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Toronto Blue Jays (44-38, fourth in the AL East) vs. Oakland Athletics (28-55, fifth in the AL West)

Oakland, Calif.; Wednesday, 3:37 p.m. EDT

POSSIBLE PITCHING: Blue Jays: José Berríos (6-4, 5.72 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 67 strikeouts); Athletics: James Kaprielian (1-5, 5.43 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 40 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTS BET LINE: Blue Jays -184, Athletics +156; plus/minus is 8 races

THE BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays will look to snap a four-game losing streak when they take on the Oakland Athletics.

Oakland has an overall record of 28-55 and a record of 10-29 in home games. The A’s have gone 5-15 in games decided by one run.

Toronto has a 44-38 record overall and a 19-20 record in road games. The Blue Jays are 33-20 in games when they record at least eight hits.

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The teams play on Wednesday for the sixth time this season. The A’s are up 3-2 in the season series.

PEAK PERFORMERS: Seth Brown has 15 doubles, two triples and 10 home runs for the A’s. Ramón Laureano is 9-for-33 with a double and three home runs in the last 10 games.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 19 home runs, 37 walks and 53 RBIs while hitting .265 for the Blue Jays. Bo Bichette is 12-for-42 with five doubles and four RBIs in the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Athletics: 4-6, .220 batting average, 3.54 ERA, outscored by one run

Blue Jays: 4-6, .278 batting average, 4.65 ERA, outscored by five runs

INJURIES: Athletics: Frankie Montas: day-to-day (undisclosed), Jed Lowrie: 10-day IL (shoulder), Jonah Bride: 10-day IL (shoulder), Dany Jimenez: 15-day IL (shoulder), Daulton Jefferies : 60-day IL (arm), Deolis Guerra: 60-day IL (elbow), Brent Honeywell Jr.: 60-day IL (elbow)

Blue Jays: Julian Merryweather: 60-day IL (side), Kevin Gausman: day-to-day (ankle), Tayler Saucedo: 60-day IL (hip), Hyun-Jin Ryu: 60-day IL (forearm), Yimi Garcia: 15-day IL (back), Andrew Vasquez: 15-day IL (ankle), Danny Jansen: 10-day IL (toe), Nate Pearson: 60-day IL (monkey)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.