Online betting players will get to see a potentially thrilling pitching duel with a mix of youth and experience on Thursday afternoon at Tropicana Field, when the Tampa Bay Rays wrap up a three-game set with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Rays – Thursday, July 9, 12:08 PM ET

Roy Halladay (10-2, 2.79) lost to the Rays two starts ago when he came off the disabled list, which took his career mark against Tampa Bay to 11-8 in 29 outings (26 starts) with a 3.72 ERA. Halladay was also taken deep three times in a 6-5 loss in New York, and one has to wonder if he is being distracted by the speculation that he’ll be traded out of Toronto by the deadline, or in the offseason.

David Price (2-3, 5.21) will be making his first appearance against the Blue Jays, and he’ll be trying to bounce back from a horrible outing in Texas, when he gave up six runs and walked five batters in only 1.1 innings. That was the third time in four starts that the young phenom has allowed five runs or more, and it was the second consecutive outing in which he walked five batters. If he can keep the base-on-balls to a minimum, he should be able to lead his team to a win, and they’ll definitely be the sports betting favorites at the northbet.com sportsbook.

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