The Toronto Blue Jays host the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. Globalnews.ca

Tampa Bay Rays (42-36, 4th in AL East) vs Toronto Blue Jays (44-35, 2nd in AL East)

Toronto; Sunday, 1:37 p.m. EDT

Pitching Prospects: Rays: Shane Baz (0-1, 3.37 ERA, 1.02 whip, 21 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Ross Stripling (4-2, 3.12 ERA, 1.06 whip, 46 strikeouts)

FADUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue Jays -133, Rays +113; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

Bottom line: The Toronto Blue Jays host the Tampa Bay Rays on Sundays.

Toronto has a 44–35 record overall and a 25–17 record in home games. The Blue Jays lead 24-9 in games when they did not allow a home run.

Related Video

4:18
Jace Care Foundation campaign aims to get more kids on diamonds

previous video

next video

17-19 at Tampa Bay Road Games and 42-36 on aggregate. Ray holds a 25-5 record in games when he scored five or more runs.

The teams will meet on Sunday for the eighth time this season. The Rays lead 4-3 in the season series.

Top Performer: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads Toronto with 19 home runs while slugging .492. Alejandro Kirk is 11-for-28 in the last 10 games with two home runs and six RBIs.

Yandy Diaz has 11 doubles and three home runs for the Razz. Harold Ramirez is 13-for-30 with three doubles in the last 10 games.

Last 10 games: Blue Jays: 5-5, .279 batting average, 4.75 ERA, beat opponents by two runs

Rays: 5-5, .268 batting average, 4.35 ERA, outscore by one run

Injuries: Blue Jays: Julian Meriweather: 60-Day IL (Side), Kevin Gossman: Day-Day (Ankle), 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), 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), 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)

,

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