Tampa Bay Rays (13-1, first in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (9-5, second in the AL East)
Toronto; Saturday, 3:07 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Calvin Faucher (0-0); Blue Jays: Yusei Kikuchi (0-0)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Blue Jays -119, Rays -101; over/under is 9 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays play the Tampa Bay Rays after Bo Bichette had five hits against the Rays on Friday.
Toronto is 9-5 overall and 3-1 at home. The Blue Jays are 8-1 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.
Tampa Bay has a 13-1 record overall and a 3-1 record in road games. The Rays are 10-0 in games when they out-hit their opponents.
The teams meet Saturday for the second time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS:
LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 8-2, .000 batting average, 3.46 ERA, outscored opponents by 15 runs
Rays: 9-1, .000 batting average, 3.03 ERA, outscored opponents by 46 runs
INJURIES: Blue Jays: Jose Berrios: day-to-day (knee), Hyun-Jin Ryu: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mitchell White: 15-Day IL (elbow), Chad Green: 60-Day IL (undisclosed)
Rays: Jeffrey Springs: day-to-day (arm), Shane Baz: 60-Day IL (elbow), Zach Eflin: 15-Day IL (back), Jose Siri: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Tyler Glasnow: 15-Day IL (oblique), Shawn Armstrong: 15-Day IL (neck), Andrew Kittredge: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
