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Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Yankees, at Rogers Centre, August 31, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Start Time:

1:07et (local)

Venue:

Rogers Centre

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Rogers Centre

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

75° (based on last ten years)

Yankees

Manager:

Joe Girardi

Game #:

137

On This Date:

63-47

Blue Jays

Manager:

John Gibbons

Game #:

136

On This Date:

19-13

Season Series
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 NYY  7 @TOR  3     
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 TOR  4  NYY  0     
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 NYY  6 @TOR  4     
Tue, Jun 17, 2014 NYY  3  TOR  1     
Wed, Jun 18, 2014 NYY  7  TOR  3     
Thu, Jun 19, 2014 NYY  6  TOR  4     
Mon, Jun 23, 2014 TOR  8  NYY  3     
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 TOR  7  NYY  6     
Wed, Jun 25, 2014 NYY  5 @TOR  3     
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 NYY  6  TOR  4     
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 TOR  6 @NYY  4     
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 TOR  5 @NYY  4     
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 NYY  6 @TOR  3     
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 TOR  2  NYY  0     

Sun, Aug 31, 2014 NYY    @TOR  1:07pm
Thu, Sep 18, 2014 TOR    @NYY  7:05pm
Fri, Sep 19, 2014 TOR    @NYY  7:05pm
Sat, Sep 20, 2014 TOR    @NYY        
Sun, Sep 21, 2014 TOR    @NYY  1:05pm

                         All times ET

New York Yankees

70-64, 2nd, 8 GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   33-31   Road:   37-33   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  49-45   vsLHP:  21-19   1-Run:  21-17
 vsEast: 24-27   vsCntrl:18-14   vsWest: 15-16 IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Sat, Aug 30  @TOR  L   0-2       70-64  2nd  8.0 gb
133 Fri, Aug 29  @TOR  W   6-3       70-63  2nd  7.0 gb
132 Thu, Aug 28  @DET  L   2-3       69-63  2nd  7.0 gb
131 Wed, Aug 27  @DET  W   8-4       69-62  2nd  6.0 gb
130 Tue, Aug 26  @DET  L   2-5       68-62  2nd  7.0 gb
129 Mon, Aug 25  @KCR  W   8-1       68-61  2nd  6.0 gb
128 Sun, Aug 24   CHW  W   7-4 (10)  67-61  2nd  6.0 gb
127 Sat, Aug 23   CHW  W   5-3       66-61  2nd  7.0 gb
126 Fri, Aug 22   CHW  W   4-3       65-61  2nd  8.0 gb
125 Thu, Aug 21   HOU  W   3-0       64-61  2nd  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Toronto Blue Jays

68-67, 3rd, 10½ GB, 6 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   36-31   Road:   32-36   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  51-49   vsLHP:  17-18   1-Run:  12-14
 vsEast: 30-26   vsCntrl:16-16   vsWest: 12-18 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sat, Aug 30   NYY  W   2-0       68-67  3rd 10.5 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29   NYY  L   3-6       67-67  3rd 10.5 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27   BOS  W   5-2       67-66  3rd  9.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 TOR  2  NYY  0        W:Drew Hutchison (9-11), L: Michael Pineda (3-3), S: Aaron Sanchez (1)
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 NYY  6 @TOR  3        W:Chris Capuano (2-3), L: Mark Buehrle (11-9), S: David Robertson (35)
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 TOR  5 @NYY  4        W:Aaron Sanchez (1-0), L: David Robertson (1-3), S: Casey Janssen (16)
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 TOR  6 @NYY  4        W:Drew Hutchison (7-9), L: Shawn Kelley (1-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 NYY  6  TOR  4        W:Hiroki Kuroda (7-6), L: Mark Buehrle (10-7), S: David Robertson (26)
Wed, Jun 25, 2014 NYY  5 @TOR  3        W:Hiroki Kuroda (5-5), L: Drew Hutchison (5-6), S: David Robertson (18)
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 TOR  7  NYY  6        W:Casey Janssen (2-0), L: Adam Warren (1-4), S: none
Mon, Jun 23, 2014 TOR  8  NYY  3        W:Marcus Stroman (4-2), L: Chase Whitley (3-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 19, 2014 NYY  6  TOR  4        W:David Phelps (3-4), L: Drew Hutchison (5-5), S: Adam Warren (2)
Wed, Jun 18, 2014 NYY  7  TOR  3        W:Chase Whitley (3-0), L: Mark Buehrle (10-4), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - NYY over 8-6; 2013 - NYY won 14-5; 2012 - NYY won 11-7; All-Time - NYY leads 311-240

SP: Brandon McCarthy (30, RHP, 8-13, 4.13)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (8-13)			168.0	192	87	77	29	149	18	4.13
2013 (5-11)			135.0	161	71	68	21	76	13	4.53
2012 (8-6)			111.0	115	44	40	24	73	10	3.24

Last 7 GS		4-3	45.2	46	17	14	8	44	2	2.76	57
2014-08-26	@DET	L	6.1	9	5	5	2	5	0	85	38
2014-08-21	HOU	W	9.0	4	0	0	0	8	0	107	87
2014-08-15	@TBR	L	6.1	7	4	2	1	7	0	110	53
2014-08-09	CLE	L	6.1	7	2	2	0	8	1	90	59
2014-08-04	DET	W	5.2	5	1	0	2	8	0	116	63
2014-07-29	@TEX	W	6.0	10	4	4	1	3	1	108	38
2014-07-24	TEX	W	6.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	109	63

Last 5 v.TOR		2-2	35.1	28	15	14	7	12	2	3.57	55
2013-09-02	TOR	L	9.0	5	4	4	0	2	1	93	63
2011-04-05	@TOR	ND	8.0	8	5	4	1	2	0	89	49
2009-09-01	TOR	W	6.1	3	1	1	2	2	0	95	63
2009-04-21	@TOR	W	6.0	6	3	3	2	2	1	97	48
2007-08-05	@TOR	L	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	104	54

SP: J.A. Happ (31, LHP, 8-8, 4.40)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (8-8)			118.2	123	62	58	44	101	16	4.40
2013 (5-7)			92.2	91	53	47	45	77	10	4.56
2012 (10-11)			144.2	147	79	77	56	144	19	4.79

Last 7 GS		1-3	41.2	37	18	16	11	37	7	3.46	55
2014-08-25	BOS	ND	6.0	5	3	3	2	8	2	111	56
2014-08-19	@MIL	L	3.1	6	4	4	2	3	0	70	33
2014-08-12	@SEA	L	6.0	7	5	4	1	1	2	102	40
2014-08-07	BAL	L	8.0	5	2	2	1	12	1	125	75
2014-08-01	@HOU	ND	7.0	3	1	1	2	6	0	105	71
2014-07-27	@NYY	ND	5.1	4	3	2	2	3	2	106	51
2014-07-22	BOS	W	6.0	7	0	0	1	4	0	103	61

Last 5 v.NYY		0-2	28.1	26	16	15	14	24	6	4.76	49
2014-07-27	@NYY	ND	5.1	4	3	2	2	3	2	106	51
2013-09-18	NYY	ND	7.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	101	69
2013-08-27	NYY	L	4.2	7	5	5	2	5	2	89	33
2013-08-22	@NYY	L	5.1	3	4	4	5	4	1	97	45
2013-04-27	@NYY	ND	6.0	8	3	3	2	5	1	105	47

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Yankees Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Happ*
G/S/vB 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 64.Jenkins
G/S/vB 62.Loup*
G/S/vB 29.McGowan
G/S/vB 58.Redmond
G/S/vB 41.Sanchez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

36.Beltran# G/S/vP 24/1.185 4/.000 4/1.750 1/2.000 5/1.350 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 408/267 .243/.306/.425/.731 .614/.796 .646 86/.647 3/1 15/2

29.Cervelli G/S/vP 4/1.250 7/1.428 3/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 122/85 .277/.336/.429/.765 .680/.802 .846 38/.689 1/0 2/1

33.Drew* G/S/vP 11/.495 5/.000 2/2.500 3/.667 5/.000 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 221/174 .171/.249/.327/.576 .334/.640 .509 63/.505 1/1 6/6

22.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 17/.738 22/.568 17/.686 6/.666 7/.929 10/1.100 9/.347 1/.000 560/376 .286/.347/.431/.778 .843/.747 .716 97/.983 37/5 14/1

11.Gardner* G/S/vP 10/.500 16/.983 5/.650 2/1.000 8/.629 4/.833 8/.250 1/2.000 552/383 .266/.342/.429/.771 .666/.817 .756 90/.470 19/4 15/1

12.Headley# G/S/vP 12/.584 4/.000 5/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· 444/327 .233/.309/.356/.664 .655/.668 .637 88/.674 6/3 10/7

2.Jeter G/S/vP 15/1.462 35/.800 17/.294 4/.500 2/1.000 30/.842 8/.375 1/no AB 534/369 .262/.309/.313/.622 .592/.636 .690 97/.436 9/1 3/10

34.McCann* G/S/vP 21/.449 6/.667 5/.000 2/.000 5/.400 5/.400 4/.500 1/.000 449/323 .234/.287/.384/.671 .862/.595 .593 63/.712 0/0 15/2

14.Prado G/S/vP 16/.990 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 539/424 .271/.314/.388/.702 .996/.624 .680 93/.796 3/1 9/16

17.Ryan G/S/vP 13/.385 7/1.667 2/.500 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 82/60 .213/.259/.253/.513 .318/.588 .596 11/.764 0/2 0/3

31.Suzuki* G/S/vP 8/1.482 15/.481 11/.364 2/.000 7/.334 20/1.079 6/.666 ··· 311/251 .285/.327/.330/.657 .841/.614 .700 54/.736 11/2 1/1

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 6/.666 31/1.035 17/.797 2/1.000 2/1.000 11/1.064 2/.000 ··· 422/294 .226/.327/.421/.749 .758/.744 .769 80/.569 1/1 20/6

45.Wheeler G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 45/25 .262/.295/.405/.700 .824/.598 .828 14/.607 0/0 2/1

IP 118.2 44.0 36.2 31.2 61.2 76.0 70.1 21.2 TOTAL .249/.311/.382/.693 .712/.685 .680 .658 95/23 122/75

ERA-K/9

4.40/7.7

3.27/12.5

3.93/5.6

2.56/5.1

2.92/7.3

4.14/6.6

2.82/7.0

1.66/8.3

4.14/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cervelli (15-6-1)
McCann (37-25-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 513/.267 194/.225 153/.264 136/.264 253/.202 327/.251 291/.257 76/.139 .257 Gardner
Suzuki
Wheeler
Ellsbury
Beltran
Prado 117/13/1/4
7/5/97/3
0/0/6/2
0/126/0/2
0/0/28/1
3/0/8/0

OPS .777 .640 .703 .674 .632 .753 .691 .354 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 114/.795 80/.766 65/.722 58/.862 88/.512 155/.806 124/.765 28/.511 .773

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 399/.772 114/.551 88/.689 78/.536 165/.696 172/.707 167/.638 48/.260 .710

Home 269/.741 101/.709 95/.847 63/.758 123/.629 161/.964 155/.662 44/.396

Last 28d days 99/.820 37/.305 39/.965 43/.643 44/.647 39/.796 43/.869 52/.436

HR/SB/CS 16/7/3 2/8/0 5/3/0 2/1/1 3/6/1 11/6/2 3/7/6 1/2/1 126/82/23

Usage ·····X·· ·o·oo·o· ····X·oX ········ ·X··X·o· ·X··X·oX ·····X·· X···oX·X

Blue Jays Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.McCarthy
G/S/vB 68.Betances
G/S/vB 55.Huff*
G/S/vB 27.Kelley
G/S/vB 48.Outman*
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 53.Rogers
G/S/vB 43.Warren
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Bautista G/S/vP 1/.000 4/1.750 3/.000 5/.900 4/.250 20/1.319 1/.000 ··· 562/440 .284/.399/.517/.917 1.088/.867 .925 97/.870 5/1 28/4

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 9/1.666 4/.000 4/.500 9/.222 5/1.000 7/.762 2/2.500 2/.000 601/438 .305/.356/.460/.816 .800/.821 .800 101/.725 6/2 15/2

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 8/1.232 4/.250 4/.000 8/1.643 ··· 14/.357 1/.000 4/.500 429/333 .263/.352/.552/.904 .854/.917 .982 54/.526 2/0 27/8

47.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 4/.750 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 315/267 .223/.295/.465/.760 .399/.823 .797 46/.391 0/2 16/12

66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 6/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 4/1.000 ··· 4/.500 222/174 .274/.327/.315/.642 .644/.641 .618 70/.645 0/0 0/6

26.Lind* G/S/vP 16/.464 2/.500 9/.619 3/2.667 7/.572 14/.702 1/.000 2/2.000 237/203 .312/.376/.470/.845 .212/.952 .875 39/.686 0/0 4/2

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 9/.583 4/.500 4/.500 4/.000 1/.000 6/.334 4/.250 2/1.000 442/319 .277/.314/.393/.708 .683/.717 .811 79/.730 1/0 10/3

11.Pillar G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.250 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 57/27 .236/.246/.345/.591 .714/.454 .495 16/.779 0/1 0/0

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.500 4/.000 1/.000 11/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 359/264 .227/.290/.442/.732 .656/.758 .661 81/.767 4/0 16/1

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 6/.533 2/2.000 3/.000 7/.286 5/1.000 6/.833 540/382 .285/.329/.403/.732 .685/.752 .785 103/.701 24/2 8/16

22.Thole* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 4/.000 2/2.500 127/92 .261/.344/.297/.641 .608/.654 .697 22/.348 0/3 0/1

18.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 168/60 .225/.289/.351/.640 .829/.299 .742 22/.232 2/1 3/4

15.Valencia G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 9/.819 3/.666 ··· 6/1.667 5/.600 1/.000 196/95 .286/.332/.396/.727 .874/.574 .758 64/.751 0/0 3/5

IP 168.0 78.0 52.1 44.0 24.2 51.1 35.1 63.2 TOTAL .259/.324/.415/.739 .687/.759 .767 .658 63/17 149/76

ERA-K/9

4.13/8.0

1.50/13.4

3.78/6.0

4.50/12.1

3.28/8.7

2.98/13.5

5.09/9.4

3.39/8.3

3.81/8.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 709/.286 293/.144 234/.269 187/.226 111/.242 205/.184 153/.268 271/.245 .252 Cabrera
Bautista
Rasmus
Pillar
Tolleson
Encarnacion 128/1/4/12
0/11/105/9
0/82/0/3
12/13/3/1
1/0/6/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .748 .447 .710 .646 .804 .561 .764 .679 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 370/.756 145/.371 100/.632 95/.599 59/.697 113/.462 80/.957 124/.598 .670

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 339/.739 148/.524 134/.772 92/.694 52/.927 92/.684 73/.561 147/.744 .741

Road 310/.791 161/.432 109/.630 84/.556 60/.756 111/.520 67/.886 141/.738

Last 28d days 139/.594 45/.524 38/.583 42/.783 1/2.000 32/.540 47/.566 41/.725

HR/SB/CS 18/15/4 4/7/3 5/4/2 3/0/0 4/1/0 5/7/1 6/3/0 4/1/2 138/60/33

Usage ····X··· ··oX···o X····XX· o·X····X ·o······ ·o····oo ····X·o· ·X·X··oo

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 4.72

TEX 4.00

SDP 3.29

RA/G

SEA 3.27

PIT 4.11

COL 5.15

J. Altuve .332

A. Gonzalez .273

C. Davis .188

OBP

G. Stanton .403

N. Aoki .331

G. Beckham .263

SLG

J. Abreu .605

B. Dozier .417

A. Callaspo .302

OPS

J. Abreu .985

J. Heyward .751

Z. Cozart .578

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.73

M. Buehrle 3.50

E. Jackson 6.09

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.35

C. Lewis 7.34

K. Correia 4.56

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.