MLB Baseball Matchup of Thursday, August 16, 2012 Rogers Centre

Match Up: Chicago White Sox VS Toronto Blue Jays

CHICAGOWHITE SOX (29-39)

TORONTOBLUE JAYS (34-36)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
CHW	29-39	-$1107	6-11	23-28	13-15	16-24	25-36-7
TOR	34-36	-$40	9-11	25-25	16-16	18-20	37-32-1

Smart Chart

CHW	TEAM	TOR
3.62	RUNS	4.57
4.15	RUNS AGAINST	4.69
-0.53	DIFF	-0.11
-$1,107	MONEY	-$40
3.79	TEAM ERA	4.12
8.12	OFF HITS	8.79
2.43	OFF WALKS	3.06
7.79	OFF Ks	7.36
8.12	DEF HIT	8.97
3.12	DEF WALKS	3.43
7.96	DEF Ks	7.01

INJURIES

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Gavin Floyd	P	60-Day Disabled List
Jake Peavy	P	15-Day Disabled List
Angel Sanchez	2B	15-Day Disabled List
Dewayne Wise	OF	15-Day Disabled List

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Kyle Drabek	P	60-Day Disabled List
J.A. Happ	P	60-Day Disabled List
Drew Hutchison	P	60-Day Disabled List
Brett Lawrie	3B	15-Day Disabled List
Brandon Morrow	P	15-Day Disabled List
Ramon Ortiz	P	15-Day Disabled List
Luis Perez	P	60-Day Disabled List
Jose Reyes	SS	60-Day Disabled List
Sergio Santos	P	60-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

CHICAGO	TORONTO
Chicago Tribune	Toronto Sun

BETTING TRENDS

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

No trends to report

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

FRANCISCO LIRIANO (L) ERA: 2.44 W/L: 5-3

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/17/2013	CIN	L	1-4	U	6	-100
06/12/2013	SF	W	12-8	O	6	100
06/07/2013	CHC	W	2-0	U	7	100

AARON LAFFEY (L) ERA: 5.73 W/L: 0-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
04/26/2013	NYY	L	4-6	O	2⅔	-100
04/16/2013	COL	L	8-9	O	4	-100
04/07/2013	MIA	W	4-3	U	4⅓	100

Chicago White Sox's relievers have pitched 7⅔ innings in the last 3 games.
Toronto Blue Jays's relievers have pitched 9 innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
08/15/2012	Wed	CHW	9	TOR	5	CHW	-102	8½	O	G Floyd	R Romero
08/14/2012	Tue	CHW	3	TOR	2	CHW	105	9	U	J Quintana	H Alvarez
08/13/2012	Mon	CHW	2	TOR	3	TOR	112	8	U	J Peavy	C Villanueva
07/08/2012	Sun	TOR	11	CHW	9	TOR	-120	10½	O	B Cecil	D Axelrod
07/07/2012	Sat	TOR	0	CHW	2	CHW	-136	10	U	R Romero	G Floyd
07/06/2012	Fri	TOR	2	CHW	4	CHW	-147	9½	U	A Laffey	J Peavy
06/07/2012	Thu	TOR	3	CHW	4	CHW	-146	8½	U	H Alvarez	J Peavy
06/06/2012	Wed	TOR	4	CHW	0	TOR	113	8½	U	B Morrow	J Quintana
06/05/2012	Tue	TOR	9	CHW	5	TOR	-107	8	O	R Romero	P Humber
09/28/2011	Wed	TOR	3	CHW	2	TOR	124	8	U	B Morrow	P Humber

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

WHITE SOX

White Sox are second lowest scoring team in the league at 3.6 runs per game.

White Sox trail the league in walks with 2.4 per game.

White Sox are second best in the league in giving up hits, allowing 8.1 per game.

BLUE JAYS

Blue Jays have the second weakest defence in the league at 4.7 runs per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/15/2012	Wed	9	at TOR	5	W	-102	8½	G Floyd	6	R Romero
08/14/2012	Tue	3	at TOR	2	W	105	9	J Quintana	6⅔	H Alvarez
08/13/2012	Mon	2	at TOR	3	L	112	8	J Peavy	8	C Villanueva
08/12/2012	Sun	7	OAK	3	W	-149	8	C Sale	6⅔	B Colon
08/11/2012	Sat	7	OAK	9	L	-140	8½	F Liriano	3⅓	T Blackley

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/15/2012	Wed	5	CHW	9	L	-102	8½	R Romero	6	G Floyd
08/14/2012	Tue	2	CHW	3	L	105	9	H Alvarez	7	J Quintana
08/13/2012	Mon	3	CHW	2	W	112	8	C Villanueva	7	J Peavy
08/12/2012	Sun	10	NYY	7	W	170	9	J Happ	5⅔	P Hughes
08/11/2012	Sat	2	NYY	5	L	132	10	A Laffey	5⅔	I Nova

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Chi White Sox's Overall Scoring vs Toronto's Overall Defense	3.6	14	4.7	14
Chi White Sox's Away Scoring vs Toronto's Home Defense	3.6	14	4.9	14
Chi White Sox's Road ERA vs Toronto's Home ERA Allowed	4.3	8	4.5	7
Toronto's Overall Scoring vs Chi White Sox's Overall Defense	4.6	7	4.2	7
Toronto's Home Scoring vs Chi White Sox's Road Defense	4.9	4	4.4	6
Toronto's Home ERA vs Chi White Sox's Road ERA Allowed	4.3	12	3.4	13

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	29-39	16-14	13-25	13-15	16-24	25-36-7	6-11	23-28
vs Div	7-10	3-4	4-6	4-5	3-5	5-11-1	0-2	7-8
Last 10	4-6	3-2	1-4	0-5	4-1	4-6	1-2	3-4
vs AL	25-32	13-13	12-19	9-13	16-19	21-32-4	6-9	19-23
vs NL	4-7	3-1	1-6	4-2	0-5	4-4-3	0-2	4-5

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	34-36	18-17	16-19	16-16	18-20	37-32-1	9-11	25-25
vs Div	12-20	7-9	5-11	7-7	5-13	20-11-1	1-7	11-13
Last 10	8-2	3-1	5-1	2-2	6-0	4-6	4-0	4-2
vs AL	26-31	13-16	13-15	12-14	14-17	30-26-1	5-8	21-23
vs NL	8-5	5-1	3-4	4-2	4-3	7-6	4-3	4-2

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

FRANCISCO LIRIANO VS. TORONTO BLUE JAYS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
08/16/2012	7-2	CHW	6⅓	3	2	2	1	6	W
04/02/2011	6-1	TOR	4⅓	4	4	4	5	3	L
09/30/2010	13-2	TOR	5⅓	6	5	5	1	6	L
04/16/2009	9-2	TOR	6	7	2	1	1	5	L

AARON LAFFEY VS. CHICAGO WHITE SOX

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
08/16/2012	7-2	CHW	6	4	3	3	1	5	L
07/06/2012	4-2	CHW	6	8	4	3	1	4	L
09/28/2009	6-1	CHW	7⅓	8	3	3	3	5	L
07/08/2009	5-1	CHW	6	7	4	4	2	1	L
05/27/2008	8-2	CLE	6	7	2	1	2	0	W