The Boston Red Sox (48-48) host the Tampa Bay Rays (56-40) on Saturday at Fenway Park, starting at 4:10 p.m. ET. The Red Sox are favored on the moneyline (-121), while the Rays are -100 underdogs. The Rays are spread favorites (1.5) with +156 odds, despite being the moneyline underdog. Patrick Sandoval starts for Boston while Tampa Bay will counter with Ian Seymour.

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Red Sox vs. Rays betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-121)
• Underdog: Rays (-100)
• Over/under: 9.5

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have been favored on the moneyline 60 total times this season. They’ve finished 29-31 in those games.
• Boston has gone 24-26 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -121 or shorter (48% winning percentage).
• The Red Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 54.8% in this contest.
• Boston has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 96 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 42 of those games (42-49-5).
• The Red Sox have gone 46-50-0 against the spread this season.

Red Sox hitting info

• Willson Contreras paces the Red Sox with 21 home runs and 62 runs batted in, while racking up a team-high batting average of .285.
• Among batters in MLB play, Contreras ranks 14th in homers and 15th in RBI.
• Wilyer Abreu has 20 doubles, three triples, 13 home runs and 40 walks while batting .263.
• Abreu ranks 74th in home runs and 68th in RBI among MLB batters this season.
• Abreu heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .316 with a double, three home runs, three walks and five RBIs.
• Ceddanne Rafaela is hitting .279 with 24 doubles, three triples, eight home runs and 18 walks.
• Rafaela takes a five-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .227 with three doubles, a walk and an RBI.
• Caleb Durbin is batting .239 with 18 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 22 walks.
• Durbin takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .444 with two walks and an RBI.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Red Sox has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 13th in MLB.
• Boston’s 3.55 team ERA ranks fourth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Red Sox combine for the No. 7-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.213).
• The Red Sox give up the sixth-fewest home runs in baseball (97 total, 1.0 per game).
• Boston struck out eight Rays batters while giving up seven hits in a 5-3 win in its last game.

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have entered the game as underdogs 34 times this season and won 15, or 44.1%, of those games.
• Tampa Bay is 10-11 this season when entering a game as the underdog by -100 or more on the moneyline.
• The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 50% chance of a victory for the Rays.
• Tampa Bay’s games have gone over the total in 43 of its 96 chances.
• The Rays are 55-41-0 against the spread in their 96 chances this season.

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero leads Tampa Bay with 29 home runs this season. He’s batting .281 with 60 RBI.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Caminero’s home run total is third, and his RBI total is 17th.
• Yandy Diaz’s batting average of .314 leads all Tampa Bay hitters this season.
• Diaz currently is 74th in home runs and 34th in RBI in the big leagues.
• Jonathan Aranda is among the top hitters for Tampa Bay with a .291 average, 14 homers and 64 RBI.
• Chandler Simpson has collected 92 hits this season and has an OBP of .312. He’s slugging .336 on the year.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the majors this season.
• Tampa Bay pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.89 ERA this year, ninth-best in baseball.
• The Rays have a combined WHIP of just 1.185 as a pitching staff, which is the third-best in baseball this season.
• The Rays have allowed the 23rd-fewest home runs this season with 123, or 1.3 per game.
• Tampa Bay pitchers struck out six Red Sox hitters while allowing eight base hits in a 5-3 loss its last time out.