The Toronto Blue Jays had won just one of their last 11 games prior to Tuesday's 4-3 win over the NY Yankees in the opener of this three-game series. I expect the Bronx Bombers to be fired up here after dropping back-to-back games for the first time in over a month, and runs surely won't come easy for Toronto with left-hander James Paxton on the mound for the visitors.

Paxton (3-2, 2.81 ERA) tossed four hitless and scoreless innings against San Diego last time out. The Yankees have won each of his last five starts and covered the runline in four of those games. Paxton held the Jays to three runs on eight hits over 16 innings of work while with Seattle last year.

Toronto hands the ball to right-hander Trent Thornton (1-4, 4.53) who will be making his 13th start. Thornton is 0-3 behind a 6.23 ERA in six starts home at Rogers Centre and was tagged with three runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings against the Tampa Bay Rays last time out.

The Yankees are 7-1 SU and 6-2 against the runline as a road favorite of -155 or more this season.

10* play on NY Yankees -1.5.