Straw leads Blue Jays against the Rangers after 4-hit game

Texas Rangers (61-63, third in the AL West) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (73-51, first in the AL East)

Toronto; Sunday, 1:37 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi (10-3, 1.71 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 114 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Jose Berrios (9-4, 3.74 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 119 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays play the Texas Rangers after Myles Straw had four hits against the Rangers on Saturday.

Toronto has a 73-51 record overall and a 42-20 record in home games. The Blue Jays are 29-11 in games when they did not allow a home run.

Texas is 61-63 overall and 24-37 on the road. The Rangers have a 27-10 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.

Sunday's game is the sixth meeting between these teams this season. The Blue Jays hold a 4-1 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads the Blue Jays with 20 home runs while slugging .493. Daulton Varsho is 13 for 34 with five home runs and 14 RBIs over the last 10 games.

Josh Smith has a .266 batting average to lead the Rangers, and has 21 doubles, two triples and nine home runs. Ezequiel Duran is 10 for 22 with three RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 7-3, .303 batting average, 3.58 ERA, outscored opponents by 29 runs

Rangers: 2-8, .220 batting average, 5.36 ERA, outscored by 25 runs

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Shane Bieber: 60-Day IL (elbow), Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Burr: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nick Sandlin: 15-Day IL (elbow), Yimi Garcia: 15-Day IL (ankle), Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alek Manoah: 60-Day IL (elbow), Angel Bastardo: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Rangers: Adolis Garcia: 10-Day IL (ankle), Jacob Webb: 15-Day IL (back), Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (calf), Tyler Mahle: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Josh Sborz: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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