Edwards leads Marlins against the Blue Jays after 4-hit outing

Updated Sep. 28, 2024 4:01 a.m. ET

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Miami Marlins (60-100, fifth in the NL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (74-86, fifth in the AL East)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Xzavion Curry (1-2, 5.02 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 27 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Yariel Rodriguez (1-7, 4.41 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 80 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Blue Jays -168, Marlins +141; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins play the Toronto Blue Jays after Xavier Edwards had four hits against the Blue Jays on Friday.

The Blue Jays have a 74-86 record overall and a 39-40 record in home games. Blue Jays hitters have a collective .391 slugging percentage to rank ninth in the AL.

The Marlins are 60-100 overall and 30-49 in road games. The Marlins have gone 33-79 in games when they have given up at least one home run.

The teams meet Saturday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 44 doubles, a triple and 30 home runs for the Blue Jays. Alejandro Kirk is 12-for-36 with three doubles and a triple over the past 10 games.

Jake Burger leads Miami with 29 home runs while slugging .464. Jonah Bride is 12-for-39 with four home runs and eight RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 2-8, .249 batting average, 4.29 ERA, outscored by 15 runs

Marlins: 5-5, .288 batting average, 5.90 ERA, outscored by 12 runs

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Daulton Varsho: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bo Bichette: 10-Day IL (finger), Will Wagner: 60-Day IL (knee), Alek Manoah: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Romano: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Marlins: Declan Cronin: 15-Day IL (knee), John McMillon: 15-Day IL (elbow), Calvin Faucher: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Max Meyer: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Andrew Nardi: 60-Day IL (elbow), Braxton Garrett: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sixto Sanchez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jesus Luzardo: 60-Day IL (back), Eury Perez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sandy Alcantara: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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

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