<p style="text-align: center">🎶</p>
<div class="ujudUb" style="text-align: center">
<p>Spent the last year<br aria-hidden="true" />Rocky Mountain Way<br aria-hidden="true" />Couldn&#8217;t get much higher<br aria-hidden="true" />Out to pasture<br aria-hidden="true" />Think it&#8217;s safe to say<br aria-hidden="true" />Time to open fire</p>
</div>
<div class="ujudUb" style="text-align: center">
<p>And we don&#8217;t need the ladies<br aria-hidden="true" />Crying &#8217;cause the story&#8217;s sad</p>
</div>
<div class="ujudUb" style="text-align: center">&#8216;Cause the Rocky Mountain Way<br aria-hidden="true" />Is better than the way we had</div>
<p style="text-align: center">🎶</p>
<p></p>
<p>I love me some Joe Walsh, and I love me some baseball in Colorado.</p>
<p>A day after the Jays ran up the score against the Rockies, they&#8217;ll be back looking to do the same again tonight.</p>
<p>The Jays will send Yusei Kikcuhi to the mound across from Ty Blach, a 32-year-old journeyman lefty who has posted a 3.94 ERA this season in seven starts and 14 games. With a 128 ERA+, Blach will be the toughest pitcher the Jays face this weekend, and his ERA actually is better at home sitting at 3.72.</p>
<p>He, however, has issues in lefty-lefty matchups, so Daulton Varsho and Kevin Kiermaier — both of whom have excelled in such spots this year — will be looked to at the bottom of the order to keep the order rolling.</p>
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<p><strong>First pitch:</strong> 8:10 p.m EST — Sportsnet, Sportsnet 650.</p>
<p><strong>Toronto Blue Jays</strong><strong>:</strong> 74-61, 9.5 GB, 19 E#, 1.5 WCGB, +68 DIFF.</p>
<p><strong>Colorado Rockies:</strong> 49-85, 34.0 GB, E E#, 20.5 WCGB, -201 DIFF.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.betano.ca/sport/baseball/north-america/mlb/1662r/"><strong>Odds via Betano:</strong></a></p>
<p>Moneyline: TOR -200; COL +170.</p>
<p>*Odds at the time of publishing. Odds subject to change.</p>
<p><strong>Starting pitchers:</strong></p>
<p>TOR: Yusei Kikuchi LHP – 9-4, 26 GS, 139.0 IP. 3.63 ERA, 118 ERA+, 4.22 FIP, 1.230 WHIP, 2.5 BB/9, 9.5 SO/9.</p>
<p>COL: Ty Blach LHP – 1-1, 7 GS, 48.0 IP. 3.94 ERA, 128 ERA+, 4.68 FIP, 1.417 WHIP, 2.3 BB/9, 4.9 SO/9.</p>
<p><strong>Lineups: </strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><strong>Toronto </strong></p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/george-springer-543807" target="" rel="noopener">G Springer</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) RF</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/davis-schneider-676914" target="" rel="noopener">D Schneider</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) DH</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/vladimir-guerrero-jr-665489" target="" rel="noopener">V Guerrero Jr.</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 1B</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/whit-merrifield-593160" target="" rel="noopener">W Merrifield</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 2B</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/alejandro-kirk-672386" target="" rel="noopener">A Kirk</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) C</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/ernie-clement-676391" target="" rel="noopener">E Clement</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) SS</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/daulton-varsho-662139" target="" rel="noopener">D Varsho</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) LF</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/santiago-espinal-669289" target="" rel="noopener">S Espinal</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 3B</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/kevin-kiermaier-595281" target="" rel="noopener">K Kiermaier</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) CF</span></li>
</ol>
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</td>
<td style="width: 50%">
<p style="text-align: center"><strong>Colorado</strong></p>
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<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/charlie-blackmon-453568" target="" rel="noopener">C Blackmon</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) DH</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/ezequiel-tovar-678662" target="" rel="noopener">E Tovar</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) SS</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/ryan-mcmahon-641857" target="" rel="noopener">R McMahon</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 3B</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/elias-diaz-553869" target="" rel="noopener">E Díaz</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) C</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/nolan-jones-666134" target="" rel="noopener">N Jones</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) LF</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/brendan-rodgers-663898" target="" rel="noopener">B Rodgers</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 2B</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/sean-bouchard-656248" target="" rel="noopener">S Bouchard</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) RF</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/elehuris-montero-660707" target="" rel="noopener">E Montero</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 1B</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/brenton-doyle-686668" target="" rel="noopener">B Doyle</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) CF</span></li>
</ol>
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</div>
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</tbody>
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<p style="text-align: center">🎶</p>

<div class="ujudUb" style="text-align: center">

Spent the last year<br aria-hidden="true" />Rocky Mountain Way<br aria-hidden="true" />Couldn't get much higher<br aria-hidden="true" />Out to pasture<br aria-hidden="true" />Think it's safe to say<br aria-hidden="true" />Time to open fire

</div>
<div class="ujudUb" style="text-align: center">

And we don't need the ladies<br aria-hidden="true" />Crying 'cause the story's sad

</div>
<div class="ujudUb" style="text-align: center">'Cause the Rocky Mountain Way<br aria-hidden="true" />Is better than the way we had</div>
<p style="text-align: center">🎶</p>


I love me some Joe Walsh, and I love me some baseball in Colorado.

A day after the Jays ran up the score against the Rockies, they'll be back looking to do the same again tonight.

The Jays will send Yusei Kikcuhi to the mound across from Ty Blach, a 32-year-old journeyman lefty who has posted a 3.94 ERA this season in seven starts and 14 games. With a 128 ERA+, Blach will be the toughest pitcher the Jays face this weekend, and his ERA actually is better at home sitting at 3.72.

He, however, has issues in lefty-lefty matchups, so Daulton Varsho and Kevin Kiermaier — both of whom have excelled in such spots this year — will be looked to at the bottom of the order to keep the order rolling.

<hr />

<strong>First pitch:</strong> 8:10 p.m EST — Sportsnet, Sportsnet 650.

<strong>Toronto Blue Jays</strong><strong>:</strong> 74-61, 9.5 GB, 19 E#, 1.5 WCGB, +68 DIFF.

<strong>Colorado Rockies:</strong> 49-85, 34.0 GB, E E#, 20.5 WCGB, -201 DIFF.

<a href="https://www.betano.ca/sport/baseball/north-america/mlb/1662r/"><strong>Odds via Betano:</strong></a>

Moneyline: TOR -200; COL +170.

*Odds at the time of publishing. Odds subject to change.

<strong>Starting pitchers:</strong>

TOR: Yusei Kikuchi LHP – 9-4, 26 GS, 139.0 IP. 3.63 ERA, 118 ERA+, 4.22 FIP, 1.230 WHIP, 2.5 BB/9, 9.5 SO/9.

COL: Ty Blach LHP – 1-1, 7 GS, 48.0 IP. 3.94 ERA, 128 ERA+, 4.68 FIP, 1.417 WHIP, 2.3 BB/9, 4.9 SO/9.

<strong>Lineups: </strong>
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<p style="text-align: center"><strong>Toronto </strong></p>

<div class="starting-lineups__teams starting-lineups__teams--xs starting-lineups__teams--md starting-lineups__teams--lg">

&nbsp;
<ol class="starting-lineups__team starting-lineups__team--home">
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/george-springer-543807" target="" rel="noopener">G Springer</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) RF</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/davis-schneider-676914" target="" rel="noopener">D Schneider</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) DH</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/vladimir-guerrero-jr-665489" target="" rel="noopener">V Guerrero Jr.</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 1B</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/whit-merrifield-593160" target="" rel="noopener">W Merrifield</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 2B</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/alejandro-kirk-672386" target="" rel="noopener">A Kirk</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) C</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/ernie-clement-676391" target="" rel="noopener">E Clement</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) SS</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/daulton-varsho-662139" target="" rel="noopener">D Varsho</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) LF</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/santiago-espinal-669289" target="" rel="noopener">S Espinal</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 3B</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/kevin-kiermaier-595281" target="" rel="noopener">K Kiermaier</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) CF</span></li>
</ol>
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<td style="width: 50%">
<p style="text-align: center"><strong>Colorado</strong></p>

<div class="starting-lineups__teams starting-lineups__teams--xs starting-lineups__teams--md starting-lineups__teams--lg">
<div class="starting-lineups__buttons starting-lineups__buttons--bottom">
<div class="p-button-group" role="group">
<div class="p-button p-button--regular starting-lineups__button">
<ol class="starting-lineups__team starting-lineups__team--home">
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/charlie-blackmon-453568" target="" rel="noopener">C Blackmon</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) DH</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/ezequiel-tovar-678662" target="" rel="noopener">E Tovar</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) SS</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/ryan-mcmahon-641857" target="" rel="noopener">R McMahon</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 3B</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/elias-diaz-553869" target="" rel="noopener">E Díaz</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) C</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/nolan-jones-666134" target="" rel="noopener">N Jones</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) LF</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/brendan-rodgers-663898" target="" rel="noopener">B Rodgers</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 2B</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/sean-bouchard-656248" target="" rel="noopener">S Bouchard</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) RF</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/elehuris-montero-660707" target="" rel="noopener">E Montero</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 1B</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/brenton-doyle-686668" target="" rel="noopener">B Doyle</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) CF</span></li>
</ol>
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