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Minnesota Twins vs. Toronto Blue Jays, at Target Field, May 21, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Start Time:
1:10ct (local), 2:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
73° (based on last ten years)
Blue Jays
Manager:
John Gibbons
Game #:
45
On This Date:
18-18
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
43
On This Date:
44-59
Season Series
Thu, May 19, 2016 TOR  3 @MIN  2 (11)
Fri, May 20, 2016 TOR  9 @MIN  3     

Sat, May 21, 2016 TOR    @MIN  2:10pm
Sun, May 22, 2016 TOR    @MIN  2:10pm
Fri, Aug 26, 2016 MIN    @TOR  7:07pm
Sat, Aug 27, 2016 MIN    @TOR  1:07pm
Sun, Aug 28, 2016 MIN    @TOR  1:07pm

                         All times ET
Toronto Blue Jays
21-23, 4th, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-13   Road:   12-10   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  15-15   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:   4-10
 vsEast: 10-13   vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  6-4  IL: 3-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Fri, May 20  @MIN  W   9-3       21-23  4th  6.0 gb
 43 Thu, May 19  @MIN  W   3-2 (11)  20-23  4th  6.0 gb
 42 Wed, May 18   TBR  L   3-6       19-23  4th  7.0 gb
 41 Tue, May 17   TBR  L   2-12      19-22  4th  6.0 gb
 40 Mon, May 16   TBR  L   2-13      19-21  3rd  6.0 gb
 39 Sun, May 15  @TEX  L   6-7       19-20  3rd  5.5 gb
 38 Sat, May 14  @TEX  L   5-6 (10)  19-19  3rd  5.5 gb
 37 Fri, May 13  @TEX  W   5-0       19-18  3rd  4.5 gb
 36 Wed, May 11  @SFG  L   4-5 (13)  18-18  3rd  4.0 gb
 35 Tue, May 10  @SFG  W   4-0       18-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Minnesota Twins
10-31, 5th, 14½ GB, 14½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-12   Road:    4-19   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:   9-26   vsLHP:   1-5    1-Run:   4-9 
 vsEast:  0-7    vsCntrl: 4-17   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 2-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Fri, May 20   TOR  L   3-9       10-31  5th 14.5 gb
 40 Thu, May 19   TOR  L   2-3 (11)  10-30  5th 14.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 18  @DET  L   3-6       10-29  5th 13.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 17  @DET  L   2-7       10-28  5th 13.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 16  @DET  L   8-10      10-27  5th 13.5 gb
 36 Sun, May 15  @CLE  W   5-1       10-26  5th 13.0 gb
 35 Sat, May 14  @CLE  W   6-3        9-26  5th 14.0 gb
 34 Fri, May 13  @CLE  L   6-7        8-26  5th 15.0 gb
 33 Wed, May 11   BAL  L   2-9        8-25  5th 14.0 gb
 32 Tue, May 10   BAL  L   3-5        8-24  5th 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 3-17   Last 30: 8-22

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 20, 2016 TOR  9 @MIN  3        W:Aaron Sanchez (4-1), L: Tyler Duffey (1-3), S: none
Thu, May 19, 2016 TOR  3 @MIN  2 (11)   W:Roberto Osuna (2-0), L: Ryan Pressly (1-3), S: Joe Biagini (1)

Thu, Aug 06, 2015 TOR  9  MIN  3        W:Mark Buehrle (12-5), L: Kyle Gibson (8-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 TOR  9  MIN  7        W:Drew Hutchison (10-2), L: Tyler Duffey (0-1), S: LaTroy Hawkins (3)
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 TOR  3  MIN  1        W:Marco Estrada (9-6), L: Phil Hughes (10-7), S: Roberto Osuna (8)
Mon, Aug 03, 2015 TOR  5  MIN  1        W:David Price (10-4), L: Ervin Santana (2-2), S: none
Sun, May 31, 2015 MIN  6  TOR  5        W:Ryan Pressly (3-1), L: Roberto Osuna (1-2), S: Glen Perkins (19)
Sat, May 30, 2015 MIN  3  TOR  2        W:Ryan Pressly (2-1), L: Aaron Loup (1-3), S: Blaine Boyer (1)
Fri, May 29, 2015 TOR  6 @MIN  4        W:Mark Buehrle (6-4), L: Glen Perkins (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2014 MIN  7 @TOR  2        W:Phil Hughes (7-2), L: Marcus Stroman (3-1), S: Casey Fien (1)
Season Series: 2016 - TOR over 2-0; 2015 - TOR won 5-2; 2014 - MIN won 4-2; All-Time - TOR leads 211-160

SP: J.A. Happ (33, LHP, 5-1, 3.40)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (5-1) 50.1 50 19 19 14 32 6 3.40
2015 (11-8) 172.0 173 71 69 45 151 16 3.61
2014 (11-11) 158.0 160 79 74 51 133 22 4.22
Last 7 GS 5-1 44.1 43 17 17 13 28 5 3.45 54
2016-05-16 TBR L 2.0 7 8 8 1 2 2 51 11
2016-05-10 @SFG W 8.2 6 0 0 3 5 0 111 74
2016-05-05 TEX W 7.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 90 65
2016-04-30 @TBR ND 6.2 6 3 3 3 7 2 106 54
2016-04-23 OAK W 7.0 7 3 3 1 1 1 92 51
2016-04-18 @BOS W 7.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 93 68
2016-04-13 NYY W 6.0 7 1 1 3 4 0 101 55
Last 5 v.MIN 1-2 12.2 20 12 9 7 9 4 6.39 37
2015-07-30 @MIN L 3.1 9 7 6 1 2 3 82 17
2014-06-10 MIN L 3.2 6 4 3 3 3 1 89 35
2013-09-07 @MIN W 5.2 5 1 0 3 4 0 87 58

SP: Pat Dean (27, LHP, 0-1, 4.50)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (0-1) 8.0 14 4 4 2 7 1 4.50
Last 7 GS
Has never faced TOR as starter.

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Dean*
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 49.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB		 65.May
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 55.Rogers*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Barney G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 64/26 .328/.359/.443/.802 .693/.968 .638 44/.773 2/0 2/3
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 3/1.666 5/1.850 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 192/148 .229/.375/.471/.846 .775/.867 .866 110/.813 1/1 8/1
3.Carrera* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 52/35 .333/.385/.458/.843 1.158/.687 .461 30/.933 2/1 1/1
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.821 1/no AB 7/2.714 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 193/144 .251/.352/.509/.861 1.177/.757 .840 108/.694 3/0 10/3
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.333 2/2.500 5/.400 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 190/147 .244/.311/.459/.770 .951/.720 .749 110/.819 0/0 9/0
17.Goins* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 119/96 .152/.202/.241/.443 .310/.475 .515 56/.429 1/0 2/3
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 5/.650 4/.250 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 127/92 .175/.244/.184/.428 .434/.425 .409 68/.444 0/0 0/1
37.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/3.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/10 .400/.455/.800/1.255 /1.200 1.100 11/1.255 0/0 1/2
11.Pillar G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 174/120 .250/.283/.372/.655 .730/.620 .516 94/.692 4/1 2/1
21.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 5/1.400 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/5.000 1/.000 157/109 .317/.382/.549/.931 .968/.915 1.039 98/.951 0/2 7/1
14.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 6/.834 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 114/81 .295/.412/.442/.854 .633/.952 .836 79/.899 1/0 3/0
22.Thole* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/25 .158/.238/.237/.475 .602/.400 .697 28/.426 0/0 1/1
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP ··· 3/2.334 2/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 174/131 .203/.287/.392/.680 .418/.763 .791 99/.676 0/0 8/6
IP 8.0 15.1 16.1 5.1 21.0 24.0 3.2 21.0 TOTAL .237/.316/.402/.718 .725/.715 .712 .727 14/5 54/27
ERA-K/9 4.50/7.9 0.59/8.8 4.96/6.6 3.38/1.7 5.14/12.9 5.25/9.0 7.36/4.9 3.43/10.7 5.01/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (17-5-2)
 Thole (7-4-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 38/.389 59/.208 73/.299 20/.300 98/.261 111/.277 17/.412 88/.231 .282  Pillar
 Bautista
 Carrera
 Saunders
0/43/0/4
0/0/43/3
15/3/6/2
37/1/0/1
OPS .977 .479 .880 .850 .848 .823 1.176 .746 .816
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 3/1.667 20/.050 27/.833 4/2.000 32/.500 45/.737 4/1.750 27/.606 .807
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 35/.929 39/.699 46/.909 16/.563 66/1.012 66/.869 13/1.000 61/.800 .821
Home 14/.845 27/.576 37/.738 10/1.500 44/.638 42/.758 8/1.125 37/.670
Last 28d days 38/.977 36/.615 44/.960 20/.850 59/.974 63/.929 14/1.286 53/.742
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 1/0/0 5/2/0 4/0/0 2/0/0 3/4/1 58/18/5
Usage ····X··· ·X·····o ·X···XX· ·X·o···o o··o·X·X oo··X·Xo X·X····· X·oX··o·
Twins Batters (3.56 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Happ*
G/S/vB		 31.Biagini
G/S/vB		 39.Floyd
G/S/vB		 57.Girodo*
G/S/vB		 54.Osuna
G/S/vB		 45.Storen
G/S/vB		 44.Venditte
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP 5/.933 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 89/76 .213/.292/.363/.655 .657/.653 .642 54/.565 0/0 4/1
37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 24/15 .304/.333/.522/.855 .556/1.043 .571 24/.855 0/0 1/0
2.Dozier G/S/vP 8/1.786 1/.000 8/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 162/146 .208/.292/.333/.625 1.214/.561 .469 85/.657 2/0 4/2
36.Grossman# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .750/.750/1.750/2.500 5.000/1.667 2.500 4/2.500 0/0 1/0
21.Mastroianni G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 8/.000 0/0 0/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· 60/1.225 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 175/144 .265/.377/.361/.738 .525/.787 .847 95/.605 1/0 2/0
9.Nunez G/S/vP 13/.558 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 124/110 .325/.363/.456/.819 .464/.862 .692 82/.746 8/2 2/5
52.Park G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 136/121 .233/.316/.525/.841 .764/.847 .788 87/.817 1/0 9/0
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 103/90 .265/.291/.418/.710 .885/.685 .997 58/.586 1/0 3/1
11.Polanco# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 32/21 .231/.344/.462/.805 .523/.937 .429 24/.875 1/0 1/0
22.Sano G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 173/152 .235/.329/.423/.752 .866/.737 .779 100/.706 1/0 7/3
39.Santana# G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 98/83 .263/.276/.358/.633 .133/.726 .865 86/.676 9/5 1/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 18/.410 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 87/69 .221/.279/.325/.604 .369/.661 .475 47/.651 0/0 1/2
IP 50.1 15.1 20.0 8.0 18.0 15.0 6.0 TOTAL .235/.299/.376/.675 .588/.691 .684 .651 29/8 39/25
ERA-K/9 3.40/5.7 0.59/6.5 2.25/9.4 3.38/4.5 1.50/10.0 7.80/9.6 4.50/4.5 3.63/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Centeno (2-0-0)
 Suzuki (12-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 205/.267 62/.200 76/.171 32/.233 69/.175 71/.333 33/.296 .246  Arcia
 Mastroianni
 Sano
 Grossman
 Santana
16/0/8/2
1/1/3/0
0/0/32/0
1/0/0/0
1/22/2/0
OPS .739 .511 .565 .748 .486 .956 .764 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/.570 23/.664 31/.297 16/.250 36/.467 34/1.264 10/.844 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/.781 39/.425 45/.758 16/1.295 33/.506 37/.703 23/.725 .689
Road 111/.674 22/.679 35/.570 10/.500 40/.541 29/.789 12/1.028
Last 28d days 102/.779 41/.430 46/.735 24/.857 37/.462 44/1.011 18/.733
HR/SB/CS 6/1/1 0/3/1 2/3/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 4/1/1 0/1/0 44/24/9
Usage ····X··· ·oo·X·X· ··X···X· o···Xo·o ·X···o·· o··Xo··· ···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  5.76

CHW  4.26

PHI  3.26

 RA/G

CHC  2.90

STL  4.38

CIN  6.05

 BA

D. Murphy  .387

C. Hernandez  .262

R. Howard  .164

 OBP

B. Harper  .451

Z. Cozart  .336

E. Aybar  .215

 SLG

Y. Cespedes  .642

D. Peralta  .439

E. Aybar  .207

 OPS

J. Altuve  1.039

R. Odor  .773

E. Aybar  .423

 ERA

J. Arrieta  1.29

H. Santiago  3.93

J. Peavy  8.21

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.02

R. Nolasco  7.85

M. Latos  4.40

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.