ASA TOP PLAY 10* ON OVER the Total - New York Yankees @ Toronto Blue Jays, Thursday at 6:37 PM ET

The Blue Jays can clinch a playoff spot with a win tonight. The Yankees are still battling for possible home field edge in their first round playoff series so they are motivated too. After getting blasted last night by a score of 14-1, look for the Yankees to respond here. They made 4 errors in last night's game plus loaded the bases with nobody out in the top of the 5th but failed to score! That was when the game was still 5-1 and well within reach. The Blue Jays have been playing their home games in Buffalo this season and Sahlen Field has played out as a very hitter friendly ballpark. It will be another mild evening in upstate NY tonight and the bats should again rule in this one. This total opened up at a 10 and has moved down to a 9.5 which has led to even more line value with the over in this one. 8 of the Yankees last 9 games have totaled 11 or more runs. In fact, those 9 games have averaged a total of 14.8 runs per game and we would not be surprised to see this one get into the range of 15 runs as well. The last time the Yankees Jordan Montgomery faced the Blue Jays he also was opposed by Toronto's Hyun Jin Ryu. That game ended up a 12-7 Jays win. Ryu got rocked in that one and he is 0-2 with an 8.80 ERA in his 3 career starts against the Yankees. Montgomery also got rocked in that game and he has a 6.00 ERA in his 8 night starts this season. Also, the Yankees southpaw is 0-1 with an 8.25 ERA in his road starts this season. He is facing a surging Blue Jays team that hit him well earlier this month plus enters this game having won 3 of 4 games and scoring an average of 8 runs per game in those contests. This one has the makings of another slugfest at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, NY. Bet the OVER in Toronto in early evening action Thursday.