Blue Jays try to keep home win streak going, host the Yankees

New York Yankees (55-45, second in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (59-41, first in the AL East)

Toronto; Tuesday, 7:07 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Cam Schlittler (1-0, 5.06 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, seven strikeouts); Blue Jays: Max Scherzer (1-0, 4.70 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 24 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue Jays -130, Yankees +109; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays will try to keep an 11-game home win streak going when they face the New York Yankees.

Toronto has a 59-41 record overall and a 36-16 record at home. The Blue Jays have the best team batting average in MLB play at .260.

New York is 55-45 overall and 25-26 on the road. The Yankees have a 25-14 record in games when they did not give up a home run.

Tuesday's game is the ninth time these teams match up this season. The Blue Jays are up 6-2 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Alejandro Kirk has a .309 batting average to lead the Blue Jays, and has 11 doubles and seven home runs. Bo Bichette is 15 for 38 with six RBIs over the past 10 games.

Aaron Judge has 24 doubles, two triples and 36 home runs for the Yankees. Cody Bellinger is 15 for 41 with two doubles, four home runs and nine RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 7-3, .277 batting average, 3.11 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs

Yankees: 6-4, .257 batting average, 4.25 ERA, outscored opponents by 14 runs

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Ryan Burr: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nick Sandlin: 15-Day IL (elbow), Andres Gimenez: 10-Day IL (ankle), Yimi Garcia: 15-Day IL (ankle), Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Paxton Schultz: 15-Day IL (middle finger), Bowden Francis: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Daulton Varsho: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Alek Manoah: 60-Day IL (elbow), Angel Bastardo: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Yankees: Max Fried: day-to-day (finger), Mark Leiter Jr.: 15-Day IL (fubular), Clarke Schmidt: 15-Day IL (forearm), Fernando Cruz: 15-Day IL (oblique), Ryan Yarbrough: 15-Day IL (oblique), Oswaldo Cabrera: 60-Day IL (ankle), Yerry De Los Santos: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jake Cousins: 60-Day IL (elbow), Gerrit Cole: 60-Day IL (elbow), Luis Gil: 60-Day IL (back)

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