Toronto Blue Jays series simulation: Cardinals vs. Jays

With the season on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I’m doing a simulation based on the Blue Jays schedule using the online version of Statis Pro.

For those of you that follow Mike Wilner on Twitter, you’ve probably noticed the simulated season he’s been doing. What he’s been up to lately is very similar to what I’m doing, just that we’re using different games to do it. I have also made an account for the simulations on Instagram that can be followed @jays.simgames.

The Jays are in St.Louis for a quick interleague matchup.

How Statis Pro Works

Just like a real ball game, you set your lineup by choosing each player’s spot in the batting order, and everything else that comes with managing a ball game. Basically you are the manager.

To play, you have cards that you go through that have a bunch of information on them. Each pitcher has a PB number with the lowest number starting at 2, and the highest number going at 9. For example, Hyun-Jin Ryu has a PB of 2-9 so if you flip a card with a PB of 7, you go based off the stats on his card. If you flip a card and get a PB of 11, you go based on the stats of the batter’s card.

After you flip the first card, you have to flip another card to determine the random number. Let’s say you get the first card of a PB 7 with Ryu pitching and the random number is 38. Ryu’s card may have a strikeout from the numbers 22-46, meaning if you get a PB 7 and a random number of 38, Ryu struck out whoever he faced.

Let’s say Ryu is pitching and he’s facing J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox. You flip the first card and get a PB of 10 and you flip the next card and get a random number of 26. Martinez’s card may have a double to centrefield as 24-26, meaning if you get a PB of 10 and a random number of 26, Martinez got a double off Ryu.

Game 61

Starting pitchers

Blue Jays: Tanner Roark
Cardinals: Jack Flaherty

Lineups 

Blue Jays

Bichette SS
Biggio 2B
Gurriel Jr LF
Guerrero Jr 3B
Tellez 1B
Grichuk CF
Hernandez RF
McGuire C
Roark P

Cardinals

Fowler RF
Edman 3B
O’Neill LF
Goldschmidt 1B
DeJong SS
Wong 2B
Molina C
Bader CF
Flaherty P

Game recap

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. started off the second inning with a bomb to make it 1-0. In the bottom of the 3rd, Biggio was injured off a line drive off the bat of Tommy Edman. He somehow still made the catch, but had to be removed from the game and will miss 30 games as a result of the injury. He will be eligible to return on July 7th.

In the bottom of the 4th, Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer to give the Cardinals the lead. Next inning, Edman hit a triple and scored as British Columbia native Tyler O’Neill doubled him in. With two outs in the 8th, McGuire hit a single that brought Grichuk home to cut the Cardinals lead down to one.

The Cardinals brought in Ryan Helsley to close out the game but started off by giving up back-to-back singles to Bichette and Panik. He got Gurriel Jr to lineout to Edman but he then ended up giving back-to-back singles to Gurriel Jr and Guerrero Jr., and Bichette scored on Vladdy’s single to tie it up. Tellez hit a line drive to Edman but dropped the ball, which allowed everyone to advance. With the bases loaded and 1 out, Guerrero Jr was picked off at 3rd by Molina.

Final score: Blue Jays 4 Cardinals 3

Key stats (Blue Jays)

Yamaguchi: 1IP 3K 0H 0BB 0ER

Panik: 1 for 3

Vladdy: 2 for 4 with a HR

Tellez: 2 for 3 with a double and a walk

Key stats (Cardinals)

Flaherty: 8IP 11K 4H 1BB 2ER 1HR

Ryan Helsley: 0.1IP 0K 4H 0BB 1ER L

O’Neill: 2 for 4 with a double

Goldschmidt: 2 for 4 with a HR

Molina: 4 for 4 with a double

Game 62

***With Biggio being placed on the DL, the Jays have called up Ruben Tejada***

Starting pitchers

Blue Jays: Matt Shoemaker
Cardinals: Dakota Hudson

Lineups 

Blue Jays

Bichette SS
Panik 2B
Gurriel Jr LF
Guerrero Jr 3B
Tellez 1B
Grichuk CF
Hernandez RF
Joseph C
Shoemaker P

Cardinals

Fowler CF
Edman LF
O’Neill RF
Goldschmidt 1B
Carpenter 3B
Wong 2B
DeJong SS
Molina C
Hudson P

Game recap

Bichette and Panik started off the game by hitting singles and Gurriel Jr went deep to bring them home to give the Blue Jays an early 3-0 lead. In the 2nd, Bichette scored on Gurriel Jr’s double. In the 4th, Vladdy and Tellez hit back-to-back doubles which brought in another run. In the 6th, Vladdy hit a single which scored Panik.

Final score: Blue Jays 6 Cardinals 0

Key stats (Blue Jays)

Shoemaker: 9IP 7K 5H 1BB 0ER CG W

Panik: 3 for 5

Gurriel Jr: 4 for 5 with a HR and a double

Joseph: 1 for 3 with a double and HBP

Key stats (Cardinals)

Hudson: 2.2IP 3K 6H 3BB 4ER 1HR 1HBP L

Giovanny Gallegos: 2IP 4K 1H 0BB 0ER

Edman: 2 for 4

Molina: 1 for 3 with a double

Blue Jays simulation record: 38-24