Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers Prediction: An entertaining game one ahead

Tuesday's Major League Baseball action at Rogers Centre features a matchup between the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays. The Texas Rangers just finished a series against the Oakland Athletics over the weekend. Friday's game was a loss for the Texas Rangers by three runs, but Saturday's game was a victory by the skin of their teeth. The Texas Rangers were victorious with a five-run margin in the game that was played on Sunday. Regarding the Toronto Blue Jays, they competed against the Kansas City Royals in their most recent series and managed to squeak out a victory in the first game of the series. On Saturday, the Toronto Blue Jays kept their winning streak alive with another victory, and then in the game's last game, they recorded a victory by a margin of three runs.

On Friday, the Toronto Blue Jays prevailed over the Kansas City Royals by a score of 5-4 after scoring four runs in the seventh inning of the game. George Springer contributed two home runs and four RBI to the winning cause for the Toronto Blue Jays in game two, which they won 5-1. The Blue Jays were behind 2-0 in the sixth inning of the championship game, but they were able to come back and win by a score of 5-2. There was one run driven in by Santiago Espinal, Cavan Biggio, and Kevin Kiermaier (a home run). Chris Bassitt will take the mound for the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday as the team's starting pitcher for the contest. In 2023, Bassitt will have made 29 starts and have a record of 14-7 with a 3.69 earned run average. In his previous seven starts, Bassitt has a record of 4-2 with a 3.09 earned run average and 40 strikeouts in 46.2 innings pitched.

In the first game of their weekend series against the Oakland Athletics, which took place on Friday, the Texas Rangers held a brief lead of 3-2 but ultimately lost by a score of 6-3. The Texas Rangers were only able to muster five hits as a team on Saturday, but they were still victorious, taking the game 3-2. The Rangers won the series finale on Sunday by a score of 9-4, and their squad totaled 12 hits. Marcus Semien contributed to the victory by hitting two solo home runs, collecting four hits, and driving in three runs. Dane Dunning will take the field for the Texas Rangers in the game scheduled for Tuesday in the role of starting pitcher. In 30 games played (21 starts), Dunning has a record of 9-6 with a 3.88 earned run average, 115 strikeouts, and 146.0 innings pitched. In his previous seven starts, Dunning has a record of 1-2 with a 5.54 earned run average.

In this matchup, I'm going to stick with the Toronto Jays. In his two most recent starts, Bassitt has shown some encouraging signs. In a total of 16.0 innings pitched, he has amassed just one earned run on 10 hits and one walk while going the distance and winning each game. The Toronto Blue Jays will be in good shape if Bassitt is able to pitch deep into this game as well. As for Dunning, he just allowed nine earned runs to the Houston Astros over the course of 5.1 innings, but he should be able to get back on track here. On Sunday, it took the Toronto Blue Jays offense some time to get going, and they managed to collect a total of only six hits, but other than that, everything went swimmingly. Because the Blue Jays only deployed three different relievers, they should be well prepared to take on the rest of the series and get a win in this one.