Toronto looks for fifth straight win

Toronto Blue Jays (69-82, fourth in AL East) vs. Baltimore Orioles (43-108, fifth in AL East)

Baltimore; Wednesday, 7:05 p.m. Eastern

PROBABLE PITCHERS: Blue Jays: Marco Estrada (7-12, 5.75 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 97 strikeouts) Orioles: Jimmy Yacabonis (0-2, 7.22 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 26 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Orioles have gone on a 2-8 losing streak over their last 10 outings. Baltimore’s lineup has 178 home runs this season, led by Trey Mancini’s mark of 23. The Blue Jays head into the matchup as winners of their last four games. Toronto has slugged .426 this season, Teoscar Hernandez leads the team with a mark of .468. The Blue Jays won 6-4 in Tuesday’s meeting, Jake Petricka earned his third win of the year.

TOP PERFORMERS: Justin Smoak is hitting .247 with 120 hits and 24 home runs in 139 games this year for the Blue Jays. Randal Grichuk has four home runs and five RBIs while slugging .615 over his past 10 games for Toronto. Adam Jones has 15 home runs and 58 RBIs in 135 games for the Orioles. Jonathan Villar has 10 hits and is batting .278 over his past 10 games for Baltimore.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 5-5, .244 batting average, 4.40 ERA, outscored by six runs. Orioles: 2-8, .228 batting average, 4.91 ERA, outscored by 26 runs.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by HERO Sports, and data from Sportradar.

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