The Toronto Blue Jays host the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday

Tampa Bay Rays (42-36, 4th in AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (44-35, 2nd in AL East)

Toronto; Sunday, 1:37 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBES: Rays: Shane Baz (0-1, 3.37 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 21 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Ross Stripling (4-2, 3.12 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 46 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTS BOOK LINE: Blue Jays -133, Rays +113; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

CONCLUSION: The Toronto Blue Jays host the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.

Toronto has a 44-35 record overall and a 25-17 record at home. The Blue Jays have played 24-9 in games where they have not allowed home runs.

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Tampa Bay is 17-19 in road games and 42-36 overall. The Rays have a 25-5 record in games when they have five runs or more.

The teams will face off on Sunday for the eighth time this season. The Rays lead the season streak 4-3.

TOP PERFORMER: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads Toronto with 19 home runs while batting .492. Alejandro Kirk is 11-to-28 with two homers and six RBI in his last 10 games.

Yandy Diaz has 11 doubles and three homers for the Rays. Harold Ramirez is 13-30 with three doubles in the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 5-5, .279 batting average, 4.75 ERA, better than two-carry opponents

Rays: 5-5, .268 batting average, 4.35 ERA, surpassed by a run

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Julian Merryweather: 60 days IL (side), Kevin Gausman: Day to Day (ankle), Tayler Saucedo: 60 days IL (hip), Hyun-Jin Ryu: 60 days IL (forearm). ), Yimi Garcia: 15-day IL (back), Trevor Richards: 15-day IL (neck), Andrew Vasquez: 15-day IL (ankle), Danny Jansen: 10-day IL (finger), Nate Pearson: 60-day IL ( mono)

Rays: Manuel Margot: 60-day IL (knee), Andrew Kittredge: 60-day IL (elbow), Mike Zunino: 10-day IL (shoulder), JP Feyereisen: 15-day IL (shoulder), JT Chargois: 60-day IL ( oblique), Brandon Lowe: 10-day IL (back), Luis Patino: 60-day IL (oblique), Brendan McKay: 60-day IL (shoulder), Pete Fairbanks: 60-day IL (lat), Tyler Glasnow: 60 Day IL (Elbows), Nick Anderson: 60 Day IL (Elbows), Yonny Chirinos: 60 Day IL (Elbows)

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