The Toronto Blue Jays (25-27) are favored (-162) as they look to sweep a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates (26-26, +135). The series finale begins at 12:15 p.m. ET on Sunday. Toronto’s Dylan Cease and Pittsburgh’s Mitch Keller will take the mound first.
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Blue Jays to win vs Pirates -162
Blue Jays vs. Pirates betting lines
- Favorite: Blue Jays (-162)
- Underdog: Pirates (+135)
- Over/under: 7.5
Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Blue Jays betting info
- The Blue Jays have won 56.7% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (17-13).
- Toronto has a 5-4 record (winning 55.6% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -162 or shorter.
- The Blue Jays have an implied moneyline win probability of 61.8% in this matchup.
- In the 52 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Toronto, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 23 times (23-26-3).
- The Blue Jays have a 26-26-0 record ATS this season.
Blue Jays hitting info
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has seven doubles, three home runs and 26 walks while hitting .287.
- Guerrero ranks 180th in home runs and 100th in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
- Guerrero heads into this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .313 with three walks and two RBIs.
- Ernie Clement is hitting .296 to lead his team.
- Among all MLB hitters, Clement ranks 180th in homers and 162nd in RBI.
- Clement has safely hit in six games in a row. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .300 with four doubles, a home run, three walks and five RBIs.
- Daulton Varsho is hitting .267 with 11 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 18 walks.
- Jesus Sanchez has nine doubles, five home runs and seven walks while hitting .284.
- Sanchez enters this game on a six-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is batting .480 with five doubles, a walk and six RBIs.
Blue Jays pitching rankings
- The 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Blue Jays pitching staff ranks fourth in MLB.
- Toronto has the 10th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.85).
- Pitchers for the Blue Jays combine for the 14th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.268).
- Blue Jays pitchers combine to give up the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (49 total, 0.9 per game).
- In its 6-2 win last time out, Toronto struck out 11 Pirates batters while allowing seven hits.
Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Pirates betting info
- The Pirates have been underdogs in 21 games this season and won seven (33.3%) of those contests.
- Pittsburgh has entered four games this season as the underdog by +135 or more and is 1-3 in those contests.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 42.6% chance of a victory for the Pirates.
- So far this season, Pittsburgh and its opponents have hit the over in 27 of its 52 games with a total.
- The Pirates have an ATS record of 26-26-0 in 52 games with a spread this season.
Pirates hitting info
- Brandon Lowe is batting .260 this season with a team-high 13 home runs.
- Among all batters in the majors, Lowe is ninth in home runs and 20th in RBI.
- Bryan Reynolds has 46 hits and an OBP of .377 to go with a slugging percentage of .380 this season.
- Reynolds is 136th overall in homers and 20th in RBI this year.
- Oneil Cruz leads Pittsburgh in runs batted in (33) this season. He has a .250 batting average and a .442 slugging percentage.
- Spencer Horwitz has 39 hits and an OBP of .380 to go with a slugging percentage of .423 this season.
Pirates pitching rankings
- The Pirates strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, eighth-best in MLB.
- Pittsburgh has the 12th-ranked ERA (3.90) in the majors this season.
- The Pirates have a combined 1.235 WHIP as a pitching staff, ninth-lowest in MLB.
- The Pirates have allowed the seventh-fewest home runs this season at just 46, or 0.9 per game.
- Pittsburgh pitchers struck out 15 Blue Jays hitters while allowing five base hits in a 6-2 loss its last time out.
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