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The Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays meet in Game 2 of the series

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The Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays meet in Game 2 of the series

Associated Press

Toronto Blue Jays (73-81, fifth in the American League East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (76-78, fourth in the American League East)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT

Pitching Probables: Blue Jays: Yariel Rodriguez (1-6, 4.29 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 77 strikeouts); Rays: Taj Bradley (6-11, 4.39 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 143 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Rays -137, Blue Jays +116; the over/under is 8 runs

IN BRIEF: The Tampa Bay Rays face the Toronto Blue Jays with a 1-0 series lead.

Tampa Bay is 76-78 overall and 40-39 at home. The Rays are 22-8 in games where they hit two or more home runs.

Toronto is 35-44 away from home and 73-81 overall. The Blue Jays are 57-11 in games where they have scored five or more runs.

Saturday’s game marks the 12th meeting between the teams this season. The Rays lead the season series 7-4.

TOP PERFORMERS: Christopher Morel had 11 doubles, three triples, 21 homers and 57 RBIs while hitting .197 for the Rays. Yandy Diaz had 11 hits in 32 at-bats with three doubles over the last 10 games.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had 42 doubles, a triple and 30 home runs while hitting .322 for the Blue Jays. Davis Schneider had 9 hits in 34 at-bats with a triple and three home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 5-5, .240 batting average, 2.83 ERA, outscored by one run

Blue Jays: 5-5, .236 batting average, 2.73 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs

INJURIES: Rays: Jeffrey Springs: 15 days on injured list (elbow), Peter Anderson Fairbanks: 15 days on injured list (shoulder), Richard Palacios: 10 days on injured list (knee), Jacob Waguespack: 60 days on injured list (shoulder), Shane McClanahan: 60 days on injured list (forearm)

Blue Jays: Bo Bichette: 10-day IL (finger), Will Wagner: 60-day IL (knee), Daulton Varsho: 10-day IL (shoulder), Alek Manoah: 60-day IL (elbow), Jordan Romano: 60-day IL (elbow)

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