2013 GAME NOTES American League East Champions 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993 American League Champions 1992, 1993 World Series Champions 1992, 1993 Toronto Blue Jays Communications Department www.bluejays.com Game #73, Home #38 (20-17), BALTIMORE ORIOLES (42-32) at TORONTO BLUE JAYS (36-36), Saturday, June 22, 2013 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: (All Times Eastern) Saturday, June 22 vs. Baltimore Orioles, 1:07pm… RHP Miguel Gonzalez (5-2, 3.75) vs. RHP Chien-Ming Wang (1-0, 3.14)…SNET Sunday, June 24 vs. Baltimore Orioles, 1:07 pm…TBA vs. RHP Josh Johnson (0-2, 4.38)…SNET Monday, June 24 at Tampa Bay, 7:10pm…RHP Esmil Rogers (3-2, 3.14) vs. RHP Jeremy Hellickson (5-3, 5.50)…SNET Tuesday, June 25 at Tampa Bay, 7:10pm…LHP Mark Buehrle (4-4, 4.60) vs. LHP Matt Moore (9-3, 4.13)…SNET Wednesday, June 26 at Tampa Bay, 12:10pm…RHP R.A. Dickey (6-8, 5.15) vs. RHP Roberto Hernandez (4-8, 5.14)…SNET ON THE HOMEFRONT: 2013 GLANCING at the JAYS nd th Tonight, the Jays continue a 6-game homestand with the 2 of a 3- 2013 Record ........................................................... 36-36, 5 , 7.0 GB game set vs. BAL…Are 4-0 on the homestand after winning last 2013 Home Attendance (Total & Average) ............. 1,112,306/30,062 night’s series opener vs. BAL…Are 20-17 at Rogers Centre, having 2012 Season (Hm. Attendance)-After 37 dates .................. 1,001,983 won four straight & eight of their last 10 contests…Haven’t won Come From Behind Wins ................................................................ 18 more than four in a row at home since a 5-game win streak from Last Shutout by Blue Jays ................................. 2-0, June 17 vs. COL Sept. 23-27, 2010…Are 14-5 since May 5 having outscored the Last Shutout by Opponent ................................... 5-0, May 10 at BOS opponent, 125-81…Have hit .328 (60-183) with RISP & have April ‘13/‘12/‘11 ....................................................... 10-17/12-11/13-14 recorded 10+ hits in eight of their last 13 games. May ‘13/‘12/‘11 ....................................................... 13-15/15-13/15-13 CURRENT HOMESTAND (4-0) June ‘13/’12/’11 ....................................................... 13-4/13-14/12-15 AVG/RISP: .242/.417 (10-24) ERA: 2.50 Fielding%: .980 Under JOHN GIBBONS ......................................................... 341-341 Runs: 22 (5.5/G) Runs: 11 (2.8/G) Errors: 3 Under DeMarlo Hale (filled in on 6/10 at CWS) ............................. 0-1 HR: 7 SO/BB: 38/10 TC: 147 2012 Season- After 72 games ................................................... 37-35 SB/CS: 4-for-5 HR: 4 OF Assists: 0 Vs. RHS/LHS ..................................................................... 27-25/9-11 OBP: .293 SV: 2-for-2 DP: 3 Blue Jays/Opponents scoring first .................................... 26-11/10-25 SLG: .476 AVG: .191 CCS: 0-for-1 GMS decided in final AB/Walk-Off ......................................... 11-8/4-4 1-Run/2-Run Games .............................................................. 9-14/9-6 BLUE JAYS vs. ORIOLES Franchise record ................................................................ 2864-2915 All-Time: 286-246 Home/Road ...................................................................... 20-17/16-19 At Rogers Centre: 117-72 Series Record/Home/Road .................................... 7-10-6/4-5-3/3-5-3 Last Season: 7-11 (5-4 at home & 2-7 on the road) Series Openers/Finales .................................................... 13-12/13-10 2013: 4-4 (3-2 at home & 1-2 on the road) Vs. EAST/CENTRAL/WEST/NL .............................. 13-20/7-8/7-3/9-5 The Jays have won four of their last six contests…At Rogers After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ........................................ 26-0/6-7/4-29 Centre, have won eight of their last 12 & 12 of the last 19 contests After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ........................................ 27-0/6-7/3-29 dating back to 2011…Have won six of their last eight season series Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road ....................................... 5-5/2-3/3-2 dating back to 2005 (6-1-1)…Have won seven straight season 2013 at ROGERS CENTRE series at home, going 50-19. Blue Jays HR Dome Open/Cld………………….…………………17/30 Opponents HR Dome Open/Cld……………………………………13/46 “LINDING” HIS SUPPORT: W/L, 2013 open/closed/other…………………………….10-4/10-13/0-0 Adam Lind has recorded a hit in 20 of his last 23 starts dating back All-time/open/closed/other…………1044-878/553-490/428-344/62-44 to May 23, recording 13 multi-hit games (eight contests of three hits or more) over that span…Is batting .416 (42-101) with 7-2B, 7- THE LATEST: HR & 21-RBI over that stretch…Has raised his avg. by .100 points Last night, TOR won the series opener vs. BAL by a score of 7-6 in since May 10 from .238 - .338…Has homered in back-to-back walk-off fashion as Rajai Davis drove in the winning run in the contests & in four of his last six games while recording an RBI in th th bottom of the 9 inning…It was Toronto’s 4 walk-off victory of the six of his last seven contests (12 total). st season & 1 since Davis ended an 18-inning marathon vs. TEX on Among the AL in June, ranks 1st in SLG (.694), T-1st in RBI (19), 2nd th June 8…It marked Toronto’s 18 come from behind victory of the in OPS (1.094), T-2nd in hits (28), 3rd in AVG (.389) & T-4th in HR (6). st season…In fact, it marked the 1 time the Jays had trailed in a YARD WORK: game since June 13 at TEX, down 1-0 after two innings. th Last night, Edwin Encarnacion hit his club leading 20 HR of the BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: season & now ranks T-2nd in the AL…Has hit 20+ HR in four of his th Munenori Kawasaki tied last night’s game at 6-6 in the 7 inning five full seasons with TOR (2010-2013, acquired in July of st st th with his 1 career HR (2R)…Was his 1 career HR in his then 247 2009)…Ranks 2nd in the Majors with 62-HR dating back to 2012 st at-bat…Became the oldest TOR player to hit their 1 career HR at (Miguel Cabrera leads with 64). age 32, last was Ken Huckaby at age 31 on July 6, 2002. WHAT A RELIEF: WHERE WE STAND Toronto’s bullpen has gone the last 27.0 IP without allowing an ER, Boston 45-31 (.592) - longest active streak in the Majors…Only COL (34.2) & NYY (28.0) Baltimore 42-32 (.568) 2.0 GB have had a longer streak this season…Have allowed 5-ER over their New York 40-33 (.548) 3.5 GB last 70.1 IP (0.64 ERA) in 18 games since May 31…Since then, the Tampa Bay 38-36 (.514) 6.0 GB bullpen leads the Majors in ERA, AVG (.142) & WHIP (0.81). Toronto 36-36 (.500) 7.0 GB CONSECUTIVE IP W/O ALLOWING AN ER - TOR BULLPEN JUST THE FACTS: INN FROM THRU TOR has won a season-high nine straight games, first 9-game win 28.0 05/16/1989 05/24/1989 streak since Aug. 30-Sept. 9, 2008 (10 straight)…The win streak is 27.2 05/05/1985 05/15/1985 the longest active in the Majors…Have won 13 of their last 16 27.1 05/19/1993 05/26/1993 games, since June 2, outscoring their opponent, 85-46...Are at the 27.0 06/09/2013 CURRENT st .500 mark for the 1 time since July 30, 2012 (51-51)…Have not been over the .500 mark since July 29, 2012 (51-50). Blue Jays, Lowest Bullpen ERA in a Month, All-Time (Min. 15 GM) Had a streak of allowing 2-ER or less in seven straight contests June 2013 0.61 (4-ER/58.2) snapped last night after allowing 6-ER, their most in a single game Sept. 1992 1.50 (9-ER/54.0) since June 10 at CWS (7-ER)…That seven game streak was T-3rd Sept. 1981 2.01 (14-ER/62.2) longest in club history (record was nine, done twice – 2008, 1991). MLB, Lowest Bullpen ERA in a Month – Since 1921 (Min. 15 GM) DID YOU KNOW? Toronto Blue Jays June 2013 0.61 (4-ER/58.2) That since May 11, the Blue Jays have a winning % of .657 (23-12) Baltimore Orioles June 1965 0.77 (6-ER/70.1) nd which is 2 best in the Majors (OAK leads at .667, 26-13). San Francisco Giants Sept. 1968 0.85 (6-ER/63.1) That Adam Lind has an 11-game hit streak vs. BAL & is batting .476 Tampa Bay Rays Aug. 2012 0.88 (7-ER/71.2) (20-42) over that span…Has reached base safely in 18 of his last 19 games vs. BAL, batting .364 (24-66) over that stretch. ON A ROLL: LHP Brett Cecil is riding a 19.2 consecutive scoreless innings MILESTONES nd Jose Bautista 2-HR for 200 (career) streak (2H, 3BB), 2 longest active in AL (J. Crain leads at 28.0). Rajai Davis 7-SB to tie Otis Nixon for 8th on club list Opponents are 0 for their last 40 against Cecil which sets a club th record, surpassing David Cone (35-AB in 1995) & Roy Halladay Adam Lind 4-HR to tie Ernie Whitt for 8 on club list J.P. Arencibia 2-HR to tie Darrin Fletcher for 2nd on club HR list (35-AB in 2003)…This is the longest such streak (measured in AB) by a catcher by a reliever since Ernesto Frieri (SD/LAA) had a 40 at bat hitless Casey Janssen 5 saves to tie Mike Timlin for 6th on club list streak last season (May 2-June 2)…No reliever has done more than 40 straight since Bobby Jenks (41-AB) in 2007.