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Tampa Bay Rays vs. Toronto Blue Jays, at Tropicana Field, April 29, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, April 29, 2016

Start Time:

7:10et (local)

Venue:

Tropicana Field

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

° (based on last ten years)

Blue Jays

Manager:

John Gibbons

Game #:

On This Date:

17-18

Rays

Manager:

Kevin Cash

Game #:

On This Date:

5-13

Season Series
Sun, Apr 03, 2016 TOR  5 @TBR  3     
Mon, Apr 04, 2016 TOR  5 @TBR  3     
Tue, Apr 05, 2016 TBR  3  TOR  2     
Wed, Apr 06, 2016 TBR  5  TOR  3     

Fri, Apr 29, 2016 TOR    @TBR  7:10pm
Sat, Apr 30, 2016 TOR    @TBR  6:10pm
Sun, May 01, 2016 TOR    @TBR  1:10pm
Mon, May 16, 2016 TBR    @TOR  7:07pm
Tue, May 17, 2016 TBR    @TOR  7:07pm
Wed, May 18, 2016 TBR    @TOR  7:07pm
Mon, Aug 08, 2016 TBR    @TOR  7:07pm
Tue, Aug 09, 2016 TBR    @TOR  7:07pm
Wed, Aug 10, 2016 TBR    @TOR  7:07pm
Fri, Sep 02, 2016 TOR    @TBR  7:10pm
Sat, Sep 03, 2016 TOR    @TBR  6:10pm
Sun, Sep 04, 2016 TOR    @TBR  1:10pm
Mon, Sep 12, 2016 TBR    @TOR  7:07pm
Tue, Sep 13, 2016 TBR    @TOR  7:07pm
Wed, Sep 14, 2016 TBR    @TOR 12:37pm

                         All times ET

Toronto Blue Jays

10-13, 4th, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    5-7    Road:    5-6    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   8-9    vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  8-9    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Wed, Apr 27   CHW  L   0-4       10-13  4th  3.5 gb
 22 Tue, Apr 26   CHW  L   1-10      10-12  4th  2.5 gb
 21 Mon, Apr 25   CHW  L   5-7       10-11  3rd  2.5 gb
 20 Sun, Apr 24   OAK  W   6-3       10-10  2nd  2.5 gb
 19 Sat, Apr 23   OAK  W   9-3        9-10  2nd  3.5 gb
 18 Fri, Apr 22   OAK  L   5-8        8-10  3rd  3.5 gb
 17 Thu, Apr 21  @BAL  L   2-3        8-9   2nd  3.5 gb
 16 Wed, Apr 20  @BAL  L   3-4 (10)   8-8   2nd  2.5 gb
 15 Tue, Apr 19  @BAL  W   4-3        8-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 14 Mon, Apr 18  @BOS  W   4-3        7-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-13

Tampa Bay Rays

10-11, 3rd, 3 GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    7-6    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   6-9    vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  7-8    vsCntrl: 3-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Wed, Apr 27   BAL  L   1-3       10-11  3rd  2.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 26   BAL  W   3-1       10-10  3rd  1.5 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 25   BAL  W   2-0        9-10  3rd  2.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 24  @NYY  W   8-1        8-10  4th  3.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 23  @NYY  L   2-3        7-10  5th  4.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 22  @NYY  L   3-6        7-9   3rd  3.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 21  @BOS  W  12-8        7-8   2nd  3.5 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 20  @BOS  L   3-7        6-8   4th  3.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 19  @BOS  W   3-0 (10)   6-7   3rd  2.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 17   CHW  W   3-2        5-7   5th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:10-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 06, 2016 TBR  5  TOR  3        W:Erasmo Ramirez (1-0), L: Gavin Floyd (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 05, 2016 TBR  3  TOR  2        W:Alex Colome (1-0), L: Brett Cecil (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 04, 2016 TOR  5 @TBR  3        W:R.A. Dickey (1-0), L: Drew Smyly (0-1), S: Roberto Osuna (2)
Sun, Apr 03, 2016 TOR  5 @TBR  3        W:Marcus Stroman (1-0), L: Chris Archer (0-1), S: Roberto Osuna (1)

Sun, Oct 04, 2015 TBR 12  TOR  3        W:Matt Moore (3-4), L: Mark Buehrle (15-8), S: none
Sat, Oct 03, 2015 TBR  4  TOR  3        W:Alex Colome (8-5), L: Roberto Osuna (1-6), S: none
Fri, Oct 02, 2015 TOR  8 @TBR  4        W:Mark Buehrle (15-7), L: Enny Romero (0-2), S: none
Sun, Sep 27, 2015 TOR  5  TBR  4        W:Brett Cecil (4-5), L: Steve Geltz (2-6), S: none
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 TOR 10  TBR  8        W:David Price (18-5), L: Chris Archer (12-13), S: Roberto Osuna (19)
Fri, Sep 25, 2015 TOR  5  TBR  3        W:R.A. Dickey (11-11), L: Jake Odorizzi (8-9), S: Roberto Osuna (18)
Season Series: 2016 - tied 2-2; 2015 - TBR won 10-9; 2014 - TOR won 11-8; All-Time - TBR leads 167-151

SP: Aaron Sanchez (23, RHP, 1-1, 3.33)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (1-1)			24.1	20	10	9	8	23	3	3.33
2015 (7-6)			92.1	74	35	33	44	61	9	3.22
2014 (2-2)			33.0	14	5	4	9	27	1	1.09

Last 7 GS		3-1	45.0	40	16	14	13	35	6	2.80	57
2016-04-22	OAK	L	4.1	10	6	6	1	3	1	85	21
2016-04-17	@BOS	W	7.0	2	1	1	4	7	0	105	72
2016-04-12	NYY	ND	6.0	3	2	1	3	5	1	97	62
2016-04-05	@TBR	ND	7.0	5	1	1	0	8	1	91	71
2015-06-05	HOU	W	8.0	6	2	1	0	3	1	103	67
2015-05-30	@MIN	ND	6.0	7	2	2	3	5	1	103	52
2015-05-24	SEA	W	6.2	7	2	2	2	4	1	97	54

Last 5 v.TBR		0-1	12.1	10	4	4	3	12	1	2.92	59
2016-04-05	@TBR	ND	7.0	5	1	1	0	8	1	91	71
2015-04-16	TBR	L	5.1	5	3	3	3	4	0	90	47

SP: Drew Smyly (27, LHP, 1-2, 2.51)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (1-2)			28.2	16	9	8	5	33	3	2.51
2015 (5-2)			66.2	58	24	23	20	77	11	3.11
2014 (9-10)			153.0	136	57	55	42	133	18	3.24

Last 7 GS		4-2	46.2	28	15	14	14	54	5	2.70	64
2016-04-24	@NYY	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	93	66
2016-04-19	@BOS	ND	8.0	1	0	0	2	11	0	105	89
2016-04-13	CLE	L	7.0	3	3	2	1	11	0	104	71
2016-04-04	TOR	L	6.2	6	5	5	1	5	3	98	46
2015-09-30	MIA	W	6.0	3	1	1	3	8	0	96	67
2015-09-23	@BOS	W	6.1	5	0	0	3	7	0	107	67
2015-09-18	BAL	W	5.2	4	5	5	3	6	2	107	44

Last 5 v.TOR		1-1	20.1	12	7	7	1	14	4	3.10	62
2016-04-04	TOR	L	6.2	6	5	5	1	5	3	98	46
2015-04-24	TOR	ND	4.2	4	2	2	0	5	1	79	53
2014-08-22	@TOR	W	9.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	105	87

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2016 season. Player Stats for the 2015 season. We will switch to 2016 stats on May 1st.

Blue Jays Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB 31.Cedeno*
G/S/vB 37.Colome
G/S/vB 51.Eveland*
G/S/vB 54.Geltz
G/S/vB 50.Marinez
G/S/vB 30.Ramirez
G/S/vB 45.Romero*
G/S/vB 58.Webb
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Barney G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3.333 2/.000 30/20 .259/.286/.519/.804 1.111/.652 .919 31/.748 0/0 2/1

19.Bautista G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 8/.821 ··· 10/.856 2/.500 9/1.699 666/535 .250/.377/.536/.913 .834/.932 .842 99/.913 8/2 40/3

3.Carrera* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 192/162 .273/.321/.372/.693 .782/.675 .733 33/.864 2/1 3/2

28.Dominguez G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.000 ··· 1/2.000 / /// / 7/.143 / /

20.Donaldson G/S/vP 12/1.856 4/1.000 2/1.000 5/1.400 7/.953 ··· 24/.917 2/.500 4/.500 711/573 .297/.371/.568/.939 1.024/.919 .830 103/1.016 6/0 41/18

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 4/1.250 8/1.000 7/1.229 ··· 15/.767 3/.000 11/.664 624/506 .277/.372/.557/.929 .836/.950 .927 96/.739 3/2 39/3

17.Goins* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 3/1.333 3/.000 428/331 .250/.318/.354/.672 .586/.697 .693 71/.432 2/1 5/8

55.Martin G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 2/2.500 ··· 8/.500 1/.000 5/.000 507/396 .240/.329/.458/.787 .937/.747 .768 63/.383 4/5 23/4

11.Pillar G/S/vP 5/.000 2/2.000 5/1.200 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 8/1.375 2/1.000 3/.000 628/472 .278/.314/.399/.713 .684/.723 .701 90/.645 25/4 12/2

21.Saunders* G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 36/32 .194/.306/.194/.499 1.417/.393 .566 72/.905 0/0 0/0

14.Smoak# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.167 3/.000 2/.500 328/288 .226/.299/.470/.768 .839/.757 .712 40/.666 0/0 18/4

22.Thole* G/S/vP 6/.834 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.619 52/40 .204/.250/.245/.495 .583/.466 .305 26/.551 0/0 0/1

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 5/2.400 534/424 .280/.337/.440/.777 .940/.735 .736 91/.663 1/0 17/8

IP 66.2 46.0 109.2 3.1 67.1 163.1 30.0 50.2 TOTAL .238/.318/.390/.707 .662/.722 .655 .707 9/2 23/11

ERA-K/9

3.11/10.4

2.35/9.2

3.94/7.2

5.40/10.9

3.74/8.2

/0.0

3.75/6.9

5.10/9.3

3.20/5.5

3.20/9.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martin (40-32-19)
Thole (6-0-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 275/.230 189/.231 457/.271 18/.357 269/.189 / 666/.236 140/.312 204/.245 .228 Pillar
Bautista
Saunders
Carrera
Goins 14/142/3/10
0/0/118/4
3/0/6/3
46/5/35/1
2/0/2/0

OPS .701 .614 .698 1.302 .594 .655 .798 .679 .644

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 56/.507 103/.490 238/.736 11/1.030 125/.612 / 351/.567 52/.975 93/.631 .706

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 219/.751 86/.768 219/.658 7/1.771 144/.575 / 315/.753 88/.695 111/.717 .613

Home 110/.713 86/.727 243/.700 5/.200 135/.502 / 331/.607 103/.892 110/.651

Last 28d days 107/.499 26/.584 31/.398 29/.739 21/.712 3/.000 68/.539 30/.205 22/.794

HR/SB/CS 11/9/4 4/2/2 9/4/5 1/0/0 8/6/2 // 16/3/2 1/2/0 4/4/0 22/15/0

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2016 season. Player Stats for the 2015 season. We will switch to 2016 stats on May 1st.

Rays Batters (3.38 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Sanchez
G/S/vB 31.Biagini
G/S/vB 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB 30.Chavez
G/S/vB 39.Floyd
G/S/vB 54.Osuna
G/S/vB 45.Storen
G/S/vB 52.Tepera
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Beckham G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 223/109 .222/.274/.429/.702 .725/.676 .581 21/.396 3/1 9/7

19.Casali G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 113/81 .238/.304/.594/.898 .864/.911 1.025 44/.454 0/0 10/1

24.Conger# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 12/.432 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 229/116 .229/.311/.448/.759 .618/.892 .899 26/.352 0/1 11/4

10.Dickerson* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/1.571 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 234/175 .304/.333/.536/.869 .662/.938 1.143 73/.822 0/1 10/0

11.Forsythe G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· 4/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 615/422 .281/.359/.444/.804 .972/.728 .743 85/.935 9/4 17/9

5.Guyer G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 7/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 385/159 .265/.359/.413/.771 .844/.673 .733 34/.915 10/4 8/1

8.Jennings G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 8/.393 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 108/80 .268/.324/.340/.664 .717/.646 .579 75/.535 5/3 1/0

39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 9/.583 5/.800 ··· 4/1.250 1/no AB ··· 535/385 .263/.298/.420/.718 .625/.754 .630 65/.779 18/5 10/5

3.Longoria G/S/vP 11/.273 ··· 29/1.392 6/.167 13/.923 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 670/494 .270/.328/.435/.764 .960/.695 .792 91/.689 3/1 21/9

13.Miller* G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· ··· 18/.528 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 497/376 .258/.329/.402/.730 .513/.803 .777 66/.491 13/4 11/17

7.Morrison* G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· 4/.000 19/1.105 1/.000 ··· 9/.000 1/no AB 511/356 .225/.302/.383/.685 .500/.767 .616 60/.310 8/4 17/4

28.Pearce G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/.333 ··· 325/201 .218/.289/.422/.711 .623/.765 .704 44/.748 1/1 15/3

20.Souza G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 6/.167 2/.000 1/.000 426/306 .225/.318/.399/.717 .730/.712 .631 71/.876 12/6 16/2

IP 92.1 54.1 157.0 13.1 69.2 55.0 33.0 TOTAL .220/.290/.381/.671 .695/.661 .604 .671 10/6 24/12

ERA-K/9

3.22/5.9

/0.0

2.48/11.6

4.18/7.8

2.70/4.7

2.58/9.7

3.44/11.0

3.27/6.0

4.00/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Casali (19-7-0)
Conger (42-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 380/.224 / 214/.197 672/.268 55/.220 271/.191 228/.220 128/.193 .250 Kiermaier
Souza
Pearce
Jennings
Guyer
Miller
Dickerson
Conger
Morrison 0/148/2/15
0/0/103/8
41/0/8/4
21/10/0/3
60/23/41/2
15/20/6/1
54/3/0/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/3/0

OPS .666 .562 .730 .551 .591 .603 .670 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 202/.878 / 83/.539 364/.825 22/.384 145/.638 124/.706 59/.568 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 178/.435 / 131/.576 308/.616 33/.647 126/.537 104/.482 69/.746 .704

Road 168/.721 / 105/.537 364/.760 26/.322 122/.461 91/.543 80/.638

Last 28d days 101/.646 31/.695 41/.832 33/.836 40/.495 35/.465 35/1.018 6/.900

HR/SB/CS 9/4/7 // 4/3/1 18/6/5 0/1/0 7/2/2 4/0/1 8/0/0 21/11/6

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

For the 2015 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TOR 5.50

CHC 4.25

ATL 3.54

RA/G

STL 3.24

NYY 4.31

COL 5.21

M. Cabrera .338

E. Longoria .270

J. Pederson .210

OBP

B. Harper .460

M. Duffy .334

W. Ramos .258

SLG

B. Harper .649

E. Longoria .435

A. Escobar .320

OPS

B. Harper 1.109

J. Pederson .763

C. Owings .587

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.66

J. Zimmermann 3.66

A. Simon 5.05

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.82

J. Teheran 7.67

M. Buehrle 4.12

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.