Blue Jays face the Rangers with 1-0 series lead

Toronto Blue Jays (26-27, third in the AL East) vs. Texas Rangers (26-29, third in the AL West)

Arlington, Texas; Tuesday, 8:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: Bowden Francis (2-6, 5.54 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 40 strikeouts); Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi (4-3, 1.60 ERA, 0.79 WHIP, 71 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays meet the Texas Rangers with a 1-0 series lead.

Texas is 26-29 overall and 17-11 at home. Rangers pitchers have a collective 3.32 ERA, which ranks fourth in the AL.

Toronto has a 10-15 record on the road and a 26-27 record overall. The Blue Jays have a 19-6 record in games when they out-hit their opponents.

The teams square off Tuesday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Wyatt Langford leads the Rangers with 10 home runs while slugging .470. Josh Jung is 10 for 37 with a double, a home run and two RBIs over the last 10 games.

Daulton Varsho leads the Blue Jays with eight home runs while slugging .603. Addison Barger is 10 for 35 with four doubles and two RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 2-8, .187 batting average, 3.81 ERA, outscored by 13 runs

Blue Jays: 5-5, .222 batting average, 2.93 ERA, outscored opponents by one run

INJURIES: Rangers: Joc Pederson: 10-Day IL (hand), Joc Pederson: 10-Day IL (), Evan Carter: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Corey Seager: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Kumar Rocker: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jon Gray: 60-Day IL (wrist), Josh Sborz: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Blue Jays: Tyler Heineman: 7-Day IL (concussion), Yimi Garcia: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Max Scherzer: 60-Day IL (thumb), Andres Gimenez: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Erik Swanson: 60-Day IL (hand), Ryan Burr: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nick Sandlin: 15-Day IL (back), Alek Manoah: 60-Day IL (elbow), Angel Bastardo: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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