The Toronto Blue Jays (4-2) and the Chicago White Sox (1-5) meet on Friday to start a three-game series, with the first pitch at 2:10 p.m. ET at Rate Field. Toronto’s Dylan Cease and Chicago’s Grant Taylor pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Blue Jays vs. White Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Blue Jays (-200)
• Underdog: White Sox (+167)
• Over/under: 7.5

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• The Blue Jays have been favored on the moneyline six total times this season. They’ve finished 4-2 in those games.
• Toronto has gone 1-2 (winning only 33.3% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -200 or shorter.
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Blue Jays a 66.7% chance to win.
• Toronto has played in six games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total two times (2-4-0).
• The Blue Jays have a 2-4-0 record ATS this season (covering just 33.3% of the time).

Blue Jays hitting info

• Andres Gimenez paces the Blue Jays with five runs batted in.
• Among all hitters in MLB play, Gimenez’s home run total ranks 42nd and his RBI tally ranks 20th.
• Jesus Sanchez has a club-high .375 batting average.
• Sanchez currently ranks 42nd in homers and 46th in RBI in the majors.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is hitting .300 with six walks.
• Ernie Clement is hitting .320 with three doubles.
• Clement enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .286 with a double and two RBIs.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Blue Jays has a collective 13.1 K/9 to lead the majors.
• Toronto has the 15th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.95).
• The Blue Jays have the sixth-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.088).
• Blue Jays pitchers combine to surrender seven total home runs at a rate of 1.2 per game (20th-fewest in MLB).
• Toronto struck out 17 Rockies batters while giving up six hits in a 2-1 loss in its last game.

White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

White Sox betting info

• This season, the White Sox have won one out of the six games in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Chicago has not entered a game this season as a bigger underdog on the moneyline than the +167 odds on it winning this game.
• The implied probability of a win by the White Sox, based on the moneyline, is 37.5%.
• Chicago and its opponents have gone over the total this season in five of its six opportunities.
• The White Sox are 1-5-0 against the spread in their six chances this season.

White Sox hitting info

• Munetaka Murakami leads Chicago with three home runs this season. He’s batting .238 with four RBI.
• Murakami ranks third in home runs and 46th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Miguel Vargas leads Chicago in batting average (.263) and runs batted in (six) this season.
• Vargas ranks 42nd in home runs and 10th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
• Chase Meidroth has collected four base hits, an OBP of .333 and a slugging percentage of .444 this season.
• Luisangel Acuna is batting .200 with an OBP of .294 and a slugging percentage of .200 this season.
• Acuna brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .200 with a walk.

White Sox pitching rankings

• The White Sox strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 20th in MLB.
• Chicago has the 30th-ranked ERA (8.63) in the majors this season.
• The White Sox have a combined WHIP of 2.000 as a pitching staff, which is worst in baseball this season.
• The White Sox have given up the 23rd-fewest long balls so far this season with eight home runs allowed.
• Chicago suffered a 10-0 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out six Marlins batters while allowing 13 hits.