Yariel Rodriguez takes the mound Sunday for the Toronto Blue Jays as they appear to win the rubber match to wrap up a three-game street sequence towards the Atlanta Braves.
Watch stay on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+ with the primary pitch scheduled for 1:35 p.m. ET / 10:35 a.m. PT.
The Blue Jays bounced again Saturday evening and snapped a four-game dropping streak with a 9-5 victory over the Braves. Spencer Horwitz had 4 hits together with two residence runs whereas Jose Berrios earned his fifteenth win of the season to set a brand new profession excessive.
Slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. sits 10 factors behind Bobby Witt within the race for the AL batting title. Guerrero is hitting .326 and leads the Blue Jays with 28 residence runs and 94 RBIs.
Rodriguez (1-6, 4.61 ERA) remains to be looking for his second profession win. The rookie right-hander, whose lone win got here on July 6, pitched three scoreless innings and earned a no-decision throughout his most up-to-date outing this previous Monday towards the Minnesota Twins. Rodriguez allowed three hits and two walks with three strikeouts through the Blue Jays’ 4-3 loss.
Atlanta, which received the sequence opener 3-1 Friday, will counter with ace Chris Sale (16-3, 2.46 ERA). Sale is tied for the lead within the majors with 16 wins and is second in strikeouts with 206, simply two again of Detroit Tigers’ Tarik Skubal.
Saturday’s loss dropped the Braves (77-65) out of the ultimate NL wild-card spot as they now sit a recreation again of the New York Mets.
Coincidentally, the Blue Jays will proceed to have an effect on the NL wild-card image as they return residence to host the Mets for a three-game set beginning Monday evening.