10:10 pm
July 9

Blue Jays @ Mariners

Who will WIN this matchup?

Toronto Blue Jays (45-40)

@ Seattle Mariners (43-42)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Manoah (TOR): 9-3; 2.33 ERA

Ray (SEA) 7-6; 3.62 ERA

 

Current odds:

Toronto Blue Jays: (-125)

Seattle Mariners: (+105)

 

• The Mariners (43-42) have won a season-high six games in a row and 14 of their past 17 to move a game above .500 for the first time since they were 12-11 on May 2. Seattle also closed within two games of the suddenly struggling Blue Jays in the race for the American League’s third and final wild card.

• The Blue Jays have lost seven of their past eight games and have scored more than three runs just once in that span. The Blue Jays had their chances, as they left 13 runners on base and went 2-for-20 with runners in scoring position. They failed to score in extra innings against former teammate Ryan Borucki, despite getting a runner at second base to start both innings.

• Toronto right-hander Alek Manoah (9-3, 2.33 ERA) will try to bounce back from one of his worst outings of the season Saturday. He allowed a career-high-tying four earned runs in 5 2/3 innings of a loss at Oakland on Monday.

• Lefty Robbie Ray (7-6, 3.62), who won the AL’s Cy Young Award last season with Toronto before leaving as a free agent in the offseason, is set to start for the Mariners. Ray is 4-1 with an 0.80 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 33 2/3 innings over his past five starts. Manoah will be facing Seattle for the first time; Ray is 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA in two career starts against Toronto.

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