A series opener between the Cleveland Guardians (39-37) and Toronto Blue Jays (41-36) is scheduled for Wednesday at 6:40 p.m. ET, at Progressive Field.
The Blue Jays (-113 moneyline odds to win) play the Guardians (-106) in a projected tight contest. The Toronto Blue Jays will hand the ball to Max Scherzer and the Guardians will counter with Gavin Williams (5-3, 3.58 ERA).
The Blue Jays lost their most recent game against the White Sox by a 4-2 score Sunday. Alan Roden went 1 for 3 with a triple to lead them offensively. Brendon Little picked up the loss after throwing 2/3 of an inning without giving up an earned run on one hit, while striking out two.
The Guardians knocked off the Athletics 3-0 Sunday. Nolan Jones went 1 for 4 with a double and an RBI, and Slade Cecconi got the win, throwing seven innings without giving up an earned run on six hits, while striking out three.
Here’s what you need to prepare for Wednesday’s Blue Jays vs. Guardians contest, including viewing options.
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Cleveland Guardians odds, line and spread
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Favorite: Blue Jays (-113, bet $113 to win $100)Underdog: Guardians (-106, bet $106 to win $100)Over/under: 8Blue Jays vs. Guardians: Game time and live stream infoGame day: Wednesday, June 25, 2025Game time: 6:40 p.m. ETLocation: Cleveland, OhioStadium: Progressive FieldTV channel: CLEG and SNETLive stream: Watch LIVE with Fubo! (Regional restrictions may apply)
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Blue Jays stats and trendsBlue Jays betting recordsThis season, the Blue Jays have been favored 30 times and won 17, or 56.7%, of those games.Toronto has entered 27 games this season favored by -113 or more and is 15-12 in those contests.Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Blue Jays have a 53.1% chance to win.Toronto and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 39 of 76 opportunities.The Blue Jays are 44-32-0 against the spread this season.Max Scherzer (Blue Jays probable starter)The Blue Jays will look to Scherzer (0-0) in his second start of the season.In his last time out on Saturday, March 29, the right-hander tossed three innings against the Baltimore Orioles, giving up two earned runs while surrendering three hits.In one appearance this season, he has a 6.00 ERA and 3 strikeouts per nine innings, while opponents are batting .273 against him.The opposing Guardians offense has the 27th-ranked slugging percentage (.370) and is 24th in MLB play with 75 home runs. It has a collective .230 batting average, and is 29th in MLB with 570 total hits and 25th in MLB action scoring 286 runs.Blue Jays batting statsThe Blue Jays have hit 79 homers this season, which ranks 19th in the league.Fueled by 215 extra-base hits, Toronto ranks 15th in MLB with a .401 slugging percentage this season.The Blue Jays’ .255 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking sixth in MLB.Toronto has scored the 19th-most runs in the majors this season with 330 (4.3 per game).The Blue Jays are among the best in the league at getting on base, ranking eighth with an OBP of .324.No team has fewer strikeouts this season than Toronto, whose batters have struck out only 6.8 times per game on average.Guardians stats and trendsGuardians betting recordsThe Guardians have come away with 21 wins in the 46 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.This season, Cleveland has been victorious 20 times in 44 chances when named as an underdog of at least -106 or worse on the moneyline.Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Guardians have a 51.5% chance of pulling out a win.Contests with Cleveland has gone over the total set by bookmakers in 29 of 74 chances this season.The Guardians have an against the spread mark of 37-37-0 in 74 games with a line this season.Gavin Williams (Guardians probable starter)Williams makes the start for the Guardians, his 16th of the season. He is 5-3 with a 3.58 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 75 1/3 innings pitched.The right-hander’s last time out came on Thursday against the San Francisco Giants, when he threw six scoreless innings while allowing two hits.During 15 games this season, the 25-year-old has a 3.58 ERA and 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .231 to his opponents.Williams is trying to collect his sixth quality start of the season in this game.Williams enters this game with 10 outings of five or more innings pitched this year.In three of his appearances this season he has not surrender an earned run.He will face a Blue Jays offense that is hitting .255 as a unit (sixth in the MLB). They are also slugging a collective .401 (15th in the league) with 79 total home runs (19th in MLB play).In four innings over one appearance against the Blue Jays this season, Williams has a 4.50 ERA and a 3 WHIP while his opponents are batting .389.Guardians batting statsThe Guardians are 24th in baseball with 75 home runs. They average one per game.So far this season, Cleveland’s .370 slugging percentage is the fourth-lowest percentage in the majors.The Guardians have the 25th-ranked batting average in the majors (.230).The offense for Cleveland is the No. 25 offense in the majors, scoring 3.8 runs per game (286 total runs).The Guardians’ .300 on-base percentage is the fifth-worst in baseball.