The Toronto Blue Jays (24-24) have a 2-0 series lead and will look to sweep the San Diego Padres (27-20) on Thursday at Rogers Centre. The Padres are favored (-121) against the underdog Blue Jays (+102) in the matchup, which begins at 1:07 p.m. ET. Stephen Kolek starts for San Diego, and Bowden Francis is Toronto’s pick to start.

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Padres vs. Blue Jays betting lines

• Favorite: Padres (-121)
• Underdog: Blue Jays (+102)
• Over/under: 9

Padres betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Padres betting info

• The Padres have been favored on the moneyline 27 total times this season. They’ve gone 17-10 in those games.
• San Diego has a 16-9 record (winning 64% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -121 or shorter.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Padres have an implied win probability of 54.8%.
• San Diego has played in 47 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 20 times (20-26-1).
• The Padres have covered 55.3% of their games this season, going 26-21-0 against the spread.

Padres hitting info

• Fernando Tatis Jr. has put up a team-best 12 home runs and 27 runs batted in.
• Tatis’ home runs rank ninth in MLB and he ranks 45th in RBI in MLB.
• Manny Machado is batting .314 to lead his team.
• Machado ranks 180th in home runs among hitters in MLB action and 108th in RBI.
• Luis Arraez has seven doubles, three triples, three home runs and nine walks while batting .301.
• Arraez brings an eight-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 games he is batting .333 with three doubles, two triples, a walk and three RBIs.
• Xander Bogaerts is hitting .242 with nine doubles, three home runs and 22 walks.

Padres pitching rankings

• The nine strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Padres pitching staff ranks eighth in MLB.
• San Diego has the 10th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.53).
• The Padres have the eighth-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.183).
• The Padres surrender the 14th-fewest home runs in baseball (50 total, 1.1 per game).
• San Diego its 14-0 loss the last time out, the team struck out seven Blue Jays batters while allowing 14 hits.

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• This season, the Blue Jays have won 14 out of the 28 games, or 50%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Toronto has a record of 10-8, a 55.6% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +102 or more by bookmakers this season.
• The Blue Jays have a 49.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• So far this season, Toronto and its opponents have hit the over in 23 of its 47 games with a total.
• In 47 games with a spread this season, the Blue Jays are 30-17-0 ATS.

Blue Jays hitting info

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .287 with six home runs and 22 RBI for Toronto this season.
• In all of MLB, Guerrero ranks 86th in home runs and 89th in RBI.
• Guerrero heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .222 with a home run, three walks and two RBIs.
• Bo Bichette is a key run producer for Toronto with a .288 average, four homers and 24 RBI.
• Bichette ranks 149th among batters in MLB in homers, and 71st in RBI.
• George Springer has 38 hits this season and a slash line of .264/.374/.458.
• Alejandro Kirk has 39 hits and an OBP of .313 to go with a slugging percentage of .369 this season.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The Blue Jays have a 9.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, fourth-best in baseball.
• Toronto has the 21st-ranked ERA (4.14) in the majors this season.
• The Blue Jays rank 11th in MLB with a combined 1.223 WHIP this season.
• With 68 homers allowed, the Blue Jays rank 25th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Toronto earned a 14-0 win in its most recent game, striking out 10 Padres batters while allowing five hits.