The Texas Rangers will travel to Toronto, Ontario, to face the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre for a three-game weekend series. The first pitch of Game 1 is scheduled for 7:07 PM ET on Friday night and will air on Apple TV+.
The Texas Rangers enter the series against the Toronto Blue Jays riding a five-game winning streak following a 4-0 series sweep at home against the Chicago White Sox, a series in which they outscored the White Sox 19-8, including a 2-1 win in Game 4 of the series on Thursday afternoon.
Max Scherzer played a pivotal role in the win thanks to a phenomenal start on the mound in which Scherzer pitched six innings, allowing one run and recording nine strikeouts to get his 2nd win of the season. At the same time, Marcus Semien scored one of the runs after hitting his 15th home run of the season in the 3rd inning.
Texas has won six straight games in the series against Toronto and has won by an average margin of 5.33 runs per game in those contests. The Texas Rangers will look to make it seven straight wins in the series when they travel to face the Toronto Blue Jays for Game 1 of the series.
The Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games below .500 on the year at 46-56, which puts them in last place in the AL East. They are 15 games behind the Baltimore Orioles for first place in the division and 9.5 games behind the Kansas City Royals for the final Wild Card spot in the American League.
Toronto has a record of 3-6 over its last nine games and has been outscored by its opponents by 3.67 to 6.67 runs per game during that stretch.
The Blue Jays are coming off a 1-2 series loss at home against the Tampa Bay Rays, which ended with a 0-13 loss in Game 3 of the series on Thursday afternoon. Following the loss, Toronto has not lost seven of its last ten games at home. Toronto has struggled in the series against Texas, losing six straight and eight of the previous ten contests, and has been outscored by the Rangers by an average of 3.6 to 6.5 runs per game in those meetings.
The Toronto Blue Jays will look to end their six-game losing streak in the series when they host the Texas Rangers for Game 1 on Friday night.
JustBet has the Toronto Blue Jays listed as -123 moneyline favorites at home against the Texas Rangers for Game 1 of the series on Friday night. Texas has won eight of the last ten games with an average margin of 2.9 runs per game and six straight games in the series against Toronto with an average margin of 5.33 runs per game.
Texas enters the series on a five-game winning streak and has won six straight games, while Toronto has lost seven of the previous ten home games this season. As a result, I am taking the moneyline for the Texas Rangers when they travel to face the Toronto Blue Jays for Game 1 of the series on Friday night.
