Alejandro Kirk leads the Toronto Blue Jays (40-34) into a contest against the Chicago White Sox (23-52) a game after he homered twice in a 9-5 loss to the Diamondbacks. The Blue Jays are favored (-213) against the White Sox (+176) in this outing, which begins at 7:07 p.m. ET on Friday. Spencer Turnbull takes the mound first for Toronto, and Davis Martin is Chicago’s choice to start.

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Blue Jays vs. White Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Blue Jays (-213)
• Underdog: White Sox (+176)
• Over/under: 9

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• The Blue Jays have a 16-11 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 59.3% of those games).
• Toronto has played as moneyline favorites of -213 or shorter in just one game this season, which it won.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Blue Jays have an implied win probability of 68.1%.
• Toronto has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 73 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 39 of those games (39-30-4).
• The Blue Jays are 43-30-0 against the spread this season.

Blue Jays hitting info

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is hitting .286 with 16 doubles, nine home runs and 43 walks.
• Guerrero ranks 84th in homers and 52nd in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
• Guerrero enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .444 with four doubles, a home run, three walks and eight RBIs.
• Bo Bichette has hit 10 home runs with 44 RBI. Both pace his team.
• Bichette ranks 63rd in home runs among hitters in MLB action and 27th in RBI.
• George Springer paces the Blue Jays with 10 home runs.
• Kirk is batting .313 to pace his team.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The Blue Jays pitching staff is fifth in MLB with a collective 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Toronto’s 4.24 team ERA ranks 22nd among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Blue Jays combine for the 14th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.250).
• Blue Jays pitchers combine to allow 101 total home runs at a rate of 1.4 per game (third-most in MLB).
• Toronto its 9-5 loss the last time out, the team struck out eight Diamondbacks batters while allowing nine hits.

White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

White Sox betting info

• The White Sox have won 23, or 30.7%, of the 75 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• This season, Chicago has won six of its 32 games, or 18.8%, when it’s the underdog by at least +176 on the moneyline.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 36.2% chance of a victory for the White Sox.
• Chicago’s games have gone over the total in 34 of its 75 chances.
• In 75 games with a spread this season, the White Sox are 43-32-0 ATS.

White Sox hitting info

• Miguel Vargas leads Chicago in batting average (.242), home runs (10) and runs batted in (32) this season.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Vargas’ home run total is 63rd, and his RBI total is 92nd.
• Andrew Benintendi has collected 42 hits this season and has an OBP of .309. He’s slugging .444 on the year.
• Benintendi ranks 136th in homers and 124th in RBI among all MLB hitters this year.
• Benintendi enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .286 with two doubles, a triple, a home run and four RBIs.
• Chase Meidroth has collected 52 base hits, an OBP of .355 and a slugging percentage of .332 this season.
• Luis Robert has 44 hits and an OBP of .273 to go with a slugging percentage of .303 this season.

White Sox pitching rankings

• The White Sox strike out just 7.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in MLB.
• Chicago has pitched to a 4.25 ERA this season, which ranks 23rd in baseball.
• The White Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.413 as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in MLB.
• The White Sox have allowed the 17th-fewest home runs this season with 81, or 1.1 per game.
• Last time out, Chicago fell to the Cardinals 8-6. Its pitchers compiled 11 strikeouts and 12 hits allowed.