The Toronto Blue Jays will hit the road tonight to open a 3-game set with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Jays are very much alive in the playoff picture and are starting to click. Toronto was 9-5 in the month of August and their pitching has been getting it done. Tonight they are expected to turn to the hard throwing righty, Alek Manoah. He has delivered all season long, with a record of 12-7, a 2.60 ERA, and a 1.07 WHIP. The Jays were idle yesterday and after a day off they are 10-1 in their last 11 and 6-1 in their last 7 road games. The Pirates are on course to lose 100 games this year so the Jays need to take care of bottom feeders like the Bucs and they will. Pittsburgh has yet to announce a starter for tonight but whoever it is it doesn’t matter because the Jays young guns can score runs on anybody.
TONIGHT’S PICK: TORONTO BLUE JAYS