The Boston Red Sox (27-36) visit the Tampa Bay Rays (37-25) on Monday to begin a three-game series, with the first pitch at 6:40 p.m. ET from Tropicana Field. The favored Red Sox (-117) enter the matchup after a series split with the Yankees, and the underdog Rays (-102) are coming off of a series loss to the Marlins. Boston’s Connelly Early and Tampa Bay’s Ian Seymour pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Red Sox vs. Rays betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-117)
• Underdog: Rays (-102)
• Over/under: 8

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have been the moneyline favorite 39 total times this season. They’ve gone 17-22 in those games.
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -117 or shorter, Boston has gone 15-20 (42.9%).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Red Sox have an implied win probability of 53.9%.
• Boston has played in 63 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 27 times (27-32-4).
• The Red Sox have a 27-36-0 record ATS this season (covering 42.9% of the time).

Red Sox hitting info

• Willson Contreras leads the Red Sox with 13 home runs and 39 runs batted in, while racking up a team-high batting average of .298.
• Contreras’ home runs rank 26th in MLB and he ranks 24th in RBI in MLB.
• Contreras has safely hit in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .421 with three doubles, two home runs, two walks and six RBIs.
• Wilyer Abreu has 12 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 24 walks while hitting .278.
• Abreu ranks 98th in home runs and 87th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Jarren Duran has nine doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 18 walks while batting .212.
• Ceddanne Rafaela is batting .286 with 12 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 14 walks.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The Red Sox pitching staff ranks 13th in MLB with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Boston’s 3.88 team ERA ranks ninth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Red Sox combine for the 14th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.273).
• Red Sox pitchers combine to give up 70 total home runs at a clip of 1.1 per game (17th-fewest in MLB).
• Boston its 6-1 loss the last time out, the team struck out 10 Yankees batters while allowing 10 hits.

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have won 13, or 54.2%, of the 24 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• This season, Tampa Bay has won nine of its 15 games, or 60%, when it’s the underdog by at least -102 on the moneyline.
• The Rays have a 50.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Tampa Bay’s games have gone over the total in 30 of its 62 chances.
• The Rays are 34-28-0 ATS in their 62 games with a spread this season.

Rays hitting info

• Yandy Diaz leads Tampa Bay in batting average (.325) this season while adding 11 home runs and 42 RBI.
• Among all batters in MLB, Diaz’s home run total is 40th, and his RBI total is 14th.
• Diaz has hit safely in four straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .400 with a double, a walk and four RBIs.
• Junior Caminero leads Tampa Bay in home runs with 14 while driving in 30 runs and slugging .498.
• Caminero ranks 17th in homers and 77th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Jonathan Aranda leads Tampa Bay in runs batted in (44) this season. He has a .270 batting average and a .459 slugging percentage.
• Chandler Simpson has collected 64 hits this season and has an OBP of .312. He’s slugging .328 on the year.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays strike out just 7.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in MLB.
• Tampa Bay pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.96 ERA this year, which ranks 11th in MLB.
• The Rays have a combined 1.243 WHIP as a pitching staff, eighth-lowest in MLB.
• The Rays have given up the 20th-fewest long balls so far this season with 74 home runs allowed.
• Tampa Bay suffered a 4-1 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out eight Marlins batters while allowing five hits.