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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Chicago Cubs, at Rogers Centre, September 8, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, September 8, 2014
Start Time:
7:07et (local)
Venue:
Rogers Centre
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Rogers Centre
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
70° (based on last ten years)
Cubs
Manager:
Rick Renteria
Game #:
144
On This Date:
58-41
Blue Jays
Manager:
John Gibbons
Game #:
143
On This Date:
15-15
Season Series

Mon, Sep 08, 2014 CHC    @TOR  7:07pm
Tue, Sep 09, 2014 CHC    @TOR  7:07pm
Wed, Sep 10, 2014 CHC    @TOR  7:07pm

                         All times ET
Chicago Cubs
64-79, 5th, 15 GB, 14 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-36   Road:   29-43   ExtrInn: 7-10
 vsRHP:  49-63   vsLHP:  15-16   1-Run:  16-20
 vsEast: 16-16   vsCntrl:25-39   vsWest: 14-16 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Sun, Sep  7   PIT  L   4-10      64-79  5th 15.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep  6   PIT  L   0-5       64-78  5th 14.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep  5   PIT  L   3-5 (11)  64-77  5th 13.0 gb
140 Wed, Sep  3   MIL  W   6-2       64-76  5th 12.5 gb
139 Tue, Sep  2   MIL  W   7-1       63-76  5th 12.5 gb
138 Mon, Sep  1   MIL  W   4-2       62-76  5th 12.5 gb
137 Sun, Aug 31  @STL  L   6-9       61-76  5th 12.5 gb
136 Sat, Aug 30  @STL  L   2-13      61-75  5th 12.5 gb
135 Sat, Aug 30  @STL  W   5-1       61-74  5th 12.5 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29  @STL  W   7-2       60-74  5th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Toronto Blue Jays
73-69, 3rd, 10 GB, 7 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   37-31   Road:   36-38   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  56-51   vsLHP:  17-18   1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast: 35-28   vsCntrl:16-16   vsWest: 12-18 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
142 Sun, Sep  7  @BOS  W   3-1       73-69  3rd 10.0 gb
141 Sat, Sep  6  @BOS  L   3-4       72-69  3rd 10.0 gb
140 Fri, Sep  5  @BOS  L   8-9 (10)  72-68  3rd 10.0 gb
139 Thu, Sep  4  @TBR  W   1-0 (10)  72-67  3rd 10.0 gb
138 Wed, Sep  3  @TBR  W   7-4       71-67  3rd 10.0 gb
137 Tue, Sep  2  @TBR  W   8-2       70-67  3rd 10.0 gb
136 Sun, Aug 31   NYY  W   4-3       69-67  3rd 10.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 15, 2008 CHC  7 @TOR  4        W:Ted Lilly (7-5), L: Jesse Litsch (7-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 14, 2008 CHC  6 @TOR  2        W:Jason Marquis (5-3), L: Roy Halladay (8-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 13, 2008 TOR  3  CHC  2        W:A.J. Burnett (6-6), L: Sean Gallagher (3-3), S: B.J. Ryan (14)
Wed, Jun 08, 2005 CHC  2  TOR  0        W:Sergio Mitre (1-1), L: Roy Halladay (9-3), S: Ryan Dempster (7)
Tue, Jun 07, 2005 TOR  6 @CHC  4        W:Scott Schoeneweis (2-1), L: Todd Wellemeyer (1-1), S: Miguel Batista (11)
Mon, Jun 06, 2005 TOR  4 @CHC  1        W:Gustavo Chacin (6-4), L: John Koronka (1-1), S: Miguel Batista (10)
Sun, Jun 15, 2003 TOR  5  CHC  4 (10)   W:Aquilino Lopez (1-1), L: Mark Guthrie (0-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 14, 2003 CHC  4 @TOR  2        W:Mark Prior (8-2), L: Doug Davis (3-4), S: Joe Borowski (13)
Fri, Jun 13, 2003 TOR  5  CHC  1        W:Kelvim Escobar (4-3), L: Kerry Wood (5-5), S: none
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - TOR leads 5-4

SP: Jacob Turner (23, RHP, 5-8, 5.54)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-8) 92.2 121 62 57 26 63 9 5.54
2013 (3-8) 118.0 116 55 49 54 77 11 3.74
2012 (2-5) 55.0 50 32 27 16 36 9 4.42
Last 7 GS 4-3 34.0 45 25 22 11 25 5 5.82 42
2014-09-01 MIL W 6.1 5 1 1 1 7 1 90 65
2014-08-27 @CIN L 3.2 7 6 3 2 1 0 66 28
2014-08-03 CIN L 4.0 9 5 5 2 2 0 65 24
2014-07-27 @HOU W 5.2 6 1 1 2 4 1 96 55
2014-07-22 @ATL W 5.0 4 2 2 2 4 1 82 53
2014-06-11 @TEX L 4.0 6 5 5 1 4 0 75 33
2014-06-05 @TBR W 5.1 8 5 5 1 3 2 84 34
Has never faced TOR as starter.

SP: Marcus Stroman (23, RHP, 9-5, 3.83)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (9-5) 105.2 103 49 45 26 89 6 3.83
Last 7 GS 3-3 38.1 44 23 21 11 30 1 4.93 48
2014-09-03 @TBR W 6.0 7 2 2 1 4 0 76 53
2014-08-27 BOS W 7.2 5 2 1 1 6 0 112 68
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
Has never faced CHC as starter.

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

Cubs Batters (3.83 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Stroman
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 31.Graveman
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 29.McGowan
G/S/vB		 23.Morrow
G/S/vB		 35.Nolin*
G/S/vB		 32.Norris*
G/S/vB		 58.Redmond
G/S/vB		 41.Sanchez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Alcantara# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 239/165 .210/.265/.365/.630 .713/.593 .600 107/.600 7/4 8/4
9.Baez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 144/111 .169/.215/.360/.576 .545/.584 .637 111/.480 2/0 7/6
12.Baker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 192/158 .195/.275/.237/.512 .426/.529 .463 32/.379 0/0 0/2
5.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 367/275 .236/.296/.388/.684 .804/.643 .640 68/.692 0/0 11/4
13.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 569/442 .292/.339/.438/.777 .788/.773 .847 65/.916 4/4 14/15
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 359/271 .278/.348/.434/.783 .760/.789 .810 101/.637 6/4 6/4
61.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/95 .247/.305/.351/.655 .733/.647 .607 6/1.000 3/2 0/1
21.Lake G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 310/215 .213/.239/.358/.598 .642/.578 .592 8/.000 7/3 9/6
51.Lopez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
30.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 221/144 .154/.235/.364/.599 .703/.544 .663 9/1.181 0/1 12/6
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 568/410 .278/.375/.514/.889 .927/.875 .846 57/1.031 4/4 30/9
68.Soler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/30 .382/.405/.794/1.200 .714/1.322 1.829 37/1.200 0/0 3/0
41.Szczur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/20 .219/.286/.219/.504 .619/.417 .450 35/.504 0/0 0/0
4.Valaika G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/59 .238/.295/.375/.670 .572/.720 .472 65/.773 1/0 3/1
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 471/393 .249/.330/.447/.777 .649/.803 .791 94/.920 1/2 16/8
45.Watkins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/32 .371/.389/.486/.875 .500/.922 1.182 36/.875 1/0 1/1
IP 105.2 47.0 0.0 40.0 63.2 78.0 29.0 0.1 71.1 24.2 TOTAL .240/.299/.387/.686 .726/.673 .687 .704 58/38 142/83
ERA-K/9 3.83/7.6 3.06/13.0 /0.0 4.28/5.6 3.11/7.3 4.27/6.7 5.59/8.1 /0.0 0.00/30.0 2.78/6.9 1.46/8.4 4.10/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (46-7-5)
 Castillo (53-23-5)
 Lopez (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 439/.252 208/.227 1/1.000 171/.275 263/.211 337/.253 129/.279 / 1/.000 294/.254 88/.145 .257  Alcantara
 Lake
 Coghlan
 Soler
 Kalish
 Szczur
 Watkins
0/38/0/3
51/34/0/3
82/0/4/3
0/0/9/1
18/5/8/0
5/3/8/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .654 .638 2.000 .716 .643 .766 .825 .000 .684 .365 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.676 80/.766 / 72/.713 89/.505 158/.799 68/.939 / 1/.000 126/.752 32/.509 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.630 128/.557 1/2.000 99/.718 174/.714 179/.737 61/.708 / / 168/.634 56/.279 .708
Home 288/.588 106/.707 / 99/.843 123/.629 161/.964 38/.713 / / 155/.662 44/.396
Last 28d days 89/.780 38/.353 1/2.000 43/.736 46/.768 35/.924 6/.333 / 1/.000 37/.849 45/.363
HR/SB/CS 6/4/1 2/9/0 0/0/0 5/3/0 3/8/1 12/6/2 2/2/0 // 0/0/0 3/7/6 1/2/1 128/86/23
Usage ····X··· o··X···X ··o····· o·Xo···o ··X·X··· ··X·X··· ·oo····· ··o····· ·····o·· ·X··oo··
Blue Jays Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Turner
G/S/vB		 11.Fujikawa
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 50.Parker
G/S/vB		 54.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 59.Rosscup*
G/S/vB		 63.Schlitter
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 47.Vizcaino
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.762 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.900 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 594/470 .288/.398/.527/.925 1.086/.882 .931 95/.896 5/1 31/4
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 7/.143 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 621/455 .301/.351/.458/.808 .785/.817 .807 87/.570 6/2 16/2
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.143 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/1.089 8/1.232 ··· 2/5.000 460/362 .261/.352/.553/.906 .851/.920 .988 85/.669 2/0 30/8
47.Francisco* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 3/.666 316/268 .223/.294/.463/.757 .399/.820 .797 25/.644 0/2 16/12
17.Goins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 146/111 .200/.229/.281/.510 .387/.546 .565 14/.747 0/1 1/0
8.Gose* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 221/171 .232/.327/.289/.617 .477/.657 .585 18/.528 15/4 1/0
16.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 43/31 .235/.349/.382/.731 .750/.720 .716 / 0/0 1/1
66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 234/185 .269/.323/.308/.631 .659/.623 .620 58/.665 0/0 0/6
14.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 33/30 .269/.375/.615/.990 .000/1.109 1.138 / 0/0 3/0
26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.100 ··· ··· 1/.000 264/228 .321/.383/.467/.849 .229/.946 .865 66/.767 0/0 4/2
9.Mayberry G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/5.000 140/76 .218/.307/.427/.735 .940/.560 .672 2/1.500 0/0 6/1
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 463/336 .282/.324/.410/.734 .735/.734 .816 71/.904 2/0 12/3
11.Pillar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/41 .236/.243/.319/.563 .648/.495 .495 33/.616 0/1 0/0
45.Pompey# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.262 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 6/.167 ··· 4/1.500 367/270 .228/.289/.456/.744 .699/.759 .649 56/.795 4/0 18/1
7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.143 1/2.000 2/no AB 572/410 .281/.326/.402/.728 .680/.747 .779 102/.655 26/2 9/17
22.Thole* G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 134/99 .263/.341/.297/.638 .608/.648 .697 19/.610 0/3 0/1
18.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 169/60 .230/.293/.355/.649 .841/.299 .742 16/.375 3/1 3/5
15.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 224/119 .272/.313/.383/.696 .844/.567 .755 68/.642 0/0 4/5
IP 92.2 10.1 62.2 16.0 38.1 55.1 8.2 51.1 54.1 74.0 1.0 46.0 TOTAL .260/.324/.418/.742 .694/.759 .768 .698 68/17 162/78
ERA-K/9 5.54/6.1 3.48/12.2 3.73/9.3 6.75/9.6 0.94/11.5 2.60/9.6 13.50/11.4 3.33/4.7 2.32/10.3 4.74/8.3 9.00/9.0 2.74/7.2 3.79/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (8-1-0)
 Navarro (51-15-6)
 Thole (22-3-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 410/.321 48/.286 264/.223 69/.277 150/.164 227/.225 48/.316 210/.241 218/.185 330/.287 5/.400 198/.247 .247  Cabrera
 Bautista
 Rasmus
 Gose
 Pillar
 Mayberry
 Encarnacion
 Tolleson
133/1/4/13
0/11/112/9
0/84/0/3
9/47/14/2
18/15/3/1
13/11/5/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/6/0
OPS .830 .783 .626 .827 .507 .532 1.037 .613 .538 .769 1.400 .638 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.821 23/.725 89/.557 30/.590 56/.494 100/.645 21/.782 69/.724 88/.665 127/.754 3/.000 81/.573 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 241/.836 25/.844 175/.660 39/1.006 94/.513 127/.444 27/1.243 141/.557 130/.454 203/.778 2/3.500 117/.684 .681
Road 207/.809 19/1.074 129/.605 35/.812 75/.431 70/.429 34/.998 95/.630 103/.518 199/.907 / 99/.481
Last 28d days 58/.705 42/.867 36/.314 16/1.250 35/.388 38/.237 20/1.314 6/.667 43/.492 51/.705 5/1.400 45/.697
HR/SB/CS 9/14/2 2/0/0 4/6/0 3/1/2 2/5/0 1/6/0 2/0/0 2/0/2 2/1/1 6/12/1 1/0/0 2/2/1 102/104/30
Usage ······X· Xoo··X·· ··o·o··o X·····o· ··X·o·o· ··o·o·o· ·X······ ··o··o·· ··o·X··X ··X····X ·X······ ··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 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

LAA  4.76

KCR  4.01

SDP  3.20

 RA/G

SEA  3.26

CLE  4.11

COL  5.15

 BA

J. Altuve  .340

J. Heyward  .274

C. Davis  .194

 OBP

V. Martinez  .405

N. Aoki  .332

M. Dominguez  .264

 SLG

J. Abreu  .598

I. Desmond  .417

Z. Cozart  .300

 OPS

V. Martinez  .980

M. Ozuna  .753

Z. Cozart  .571

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.70

C. Archer  3.60

C. Lewis  5.42

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.35

C. Lewis  7.30

K. Correia  4.62

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.