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		<title>Recap: White Sox 3, Blue Jays 2; Jays Fall Just Short in Series Opener</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2016 03:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Dika]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of baseball’s promising young starters were on display in the series opener at US Cellular Field tonight in Chicago. Aaron Sanchez turned in a strong start once again, allowing 2 runs on 8 hits in six innings. Despite allowing 9 men to reach base, Sanchez was not hit hard and continued to induce ground [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two of baseball’s promising young starters were on display in the series opener at US Cellular Field tonight in Chicago. Aaron Sanchez turned in a strong start once again, allowing 2 runs on 8 hits in six innings. Despite allowing 9 men to reach base, Sanchez was not hit hard and continued to induce ground balls (9 ground outs) at an elite level. Sanchez&#8217;s 23-year old counterpart, Carlos Rodon, struck out 8 Blue Jays and scattered 6 hits and 2 runs over 5.2 innings of work. A Josh Donaldson error in the bottom of the 7th inning led to a Todd Frazier RBI single that would be the difference in the game. Despite a 9th inning rally that saw the Blue Jays load the bases with one out, David Robertson was able to nail down the game for the White Sox, striking out Edwin Encarnacion and getting Michael Saunders to pop out.</p>
<h3>Top Play of the Game by WPA</h3>
<p>Todd Frazier’s 7<sup>th</sup> inning RBI single off Jesse Chavez was the difference in the game and the highest value play by WPA, increasing the White Sox chances of winning the game by 19.6 percentage points.</p>
<h3>Bottom Play of the Game by WPA</h3>
<p>The lowest play of the game by WPA occurred in the bottom of the 9<sup>th</sup> inning when David Robertson snuffed out the Blue Jays rally by getting Michael Saunders to pop out to shortstop Tim Anderson. The Jays had loaded the bases on a Darwin Barney walk, Ezekiel Carrera single and Josh Donaldson infield hit when Robertson was able to retire the meat of the Jays order – striking out Encarnacion before inducing the infield fly off the bat of Saunders. The play reduced Toronto’s chances of winning the game by 23.1 percentage points.</p>
<h3>Sanchez Hits A Milestone</h3>
<p>After throwing 6 innings tonight, Aaron Sanchez surpassed his 2015 regular season workload of 92.1 innings pitched. While we’ve continued to hear Blue Jays’ management stay on message that Sanchez will be moved to the bullpen at some point in the future (when is not clear), he’s making many people who follow the team dream on ways to keep him in the rotation. The longer we see Sanchez take the hill and pitch like one of the top starters in the American League (where he ranks 14<sup>th</sup> in starter ERA), the harder it is to swallow that Sanchez won’t be taking the ball in the first inning down the stretch and potentially into the playoffs. Six man rotation? Month long All-Star break? There’s got to be a way to keep Sanchy out there.</p>
<h3>Ryan Goins: Outfielder</h3>
<p>Tonight’s game saw infielder turned “super utility” player, Ryan Goins, playing left-field after pinch hitting for Junior Lake. While many assumed that Goins would be sent to the minor leagues when Devon Travis returned from injury, Goins has remained with the big club, and taking on defensive assignments in the outfield. With Michael Saunders playing at DH, Goins remained in the outfield for the rest of the game. Goins made a strong throw to third base after Tim Anderson tagged up on a fly ball in the 7<sup>th</sup> inning, but didn’t appear to set himself to throw before making the catch. Anderson would later come around to score. Goins is a good defender at both second base and shortstop but with so little experience in the outfield, the Jays will be relying on him to figure things out on the fly.</p>
<h3>Balks A Plenty</h3>
<p>Both the Blue Jays and the White Sox were called for balks tonight &#8211; Drew Storen for Toronto in the 8<sup>th</sup> inning and Carlos Rodon for the White Sox in the 6th. Despite being called for balks, both Storen and Rodon appeared to do nothing out of the ordinary and neither situation involved deceiving a base runner that was looking to steal a base. While the enforcement of the balk rule is often debated and rarely understood, neither factored into the scoring and Bob Davidson was not involved in any of the calls on the field.</p>
<h3>Up Next</h3>
<p>Toronto’s series with the White Sox continues tomorrow afternoon (2PM EST) when RA Dickey takes the mound opposite Miguel Gonzalez. Gonzalez is the least intimidating (stuff wise) White Sox starter the Jays will face this weekend and the righty struggled earlier this season at the Rogers Centre, where he surrender 5 runs and 11 hits in 5 innings of work against the Blue Jays.</p>
<p><em>Lead Photo: Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports</em></p>
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		<title>Recap: White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0; Bring Out the Brooms, Jays Swept at Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2016 02:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Mercer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a fan of good ol&#8217; fashion pitchers duels, then tonight&#8217;s game was for you. Jose Quintana took the mound for the White Sox in the final game of the series, while Marco Estrada toed the rubber for the Blue Jays. Both pitchers aren&#8217;t necessarily the most recognized around the league, but since last season&#8217;s [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re a fan of good ol&#8217; fashion pitchers duels, then tonight&#8217;s game was for you. Jose Quintana took the mound for the White Sox in the final game of the series, while Marco Estrada toed the rubber for the Blue Jays. Both pitchers aren&#8217;t necessarily the most recognized around the league, but since last season&#8217;s all-star game, they rank No. 1 and No. 2 in ERA. Tonight&#8217;s game was an appropriate example of why these two have been so good at suppressing runs as of late. They pitched on the corners and changed speeds exceptionally well. Much to the dismay of the White Sox hitters, Estrada was showing off the 13 mph difference between his fastball and his changeup tonight.</p>
<p>Having said that, this game took a dramatic turn in the 7th inning. Estrada started to get into trouble with two men on and one out. He was able to strike out Avisail Garcia, which brought up Dioner Navarro. The ex-Jay is hardly a likely candidate to hit a triple, but on Wednesday night at the Rogers Center, he came through in the clutch and broke the scoreless affair. Jesse Chavez promptly replaced Estrada and gave up another triple, this time to Austin Jackson.</p>
<p>That wasn&#8217;t the end of the festivities for the top of the 7th inning. Skipper John Gibbons voiced his displeasure with the strike zone all evening, and finally home plate ump John Tumpane had enough. Gibbons got ejected, but I don&#8217;t blame him too much. The strike zone was exceptionally generous throughout the entire game, but it was consistently bad if nothing else. The zone was just the tip of the iceberg that eventually sent Gibby over the edge. The lack of offensive production from the Jays recently has likely taken its toll, and the Jays wasted another good outing from their starter.</p>
<h3>Top Play of the Game by WPA</h3>
<p>The top play of the game was the two-run triple by Dioner Navarro. With one swing of the bat, Navarro added 0.326 win-probability for his team. This is no surprise, as two teams combined to score four runs, and in this one play, two of those were scored.</p>
<h3>Bottom Play of the Game by WPA</h3>
<p>Former Blue Jays take the cake for our top play and bottom play of the game. The bottom honour goes to red bull-loving, glasses-wearing Brett Lawrie! In the second inning, with men on first and second with no outs, Lawrie grounded into a double play started by Tulowitzki. He decreased the White Sox&#8217;s win-probability by 0.108.</p>
<h3>Marco Estrada</h3>
<p>I thought Estrada pitched extremely well for the majority of the game. As previously mentioned, he struggled in the 7th inning, but prior to that he was using an effective mix of his fastball and changeup. It really is amazing to see him work the top of the zone as consistently as he does. His changeup was devastating as usual, and Marco tossed in the occasional curveball which truly kept the White Sox hitters off balance.</p>
<p><a href="http://toronto.locals.baseballprospectus.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Estrada-20160427.gif"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-2066 size-full" src="http://toronto.locals.baseballprospectus.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Estrada-20160427.gif" alt="Estrada 20160427" width="600" height="400" /></a></p>
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<p>In classic Estrada fashion, he worked the fastball up and the changeup down. Estrada has been nothing but consistent for the better part of 25 starts and we need him to keep this up if the Jays are to overcome their offensive woes. Hopefully the nagging right shoulder that Estrada kept touching throughout the game turns out to be nothing other than a little stiffness. The last thing the Jays need right now is for one of their most reliable starters to go down with an injury.</p>
<h3>Up Next</h3>
<p>The Jays have an off day on Thursday and will then face Tampa Bay on Friday at the Trop. They will play the Rays in a three game weekend set where J.A. Happ will take the mound versus Drew Smyly in the opener. Happ has been tremendous thus far for the Blue Jays and we hope he can continue this trend. Perhaps the Jays bats can get something going against a out-of-character Tampa Bay starting rotation.</p>
<p><em>Lead Photo: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports</em></p>
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