A pair of baseball’s most consistent hitters square off when the Toronto Blue Jays (54-39) and the Athletics (39-56) play at 10:05 p.m. ET on Saturday at Sutter Health Park. Alejandro Kirk has a .306 batting average (seventh in MLB) for the favored Blue Jays (-152), while Jacob Wilson ranks second in MLB action hitting .335 this season for the underdog Athletics (+127). Toronto has Kevin Gausman starting, and Sacramento will counter with Jacob Lopez.

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Blue Jays vs. Athletics betting lines

• Favorite: Blue Jays (-152)
• Underdog: Athletics (+127)
• Over/under: 10.5

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• The Blue Jays have compiled a 24-15 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 61.5% of those games).
• The Blue Jays have gone 13-5 when playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -152 or shorter (72.2%).
• The Blue Jays have a 60.3% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• The Blue Jays have combined with their opponents to go over the total 48 times this season for a 48-39-5 record against the over/under.
• The Blue Jays are 55-37-0 ATS this season.

Blue Jays hitting info

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 19 doubles, 12 home runs and 53 walks while hitting .276.
• Guerrero’s home runs rank 77th in MLB and he ranks 64th in RBI in MLB.
• George Springer’s 16 home runs and 53 runs batted in both pace his team.
• Springer currently ranks 36th in home runs and 33rd in RBI in the majors.
• Bo Bichette has 22 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 23 walks while batting .279.
• Bichette brings a six-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .342 with three doubles, a home run, four walks and four RBIs.
• Kirk has a club-leading .306 batting average.
• Kirk enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .333 with three walks and an RBI.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Blue Jays pitching staff ranks fifth in the majors.
• The Blue Jays’ 4.14 team ERA ranks 21st among all league pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Blue Jays combine for the 18th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.267).
• Blue Jays pitchers combine to surrender 119 total home runs at a rate of 1.3 per game (24th-fewest in the majors).
• In their 2-1 loss last time out they struck out 12 White Sox batters while allowing six hits.

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

• This season, the Athletics have been the underdog 74 times and won 28, or 37.8%, of those games.
• The Athletics have a record of 13-30, a 30.2% win rate, when they’re set as the underdog by +127 or more by oddsmakers this season.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 44.1% chance of a victory for the Athletics.
• Games involving the Athletics have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 48 of 95 chances this season.
• In 95 games with a spread this season, the Athletics are 46-49-0 ATS.

Athletics hitting info

• Brent Rooker is batting .272 this season with a team-high 19 home runs.
• Among all batters in the majors, Rooker ranks 17th in homers and 49th in RBI.
• Rooker takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .263 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and two RBIs.
• Wilson’s batting average of .335 leads all Sacramento hitters this season.
• Wilson ranks 136th among hitters in the big leagues in homers, and 82nd in RBI.
• Tyler Soderstrom is among the top hitters for Sacramento with a .263 average, 16 homers and 53 RBI.
• Soderstrom takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .421 with two doubles, two home runs, a walk and five RBIs.
• Lawrence Butler has collected 90 hits this season and has an OBP of .322. He’s slugging .440 on the year.

Athletics pitching rankings

• The Athletics have an 8.0 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 21st in the big leagues.
• The Athletics have the 29th-ranked ERA (5.32) in the majors this season.
• The Athletics have a combined 1.459 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-highest in MLB.
• The Athletics have allowed the most home runs this season with 143, or 1.5 per game.
• The Athletics earned a 5-4 win in their most recent game, striking out 12 Braves batters while allowing five hits.