The set-up:The Toronto Blue Jays opened the 2017 season by going 1-5 on a six-game road trip. That's not what was expected from a team which had played in the last two AL championship series. A return home to host the Milwaukee Brewers was supposed to help but the Blue Jays lost again last night (4-3) and now sit at 1-6. The Toronto lineup managed just five hits on Tuesday, after producing just three in a loss at Tampa Bay on Sunday. The Brewers received HRs from Keon Broxton and Domingo Santana last night and they have now gone deep 12 times in their first eight games (3-5).

The pitching matchup: Chase Anderson (0-0 & 1.50 ERA) takes the mound for Milwaukee up against Toronto's Marcus Stroman (1-0 & 1.42 ERA), who is the lone Blue Jays pitcher to have earned a win in 2017. Anderson allowed one run on three hits in six innings of a no-decision against Colorado in his season debut, striking out four and walking two. He has never faced the Blue Jays but is 4-2 with a solid 3.20 ERA in 11 career interleague games (10 starts). Stroman sailed through the first six innings in scoreless fashion in his first start of the season, before allowing a run in the seventh. He yielded six hits and two walks while striking out five and getting 11 outs on the ground. Like Anderson, he has never faced this opponent but is 5-0 with a 2.21 ERA in interleague play.

The pick: Toronto is batting just .196 (29th) as a team, while scoring 3.29 RPG (26th). Jose Bautista is one of the primary culprits and is batting .120 after another hitless effort on Tuesday. Catcher Russell Martin is 0-for-18 and former MVP Josh Donaldson was limited to pinch-hitting duties Tuesday due to a calf injury. However, Stroman is the man Toronto wants on the mound here, looking to end its four-game slide. Make Toronto a 6* play.