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MLB : ATS Matchup
Tuesday 9/2/2014Line$ LineOU LineScore
TORONTO  DICKEY )
 
TAMPA BAY  HELLICKSON )
+1.5  -200

-1.5  +170
+105

-115

7.5un
 
8
Final
2

TORONTO (69 - 67) at TAMPA BAY (67 - 71)
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Tuesday, 9/2/2014 7:10 PM
R.A. DICKEY (R) vs. JEREMY HELLICKSON (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
969TORONTO+110Ov 7.5,-110+100Ov 7.5,+100
970TAMPA BAY-120Un 7.5,-110-110Un 7.5,-120
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
TORONTO - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPRunsAvgOBP
All Games69-67-0.765-674.40.2600.3224.40.2570.321
Road Games32-36-0.534-334.20.2530.3184.40.2580.324
vs Right-handed Starters52-49+0.948-494.50.2610.3224.50.2590.323
Past 7 Games3-4-1.92-53.60.2350.2794.00.2300.276
Dome Games3-4+0.24-33.10.2240.2975.10.2770.375
Night Games43-43-1.645-404.50.2580.3224.70.2660.326
Division31-26+5.830-254.60.2670.3264.30.2590.321
TORONTO - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABHEBHR/ABRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.40.2600.322136467512164141520.03572425951659611267711082
Road Games4.20.2530.318682351594189660.032772274532848771374835
Righty Starters4.50.2610.32210134459003051120.034313117165269393628459
TORONTO - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games4.201.3694202121963974217837619-18371669.8%
Road Games4.361.335196.310295176188617410-919967.9%

TAMPA BAY - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPRunsAvgOBP
All Games67-71-20.361-703.90.2490.3163.80.2350.296
Home Games31-38-2233-334.10.2540.3243.70.2260.287
vs Right-handed Starters51-51-12.245-553.90.2500.3183.60.2290.290
Past 7 Games3-4-2.22-53.40.2270.2783.40.2110.277
Dome Games31-38-2233-334.10.2540.3243.70.2260.287
Night Games41-46-15.541-424.00.2530.3193.80.2390.303
Division28-30-8.125-314.10.2530.3193.90.2420.301
TAMPA BAY - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABHEBHR/ABRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games3.90.2490.31613847171175354990.02515460961551027132767769
Home Games4.10.2540.324692303584163430.022672414723152762313438
Righty Starters3.90.2500.3181023468866255690.023813456954676394635756
TAMPA BAY - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.451.206435.31731673664215944819-24311468.9%
Home Games3.481.1332258987182217322912-1111664.7%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
TORONTO - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
8/19/2014HAPP(L)@ MILWAUKEEFIERS(R)1-6L1358.5 ovU2211070
8/20/2014DICKEY(R)@ MILWAUKEENELSON(R)9-5W1109 unO15721090
8/22/2014STROMAN(R)TAMPA BAYSMYLY(L)0-8L-1108.5 unU21114120
8/23/2014BUEHRLE(L)TAMPA BAYHELLICKSON(R)5-4W-1108.5 ovO9311180
8/24/2014HUTCHISON(R)TAMPA BAYARCHER(R)1-2L-1108.5 unU88110101
8/25/2014HAPP(L)BOSTONBUCHHOLZ(R)3-4L-1159 unU540860
8/26/2014DICKEY(R)BOSTONDE LA ROSA(R)7-11L-1459 unO151321490
8/27/2014STROMAN(R)BOSTONKELLY(R)5-2W-1409 unU641541
8/29/2014BUEHRLE(L)NY YANKEESCAPUANO(L)3-6L-1208.5 evO9821072
8/30/2014HUTCHISON(R)NY YANKEESPINEDA(R)2-0W+1008.5 unU760150
8/31/2014HAPP(L)NY YANKEESMCCARTHY(R)4-3W-1058.5 unU7411180
9/2/2014DICKEY(R)@ TAMPA BAYHELLICKSON(R) 
9/3/2014STROMAN(R)@ TAMPA BAYARCHER(R) 
9/4/2014BUEHRLE(L)@ TAMPA BAYODORIZZI(R) 
9/5/2014HUTCHISON(R)@ BOSTONBUCHHOLZ(R) 
9/6/2014HAPP(L)@ BOSTON  
9/7/2014DICKEY(R)@ BOSTONKELLY(R) 
9/8/2014STROMAN(R)CHICAGO CUBSTURNER(R) 
9/9/2014 CHICAGO CUBS  

TAMPA BAY - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
8/19/2014ARCHER(R)DETROITSCHERZER(R)6-8L+1106.5 unO811110120
8/20/2014ODORIZZI(R)DETROITPORCELLO(R)0-6L-1307.5 unU331750
8/21/2014COBB(R)DETROITPRICE(L)1-0W-1156.5 unU110451
8/22/2014SMYLY(L)@ TORONTOSTROMAN(R)8-0W1008.5 unU14120211
8/23/2014HELLICKSON(R)@ TORONTOBUEHRLE(L)4-5L1008.5 ovO1180931
8/24/2014ARCHER(R)@ TORONTOHUTCHISON(R)2-1W1008.5 unU10101881
8/25/2014ODORIZZI(R)@ BALTIMORETILLMAN(R)1-9L1057.5 unO4421471
8/26/2014COBB(R)@ BALTIMORECHEN(L)2-4L1007.5 unU891990
8/27/2014SMYLY(L)@ BALTIMOREGAUSMAN(R)3-1W-1058 unU961232
8/28/2014HELLICKSON(R)@ BALTIMORENORRIS(R)4-5L1158 unO7521190
8/29/2014ARCHER(R)BOSTONRANAUDO(R)4-8L-1757.5 unO99311100
8/30/2014ODORIZZI(R)BOSTONWEBSTER(R)7-0W-1558 unU771151
8/31/2014COBB(R)BOSTONBUCHHOLZ(R)0-3L-1507 unU321960
9/1/2014SMYLY(L)BOSTONDE LA ROSA(R)4-3W-1757.5 unU970640
9/2/2014HELLICKSON(R)TORONTODICKEY(R) 
9/3/2014ARCHER(R)TORONTOSTROMAN(R) 
9/4/2014ODORIZZI(R)TORONTOBUEHRLE(L) 
9/5/2014COBB(R)BALTIMORECHEN(L) 
9/6/2014SMYLY(L)BALTIMOREGAUSMAN(R) 
9/7/2014HELLICKSON(R)BALTIMORENORRIS(R) 
9/9/2014 @ NY YANKEES  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
TORONTO: TORONTO (AP) - All winter long, the Blue Jays' primary concern was upgrading the starting pitching. The biggest story in Toronto this spring, though, is the one about the free agent arm that got away.
After months of inaction, the Blue Jays thought they'd landed right-hander Ervin Santana on a one-year deal in early March. But when injury concerns flared up in Atlanta, Santana signed a similar deal with the Braves instead.
''I think it's pretty obvious we were involved, it didn't work out. I'm trying to take the high road here,'' general manager Alex Anthopoulos said after Santana turned him down, saying he'd rather pitch in a spacious National League park than face AL East foes in Toronto's hitter-friendly dome.
Anthopoulos, who'd previously come ''extremely close'' to acquiring a starter through trade, must now start the season with almost the same staff he took north last year. Right-handed knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, the 2012 NL Cy Young winner, will be the opening-day starter again, while left-hander Mark Buehrle gets the third slot.
But none of the other three leading contenders, right-handers Brandon Morrow and Drew Hutchison, and left-hander J.A. Happ, have ever pitched 200 innings, and all three are coming off injuries. Morrow was limited to 10 starts last year by a nerve problem in his forearm, Hutchison hasn't pitched in the majors since elbow surgery in 2012, and Happ missed most of 2013 after being hit in the head by a line drive. Happ dimmed his own chances with an awful spring.
Santana, who has topped the 200-inning mark five times, would have given the Blue Jays valuable depth. Without him, there's more chance they'll need starts from touted but untested youngsters like Kyle Drabek, Sean Nolin, and Marcus Stroman.
Still, a confident Dickey insisted Santana would have been more ''bonus'' than ''necessity'' to Toronto. ''I feel like we have what we need,'' he said.
TAMPA BAY: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Rays feel they have everything it takes to win the World Series and aren't afraid to say it.
The budget-minded franchise that's played into October four out of the past six seasons boosted payroll instead of cutting back this winter in hopes of making another strong run for the playoffs.
''The goal is to be the team that plays the last game of the year and win,'' third baseman Evan Longoria said.
''I felt like we were really close to breaking through last year,'' the three-time AL All-Star added. ''And with the team that we have this year, I'm really excited to go out and try to prove to ourselves that we are good enough to do that.''
The Rays won 92 games a year ago, including a Game 163 tie-breaker to claim a wild-card spot, and have compiled the second-best record in baseball over the past six seasons.
That's not enough for manager Joe Maddon and a hungry collection of players who reported to spring training feeling as if there's unfinished business to tend to after losing to eventual World Series champion Boston in the AL division round.
''I love that our guys feel and think that way. I think it's great,'' Maddon said.
''You'll hear that rhetoric in a lot of clubhouses, whether it's baseball, football or basketball, but you've got to back it up. You have to really believe it. Not just say it,'' he said. ''Some groups say it because they're supposed to say it. Some groups say it because they believe it. Our guys believe it.''
That confidence was bolstered by the Rays' ability to keep most of the key components from last year's roster together, including lefty David Price, who anchors one of baseball's deepest pitching rotations.
Price and just about everybody else expected the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner to be traded, however the Rays wound up giving him a $14 million one-year deal, in addition to re-signing first baseman James Loney and landing free agent closer Grant Balfour in moves that represent a big chunk of a club-record payroll of around $80 million.
Andrew Friedman, the team's vice president of baseball operations, also traded for catcher Ryan Hanigan and infielder Logan Forsythe to give Maddon additional flexibility filling out a batting order around Longoria and 2013 AL rookie of the year Wil Myers.
''Talent can't win every game for you, but it's a good start,'' said Loney, who signed a three-year, $21 million deal - largest since Tampa Bay has given to a free agent since Stuart Sternberg became principal owner.
''If we can stay healthy, if we can do the things we're capable of doing,'' second baseman Ben Zobrist add, ''we certainly have as good or better chance than any other team in the league to win it all.''
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (TORONTO-TAMPA BAY) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Blue Jays-Rays Preview* ========================

By JEFF BARTL STATS Writer

Toronto (69-67) at Tampa Bay (66-71), 7:10 p.m. EDT

The Toronto Blue Jays began last month near the top of the AL East standings and had the most home runs of any club in baseball.

That power surge faded along with their place among postseason contenders throughout August, but they're hoping how they finished the month was the start of a turnaround.

Jose Bautista can match a franchise record by homering in a sixth straight contest as Toronto visits the Tampa Bay Rays in the opener of a three-game set Tuesday night.

The Blue Jays (69-67) sat 1 1/2 games behind Baltimore in the division entering play Aug. 1, but a 9-17 record during the month has dropped them 10 games back of the Orioles.

Toronto scored three runs or fewer 15 times in August and its 18 homers were tied for the fourth-fewest in the league. It hit three of those long balls Sunday, as Bautista, Melky Cabrera and Edwin Encarnacion went deep in a 4-3 win over the New York Yankees.

Bautista is on the verge of matching Jose Cruz Jr.'s team mark of homering in six straight in 2001.

"That's so hard to do what he's doing," manager John Gibbons said. "He is in a nice little groove. I think he is waiting his at-bats out for a pitch to hit."

The Blue Jays finished the month winning three of four, and they'll look to get September off to a solid start as they send R.A. Dickey to the mound.

Dickey (10-12, 4.00 ERA) allowed three runs - one earned - in the first inning against Boston last Tuesday, but he pitched five shutout innings the rest of the way in Toronto's 11-7, 11-inning loss.

It marked another point of inconsistency for the right-hander, who is 3-3 with a 4.44 ERA over his last eight starts. He's allowed at least four runs in half of those outings while mixing in some solid performances.

Dickey gave up six runs and walked a career high-tying six in a 9-3 road loss to Tampa Bay on March 31, then allowed two runs over six innings of a 3-0 loss to the Rays back at Tropicana Field on July 13.

The knuckleballer is 1-3 with a 5.17 ERA in his last five starts against Tampa Bay (67-71), which sends Jeremy Hellickson to the hill.

Hellickson (1-2, 2.98) went 1-1 with a 2.03 ERA in his first five starts after returning from right elbow surgery July 8, but he's 0-1 with a 4.60 ERA over his last three. He gave up four runs in 4 1-3 innings of Tampa's 5-4 loss to Baltimore on Thursday.

The right-hander had a solid outing against Toronto his previous time out, though, giving up two runs and three hits while striking out eight in 6 1-3 innings of the Rays' 5-4, 10-inning loss Aug. 23.

Hellickson is 5-3 with a 3.06 ERA in 13 career starts against the Blue Jays, who have won four of the last five meetings with the Rays.

Tampa is coming off a four-game split with Boston after winning 4-3 in 10 innings Monday. Wil Myers went 3 for 4 with an RBI before Matt Joyce drove in pinch-runner Sean Rodriquez with a walkoff single.

"A nice finish," said Joyce, who had been 0 for 4 with two strikeouts. "I was excited about the opportunity."

Toronto acquired John Mayberry Jr. from Philadelphia on Sunday in exchange for a minor leaguer. He's been on the disabled list since July 21 with inflammation in his left wrist, but he'll likely be activated before this contest.


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