GameDay Preview: Tampa Bay Rays Look to Secure Season Series Win over Toronto Blue Jays on Friday Night

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GameDay Preview: Tampa Bay Rays Look to Secure Season Series Win over Toronto Blue Jays on Friday Night

Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays are playing a season series at Tropicana Field on Friday night. The Rays have won nine of 16 games against Toronto this season. Toronto is 7.5 games behind the Rays in the American League East. Seattle Mariners are a half-game behind them in wild-card race. They play at Kansas City this weekend. The Mariners and Baltimore Orioles are four games ahead of the final playoff spot.

Tampa Bay Rays take on Toronto Blue Jays at 7:10 p.m. ET on Friday. The game is a season-ending series. Tampa Bay is favored at minus-146 on the money line. Toronto is at plus-124. Over/under is 7.5. Ryan Yarbrough is injured and will be out until the end of the season. Dusten Knight was designated for assignment.   Mitch White is struggling. Jeffrey Springs is good. He's 9-4 with a 2.45 earned run average. His last win came against Toronto on Sept. 13.

Toronto Blue Jays (84-66) and Tampa Bay Rays (83-67) are playing at Tropicana Field on Friday, September 23 at 7:10 p.m. ET. Tampa is favored at minus-146 on the money line according to the Fanduel.com website line as of Monday morning. The Astros are at plus-124.

Toronto Blue Jays are playing a game against Tampa Bay Rays. Toronto's starting XI is: George Springer CF, Bo Bichette SS, Vladimir Geuerrero Jr. 1B, Alejandro Kirk DH, Matt Chapman 3B and Teoscar Hernandez RF. Tampa's team is made up of Jonathan Aranda 1b, Harold Ramirez DH and Wander Franco SS.

Tampa Bay Rays take on Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. Mitch White is 1-6 this season with a 5.05 earned run average. Jeffrey Springs is 9-4 with an impreremitve 2.45 earned runs average right now.

Ryan Yarbrough is out for the rest of the season with a right oblique strain. Dusten Knight is sent to Triple-A Durham. Calvin Faucher and Cristofer Ogando are called up from the minors. The Rays have scored double-digit runs twice in the last two games against the Blue Jays. The team has played four straight errorless games.


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