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MLB : ATS Matchup
Saturday 8/29/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
DETROIT  FARMER )
 
TORONTO  HUTCHISON )
+1.5  +100

-1.5  -120
+225

-250

9.5ov
 
1
Final
15

DETROIT (60 - 68) at TORONTO (72 - 56)
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Saturday, 8/29/2015 1:05 PM
BUCK FARMER (R) vs. DREW HUTCHISON (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
963DETROIT+205Ov 9.5,-120+200Ov 9.5,+105
964TORONTO-225Un 9.5,+100-220Un 9.5,-125
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
DETROIT - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games60-68-7.867-564.40.2730.3270.4310.7584.80.2670.3250.4380.763
Road Games30-33+2.835-264.50.2660.3190.4270.7465.00.2760.3320.4650.796
vs Right-handed Starters41-54-13.149-414.40.2700.3190.4210.7414.90.2690.3250.4400.764
Past 7 Games1-6-52-53.60.2430.2960.4310.7275.10.2520.3280.4370.765
Turf Games0-1-10-13.00.1820.2060.3640.5705.00.2900.3890.6131.002
Day Games27-21+6.130-185.20.2880.3430.4620.8054.40.2520.3160.4030.719
DETROIT - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.40.2730.32712844511213229411310.431538360993718761456512455
Road Games4.50.2660.31963223159410814740.4272701745433541670285824
Righty Starters4.40.2700.31995332489616927940.42139724273750633108509133
DETROIT - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games4.481.4523761981873984214831119-17291565.9%
Road Games5.061.494183.410910320323711569-918869.2%

TORONTO - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games72-56+6.960-605.40.2630.3310.4460.7764.10.2500.3020.4010.703
Home Games41-23+924-385.50.2730.3440.4750.8193.60.2280.2790.3750.655
vs Right-handed Starters52-42+6.642-445.30.2580.3260.4360.7634.00.2450.3010.3890.690
Past 7 Games6-1+4.85-28.60.3280.4110.5510.9623.70.2700.3050.4220.727
Turf Games41-23+924-385.50.2730.3440.4750.8193.60.2280.2790.3750.655
Day Games28-21+4.520-255.30.2680.3370.4440.7804.00.2500.2990.4040.702
TORONTO - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games5.40.2630.33112843271139239111760.446659436897647991317111453
Home Games5.50.2730.3446420885701313950.4753402263952840160285128
Righty Starters5.30.2580.32694317782116771280.4364703216744759586538741
TORONTO - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.161.0893731431313063810036816-21281762.2%
Home Games2.851.030186.3655915617361876-813861.9%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
DETROIT - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
8/15/2015VERLANDER(R)@ HOUSTONMCHUGH(R)4-2W1357.5 unU980860
8/16/2015BOYD(L)@ HOUSTONFIERS(R)5-6L1607.5 ovO980952
8/18/2015SANCHEZ(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSHAMMEL(R)10-8W1508.5 ovO191111160
8/19/2015NORRIS(L)@ CHICAGO CUBSLESTER(L)15-8W1709 unO211021170
8/20/2015SIMON(R)TEXASPEREZ(L)4-0W-1059.5 unU772140
8/21/2015VERLANDER(R)TEXASLEWIS(R)0-2L-1258.5 ovU762531
8/22/2015WOLF(L)TEXASGALLARDO(R)3-5L-1059 unU11811040
8/23/2015BOYD(L)TEXASHAMELS(L)2-4L+1208.5 unU990761
8/24/2015FARMER(R)@ CINCINNATISAMPSON(R)5-12L1058.5 ovO111001150
8/25/2015SIMON(R)LA ANGELSWEAVER(R)7-8L+1109 evO121001162
8/26/2015VERLANDER(R)LA ANGELSSANTIAGO(L)5-0W-1359 unU780111
8/27/2015WOLF(L)LA ANGELSSHOEMAKER(R)0-2L+1059 ovU211750
8/28/2015BOYD(L)@ TORONTODICKEY(R)3-5L1809.5 unU640970
8/29/2015FARMER(R)@ TORONTOHUTCHISON(R) 
8/30/2015SIMON(R)@ TORONTOBUEHRLE(L) 
9/1/2015VERLANDER(R)@ KANSAS CITYCUETO(R) 
9/2/2015WOLF(L)@ KANSAS CITYVENTURA(R) 
9/3/2015BOYD(L)@ KANSAS CITYVOLQUEZ(R) 
9/4/2015FARMER(R)CLEVELANDKLUBER(R) 
9/5/2015 CLEVELAND  

TORONTO - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
8/15/2015ESTRADA(R)NY YANKEESTANAKA(R)1-4L-1258 ovU570990
8/16/2015HUTCHISON(R)NY YANKEESSEVERINO(R)3-1W-1259 unU760430
8/18/2015DICKEY(R)@ PHILADELPHIANOLA(R)8-5W-1608 unO91001153
8/19/2015BUEHRLE(L)@ PHILADELPHIAMORGAN(L)4-7L-2409 unO5321062
8/21/2015PRICE(L)@ LA ANGELSSANTIAGO(L)9-2W-1757 evO1190653
8/22/2015ESTRADA(R)@ LA ANGELSHEANEY(L)15-3W-1208 ovO2072741
8/23/2015DICKEY(R)@ LA ANGELSRICHARDS(R)12-5W1008 ovO17901252
8/25/2015BUEHRLE(L)@ TEXASHOLLAND(L)6-5W-1309 unO9601281
8/26/2015PRICE(L)@ TEXASLEWIS(R)12-4W-1808.5 unO10801071
8/27/2015ESTRADA(R)@ TEXASGALLARDO(R)1-4L-1159.5 unU89111100
8/28/2015DICKEY(R)DETROITBOYD(L)5-3W-1909.5 unU970640
8/29/2015HUTCHISON(R)DETROITFARMER(R) 
8/30/2015BUEHRLE(L)DETROITSIMON(R) 
8/31/2015PRICE(L)CLEVELANDSALAZAR(R) 
9/1/2015ESTRADA(R)CLEVELANDANDERSON(R) 
9/2/2015DICKEY(R)CLEVELANDBAUER(R) 
9/4/2015HUTCHISON(R)BALTIMOREJIMENEZ(R) 
9/5/2015 BALTIMORE  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
DETROIT: DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Tigers had barely finished celebrating a fourth straight division title last year when they were dispatched from the playoffs by Baltimore in a Division Series sweep. Then Kansas City - the team the Tigers fought so hard to hold off in the AL Central - rolled to the AL pennant and came within a game of winning the World Series.
It was enough to turn the Tigers into October afterthoughts for the first time in a while, and now it's fair to wonder whether Detroit's best chance to claim baseball's ultimate prize with its current core of stars has already come and gone.
''I'm not worried about what people are saying about us. I'm more worried about how we perform,'' manager Brad Ausmus said. ''I feel like this team is a winning team. This is a team that has an opportunity to win a World Series.''
The Tigers edged Kansas City by one game in the division last year in Ausmus' first season as manager, and their 90-72 record was similar enough to their previous work during this run of postseason appearances, but a three-game sweep at the hands of the Orioles snapped Detroit's streak of three straight trips to the AL Championship Series.
Then the Tigers lost Max Scherzer in the offseason, and it remains to be seen how much longer Miguel Cabrera, Justin Verlander and Victor Martinez can keep this team's run of success going.
Cabrera and Martinez each missed a chunk of the exhibition schedule after offseason surgery. Verlander is coming off a down year and has been displaced as Detroit's opening-day starter by left-hander David Price.
Over the past three seasons, the Tigers have fought off challenges in the division from the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland and Kansas City - but those teams essentially made their bids for first place one at a time. Now all three appear poised to threaten Detroit's reign.
''I think quietly, I've said for the last two or three years, I've said we have the best division in baseball. Nobody really talked about it because there weren't sexy names besides the Tigers, who had won however many straight and been to a couple World Series and had a lot of star power,'' Verlander said. ''The Royals won the pennant last year so, obviously, what I was saying wasn't just hogwash. We see all the teams in the AL quite enough, and I know that these teams are good enough to make our division one of the best in baseball.''
Here are a few things to watch as the Tigers try to make it five division championships in a row:
ON THE MEND: Cabrera had offseason surgery on his right foot and Martinez had an operation to repair his left knee. Their health is crucial, but the Tigers also are hoping for big contributions from shortstop Jose Iglesias and reliever Bruce Rondon, both of whom missed all of 2014 with injuries.
NEW-LOOK ROTATION: Scherzer isn't the only player gone from last year's starting staff. Rick Porcello was traded in a deal that brought Yoenis Cespedes to Detroit, so the Tigers had two openings in their rotation. They filled them by acquiring Shane Greene from the New York Yankees and Alfredo Simon from Cincinnati.
BULLPEN BLUES: Closer Joe Nathan is back after a rocky first season in Detroit. If the Tigers run out of patience with Nathan, Joakim Soria also returns. He was acquired shortly before the trade deadline last year, but his impact was limited, in part because of injury.
EXTRA POWER: J.D. Martinez provided a surprisingly productive bat last year after joining the Tigers, and the trade for Cespedes also gave Detroit some additional pop to supplement Cabrera and Victor Martinez.
NEW ACE?: Price is slated to start on opening day, a sign of just how much the Tigers are leaning on him after Scherzer's departure. He was acquired at the trade deadline last year, and Detroit is hoping the trio of Price, Verlander and Anibal Sanchez will make for a pretty impressive anchor to the pitching staff.
TORONTO: TORONTO (AP) - The upcoming season for the Toronto Blue Jays seems destined to be defined by the one young pitcher who'll miss it and the two even younger guys who'll try to replace him.
Toronto's plans for ending baseball's longest active playoff drought took a serious hit when Marcus Stroman suffered a season-ending knee injury in spring training.
The second-year right-hander tore a ligament when his knee buckled as he backed off a bunt during a pregame fielding drill. He's out for the year after undergoing surgery.
''It's tough,'' Stroman said. ''I just feel like I let my team down. I've worked harder than I ever had this offseason.''
The injury changed Toronto's thinking about 22-year-old right-hander Aaron Sanchez, who might have been closing games rather than starting them if Stroman was still healthy, and 21-year-old lefty Daniel Norris, the van-dwelling surfer dude.
The two pitchers now look likely to get their shot in Toronto's rotation, slotting in behind 200-inning workhorses R.A Dickey and Mark Buehrle, and 24-year-old right-hander Drew Hutchison.
How successful they are could well determine what happens to the Blue Jays, out of the postseason since winning their second straight World Series in 1993 and the only team that hasn't reached the playoffs this century.
''We may have to rely on a young guy who may not be proven,'' manager John Gibbons said. ''Stro was a baby, too, but a special guy.''
Sanchez has already shown signs that he could also be special. He excelled out of the bullpen in 24 games last season, posting three saves and a 1.09 ERA in 33 innings, striking out 27 while walking nine and holding opponents to a .128 average.
With the increased demands of a starting role lying ahead, the hard-throwing Sanchez has spent this spring refining his slider.
''With the way he throws, it could turn into a big strikeout pitch for him,'' Gibbons said.
The Blue Jays are also high on Norris, currently better known for spending his winters searching for prime surfing spots while living out of a 1978 Volkswagen camper van nicknamed ''Shaggy.''
''He's a different bird,'' Gibbons said. ''Anytime you live in a van, I wouldn't say that's normal.''
Norris had an abnormal 2014 season, rising from Class A to the majors after going 12-2 with a 2.53 ERA at three minor league stops. He underwent elbow surgery last October to remove bone spurs, and expects to be better this year than the pitcher who made five appearances for the Blue Jays in September.
''He's a student of the game,'' Gibbons said. ''He's a very smart kid and he's grounded. He's got the most important thing: He's got a great arm.''
After Jose Reyes and the Blue Jays went 83-79, here's what else to watch as they try to move up:
MIGHTY MIGUEL: Sanchez and Norris aren't the only impressive young arms expected to break camp with the Blue Jays. Right-hander Miguel Castro, 20, didn't allow a run in his first five spring appearances, striking out eight and walking none while allowing three hits over nine innings. A hard thrower who stands an imposing 6-foot-5, Castro has put himself in position to jump from Class A, where he went 8-3 with a 2.68 ERA last season, all the way to the majors. ''He looks like a seasoned vet out there, under control, very relaxed,'' Gibbons said.
NEW GUYS, NEW FOCUS: Toronto strengthened its lineup over the winter by signing free agent catcher Russell Martin to a five-year, $82 million contract and acquiring All-Star third baseman Josh Donaldson from Oakland. Slugger Jose Bautista has praised the newcomers for making a difference in the clubhouse with their winning pedigree and intense focus. ''We need something along those lines here every now and then,'' Bautista said. ''It's good to have guys to whom winning matters.''
BLOCKING THE PLATE: Adding Martin gave the Blue Jays a logjam at catcher, where incumbent Dioner Navarro is signed through 2015 and Josh Thole is Dickey's knuckleball specialist. Martin has worked hard this spring to prove he can handle Dickey's floater, which could mean Thole is ticketed for Triple-A. Or, Toronto may yet trade the switch-hitting Navarro to open room at DH for Edwin Encarnacion, who has been slowed this spring by a balky back and may not be able to handle regular duty at first base.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (DETROIT-TORONTO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Tigers-Blue Jays Preview* ==========================

By KEVIN MASSOTH STATS Writer

Detroit (60-67) at Toronto (71-56), 1:07 p.m. EDT

Odd doesn't begin to describe Drew Hutchison's season.

The Toronto Blue Jays' right-hander has career highs in wins and ERA, but that and the second-highest winning percentage in the major leagues couldn't keep him from a recent demotion to Triple-A Buffalo.

Hutchison, though, has been at his best at home, and he'll try to win a fourth straight start there Saturday against the Detroit Tigers.

Hutchison (12-2, 5.06 ERA) was sent to the minors last week despite allowing one run and three hits in 6 1-3 innings of a 3-1 win over the New York Yankees, improving to 10-1 with a 2.57 ERA at Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays (72-56) briefly went with a four-man rotation due to a trio of off days during an eight-game road trip.

Hutchison returns for a nine-game homestand that started with a 5-3 victory over the Tigers on Friday, keeping the Blue Jays' AL East lead at 1 1/2 games over the Yankees.

Toronto has a 17-7 record in Hutchison's starts, due in large part to his major league-best run support average of 7.72. The Blue Jays have averaged 8.0 runs in their last nine games - winning seven - and are 22-5 in the past 27.

"That place was rocking," said Donaldson, tops in the majors with the majors with 102 RBIs. "That's the loudest I've heard it. It's exciting to be a part of this team right now."

Jose Bautista has batted .476 in his last six games and hit a solo home run Friday. Troy Tulowitzki and Josh Donaldson added solo homers and Edwin Encarnacion extended his hitting streak to 23 games with an RBI double.

"They're excited in Toronto," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. "They should be."

Tulowitzki and Donaldson went back-to-back with their homers in the third inning, the eighth time this season the Blue Jays have hit consecutive home runs.

"That's what we expect coming in here every day," Donaldson told MLB's official website. "Not necessarily hitting home runs, but coming in and having competitive at-bats."

Hutchison will be making his sixth straight start in Toronto. One of his numerous poor road outings came July 3, when he gave up seven runs - five earned - and 10 runs in 4 2-3 innings of an 8-6 loss to Detroit.

Victor Martinez went 3 for 4 in that game and Miguel Cabrera had two hits before exiting with a strained left calf that put him on the shelf for more than a month.

The Tigers (60-68) are trying to avoid their third straight loss and eighth in nine, and they'll try to get Buck Farmer his first big-league win.

Farmer (0-2, 7.80) receives his second straight start with Anibal Sanchez and Daniel Norris on the disabled list. All four of the right-hander's starts have come on the road, where's he 0-2 with an 8.10 ERA.

Farmer appeared primed to earn a victory Monday, carrying a no-hitter into the fifth inning and a shutout into the sixth against Cincinnati. However, he was chased in that inning as the Reds scored 10 runs and went on to a 12-5 win.

He was charged with three runs and pitched 5 1-3 innings, matching his career high.

"I think he hit a little bit of wall when the inning started," Ausmus said. "And then everything blew up."


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