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Chicago White Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays, at U.S. Cellular Field, July 9, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Start Time:

1:10ct (local), 2:10et

Venue:

U.S. Cellular Field

Series:

Game #4 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

78° (based on last ten years)

Blue Jays

Manager:

John Gibbons

Game #:

On This Date:

14-13

White Sox

Manager:

Robin Ventura

Game #:

On This Date:

51-42

Season Series
Mon, May 25, 2015 TOR  6  CHW  0     
Tue, May 26, 2015 TOR 10  CHW  9     
Wed, May 27, 2015 CHW  5 @TOR  3 (10)
Mon, Jul 06, 2015 CHW  4  TOR  2     
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 TOR  2 @CHW  1     
Wed, Jul 08, 2015 CHW  7  TOR  6 (11)

Thu, Jul 09, 2015 TOR    @CHW  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Toronto Blue Jays

44-43, 2nd, 2½ GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   26-18   Road:   18-25   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  32-34   vsLHP:  12-9    1-Run:  10-17
 vsEast: 21-20   vsCntrl: 7-9    vsWest:  8-9  IL: 8-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Wed, Jul  8  @CHW  L   6-7 (11)  44-43  2nd  2.5 gb
 86 Tue, Jul  7  @CHW  W   2-1       44-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 85 Mon, Jul  6  @CHW  L   2-4       43-42  4th  2.5 gb
 84 Sun, Jul  5  @DET  W  10-5       43-41  3rd  2.0 gb
 83 Sat, Jul  4  @DET  L   3-8       42-41  3rd  3.0 gb
 82 Fri, Jul  3  @DET  L   6-8       42-40  3rd  2.0 gb
 81 Thu, Jul  2   BOS  L   6-12      42-39  3rd  1.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jul  1   BOS  W  11-2       42-38  3rd  1.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30   BOS  L   3-4       41-38  4th  1.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29   BOS  L   1-3       41-37  4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13

Chicago White Sox

38-44, 5th, 11 GB, 7 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   22-17   Road:   16-27   ExtrInn: 8-2 
 vsRHP:  33-33   vsLHP:   5-11   1-Run:  18-15
 vsEast:  6-9    vsCntrl:15-25   vsWest: 11-4  IL: 6-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Wed, Jul  8   TOR  W   7-6 (11)  38-44  5th 11.0 gb
 81 Tue, Jul  7   TOR  L   1-2       37-44  5th 11.0 gb
 80 Mon, Jul  6   TOR  W   4-2       37-43  4th  9.5 gb
 79 Sun, Jul  5   BAL  L   1-9       36-43  5th 10.0 gb
 78 Sat, Jul  4   BAL  W   3-2       36-42  5th  9.0 gb
 77 Fri, Jul  3   BAL  W   1-0       35-42  5th 10.0 gb
 76 Wed, Jul  1  @STL  W   7-1       34-42  5th 10.5 gb
 75 Tue, Jun 30  @STL  W   2-1 (11)  33-42  5th 11.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28  @DET  L   4-5       32-42  5th 13.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26  @DET  L   4-5       32-41  5th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 08, 2015 CHW  7  TOR  6 (11)   W:Zach Putnam (3-3), L: Roberto Osuna (1-3), S: none
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 TOR  2 @CHW  1        W:Felix Doubront (1-0), L: Jose Quintana (4-8), S: Roberto Osuna (4)
Mon, Jul 06, 2015 CHW  4  TOR  2        W:Chris Sale (7-4), L: Mark Buehrle (9-5), S: none
Wed, May 27, 2015 CHW  5 @TOR  3 (10)   W:David Robertson (4-1), L: Roberto Osuna (1-1), S: none
Tue, May 26, 2015 TOR 10  CHW  9        W:Steve Delabar (1-0), L: David Robertson (3-1), S: none
Mon, May 25, 2015 TOR  6  CHW  0        W:Drew Hutchison (4-1), L: Hector Noesi (0-4), S: none

Sun, Aug 17, 2014 CHW  7  TOR  5        W:Scott Carroll (5-7), L: Drew Hutchison (8-11), S: Jake Petricka (9)
Sat, Aug 16, 2014 TOR  6 @CHW  3        W:Brett Cecil (1-3), L: Matt Lindstrom (2-2), S: Casey Janssen (19)
Fri, Aug 15, 2014 CHW 11  TOR  5        W:Hector Noesi (7-8), L: Marcus Stroman (7-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 29, 2014 CHW  4 @TOR  0        W:Jose Quintana (5-7), L: Mark Buehrle (10-5), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - tied 3-3; 2014 - CHW won 5-2; 2013 - CHW won 4-3; All-Time - TOR leads 199-181

SP: R.A. Dickey (40, RHP, 3-9, 5.02)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (3-9)			107.2	108	62	60	42	64	16	5.02
2014 (14-13)			215.2	191	101	89	74	173	26	3.71
2013 (14-13)			224.2	207	113	105	71	177	35	4.21

Last 7 GS		1-4	43.2	46	20	19	19	29	4	3.92	50
2015-07-04	@DET	L	5.2	11	5	5	2	1	1	108	26
2015-06-29	BOS	L	6.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	104	48
2015-06-23	@TBR	L	7.0	8	3	3	3	2	0	110	48
2015-06-18	NYM	W	7.1	3	1	1	5	7	1	120	70
2015-06-13	@BOS	ND	6.0	6	4	3	1	5	1	96	50
2015-06-07	HOU	ND	5.2	4	2	2	4	5	1	104	54
2015-06-02	@WSN	L	6.0	8	2	2	1	6	0	100	53

Last 5 v.CHW		2-2	27.0	29	20	20	9	25	8	6.67	45
2015-05-26	CHW	ND	5.0	8	5	5	2	5	1	103	34
2014-06-27	CHW	L	6.0	5	5	5	1	9	4	105	50
2013-06-10	@CHW	L	5.0	10	7	7	1	0	2	98	18
2013-04-18	CHW	W	6.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	64	74
2009-04-10	@CHW	W	5.0	4	3	3	4	4	1	104	47

SP: Jeff Samardzija (30, RHP, 5-4, 4.33)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (5-4)			116.1	126	60	56	22	97	12	4.33
2014 (7-13)			219.2	191	86	73	43	202	20	2.99
2013 (8-13)			213.2	210	109	103	78	214	25	4.34

Last 7 GS		1-2	48.1	54	27	27	9	43	5	5.03	50
2015-07-04	BAL	ND	7.2	3	1	1	2	9	0	111	76
2015-06-28	@DET	ND	7.1	5	4	4	3	4	0	110	53
2015-06-23	@MIN	W	7.0	8	2	2	1	7	1	105	59
2015-06-18	PIT	ND	7.0	10	2	2	0	7	0	114	56
2015-06-13	@TBR	ND	7.0	6	3	3	1	7	0	96	59
2015-06-07	DET	L	7.1	10	6	6	1	5	2	102	38
2015-06-02	@TEX	L	5.0	12	9	9	1	4	2	95	10

Last 5 v.TOR		1-0	14.0	12	2	1	2	10	0	0.64	66
2015-05-27	@TOR	ND	7.0	8	1	0	1	5	0	114	63
2014-07-06	TOR	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	108	69

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

Blue Jays Batters (5.40 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 67.Carroll
G/S/vB 33.Duke*
G/S/vB 43.Jennings*
G/S/vB 52.Petricka
G/S/vB 57.Putnam
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 40.Webb
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Bautista G/S/vP 7/.286 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 21/1.238 1/no AB 343/265 .238/.385/.498/.883 .886/.882 .806 115/.828 3/2 17/1

3.Carrera* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 125/109 .282/.339/.355/.693 .838/.671 .764 40/.711 2/1 1/2

15.Colabello G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 216/162 .328/.366/.505/.871 1.047/.813 .765 78/.840 2/0 8/3

20.Donaldson G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 4/2.500 2/.500 383/301 .302/.361/.549/.911 1.101/.859 .757 115/.791 3/0 21/10

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 6/.167 9/1.111 14/.786 ··· 5/1.100 2/.000 16/.313 1/.000 342/270 .239/.330/.457/.788 .813/.781 .755 109/.818 1/1 17/2

17.Goins* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 208/164 .223/.267/.319/.586 .696/.559 .673 54/.669 0/0 2/5

55.Martin G/S/vP 25/.855 1/.000 23/1.162 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 290/225 .250/.338/.464/.802 .857/.786 .667 83/.661 4/3 12/2

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 9/.222 ··· ··· 3/.667 6/.334 1/2.000 98/80 .235/.296/.353/.649 .465/.691 .817 48/.738 0/0 2/1

11.Pillar G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 339/253 .281/.312/.406/.718 .733/.713 .740 102/.901 12/2 7/2

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 17/.886 7/1.571 28/1.096 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 10/.500 2/1.000 257/187 .270/.299/.378/.677 .569/.717 .647 121/.606 11/1 4/8

14.Smoak# G/S/vP 6/.834 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 137/124 .256/.343/.521/.864 1.218/.825 .828 39/1.019 0/0 8/0

29.Travis G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 192/140 .290/.344/.489/.832 .887/.810 .763 45/.830 2/1 7/5

23.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 8/1.250 ··· 137/67 .295/.324/.504/.827 .767/.890 .626 50/.822 2/1 5/0

IP 116.1 24.2 33.2 24.0 30.0 27.2 35.2 12.0 TOTAL .265/.332/.445/.777 .841/.757 .713 .774 46/13 113/50

ERA-K/9

4.33/7.5

3.28/5.5

3.21/8.3

7.50/8.2

3.00/5.7

3.90/13.3

2.52/12.9

1.50/7.5

4.04/8.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martin (32-21-14)
Navarro (7-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 491/.277 110/.299 138/.242 113/.266 123/.295 118/.222 142/.194 53/.306 .266 Pillar
Bautista
Carrera
Colabello
Valencia
Goins 14/69/3/7
0/0/47/2
29/4/22/1
30/0/13/0
24/0/5/0
2/0/2/0

OPS .740 .790 .761 .736 .749 .706 .530 .705 .739

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 226/.797 46/.738 43/.757 50/.745 37/.783 50/.655 61/.477 13/1.122 .695

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 265/.690 64/.827 95/.762 63/.725 86/.734 68/.744 81/.568 40/.570 .758

Home 199/.624 58/.844 64/.518 60/.636 62/.644 68/.558 88/.323 13/.962

Last 28d days 143/.621 33/.743 41/.550 5/.000 38/.736 35/.853 39/.536 29/.871

HR/SB/CS 12/8/3 1/4/1 6/2/1 2/0/0 2/0/0 5/4/1 3/2/0 0/2/0 78/50/15

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

White Sox Batters (3.45 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Dickey
G/S/vB 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB 50.Delabar
G/S/vB 57.Doubront*
G/S/vB 31.Hendriks
G/S/vB 62.Loup*
G/S/vB 54.Osuna
G/S/vB 47.Schultz
G/S/vB 52.Tepera
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

79.Abreu G/S/vP 6/2.500 ··· ··· 4/1.000 3/.000 5/.800 1/4.000 2/.000 ··· 332/262 .294/.340/.497/.837 .780/.852 .862 102/.833 0/0 14/6

15.Beckham G/S/vP 10/.650 7/.971 6/.334 9/.472 9/.444 ··· 3/1.500 1/.000 ··· 175/112 .199/.264/.321/.585 .450/.662 .549 53/.402 0/1 4/4

64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 21/.501 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/43 .151/.173/.164/.338 .344/.332 .437 11/.000 0/4 0/3

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 15/1.000 10/1.178 2/.000 11/1.355 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 348/261 .263/.305/.335/.641 .543/.673 .643 100/.907 0/0 3/4

1.Eaton* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 3/3.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 343/254 .250/.316/.385/.700 .530/.763 .644 107/.829 5/3 6/4

21.Flowers G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.000 3/.000 7/.929 7/.000 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 188/154 .227/.277/.381/.657 .627/.663 .561 57/.870 0/1 7/0

26.Garcia G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 7/.453 3/1.334 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 297/234 .283/.330/.395/.725 .816/.700 .707 95/.559 4/5 7/1

12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 181/174 .243/.282/.373/.655 .619/.656 .727 52/.644 0/1 3/12

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 25/.768 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 307/234 .229/.336/.385/.721 .468/.806 .605 86/.561 0/0 9/0

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 15/1.390 7/.572 6/.167 14/.517 14/1.417 4/1.167 3/.666 ··· ··· 319/255 .229/.255/.299/.554 .651/.529 .638 94/.511 10/3 2/10

5.Sanchez# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/2.333 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 161/127 .173/.214/.227/.441 .299/.480 .350 75/.474 0/1 0/2

20.Shuck* G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 2/2.000 5/1.150 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 85/76 .284/.349/.324/.674 .333/.704 .830 17/.646 4/2 0/0

58.Soto G/S/vP 6/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 118/88 .222/.288/.380/.668 .798/.623 .767 29/.695 0/0 4/4

IP 107.2 28.0 23.2 9.0 39.0 32.1 39.0 20.1 15.1 TOTAL .244/.297/.359/.656 .577/.679 .656 .661 26/23 59/58

ERA-K/9

5.02/5.3

4.82/10.6

3.04/10.3

2.00/7.0

3.00/8.5

5.01/9.8

2.31/9.9

1.77/7.1

2.35/7.1

4.18/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (34-10-5)
Soto (16-5-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 467/.264 120/.252 97/.190 37/.257 157/.235 135/.254 154/.193 82/.187 58/.185 .257 Garcia
Eaton
Cabrera
Shuck
Bonifacio 0/0/73/9
0/77/0/6
81/0/0/4
5/6/14/3
2/3/0/0

OPS .792 .763 .646 .583 .583 .719 .556 .524 .593 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.775 37/1.040 45/.547 9/.222 66/.786 51/.689 71/.535 36/.500 23/.620 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 269/.804 83/.646 52/.733 28/.703 91/.432 84/.738 83/.573 46/.541 35/.571 .713

Road 216/.912 56/.693 45/.564 37/.583 63/.571 63/.835 72/.523 45/.593 29/.365

Last 28d days 141/.808 49/.847 57/.656 37/.583 51/.674 43/.774 47/.661 67/.494 25/.457

HR/SB/CS 16/6/2 4/0/1 3/0/1 0/1/0 2/3/2 4/1/0 2/2/1 2/4/0 2/0/0 92/43/24

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

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 5.40

SFG 4.07

PHI 3.44

RA/G

STL 2.89

MIA 4.11

COL 5.14

M. Cabrera .350

M. Carpenter .266

S. Drew .179

OBP

B. Harper .471

A. Jones .330

O. Infante .243

SLG

B. Harper .709

K. Seager .421

B. Hamilton .290

OPS

B. Harper 1.181

X. Bogaerts .755

O. Infante .547

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.48

T. Ross 3.56

K. Lohse 6.29

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.78

K. Hendricks 7.34

M. Pelfrey 4.44

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.