White Sox Host the Blue Jays Friday Night

Stroman Looks to Build on Recent Success Against White Sox


The Toronto Blue Jays will be on the road this weekend when they visit the Chicago White Sox for a three-game series. Both teams are essentially out of the playoff chase. Players may be auditioning for other teams.

TV: 8:10 p.m. ET, NBCS Chicago-Plus, Sportsnet, TVAS (Toronto)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Blue Jays RH Marcus Stroman (3-7, 5.42 ERA) vs. White Sox RH Reynaldo López (4-8, 4.13)

ODDS: Blue Jays are listed as -127-moneyline favorites. The Total is 9u -115.

Sitting nine games under .500, Toronto traded 10-game winner J.A. Happ to the New York Yankees. They also shipped right-hander reliever Seunghwan Oh to Colorado. More may be on the way.

The White Sox traded closer Joakim Soria to Milwaukee for two pitching prospects.

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Blue Jays fans will have something to cheer about. Starter Marcus Stroman appears to be rounding into form and will be on the mound for the opener.

There’s no question that this season has been a challenging one for Stroman. He started the year slowly and spent time on the disabled list with shoulder fatigue early on. When Jays fans saw that old swagger return to Stroman’s game in his last start they were thrilled.

He owns a 1-3 record and 6.00 ERA in six career starts against the White Sox.

Optimists finally had something to cheer about. The righty went seven innings and surrendered only one run in his second quality start in three games. He’ll look to build on that momentum against the lowly White Sox.

One bright part of the Blue Jays' future is second baseman Lourdes Gurriel Jr.. He is the first rookie in history with eight straight multiple-hit games. Gurriel is 17-for-35 during the torrid eight-game stretch.

White Sox Send One of Few Bright Spots to Mound

Chicago will send Reynaldo Lopez to the mound to face Toronto on Friday. The 24-year-old has been a bright spot in an otherwise abysmal season for Chicago. He’s second on the team in innings pitched to compliment staff ace James Shields.

Pitching for a team that has scored the fifth fewest runs in the Majors isn’t going to result in many wins. Chicago will attempt to take advantage of home field and add a win to their record with Lopez at the helm.

Lopez has made one career start against the Blue Jays, allowing one run over six innings in his 2018 season debut.

Jose Abreu has hit safely in five straight games. He went deep twice Thursday and finished 7-for-16 with three homers and six RBIs against Los Angeles Angels. They split the four game set.

Abreu is 5-for-16 with a homer off Stroman.

Recent Form

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
Toronto	46-55	-$900.00	11-25	35-30	27-21	19-34	49-45-7	-0.54
Chi White Sox	36-66	-$1,485.00	7-17	29-49	6-9	30-57	47-50-5	-1.34

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

M Stroman (3-7) ERA: 5.55

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Jul 21, 2018	BAL	W	4-1	U	7	$53.00
Jul 15, 2018	BOS	L	2-5	U	5	-$100.00
Jul 10, 2018	ATL	W	6-2	U	7	$119.00

Reynaldo Lopez (4-8) ERA: 4.13

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Jul 22, 2018	SEA	L	2-8	O	5	-$100.00
Jul 14, 2018	KC	L	0-5	U	7.2	-$100.00
Jul 6, 2018	HOU	L	4-11	O	4.2	-$100.00

Bullpen

Toronto's relievers have pitched 16 innings in the last 3 games.
Chi White Sox's relievers have pitched 8.2 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent

Toronto Blue Jays - M Stroman

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Aug 1, 2017	8-4	TOR	7	7	4	4	1	5	Win
Jun 17, 2017	5-2	CHW	7	6	3	3	1	5	Loss
Jun 26, 2016	5-2	CHW	5	7	4	4	4	4	Loss
Apr 25, 2016	7-5	CHW	6.2	6	4	4	2	4	No Decision
Aug 15, 2014	11-5	CHW	0.2	5	5	5	0	1	Loss

Chicago White Sox - Reynaldo Lopez

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Apr 2, 2018	4-2	TOR	6	2	1	1	2	6	No Decision

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.45	16	5.38	29
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.41	15	4.77	23
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	4.04	24	4.99	24
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.06	22	5.22	26

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	O/U	Away Pitcher	Home Pitcher	Away Hits	Home Hits	Away Walks	Home Walks	Away Strikeouts	Home Strikeouts
Apr 4, 2018	CHW	4	TOR	3	-212	9.5	U	Carson Fulmer (R)	Aaron Sanchez (R)	7	7	2	1	11	10
Apr 3, 2018	CHW	5	TOR	14	-183	9	O	Miguel Gonzalez (R)	J.A. Happ (L)	10	15	2	5	14	6
Apr 2, 2018	CHW	2	TOR	4	-172	9	U	Reynaldo Lopez (R)	Jaime Garcia (L)	6	4	3	4	10	6
Aug 2, 2017	TOR	5	CHW	1	194	10.5	U	J.A. Happ (L)	Derek Holland (L)	8	8	6	3	3	14
Aug 1, 2017	TOR	8	CHW	4	199	9.5	O	Marcus Stroman (R)	Mike Pelfrey (R)	13	11	7	1	6	7
Jul 31, 2017	TOR	6	CHW	7	169	10.5	O	Marco Estrada (R)	James Shields (R)	9	10	3	2	7	6
Jun 18, 2017	CHW	3	TOR	7	-210	9.5	O	James Shields (R)	J.A. Happ (L)	8	13	1	3	13	3
Jun 17, 2017	CHW	5	TOR	2	-222	9	U	Mike Pelfrey (R)	Marcus Stroman (R)	8	6	2	1	6	9
Jun 16, 2017	CHW	11	TOR	4	-200	9	O	Jose Quintana (L)	Joe Biagini (R)	14	8	3	3	10	6
Jun 26, 2016	TOR	2	CHW	5	-117	9	U	Marcus Stroman (R)	Chris Sale (L)	5	8	2	4	7	9

MLB Betting Odds  and Trends

Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games
Toronto is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Toronto is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Toronto is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox
Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox

Chicago White Sox
Chi White Sox is 8-15 SU in its last 23 games
Chi White Sox is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games at home
Chi White Sox is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Chi White Sox's last 12 games at home
Chi White Sox is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Toronto
Chi White Sox is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto

Team Vs Division Or Conference

Toronto Blue Jays

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	46-55	27-28	19-27	27-17	20-37	49-45-7	11-25	35-30
Last 10	4-6	3-3	1-3	3-1	1-5	6-4	0-4	4-2
vs Div	17-25	12-10	5-15	11-3	7-21	15-24-3	2-13	15-12
vs AL	37-50	22-26	15-24	22-16	16-33	39-41-7	10-25	27-25
vs NL	9-5	5-2	4-3	5-1	4-4	10-4	1-0	8-5

Chicago White Sox

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	36-66	19-29	17-37	6-6	31-60	47-50-5	7-17	29-49
Last 10	5-5	2-1	3-4	2-1	3-4	5-5	0-4	5-1
vs Div	15-26	7-13	8-13	4-5	12-21	15-22-4	3-4	12-22
vs AL	31-54	16-25	15-29	6-6	26-48	39-41-5	6-16	25-38
vs NL	5-12	3-4	2-8	0-0	5-12	8-9	1-1	4-11

Team Last 5 Games

Toronto Blue Jays

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Jul 25, 2018	MIN	6-12	L	106	9.5	Sam Gaviglio	5	E Santana	H
Jul 24, 2018	MIN	0-5	L	101	8.5	Ryan Borucki	6	Jose Berrios	H
Jul 23, 2018	MIN	3-8	L	-121	9.5	Luis Santos	2	Adalberto Mejia	H
Jul 22, 2018	BAL	5-4	W	-194	8.5	J Happ	5	A Cashner	H
Jul 21, 2018	BAL	4-1	W	-190	9	M Stroman	7	A Cobb	H

Chicago White Sox

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Jul 26, 2018	LAA	8-12	L	165	9.5	Dylan Covey	4.2	N Tropeano	A
Jul 25, 2018	LAA	3-11	L	209	8.5	J Shields	4	T Skaggs	A
Jul 24, 2018	LAA	4-2	W	174	8.5	C Rodon	7.2	Felix Pena	A
Jul 23, 2018	LAA	5-3	W	201	9	Lucas Giolito	6	Jaime Barria	A
Jul 22, 2018	SEA	2-8	L	190	8.5	Reynaldo Lopez	5	Marco Gonzales	A

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