ANGEL STADIUM

Thursday, 10:05 p.m.

RH Daniel Wright (0-0, 7.20) vs. LH J.A. Happ (8-4, 3.33)

TV: Sportsnet One

Friday, 10:05 p.m.

RHJered Weaver (11-11, 5.25) vs. RH R.A. Dickey (9-14, 4.60)

TV: Sportsnet

Saturday, 9:05 p.m.

RH Ricky Nolasco (1-6, 4.50) vs. LH Francisco Liriano (7-12, 5.16)

TV: Sportsnet One

Sunday, 3:35 p.m.

RH Alex Meyer (0-2, 6.14) vs. RH Marcus Stroman (9-8, 4.55)

TV: Sportsnet One

All games Sportsnet 590 The Fan

Key players:Mike Trout and Josh Donaldson.

Donaldson is a question mark having missed last three games with hip injury, but if he does play it will pit the reigning MVP against the 2014 MVP. In fact, both are once again battling for the award, and for Trout, it’s a chance to show Jays fans the excellence he has delivered all season long. But Anaheim will not make the playoffs, and are well under .500. Since the MVP award was instituted in 1932, only seven players from sub-.500 teams have won the award. The last was Alex Rodriguez in 2003.

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Need to know: The Angels were 16 games under .500 and falling fast this week. They were dumped 8-0 by Seattle, with Taijuan Walker pitching a three-hit, complete-game shutout. Trout struck out in all three at-bats that game … Shortstop Andrelton Simmons missed two games this week with a bruised right thumb. He is expected back in the lineup against the Jays but if not, former Jay Cliff Pennington will take over at short … Promising young pitcher Tyler Skaggs was to undergo an MRI this week, a troubling development for a pitcher who had Tommy John surgery in 2014. Jhoulys Chacin has been moved from the bullpen to the starting rotation to take his place.

Up next: Monday-Wednesday at the Seattle Mariners.