Toronto at Pittsburgh

Toronto has won four of its past five and moved within six games of first-place New York in the AL East. The Blue Jays defeated Pittsburgh 4-1 on Saturday as Bo Bichette had two hits, including a tiebreaking three-run double in the seventh and the Pirates have been held to just one run in the first two games of this series. Pittsburgh is 26-38 at home and in last place in the NL Central. Ross Stripling is 6-4 with a 2.94 ERA this season and he had a 1.96 ERA in August. JT Brubaker is 3-11 and he gave up six runs on nine hits in 6 2/3 innings against Atlanta his last outing on August 23. The Blue Jays are 11-2 their past 13 games versus right-handed starters and 8-2 their past 10 interleague road games against teams with losing records. Take the Blue Jays.