Phillies meet the Blue Jays following Schwarber's 3-home run game

Philadelphia Phillies (82-56, first in the NL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (67-73, fifth in the AL East)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Phillies: Cristopher Sanchez (9-9, 3.49 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 124 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Bowden Francis (8-3, 3.66 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 75 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Phillies -129, Blue Jays +108; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Phillies meet the Toronto Blue Jays after Kyle Schwarber hit three home runs against the Blue Jays on Tuesday.

Toronto has a 34-34 record at home and a 67-73 record overall. The Blue Jays have a 54-10 record in games when they scored at least five runs.

Philadelphia is 35-31 on the road and 82-56 overall. Phillies pitchers have a collective 3.71 ERA, which ranks fourth in MLB play.

Wednesday's game is the fourth time these teams meet this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads the Blue Jays with a .328 batting average, and has 39 doubles, a triple, 28 home runs, 61 walks and 91 RBI. Will Wagner is 11-for-39 with two home runs and five RBI over the past 10 games.

Schwarber leads the Phillies with 31 home runs while slugging .474. Bryce Harper is 14-for-39 with six doubles and three RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 5-5, .260 batting average, 2.83 ERA, outscored opponents by 20 runs

Phillies: 8-2, .284 batting average, 3.58 ERA, outscored opponents by 14 runs

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Addison Barger: day-to-day (knee), Alek Manoah: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Romano: 60-Day IL (elbow), Bo Bichette: 10-Day IL (calf)

Phillies: Alec Bohm: day-to-day (hand), Spencer Turnbull: 60-Day IL (back), Luis Ortiz: 60-Day IL (ankle)

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