The Tampa Bay Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Rogers Centre.
Andy Sonnanstine will be the starting pitcher for the Rays on this day. Righthander Sonnanstine is 13-6 this season with a 4.61 ERA.
The Blue Jays will counter Sonnanstine with ace Roy Halladay. Righthander Halladay has a 2.72 ERA to go along with a 17-9 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 190-moneyline favorites versus the Rays, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Rays gave up five runs in the ninth inning, but managed to pull out a 7-5 win over the Yankees on Thursday, as -170 favorites. The combined 12 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (9).
Willy Aybar homered and went 2-for-4 with three RBIs for the Rays. Scott Kazmir tossed a one-hitter through six innings for the win.
Jesse Litsch tossed a four-hit complete-game shutout on Thursday, as The Blue Jays swept away the Twins with a 9-0 win. The Blue Jays won the game as a -105 pick’em, and the nine runs made it OVER the posted over/under (8.5).
Travis Snider went 3-for-3 with a solo home run and two RBIs for the Blue Jays. Litsch improved to 10-8 with the victory.
Current streak:
Team records:
Toronto: 73-66 SU Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4 Before playing Toronto are 4-6 After playing NY Yankees are 4-6 After a win are 7-3 Toronto most recently: A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 games when playing Toronto Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto Tampa Bay is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto’s last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay Next up:
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