Toronto Blue Jays (37-38, third in the AL East) vs. Chicago Cubs (39-36, third in the NL Central)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chicago; Friday, 2:20 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: Kevin Gausman (4-4, 3.41 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 86 strikeouts); Cubs: Ben Brown (3-2, 1.74 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 61 strikeouts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LINE: Cubs -121, Blue Jays -100; over\/under is 7 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays will try to keep a three-game road win streak alive when they visit the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chicago has a 39-36 record overall and a 22-16 record in home games. The Cubs have a 31-12 record in games when they record eight or more hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Toronto has a 16-20 record in road games and a 37-38 record overall. The Blue Jays have gone 14-6 in games when they hit two or more home runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Friday’s game is the first time these teams square off this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Pete Crow-Armstrong has 15 home runs, 25 walks and 37 RBI while hitting .276 for the Cubs. Seiya Suzuki is 12 for 36 with four doubles, a home run and eight RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 12 doubles and four home runs for the Blue Jays. Nathan Lukes is 11 for 35 with a double, a home run and three RBI over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Cubs: 5-5, .246 batting average, 3.68 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blue Jays: 6-4, .254 batting average, 3.80 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INJURIES: Cubs: Edward Cabrera: day-to-day (hand), Daniel Palencia: 15-Day IL (elbow), Matthew Boyd: 15-Day IL (knee), Jameson Taillon: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Justin Steele: 60-Day IL (elbow), Christopher Austin: 60-Day IL (knee), Hunter Harvey: 60-Day IL (tricep), Riley Martin: 15-Day IL (elbow), Porter Hodge: 60-Day IL (elbow), Shelby Miller: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cade Horton: 60-Day IL (forearm)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blue Jays: Lenyn Sosa: 10-Day IL (wrist), Max Scherzer: 15-Day IL (back), Daulton Varsho: 10-Day IL (wrist), Lazaro Estrada: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Joe Mantiply: 60-Day IL (knee), Addison Barger: 10-Day IL (elbow), Jose Berrios: 60-Day IL (elbow), Shane Bieber: 60-Day IL (elbow), Yimi Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cody Ponce: 60-Day IL (knee), Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Toronto Blue Jays (37-38, third in the AL East) vs. Chicago Cubs (39-36, third in the NL Central) Chicago; Friday, 2:20 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: Kevin Gausman (4-4, 3.41 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 86 strikeouts); Cubs: Ben Brown (3-2, 1.74 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 61 strikeouts) LINE: Cubs -121, Blue Jays -100; over\/under is 7 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417869,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417868\/revisions\/417869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}