Yankees visit the Blue Jays on 5-game road win streak

Posted May 04, 2022 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

New York Yankees (17-6, first in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (15-10, second in the AL East)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Nestor Cortes Jr. (1-0, 1.31 ERA, .87 WHIP, 28 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Yusei Kikuchi (0-1, 5.52 ERA, 1.91 WHIP, 13 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yankees -138, Blue Jays +117; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees will try to keep a five-game road win streak going when they face the Toronto Blue Jays.

Toronto has a 15-10 record overall and a 9-6 record in home games. The Blue Jays have the eighth-ranked team on-base percentage in the AL at .302.

New York has a 9-3 record at home and a 17-6 record overall. The Yankees have the fourth-best team slugging percentage in MLB play at .406.

The teams square off Wednesday for the seventh time this season. The Yankees lead the season series 4-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has four doubles, six home runs and 16 RBI for the Blue Jays. George Springer is 12-for-37 with a double, three home runs and five RBI over the last 10 games.

Aaron Judge has six doubles and eight home runs for the Yankees. Giancarlo Stanton is 10-for-35 with three home runs and seven RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 5-5, .236 batting average, 4.15 ERA, outscored by 12 runs

Yankees: 10-0, .272 batting average, 2.12 ERA, outscored opponents by 44 runs

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Tayler Saucedo: 10-Day IL (the toronto blue jays placed lhp tayler saucedo on the 10-day injured list.), Ryan Borucki: 10-Day IL (blister), Cavan Biggio: 10-Day IL (covid-19), Hyun-Jin Ryu: 10-Day IL (forearm), Teoscar Hernandez: 10-Day IL (oblique), Danny Jansen: 10-Day IL (oblique), Nate Pearson: 10-Day IL (mono)

Yankees: Joey Gallo: day-to-day (groin), Ben Rortvedt: 10-Day IL (oblique), Stephen Ridings: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Domingo German: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Zack Britton: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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