The Tampa Bay Rays (5-5) and the Chicago Cubs (4-6) square off in a matchup sportsbooks have set as a pick ’em, with both teams equal on the moneyline, on Wednesday at Tropicana Field, beginning at 6:40 p.m. ET. Chicago has not named a starter while Tampa Bay is expected to start Joe Boyle.

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Rays vs. Cubs betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-108)
• Underdog: Cubs (-108)
• Over/under: 7.5

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have won 60% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (3-2).
• Tampa Bay has gone 4-3 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -108 or shorter (57.1% winning percentage).
• The Rays have an implied moneyline win probability of 51.9% in this matchup.
• Tampa Bay has had an over/under set by bookmakers 10 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in seven of those games (7-2-1).
• The Rays have covered 50% of their games this season, going 5-5-0 against the spread.

Rays hitting info

• Yandy Diaz paces the Rays in runs batted in (10) and has a team-best batting average of .415.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Diaz’s home run total ranks 33rd and his RBI tally ranks 10th.
• Diaz has hit safely in five games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .353 with a triple, a home run, three walks and four RBIs.
• Jonathan Aranda’s three home runs are a team-high mark.
• Among all MLB hitters, Aranda ranks 11th in home runs and 13th in RBI.
• Chandler Simpson is hitting .395 with a triple and three walks.
• Simpson takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .350 with two walks.
• Junior Caminero has a double, two home runs and seven walks while hitting .256.
• Caminero heads into this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .227 with a double, two home runs, a walk and three RBIs.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays pitching staff ranks 22nd in the majors with a collective 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Tampa Bay has a 4.65 team ERA that ranks 22nd among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Rays combine for the No. 6-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.148).
• Rays pitchers combine to surrender the 20th-fewest home runs in baseball (12 total, 1.2 per game).
• In its 6-4 win last time out, Tampa Bay struck out nine Cubs batters while allowing four hits.

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs lost the only game they’ve played as the underdog this season.
• Chicago has played as an underdog of -108 or more once this season and lost that game.
• The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 51.9% chance of a victory for the Cubs.
• So far this season, Chicago and its opponents have hit the over in five of its 10 games with a total.
• The Cubs are 3-7-0 ATS in their 10 games with a spread this season.

Cubs hitting info

• Nico Hoerner leads Chicago in batting average (.273) this season.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Hoerner is 181st in homers and 82nd in RBI.
• Ian Happ leads Chicago in home runs (four) and runs batted in (seven) this season while batting .200.
• Happ is fourth in homers and 31st in RBI among all MLB batters this season.
• Happ has hit safely in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .190 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and two RBIs.
• Matt Shaw is slashing .222/.241/.444 this season for the Cubs.
• Shaw has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .250 with two home runs, a walk and four RBIs.
• Michael Busch is batting .176 with an OBP of .310 and a slugging percentage of .235 this season.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The Cubs average the 20th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the majors this season.
• Chicago pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.72 ERA this year, which ranks 12th in MLB.
• The Cubs have a combined 1.172 WHIP as a pitching staff, 10th-lowest in MLB.
• The Cubs have given up the 23rd-fewest long balls so far this season with 13 home runs allowed.
• Chicago pitchers struck out five Rays hitters while allowing nine base hits in a 6-4 loss its last time out.