The Tampa Bay Rays (50-46) carry a three-game losing streak into a home contest against the Boston Red Sox (52-45) on Sunday at 1:35 p.m. ET. The Red Sox are favored (-129) to give the underdog Rays (+109) another loss. Boston has Brayan Bello starting, while Tampa Bay will send out Ryan Pepiot.
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Moneyline
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Red Sox to win vs Rays -129
Red Sox vs. Rays betting lines
- Favorite: Red Sox (-129)
- Underdog: Rays (+109)
- Over/under: 9
Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Red Sox betting info
- The Red Sox have put together a 35-26 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 57.4% of those games).
- Boston has gone 16-16 (winning 50% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -129 or shorter.
- The Red Sox have a 56.3% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
- In the 96 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for Boston, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 47 times (47-46-3).
- The Red Sox have covered 51% of their games this season, going 49-47-0 against the spread.
Red Sox hitting info
- Jarren Duran is batting .258 with 25 doubles, 10 triples, eight home runs and 29 walks.
- Duran ranks 151st in homers and 51st in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
- Ceddanne Rafaela has a club-best .271 batting average.
- Rafaela ranks 68th in home runs and 67th in RBI among batters in MLB.
- Rafaela has safely hit in nine games in a row. In his last 10 outings he is batting .395 with six doubles, four home runs, a walk and 13 RBIs.
- Wilyer Abreu has hit a team-best 18 homers.
- Trevor Story has collected 57 runs batted in to pace his team.
- Story has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .333 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and four RBIs.
Red Sox pitching rankings
- The 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Red Sox pitching staff ranks 16th in the majors.
- Boston has the 12th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.83).
- The Red Sox have the 20th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.304).
- The Red Sox surrender the fourth-fewest home runs in baseball (91 total, 0.9 per game).
- Boston took down the Rays 1-0 in its last game with nine strikeouts while allowing three hits.
Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Rays betting info
- The Rays have entered the game as underdogs 46 times this season and won 21, or 45.7%, of those games.
- Tampa Bay has a record of 16-12, a 57.1% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +109 or more by oddsmakers this season.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rays have a 47.8% chance to win.
- Tampa Bay and its opponents have hit the over in 39 of its 96 games with a total this season.
- The Rays have an ATS record of 47-49-0 in 96 games with a spread this season.
Rays hitting info
- Junior Caminero leads Tampa Bay in home runs with 23 and runs batted in with 60.
- Caminero’s home run total ranks ninth in MLB, and he is 16th in RBI.
- Yandy Diaz is batting .283 with an OBP of .338 and a slugging percentage of .453 this season.
- Diaz is 56th overall in home runs and 39th in RBI this year.
- Jonathan Aranda leads Tampa Bay with a .327 batting average while slugging 11 homers and driving in 49 runs.
- Aranda heads into this game on a seven-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is batting .325 with four doubles, a home run, two walks and four RBIs.
- Jake Mangum has 65 hits and an OBP of .347 to go with a slugging percentage of .387 this season.
Rays pitching rankings
- The Rays have an 8.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in the big leagues.
- Tampa Bay has the 11th-ranked ERA (3.79) in the majors this season.
- The Rays have a combined WHIP of just 1.204 as a pitching staff, which is the third-best in baseball this season.
- With 126 homers allowed, the Rays rank 27th in the league at preventing long balls.
- Tampa Bay pitchers struck out seven Red Sox hitters while allowing five base hits in a 1-0 loss its last time out.
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