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- Updated: April 20, 2016
2:23 PM ET
BALTIMORE — Rogers Communications may own the Toronto Blue Jays, but Ubaldo Jimenez owns their murderer’s row.
Josh Donaldson, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion are three of the most feared hitters in the game. Last season, Donaldson’s first in Toronto, the trio combined for 120 homers (plus an MVP award) and headlined an offense that led the majors in scoring, tallying over 100 runs more than the next closest team.
Jimenez, however, thrived against the Jays last year, going 3-1 with a 2.55 ERA, thanks in large part to his continued dominance over Toronto’s big three.
Heading into Wednesday night’s game between the first-place Baltimore Orioles and the second-place Blue Jays, Donaldson, Bautista and Encarnacion carry a combined .127 lifetime batting average against Jimenez, with just one home run in 79 at bats. Here’s each of their career lines broken out:
Donaldson: 2-for-17 (.118) 0 HR, 2 RBI’s
Bautista: 2-for-30 (.067), 0 HR, 0 RBI
Encarnacion: 6-for-32 (.188), 1 HR, 3 RBI
Just how unhittable has Jimenez been …
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