Toronto Blue Jays vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction: Toronto Blue Jays will win this game

On Thursday, Major League Baseball action will take place at Rogers Centre, featuring an encounter between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles. This will be the concluding game of a four-game series between two teams that compete in the AL East. The first two victories of the series were taken by Baltimore, but it wasn't until Wednesday that Toronto got on the board with a three-run triumph.

Despite collecting five hits as a team, the Blue Jays were unable to get anything going during Tuesday's setback, during which they allowed the other club to collect 16 hits. With a two-run home run, Danny Jansen was one of the only bright lights for the team. Wednesday's victory for Toronto was aided by a comeback in the sixth inning that produced three runs. George Springer scored a run and drove in one while Brandon Belt collected two hits and scored twice. On Thursday, Kevin Gausman will get the first pitch of the game. This year, Gausman has made 21 starts and has a record of 8-5 with a 3.10 ERA, 171 strikeouts, and 127.2 innings pitched. In his previous seven games, Gausman has a record of 3-2 with a 3.07 ERA. In 41.0 innings pitched, he has allowed 14 runs to be scored against him. Following a victory, the Blue Jays have gone on to lose each of their last six games against teams from the AL East without covering the run line in any of those contests. They have also been in a losing position after seven innings in six of the last nine games they have played as favourites against teams from the AL East.

The Orioles won the first game of this series on Monday by a score of 4-2 and then went on to win the second game by a score of 13-3 with ease. In the game, both Gunnar Henderson and Anthony Santander hit home runs and each had three hits. Santander also drove in four runs. On Wednesday, Baltimore was unable to get much going despite collecting seven hits (and having a meltdown in the sixth inning), resulting in a loss by the score of 4-1. Adley Rutschman was the only player to record an RBI and recorded two hits. Ryan Mountcastle contributed two hits and two walks to the team's total. The Orioles have decided to go with Jack Flaherty as their starting pitcher for the series finale on Thursday. This year, Flaherty has made 20 starts and has a record of 7-6 with a 4.43 ERA and 106 strikeouts in 109.2 innings pitched. In his last seven starts, Flaherty has a record of 4-2 with an earned run average of 4.91. Today, he will make his first start for the Orioles.

So long as they are playing at home, the Blue Jays have my support. This is mostly due to Gausman, who, assuming he is performing up to his potential, should be able to hold the O's offence in check. In his last three starts combined, Gausman has a record of 1-1 with seven earned runs over 18.0 total innings, 15 hits, and five walks. He has walked five batters. On Wednesday, in game three, Toronto only had three hits as a team, yet they managed to pull out an unusual victory with those hits. In spite of the Blue Jays' offensive struggles, the bullpen had a strong outing overall, finishing with a line of three innings, one hit, one walk, and four strikeouts. Toronto's offence needs to wake up, but they should still have a good chance in the final.