Blue Jays at Indians 4/5/19 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Toronto Blue Jays play the second game of a four-game series on the road Friday against the Cleveland Indians. The Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday 5-3 snapping the Orioles four-game winning streak. Randal Grichuk led the Blue Jays with two solo home runs and Matt Shoemaker threw seven innings of shutout baseball to help leads the Blue Jays to the win.

Cleveland lost to the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday 8-3 to split a short two-game series with their American League Central rivals. The Indians’ Corey Kluber fell to 0-2 on the season after pitching just 3 1/3 innings. Hanley Ramirez hit a two-run home run in the ninth for two of the Indians three runs but the game was well out of hand by then. Freddy Galvis leads Toronto with a .286 batting average and six hits, while Randal Grichuk leads in home runs with three and Justin Smoak in RBIs with four. Toronto is averaging .202 at the plate, while opposing hitters are averaging .185. On Friday the Blue Jays will send Trent Thornton to the mound. The right-hander is 0-0 with an ERA of 0.00, 8 Ks and 0 BBs.

Carlos Santana leads the Indians with a .471 batting average, eight hits and five RBIs. Hanley Ramirez has the only two home runs of the season for Cleveland. The Indians are averaging .160 at the plate, while opposing hitters are averaging .230. On Friday, Cleveland will send Shane Bieber to the mound. The right-hander this season is 0-0 with an ERA of 4.50, 2 Ks and 0 BBs.