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Houston Astros vs. Toronto Blue Jays, at Minute Maid Park, August 2, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Minute Maid Park

Series:

Game #2 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

73° (based on last ten years)

Blue Jays

Manager:

John Gibbons

Game #:

107

On This Date:

20-14

Astros

Manager:

A.J. Hinch

Game #:

107

On This Date:

31-15

Season Series
Mon, Aug 01, 2016 HOU  2  TOR  1 (14)

Tue, Aug 02, 2016 TOR    @HOU  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 03, 2016 TOR    @HOU  8:10pm
Thu, Aug 04, 2016 TOR    @HOU  8:10pm
Fri, Aug 12, 2016 HOU    @TOR  7:07pm
Sat, Aug 13, 2016 HOU    @TOR  1:07pm
Sun, Aug 14, 2016 HOU    @TOR  1:07pm

                         All times ET

Toronto Blue Jays

59-47, 2nd, 1 GB, tied for WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   32-24   Road:   27-23   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  44-31   vsLHP:  15-16   1-Run:  11-19
 vsEast: 25-20   vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest:  8-9  IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Mon, Aug  1  @HOU  L   1-2 (14)  59-47  2nd  1.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 31   BAL  L   2-6 (12)  59-46  2nd  0.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 30   BAL  W   9-1       59-45  1st  0.5 up
103 Fri, Jul 29   BAL  W   6-5       58-45  2nd  0.5 gb
102 Wed, Jul 27   SDP  L   4-8       57-45  2nd  2.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 26   SDP  W   7-6 (12)  57-44  2nd  2.0 gb
100 Mon, Jul 25   SDP  W   4-2       56-44  3rd  3.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 24   SEA  W   2-0       55-44  3rd  3.0 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 23   SEA  L   5-14      54-44  3rd  3.0 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 22   SEA  L   1-2       54-43  3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Houston Astros

56-49, 2nd, 5½ GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   33-21   Road:   23-28   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  42-30   vsLHP:  14-19   1-Run:  19-19
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl:12-13   vsWest: 27-21 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Mon, Aug  1   TOR  W   2-1 (14)  56-49  2nd  5.5 gb
104 Sun, Jul 31  @DET  L   0-11      55-49  2nd  6.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 30  @DET  L   2-3       55-48  2nd  5.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 29  @DET  L   6-14      55-47  2nd  4.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 27   NYY  W   4-1       55-46  2nd  2.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 26   NYY  L   3-6       54-46  2nd  3.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 25   NYY  L   1-2       54-45  2nd  3.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 24   LAA  W  13-3       54-44  2nd  2.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 23   LAA  W   7-2       53-44  2nd  2.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 22   LAA  W   2-1       52-44  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 01, 2016 HOU  2  TOR  1 (14)   W:Michael Feliz (7-1), L: Scott Feldman (5-4), S: none

Sun, Jun 07, 2015 TOR  7  HOU  6        W:Liam Hendriks (1-0), L: Luke Gregerson (2-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 06, 2015 TOR  7  HOU  2        W:Drew Hutchison (5-1), L: Brett Oberholtzer (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 05, 2015 TOR  6  HOU  2        W:Aaron Sanchez (5-4), L: Roberto Hernandez (2-5), S: none
Sun, May 17, 2015 HOU  4  TOR  2        W:Collin McHugh (5-1), L: Mark Buehrle (5-3), S: Luke Gregerson (10)
Sat, May 16, 2015 HOU  6  TOR  5        W:Scott Feldman (3-4), L: Jeff Francis (1-2), S: Luke Gregerson (9)
Fri, May 15, 2015 HOU  8  TOR  4        W:Dallas Keuchel (5-0), L: R.A. Dickey (1-5), S: none
Thu, May 14, 2015 HOU  6  TOR  4        W:Josh Fields (2-0), L: Aaron Loup (1-2), S: Chad Qualls (4)
Sun, Aug 03, 2014 HOU  6  TOR  1        W:Scott Feldman (5-8), L: Marcus Stroman (7-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 02, 2014 HOU  8  TOR  2        W:Brett Oberholtzer (4-7), L: R.A. Dickey (9-11), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - HOU over 1-0; 2015 - HOU won 4-3; 2014 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - HOU leads 17-11

SP: R.A. Dickey (41, RHP, 7-12, 4.66)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (7-12)			131.1	127	78	68	49	95	26	4.66
2015 (11-11)			214.1	195	97	93	61	126	25	3.91
2014 (14-13)			215.2	191	101	89	74	173	26	3.71

Last 7 GS		3-4	41.0	40	29	27	16	36	13	5.93	47
2016-07-27	SDP	L	5.2	4	7	6	4	5	2	102	36
2016-07-23	SEA	L	3.0	7	6	6	2	3	1	72	22
2016-07-16	@OAK	L	6.0	5	5	5	3	4	3	86	43
2016-07-10	DET	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	91	66
2016-07-05	KCR	W	7.0	5	2	2	3	8	1	111	64
2016-06-30	CLE	L	7.0	8	3	3	1	4	2	92	52
2016-06-25	@CHW	W	5.1	6	5	4	1	7	4	86	44

Last 5 v.HOU		0-3	30.2	36	24	24	9	23	7	7.04	42
2015-06-07	HOU	ND	5.2	4	2	2	4	5	1	104	54
2015-05-15	@HOU	L	5.0	10	7	7	0	3	2	96	22
2014-08-02	@HOU	L	7.0	9	5	5	0	3	1	111	42
2014-04-10	HOU	L	7.0	6	5	5	3	4	2	112	46
2013-07-26	HOU	ND	6.0	7	5	5	2	8	1	104	44

SP: Lance McCullers (22, RHP, 6-4, 3.18)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (6-4)			76.1	73	27	27	44	100	3	3.18
2015 (6-7)			125.2	106	49	45	43	129	10	3.22

Last 7 GS		3-2	42.2	39	10	10	21	56	2	2.11	60
2016-07-27	NYY	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	10	1	91	66
2016-07-22	LAA	W	8.0	4	1	1	4	10	0	117	76
2016-07-16	@SEA	L	5.1	4	1	1	4	8	0	97	60
2016-07-09	OAK	L	4.0	7	3	3	4	6	1	92	38
2016-07-04	SEA	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	10	0	94	72
2016-06-22	LAA	ND	5.2	6	1	1	3	6	0	97	56
2016-06-17	CIN	ND	6.2	8	2	2	3	6	0	91	53

Has never faced TOR as starter.

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.McCullers
G/S/vB 47.Devenski
G/S/vB 45.Feliz
G/S/vB 53.Giles
G/S/vB 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB 36.Harris
G/S/vB 37.Neshek
G/S/vB 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Barney G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 4/1.250 4/.000 ··· 235/143 .274/.325/.372/.697 .651/.725 .673 50/.563 2/2 3/4

19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/1.096 2/2.500 5/2.600 2/5.000 321/247 .217/.352/.433/.785 .762/.792 .832 35/.536 1/1 13/1

20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 471/351 .297/.409/.576/.985 1.033/.968 .962 89/.849 6/0 25/6

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 5/1.000 2/2.500 5/.000 4/.750 454/344 .265/.355/.541/.896 .938/.883 .869 84/.886 2/0 28/2

17.Goins* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 173/138 .172/.211/.301/.511 .348/.554 .473 4/.000 1/0 3/4

55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 7/.429 2/4.000 6/.334 4/.500 332/246 .233/.332/.357/.689 .716/.680 .603 65/.868 1/1 8/2

11.Pillar G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 428/308 .264/.295/.389/.684 .727/.667 .551 82/.701 8/5 7/4

21.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· ··· 10/.856 402/294 .279/.363/.530/.893 .991/.857 .871 78/.799 1/2 19/2

14.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/.250 1/.000 1/no AB 7/.000 275/200 .227/.320/.413/.733 .678/.754 .720 46/.689 1/0 12/2

22.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 106/67 .154/.250/.209/.459 .588/.391 .631 20/.838 0/0 1/1

29.Travis G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 214/152 .285/.327/.455/.782 .472/.915 .979 67/.873 3/1 7/1

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 16/.192 2/2.000 4/.000 3/.666 331/247 .243/.311/.463/.774 .769/.776 .801 74/.712 1/0 18/7

7.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 4/.000 384/290 .251/.298/.429/.728 .903/.672 .763 54/.626 20/5 16/2

IP 76.1 73.1 46.1 42.2 43.2 43.1 32.0 29.0 TOTAL .248/.329/.433/.763 .760/.764 .738 .726 33/15 150/49

ERA-K/9

3.18/11.8

2.21/7.9

4.27/13.2

3.80/13.3

3.09/10.5

2.08/9.8

2.53/7.9

4.66/8.7

3.83/8.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martin (41-6-6)
Thole (13-5-14)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 332/.253 278/.218 187/.206 185/.246 171/.168 174/.233 120/.167 132/.306 .256 Upton
Pillar
Saunders
Bautista
Barney
Goins 85/12/2/8
0/104/0/5
91/1/0/5
0/0/67/4
2/0/0/0
2/0/1/0

OPS .714 .586 .620 .689 .543 .560 .583 .942 .726

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 164/.758 136/.613 89/.703 92/.631 86/.756 80/.578 35/1.197 66/.936 .772

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 168/.668 142/.561 98/.546 93/.748 85/.339 94/.545 85/.346 66/.946 .691

Home 236/.669 152/.531 95/.343 105/.585 100/.577 92/.532 68/.544 71/.875

Last 28d days 99/.685 63/.462 37/.878 29/.361 29/.366 29/1.226 20/.311 27/.849

HR/SB/CS 3/0/2 3/6/4 7/2/1 5/1/0 2/4/0 2/5/0 4/1/1 7/2/0 106/41/19

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

Astros Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Dickey
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 31.Biagini
G/S/vB 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB 46.Feldman
G/S/vB 37.Grilli
G/S/vB 54.Osuna
G/S/vB 47.Schultz
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 22/.600 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/.600 2/.500 1/.000 475/355 .356/.424/.571/.995 1.074/.970 .881 93/1.031 25/4 19/4

2.Bregman G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 30/24 .036/.100/.036/.136 .000/.170 .118 30/.136 0/0 0/1

15.Castro* G/S/vP 22/.651 ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 272/200 .209/.320/.368/.687 .467/.770 .666 56/.576 2/1 6/4

1.Correa G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 445/330 .266/.364/.465/.829 .638/.894 .818 92/.868 10/3 15/8

11.Gattis G/S/vP 9/.666 3/.333 1/.000 3/.333 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 300/187 .221/.287/.454/.741 .853/.672 .773 61/.892 1/1 17/1

30.Gomez G/S/vP 14/1.340 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 9/.444 8/.875 ··· ··· 310/214 .216/.280/.330/.610 .640/.596 .601 61/.583 12/2 5/0

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 332/205 .256/.295/.426/.721 .759/.698 .784 72/.785 9/4 10/5

6.Marisnick G/S/vP 7/1.286 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 166/95 .221/.267/.325/.591 .655/.546 .560 45/.856 6/4 2/0

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 8/.875 5/1.400 ··· 2/1.000 8/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 357/277 .218/.295/.364/.659 .521/.698 .589 50/.186 4/1 12/0

4.Springer G/S/vP 6/1.917 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 2/1.000 482/358 .261/.359/.471/.830 .949/.790 .897 92/.778 7/8 22/1

20.Tucker* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 122/111 .167/.221/.360/.581 .727/.565 .632 33/.622 0/0 4/1

13.White G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 205/140 .204/.288/.365/.652 .615/.670 .475 16/.321 1/0 7/4

IP 131.1 28.1 42.2 20.1 62.0 36.2 48.1 12.0 TOTAL .243/.321/.417/.738 .725/.743 .738 .716 79/30 134/46

ERA-K/9

4.66/6.5

4.45/9.9

2.32/8.0

5.31/8.9

3.05/6.1

3.68/13.0

1.86/10.8

3.00/5.2

3.80/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (27-6-10)
Gattis (10-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 556/.254 128/.198 188/.256 93/.329 267/.270 157/.205 188/.186 48/.239 .240 Rasmus
Springer
Gomez
Marisnick
Bregman
Tucker
Gonzalez 72/13/10/11
0/0/97/10
0/75/0/7
24/28/5/2
1/0/0/0
15/0/1/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .812 .653 .624 .864 .763 .682 .537 .727 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 243/.853 59/.655 80/.688 39/.852 110/.864 69/.814 87/.716 21/.952 .749

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 313/.780 69/.651 108/.577 54/.872 157/.691 88/.586 101/.394 27/.539 .673

Road 249/.767 68/.563 70/.677 46/.987 152/.839 63/.730 102/.681 12/.530

Last 28d days 96/.913 37/.597 40/.405 33/.848 55/.892 28/.548 39/.294 29/.575

HR/SB/CS 26/1/1 4/1/1 0/5/1 3/3/0 8/6/2 5/1/0 3/4/0 2/0/0 125/54/11

Usage ·····X·· oo·o·X·· X·X··Xo· ooo···o· oX······ ·X·X···o Xo·o··Xo o······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 5.54

HOU 4.48

ATL 3.43

RA/G

CHC 3.48

BAL 4.47

CIN 5.62

J. Altuve .356

M. Trumbo .269

D. Norris .191

OBP

M. Trout .425

B. Crawford .339

D. Norris .255

SLG

D. Ortiz .635

B. Zobrist .452

A. Escobar .309

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.041

Z. Cozart .779

A. Ramirez .591

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

J. Odorizzi 3.88

S. Gray 5.84

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.17

J. Happ 7.63

M. Pelfrey 4.06

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.