2016 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 Communications Department http://www.bluejaysmedia.com Game #26, Road #14 (6-7), TORONTO BLUE JAYS (11-14) vs. TAMPA BAY RAYS (11-12), Sunday, May 1, 2016 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: (All Times Eastern) Sunday, May 1 at Tampa Bay Rays, 1:10 pm…RHP Marcus Stroman (3-0, 4.37) vs. RHP Jake Odorizzi (0-1, 3.58)…SNET Monday, May 2 vs Texas Rangers, 7:07pm…RHP A.J. Griffin (3-0, 2.52) vs. RHP R.A. Dickey (1-3, 6.75)…SNET-1 Tuesday, May 3 vs Texas Rangers, 7:07pm…LHP Martin Perez (1-2, 4.20) vs. RHP Marco Estrada (1-2, 2.92)…SNET-1 Wednesday, May 4 vs Texas Rangers, 7:07pm…RHP Colby Lewis (2-0, 3.19) vs. RHP Aaron Sanchez (2-1, 2.59)…SNET-1 Thursday, May 5 vs Texas Rangers, 7:07pm…LHP Derek Holland (3-1, 2.48) vs. LHP J.A. Happ (3-0, 2.76)…SNET-1 2016 GLANCING at the JAYS ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Record ................................................................... 11-14, 4th, 4.0 GB Today the Blue Jays conclude a 3-game series and roadtrip at Home Attendance (Total & Average) ......................... 438,865/36,572 Tropicana Field (1-1)…Following this series, the Jays will head 2015 Season (Hm. Att.) – After 12 games ............................. 285,238 back home to begin a 7-game homestand that will see them host the 2015 Season (Hm. Att.) – After 13 games ............................. 306,550 Rangers (4G, May 2-5) & the Dodgers (3G, May 6-8). Come From Behind Wins .................................................................. 5 Are 6-7 on the road this season, having dropped 11 of their last 18 Last Shutout by Blue Jays ........................ 3-0, April 10, 2016 vs. BOS games away from Rogers Centre dating back to ‘15…TOR won the Last Shutout by Opponent ...................... 4-0, April 27, 2016 vs. CWS first two games on the road this season & have lost seven of ten since that point. Under JOHN GIBBONS ......................................................... 566-555 Vs. RHS/LHS ......................................................................... 8-10/3-4 BLUE JAYS vs. RAYS: Blue Jays/Opponents scoring first ............................................ 6-7/5-7 GMS decided in final AB/Walk-Off ........................................... 0-4/0-2 All-Time: 152-168…All-Time, Tropicana Field: 66-93…2016: 3-3 1-Run Games ................................................................................. 6-9 Despite dropping five of their last eight meetings, the Jays have Franchise record ................................................................ 3089-3129 won 11 of their last 18 contests dating back to last season…With the Home/Road .............................................................................. 5-7/6-7 4-3 loss last night, five of the six games have been decided by two Series Record/Home/Road ...................................... 2-3-2/2-2-0/0-1-2 runs or less…Have won six of their last 11 games at Tropicana Series Openers/Finales ............................................................ 3-5/4-3 Field. Vs. EAST/CENTRAL/WEST/NL ................................ 9-10/0-3/2-1/0-0 Posted a losing record of 3-6 in 2015, having managed to record just After 7.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ............................................ 9-2/1-3/1-9 one season victory at TB since 2006...TOR dropped their season th After 8.0, Ahead/Tied/Trailing ........................................ 11-0/0-2/0-12 series in 2015 by going 9-10 which represented their 7 losing Extra-Inning Games/Home/Road ....................................... 0-0/0-0/0-0 campaign since 2006. 2016 at ROGERS CENTRE Including last night Jose Bautista has hit 29 career HR with 67-RBI Blue Jays HR Dome Open/Cld………………….……………………0/14 & a .926 OPS (.396 OBP/.530 SLG) vs. TB…Jose is sixth on the Opponents HR Dome Open/Cld…………………………………........0/9 Rays opponents all-time HR list…Kevin Pillar is batting .313(10-32) W/L, 2016 open/closed/other………………………………...0-0/5-7/0-0 in his last 8 games in Tropicana Field dating back to last season All-time/open/closed/other ............. 1168-972/629-539/468-387/69-46 with 2-2B, 1HR. THE LATEST: HOUSE OF HORRORS: Last night the Blue Jays lost 4-3 to Tampa to even the series at one The Blue Jays own a franchise record of 66-93 at Tropicana game a piece…The Rays won in walk off fashion scoring one in the Field…Since 2012, TOR have won just 15 of their last 44 games bottom of the ninth…Toronto is now 0-2 in walk off games and are played at Tropicana Field…When TOR swept a 3-game set at TB now 1-3 when tied after seven innings and 0-2 when tied after 8 from Sept. 2-4, 2014, it secured a series victory at Tropicana Field innings…Were held to a season low three hits…Have lost four of five for the 1st time since a 3-game series from April 6- 8, 2007…It had and are now looking to avoid falling to four games below .500 for snapped a streak of 21 consecutive non-series victories (0-19-2) at the first time since June 5, 2015 (26-30). that point…The Jays have won a road series vs. the Rays only All three of the Jays runs came from home runs as Bautista (2R) and three times over their last 26 visits to Tropicana Field. Pillar(1R) went deep…Toronto now has six home runs in this series after hitting a season high four home runs Friday (Saunders-2, FOLLOW THE LEADER: Since coming over to Toronto in 2015 from Oakland, among the AL Donaldson, Goins)…Finshed April hitting 29 home runs - hit 28 home st runs in April 2015. leaders – Josh Donaldson ranks 1 in RBI (143), XBH (101), game winning RBI (21), 2nd in HR (49), 2B (49), SLG (.578) & OPS (.951) With the 4-3 loss the Blue Jays are now 0-11 when allowing four or th more runs this season…When allowing three or fewer runs are 11- & 5 in hits (212)…Has combined to hit .305 (57-187) with 13-HR, 3…However, when scoring four or more runs are 10-4 against a 1-10 36-RBI, 28-XBH & a .978 OPS over his last two months of April (48 record when scoring three or fewer runs. games). Josh is the only ML player to lead his team in hits, runs, HR & ABOUT LAST NIGHT: RBI this year…Among the AL, ranks T-1st in XBH (17), HR (8), 2nd LHP J.A. Happ (6.2IP, 6H, 3R/ER, 3BB, 7K, 2HR, 106P- 61K) had a in RBI (20), 3rd in SLG (.646) & 5th in OPS (1.033). no-decision after posting season highs in K’s, HR’s and pitches thrown)…It was his fifth straight quality start to open the 2016 START ME UP: season…Has posted of 3 runs or less in 15 straight starts dating Blue Jays starting pitchers have walked 5 of 85 batters (5.9%) with back to 2015. runners in scoring position in the past 15 games. Starters have posted a 3.81 ERA this season to rank 5th in the AL. LHP Brett Cecil took the loss to fall to 0-5 on the season allowing one run on three consecutive hits in the ninth…He becomes the first WALK THIS WAY: reliever to post an 0-5 record or worse since Brian Fuentes, OAK in The Blue Jays have walked 90 times this season to lead the AL…In May of 2011…He is the first Blue Jay to do so since RHP Tom the last 15 days, 14 games the Blue Jays have walked 55 times in Buskey in September, 1979…Cecil become the first to do so in April 527 PA’s(10.4%). since 1900. Jose Bautista leads the AL with 21 walks this season, Troy th HEATING UP: Tulowitzki is T7th with 14 walks and Josh Donaldson is tied for 9 Last night Kevin Pillar was 2-3 with a walk, a double and his first with 13. HR of the season (Romero-1R)…Did not homer in his first 90 at bats…HR came on a 1-1 pitch, six of his 18 career home runs have DOWNWARD TREND: come on that count. After striking out 136 times in the first 13 games of the season the In his first 12 games of the season, all in the leadoff spot, Kevin Blue Jays have recorded 96 strikeouts in the last 12 games after Pillar had hit just .188 (9-48) with a .506 OPS…After being taken striking out seven times last night…In the first 13 games the Blue out of the #1 hole, has posted a .364 (16-44) AVG with a .891 OPS Jays averaged 10.5 strikeouts a game, since then in the last 12 over his last 12 contests…In fact, has recorded a multi-hit game in games are averaging 8.0 (96/12) per game…Last season the Jays four of his last seven contests. hitters averaged 7.1 strikeouts per game (1151/162). ON THE FARM: HAPPY BIRTHDAY: The Lansing Lugnuts (12-8) won 3-0 in 11 innings against the Happy Birthday to Marcus Stroman who turns 25 today and starts Wisconsin Timber Rattlers…Three Lugnuts combined for the 11 against Tampa Bay…It is also minor league catcher AJ Jimenez’s inning shutout… The game was started by 2015 1st round selection birthday, he turns 26 today. RHP Jon Harris (4.0IP, 2H, BB, 4K), followed by the winner LHP Tayler Saucedo (6.0IP, 2H, 1BB, 3K) and LHP Colton Turner (1.0IP) who earned the save….Turner has four saves in seven games with a 0.00 ERA (9.0IP, 4H, BB, 7K).