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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Minnesota Twins, at Rogers Centre, August 3, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, August 3, 2015

Start Time:

1:07et (local)

Venue:

Rogers Centre

Series:

Game #1 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

77° (based on last ten years)

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

106

On This Date:

54-46

Blue Jays

Manager:

John Gibbons

Game #:

108

On This Date:

16-18

Season Series
Fri, May 29, 2015 TOR  6 @MIN  4     
Sat, May 30, 2015 MIN  3  TOR  2     
Sun, May 31, 2015 MIN  6  TOR  5     

Mon, Aug 03, 2015 MIN    @TOR  1:07pm
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 MIN    @TOR  7:07pm
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 MIN    @TOR  7:07pm
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 MIN    @TOR  7:07pm

                         All times ET

Minnesota Twins

54-50, 2nd, 8 GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   34-22   Road:   20-28   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  33-34   vsLHP:  21-16   1-Run:  14-14
 vsEast: 13-6    vsCntrl:23-22   vsWest: 10-10 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Sun, Aug  2   SEA  L   1-4 (11)  54-50  2nd  8.0 gb
103 Sat, Aug  1   SEA  W   3-2       54-49  2nd  8.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 31   SEA  L   1-6       53-49  2nd  8.0 gb
101 Thu, Jul 30   SEA  W   9-5       53-48  2nd  8.0 gb
100 Wed, Jul 29   PIT  L   4-10      52-48  2nd  9.0 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 28   PIT  L   7-8       52-47  2nd  9.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 26   NYY  L   2-7       52-46  2nd  7.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 25   NYY  L   5-8       52-45  2nd  6.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 24   NYY  W  10-1       52-44  2nd  5.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 23  @LAA  W   3-0       51-44  2nd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Toronto Blue Jays

54-52, 2nd, 6 GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   32-21   Road:   22-31   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  39-41   vsLHP:  15-11   1-Run:  11-23
 vsEast: 23-21   vsCntrl:11-13   vsWest: 11-12 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Sun, Aug  2   KCR  W   5-2       54-52  2nd  6.0 gb
105 Sat, Aug  1   KCR  L   6-7       53-52  3rd  6.0 gb
104 Fri, Jul 31   KCR  W   7-6 (11)  53-51  2nd  6.0 gb
103 Thu, Jul 30   KCR  W   5-2       52-51  2nd  6.0 gb
102 Wed, Jul 29   PHI  W   8-2       51-51  3rd  7.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 28   PHI  L   2-3       50-51  4th  8.0 gb
100 Sun, Jul 26  @SEA  L   5-6 (10)  50-50  2nd  6.5 gb
 99 Sat, Jul 25  @SEA  W   8-6       50-49  2nd  5.5 gb
 98 Fri, Jul 24  @SEA  L   2-5       49-49  2nd  5.5 gb
 97 Thu, Jul 23  @OAK  W   5-2       49-48  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 31, 2015 MIN  6  TOR  5        W:Ryan Pressly (3-1), L: Roberto Osuna (1-2), S: Glen Perkins (19)
Sat, May 30, 2015 MIN  3  TOR  2        W:Ryan Pressly (2-1), L: Aaron Loup (1-3), S: Blaine Boyer (1)
Fri, May 29, 2015 TOR  6 @MIN  4        W:Mark Buehrle (6-4), L: Glen Perkins (0-1), S: none

Wed, Jun 11, 2014 MIN  7 @TOR  2        W:Phil Hughes (7-2), L: Marcus Stroman (3-1), S: Casey Fien (1)
Tue, Jun 10, 2014 MIN  4 @TOR  0        W:Kevin Correia (3-7), L: J.A. Happ (5-3), S: none
Mon, Jun 09, 2014 TOR  5  MIN  4        W:Casey Janssen (1-0), L: Matt Guerrier (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 17, 2014 MIN  9  TOR  5        W:Casey Fien (2-0), L: Sergio Santos (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 17, 2014 MIN  7  TOR  0        W:Kyle Gibson (3-0), L: R.A. Dickey (1-3), S: none
Tue, Apr 15, 2014 TOR  9 @MIN  3        W:Aaron Loup (1-0), L: Phil Hughes (0-1), S: none
Sun, Sep 08, 2013 TOR  2 @MIN  0        W:Esmil Rogers (5-7), L: Jared Burton (2-9), S: Casey Janssen (29)
Season Series: 2015 - MIN over 2-1; 2014 - MIN won 4-2; 2013 - TOR won 5-1; All-Time - TOR leads 205-160

SP: Ervin Santana (32, RHP, 2-1, 3.78)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (2-1)			33.1	28	16	14	11	24	6	3.78
2014 (14-10)			196.0	193	90	86	63	179	16	3.95
2013 (9-10)			211.0	190	85	76	51	161	26	3.24

Last 7 GS		2-2	44.0	42	25	23	15	33	7	4.70	50
2015-07-29	PIT	L	5.2	8	8	6	4	3	2	107	24
2015-07-23	@LAA	W	8.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	91	81
2015-07-17	@OAK	W	7.2	5	0	0	1	1	0	103	69
2015-07-10	DET	ND	4.0	8	6	6	3	5	3	81	24
2015-07-05	@KCR	ND	8.0	3	2	2	3	8	1	93	73
2014-09-26	@PHI	ND	5.2	8	4	4	2	5	0	96	40
2014-09-21	NYM	L	5.0	6	5	5	2	4	1	81	37

Last 5 v.TOR		0-2	34.0	27	15	13	15	27	4	3.44	56
2013-08-30	@TOR	L	7.0	4	3	2	2	6	0	98	63
2013-04-14	TOR	ND	8.0	7	2	1	3	4	1	109	63
2012-06-29	@TOR	ND	5.0	7	5	5	3	2	1	85	32
2012-05-04	TOR	L	8.0	3	3	3	2	10	1	111	72
2011-09-22	@TOR	ND	6.0	6	2	2	5	5	1	104	52

SP: David Price (29, LHP, 9-4, 2.53)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (9-4)			146.0	133	50	41	29	138	13	2.53
2014 (15-12)			248.1	230	100	90	38	271	25	3.26
2013 (10-8)			186.2	178	78	69	27	151	16	3.33

Last 7 GS		3-2	48.2	46	16	14	8	50	6	2.59	61
2015-07-28	@TBR	L	6.0	7	5	5	2	4	2	108	40
2015-07-23	SEA	ND	8.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	116	70
2015-07-18	BAL	L	7.0	6	1	1	1	12	1	113	72
2015-07-09	@MIN	W	8.0	5	2	0	3	8	0	117	73
2015-07-04	TOR	W	7.0	8	1	1	1	7	1	114	63
2015-06-28	CHW	ND	6.0	6	4	4	0	5	1	99	49
2015-06-23	@CLE	W	6.2	9	1	1	0	7	0	114	59

Last 5 v.MIN		4-1	36.0	28	10	8	10	33	0	2.00	63
2015-07-09	@MIN	W	8.0	5	2	0	3	8	0	117	73
2015-04-27	@MIN	W	6.1	6	3	3	2	7	0	108	54
2015-04-06	MIN	W	8.2	5	0	0	0	5	0	101	79
2014-09-28	MIN	W	7.1	4	0	0	2	8	0	112	76
2014-09-17	@MIN	L	5.2	8	5	5	3	5	0	112	35

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

Twins Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 14.Price*
G/S/vB 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB 31.Hendriks
G/S/vB 62.Loup*
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 54.Osuna
G/S/vB 41.Sanchez
G/S/vB 47.Schultz
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Dozier G/S/vP 30/.786 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/3.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 456/316 .253/.327/.509/.835 .905/.805 .835 92/.779 9/3 23/4

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 9/.777 3/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 247/162 .242/.273/.385/.659 .545/.720 .632 35/.465 2/3 4/4

26.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/14 .200/.333/.267/.600 .250/.690 .125 18/.600 0/0 0/1

32.Hicks# G/S/vP 12/1.100 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 200/134 .283/.345/.411/.756 1.071/.599 .528 86/.944 9/3 5/0

48.Hunter G/S/vP 35/.749 20/.516 3/.666 3/.666 3/.000 11/.273 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 386/265 .248/.301/.425/.726 .709/.734 .776 74/.562 1/3 16/4

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 38/.469 10/.400 4/1.000 3/.000 6/.000 4/1.167 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 426/285 .269/.333/.379/.712 .716/.709 .747 87/.645 1/1 6/4

9.Nunez G/S/vP 44/.661 7/.971 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 135/92 .270/.306/.429/.735 .661/.769 .781 23/.348 4/3 2/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 23/.800 1/5.000 ··· 4/.750 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 405/277 .255/.314/.455/.770 .762/.773 .690 76/.837 2/0 14/6

21.Robinson G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 143/74 .242/.289/.318/.607 .590/.622 .627 20/.550 5/1 0/0

20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 260/186 .283/.310/.445/.755 .742/.761 .487 76/.896 9/5 5/5

22.Sano G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/66 .284/.410/.519/.929 .501/1.162 .630 80/.903 0/1 4/0

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 33/.650 14/1.121 3/.000 7/.714 1/.000 11/.273 1/no AB ··· ··· 317/215 .231/.287/.301/.587 .584/.588 .527 62/.626 0/0 3/1

IP 146.0 34.2 24.1 46.1 34.2 37.0 47.2 70.2 30.0 TOTAL .250/.304/.396/.700 .716/.693 .631 .725 51/32 90/60

ERA-K/9

2.53/8.5

3.89/10.1

3.33/8.1

2.53/9.1

5.19/9.9

1.70/11.4

2.27/10.0

3.44/5.9

2.40/7.5

3.99/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fryer (1-0-0)
Suzuki (49-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 592/.241 144/.233 97/.258 180/.205 150/.266 150/.255 185/.194 297/.231 114/.183 .253 Hicks
Rosario
Escobar
Hunter
Robinson
Nunez 0/53/1/7
44/3/23/6
33/0/0/4
0/0/80/3
40/15/5/3
2/0/0/1

OPS .654 .695 .676 .514 .776 .664 .562 .707 .545 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 137/.668 44/.860 42/.630 74/.719 60/.708 62/.753 90/.631 157/.934 50/.449 .733

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 455/.650 100/.624 55/.709 106/.369 90/.821 88/.602 95/.497 140/.460 64/.611 .707

Home 278/.683 75/.747 52/.807 107/.529 76/.682 75/.673 100/.577 167/.605 54/.392

Last 28d days 116/.637 28/.416 30/.544 28/.254 18/1.194 48/.834 36/.728 16/.192 40/.576

HR/SB/CS 13/0/2 4/0/1 3/0/2 2/3/2 6/1/0 2/1/3 3/2/2 8/4/6 4/4/0 108/48/32

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

Blue Jays Batters (5.29 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB 36.Boyer
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 62.Graham
G/S/vB 49.Jepsen
G/S/vB 65.May
G/S/vB 61.O'Rourke*
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Bautista G/S/vP 34/1.125 2/.000 9/1.556 2/.000 1/.000 4/.833 3/1.167 ··· 11/1.091 426/333 .237/.364/.503/.867 .773/.893 .972 92/.738 4/2 23/1

15.Colabello G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/5.000 257/191 .315/.358/.496/.854 .905/.836 .948 48/.682 2/0 10/4

20.Donaldson G/S/vP 12/.969 1/.000 3/1.667 2/1.000 1/no AB 7/.821 5/2.600 ··· 3/.666 463/366 .291/.357/.549/.906 1.118/.850 1.054 89/.960 3/0 26/14

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 22/.808 3/.000 8/1.375 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· 5/1.400 413/329 .244/.341/.455/.796 .746/.808 .836 80/.831 1/2 19/2

17.Goins* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 237/185 .223/.277/.313/.590 .628/.579 .529 29/.606 0/1 2/5

66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP 8/1.071 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 20/17 .167/.250/.278/.528 1.000/.435 .774 3/.000 0/1 0/0

55.Martin G/S/vP 26/.703 8/.500 4/.250 2/2.500 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 357/276 .264/.347/.482/.830 1.014/.777 .917 70/.904 4/4 15/3

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 11/.899 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.400 122/98 .224/.287/.346/.633 .714/.613 .590 29/.584 0/0 3/1

11.Pillar G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 415/314 .267/.301/.383/.684 .682/.684 .640 84/.548 15/3 7/2

7.Revere* G/S/vP 13/1.077 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 397/296 .292/.327/.367/.695 .560/.740 .650 66/.634 24/5 1/0

13.Smoak# G/S/vP 27/1.015 2/1.000 9/.777 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 5/.800 182/167 .228/.313/.451/.764 1.186/.724 .843 45/.466 0/0 9/1

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP ··· 11/1.055 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 372/291 .303/.355/.479/.834 .981/.793 .862 79/.781 1/0 13/8

IP 33.1 43.2 26.0 34.1 49.0 42.0 91.2 9.2 43.0 TOTAL .264/.332/.443/.775 .841/.756 .834 .752 57/18 139/65

ERA-K/9

3.78/6.5

2.68/4.3

5.88/5.2

4.19/5.0

3.86/7.2

3.21/7.5

4.22/7.9

0.93/12.1

2.51/8.0

3.95/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martin (36-25-16)
Navarro (8-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 141/.220 183/.261 112/.263 141/.257 207/.265 179/.225 396/.285 36/.097 171/.224 .270 Pillar
Revere
Bautista
Goins
Colabello 14/88/3/9
58/42/12/5
0/0/64/2
2/0/2/0
33/0/13/0

OPS .679 .733 .739 .683 .775 .639 .754 .394 .597 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.517 65/.445 49/.899 57/.849 89/.680 94/.766 212/.746 20/.393 46/.763 .695

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 72/.827 118/.887 63/.618 84/.571 118/.849 85/.504 184/.764 16/.393 125/.536 .778

Road 88/.378 82/.899 54/.551 63/.740 83/.845 87/.805 161/.796 12/.533 67/.320

Last 28d days 112/.735 28/.815 25/.566 34/.855 51/.752 29/.361 45/.786 36/.394 34/1.050

HR/SB/CS 6/3/0 4/2/3 1/3/0 5/4/0 8/4/0 4/3/2 8/7/2 1/1/0 6/1/0 111/58/15

Usage ····X··· ··X·X··· o····X·· oo·X·X·· ··X·X··X X·····X· oo·X·o·· ·o··oo·X X··o·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 2015 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

TOR 5.29

PIT 4.13

NYM 3.55

RA/G

STL 2.93

CLE 4.22

COL 5.15

M. Cabrera .350

H. Ramirez .266

M. Zunino .180

OBP

P. Goldschmidt .458

C. Davis .327

M. Zunino .237

SLG

B. Harper .672

M. Moustakas .420

B. Hamilton .288

OPS

B. Harper 1.128

K. Wong .751

M. Zunino .554

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.41

J. Zimmermann 3.54

K. Kendrick 6.43

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 11.68

K. Hendricks 7.56

M. Pelfrey 4.26

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.