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The final Blue Jays series of 2017

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O's lead the season series 11-5.    The matchups:

Jimenez (5-9, 6.80) vs. Estrada (7-8, 5.00)

Bundy (13-9, 4.12) vs. Biagini (3-10, 5.29)

Gausman (10-10, 4.99) vs. Stroman (11-7, 3.18)

Ubaldo has only had one start against the Jays this year, producing his best outing of the season, an 8-inning two-hit shutout.      Estrada is 2-0 against the Orioles this season (and the Jays are 3-1 in his starts against us), though we scored 6 runs in 5 innings the last time we faced him (he got the W anyway courtesy of an awful outing from Hellickson).     His other three outings were stellar, 3 runs in 20.1 IP.

Bundy faced the Jays twice in April, winning both times and allowing 1 run in 13 IP.   He'll be going on 7 days' rest and so hopefully will be fresh.   Biagini has faced the O's twice since being converted to a starter, allowing 3 ER in 5.1 IP the first time but shutting us out for 7 IP on 5 hits the second time (the O's nevertheless won that game 1-0 in extra innings).

Gausman has faced the Jays five times this season, allowing 5 runs in 28.2 IP.   He's allowed no runs the last two times he's faced them, going 5.1 and 6.0 IP.   Stroman has faced us twice, shutting us out for 7.2 innings the first time, and getting pulled after 1.2 IP with an injury the last time we faced off.

All in all, it looks like a tight series.    We're sending our best two starters out there, and it's a must-win series for us, especially considering we play four in NY after that.     

 

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23 minutes ago, SteveA said:

We are 11-11 in Ubaldo's starts this year.   It doesn't feel like it, but we are.

Imagine how we'd have done if he'd actually pitched well!   Games we won despite him:

4.1 IP 5 ER

4.1 IP 5 ER

2.2 IP 6 ER

3.1 IP 3 ER

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