Blue Jays-Phillies Lines Preview

The Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Citizens Bank Park in an interleague contest.
Ricky Romero will be the starting pitcher for the Blue Jays on this day. Lefthander Romero is 3-3 this season with a 3.71 ERA.
Meanwhile, it’ll be ace Cole Hamels who starts for the Phillies. Lefthander Hamels is 4-2 with a 4.62 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Phillies listed as 210-moneyline favorites versus the Blue Jays, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Blue Jays lost to Florida 11-3 as a -120 favorite on Sunday. The 14 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8.5).
Alex Rios clubbed a two-run home run for the Blue Jays and Brian Tallet was lit up for eight runs on 10 hits in 3 1-3 innings.
The Phillies defeated Boston 11-6 as a +110 underdog on Sunday. The 17 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8.5).
Jimmy Rollins homered and drove in three runs for Philadelphia and Pedro Feliz was 3-5 with a pair of RBI in the win.
Current streak:
Toronto has lost 4 straight games.
Team records:
Toronto: 34-31 SU
Philadelphia: 36-25 SU
Toronto most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 4-6
Before playing Philadelphia are 7-3
After playing Florida are 4-6
After a loss are 4-6

Philadelphia most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 7-3
Before playing Toronto are 5-5
After playing Boston are 2-8
After a win are 7-3

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto’s last 9 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto’s last 12 games when playing Philadelphia
Toronto is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Philadelphia’s last 14 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia’s last 7 games
Philadelphia is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Philadelphia’s last 12 games when playing Toronto
Next up:
Philadelphia home to Toronto, Wednesday, June 17

 

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