Toronto Blue Jays at Cleveland Indians

Progressive Field, Cleveland

Aug. 19 to 21

Friday, 7 p.m.

LH Francisco Liriano (6-12, 5.46)

vs. RH Trevor Bauer (9-5, 3.97)

Saturday, 7 p.m.

RH Aaron Sanchez (12-2, 2.84)

vs. RH Josh Tomlin (11-6, 4.14)

Sunday, 1 p.m.

RH Marcus Stroman (9-5, 4.63)

vs. RH Corey Kluber (13-8, 3.15)

TV: Sportsnet One (Fri); Sportsnet (Sat, Sun). Radio: SN590.

Key players

Russell Martin, Toronto: The Jays’ acrobatic catcher is on some kind of roll at the plate. The 33-year-old has eight hits, including four home runs, in his last 15 at-bats. Martin has been hitting well for almost three months now. Going back to May 25 — when he hit his first two homers of the season at Yankee Stadium — he has a .916 on-base-plus-slugging percentage.

Rajai Davis, Cleveland: The smiley former Blue Jay is doing his usual thing in Cleveland: getting on-base at a decent enough clip, playing a serviceable outfield and swiping bags like nobody’s business. The 35-year-old speedster leads the American League with 33 stolen bases this season, while his 355 career swipes are fifth among active players.

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Need to know: This marks Mark Shapiro’s first visit to his former team since taking over as president of the Blue Jays. Shapiro spent 24 years in the Indians organization, including a decade as general manager and nearly five years as president . . . Cleveland owns the second-best record in the American League and holds a six-game lead over Detroit for first place in the AL Central . . . They have scored the second-most runs in the American League (behind Boston), while their pitching staff owns the second-best ERA (behind the Jays) … The Jays split a four-game series with Cleveland last month in Toronto . . . While catcher Jonathan Lucroy vetoed his trade to Cleveland at the deadline, the Indians were able to land ace reliever Andrew Miller. The former Yankees’ closer is being used in high-leverage spots in the seventh and eighth innings as a shutdown setup man for closer Cody Allen . . . A resurgent Mike Napoli leads the Indians with 29 homers this season, while sophomore shortstop Francisco Lindor and second baseman Jason Kipnis give Cleveland one of the league’s best middle infields.

On deck: vs. L.A. Angels, Tuesday to Thursday.