MLB Betting Preview: New York Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays Odds, Analysis

Tanaka kept the Blue Jays off the board until the fifth inning, when a fielder’s choice sandwiched between two singles gave Toronto a 1-0 lead.

The Tampa Bay Rays left Toronto on May 18 having outscored the Blue Jays by an embarrassing 31-7 margin over the course of a three-game sweep.

The Atlanta Braves Tuesday acquired minor league right-handed pitcher Sean Ratcliffe from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for right-handed pitcher Jason Grilli and cash considerations.

Dellin Betances served up seventh-inning, RBI singles to Kevin Pillar and Darwin Barney, breaking up a tie game and sending the Blue Jays to a 4-1 win before 33,419 fans at Rogers Centre. 500 mark at 22-22 on May 24. When things aren’t going well, it seems to really snowball and nearly be a little bit contagious.

“Early in the year, our pitching would be good and we weren’t scoring runs, or it was the other way around”, Barney said.

The veteran Yankees lineup has had their moments this season.

“The first time I faced him was in NY, and he made me look pretty stupid, ” Barney said of Betances.

“It’s frustrating”, Girardi said.

According to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv, the Blue Jays are -119 money line favorites versus the Yankees, who have odds of +109 to pull off the small upset in Toronto. “I might get frustrated when we lose, but I don’t ever feel helpless”.

Sanchez (5-1) allowed seven hits and two walks while striking out six through 6 2/3 innings. “That’s basically it. Just being myself, not trying to do too much and putting good at-bats together”. Rookie right-hander Joe Biagini (3-1) replaced Happ in the seventh inning and pitched around a single by Didi Gregorius to pick up the win.

“You talk about tonight, we hit balls hard and had nothing to show for it”, said hitting coach Alan Cockrell, sounding a familiar refrain.

Aaron Loup pitched the eighth, while Ryan Tepera finished up the ninth. He came in as one of four undefeated pitchers with at least 10 starts.

But the 40-year-old Rodriguez’s two homers and six RBI over his six May starts represented far better production than Teixiera, who had just two RBI all month and hasn’t homered since April 13. “I was in some tough spots but I was able to grind through and keep the damage to a minimum”. Instead, it was Rob Refsnyder in right, and he was unable to make it a close play at home plate with noted-speedster Encarnacion scoring from second base. They followed up with a single run in the sixth inning after a Michael Saunders lead off double was followed by a Jacoby Ellsbury dropped fly ball off the bat of Justin Smoak which allowed Saunders to reach third.

Kirby Yates and Nick Goody took a blowtorch on the game in the seventh, combining to allow five runs (Yates was charged with four), turning a 2-0 deficit into a 7-0 one.

Sabathia moved past Chuck Finlay for sole possession of 23rd on the all-time strikeouts list with 2,614. It’s Pineda’s fourth straight road start. Donaldson deflected an Alex Rodriguez grounder back and to his left, barehanded it, and threw on the run to retire Rodriguez.

Two weeks of stellar play have changed the Toronto Blue Jays’ outlook dramatically.

Blue Jays: LHP J.A. Happ (6-2, 3.20) is 5-2 with a 4.15 ERA in 11 career starts against the Yankees. Dickey has won one of his past 10 starts and is 0-2 in three starts against Boston this season.