Cincinnati Reds at Toronto Blue Jays
TORONTO (Interstat) — The Cincinnati Reds will visit the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday at Rogers Centre. Cincinnati enters at 74-88, while Toronto is 77-85. The Reds are the visiting team, and the Blue Jays are the home team.
Cincinnati lists Nick Lodolo, who has a 3-6 record, as a probable pitcher. José Soriano, who is 12-8, also is listed as a probable pitcher for the Reds.
Héctor Rodríguez is a player to watch for Cincinnati. In the Reds’ most recent game, a 7-6 win at Atlanta, he went 2 for 4 with one home run and two RBIs. He went 0 for 4 in a 4-0 win at Atlanta. He was 0 for 1 against the Chicago Cubs and 0 for 4 against the Chicago Cubs. Against the Los Angeles Dodgers, he went 1 for 3, then 0 for 3, then 0 for 3. At Milwaukee, he went 0 for 4, 1 for 4 and 0 for 4.
Chase Lee is a player to watch for Toronto. In his most recent outing, he pitched 1.2 innings, allowed no hits and no earned runs, and struck out three against Baltimore.
Cincinnati’s most recent game also included Emilio Pagán pitching one inning with one hit, no earned runs and one strikeout. Connor Phillips threw 1.1 innings, allowing one hit and no earned runs with two walks. Cincinnati also has recent results that include a 3-2 loss at Atlanta, a 4-0 win at Atlanta, a 9-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs, a 5-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs, a 6-4 win over the Chicago Cubs, an 8-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, a 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, a 4-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, a 4-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers and a 4-3 win at Milwaukee.
Toronto fell 4-2 at Baltimore in its most recent game. CJ Van Eyk pitched five innings, allowing four hits and four earned runs with two strikeouts. Brendan Cellucci worked 1.1 innings, allowing no hits and no earned runs with one walk. Toronto also recently lost 4-2 at Baltimore, lost 4-3 at Baltimore, won 7-2 at Texas, lost 6-2 at Texas, lost 7-1 at Texas, beat Detroit 5-1, lost 10-1 to Detroit, lost 6-5 to Detroit and beat Baltimore 8-1.
The teams are scheduled to continue the series.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Cincinnati Reds 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3, while Interstat’s ELO system gives Toronto a 58.1 percent win probability. Toronto is a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5, and the over/under is 7.5.