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The Cleveland Indians will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Tuesday when they take on the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

The Indians will trot ace Cliff Lee out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Lee has a 5-9 record and a 3.31 ERA this season.

It’ll be Brett Cecil toeing the rubber for the Blue Jays in this contest. Lefthander Cecil is 3-1 with a 5.48 ERA so far this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Indians listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Blue Jays, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Indians lost to Seattle 5-3 as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The eight runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5).

Ben Francisco hit a two-run home run for Cleveland and Aaron Laffey allowed three runs on eight hits in six innings.

The Blue Jays defeated Boston 3-1 as a -110 favorite on Sunday. The four runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (7.5).

Roy Halladay pitched a complete-game six-hitter, allowing only one run with six strikeouts for Toronto and Rod Barajas was 2-2 with three RBI in the win.

Current streak:
Cleveland has lost 3 straight games.
Toronto has won 2 straight games.

Team records:
Cleveland: 36-57 SU
Toronto: 46-47 SU

Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 7-3
Before playing Toronto are 5-5
After playing Seattle are 4-6
After a loss are 4-6

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 3-7
Before playing Cleveland are 5-5
After playing Boston are 4-6
After a win are 4-6

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland’s last 5 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cleveland’s last 7 games
Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Cleveland is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto’s last 5 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto’s last 6 games when playing at home against Cleveland

Next up:
Toronto home to Cleveland, Wednesday, July 22