The Toronto Blue Jays will send a couple of their top arms to the mound for a big series this week.
Ace Dylan Cease will take on the Cleveland Guardians and Joey Cantillo on Wednesday, while José Soriano will get the finale of the three-game series against Tanner Bibee on Thursday.
Spencer Arrighetti gets the ball for Tuesday's series opener against the Guardians opposite Gavin Williams.
Arrighetti has struggled in his first two appearances with the Blue Jays, posting an 0-2 record and a 7.36 ERA over 7.1 innings. Cease strengthened his case for the AL Cy Young Award with six innings of one-run ball against Seattle Friday, while Soriano allowed three runs and struck out six over seven innings Saturday.
Entering the weekend on a seven-game win streak and two games above .500, the Guardians lost two straight games to the red-hot Kansas City Royals.
Cleveland's step back has provided an opening for Toronto and the Baltimore Orioles, who gained ground for the second straight day with their respective wins on Saturday.
Toronto used a comeback victory over the Mariners Saturday to move 1.5 games back of Cleveland, while the Orioles moved to a single game back with theirs over the Athletics.
The Blue Jays own a 2-1 record against Cleveland this season after beating them in a three-game series back in April.
If the Blue Jays win the series finale against the Mariners Sunday, they take the season series and clinch the post-season tiebreaker.
If Seattle wins Sunday, the season series is 3-3, and the tiebreaker becomes the intradivision record. Toronto is 23-23 against the AL East with six left to play, while the Mariners are 20-13 against the AL West with 19 to play.
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