Blue Jays and Astros play to determine series winner

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Houston Astros (38-43, fourth in the AL West) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (39-40, third in the AL East)

Toronto; Wednesday, 7:07 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Mike Burrows (3-8, 5.79 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 66 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Trey Yesavage (3-3, 3.76 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 53 strikeouts)

LINE: Blue Jays -163, Astros +133; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: Both the Toronto Blue Jays and the Houston Astros are looking for a series win with a victory on Wednesday.

Toronto is 39-40 overall and 22-19 at home. Blue Jays hitters have a collective .394 slugging percentage to rank ninth in the AL.

Houston is 38-43 overall and 18-22 in road games. The Astros have hit 107 total home runs to rank fourth in the majors.

The teams meet Wednesday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ernie Clement leads the Blue Jays with a .293 batting average, and has 20 doubles, a triple, seven home runs, 10 walks and 28 RBIs. George Springer is 13 for 39 with three home runs and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.

Yordan Alvarez leads the Astros with 25 home runs while slugging .640. Jose Altuve is 12 for 41 with two doubles, three home runs and eight RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 6-4, .260 batting average, 4.55 ERA, outscored by seven runs

Astros: 6-4, .252 batting average, 4.20 ERA, outscored by five runs

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Addison Barger: 10-Day IL (elbow), Lenyn Sosa: 10-Day IL (wrist), Max Scherzer: 15-Day IL (back), Joe Mantiply: 60-Day IL (knee), Jose Berrios: 60-Day IL (elbow), Yimi Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cody Ponce: 60-Day IL (knee), Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Astros: LaMonte Wade: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Jeremy Pena: day-to-day (hamstring), Braden Shewmake: 10-Day IL (groin), Nick Allen: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Lance McCullers: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (elbow), Cristian Javier: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Carlos Correa: 60-Day IL (ankle), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ronel Blanco: 60-Day IL (elbow), Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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