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Tampa Bay Rays vs. Toronto Blue Jays

The Tampa Bay Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays will meet on the field at Rogers Centre on Sunday in a battle of division rivals.

Left hander Blake Snell will take the mound for the Rays to start this game. Snell is 6-7 this season with a 4.30 ERA.

Starting this game for the Blue Jays will be Clay Buchholz. The right hander has a 7.00 ERA to go along with a 1-5 record this season.

Oddsmakers opened the Rays as -184-moneyline favorites versus the Blue Jays, while the game's total opened at 9.5.

The Blue Jays were a 4-1 winner in their most recent outing on the road against the Rays. That made winners of bettors who got Toronto at 170 on the moneyline, while the total score (5) was good news for UNDER bettors.

In their last action, Tampa Bay was a 4-1 loser on the road against the Blue Jays. Bettors on Toronto at 170 on the moneyline collected their winnings from that game, while the total score (5) sent UNDER bettors home happy as well.

Tampa Bay:
Team record: 96-65 SU
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Toronto

Toronto:
Team record: 66-95 SU
Toronto is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games
Toronto is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games
Toronto is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Next up:
Tampa Bay at Oakland Wednesday, October 2