The Blue Jays aim to stop the slides in four games and play athletics

Toronto Blue Jays (44-37, 3rd in the AL East) vs. Oakland Athletics (27-55, 5th in the AL West)

Oakland, CA; Tuesday, 9:40 pm EDT

Pitching possibilities: Blue Jays: Yusei Kikuchi (3-4, 4.74 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, 74 strikeouts); Athletics: Adrian Martinez (1-1, 6.30 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 6 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue Jays-187, Athletics +158; Over / Under is 8 runs

Bottom line: The Toronto Blue Jays will play against Oakland Athletics as the loser for the fourth time in a row.

Oakland is now 9-29 at home and 27-55 overall. Athletics has a record of 5-15 in a game determined by one run.

Toronto is 44-37 overall and 19-19 on the road. The Blue Jays have a record of 33-19 in the game when they have recorded at least eight hits.

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The match on Tuesday is the fifth meeting between these teams this season. The season series is tied by 2-2.

Top performer: Seth Brown leads Auckland with 10 home runs with a .418 slugging percentage. Ramon Laureano is 35-10 with 3 home runs and 6 RBIs in the last 10 games.

George Springer has recorded 12 Blue Jays doubles, 2 triples, 15 home runs and 38 RBIs. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is 11 to 41 with 3 doubles and 2 home runs in the last 10 games.

Last 10 games: Athletics: 4-6, batting average .239, ERA 3.96, outscore in one run

Blue Jays: 4-6, batting average .269, ERA 5.16, 10 runs outscore

Injured: Athletics: Frankie Montas: Daily (private), Jed Lowrie: 10-day IL (shoulder), Jona Bride: 10-day IL (shoulder), Danny Jimenez: 15-day IL (shoulder) ), Daulton Jefferies: 60 days IL (arms), Deolis Gera: 60 days IL (elbows), Brent Honeywell Junior: 60 days IL (elbows)

Blue Jays: Julian Merryweather: 60 days IL (side), Kevin Gausman: Everyday (ankle), Tayler Saucedo: 60 days IL (hips), Hyunjin Ryu: 60 days IL (forearm), Imi Garcia: 15 days IL (back), Andrew Vasquez: 15-day IL (ankle), Danny Jansen: 10-day IL (finger), Nate Pearson: 60-day IL (mono)

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The Associated Press created this story using the technology provided by DataSkrive and the data from Sportradar.