Sonny outlook for a light-slate Thursday

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: Thursday's slate is a truncated one with just a half-dozen games. The feature contest is the lid-lifter of a four-game series between the AL East-leading Blue Jays and the AL Central-leading Tigers in Detroit. Warm weather is in the forecast for most of the cities in play. In the Matchup Ratings, strikeouts are the lead edge of a relatively low average rating on a day with a wide dispersion of numbers.

 

Notable Starts:

Sonny Gray gets the nod for a Thursday home turn against the San Diego Padres. Gray is looking to bounce back from an awful start in his first effort of the second half (3.1-11-9-8-0-5 at ARI July 19). He gets the start at Busch Stadium where he's logged a 2.84 ERA this season. Prior to...

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