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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Houston Astros, at Rogers Centre, August 12, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, August 12, 2016
Start Time:
7:07et (local)
Venue:
Rogers Centre
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
75° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
118
On This Date:
24-23
Blue Jays
Manager:
John Gibbons
Game #:
116
On This Date:
21-20
Season Series
Mon, Aug 01, 2016 HOU  2  TOR  1 (14)
Tue, Aug 02, 2016 TOR  2 @HOU  1     
Wed, Aug 03, 2016 TOR  3 @HOU  1     
Thu, Aug 04, 2016 TOR  4 @HOU  1     

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
Houston Astros
60-55, 3rd, 7½ GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   34-26   Road:   26-29   ExtrInn: 9-6 
 vsRHP:  43-35   vsLHP:  17-20   1-Run:  19-21
 vsEast:  9-14   vsCntrl:15-14   vsWest: 28-23 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Thu, Aug 11  @MIN  W  10-2       60-55  3rd  7.5 gb
114 Thu, Aug 11  @MIN  W  15-7       59-55  3rd  7.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  9  @MIN  W   7-5       58-55  3rd  8.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  8  @MIN  L   1-3       57-55  3rd  8.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  7   TEX  L   3-5 (11)  57-54  3rd  7.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  6   TEX  L   2-3       57-53  2nd  6.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  5   TEX  W   5-0       57-52  2nd  5.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  4   TOR  L   1-4       56-52  2nd  6.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  3   TOR  L   1-3       56-51  2nd  5.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  2   TOR  L   1-2       56-50  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Toronto Blue Jays
65-50, 1st, ½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   34-25   Road:   31-25   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  49-32   vsLHP:  16-18   1-Run:  13-19
 vsEast: 27-21   vsCntrl:14-13   vsWest: 11-9  IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Wed, Aug 10   TBR  W   7-0       65-50  1st  1.0 up
114 Tue, Aug  9   TBR  L   2-9       64-50  1st    Tied
113 Mon, Aug  8   TBR  W   7-5       64-49  1st    Tied
112 Sun, Aug  7  @KCR  L   1-7       63-49  2nd  1.0 gb
111 Sat, Aug  6  @KCR  L   2-4       63-48  1st    Tied
110 Fri, Aug  5  @KCR  W   4-3       63-47  1st    Tied
109 Thu, Aug  4  @HOU  W   4-1       62-47  1st    Tied
108 Wed, Aug  3  @HOU  W   3-1       61-47  2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 04, 2016 TOR  4 @HOU  1        W:J.A. Happ (15-3), L: Mike Fiers (7-5), S: Roberto Osuna (24)
Wed, Aug 03, 2016 TOR  3 @HOU  1        W:Marco Estrada (7-4), L: Collin McHugh (7-8), S: Roberto Osuna (23)
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
Season Series: 2016 - TOR over 3-1; 2015 - HOU won 4-3; 2014 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - HOU leads 17-14

SP: Joseph Musgrove (23, RHP, 0-0, 0.79)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (0-0) 11.1 6 1 1 1 14 0 0.79
Last 7 GS 0-0 7.0 5 1 1 0 6 0 1.29 69
2016-08-07 TEX ND 7.0 5 1 1 0 6 0 99 69
Has never faced TOR as starter.

SP: Francisco Liriano (32, LHP, 6-11, 5.34)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (6-11) 119.2 122 79 71 71 121 20 5.34
2015 (12-7) 186.2 155 75 70 70 205 15 3.38
2014 (7-10) 162.1 130 68 61 81 175 13 3.38
Last 7 GS 2-3 37.0 39 25 22 17 38 6 5.35 47
2016-08-05 @KCR ND 6.0 7 3 2 2 5 1 93 51
2016-07-31 @MIL L 5.0 6 4 4 3 7 2 91 43
2016-07-26 SEA L 3.1 8 7 7 4 3 2 72 15
2016-07-21 MIL W 6.2 4 3 2 0 13 1 103 69
2016-07-15 @WSN L 6.0 5 3 3 4 5 0 98 51
2016-07-08 CHC ND 5.0 3 2 1 3 3 0 96 55
2016-07-03 @OAK W 5.0 6 3 3 1 2 0 88 44
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 8.0 4 2 2 2 7 1 2.25 71
2006-06-22 @HOU W 8.0 4 2 2 2 7 1 97 71

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

Astros Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Liriano*
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		 52.Tepera
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/.600 3/.333 1/.000 514/378 .365/.431/.572/1.003 1.090/.973 1.137 105/1.186 26/5 19/4
2.Bregman G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 72/48 .156/.236/.219/.455 .502/.431 .484 72/.455 0/0 0/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 287/213 .214/.321/.363/.683 .510/.746 .731 53/.529 2/1 6/4
1.Correa G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 487/356 .273/.368/.482/.850 .764/.880 .905 107/.967 10/3 18/11
11.Gattis G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.250 1/.000 3/.333 5/.800 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 337/210 .229/.291/.451/.742 .887/.652 .711 80/.852 1/1 18/1
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 362/220 .258/.293/.422/.716 .741/.699 .680 80/.753 9/4 10/5
16.Kemp* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/53 .271/.353/.356/.709 .393/.807 .516 18/.742 2/1 0/1
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 197/116 .219/.262/.328/.589 .649/.550 .590 59/.714 7/4 2/0
23.Reed* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 77/64 .152/.260/.242/.502 .322/.538 .352 36/.439 0/0 2/2
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.500 1/.000 529/387 .260/.353/.471/.824 .983/.768 .815 116/.777 7/8 23/1
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 144/125 .164/.222/.328/.551 .421/.570 .478 55/.522 0/0 4/1
13.White G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 223/145 .216/.291/.372/.663 .696/.645 .789 34/.568 1/0 7/4
IP 119.2 31.1 47.1 23.0 66.1 40.2 51.1 5.2 TOTAL .246/.321/.414/.735 .746/.731 .751 .716 83/31 139/50
ERA-K/9 5.34/9.1 4.02/9.5 2.09/8.0 5.09/9.4 3.80/6.4 3.32/12.4 1.93/11.1 4.76/7.9 3.76/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (30-6-10)
 Gattis (11-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 550/.265 140/.197 205/.250 102/.309 289/.282 169/.194 199/.181 27/.227 .240  Springer
 Marisnick
 Kemp
 Bregman
 Tucker
 Gonzalez
0/1/105/11
26/34/5/4
16/0/1/2
1/0/0/0
19/0/3/0
6/1/0/0
OPS .814 .641 .620 .836 .770 .642 .540 .573 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.754 65/.674 83/.670 43/.767 115/.888 73/.763 91/.681 12/.489 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 421/.833 75/.611 122/.586 59/.884 174/.692 96/.557 108/.427 15/.619 .680
Home 268/.740 65/.775 127/.599 50/.696 127/.705 100/.603 90/.407 18/.627
Last 28d days 95/.944 41/.557 50/.454 32/.702 64/.971 32/.329 43/.370 3/.000
HR/SB/CS 20/8/0 4/1/2 0/5/1 4/3/0 8/6/2 5/1/0 4/4/0 0/0/0 130/58/12
Usage ······X· ···X··oo ·X·oo··· ··o·o·o· ··X·X·o· ·o·o···o ···o···X ·o······
Blue Jays Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Musgrove
G/S/vB		 50.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 47.Devenski
G/S/vB		 45.Feliz
G/S/vB		 53.Giles
G/S/vB		 36.Harris
G/S/vB		 51.Hoyt
G/S/vB		 37.Neshek
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Barney G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 255/162 .256/.307/.350/.658 .679/.645 .706 55/.354 2/2 3/6
9.Ceciliani* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/1
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 510/382 .294/.405/.565/.970 1.022/.953 .976 100/.805 6/0 27/6
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 2/2.500 1/5.000 5/.000 4/.750 493/375 .263/.354/.540/.894 .914/.887 .927 101/.908 2/0 31/2
48.Lake G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 38/18 .206/.289/.382/.672 .826/.478 .583 15/.333 1/0 1/1
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 2/4.000 1/.000 7/.286 4/.500 359/265 .230/.332/.348/.680 .680/.680 .778 70/.803 1/1 8/2
21.Saunders* G/S/vP 2/.500 5/.400 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/.856 432/319 .271/.356/.507/.863 .978/.822 .897 83/.618 1/2 19/2
14.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 7/.000 291/209 .222/.313/.412/.725 .634/.761 .742 45/.665 1/0 13/2
22.Thole* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 117/78 .158/.252/.208/.460 .588/.402 .336 27/.601 0/0 1/1
29.Travis G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 254/184 .305/.343/.498/.840 .605/.934 .679 92/.982 3/1 10/4
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/2.000 1/.000 5/.000 3/.666 359/266 .248/.320/.461/.781 .826/.765 .773 76/.842 1/0 19/7
7.Upton G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 4/.000 418/318 .244/.291/.408/.699 .868/.647 .680 65/.349 23/5 16/2
IP 11.1 1.1 80.1 51.1 46.1 45.2 5.1 33.2 30.2 TOTAL .247/.327/.430/.757 .764/.755 .786 .697 38/15 162/57
ERA-K/9 0.79/11.2 13.50/6.9 2.35/8.0 3.86/13.2 3.69/13.8 2.56/9.6 1.69/11.9 2.41/7.7 4.99/8.5 3.79/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (44-7-7)
 Thole (14-5-16)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 41/.150 9/.556 309/.226 207/.212 203/.246 185/.233 21/.200 127/.174 140/.313 .257  Upton
 Saunders
 Barney
 Ceciliani
 Lake
89/17/3/8
94/1/2/5
5/0/0/0
2/0/3/0
0/0/17/0
OPS .346 1.333 .604 .614 .696 .568 .638 .582 .981 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 19/.377 3/1.333 155/.645 96/.715 103/.635 84/.603 7/.714 36/1.159 70/.888 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 22/.318 6/1.333 154/.563 111/.528 100/.760 101/.539 14/.599 91/.368 70/1.069 .698
Road / 9/1.333 144/.605 100/.929 88/.807 85/.570 11/.636 53/.620 66/1.066
Last 28d days 41/.346 9/1.333 80/.597 42/.556 37/.631 32/.942 21/.638 18/.333 31/1.022
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 0/0/0 3/7/4 7/3/1 5/1/0 2/7/0 1/0/0 4/1/1 9/2/0 119/45/20
Usage ····X··· X······· X···XX·· ··X··X·· X·X·X··· ··o·o··X X··oo··X ··o·o··o X····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  5.39

ARI  4.46

ATL  3.54

 RA/G

CHC  3.35

TBR  4.41

CIN  5.46

 BA

J. Altuve  .365

N. Markakis  .274

T. Frazier  .210

 OBP

J. Altuve  .431

B. Crawford  .342

F. Galvis  .261

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .612

F. Lindor  .452

A. Escobar  .305

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.013

N. Walker  .793

A. Escobar  .583

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

T. Koehler  3.83

S. Gray  5.74

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.94

Z. Greinke  7.57

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.