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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox, at Rogers Centre, April 8, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, April 8, 2016

Start Time:

7:07et (local)

Venue:

Rogers Centre

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

° (based on last ten years)

Red Sox

Manager:

John Farrell

Game #:

On This Date:

19-13

Blue Jays

Manager:

John Gibbons

Game #:

On This Date:

12-15

Season Series

Fri, Apr 08, 2016 BOS    @TOR  7:07pm
Sat, Apr 09, 2016 BOS    @TOR  1:07pm
Sun, Apr 10, 2016 BOS    @TOR  1:07pm
Fri, Apr 15, 2016 TOR    @BOS  7:10pm
Sat, Apr 16, 2016 TOR    @BOS  4:05pm
Sun, Apr 17, 2016 TOR    @BOS  1:35pm
Mon, Apr 18, 2016 TOR    @BOS 11:05am
Fri, May 27, 2016 BOS    @TOR  7:07pm
Sat, May 28, 2016 BOS    @TOR  1:07pm
Sun, May 29, 2016 BOS    @TOR  1:07pm
Fri, Jun 03, 2016 TOR    @BOS  7:10pm
Sat, Jun 04, 2016 TOR    @BOS  4:05pm
Sun, Jun 05, 2016 TOR    @BOS  1:35pm
Fri, Sep 09, 2016 BOS    @TOR  7:07pm
Sat, Sep 10, 2016 BOS    @TOR  1:07pm
Sun, Sep 11, 2016 BOS    @TOR  1:07pm
Fri, Sep 30, 2016 TOR    @BOS  7:10pm
Sat, Oct 01, 2016 TOR    @BOS        
Sun, Oct 02, 2016 TOR    @BOS  3:05pm

                         All times ET

Boston Red Sox

1-1, 3rd, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    0-0    Road:    1-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Wed, Apr  6  @CLE  L   6-7        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Tue, Apr  5  @CLE  W   6-2        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 1-1    Last 20: 1-1    Last 30: 1-1

Toronto Blue Jays

2-2, 3rd, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    0-0    Road:    2-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  4 Wed, Apr  6  @TBR  L   3-5        2-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  3 Tue, Apr  5  @TBR  L   2-3        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Mon, Apr  4  @TBR  W   5-3        2-0   1st  0.5 up
  1 Sun, Apr  3  @TBR  W   5-3        1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 2-2    Last 20: 2-2    Last 30: 2-2

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 20, 2015 BOS  4 @TOR  3        W:Rich Hill (1-0), L: Brett Cecil (3-5), S: Robbie Ross (4)
Sat, Sep 19, 2015 BOS  7 @TOR  6        W:Tommy Layne (2-1), L: Roberto Osuna (1-5), S: Robbie Ross (3)
Fri, Sep 18, 2015 TOR  6  BOS  1        W:Marcus Stroman (2-0), L: Rick Porcello (8-13), S: none
Wed, Sep 09, 2015 BOS 10  TOR  4        W:Joe Kelly (10-6), L: Drew Hutchison (13-4), S: none
Tue, Sep 08, 2015 TOR  5 @BOS  1 (10)   W:Aaron Sanchez (7-5), L: Alexi Ogando (2-1), S: none
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 BOS 11  TOR  4        W:Rick Porcello (7-12), L: Mark Buehrle (14-7), S: none
Thu, Jul 02, 2015 BOS 12 @TOR  6        W:Wade Miley (8-7), L: Matt Boyd (0-2), S: none
Wed, Jul 01, 2015 TOR 11  BOS  2        W:Mark Buehrle (9-4), L: Rick Porcello (4-9), S: none
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 BOS  4 @TOR  3        W:Eduardo Rodriguez (4-2), L: Marco Estrada (5-4), S: Koji Uehara (18)
Mon, Jun 29, 2015 BOS  3 @TOR  1        W:Clay Buchholz (6-6), L: R.A. Dickey (3-8), S: Koji Uehara (17)
Season Series: 2016 -  0-0; 2015 - BOS won 10-9; 2014 - TOR won 12-7; All-Time - BOS leads 316-262

SP: Joe Kelly (28, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (10-6)			134.1	145	76	72	49	110	15	4.82
2014 (6-4)			96.1	88	48	45	42	66	8	4.20
2013 (10-5)			124.0	124	42	37	44	79	10	2.69

Last 7 GS		6-0	40.2	35	12	10	14	29	3	2.21	57
2015-09-15	@BAL	ND	2.1	5	4	3	1	4	1	53	36
2015-09-09	TOR	W	5.2	6	1	1	2	5	0	110	56
2015-09-04	PHI	W	6.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	106	56
2015-08-29	@NYM	W	7.1	5	1	1	2	2	0	102	64
2015-08-24	@CHW	W	7.1	5	2	2	1	4	1	103	63
2015-08-19	CLE	W	6.0	5	1	0	3	3	0	100	60
2015-08-14	SEA	W	6.0	4	1	1	2	6	1	106	64

Last 5 v.TOR		1-1	29.1	25	18	18	16	25	3	5.52	48
2015-09-09	TOR	W	5.2	6	1	1	2	5	0	110	56
2015-06-12	TOR	ND	6.0	7	4	4	2	3	0	101	43
2015-05-09	@TOR	L	5.2	4	6	6	7	3	1	113	33
2015-04-27	TOR	ND	6.0	5	5	5	3	10	1	104	49
2014-08-27	@TOR	ND	6.0	3	2	2	2	4	1	86	60

SP: Marcus Stroman (25, RHP, 1-0, 3.38)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (1-0)			8.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	3.38
2015 (4-0)			27.0	20	5	5	6	18	2	1.67
2014 (11-6)			130.2	125	56	53	28	111	7	3.65

Last 7 GS		6-1	47.0	43	15	15	9	33	4	2.87	58
2016-04-03	@TBR	W	8.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	98	62
2015-09-30	@BAL	W	8.0	5	1	1	2	8	1	104	74
2015-09-23	NYY	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	95	71
2015-09-18	BOS	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	96	63
2015-09-12	@NYY	W	5.0	4	3	3	2	2	1	78	47
2014-09-20	@NYY	W	6.0	8	2	2	0	7	0	107	55
2014-09-15	@BAL	L	6.0	9	5	5	2	3	1	106	35

Last 5 v.BOS		4-0	28.2	19	4	4	6	24	0	1.26	69
2015-09-18	BOS	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	96	63
2014-08-27	BOS	W	7.2	6	2	2	1	6	0	112	64
2014-07-29	@BOS	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	8	0	115	67
2014-07-24	BOS	W	7.0	1	0	0	2	7	0	97	80

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.

Red Sox Batters (6.00 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (3.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 6.Stroman
G/S/vB 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB 30.Chavez
G/S/vB 39.Floyd
G/S/vB 68.Leon
G/S/vB 56.Morales*
G/S/vB 54.Osuna
G/S/vB 45.Storen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

50.Betts G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 654/493 .291/.341/.479/.820 .843/.813 .756 10/.700 21/6 18/5

2.Bogaerts G/S/vP 8/.500 2/1.000 3/.666 3/2.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 654/482 .320/.355/.421/.776 .892/.735 .702 10/.100 10/2 7/11

25.Bradley* G/S/vP 7/.143 4/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 255/172 .249/.335/.498/.832 .918/.791 .678 8/.708 3/0 10/1

38.Castillo G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 289/195 .253/.288/.359/.647 .817/.566 .541 / 4/5 5/5

10.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/2.000 201/151 .247/.337/.328/.664 .895/.587 .470 / 0/0 2/3

12.Holt* G/S/vP 14/.643 3/.666 7/.762 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 509/381 .280/.349/.379/.727 .807/.701 .729 9/1.431 8/1 2/9

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 12/.432 33/.594 8/1.232 29/1.120 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 614/430 .273/.360/.553/.913 .703/1.008 .873 10/1.511 0/1 37/1

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 7/1.285 20/1.056 8/.500 27/.481 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.167 ··· 425/319 .291/.356/.441/.797 .834/.785 .722 10/.633 2/2 12/6

13.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 9/1.222 3/1.167 ··· 9/.476 2/.000 10/.650 430/307 .249/.291/.426/.717 .710/.720 .727 9/1.431 6/3 19/4

48.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 24/.583 2/.000 2/1.500 505/350 .245/.292/.366/.658 .465/.744 .573 1/.000 0/0 10/15

47.Shaw* G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 248/163 .270/.327/.487/.813 .975/.723 .660 7/.857 0/1 13/3

23.Swihart# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/3.000 4/.250 ··· 309/218 .274/.319/.392/.712 .603/.754 .664 8/.375 4/2 5/3

30.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.667 4/.000 ··· ··· 16/.775 1/.000 5/.800 356/181 .252/.320/.453/.773 .972/.585 .794 1/3.000 3/1 14/1

IP 27.0 54.1 157.0 13.1 26.2 62.1 69.2 55.0 TOTAL .288/.361/.534/.896 1.167/.879 .896 .896 1/1 5/1

ERA-K/9

1.67/6.0

2.48/11.6

4.18/7.8

2.70/4.7

4.39/6.4

3.18/5.9

2.58/9.7

3.44/11.0

3.71/8.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hanigan (24-12-4)
Swihart (41-16-16)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 103/.208 214/.197 672/.268 55/.220 115/.291 258/.246 271/.191 228/.220 .241 Betts
Castillo
Bradley
Young
Ramirez
Holt
Shaw 0/133/11/10
24/6/48/6
17/27/32/4
55/15/76/4
92/0/0/3
14/2/21/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .554 .562 .730 .551 .779 .687 .591 .603 .690

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.514 83/.539 364/.825 22/.384 45/.984 107/.558 145/.638 124/.706 .520

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 30/.646 131/.576 308/.616 33/.647 70/.655 151/.779 126/.537 104/.482 .797

Home 51/.500 109/.584 308/.695 29/.738 76/.732 119/.678 149/.692 137/.643

Last 28d days 32/.541 6/1.133 7/.762 6/.667 2/2.500 2/.000 7/.286 5/.650

HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 4/3/1 18/6/5 0/1/0 3/2/0 4/0/0 7/2/2 4/0/1 6/2/2

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

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 (3.75 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Kelly
G/S/vB 68.Barnes
G/S/vB 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB 59.Layne*
G/S/vB 22.Porcello
G/S/vB 66.Ramirez
G/S/vB 28.Ross*
G/S/vB 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB 35.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Barney G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 30/20 .259/.286/.519/.804 1.111/.652 .636 3/.333 0/0 2/1

19.Bautista G/S/vP 15/.750 4/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 30/1.038 4/.833 6/3.166 14/1.012 11/1.182 2/.000 666/535 .250/.377/.536/.913 .834/.932 .989 17/1.029 8/2 40/3

3.Carrera* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 8/.875 ··· 4/.833 2/2.500 3/.000 ··· 192/162 .273/.321/.372/.693 .782/.675 .642 4/.500 2/1 3/2

15.Colabello G/S/vP 9/.611 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 360/261 .321/.367/.520/.886 .935/.868 .896 11/.182 2/0 15/4

20.Donaldson G/S/vP 16/1.196 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 20/.650 3/.333 10/1.067 10/1.067 5/.000 4/.833 711/573 .297/.371/.568/.939 1.024/.919 1.046 18/.958 6/0 41/18

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 15/1.260 4/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 26/.961 4/1.417 7/.762 14/1.012 8/.875 3/.000 624/506 .277/.372/.557/.929 .836/.950 .930 17/.665 3/2 39/3

17.Goins* G/S/vP 7/.429 3/1.667 ··· 4/.750 9/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.000 428/331 .250/.318/.354/.672 .586/.697 .655 12/.500 2/1 5/8

55.Martin G/S/vP 19/.901 3/1.666 3/.333 2/2.000 20/.368 ··· 8/.946 5/.800 3/.666 2/2.000 507/396 .240/.329/.458/.787 .937/.747 .808 12/.000 4/5 23/4

11.Pillar G/S/vP 11/.586 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 10/1.100 ··· 6/1.167 4/1.500 4/.000 4/.500 628/472 .278/.314/.399/.713 .684/.723 .726 18/.500 25/4 12/2

21.Saunders* G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.111 ··· 8/.661 1/2.000 7/.000 3/.666 36/32 .194/.306/.194/.499 1.417/.393 .000 12/.833 0/0 0/0

14.Smoak# G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 19/1.589 ··· 17/.694 1/.000 4/2.417 5/.400 328/288 .226/.299/.470/.768 .839/.757 .819 5/.650 0/0 18/4

22.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 9/.778 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 52/40 .204/.250/.245/.495 .583/.466 .764 4/1.250 0/0 0/1

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 3/1.334 1/2.000 8/.393 1/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 534/424 .280/.337/.440/.777 .940/.735 .815 16/.635 1/0 17/8

IP 134.1 43.0 59.1 47.2 172.0 13.0 60.2 58.2 40.1 72.2 TOTAL .213/.275/.353/.628 .718/.561 .628 2/0 5/3

ERA-K/9

4.82/7.4

5.44/8.2

2.58/13.2

3.97/8.5

4.92/7.8

4.15/9.0

3.86/7.9

4.14/8.6

2.23/10.5

4.09/6.4

4.76/11.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 587/.276 199/.311 239/.185 207/.234 737/.287 61/.250 259/.254 247/.280 160/.188 310/.239 .226 Pillar
Bautista
Saunders
Carrera
Colabello
Goins 14/142/3/10
0/0/118/4
3/0/6/3
46/5/35/1
33/0/13/0
2/0/2/0

OPS .769 .887 .569 .684 .787 .803 .729 .751 .562 .722 .670

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 298/.702 92/.800 122/.629 102/.418 406/.815 12/.533 97/.649 102/.808 79/.507 154/.667 .924

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 289/.840 107/.959 117/.508 105/.950 331/.751 49/.867 162/.775 145/.710 81/.614 156/.775 .539

Road 280/.745 100/.810 106/.560 104/.531 385/.835 32/.837 121/.813 105/.752 65/.657 189/.776

Last 28d days / 6/.533 4/.250 / / 5/.733 3/.000 6/1.133 3/.000 /

HR/SB/CS 15/7/3 9/7/1 6/8/1 3/4/2 25/18/5 3/2/1 7/0/0 5/7/1 3/0/0 12/3/2 2/1/1

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

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.