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Blue Jays play the Yankees after Kiner-Falefa's 4-hit game

New York Yankees (53-32, second in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (38-44, fifth in the AL East)

Toronto; Sunday, 1:37 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Gerrit Cole (0-1, 9.00 ERA, 1.88 WHIP, five strikeouts); Blue Jays: Kevin Gausman (6-6, 4.26 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 84 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays play the New York Yankees after Isiah Kiner-Falefa had four hits against the Yankees on Saturday.

Toronto has a 38-44 record overall and a 20-20 record in home games. The Blue Jays have a 14-5 record in games when they did not allow a home run.

New York has a 29-18 record on the road and a 53-32 record overall. The Yankees have the fourth-ranked team batting average in the AL at .250.

Sunday's game is the 10th time these teams meet this season. The Blue Jays are ahead 5-4 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Daulton Varsho has 14 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs and 35 RBI for the Blue Jays. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is 17-for-46 with five doubles and six home runs over the last 10 games.

Aaron Judge has 23 doubles, a triple, 30 home runs and 80 RBI for the Yankees. Gleyber Torres is 6-for-33 with a double, two home runs and seven RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 3-7, .266 batting average, 5.44 ERA, outscored by nine runs

Yankees: 2-8, .232 batting average, 7.76 ERA, outscored by 31 runs

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Yimi Garcia: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Romano: 15-Day IL (elbow), Alek Manoah: 15-Day IL (elbow)

Yankees: Juan Soto: day-to-day (hand), Nick Burdi: 60-Day IL (hip), Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Anthony Rizzo: 60-Day IL (wrist), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (lat), Cody Poteet: 15-Day IL (tricep), Ian Hamilton: 15-Day IL (lat), Jon Berti: 60-Day IL (calf), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60-Day IL (elbow), JT Brubaker: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lou Trivino: 60-Day IL (elbow), Scott Effross: 60-Day IL (back)

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

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