Toronto Blue Jays (80-66, third in the AL East) vs. Texas Rangers (81-64, second in the AL West)

Thursday, 7:07 p.m. EDT; Toronto

PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays’ Kevin Gausman (11-8, 3.28 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 217 strikeouts); Rangers’ Nathan Eovaldi (11-4, 2.90 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 115 strikeouts).

MLB odds from FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK have Blue Jays at -161 and Rangers at +137; the total is 8 runs.

A win over the Toronto Blue Jays would allow the Texas Rangers to extend their winning run to five games.

Toronto is 80-66 overall and 38-33 at home. The Blue Jays’ batters have a team slugging percentage of.418 and are currently ranked ninth in the AL.

Texas has an overall record of 81-64 and a road record of 36-34. When they do not allow a home run, the Rangers are 34-13.

The contest This season, these two teams have faced off seven times. In the season series, the Rangers are in the lead 5-1.

TOP PERFORMERS: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads the Blue Jays with 28 doubles and 21 home runs. Over the past ten games, George Springer is 11-for-38 with a double and two home runs.

For the Rangers, Nate Lowe has 37 doubles, two triples, and 16 home runs. Over the past ten games, Marcus Semien has hit 15 for 44, including two doubles and four home runs.

Blue Jays: 6-4,.241 batting average, 4.80 ERA, five runs outscored in the last ten games.

Rangers: 6-4,.274 average, 6.10 ERA, and a six-run deficit

Blue Jays players Brandon Belt (back), Danny Jansen (finger), Hagen Danner (oblique), Matt Chapman (finger), Otto Lopez (oblique), and Adam Cimber (shoulder) are all on the 10-day injured list.

Leody Taveras of the Rangers is day-to-day (hand). The following players are on the injured list: Max Scherzer (15 days), Brad Miller (60 days), Adolis Garcia (10 days), Josh Sborz (15 days), Josh Jung (10 days), Jacob deGrom (60 days), Jake Odorizzi (60 days), and Brett Martin (60 days)