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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox, at Rogers Centre, August 27, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Start Time:
7:07et (local)
Venue:
Rogers Centre
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Rogers Centre
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
73° (based on last ten years)
Red Sox
Manager:
John Farrell
Game #:
134
On This Date:
54-53
Blue Jays
Manager:
John Gibbons
Game #:
133
On This Date:
21-14
Season Series
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 BOS  8 @TOR  1     
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 BOS  7 @TOR  6     
Sun, Apr 27, 2014 TOR  7  BOS  1     
Tue, May 20, 2014 TOR  7 @BOS  4     
Wed, May 21, 2014 TOR  6 @BOS  4     
Thu, May 22, 2014 TOR  7 @BOS  2     
Mon, Jul 21, 2014 BOS 14 @TOR  1     
Tue, Jul 22, 2014 TOR  7  BOS  3     
Wed, Jul 23, 2014 TOR  6  BOS  4     
Thu, Jul 24, 2014 TOR  8  BOS  0     
Mon, Jul 28, 2014 TOR 14 @BOS  1     
Tue, Jul 29, 2014 TOR  4 @BOS  2     
Wed, Jul 30, 2014 TOR  6 @BOS  1     
Mon, Aug 25, 2014 BOS  4 @TOR  3 (10)
Tue, Aug 26, 2014 BOS 11 @TOR  7 (11)

Wed, Aug 27, 2014 BOS    @TOR  7:07pm
Fri, Sep 05, 2014 TOR    @BOS  7:10pm
Sat, Sep 06, 2014 TOR    @BOS  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 07, 2014 TOR    @BOS  1:35pm

                         All times ET
Boston Red Sox
58-74, 5th, 18 GB, 19½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-40   Road:   29-34   ExtrInn: 8-10
 vsRHP:  38-52   vsLHP:  20-22   1-Run:  25-24
 vsEast: 21-32   vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest: 14-19 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Tue, Aug 26  @TOR  W  11-7 (11)  58-74  5th 18.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25  @TOR  W   4-3 (10)  57-74  5th 18.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24   SEA  L   6-8       56-74  5th 18.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23   SEA  L   3-7       56-73  5th 18.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22   SEA  L   3-5       56-72  5th 18.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 21   LAA  L   0-2       56-71  5th 18.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20   LAA  L   3-8       56-70  5th 17.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19   LAA  L   3-4       56-69  5th 16.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 18   LAA  L   2-4       56-68  5th 15.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 17   HOU  L   1-8       56-67  5th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19
Toronto Blue Jays
66-66, 3rd, 10 GB, 11½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   34-30   Road:   32-36   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  49-49   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  12-14
 vsEast: 28-25   vsCntrl:16-16   vsWest: 12-18 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Tue, Aug 26   BOS  L   7-11(11)  66-66  3rd 10.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25   BOS  L   3-4 (10)  66-65  3rd  9.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24   TBR  L   1-2 (10)  66-64  3rd  8.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23   TBR  W   5-4 (10)  66-63  3rd  8.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22   TBR  L   0-8       65-63  3rd  9.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @MIL  W   9-5       65-62  2nd  9.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @MIL  L   1-6       64-62  3rd  9.0 gb
125 Sun, Aug 17  @CHW  L   5-7       64-61  3rd  7.5 gb
124 Sat, Aug 16  @CHW  W   6-3       64-60  2nd  6.5 gb
123 Fri, Aug 15  @CHW  L   5-11      63-60  2nd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 26, 2014 BOS 11 @TOR  7 (11)   W:Junichi Tazawa (3-3), L: Casey Janssen (3-2), S: none
Mon, Aug 25, 2014 BOS  4 @TOR  3 (10)   W:Koji Uehara (6-4), L: Aaron Sanchez (2-1), S: Craig Breslow (1)
Wed, Jul 30, 2014 TOR  6 @BOS  1        W:Mark Buehrle (11-7), L: Brandon Workman (1-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 29, 2014 TOR  4 @BOS  2        W:Marcus Stroman (7-2), L: Rubby De La Rosa (3-4), S: Casey Janssen (17)
Mon, Jul 28, 2014 TOR 14 @BOS  1        W:R.A. Dickey (9-10), L: Clay Buchholz (5-7), S: none
Thu, Jul 24, 2014 TOR  8  BOS  0        W:Marcus Stroman (6-2), L: Rubby De La Rosa (3-3), S: none
Wed, Jul 23, 2014 TOR  6  BOS  4        W:R.A. Dickey (8-10), L: Clay Buchholz (5-6), S: Casey Janssen (15)
Tue, Jul 22, 2014 TOR  7  BOS  3        W:J.A. Happ (8-5), L: Jake Peavy (1-9), S: Brett Cecil (4)
Mon, Jul 21, 2014 BOS 14 @TOR  1        W:John Lackey (11-6), L: Drew Hutchison (6-9), S: none
Thu, May 22, 2014 TOR  7 @BOS  2        W:Mark Buehrle (8-1), L: Jon Lester (4-6), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - TOR over 10-5; 2013 - BOS won 11-8; 2012 - TOR won 11-7; All-Time - BOS leads 304-251

SP: Joe Kelly (26, RHP, 2-3, 4.26)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-3) 57.0 57 29 27 26 39 5 4.26
2013 (10-5) 124.0 124 42 37 44 79 10 2.69
2012 (5-7) 107.0 112 50 42 36 75 10 3.53
Last 7 GS 1-2 38.2 35 20 20 20 27 5 4.66 49
2014-08-22 SEA ND 5.0 1 0 0 3 5 0 88 67
2014-08-17 HOU L 4.0 7 7 7 6 3 2 91 17
2014-08-12 @CIN ND 6.0 5 2 2 3 4 0 103 55
2014-08-06 @STL ND 7.0 3 1 1 4 2 0 97 65
2014-07-30 @SDP L 5.0 7 4 4 1 5 1 91 41
2014-07-25 @CHC ND 4.2 8 5 5 2 4 2 95 30
2014-07-19 LAD W 7.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 99 68
Has never faced TOR as starter.

SP: Marcus Stroman (23, RHP, 7-5, 4.11)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (7-5) 92.0 91 45 42 24 79 6 4.11
Last 7 GS 3-3 38.2 37 19 18 11 32 1 4.19 53
2014-08-22 TBR L 5.0 10 6 5 3 6 1 102 28
2014-08-15 @CHW L 0.2 5 5 5 0 1 0 37 23
2014-08-09 DET ND 9.0 4 2 2 3 4 0 109 72
2014-08-03 @HOU L 3.0 7 5 5 1 1 0 67 25
2014-07-29 @BOS W 7.0 6 1 1 2 8 0 115 67
2014-07-24 BOS W 7.0 1 0 0 2 7 0 97 80
2014-07-19 TEX W 7.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 107 74
Last 5 v.BOS 2-0 14.0 7 1 1 4 15 0 0.64 74
2014-07-29 @BOS W 7.0 6 1 1 2 8 0 115 67
2014-07-24 BOS W 7.0 1 0 0 2 7 0 97 80

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Red Sox Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Stroman
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 29.McGowan
G/S/vB		 58.Redmond
G/S/vB		 41.Sanchez
G/S/vB		 21.Santos
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
50.Betts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 82/53 .254/.346/.394/.740 .826/.687 .841 45/.805 4/1 2/1
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 3/.000 8/.875 2/.000 5/.900 3/1.334 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 529/403 .261/.302/.466/.769 .748/.775 .766 97/.777 4/2 21/5
5.Craig G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 424/321 .233/.290/.349/.639 .735/.607 .530 26/.661 1/1 8/0
26.Holt* G/S/vP 7/.715 1/2.000 2/.500 3/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 451/285 .291/.343/.391/.734 .790/.702 .717 116/.618 10/2 3/7
7.Johnson* G/S/vP 5/1.000 3/2.000 8/.250 4/.000 6/.334 6/.533 ··· 2/1.500 252/210 .212/.290/.354/.644 .726/.628 .619 25/.360 2/1 6/9
16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· 4/2.083 3/1.667 4/.500 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/3.000 156/116 .191/.269/.291/.560 .572/.556 .454 74/.487 1/0 2/2
12.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.000 16/.792 8/1.000 3/.000 8/.375 5/.000 2/.000 3/.000 444/317 .259/.381/.441/.821 .861/.805 .830 85/.779 2/2 16/6
29.Nava# G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.250 7/.286 9/.000 1/2.000 5/1.200 1/.000 ··· 304/255 .261/.336/.338/.674 .354/.738 .671 74/.720 3/2 2/4
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 6/.167 26/.717 17/.309 3/1.334 15/1.533 3/.333 1/.000 6/.333 522/351 .265/.362/.524/.886 .913/.872 .900 78/1.134 0/0 30/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/1.667 18/1.189 21/1.000 5/.800 15/.134 6/.733 3/.000 5/1.400 581/418 .281/.341/.382/.723 .755/.711 .762 107/.768 6/6 7/2
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 147/83 .195/.255/.383/.639 .827/.502 .761 11/.636 0/1 6/4
55.Vazquez G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 118/90 .225/.287/.275/.561 .524/.572 .568 74/.507 0/0 0/4
IP 92.0 42.1 36.2 60.0 75.0 70.1 19.2 21.0 TOTAL .244/.318/.369/.687 .699/.681 .667 .652 47/21 100/75
ERA-K/9 4.11/7.7 3.40/12.3 3.93/5.6 2.85/7.2 4.08/6.6 2.82/7.0 1.83/7.8 8.57/12.4 4.18/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ross (30-8-3)
 Vazquez (11-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 386/.255 189/.232 153/.264 245/.203 322/.248 291/.257 70/.152 106/.326 .259  Cespedes
 Nava
 Craig
 Betts
 Holt
 Johnson
104/9/0/14
33/0/48/7
11/0/72/3
0/15/8/2
8/10/35/1
4/0/1/0
OPS .675 .658 .703 .620 .735 .691 .385 1.062 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 205/.667 78/.787 65/.722 85/.449 152/.757 124/.765 23/.625 55/.745 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.685 111/.567 88/.689 160/.711 170/.716 167/.638 47/.266 51/1.407 .717
Home 259/.612 96/.750 95/.847 115/.603 156/.934 155/.662 38/.461 50/.836
Last 28d days 85/.855 36/.662 43/.903 39/.760 37/.558 65/.806 55/.412 9/1.931
HR/SB/CS 6/4/1 2/8/0 5/3/0 2/6/1 10/6/2 3/7/6 1/2/1 5/6/0 124/82/23
Usage ····X··· o·o·o·o· X·oX··o· X·o·X··· X·oX··oo ·X··o··X oX·X··X· X·X·····
Blue Jays Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Kelly
G/S/vB		 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 37.Hembree
G/S/vB		 59.Layne*
G/S/vB		 54.Mujica
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 30.Wilson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 7/.821 4/1.167 ··· ··· 7/.572 8/1.333 10/1.300 2/2.000 550/432 .281/.397/.500/.897 1.066/.849 .883 101/.765 5/1 25/4
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/1.667 7/1.547 9/.730 ··· ··· 9/1.778 9/.833 5/.000 ··· 588/429 .310/.362/.468/.830 .821/.834 .830 104/.753 6/2 15/2
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 9/1.111 2/2.500 ··· ··· 4/2.250 11/.920 7/1.000 1/.000 418/326 .264/.354/.559/.913 .895/.917 1.004 43/.515 2/0 27/8
47.Francisco* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 313/265 .224/.294/.466/.760 .399/.824 .797 53/.353 0/2 16/11
66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 215/168 .277/.332/.319/.651 .613/.662 .637 69/.614 0/0 0/6
26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/2.404 5/1.000 ··· 230/197 .317/.383/.476/.859 .218/.966 .899 32/.744 0/0 4/2
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 1/.000 8/1.125 6/.533 ··· ··· 9/.555 2/1.000 7/1.000 ··· 431/313 .272/.311/.387/.697 .634/.722 .796 80/.705 1/0 10/2
11.Pillar G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/20 .217/.213/.304/.517 .605/.400 .371 6/.500 0/1 0/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.400 5/.400 4/.000 1/.000 355/263 .223/.285/.437/.722 .605/.761 .637 87/.699 4/0 16/1
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 6/.000 10/1.100 10/.900 ··· ··· 12/.606 6/1.700 4/.500 ··· 527/373 .291/.335/.412/.747 .703/.765 .818 106/.788 23/2 8/16
22.Thole* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 127/92 .261/.344/.297/.641 .608/.654 .697 26/.422 0/3 0/1
18.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 163/60 .233/.298/.363/.661 .873/.299 .795 22/.325 2/1 3/3
15.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.100 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 3/2.000 ··· 188/90 .287/.335/.385/.720 .903/.526 .745 67/.761 0/0 2/5
IP 57.0 62.0 49.1 6.0 10.2 49.1 55.0 60.0 15.1 TOTAL .260/.325/.415/.740 .685/.761 .770 .648 62/17 145/73
ERA-K/9 4.26/6.2 2.47/4.8 4.74/5.7 4.50/3.0 0.84/7.6 4.20/6.6 2.95/9.7 2.25/10.9 1.76/4.7 3.97/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (48-15-6)
 Thole (21-3-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 250/.264 251/.265 229/.291 27/.273 41/.167 207/.297 233/.256 231/.211 57/.185 .259  Cabrera
 Bautista
 Rasmus
 Pillar
 Encarnacion
 Tolleson
125/1/4/12
0/11/102/9
0/82/0/3
12/10/3/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/6/0
OPS .740 .677 .809 .816 .491 .806 .695 .590 .617 .731
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.779 104/.712 104/.800 9/1.069 28/.410 89/.968 110/.684 128/.508 30/.836 .758
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 110/.688 147/.653 125/.815 18/.675 13/.671 118/.678 123/.705 103/.689 27/.379 .706
Road 158/.803 98/.755 99/.757 23/.748 18/.590 86/.673 104/.695 97/.552 10/1.150
Last 28d days 94/.675 38/.292 52/.836 27/.816 38/.498 43/.602 59/.726 52/.855 44/.538
HR/SB/CS 5/5/1 1/4/1 6/1/0 0/1/2 0/0/0 6/4/2 4/0/0 7/1/1 2/0/0 126/80/26
Usage ····X··· X··oo·X· ·Xo·X·X· X·X····· o·X·oo·· X·X·ooo· o·oo·X·· ·o··X··o X··X···X

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. 		OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2014 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed
MLB Best, Middle, Worst
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

OAK  4.80

SEA  4.00

SDP  3.31

 RA/G

SEA  3.17

CHC  4.11

COL  5.20

 BA

J. Altuve  .333

D. Navarro  .272

C. Davis  .188

 OBP

G. Stanton  .404

A. Gonzalez  .334

G. Beckham  .260

 SLG

J. Abreu  .599

B. Zobrist  .416

Z. Cozart  .302

 OPS

J. Abreu  .967

M. Montero  .749

Z. Cozart  .576

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.82

W. Peralta  3.56

E. Jackson  6.09

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.35

J. Lackey  7.34

K. Correia  4.58

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.