Yandy Diaz leads the Tampa Bay Rays (42-34) into a matchup against the Detroit Tigers (48-29) following his two-home run showing in a 14-8 win over the Tigers. The Rays are favored on the moneyline (-127) in this game against the underdog Tigers (+107), which begins at 12:10 p.m. ET on Saturday. Ryan Pepiot gets the starting nod for Tampa Bay, and Sawyer Gipson-Long is Detroit’s pick to start.

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Rays vs. Tigers betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-127)
• Underdog: Tigers (+107)
• Over/under: 9

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have been favored on the moneyline 42 total times this season. They’ve gone 25-17 in those games.
• Tampa Bay has gone 16-14 (winning 53.3% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -127 or shorter.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Rays have an implied win probability of 55.9%.
• Tampa Bay has had an over/under set by bookmakers 76 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 30 of those games (30-43-3).
• The Rays are 39-37-0 ATS this season.

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero paces the Rays in home runs (17) and runs batted in (48).
• Caminero ranks 12th in homers and 21st in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
• Diaz is hitting .277 with 14 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 20 walks.
• Diaz ranks 42nd in home runs and 32nd in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Diaz has safely hit in 11 straight games. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .442 with a double, a triple, three home runs, three walks and eight RBIs.
• Brandon Lowe is batting .265 with 10 doubles, 15 home runs and 20 walks.
• Lowe has safely hit in nine games in a row. In his last 10 games he is batting .385 with two doubles, two home runs, four walks and five RBIs.
• Jonathan Aranda’s .328 batting average paces his team.
• Aranda has safely hit in six straight games. During his last 10 games he is batting .351 with two doubles, a home run, five walks and five RBIs.

Rays pitching rankings

• The 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Rays pitching staff ranks 19th in the majors.
• Tampa Bay’s 3.56 team ERA ranks eighth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Rays combine for the No. 3-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.179).
• Rays pitchers combine to allow the 25th-fewest home runs in baseball (101 total, 1.3 per game).
• In its 14-8 win last time out, Tampa Bay struck out nine Tigers batters while allowing eight hits.

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

• The Tigers have entered the game as underdogs 28 times this season and won 14, or 50%, of those games.
• This season, Detroit has won six of its 13 games, or 46.2%, when it’s the underdog by at least +107 on the moneyline.
• The Tigers have a 48.3% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Games involving Detroit have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 38 of 77 chances this season.
• The Tigers have an ATS record of 42-35-0 in 77 games with a spread this season.

Tigers hitting info

• Gleyber Torres has been key for Detroit with 65 hits, an OBP of .385 plus a slugging percentage of .426.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Torres’ home run total is 138th, and his RBI total is 56th.
• Torres takes a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .471 with three doubles, five walks and five RBIs.
• Riley Greene is batting .287 with 17 home runs and 59 RBI, all three of which lead Detroit this season.
• Greene ranks 12th in homers and seventh in RBI among all MLB hitters this year.
• Greene enters this game on a five-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .429 with two doubles, three home runs, a walk and 11 RBIs.
• 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 .326. He’s slugging .472 on the year.
• Baez brings a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .412 with a double, two home runs, two walks and three RBIs.

Tigers pitching rankings

• The Tigers average the 11th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the majors this season.
• Detroit pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.50 ERA this year, sixth-best in baseball.
• The Tigers have a combined WHIP of just 1.205 as a pitching staff, which is the fifth-best in baseball this season.
• The Tigers have given up the 14th-fewest long balls so far this season with 79 home runs allowed.
• Detroit suffered a 14-8 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out seven Rays batters while allowing 16 hits.