Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays: Starting Lineup - Series Finale Preview

Toronto Blue Jays veteran Max Scherzer will be on the bump this afternoon versus Minnesota Twins right-hander Taj Bradley.

First Pitch is at 1:37 PM ET on Sportsnet, Twins TV, and on Sportsnet 590 The Fan radio.

Max Scherzer will toe the rubber for the Blue Jays this afternoon in what has been a season of somewhat mixed results so far for the 41-year old.

In his first outing of the season Scherzer against Colorado was efficient and effective, earning the win, allowing one run on four hits and one walk while striking out four across six innings.

In his second outing versus the Los Angeles Dodgers, not so much. Scherzer exited early due to right forearm tendinitis. He allowed two runs on two hits and one walk while striking out two over two innings and took the loss.

Scherzer departed Monday's outing after only 36 pitches. Hopefully the Blue Jays will be able to get a little more length out of the crafty veteran this afternoon.

Blue Jays batters will be in tough with Twins right-hander Taj Bradley. In his last outing Bradley came away with the win against the Tigers, allowing one run on six hits while striking out 10 across 6.1 innings. He did not issue a walk.

Bradley set the tone by striking out the first two batters he faced, and he struck out at least one batter in each of the next six frames.

He was tagged with an earned run after Parker Meadows came around to score in the seventh, but that was the only blemish in an outstanding start for Bradley, who generated 15 whiffs while logging 68 strikes on 104 pitches (65.4 percent).

Bradley has logged back-to-back quality starts and has yielded only two runs while striking out 22 batters across 16.2 innings to open the season.

George Springer: (fractured left toe 10-Day IL), Cody Ponce: 60-Day IL (knee), Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Addison Barger: day-to-day (ankle), Alejandro Kirk: 10-Day IL (thumb), Shane Bieber: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jose Berrios: 15-Day IL (elbow), Yimi Garcia: 15-Day IL (elbow), Trey Yesavage: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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