Ernie Clement brings a two-game home run streak into the Toronto Blue Jays’ (69-50) matchup with the Chicago Cubs (67-50) and Matt Shaw, who has also hit home runs in two straight games. The Blue Jays are moneyline favorites (-134) in this outing against the Cubs (+112), which begins at 7:07 p.m. ET on Tuesday at Rogers Centre. Jose Berrios takes the mound first for Toronto, and Ben Brown is Chicago’s choice to start.

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Blue Jays vs. Cubs betting lines

• Favorite: Blue Jays (-134)
• Underdog: Cubs (+112)
• Over/under: 9

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• The Blue Jays have gone 31-22 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 58.5% of those games).
• Toronto has a 24-10 record (winning 70.6% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -134 or shorter.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Blue Jays’ implied win probability is 57.3%.
• Toronto has played in 118 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 64 times (64-47-7).
• The Blue Jays are 70-48-0 ATS this season.

Blue Jays hitting info

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads the Blue Jays with 19 home runs.
• Guerrero’s home runs rank 44th in MLB and he ranks 40th in RBI in MLB.
• Bo Bichette has a club-leading 78 runs batted in and .298 batting average.
• Among all MLB hitters, Bichette ranks 71st in home runs and 11th in RBI.
• Clement is hitting .286 with 23 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 21 walks.
• Clement has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .292 with a double, three home runs and three RBIs.
• Addison Barger is hitting .267 with 25 doubles, a triple, 18 home runs and 23 walks.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The Blue Jays pitching staff ranks third in the majors with a collective 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Toronto has a 4.28 team ERA that ranks 23rd among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Blue Jays average baseball’s 13th-ranked WHIP (1.265).
• Blue Jays pitchers combine to give up 161 total home runs at a rate of 1.4 per game (fourth-most in the majors).
• In its 5-4 win last time out, Toronto struck out 10 Dodgers batters while allowing 10 hits.

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have won 13, or 38.2%, of the 34 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Chicago has a record of 4-9, a 30.8% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +112 or more by bookmakers this season.
• The implied probability of a win by the Cubs, based on the moneyline, is 47.2%.
• So far this season, Chicago and its opponents have hit the over in 58 of its 117 games with a total.
• The Cubs are 56-61-0 against the spread in their 117 chances this season.

Cubs hitting info

• Kyle Tucker has been key for Chicago with 18 home runs, 62 RBI and a batting average of .271 this season.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Tucker is 52nd in home runs and 50th in RBI.
• Tucker has hit safely in three straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .167 with two walks and an RBI.
• Pete Crow-Armstrong leads Chicago in home runs with 27 while driving in 78 runs and slugging .527.
• Crow-Armstrong is eighth in home runs and 11th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
• Seiya Suzuki leads the club in homers (27) and runs batted in (84) this season.
• Suzuki brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .313 with a double, a home run, four walks and two RBIs.
• Nico Hoerner leads Chicago in batting average (.291) this season while adding four home runs and 47 RBI.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The Cubs have a 7.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in baseball.
• Chicago pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.88 ERA this year, which ranks 13th in MLB.
• Cubs pitchers have a 1.214 WHIP this season, third-best in the majors.
• With 146 homers allowed, the Cubs rank 23rd in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Chicago fell to the Cardinals 3-2. Its pitchers compiled 11 strikeouts and four hits allowed.