The Tampa Bay Rays (6-8) host the Boston Red Sox (7-9) on Monday at George M. Steinbrenner Field, starting at 7:05 p.m. ET. The Rays are favored on the moneyline (-120), while the Red Sox are +102 underdogs. The Red Sox are spread favorites (1.5) with +158 odds, despite being the moneyline underdog. Ryan Pepiot takes the mound first for Tampa Bay, and Tanner Houck is Boston’s choice to start.

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Rays vs. Red Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-120)
• Underdog: Red Sox (+102)
• Over/under: 8.5

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have won six of the 11 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (54.5%).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -120 or shorter, Tampa Bay has a record of 6-3 (66.7%).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Rays have an implied win probability of 54.5%.
• Tampa Bay has played in 14 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total five times (5-8-1).
• The Rays are 4-10-0 ATS this season.

Rays hitting info

• Jonathan Aranda leads the Rays with a .378 batting average.
• Aranda ranks 67th in home runs and 77th in RBI among all hitters in baseball.
• Kameron Misner is hitting .361 with four doubles, a triple, a home run and two walks.
• Misner ranks 115th in homers and 103rd in RBI among hitters in baseball.
• Misner takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .357 with a double, a triple, two walks and two RBI.
• Brandon Lowe has a team-high three home runs and nine runs batted in.
• Junior Caminero is batting .261 with two doubles, two home runs and three walks.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays pitching staff is sixth in the majors with a collective 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Tampa Bay has the 13th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.80).
• The Rays have the seventh-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.169).
• Rays pitchers combine to surrender 24 total home runs at a clip of 1.7 per game (second-most in baseball).
• Tampa Bay struck out 11 Braves batters while giving up 15 hits in a 5-4 loss in its last game.

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• This season, the Red Sox have been the underdog four times and won one of those games.
• This season, Boston has won one of its three games when it’s the underdog by at least +102 on the moneyline.
• The Red Sox have a 49.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Boston and its opponents have gone over the total this season in five of its 16 opportunities.
• The Red Sox are 6-10-0 against the spread in their 16 chances this season.

Red Sox hitting info

• Wilyer Abreu leads Boston in batting average (.362), home runs (three) and runs batted in (12) this season.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Abreu is 37th in homers and 16th in RBI.
• Alex Bregman leads Boston in runs batted in (12) this season. He’s batting .277 while slugging .462.
• Bregman is 67th among batters in the big leagues in homers, and 16th in RBI.
• Kristian Campbell has 16 hits this season and a slash line of .314/.419/.510.
• Rafael Devers has collected 15 hits this season and has an OBP of .370. He’s slugging .383 on the year.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The Red Sox have a 7.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in the big leagues.
• Boston has pitched to a 3.93 ERA this season, which ranks 15th in baseball.
• The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.351 as a pitching staff, which ranks 20th in MLB.
• The Red Sox have given up the fourth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 11 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Boston fell to the White Sox 3-2. Its pitchers compiled nine strikeouts and four hits allowed.