-49, .319 in 1977). 23-for-64 (.359) with 4-2B, 4-HR and 10-RBI, along with 14BB/13K for a .475 OBP and a 1.084 OPS. PITCHING IN: Morales finished the month of July with an on-base percentage of .459, Toronto pitchers finished the month of July with an ERA of 5.31 (12th 2nd best among AL batters...Also ranked 10th in AVG (.338). in the AL) and a .279 OBA (13th)...Struck out 212 batters (7th) while issuiing 80 walks (9th). AL, OBP Leaders - July, 2018 (min. 50 PA) Rank Player AVG OBP Toronto, ERA by Month - 2018 1 Mike Trout .291 .462 W-L ERA AL Rank 2 Kendrys Morales .338 .459 March/April 16-12 4.08 5th 3 Manny Machado .360 .458 May 9-19 5.35 15th 4 Jose Ramirez .322 .441 June 14-12 4.09 9th 5 Carlos Gomez .321 .441 July 9-15 5.31 12th UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: (All Times Eastern) Thursday, August 2 at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 pm...TBA vs. TBA Friday, August 3 at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 pm...LHP Ryan Borucki (0-2, 2.83) vs. TBA Saturday, August 4 at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 pm...RHP Marco Estrada (4-8, 4.90) vs. TBA Sunday, August 5 at Seattle Mariners, 4:10 pm...RHP Sam Gaviglio (2-4, 5.10) vs. TBA BLUE JAYS GAME NOTES Page 2 STARTING PITCHER Marcus Stroman, RHP # 6 Born: Medford, NY AGE: 27 TODAY’S START: Making his 15th start of the season...Coming off winning back-to- YEAR W-L ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO AVG back starts for the first time this season on 7/27 at CWS, where he 2018 4-7 5.20 14 14 79.2 85 46 8 29 62 .273 allowed 2 ER on 7 hits over 6.2 innings (1BB, 3K)...Is 2-4 with a 2017 13-9 3.09 33 33 201.0 201 69 21 62 164 .264 4.53 ERA (23 ER/45.2 IP) over his last 8 road starts.