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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Minnesota Twins, at Rogers Centre, August 27, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Start Time:

1:07et (local)

Venue:

Rogers Centre

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

73° (based on last ten years)

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

131

On This Date:

50-55

Blue Jays

Manager:

John Gibbons

Game #:

129

On This Date:

22-15

Season Series
Thu, May 19, 2016 TOR  3 @MIN  2 (11)
Fri, May 20, 2016 TOR  9 @MIN  3     
Sat, May 21, 2016 MIN  5  TOR  3     
Sun, May 22, 2016 TOR  3 @MIN  1     
Fri, Aug 26, 2016 TOR 15  MIN  8     

Sat, Aug 27, 2016 MIN    @TOR  1:07pm
Sun, Aug 28, 2016 MIN    @TOR  1:07pm

                         All times ET

Minnesota Twins

49-79, 5th, 24½ GB, 22 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   25-40   Road:   24-39   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  34-60   vsLHP:  15-19   1-Run:  11-21
 vsEast: 10-22   vsCntrl:15-35   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Fri, Aug 26  @TOR  L   8-15      49-79  5th 24.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 25   DET  L   5-8       49-78  5th 23.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 24   DET  L   4-9       49-77  5th 23.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 23   DET  L   3-8       49-76  5th 23.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 21  @KCR  L   1-2       49-75  5th 23.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 20  @KCR  L   0-10      49-74  5th 22.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 19  @KCR  L   4-5 (11)  49-73  5th 22.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 18  @KCR  L   1-8       49-72  5th 21.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 17  @ATL  W  10-3       49-71  5th 20.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 16  @ATL  W   4-2       48-71  5th 21.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18

Toronto Blue Jays

72-56, 1st, 1 up / Schedule

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

 Home:   38-28   Road:   34-28   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  53-38   vsLHP:  19-18   1-Run:  14-22
 vsEast: 29-22   vsCntrl:16-15   vsWest: 14-12 IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Fri, Aug 26   MIN  W  15-8       72-56  1st  1.0 up
127 Thu, Aug 25   LAA  L   3-6       71-56  1st    Tied
126 Wed, Aug 24   LAA  L   2-8       71-55  1st    Tied
125 Tue, Aug 23   LAA  W   7-2       71-54  1st    Tied
124 Sun, Aug 21  @CLE  L   2-3       70-54  1st  0.5 up
123 Sat, Aug 20  @CLE  W   6-5       70-53  1st  0.5 up
122 Fri, Aug 19  @CLE  L   2-3       69-53  1st  0.5 up
121 Wed, Aug 17  @NYY  W   7-4       69-52  1st  1.0 up
120 Tue, Aug 16  @NYY  W  12-6       68-52  1st  1.0 up
119 Mon, Aug 15  @NYY  L   0-1       67-52  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 26, 2016 TOR 15  MIN  8        W:Francisco Liriano (7-12), L: Pat Dean (1-4), S: none
Sun, May 22, 2016 TOR  3 @MIN  1        W:Marcus Stroman (5-1), L: Phil Hughes (1-7), S: Roberto Osuna (9)
Sat, May 21, 2016 MIN  5  TOR  3        W:Fernando Abad (1-0), L: J.A. Happ (5-2), S: Kevin Jepsen (3)
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)
Season Series: 2016 - TOR over 4-1; 2015 - TOR won 5-2; 2014 - MIN won 4-2; All-Time - TOR leads 213-161

SP: Ervin Santana (33, RHP, 6-10, 3.33)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (6-10)			140.2	133	60	52	34	109	14	3.33
2015 (7-5)			108.0	104	50	48	36	82	12	4.00
2014 (14-10)			196.0	193	90	86	63	179	16	3.95

Last 7 GS		3-3	47.2	39	14	10	8	41	3	1.89	63
2016-08-21	@KCR	L	7.0	4	2	1	1	10	0	116	72
2016-08-16	@ATL	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	107	73
2016-08-05	@TBR	W	6.1	6	2	2	0	8	1	108	61
2016-07-31	CHW	W	6.0	6	3	1	2	5	0	97	55
2016-07-26	ATL	L	9.0	7	2	2	0	5	1	97	70
2016-07-20	@DET	ND	7.0	6	1	1	1	2	1	110	62
2016-07-15	CLE	L	5.1	6	4	3	2	5	0	99	45

Last 5 v.TOR		0-2	34.0	28	15	13	13	19	5	3.44	55
2016-05-19	TOR	ND	8.0	4	2	2	2	5	1	109	69
2015-08-03	@TOR	L	6.0	6	3	3	3	2	2	108	47
2013-08-30	@TOR	L	7.0	4	3	2	2	6	0	98	63
2013-04-14	TOR	ND	8.0	7	2	1	3	4	1	109	63
2012-06-29	@TOR	ND	5.0	7	5	5	3	2	1	85	32

SP: Marcus Stroman (25, RHP, 9-5, 4.47)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (9-5)			161.0	167	84	80	39	135	18	4.47
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		2-1	45.0	46	19	17	6	52	7	3.40	57
2016-08-21	@CLE	ND	7.1	7	1	1	1	9	0	100	68
2016-08-14	HOU	W	6.1	5	2	1	0	8	1	94	65
2016-08-07	@KCR	L	5.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	95	43
2016-08-01	@HOU	ND	7.0	3	1	1	1	13	1	109	79
2016-07-26	SDP	ND	6.2	7	4	4	1	7	1	99	50
2016-07-20	@ARI	W	8.0	8	1	1	0	6	0	99	68
2016-07-15	@OAK	ND	4.2	9	7	6	1	5	3	95	24

Last 5 v.MIN		1-1	13.2	12	4	4	2	7	1	2.63	58
2016-05-22	@MIN	W	7.2	3	1	1	2	3	0	98	70
2014-06-11	MIN	L	6.0	9	3	3	0	4	1	96	46

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

Twins Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 6.Stroman
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 62.Loup*
G/S/vB 54.Osuna
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/105 .257/.303/.382/.686 .481/.766 .879 38/.669 0/0 2/4

2.Dozier G/S/vP 6/.000 4/1.833 2/.000 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 4/2.083 1/2.000 542/421 .267/.339/.535/.874 1.077/.817 .903 117/1.133 10/2 30/7

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.000 1/2.000 3/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 285/205 .269/.299/.387/.687 .731/.670 .563 64/.684 1/2 5/9

36.Grossman# G/S/vP 5/.400 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· 312/201 .270/.385/.441/.826 .999/.726 .748 70/.760 1/3 9/5

26.Kepler* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 326/221 .254/.335/.481/.816 .629/.904 .858 102/.805 5/0 15/5

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/1.100 16/.607 ··· 11/.364 20/.750 3/.000 6/.000 3/.000 499/387 .276/.375/.404/.779 .647/.819 .797 81/.995 2/0 10/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 6/.000 7/.143 ··· 1/5.000 6/.334 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 293/216 .253/.291/.396/.687 .787/.653 .660 62/.704 1/0 8/7

11.Polanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 140/103 .295/.333/.434/.767 .795/.758 .846 103/.755 3/0 1/7

20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 290/220 .263/.288/.420/.708 .560/.752 .814 91/.788 5/1 8/4

22.Sano G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 392/309 .238/.327/.465/.792 .852/.776 .848 81/.784 1/0 20/15

39.Santana# G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 244/192 .240/.280/.328/.607 .404/.661 .526 52/.490 12/9 2/4

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 6/.900 8/.250 1/no AB 14/1.121 23/.668 5/1.400 2/.000 1/no AB 311/216 .281/.323/.427/.750 .791/.731 .790 60/.741 0/0 6/4

IP 161.0 36.2 54.1 27.1 72.2 46.2 9.2 55.0 TOTAL .255/.319/.424/.744 .763/.737 .750 .797 79/24 151/98

ERA-K/9

4.47/7.5

3.44/8.8

2.32/7.8

4.94/9.9

3.72/6.7

2.89/12.3

7.45/10.2

2.13/11.0

3.79/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Centeno (12-2-4)
Suzuki (47-11-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 673/.266 161/.225 234/.257 121/.291 319/.287 190/.184 43/.306 213/.184 .243 Rosario
Kepler
Grossman
Santana
Escobar
Sano 43/34/0/7
0/4/79/7
63/1/0/3
16/39/6/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/38/0

OPS .727 .658 .628 .814 .771 .615 .932 .567 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 340/.766 71/.673 100/.692 51/.710 131/.898 83/.703 15/1.103 102/.743 .724

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 333/.687 90/.646 134/.582 70/.890 188/.683 107/.549 28/.835 111/.416 .696

Home 329/.729 77/.814 143/.614 61/.644 145/.729 111/.591 38/1.025 94/.423

Last 28d days 102/.595 41/.625 53/.596 35/.572 64/.981 37/.309 19/1.207 33/.696

HR/SB/CS 18/9/4 4/1/2 0/6/2 5/3/0 8/7/2 5/1/0 2/0/0 6/4/0 146/62/15

Usage ·····X·· oX····oo XX·X··X· ·oo··o·· ··Xo···· ·X····oX X·X····· ······Xo

Blue Jays Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB 58.Albers*
G/S/vB 60.Chargois
G/S/vB 64.Dean*
G/S/vB 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB 53.Light
G/S/vB 61.O'Rourke*
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 55.Rogers*
G/S/vB 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Barney G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· 4/1.750 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 285/182 .268/.320/.379/.700 .779/.655 .760 60/.647 2/2 4/6

19.Bautista G/S/vP 41/1.002 1/.000 ··· 5/1.850 4/1.833 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 365/282 .226/.351/.449/.799 .756/.812 .765 56/.829 1/1 15/2

3.Carrera* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 257/190 .237/.317/.335/.652 .918/.553 .756 36/.282 6/3 4/1

20.Donaldson G/S/vP 19/1.133 4/.833 ··· 3/1.666 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 6/1.166 ··· 2/1.000 561/422 .289/.401/.557/.958 1.010/.941 .974 96/.779 6/1 30/8

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 28/.958 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 3/2.334 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 551/424 .269/.358/.550/.909 .889/.914 .972 108/.914 2/0 35/2

55.Martin G/S/vP 32/.630 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 5/.650 1/3.000 1/5.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 411/308 .249/.344/.419/.763 .726/.775 .851 90/1.079 1/1 15/2

11.Pillar G/S/vP 9/.476 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 455/330 .259/.289/.381/.670 .763/.634 .789 37/.378 10/5 7/4

21.Saunders* G/S/vP 32/.690 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 2/4.000 1/.000 472/357 .266/.350/.500/.850 .959/.814 .905 81/.570 1/2 21/2

14.Smoak# G/S/vP 33/.808 1/.000 ··· 5/1.850 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 313/227 .227/.316/.415/.731 .691/.747 .778 44/.616 1/0 14/2

22.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 124/83 .151/.246/.198/.444 .563/.391 .317 18/.356 0/0 1/1

29.Travis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 295/219 .300/.332/.475/.807 .610/.878 .666 92/.821 3/1 10/7

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 3/1.334 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 409/307 .250/.323/.459/.782 .805/.774 .746 81/.868 1/0 21/7

7.Upton G/S/vP 29/.752 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 469/358 .250/.296/.421/.717 .930/.653 .680 86/.659 24/7 19/2

IP 140.2 8.1 9.1 49.0 41.2 5.0 13.2 64.1 45.2 63.2 TOTAL .249/.328/.436/.764 .779/.758 .795 .736 40/19 185/65

ERA-K/9

3.33/7.0

4.32/6.5

5.79/2.9

6.24/7.0

1.73/5.6

16.20/9.0

3.29/6.6

3.50/8.0

2.96/8.7

4.95/10.0

5.08/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martin (46-9-9)
Thole (16-6-16)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 574/.249 39/.316 44/.351 215/.313 162/.234 30/.360 59/.229 277/.260 197/.260 278/.273 .285 Upton
Carrera
Pillar
Saunders
Bautista
Barney 92/27/3/9
38/4/44/6
0/112/0/5
94/1/10/5
0/0/74/4
5/0/0/0

OPS .677 .912 .860 .903 .627 1.267 .705 .703 .690 .818 .808

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 289/.629 9/.222 17/.721 43/.604 66/.566 6/.533 13/.167 113/.670 68/.550 101/1.060 .763

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 285/.725 30/1.124 27/.924 172/.979 96/.668 24/1.450 46/.847 164/.721 129/.764 177/.685 .837

Road 256/.724 9/.556 7/1.314 104/.965 64/.425 11/1.208 37/.864 147/.732 81/.717 114/.843

Last 28d days 105/.541 39/.912 36/.764 44/.922 29/.345 12/.750 27/.656 49/.702 45/.656 67/1.041

HR/SB/CS 14/2/1 2/0/0 0/1/0 9/1/0 4/0/0 2/1/0 2/0/0 7/2/0 4/0/1 11/13/1 177/63/14

Usage ·····X·· X······· ·ooo··oo X··o···· ·o···o·· X·Xo···· X·X····X ··X····X ·o·····X XX·X···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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.41

PIT 4.52

ATL 3.71

RA/G

CHC 3.42

PIT 4.45

ARI 5.58

J. Altuve .358

D. Freese .273

T. Frazier .214

OBP

J. Votto .435

B. Crawford .340

F. Galvis .265

SLG

D. Ortiz .633

B. Zobrist .452

E. Aybar .320

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.042

L. Forsythe .799

E. Aybar .613

ERA

K. Hendricks 2.19

T. Bauer 3.88

J. Shields 5.98

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.89

M. Moore 7.68

J. Weaver 4.56

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.