Rays vs Blue Jays 09/29/23

In Friday night MLB action, the Tampa Bay Rays will invade the Rogers Centre to face the Toronto Blue Jays. Do not miss out on any of the baseball action with our free MLB Picks. The Rays (97-62) have won 44 of their first 78 road games and trail AL East Division leading Baltimore by 2.5 games. On Wednesday, SP Tyler Glasnow (10-7) struck out nine batters across five shutout frames to lead Tampa Bay to a 5-0 road victory against Boston. 

Twenty-eight year old righty Aaron Civale (7-4 3.43 ERA) is dealing with an illness and is expected to start for the Rays. Last time out, Civale was tagged for six runs in three innings during an 8-3 home loss versus Los Angeles.

The Toronto Blue Jays have won seven of their last 11 games and are sitting in second place in the AL Wild Card standings. Last night, Chris Bassitt (16-8) fanned 12 batters and lasted seven plus innings to lead Toronto to a 6-0 home victory versus New York. DH Brandon Belt put the game away with a three-run blast for the Blue Jays (88-71), who now have a magic number of two to clinch a playoff spot. 

Thirty-six year old southpaw Hyun-Jin Ryu (3-3 3.31 ERA) will make his 11th start of the year for the Blue Jays. In his last start, Ryu surrendered five runs across four plus frames during a 7-6 road loss against Tampa Bay.

Tampa Bay OF Jose Siri (hand) resumed baseball activities on Thursday and hopes to be ready for the start of the postseason. Through 159 games, Tampa Bay ranks 4th in OPS and 4th in runs scored. For the season, Toronto ranks 14th in OPS and 16th in runs scored. Take the over. Final Score Prediction, Toronto Blue Jays win 6-4.