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Houston Astros vs. Toronto Blue Jays, at Minute Maid Park, August 3, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Minute Maid Park

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

73° (based on last ten years)

Blue Jays

Manager:

John Gibbons

Game #:

108

On This Date:

17-18

Astros

Manager:

A.J. Hinch

Game #:

108

On This Date:

33-21

Season Series
Mon, Aug 01, 2016 HOU  2  TOR  1 (14)
Tue, Aug 02, 2016 TOR  2 @HOU  1     

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

60-47, 2nd, 1 GB, 1½ up in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   32-24   Road:   28-23   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  45-31   vsLHP:  15-16   1-Run:  12-19
 vsEast: 25-20   vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest:  9-9  IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Tue, Aug  2  @HOU  W   2-1       60-47  2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Houston Astros

56-50, 2nd, 5½ GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   33-22   Road:   23-28   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  42-31   vsLHP:  14-19   1-Run:  19-20
 vsEast:  9-12   vsCntrl:12-13   vsWest: 27-21 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Tue, Aug  2   TOR  L   1-2       56-50  2nd  5.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 02, 2016 TOR  2 @HOU  1        W:R.A. Dickey (8-12), L: Lance McCullers (6-5), S: Jason Grilli (4)
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
Season Series: 2016 - tied 1-1; 2015 - HOU won 4-3; 2014 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - HOU leads 17-12

SP: Marco Estrada (32, RHP, 6-4, 3.02)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (6-4)			116.1	76	42	39	42	108	14	3.02
2015 (13-8)			181.0	134	67	63	55	131	24	3.13
2014 (7-6)			150.2	137	77	73	44	127	29	4.36

Last 7 GS		2-2	41.2	32	20	19	13	45	7	4.10	56
2016-07-29	BAL	W	6.0	5	4	3	2	6	0	99	52
2016-07-22	SEA	L	6.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	99	52
2016-07-02	CLE	ND	5.0	5	3	3	0	7	2	96	52
2016-06-27	@COL	ND	6.0	5	3	3	2	8	1	91	56
2016-06-21	ARI	L	6.0	2	3	3	3	8	1	88	61
2016-06-15	@PHI	W	6.2	4	2	2	1	5	1	104	62
2016-06-10	BAL	ND	6.0	4	3	3	4	8	2	106	56

Last 5 v.HOU		1-0	24.0	20	9	8	6	28	2	3.00	59
2015-05-16	@HOU	ND	5.0	3	2	2	4	8	1	98	57
2012-09-29	HOU	W	8.0	4	0	0	1	11	0	114	84
2012-08-11	@HOU	ND	4.0	7	4	4	0	3	0	66	35
2012-07-30	HOU	ND	7.0	6	3	2	1	6	1	97	60

SP: Collin McHugh (29, RHP, 7-7, 4.75)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (7-7)			115.2	139	63	61	34	111	14	4.75
2015 (19-7)			203.2	207	89	88	53	171	19	3.89
2014 (11-9)			154.2	117	53	47	41	157	13	2.73

Last 7 GS		2-2	38.1	44	20	19	14	38	4	4.46	50
2016-07-29	@DET	L	1.2	10	8	8	0	1	0	50	4
2016-07-23	LAA	W	6.0	6	2	2	0	6	1	99	58
2016-07-17	@SEA	W	6.0	4	0	0	4	10	0	99	70
2016-07-08	OAK	ND	6.0	8	4	3	2	3	1	98	43
2016-07-03	CHW	L	5.2	5	2	2	4	9	0	103	56
2016-06-27	@LAA	ND	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	83	52
2016-06-21	LAA	ND	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	111	64

Last 5 v.TOR		1-0	19.1	18	6	6	3	17	2	2.79	59
2015-06-07	@TOR	ND	6.0	7	3	3	1	3	2	101	48
2015-05-17	TOR	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	9	0	104	65
2014-08-01	TOR	ND	6.1	5	1	1	1	5	0	111	63

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.McHugh
G/S/vB 47.Devenski
G/S/vB 45.Feliz
G/S/vB 53.Giles
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 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 4/.000 ··· 238/146 .271/.321/.367/.688 .651/.710 .649 53/.529 2/2 3/4

19.Bautista G/S/vP 9/1.047 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 5/2.600 2/5.000 325/251 .221/.354/.446/.800 .762/.811 .857 39/.683 1/1 14/1

20.Donaldson G/S/vP 11/.650 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 475/355 .296/.407/.573/.980 1.033/.962 .953 89/.856 6/0 25/6

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/2.500 5/.000 4/.750 458/348 .265/.354/.545/.900 .938/.888 .877 84/.887 2/0 29/2

55.Martin G/S/vP 6/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/4.000 6/.334 4/.500 332/246 .233/.332/.357/.689 .716/.680 .603 61/.875 1/1 8/2

11.Pillar G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 432/312 .261/.292/.385/.678 .727/.658 .540 83/.668 8/5 7/4

21.Saunders* G/S/vP 13/1.379 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/.856 406/298 .277/.362/.525/.887 .991/.849 .860 78/.714 1/2 19/2

14.Smoak# G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 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 1/2.000 ··· 110/71 .158/.250/.211/.461 .588/.397 .619 24/.775 0/0 1/1

29.Travis G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 218/156 .286/.330/.453/.783 .472/.913 .975 68/.913 3/1 7/1

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/2.000 4/.000 3/.666 331/247 .243/.311/.463/.774 .769/.776 .801 70/.755 1/0 18/7

7.Upton G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 4/.000 388/294 .254/.301/.430/.731 .903/.676 .768 53/.657 20/5 16/2

IP 115.2 73.1 46.1 42.2 43.1 32.0 29.0 TOTAL .248/.329/.433/.762 .760/.763 .737 .725 33/15 152/49

ERA-K/9

4.75/8.6

2.21/7.9

4.27/13.2

3.80/13.3

2.08/9.8

2.53/7.9

4.66/8.7

3.81/8.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 507/.299 278/.218 187/.206 185/.246 174/.233 120/.167 132/.306 .256 Upton
Saunders
Pillar
Bautista
Barney 85/12/3/8
92/1/0/5
0/105/0/5
0/0/67/4
2/0/0/0

OPS .819 .586 .620 .689 .560 .583 .942 .726

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 238/.829 136/.613 89/.703 92/.631 80/.578 35/1.197 66/.936 .771

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 269/.810 142/.561 98/.546 93/.748 94/.545 85/.346 66/.946 .692

Home 282/.806 152/.531 95/.343 105/.585 92/.532 68/.544 71/.875

Last 28d days 89/.879 55/.475 30/.718 26/.405 29/1.226 20/.311 27/.849

HR/SB/CS 14/4/2 3/6/4 7/2/1 5/1/0 2/5/0 4/1/1 7/2/0 108/41/19

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

Astros Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 25.Estrada
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 13/.749 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/.600 2/.500 479/359 .360/.426/.573/1.000 1.074/.976 .892 92/1.071 25/4 19/4

2.Bregman G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 34/28 .031/.088/.031/.119 .000/.146 .095 34/.119 0/0 0/1

15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 275/203 .207/.316/.363/.679 .467/.758 .650 55/.472 2/1 6/4

1.Correa G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 449/334 .269/.365/.465/.830 .638/.895 .821 91/.852 10/3 15/8

11.Gattis G/S/vP 6/1.166 3/.333 1/.000 3/.333 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 303/190 .223/.287/.453/.740 .853/.671 .770 60/.854 1/1 17/1

30.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 9/.444 9/.778 ··· 314/218 .217/.280/.332/.612 .640/.599 .604 61/.480 12/2 5/0

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 5/.400 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 166/95 .221/.267/.325/.591 .655/.546 .560 45/.856 6/4 2/0

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 4/1.250 5/1.400 ··· 2/1.000 8/.500 2/.500 ··· 361/281 .216/.292/.359/.651 .521/.688 .575 49/.190 4/1 12/0

23.Reed* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 56/48 .143/.232/.265/.497 .000/.588 .755 23/.360 0/0 2/2

4.Springer G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 486/362 .258/.356/.467/.823 .949/.781 .881 91/.747 7/8 22/1

20.Tucker* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 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/.000 205/140 .204/.288/.365/.652 .615/.670 .475 16/.321 1/0 7/4

IP 116.1 28.1 42.2 20.1 62.0 37.2 48.1 TOTAL .243/.320/.415/.735 .725/.739 .733 .686 79/30 134/46

ERA-K/9

3.02/8.4

4.45/9.9

2.32/8.0

5.31/8.9

3.05/6.1

3.58/12.9

1.86/10.8

3.77/7.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 464/.181 128/.198 188/.256 93/.329 267/.270 160/.200 188/.186 .240 Rasmus
Springer
Gomez
Marisnick
Bregman
Tucker
Gonzalez 73/13/10/12
0/0/98/10
0/76/0/7
24/28/5/2
1/0/0/0
15/0/1/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .598 .653 .624 .864 .763 .668 .537 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 242/.651 59/.655 80/.688 39/.852 110/.864 71/.788 87/.716 .744

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 222/.539 69/.651 108/.577 54/.872 157/.691 89/.579 101/.394 .673

Road 213/.611 68/.563 70/.677 46/.987 152/.839 66/.695 102/.681

Last 28d days 53/.717 34/.553 40/.405 33/.848 55/.892 31/.490 35/.268

HR/SB/CS 14/8/0 4/1/1 0/5/1 3/3/0 8/6/2 5/1/0 3/4/0 125/54/11

Usage ····X··· ·oo·o·X· ·X·X··Xo ·ooo···o ·oX····· o·X·X··· ·Xo·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 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 5.52

HOU 4.44

ATL 3.42

RA/G

CHC 3.46

BAL 4.44

CIN 5.61

J. Altuve .360

S. Gennett .271

D. Norris .192

OBP

M. Trout .428

C. Beltran .340

D. Norris .255

SLG

D. Ortiz .636

D. Gregorius .453

A. Escobar .309

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.040

C. Davis .780

A. Ramirez .590

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

D. Straily 3.80

S. Gray 5.84

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.12

A. Sanchez 7.62

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.