A pair of baseball’s best hitters go head-to-head when the Toronto Blue Jays (54-39) and the Athletics (38-56) meet at 10:05 p.m. ET on Friday at Sutter Health Park. Alejandro Kirk has a .306 batting average (seventh in MLB) for the favored Blue Jays (-148), while Jacob Wilson ranks second in MLB action batting .335 this season for the underdog Athletics (+124). Max Scherzer starts for Toronto while Sacramento will counter with Luis Severino.

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Blue Jays vs. Athletics betting lines

• Favorite: Blue Jays (-148)
• Underdog: Athletics (+124)
• Over/under: 10.5

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• The Blue Jays have won 24 of the 39 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (61.5%).
• In games they have played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -148 or shorter, the Blue Jays have a record of 14-5 (73.7%).
• The Blue Jays have a 59.7% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• The Blue Jays have combined with their opponents to go over the total 48 times this season for a 48-39-5 record against the over/under.
• The Blue Jays have put together a 55-37-0 record ATS this season (covering 59.8% of the time).

Blue Jays hitting info

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is hitting .276 with 19 doubles, 12 home runs and 53 walks.
• Guerrero’s home runs rank 74th in MLB and he ranks 63rd in RBI in MLB.
• George Springer’s 16 home runs and 53 runs batted in are both team-highs.
• Among all MLB hitters, Springer ranks 36th in homers and 31st in RBI.
• Bo Bichette is batting .279 with 22 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 23 walks.
• Bichette has safely hit in six straight games. During his last 10 outings he is batting .342 with three doubles, a home run, four walks and four RBIs.
• Kirk has a club-leading .306 batting average.
• Kirk brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with three walks and an RBI.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The Blue Jays pitching staff ranks fifth in MLB with a collective 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings.
• The Blue Jays have the 20th-ranked team ERA among all league pitching staffs (4.14).
• The Blue Jays average MLB’s 18th-ranked WHIP (1.267).
• Blue Jays pitchers combine to surrender the 24th-fewest home runs in baseball (119 total, 1.3 per game).
• They lost to the White Sox 2-1 in their last game with 12 strikeouts while allowing six hits.

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

• The Athletics have been underdogs in 73 games this season and won 27 (37%) of those contests.
• The Athletics have a record of 13-31, a 29.5% win rate, when they’re set as the underdog by +124 or more by sportsbooks this season.
• The implied probability of a win by the Athletics, based on the moneyline, is 44.6%.
• Games involving the Athletics have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 48 of 94 chances this season.
• The Athletics have an ATS record of 45-49-0 in 94 games with a spread this season.

Athletics hitting info

• Brent Rooker is batting .270 this season with a team-high 19 home runs and 50 RBI.
• Rooker is 17th in home runs and 46th in RBI among all batters in the big leagues.
• Wilson is batting .335 to lead Sacramento, while adding nine homers and 42 runs batted in this season.
• Among all MLB batters, Wilson ranks 135th in home runs and 82nd in RBI.
• Tyler Soderstrom has collected 86 base hits, an OBP of .339 and a slugging percentage of .440 this season.
• Soderstrom has hit safely in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .353 with three doubles, a home run, a walk and an RBI.
• Lawrence Butler has 89 hits and an OBP of .324 to go with a slugging percentage of .443 this season.

Athletics pitching rankings

• The Athletics average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.0) in the majors this season.
• The Athletics have the 29th-ranked ERA (5.35) in the majors this season.
• The Athletics have a combined WHIP of 1.471 as a pitching staff, which is second-worst in baseball this season.
• The Athletics have allowed the most home runs this season with 141, or 1.5 per game.
• The Athletics struck out four Braves hitters while allowing 11 base hits in a 9-2 loss last time out.