Saturday, May 25, 2019 | 3:07 pm
Rogers Centre | Toronto, Ontario
Cal Quantrill (0-2, 5.40, 1.73) vs. Edwin Jackson (0-1, 6.30, 1.50)
PREAMBLE:
The homecoming tour continues for the Padres as Paul Quantrill's boy, Cal, makes his first appearance in Toronto, a day after Josh Naylor made his homecoming. The Quantrills are from Port Hope, a hour or so east of Toronto.
The Blue Jays look to continue the youth movement as they take on the Padres in game two of a three-game series after losing the opener last night. Edwin Jackson will make his third Blue Jay start, going up against Quantrill.
NOTES:
If the Jays are going to beat Quantrill, they'll need to strike early. After his first three starts, Quantrill has allowed a .611 batting average in the first inning and just .233 after that.
An interesting factoid - Justin Verlander just made his 50th start with the Astros after coming over in a trade from the Tigers. How does his first 50 starts compare with other legends who changed teams?
Roger Clemens first 50 in Toronto: 366.2 IP, 2.53 ERA, 394 K, 119 BB
Pedro Martinez first 50 in Boston: 358.1 IP, 2.59 ERA, 421 K, 89 BB
Justin Verlander first 50 in Houston: 320.1 IP, 2.30 ERA, 422 K, 59 BB (and a World Series ring)
That, ladies and gentlemen, is a pretty spectacular stretch.
Jayson Stark's Useless Info tidbits: (in place of the usual trivia/one-time Jay tidbits)
- Gregory Soto of the Tigers became the first pitcher to get two hits in a game off Noah Syndergaard; in seven years in professional baseball, he had never had an at-bat until yesterday
- Pablo Lopez of the Marlins had an interesting week: May 10th - gave up 10 earned runs to the Mets. May 18th - gave up one hit, zero runs in 7 innings to the Mets. Nobody's ever had a two-start stretch like that in back-to-back starts against the same team. That one hit given up in the second game came on the very first pitch of the game and ... bupkes after that
- Kris Bryant became the first to have a 3-HR game where his HRs came in the 7th, 8th and 9th innings
- The Nationals' bullpen has a collective 7.02 ERA so far this season, including 8.82 in the 8th inning alone
LINEUPS:
This is your "Cal, have a good-but-not-too-good start" game threat.
