Baltimore Orioles (26-35, fifth in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (35-24, second in the AL East)
Toronto; Monday, 7:07 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Orioles: Kyle Bradish (1-3, 6.45 ERA, 1.59 WHIP, 40 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Alek Manoah (7-1, 1.81 ERA, .96 WHIP, 61 strikeouts)
LINE: Blue Jays -303, Orioles +246; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Baltimore Orioles take on the Toronto Blue Jays after Cedric Mullins had four hits against the Royals on Sunday.
Toronto has gone 18-10 at home and 35-24 overall. The Blue Jays have the fourth-best team slugging percentage in the majors at .423.
Baltimore has a 26-35 record overall and an 11-20 record in road games. The Orioles are 11-5 in games when they hit at least two home runs.
The teams meet Monday for the first time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Santiago Espinal has a .288 batting average to rank sixth on the Blue Jays, and has 17 doubles and five home runs. Bo Bichette is 14-for-43 with three home runs and seven RBI over the past 10 games.
Austin Hays has 14 doubles and seven home runs while hitting .292 for the Orioles. Trey Mancini is 9-for-37 with three doubles and three home runs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 6-4, .307 batting average, 3.27 ERA, outscored opponents by 30 runs
Orioles: 5-5, .237 batting average, 4.75 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs
INJURIES: Blue Jays: Matt Chapman: day-to-day (wrist), Andrew Vasquez: 15-Day IL (ankle), Danny Jansen: 10-Day IL (finger), Nate Pearson: 60-Day IL (mono), Hyun-Jin Ryu: 15-Day IL (forearm), Tayler Saucedo: 10-Day IL (hip)
Orioles: Ramon Urias: 10-Day IL (left oblique), Joey Krehbiel: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Alexander Wells: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chris Ellis: 60-Day IL (shoulder), John Means: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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