Garrett Crochet tries for his 10th win of the season when the Boston Red Sox (51-45) host the Tampa Bay Rays (50-45). The Red Sox are favored in the matchup (-192) against the Rays (+159), and the game begins at 4:10 p.m. ET on Saturday. Boston’s Crochet and Tampa Bay’s Shane Baz will take the mound first.

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Red Sox vs. Rays betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-192)
• Underdog: Rays (+159)
• Over/under: 8

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have won 56.7% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (34-26).
• Boston has a record of 8-3 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -192 or shorter (72.7% winning percentage).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Red Sox’s implied win probability is 65.8%.
• In the 95 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Boston, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 47 times (47-45-3).
• The Red Sox have put together a 49-46-0 record against the spread this season (covering 51.6% of the time).

Red Sox hitting info

• Jarren Duran is hitting .257 with 24 doubles, 10 triples, eight home runs and 28 walks.
• Among hitters in MLB play, Duran ranks 149th in home runs and 51st in RBI.
• Ceddanne Rafaela has a club-best .271 batting average.
• Rafaela ranks 67th in home runs and 66th in RBI among hitters in baseball.
• Rafaela heads into this game on an eight-game hitting streak. In his last 10 outings he is batting .405 with seven doubles, four home runs, two walks and 13 RBIs.
• Wilyer Abreu has racked up a team-high 18 home runs.
• Trevor Story’s 57 runs batted in are a team-high mark.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Red Sox has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 16th in the majors.
• Boston has a 3.87 team ERA that ranks 14th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Red Sox average MLB’s 20th-ranked WHIP (1.315).
• Red Sox pitchers combine to allow the sixth-fewest home runs in baseball (91 total, 0.9 per game).
• In its 5-4 win last time out, Boston struck out eight Rays batters while allowing eight hits.

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have entered the game as underdogs 45 times this season and won 21, or 46.7%, of those games.
• Tampa Bay has played as an underdog of +159 or more twice this season and split those games.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 38.6% chance of a victory for the Rays.
• Games involving Tampa Bay have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 39 of 95 chances this season.
• The Rays are 46-49-0 ATS in their 95 games with a spread this season.

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero leads Tampa Bay in home runs (23) and runs batted in (60) this season while batting .254.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Caminero ranks ninth in home runs and 16th in RBI.
• Caminero enters this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .190 with two home runs and three RBIs.
• Yandy Diaz has collected 102 hits this season and has an OBP of .338. He’s slugging .456 on the year.
• Diaz ranks 56th among hitters in the big leagues in home runs, and 38th in RBI.
• Jonathan Aranda leads Tampa Bay with a .327 batting average while slugging 11 homers and driving in 49 runs.
• Aranda brings a seven-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last 10 games he is batting .325 with four doubles, a home run, two walks and four RBIs.
• Jake Mangum is batting .313 with an OBP of .353 and a slugging percentage of .394 this season.
• Mangum takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .353 with two walks and an RBI.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 16th in MLB.
• Tampa Bay has pitched to a 3.81 ERA this season, which ranks 11th in baseball.
• The Rays have a combined 1.206 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-lowest in MLB.
• With 126 homers allowed, the Rays rank 27th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Tampa Bay fell to the Red Sox 5-4. Its pitchers compiled four strikeouts and eight hits allowed.