Blue Jays and Mariners meet in series rubber match

Seattle Mariners (11-10, second in the AL West) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (12-9, second in the AL East)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Mariners: Luis Miguel Castillo (1-2, 4.22 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 18 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Easton Lucas (2-1, 4.70 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 14 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners play on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Toronto has a 12-9 record overall and an 8-4 record in home games. The Blue Jays have the seventh-best team on-base percentage in MLB play at .330.

Seattle has an 11-10 record overall and a 3-5 record on the road. The Mariners have the ninth-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .383.

Sunday's game is the third time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Andres Gimenez has three home runs, eight walks and eight RBI while hitting .215 for the Blue Jays. Bo Joseph Bichette is 15-for-44 with four doubles and eight RBI over the past 10 games.

Julio Rodriguez has a double, two triples and three home runs for the Mariners. Cal Raleigh is 11-for-42 with three doubles and six home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 6-4, .246 batting average, 2.84 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs

Mariners: 7-3, .227 batting average, 3.32 ERA, outscored opponents by 15 runs

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Max Scherzer: 15-Day IL (lat), Erik Swanson: 15-Day IL (hand), Ryan Matthew Burr: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Daulton Varsho: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Alek Manoah: 60-Day IL (elbow), Angel Bastardo: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Mariners: Victor Robles: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Bliss: 60-Day IL (biceps), George Kirby: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Matt Brash: 15-Day IL (ucl), Jackson Kowar: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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