Toronto @ Texas preview

Last Meeting ( May 14, 2016 ) Toronto 5, Texas 6

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Aaron Sanchez is quietly emerging as one of baseball's top young pitchers and looks to continue his strong early-season start against the host Texas Rangers on Sunday in the rubber match of a three-game game. Sanchez has allowed one earned run or less in five of seven starts as he prepares to face the Rangers for the second time in 12 days.

Texas avenged a 5-0 loss in the series opener behind the unlikely heroics of a pair of recent acquisitions Saturday to improve to 6-2 since it was swept in Toronto. Drew Stubbs, who signed with the Rangers last weekend, belted a walk-off homer in the 10th inning and Bobby Wilson -- traded to Detroit and back in a span of less than six weeks -- clubbed his second grand slam in a span of six days. The Blue Jays wasted a dramatic ninth-inning comeback, erasing a three-run deficit on home runs by Justin Smoak and Troy Tulowitzki. The 6-5 setback dropped Toronto to a major league-worst 3-9 in one-run games.

TV: 3:05 p.m. ET, Sportsnet (Toronto), FSN Southwest (Texas)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Blue Jays RH Aaron Sanchez (3-1, 2.58 ERA) vs. Rangers LH Cesar Ramos (0-2, 5.11)

Sanchez is coming off a superb performance in San Francisco on Monday, giving up one run on three hits while pitching seven innings for the third straight start and fifth time in seven outings. Sanchez is 2-0 with four runs allowed over his last three starts, with three of the runs coming in a no-decision against the Rangers on May 4. He is unbeaten away from home this season, posting a 3-0 record with an 0.96 ERA and 0.96 WHIP in four starts.

Ramos, who pitched solely in relief last year with the Los Angeles Angels, will make his second start of the season following a pair of appearances out of the bullpen. The 31-year-old was whacked for four runs on three hits while walking three in a two-inning relief stint against the Chicago White Sox on Monday. He turned in a solid outing in a lopsided loss in Toronto earlier this month, giving up three hits over 4 1/3 scoreless innings.

WALK-OFFS

1. Rangers RHP Yu Darvish is scheduled to make another rehab start Tuesday with Double-A Frisco.

2. Blue Jays LF Michael Saunders has collected multiple hits in the last four contests to extend his hitting streak to seven games.

3. Rangers RF Shin-Soo Choo will begin a rehab assignment Sunday at Triple-A Round Rock.

PREDICTION: Blue Jays 6, Rangers 3