Jonathan Aranda leads the Tampa Bay Rays (47-39) into a matchup with Jacob Wilson and the Athletics (36-52) on Wednesday at 12:10 p.m. ET at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Aranda is hitting .325, the third-best batting average in MLB, for the favored Rays (-223), while Wilson ranks second in MLB play with a .339 batting average this season for the underdog Athletics (+184). Tampa Bay has Ryan Pepiot starting, while Sacramento will send out Mitch Spence.

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Rays vs. Athletics betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-223)
• Underdog: Athletics (+184)
• Over/under: 9

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have compiled a 28-20 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 58.3% of those games).
• The Rays have played as a moneyline favorite of -223 or shorter in just one game this season, which they won.
• The Rays have an implied moneyline win probability of 69% in this matchup.
• The Rays have played in 86 games with an over/under set, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 35 times (35-48-3).
• The Rays have put together a 44-42-0 record against the spread this season (covering 51.2% of the time).

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero paces the Rays in home runs (21) and runs batted in (53).
• Among batters in baseball, Caminero ranks eighth in homers and 21st in RBI.
• Caminero takes a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .238 with a double, two home runs, two walks and three RBIs.
• Yandy Diaz is batting .288 with 16 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 27 walks.
• Diaz ranks 44th in home runs among hitters in MLB and 35th in RBI.
• Brandon Lowe is hitting .274 with 10 doubles, 19 home runs and 23 walks.
• Aranda has a club-leading .325 batting average.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays pitching staff is 17th in the majors with a collective 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
• The Rays have the 11th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.73).
• Pitchers for the Rays combine for the No. 5-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.189).
• Rays pitchers combine to give up 112 total home runs at a rate of 1.3 per game (25th-fewest in baseball).
• In their 4-3 loss last time out they struck out 15 Athletics batters while allowing seven hits.

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

• The Athletics have won 27, or 38.6%, of the 70 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• The Athletics have a record of 1-7 when they’re set as the underdog by +184 or more by bookmakers this season.
• The implied probability of a win by the Athletics, based on the moneyline, is 35.2%.
• Games involving the Athletics have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 45 of 88 chances this season.
• In 88 games with a spread this season, the Athletics are 42-46-0 ATS.

Athletics hitting info

• Wilson leads Sacramento with a .339 batting average. He’s also hit nine homers and has 40 RBI.
• Wilson’s home run total ranks 114th in the majors, and he is 72nd in RBI.
• Brent Rooker’s 17 home runs are most among Sacramento batters. He’s driven in 45 runs this season while slugging .484.
• Among all MLB hitters, Rooker ranks 19th in home runs and 44th in RBI.
• Tyler Soderstrom is among the top hitters for Sacramento with a .253 average, 14 homers and 47 RBI.
• Lawrence Butler has 83 hits and an OBP of .316 to go with a slugging percentage of .431 this season.
• Butler brings a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .200 with a triple, three walks and two RBIs.

Athletics pitching rankings

• The Athletics average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (eight) in the majors this season.
• The Athletics have the 29th-ranked ERA (5.35) in the majors this season.
• The Athletics have a combined 1.485 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-highest in MLB.
• The Athletics have given up the most long balls so far this season with 128 home runs allowed.
• The Athletics struck out eight Rays batters while allowing eight hits in a 4-3 win last time out.