Yankees look to break 3-game slide against Blue Jays

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New York Yankees (21-19, second in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (22-18, third in the AL East)

Buffalo, New York; Monday, 6:37 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: New York: Jordan Montgomery (2-2, 5.76 ERA) Toronto: Hyun Jin Ryu (3-1, 2.72 ERA)

LINE: Blue Jays 1; over/under is 9 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: New York enters the game as losers of their last three games.

The Blue Jays are 15-12 against AL East teams. Toronto has hit 64 home runs this season, fifth in the majors. Teoscar Hernandez leads the club with 14, averaging one every 10.4 at-bats.

The Yankees have gone 12-11 against division opponents. New York’s team on-base percentage of .327 is fourth in the American League. DJ LeMahieu leads the team with an OBP of .397.

TOP PERFORMERS: Randal Grichuk is second on the Blue Jays with 17 extra base hits and is batting .280.

Luke Voit leads the Yankees with 28 RBIs and is batting .269.

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Trent Thornton: (right elbow), Matt Shoemaker: (right shoulder), Jordan Romano: (finger), Nate Pearson: (elbow), Ken Giles: (right elbow), Yennsy Diaz: (lat), Teoscar Hernandez: (left rib cage), Bo Bichette: (knee).

Yankees: Luis Severino: (elbow), James Paxton: (forearm), Jonathan Loaisiga: (undisclosed), Tommy Kahnle: (forearm), Aaron Judge: (calf), Gio Urshela: (elbow), Giancarlo Stanton: (left hamstring).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.