Rays vs. Cardinals Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups August 24, 2025

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Jake Mangum leads the Tampa Bay Rays (62-67) into a contest against the St. Louis Cardinals (64-66) following his four-hit showing in a 10-6 win over the Cardinals. The Rays are favored (-127) for this game against the underdog Cardinals (+106), which begins at 12:10 p.m. ET on Sunday. Ryan Pepiot starts for Tampa Bay while St. Louis will counter with Matthew Liberatore.

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Rays to win vs Cardinals -127

Bet $20, Payout $35.75

Rays vs. Cardinals betting lines

  • Favorite: Rays (-127)
  • Underdog: Cardinals (+106)
  • Over/under: 9

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

  • The Rays have put together a 36-26 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 58.1% of those games).
  • When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -127 or shorter, Tampa Bay has gone 23-20 (53.5%).
  • Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Rays have an implied win probability of 55.9%.
  • Tampa Bay has played in 129 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 55 times (55-68-6).
  • The Rays have a 57-72-0 record ATS this season.

Rays hitting info

  • Junior Caminero has put up a team-best 36 home runs and 87 runs batted in.
  • Among hitters in baseball, Caminero ranks sixth in home runs and ninth in RBI.
  • Caminero heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .150 with a home run, three walks and two RBIs.
  • Yandy Diaz is hitting .281 with 22 doubles, a triple, 21 home runs and 40 walks.
  • Diaz ranks 42nd in home runs and 27th in RBI this year.
  • Brandon Lowe is hitting .268 with 13 doubles, 25 home runs and 30 walks.
  • Lowe heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .118 with a home run, three walks and two RBIs.
  • Chandler Simpson is hitting .304 with 11 doubles, two triples and 17 walks.
  • Simpson has hit safely in four games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .273 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 has a 4.03 team ERA that ranks 17th across all MLB pitching staffs.
  • Pitchers for the Rays combine for the No. 5-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.224).
  • Rays pitchers combine to surrender the fourth-most home runs in baseball (176 total, 1.4 per game).
  • Tampa Bay knocked off the Cardinals 10-6 in its last game with six strikeouts while allowing nine hits.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

  • The Cardinals have won 34, or 47.9%, of the 71 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
  • St. Louis has a record of 19-28 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +106 on the moneyline.
  • The moneyline for this contest implies a 48.5% chance of a victory for the Cardinals.
  • Games involving St. Louis have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 66 of 129 chances this season.
  • The Cardinals are 67-62-0 ATS in their 129 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.
  • Burleson is 102nd in homers and 73rd in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
  • Willson Contreras leads St. Louis in home runs (19) and runs batted in (70) this season while batting .263.
  • Contreras currently is 55th in homers and 39th in RBI in the big leagues.
  • Contreras enters this game on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .391 with a double, three home runs and five RBIs.
  • Masyn Winn has collected 115 base hits, an OBP of .314 and a slugging percentage of .378 this season.
  • Lars Nootbaar has collected 95 hits this season and has an OBP of .331. He’s slugging .390 on the year.

Cardinals pitching rankings

  • The Cardinals strike out just 7.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in MLB.
  • St. Louis pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.29 ERA this year, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
  • The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.304 as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in MLB.
  • The Cardinals have allowed the fifth-fewest home runs this season at just 130, or 1.0 per game.
  • St. Louis pitchers struck out six Rays hitters while allowing 16 base hits in a 10-6 loss its last time out.
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