The Boston Red Sox (33-36) host the Tampa Bay Rays (36-31) on Wednesday at Fenway Park, beginning at 7:10 p.m. ET. The Red Sox are favored on the moneyline (-115), while the Rays are -104 underdogs, even though they are favored against the spread (1.5) with +146 odds. Walker Buehler starts for Boston, and Zack Littell is Tampa Bay’s choice to start.

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Red Sox vs. Rays betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-115)
• Underdog: Rays (-104)
• Over/under: 9.5

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have won 22 of the 44 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (50%).
• Boston has a 21-19 record (winning 52.5% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -115 or shorter.
• The Red Sox have a 53.5% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Boston has combined with opponents to go over the total 33 times this season for a 33-34-2 record against the over/under.
• The Red Sox are 33-36-0 ATS this season.

Red Sox hitting info

• Rafael Devers has a team-high 14 home runs and 57 runs batted in.
• Devers ranks 14th in home runs and third in RBI among all batters in baseball.
• Jarren Duran is hitting .271 with 18 doubles, seven triples, four home runs and 20 walks.
• Duran ranks 193rd in home runs among hitters in MLB action and 42nd in RBI.
• Duran enters this game on an eight-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is hitting .256 with five doubles, a triple, four walks and three RBIs.
• Ceddanne Rafaela is hitting .249 with 10 doubles, two triples, six home runs and 14 walks.
• Rafaela enters this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .211 with four walks.
• Carlos Narvaez has 13 doubles, six home runs and 21 walks while batting .280.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The Red Sox pitching staff ranks 14th in the majors with a collective 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Boston has the 22nd-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.11).
• Pitchers for the Red Sox combine for the 21st-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.347).
• Red Sox pitchers combine to allow the 13th-fewest home runs in baseball (69 total, one per game).
• In its 3-1 win last time out, Boston struck out seven Rays batters while allowing three hits.

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• This season, the Rays have been the underdog 29 times and won 14, or 48.3%, of those games.
• Tampa Bay is 12-14 this season when entering a game as the underdog by -104 or more on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Rays, based on the moneyline, is 51%.
• Tampa Bay and its opponents have hit the over in 25 of its 67 games with a total this season.
• The Rays are 32-35-0 against the spread this season.

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero is batting .252 this season with a team-high 15 home runs and 41 RBI.
• Among all batters in the majors, Caminero’s home run total is 13th, and his RBI total is 23rd.
• Yandy Diaz has 63 hits and an OBP of .304 to go with a slugging percentage of .412 this season.
• Diaz ranks 67th in homers and 42nd in RBI among all batters in the major leagues.
• Diaz has safely hit in three straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .368 with a double, a home run, four walks and three RBIs.
• Jonathan Aranda’s batting average of .317 leads all Tampa Bay hitters this season.
• Brandon Lowe has collected 57 hits this season and has an OBP of .293. He’s slugging .441 on the year.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays average the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (eight) in the majors this season.
• Tampa Bay pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.54 ERA this year, seventh-best in baseball.
• The Rays have a combined WHIP of just 1.171 as a pitching staff, which is the fourth-best in baseball this season.
• The Rays have allowed the 24th-fewest home runs this season with 86, or 1.3 per game.
• Last time out, Tampa Bay fell to the Red Sox 3-1. Its pitchers compiled 13 strikeouts and seven hits allowed.