The Tampa Bay Rays (43-34) and the Detroit Tigers (48-30) meet on Sunday at George M. Steinbrenner Field, starting at 12:10 p.m. ET. The Rays are moneyline favorites (-115), while the Tigers are -105 underdogs, even though they are favored against the spread (1.5) with +157 odds. Zack Littell starts for Tampa Bay while Detroit will counter with Casey Mize.
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Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $37.39
Rays to win vs Tigers -115
Rays vs. Tigers betting lines
- Favorite: Rays (-115)
- Underdog: Tigers (-105)
- Over/under: 9
Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Rays betting info
- The Rays have gone 26-17 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 60.5% of those games).
- Tampa Bay has gone 22-15 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -115 or shorter (59.5% winning percentage).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Rays’ implied win probability is 53.5%.
- Tampa Bay has combined with opponents to go over the total 31 times this season for a 31-43-3 record against the over/under.
- The Rays have covered 51.9% of their games this season, going 40-37-0 against the spread.
Rays hitting info
- Junior Caminero has a team-high 18 home runs and 49 runs batted in.
- Caminero’s home runs rank 10th in MLB and he ranks 18th in RBI in MLB.
- Yandy Diaz is batting .280 with 15 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 20 walks.
- Diaz ranks 44th in home runs and 32nd in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
- Diaz brings a 12-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 games he is hitting .442 with two doubles, a triple, three home runs, a walk and eight RBIs.
- Brandon Lowe has 10 doubles, 15 home runs and 20 walks while batting .264.
- Lowe has safely hit in 10 games in a row. During his last 10 games he is hitting .400 with two doubles, two home runs, three walks and six RBIs.
- Jonathan Aranda has a club-best .326 batting average.
- Aranda heads into this game on a seven-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is batting .378 with three doubles, a home run, five walks and five RBIs.
Rays pitching rankings
- The Rays pitching staff ranks 19th in MLB with a collective 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Tampa Bay’s 3.52 team ERA ranks eighth among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Rays pitchers combine for the No. 4 WHIP in MLB (1.178).
- Rays pitchers combine to allow the 25th-fewest home runs in baseball (101 total, 1.3 per game).
- Tampa Bay struck out 10 Tigers batters while allowing six hits in an 8-3 win in its last game.
Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Tigers betting info
- This season, the Tigers have been the underdog 29 times and won 14, or 48.3%, of those games.
- This season, Detroit has won 14 of its 28 games, or 50%, when it’s the underdog by at least -105 on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win by the Tigers, based on the moneyline, is 51.2%.
- Games involving Detroit have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 39 of 78 chances this season.
- The Tigers are 42-36-0 ATS in their 78 games with a spread this season.
Tigers hitting info
- Gleyber Torres is batting .279 with seven home runs and 38 RBI for Detroit this season.
- Torres ranks 139th in homers and 59th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
- Riley Greene leads Detroit in batting average (.284), home runs (17) and runs batted in (59) this season.
- Greene currently ranks 13th in homers and eighth in RBI in the major leagues.
- Spencer Torkelson has collected 58 base hits, an OBP of .329 and a slugging percentage of .469 this season.
- Javier Baez has collected 64 hits this season and has an OBP of .325. He’s slugging .466 on the year.
Tigers pitching rankings
- The Tigers average the 11th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the majors this season.
- Detroit has pitched to a 3.51 ERA this season, which ranks seventh in baseball.
- Tigers pitchers have a 1.206 WHIP this season, sixth-best in the majors.
- The Tigers have allowed the 15th-fewest home runs this season with 82, or 1.1 per game.
- Last time out, Detroit fell to the Rays 8-3. Its pitchers compiled five strikeouts and eight hits allowed.
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