Toronto Blue Jays (43-51, fifth in the AL East) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (48-47, second in the NL West)
Phoenix; Saturday, 10:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: Jose Berrios (8-6, 3.76 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 87 strikeouts); Diamondbacks: Yilber Diaz (0-0, 1.50 ERA, 0.83 WHIP, five strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Diamondbacks -128, Blue Jays +107; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Arizona Diamondbacks will try to keep their three-game home win streak intact when they face the Toronto Blue Jays.
Arizona is 25-23 at home and 48-47 overall. Diamondbacks hitters are batting a collective .252, which ranks fifth in the NL.
Toronto is 43-51 overall and 22-27 in road games. The Blue Jays are 29-44 in games when they have given up a home run.
Saturday's game is the second time these teams square off this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Christian Walker leads the Diamondbacks with 41 extra base hits (19 doubles and 22 home runs). Eugenio Suarez is 10-for-34 with four doubles, three home runs and 12 RBI over the past 10 games.
Daulton Varsho has 15 doubles, four triples and 11 home runs for the Blue Jays. Ernie Clement is 10-for-37 with two doubles and three home runs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Diamondbacks: 7-3, .265 batting average, 3.82 ERA, outscored opponents by 21 runs
Blue Jays: 5-5, .242 batting average, 4.68 ERA, outscored by three runs
INJURIES: Diamondbacks: Jordan Montgomery: 15-Day IL (knee), Blake Walston: 15-Day IL (elbow), Merrill Kelly: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Kyle Nelson: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Eduardo Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Drey Jameson: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Blue Jays: Bo Bichette: day-to-day (calf), Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 10-Day IL (knee), Yimi Garcia: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Romano: 15-Day IL (elbow), Alek Manoah: 15-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
