Cincinnati Reds (11-26) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (20-18)
May 20, 2022 7:07 pm EDT
The Line: Toronto Blue Jays -175 / Cincinnati Reds +150; Over/Under: -7.5
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The Cincinnati Reds and the Toronto Blue Jays meet in MLB action from Rogers Centre on Friday night.
The Cincinnati Reds will look to build on their two-game sweep of the Guardians following a 4-2 win over Cleveland on Thursday. Tommy Pham has a team-high 30 hits with a .240 batting average while Brandon Drury has a team-high 7 home runs and 22 RBIs with 8 doubles as well. Tyler Naquin has 10 doubles and Kyle Farmer has 9 doubles while Naquin and Colin Moran each have 21 RBIs as well this season. Luis Castillo will start this one and is 0-1 with a 5.59 ERA and 7 strikeouts this season.
The Toronto Blue Jays will look to bounce back from a 5-1 loss to Seattle in their last game. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette each have 38 hits with Guerrero Jr. logging 7 home runs and 21 RBIs with Bichette adding 7 doubles, 4 home runs and 16 RBIs. Santiago Espinal and George Springer each have 35 hits with Espinal logging a team-high 12 doubles while Springer has 7 doubles and 7 homers and 21 RBIs of his own as well this season. Hyun-Jin Ryu will start this one and is 0-0 with a 9.00 ERA and 8 strikeouts this season.
Cincinnati is 16-36 in their last 52 road games and 10-25 in their last 35 games as an underdog while the over is 6-1 in their last 7 series-opening games. Toronto is 24-8 in their last 32 games following a loss and 24-11 in their last 35 home games while the under is 5-0-1 in their last 6 games overall.
I get the case to be made for either side here, but I’m looking at the over in this one. Luis Castillo has been shaky since returning to the Reds’ rotation and getting up to speed with that lineup but the Reds’ bats have been heating up and as a team, Cincy’s been involved in some high-scoring games as of late. On the flipside, Toronto is loaded with offensive potential, we know this, buy Hyun-Jin Ryu is capable of throwing it all away in five innings as we’ve seen him do already this season. All in all, I think this is a game that finishes at 9 runs at the very worst, so give me the over here.
