Guardians and Blue Jays play with series tied 1-1

Toronto Blue Jays (69-71, fourth in the AL East) vs. Cleveland Guardians (70-69, second in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Thursday, 1:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: Jose Soriano (11-7, 3.51 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 149 strikeouts); Guardians: Tanner Bibee (5-14, 3.88 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 128 strikeouts)

LINE: Blue Jays -111, Guardians -110; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians and Toronto Blue Jays play on Thursday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Cleveland has gone 33-37 in home games and 70-69 overall. The Guardians have a 22-8 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.

Toronto has a 69-71 record overall and a 32-36 record in road games. The Blue Jays have the sixth-ranked team ERA in the AL at 3.94.

The teams square off Thursday for the sixth time this season. The Blue Jays lead the season series 3-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chase DeLauter has 25 doubles, three triples and 13 home runs for the Guardians. Jose Ramirez is 11 for 41 with four doubles, a home run and nine RBIs over the past 10 games.

Kazuma Okamoto leads the Blue Jays with 28 home runs while slugging .440. Nathan Lukes is 10 for 33 with three home runs and nine RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 7-3, .262 batting average, 3.16 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs

Blue Jays: 6-4, .264 batting average, 3.68 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs

INJURIES: Guardians: Rhys Hoskins: 10-Day IL (back), Chase DeLauter: day-to-day (hamstring), Shawn Armstrong: 60-Day IL (leg), Slade Cecconi: 15-Day IL (arm)

Blue Jays: Yimi Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Corbin: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jameson Taillon: 15-Day IL (forearm), Jonatan Clase: 60-Day IL (foot), Addison Barger: 60-Day IL (elbow), Shane Bieber: 15-Day IL (back), Trey Yesavage: 15-Day IL (knee), Luis Urias: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Jose Berrios: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jake Bloss: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cody Ponce: 60-Day IL (knee), Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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