The Toronto Blue Jays (42-36) and Oakland Athletics (20-59) will clash on Sunday at Rogers Centre, starting at 1:37 PM ET.
The Blue Jays are big home favorites (-290) versus the Athletics (+236). The Blue Jays will start Yusei Kikuchi (6-2) versus the Athletics and Luis Medina (1-6).
These clubs meet again after the Blue Jays took down the Athletics 7-3 yesterday. Jose Berrios picked up the win for the Blue Jays (6.0 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 8 K), and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. led the way offensively (2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI). Shintaro Fujinami (0.2 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 0 K) took the loss for the Athletics.
Get ready for the Blue Jays vs. Athletics with everything you need to know before Sunday’s game, including viewing options.
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Oakland Athletics Odds and Betting Lines
Major League Baseball odds courtesy of Tipico Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 9:18 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
- Favorite: Blue Jays (-290, bet $290 to win $100)
- Underdog: Athletics (+236, bet $100 to win $236)
- Over/under: 9.5
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Blue Jays Stats and Trends
Blue Jays Betting Records
- This season, the Blue Jays have been favored 54 times and won 30, or 55.6%, of those games.
- Toronto has played as favorites of -290 or more twice this season and split those games.
- The implied probability of a win from the Blue Jays, based on the moneyline, is 74.4%.
- Toronto’s games have gone over the total in 36 of its 78 chances.
- In 78 games with a spread this season, the Blue Jays are 36-42-0 ATS.
Yusei Kikuchi (Blue Jays Probable Starter)
- The Blue Jays are sending Kikuchi (6-2) out for his 16th start of the season. He is 6-2 with a 3.97 ERA and 77 strikeouts in 77 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his most recent time out on Tuesday against the Miami Marlins, the lefty tossed six scoreless innings while surrendering two hits.
- The 32-year-old has an ERA of 3.97, with 9 strikeouts per nine innings, in 15 games this season. Opponents are batting .255 against him.
- Kikuchi has four quality starts under his belt this season.
- Kikuchi has put up 10 starts this season in which he pitched five or more innings.
- He has had three appearances this season in which he kept his opponents to zero earned runs.
- He will face an Athletics offense that ranks 27th in MLB with 577 total hits (on a .221 batting average). The team also slugs a collective .351 (30th in MLB) with 73 total home runs (23rd in MLB).
Blue Jays Batting Stats
- The Blue Jays rank 15th in Major League Baseball with 87 home runs.
- Hitters for Toronto have combined for a team rank of 11th in the majors with a .417 team slugging percentage.
- The Blue Jays have a team batting average of .262 this season, which ranks fifth among MLB teams.
- Toronto has scored the 11th-most runs in the majors this season with 349 (4.5 per game).
- The Blue Jays have an on-base percentage of .329 this season, which ranks seventh in the league.
- Toronto has shown patience at the plate this season with the sixth-best rate of strikeouts per game (7.8) among MLB offenses.
Athletics Stats and Trends
Athletics Betting Records
- The Athletics have come away with 20 wins in the 78 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- This season, Oakland has come away with a win one times in 10 chances when named as an underdog of at least +236 or longer on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Athletics have a 29.8% chance of walking away with the win.
- Oakland and its opponents have hit the over in 38 of its 79 games with a total set by oddsmakers this season.
- In 79 games with a line this season, the Athletics have a mark of 36-43-0 against the spread.
Luis Medina (Athletics Probable Starter)
- Medina (1-6) takes the mound first for the Athletics in his seventh start of the season. He’s put together a 7.01 ERA in 43 2/3 innings pitched, with 41 strikeouts.
- His last appearance was in relief on Tuesday when the righty threw 4 1/3 innings against the Cleveland Guardians, surrendering one earned run while giving up four hits.
- The 24-year-old has amassed a 7.01 ERA and 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings over nine games this season, while giving up a batting average of .283 to his opponents.
- Medina has two quality starts under his belt this season.
- Medina has pitched five or more innings in a game six times this season entering this matchup.
- He has not made an appearance so far in 2023 where he did not allow at least one earned run.
- He will take the mound against a Blue Jays offense that is hitting .262 as a unit (fifth in the MLB). They are also slugging a collective .417 (11th in the league) with 87 total home runs (15th in MLB play).
Athletics Batting Stats
- The Athletics average 0.9 home runs per game to rank 23rd in MLB action with 73 total home runs .
- This season, Oakland’s .351 slugging percentage is the lowest percentage in the majors.
- The Athletics have the worst batting average in the majors (.221).
- Oakland scores the second-fewest runs in baseball (279 total, 3.5 per game).
- The Athletics’ .302 on-base percentage is the fifth-worst in MLB.
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Blue Jays vs. Athletics: Live Streaming Info & Game Time
- Game Day: Sunday, June 25, 2023
- Game Time: 1:37 PM ET
- Stadium: Rogers Centre
- TV Channel: MLB.tv
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
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