特別奇襲隊員s look to get 支援する on 跡をつける against Blue Jays
The Texas 特別奇襲隊員s have dropped out of a プレーオフ position 予定 to their 最近の struggles and will try to 逆転する that 傾向 when they visit the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.
The 特別奇襲隊員s (78-64) open the four-game series a half-game behind the Seattle 水夫s (79-64) for the third American League wild-card 位置／汚点／見つけ出す. They are also 1 1/2 games behind the Blue Jays (80-63), who have moved into the second wild-card position.
The 特別奇襲隊員s won two of three games against the Blue Jays in Arlington, Texas, from June 16-18, so they can 勝利，勝つ the season series -- and the tiebreaker -- with a 分裂（する） in Toronto.
The Blue Jays 敗北・負かすd the Kansas City 王室のs 5-2 on Sunday to 完全にする a sweep of a three-game series that opened a 10-game homestand.
Toronto 完全にするd a 10-5 run of 15 games against teams with losing 記録，記録的な／記録するs.
"I love the last three games, sweeps are hard no 事柄 who you are playing," Blue Jays 経営者／支配人 John Schneider said. "Probably left a couple on the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する on the road. But the vibe and the energy with which they're playing is really, really contagious and 感染性の. They all know it's a big series. It's 平易な to look past (Sunday) after you 勝利，勝つ the series (Saturday) with Texas coming."
Toronto had breaks go its way on Sunday. It tied the game without a 攻撃する，衝突する in the sixth on two walks and three 連続した wild pitches by 王室のs starter Cole Ragans.
Kevin Kiermaier 攻撃する，衝突する a go-ahead ホームラン in the seventh to send the Blue Jays into their series with the 特別奇襲隊員s on a 肯定的な 公式文書，認める.
"We know we're playing a team who's in the wild-card 追跡（する） 同様に," Kiermaier said. "We've got to play 広大な／多数の／重要な baseball from here on out because our 対抗者s are all in the 厚い of it, in a somew hat 類似の boat as us.
"But we're in a 広大な／多数の／重要な position 権利 now and life is all about taking advantage of 適切な時期s."
一方／合間, the 特別奇襲隊員s （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the Oakland 運動競技のs 9-4 on Sunday in the rubber match of a three-game series.
"We won the ballgame, we 得点する／非難する／２０d a lot of runs, we kept the lead," 特別奇襲隊員s second baseman Marcus Semien said. "We just want to build off that. What happened in the past happened in the past. We can dwell on it, or we can 焦点（を合わせる） on what's ahead. I think that we can 焦点（を合わせる） on what's ahead."
事前の to the series with Oakland, Texas had lost six of its last seven games. The 特別奇襲隊員s are also 6-16 over their last 22 games.
Semien, who played for the Blue Jays in 2021, went 4-for-5 with two ホームランs and a 二塁打 on Sunday.
The Blue Jays are scheduled to start 権利-hander Chris Bassitt (14-7, 3.69 ERA) on Monday. In 14 career 遠出s (10 starts) against Texas, Bassitt is 5-2 with a 3.32 ERA.
Texas is scheduled to start 権利-hander Dane Dunning (9-6, 3.88). He is 2-0 with a 3.74 ERA in four career starts against Toronto.
--Field Level マスコミ
