The Tampa Bay Rays will play the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 5 of their series at Rogers Centre on Thursday afternoon.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 79-63 this season and have lost five of their last six games. Tampa Bay won Game 2 of this series by a score of 4-2. The Tampa Bay pitching staff has a 3.38 ERA, a 1.14 WHIP, and a .232 opponent batting average this season. The Rays offense has scored 595 runs with a .242 batting average and a .310 on base percentage. Randy Arozarena is batting .265 with 19 home runs and 78 RBI’s for the Rays this season. The projected starter for Tampa Bay is Shane McClanahan, who is 11-5 with a 2.20 ERA and a 0.86 WHIP over 147.1 innings pitched this season.
The Toronto Blue Jays are 81-62 this season and have won six of their last eight games. Toronto won Games 1, 3, and 4 of this series by scores of 3-2, 7-2, and 5-1. The Toronto pitching staff has a 3.84 ERA, a 1.23 WHIP, and a .247 opponent batting average. The Blue Jays offense has scored 670 runs with a .262 batting average and a .327 on base percentage this year. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .278 with 28 home runs and 84 RBI’s for the Blue Jays this season. The projected starter for Toronto is Kevin Gausman, who is 12-9 with a 3.31 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP over 152.1 innings pitched this season.
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