The St. Louis Cardinals (64-65) will look to Willson Contreras, who is currently on a two-game home run streak, when they square off against the Tampa Bay Rays (61-67). The Rays are favored (-132) for this matchup against the Cardinals (+111), which starts at 7:35 p.m. ET on Friday at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Tampa Bay’s Adrian Houser and St. Louis’ Miles Mikolas will start this matchup.

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Rays vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-132)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+111)
• Over/under: 9

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have a 35-26 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 57.4% of those games).
• Tampa Bay has gone 18-16 (winning 52.9% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -132 or shorter.
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Rays a 56.9% chance to win.
• Tampa Bay has played in 128 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 54 times (54-68-6).
• The Rays have put together a 56-72-0 record against the spread this season (covering 43.8% of the time).

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero leads the Rays with 35 home runs and 86 runs batted in.
• In MLB action, Caminero ranks sixth in home runs and 10th in RBI.
• Caminero has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .105 with three walks and an RBI.
• Yandy Diaz is batting .281 with 22 doubles, a triple, 21 home runs and 40 walks.
• Among all MLB batters, Diaz ranks 41st in homers and 25th in RBI.
• Brandon Lowe is hitting .269 with 13 doubles, 24 home runs and 30 walks.
• Chandler Simpson has 11 doubles, two triples and 17 walks while batting .302.
• Simpson heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .238 with a double, two walks and an RBI.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays pitching staff is ninth in the majors with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Tampa Bay’s 4.02 team ERA ranks 15th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Rays pitchers combine for the No. 6 WHIP in MLB (1.224).
• The Rays give up the fourth-most home runs in baseball (174 total, 1.4 per game).
• Tampa Bay struck out eight Cardinals batters while allowing 10 hits in a 7-4 loss in its last game.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have won 34, or 48.6%, of the 70 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• This season, St. Louis has won 17 of its 43 games, or 39.5%, when it’s the underdog by at least +111 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 47.4% chance of a victory for the Cardinals.
• St. Louis and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 65 of its 128 opportunities.
• The Cardinals are 67-61-0 ATS in their 128 games with a spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Alec Burleson leads St. Louis with a batting average of .285. He’s also hit 15 home runs with 59 RBI.
• Among all batters in MLB, Burleson’s home run total is 101st, and his RBI total is 71st.
• Contreras leads St. Louis in home runs (18) and runs batted in (68) this season while batting .261.
• Contreras currently is 61st in home runs and 44th in RBI in the major leagues.
• Contreras has safely hit in four games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .368 with two home runs and three RBIs.
• Masyn Winn is slashing .260/.315/.380 this season for the Cardinals.
• Winn takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .174 with a home run and three RBIs.
• Lars Nootbaar has 95 hits and an OBP of .335 to go with a slugging percentage of .395 this season.
• Nootbaar has safely hit in five straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .524 with two doubles, two walks and three RBIs.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals average just 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in the majors.
• St. Louis has pitched to a 4.25 ERA this season, which ranks 21st in baseball.
• The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.297 as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in MLB.
• The Cardinals have given up the fourth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 126 home runs allowed.
• St. Louis pitchers struck out 10 Rays batters while allowing 10 hits in a 7-4 win last time out.