Blue Jays and Orioles play to decide series winner

Baltimore Orioles (31-34, third in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (31-34, fourth in the AL East)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Orioles: Shane Baz (3-5, 4.29 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 63 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Kevin Gausman (4-4, 3.48 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 74 strikeouts)

LINE: Blue Jays -140, Orioles +118; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles meet on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Toronto is 18-14 in home games and 31-34 overall. Blue Jays hitters are batting a collective .249, the sixth-best team batting average in MLB play.

Baltimore has a 31-34 record overall and a 12-19 record in road games. The Orioles have gone 17-30 in games when they have allowed at least one home run.

The matchup Sunday is the seventh time these teams meet this season. The season series is tied 3-3.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ernie Clement leads the Blue Jays with a .306 batting average, and has 19 doubles, a triple, six home runs, eight walks and 25 RBIs. Nathan Lukes is 13 for 37 with a home run and three RBIs over the last 10 games.

Taylor Ward has 16 doubles and two home runs for the Orioles. Pete Alonso is 13 for 41 with three home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 5-5, .276 batting average, 5.23 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

Orioles: 6-4, .281 batting average, 3.99 ERA, outscored opponents by 21 runs

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Daulton Varsho: day-to-day (wrist), Lazaro Estrada: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Lenyn Sosa: 10-Day IL (wrist), Tommy Nance: 15-Day IL (forearm), Joe Mantiply: 60-Day IL (knee), Max Scherzer: 15-Day IL (forearm), Addison Barger: 10-Day IL (elbow), Jose Berrios: 60-Day IL (elbow), Alejandro Kirk: 60-Day IL (hand), Dylan Cease: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Shane Bieber: 60-Day IL (elbow), Yimi Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cody Ponce: 60-Day IL (knee), Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Orioles: Samuel Basallo: day-to-day (abdominal), Yaramil Hiraldo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Chris Bassitt: day-to-day (back), Zach Eflin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Dean Kremer: 60-Day IL (quadricep), Dylan Beavers: 10-Day IL (oblique), Felix Bautista: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Colin Selby: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Cade Povich: 15-Day IL (elbow), Ryan Helsley: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Westburg: 60-Day IL (ucl), Ryan Mountcastle: 60-Day IL (foot)

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