Cleveland Guardians host the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday

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Toronto Blue Jays (64-51, third in the AL East) vs. Cleveland Guardians (55-59, second in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Wednesday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: Kevin Gausman (8-6, 3.20 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 177 strikeouts); Guardians: Logan Allen (5-4, 3.65 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 85 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Blue Jays -152, Guardians +128; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians host the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday.

Cleveland has a 30-27 record at home and a 55-59 record overall. Guardians hitters have a collective .311 on-base percentage, the 10th-ranked percentage in the AL.

Toronto has a 64-51 record overall and a 34-27 record on the road. The Blue Jays have the fifth-best team batting average in MLB play at .260.

Wednesday’s game is the third time these teams meet this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Ramirez leads the Guardians with 49 extra base hits (27 doubles, four triples and 18 home runs). Bo Naylor is 6-for-29 with a double, two home runs and six RBI over the last 10 games.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 23 doubles and 18 home runs for the Blue Jays. Brandon Belt is 11-for-38 with four doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 3-7, .203 batting average, 3.45 ERA, outscored by 11 runs

Blue Jays: 5-5, .243 batting average, 3.50 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs

INJURIES: Guardians: David Fry: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Josh Naylor: 10-Day IL (side), Tyler Freeman: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Shane Bieber: 60-Day IL (elbow), Triston McKenzie: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cal Quantrill: 15-Day IL (shoulder)

Blue Jays: Kevin Kiermaier: 10-Day IL (elbow), Hyun-Jin Ryu: day-to-day (knee), Trevor Richards: 15-Day IL (neck), Bo Bichette: 10-Day IL (knee), Otto Lopez: 60-Day IL (oblique), Jordan Romano: 15-Day IL (back), Adam Cimber: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Chad Green: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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