Blue Jays play the Cardinals leading series 1-0

Updated Sep. 14, 2024 4:00 a.m. ET

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St. Louis Cardinals (74-73, third in the NL Central) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (70-78, fifth in the AL East)

Toronto; Saturday, 3:07 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Kyle Gibson (8-6, 4.20 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 143 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Jose Berrios (15-9, 3.52 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 139 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Blue Jays -135, Cardinals +114; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays take a 1-0 lead into the latest game of the series against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Toronto has a 70-78 record overall and a 36-37 record at home. Blue Jays hitters have a collective .314 on-base percentage, the sixth-ranked percentage in the AL.

St. Louis has a 35-38 record in road games and a 74-73 record overall. The Cardinals have gone 35-15 in games when they did not give up a home run.

Saturday's game is the second time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 41 doubles, a triple and 28 home runs for the Blue Jays. Spencer Horwitz is 12-for-31 with four doubles, three home runs and seven RBI over the past 10 games.

Alec Burleson has 18 doubles and 21 home runs for the Cardinals. Brendan Donovan is 14-for-37 with two doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 3-7, .248 batting average, 3.86 ERA, outscored by three runs

Cardinals: 5-5, .211 batting average, 3.63 ERA, outscored by nine runs

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Alek Manoah: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Romano: 60-Day IL (elbow), Bo Bichette: 10-Day IL (calf)

Cardinals: Willson Contreras: 10-Day IL (finger), Keynan Middleton: 60-Day IL (forearm), Drew Rom: 60-Day IL (biceps)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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