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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Detroit Tigers, at Rogers Centre, July 7, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Start Time:

7:07et (local)

Venue:

Rogers Centre

Series:

Game #1 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

81° (based on last ten years)

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

On This Date:

63-29

Blue Jays

Manager:

John Gibbons

Game #:

On This Date:

17-14

Season Series
Mon, Jun 06, 2016 DET 11  TOR  0     
Tue, Jun 07, 2016 DET  3  TOR  2 (10)
Wed, Jun 08, 2016 TOR  7 @DET  2     

Thu, Jul 07, 2016 DET    @TOR  7:07pm
Fri, Jul 08, 2016 DET    @TOR  7:07pm
Sat, Jul 09, 2016 DET    @TOR  1:07pm
Sun, Jul 10, 2016 DET    @TOR  1:07pm

                         All times ET

Detroit Tigers

45-40, 2nd, 6½ GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   23-16   Road:   22-24   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  33-30   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:  11-9 
 vsEast: 12-8    vsCntrl:13-18   vsWest: 10-10 IL:10-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Wed, Jul  6  @CLE  W  12-2       45-40  2nd  6.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  5  @CLE  L   1-12      44-40  2nd  7.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  4  @CLE  L   3-5       44-39  2nd  6.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  3  @TBR  W   5-1       44-38  2nd  5.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  2  @TBR  W   3-2       43-38  3rd  6.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  1  @TBR  W  10-2       42-38  3rd  7.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jun 30  @TBR  W  10-7       41-38  3rd  7.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 29   MIA  W  10-3       40-38  3rd  7.5 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 28   MIA  W   7-5       39-38  3rd  7.5 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 26   CLE  L   3-9       38-38  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Toronto Blue Jays

48-39, 2nd, 2½ GB, 1 up in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   24-19   Road:   24-20   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  36-25   vsLHP:  12-14   1-Run:   8-14
 vsEast: 23-19   vsCntrl:10-10   vsWest:  6-4  IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Wed, Jul  6   KCR  W   4-2       48-39  2nd  2.5 gb
 86 Tue, Jul  5   KCR  W   8-3       47-39  2nd  2.5 gb
 85 Mon, Jul  4   KCR  W   6-2       46-39  3rd  2.5 gb
 84 Sun, Jul  3   CLE  W  17-1       45-39  3rd  3.5 gb
 83 Sat, Jul  2   CLE  W   9-6       44-39  3rd  4.5 gb
 82 Fri, Jul  1   CLE  L   1-2 (19)  43-39  3rd  5.5 gb
 81 Thu, Jun 30   CLE  L   1-4       43-38  3rd  5.5 gb
 80 Wed, Jun 29  @COL  W   5-3       43-37  2nd  5.5 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 28  @COL  W  14-9       42-37  3rd  5.5 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 27  @COL  L   5-9       41-37  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 08, 2016 TOR  7 @DET  2        W:R.A. Dickey (4-6), L: Jordan Zimmermann (8-3), S: none
Tue, Jun 07, 2016 DET  3  TOR  2 (10)   W:Justin Wilson (2-1), L: Joe Biagini (3-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 06, 2016 DET 11  TOR  0        W:Michael Fulmer (6-1), L: J.A. Happ (6-3), S: none

Sun, Aug 30, 2015 TOR  9  DET  2        W:Mark Buehrle (14-6), L: Alfredo Simon (11-9), S: none
Sat, Aug 29, 2015 TOR 15  DET  1        W:Drew Hutchison (13-2), L: Buck Farmer (0-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 28, 2015 TOR  5  DET  3        W:R.A. Dickey (9-10), L: Matt Boyd (1-5), S: Roberto Osuna (16)
Sun, Jul 05, 2015 TOR 10 @DET  5        W:Marco Estrada (6-4), L: Justin Verlander (0-2), S: Roberto Osuna (3)
Sat, Jul 04, 2015 DET  8  TOR  3        W:David Price (8-2), L: R.A. Dickey (3-9), S: none
Fri, Jul 03, 2015 DET  8  TOR  6        W:Anibal Sanchez (7-7), L: Drew Hutchison (8-2), S: Joakim Soria (18)
Sun, Aug 10, 2014 TOR  6  DET  5 (19)   W:Chad Jenkins (1-1), L: Rick Porcello (13-7), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - DET over 2-1; 2015 - TOR won 4-2; 2014 - TOR won 5-1; All-Time - TOR leads 220-189

SP: Justin Verlander (33, RHP, 8-6, 4.11)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (8-6)			111.2	94	52	51	29	115	16	4.11
2015 (5-8)			133.1	113	56	50	32	113	13	3.38
2014 (15-12)			206.0	223	114	104	65	159	18	4.54

Last 7 GS		4-2	46.2	41	23	22	7	45	8	4.24	56
2016-07-02	@TBR	W	7.0	4	2	1	1	8	0	106	70
2016-06-26	CLE	L	4.2	9	8	8	2	5	4	87	17
2016-06-21	SEA	ND	7.0	6	2	2	1	5	1	105	61
2016-06-16	@KCR	W	7.0	8	4	4	1	7	1	104	51
2016-06-11	@NYY	W	6.2	5	1	1	1	5	0	106	64
2016-06-05	CHW	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	8	2	104	66
2016-05-30	@LAA	L	7.1	4	4	4	0	7	0	116	61

Last 5 v.TOR		2-2	37.0	22	15	14	11	30	5	3.41	62
2015-07-05	TOR	L	5.0	7	7	7	2	5	2	94	28
2014-06-05	TOR	L	7.0	8	6	5	4	4	2	107	39
2013-07-04	@TOR	W	7.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	102	74
2012-08-23	TOR	ND	9.0	4	2	2	2	12	1	115	81
2011-05-07	@TOR	W	9.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	108	90

SP: Drew Hutchison (25, RHP, 1-0, 5.40)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (1-0)			6.2	7	4	4	3	5	2	5.40
2015 (13-5)			150.1	179	103	93	44	129	22	5.57
2014 (11-13)			184.2	173	92	92	60	184	23	4.48

Last 7 GS		4-3	35.2	36	21	21	9	29	9	5.30	49
2016-04-24	OAK	W	5.2	4	2	2	3	5	2	95	55
2015-10-01	@BAL	L	1.0	4	3	3	1	1	1	27	33
2015-09-09	@BOS	L	3.1	6	6	6	2	3	2	81	25
2015-09-04	BAL	L	5.0	9	6	6	0	2	3	65	27
2015-08-29	DET	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	7	0	105	68
2015-08-16	NYY	W	6.2	3	1	1	1	5	1	90	68
2015-08-11	OAK	W	7.0	4	2	2	2	6	0	82	65

Last 5 v.DET		1-1	18.2	19	8	6	2	18	0	2.89	56
2015-08-29	DET	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	7	0	105	68
2015-07-03	@DET	L	4.2	10	7	5	2	4	0	90	22
2014-06-03	@DET	ND	7.0	3	0	0	0	7	0	105	78

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

Tigers Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Hutchison
G/S/vB 31.Biagini
G/S/vB 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB 30.Chavez
G/S/vB 37.Grilli
G/S/vB 62.Loup*
G/S/vB 54.Osuna
G/S/vB 47.Schultz
G/S/vB 45.Storen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Aviles G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 5/.650 7/.429 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 115/75 .219/.274/.267/.541 .451/.588 .432 55/.585 2/2 1/5

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 9/.333 15/1.167 9/.222 3/.333 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 365/271 .298/.378/.524/.902 .616/.994 .745 113/.896 0/0 18/3

9.Castellanos G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 9/.583 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.000 2/.500 338/247 .307/.346/.540/.886 .763/.931 .911 114/.852 1/1 16/5

1.Iglesias G/S/vP 5/.900 1/no AB 3/.666 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 296/213 .249/.306/.331/.637 .661/.627 .663 101/.729 5/1 3/3

3.Kinsler G/S/vP 13/.539 1/2.000 13/.404 15/.533 11/.291 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 375/274 .293/.352/.496/.848 .956/.807 .875 119/.772 8/3 16/3

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· 23/.642 3/.666 6/2.033 4/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 321/236 .318/.364/.527/.892 .915/.883 .986 97/.815 0/0 16/0

4.Maybin G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 184/119 .352/.410/.430/.840 1.017/.749 .626 100/.735 9/4 2/1

34.McCann G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 178/111 .204/.254/.321/.575 .845/.415 .449 73/.631 0/0 5/2

33.Moya* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/80 .288/.326/.575/.901 1.467/.860 .875 53/.985 0/1 5/3

17.Romine# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 11/.728 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 68/58 .200/.284/.233/.517 .311/.553 .533 29/.570 4/0 0/2

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 10/.422 4/.250 1/no AB 6/.167 ··· ··· 6/2.000 162/130 .200/.321/.430/.751 .529/.808 .851 44/.750 0/0 8/3

8.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 7/.762 11/.728 ··· ··· ··· 8/.268 340/241 .230/.285/.367/.653 .735/.619 .635 113/.726 5/1 8/2

IP 6.2 32.0 12.2 32.1 28.2 5.1 38.2 4.2 31.0 TOTAL .270/.331/.441/.772 .769/.773 .747 .785 35/15 112/43

ERA-K/9

5.40/6.7

3.09/7.9

4.97/7.8

3.62/9.5

4.08/13.8

6.75/11.9

2.33/10.9

3.86/9.6

5.81/8.7

3.82/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (11-15-2)
Saltalamacchia (24-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 28/.280 148/.278 60/.333 134/.246 129/.231 21/.211 153/.213 19/.316 145/.300 .243 Upton
Moya
Aviles
Romine
Maybin 75/6/0/4
8/0/14/4
8/0/15/2
0/13/1/0
0/43/0/0

OPS .957 .686 .873 .732 .711 .764 .597 .947 .876 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 16/.875 64/.720 26/.942 61/.738 57/.822 8/1.500 77/.759 11/1.364 62/1.172 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 12/1.061 84/.659 34/.820 73/.724 72/.630 13/.245 76/.443 8/.375 83/.677 .674

Home 28/.957 87/.642 29/.854 72/.676 72/.642 19/.851 66/.395 15/.867 72/.863

Last 28d days 6/1.333 50/.835 8/.625 43/.623 37/.610 10/.422 41/.730 19/.947 49/.759

HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 0/4/1 2/2/0 6/2/1 3/1/0 2/0/0 3/3/0 1/0/0 5/3/1 101/44/11

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB 61.Greene
G/S/vB 21.Lowe
G/S/vB 50.Molleken
G/S/vB 36.Parnell
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 43.Rondon
G/S/vB 56.Ryan*
G/S/vB 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB 30.Wilson
G/S/vB 38.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Barney G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 9/.472 ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 4/1.000 185/110 .292/.346/.386/.732 .746/.722 .797 64/.621 2/2 3/4

3.Carrera* G/S/vP 9/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.616 ··· 3/.000 178/129 .287/.382/.413/.795 1.003/.709 .948 108/.779 5/3 4/1

20.Donaldson G/S/vP 15/.852 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· 19/.485 1/2.000 1/.000 386/289 .301/.413/.596/1.009 1.066/.990 1.066 121/1.278 6/0 22/6

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 22/.611 4/.250 8/.661 ··· 6/.334 5/.900 ··· ··· 18/.833 4/2.500 ··· 374/283 .270/.359/.543/.903 1.035/.862 .951 108/1.293 2/0 22/2

48.Lake G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 21/11 .235/.381/.529/.910 1.178/.614 .614 21/.910 1/0 1/0

55.Martin G/S/vP 20/.900 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 4/1.000 13/.490 1/2.000 ··· 9/.944 3/2.334 1/no AB 271/197 .222/.311/.338/.649 .699/.630 .718 85/.882 1/1 7/1

11.Pillar G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 3/.666 3/.000 349/248 .257/.287/.393/.680 .691/.675 .780 104/.752 7/4 7/3

21.Saunders* G/S/vP 20/.350 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.334 1/3.000 2/1.000 328/236 .296/.369/.557/.926 .998/.898 .900 106/.976 0/2 16/3

14.Smoak# G/S/vP 18/1.377 ··· 8/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 13/.077 3/1.667 4/.000 229/163 .235/.332/.410/.742 .629/.788 .772 48/.601 1/0 9/2

22.Thole* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 13/.633 ··· 1/.000 86/55 .120/.214/.160/.374 .481/.320 .217 28/.334 0/0 1/1

29.Travis G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 2/.500 150/104 .262/.300/.426/.726 .396/.877 .478 97/.867 3/1 5/0

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/3.334 6/.666 ··· ··· 10/.800 ··· 2/2.000 261/194 .235/.314/.465/.779 .671/.817 .756 71/1.063 1/0 15/7

IP 111.2 30.1 27.0 2.0 4.2 29.2 8.2 29.2 78.2 36.1 31.0 TOTAL .250/.331/.440/.771 .763/.774 .796 .891 31/14 128/43

ERA-K/9

4.11/9.3

4.75/8.6

10.33/7.3

4.50/9.0

5.79/5.7

3.03/8.8

3.12/9.3

2.43/6.4

6.52/7.4

3.72/7.2

3.19/11.3

4.55/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martin (35-6-3)
Thole (9-5-13)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 451/.230 121/.215 130/.351 10/.375 22/.235 119/.215 31/.143 122/.286 352/.290 154/.275 123/.233 .270 Pillar
Carrera
Saunders
Lake 0/85/0/5
26/4/28/4
75/1/0/4
0/0/7/0

OPS .694 .559 1.119 .900 .644 .642 .583 .723 .879 .745 .589 .768

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 213/.657 54/.641 55/.947 6/1.250 6/1.000 54/.671 16/.466 53/.790 173/.843 64/.751 49/.619 .753

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 238/.728 67/.490 75/1.250 4/.500 16/.527 65/.617 15/.667 69/.672 179/.913 90/.740 74/.569 .780

Road 210/.659 81/.546 77/1.239 10/.900 9/.730 68/.813 13/.647 41/.800 197/.913 82/.772 54/.563

Last 28d days 133/.806 47/.528 43/1.299 10/.900 9/.730 33/.473 31/.583 42/.587 83/.877 61/.670 28/.555

HR/SB/CS 16/3/4 0/1/1 10/0/2 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 2/0/1 1/0/2 16/14/4 2/0/0 1/1/1 92/36/22

Usage ····X··· o··o·o·· ·Xo··X·· ··X····· o······· ····o·o· ··Xo···· X··X···X ·X····Xo ··X····X ····o···

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 2016 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

BOS 5.67

LAA 4.53

ATL 3.36

RA/G

CHC 3.48

PHI 4.53

CIN 6.00

J. Altuve .350

J. Mercer .273

D. Norris .207

OBP

D. Ortiz .429

E. Andrus .342

F. Galvis .250

SLG

D. Ortiz .677

Y. Tomas .451

B. Burns .306

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.106

B. Dozier .793

B. Burns .576

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

J. Garcia 4.01

C. Bettis 5.85

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.10

T. Roark 7.80

M. Pelfrey 4.29

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.