The Rays aim to stop the slide in the game against the Blue Jays. Globalnews.ca

Tampa Bay Rays (40-35, 4th in AL East) vs Toronto Blue Jays (43-33, 3rd in AL East)

Toronto; Friday, 3:07 p.m. EDT

Pitching Prospects: Rays: Corey Kluber (3-4, 3.45 ERA, 1.08 whip, 66 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Jose Berios (5-4, 5.86 ERA, 1.39 whips, 64 strikeouts)

FADUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue Jays -130, Rays +110; over/under 9 runs

Bottom line: The Tampa Bay Rays aim to break a three-game slide with a win over the Toronto Blue Jays.

Toronto leads 24–15 in home games and 43–33 on aggregate. The Blue Jays are fifth in the Majors with 101 total home runs, averaging 1.3 per game.

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Tampa Bay has a 40-35 record overall and a 15-18 record on the road. Ray holds a 23-5 record in games when he scored at least five runs.

The teams will meet on Friday for the fifth time this season. The season series is tied at 2-2.

Top Performer: George Springer has 11 doubles, two triples, 15 home runs and 36 RBIs for the Blue Jays. Alejandro Kirk is 12-for-31 with a double and four home runs in the last 10 games.

Isaac Paredes leads Tampa Bay with 11 home runs slugging .598. Harold Ramirez is 9-for-23 with home runs and three RBIs in the last 10 games.

Last 10 games: Blue Jays: 5-5, .271 batting average, 4.50 ERA, beat opponents by seven runs

Rays: 4-6, .233 batting average, 3.74 ERA, outscore by six runs

Injuries: Blue Jays: Tyler Saucedo: 60-day IL (hip), Hyun-Jin Ryu: 60-day IL (forearm), Yimi Garcia: 15-day IL (back), Trevor Richards: 15-day IL (neck) , Julian Merryweather: 15-day IL (side), Andrew Vasquez: 15-day IL (ankle), Danny Jenson: 10-day IL (finger), Nate Pearson: 60-day IL (mono)

Rays: Manuel Margot: 60-day IL (knee), Kevin Kirmayer: 10-day IL (hip), Drew Rasmussen: 15-day IL (hamstring), Andrew Kittredge: 60-day IL (elbow), Mike Zunino: 10 -day IL (shoulder), JP Fairison: 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 (latitude), Tyler Glasnow: 60-day IL (elbow), Nick Anderson: 60-day IL (elbow), Vagina Chirrinos: 60- day il (elbow)

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The Associated Press produced this story using technology provided by DataScrew and data from Sportradar.