The Seattle Mariners (62-53) host the Tampa Bay Rays (57-59) at 9:40 p.m. ET on Friday, providing a matchup between two top-10 power hitters. Cal Raleigh has 42 home runs (first in MLB) for the favored Mariners (-136), and Junior Caminero ranks sixth in MLB play with 30 long balls this season for the underdog Rays (+115). Seattle’s Luis Castillo and Tampa Bay’s Drew Rasmussen will start this matchup.
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Moneyline
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Mariners to win vs Rays -136
Mariners vs. Rays betting lines
- Favorite: Mariners (-136)
- Underdog: Rays (+115)
- Over/under: 7
Mariners betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Mariners betting info
- The Mariners are 42-35 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 54.5% of those games).
- When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -136 or shorter, Seattle has a 24-19 record (winning 55.8% of its games).
- The Mariners have an implied moneyline win probability of 57.6% in this matchup.
- Seattle has had an over/under set by bookmakers 115 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 61 of those games (61-49-5).
- The Mariners have covered 42.6% of their games this season, going 49-66-0 ATS.
Mariners hitting info
- Raleigh paces the Mariners with 42 home runs and 90 runs batted in.
- Raleigh’s home runs rank first in MLB and he ranks third in RBI in MLB.
- Josh Naylor has a club-best .290 batting average.
- Naylor ranks 93rd in home runs and 32nd in RBI among hitters in MLB.
- Naylor enters this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with a double, two home runs, two walks and five RBIs.
- Eugenio Suarez has a team-high 90 runs batted in.
- Julio Rodriguez is hitting .254 with 19 doubles, three triples, 21 home runs and 31 walks.
- Rodriguez enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .286 with a double, two home runs, a walk and six RBIs.
Mariners pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Mariners has a collective 8.5 K/9, which ranks 15th in MLB.
- Seattle has the 14th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.89).
- The Mariners have the 12th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.244).
- Mariners pitchers combine to surrender 133 total home runs at a rate of 1.2 per game (19th-fewest in the majors).
- Seattle struck out 14 White Sox batters while giving up nine hits in an 8-6 win in its last game.
Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Rays betting info
- This season, the Rays have been the underdog 57 times and won 24, or 42.1%, of those games.
- This season, Tampa Bay has won 15 of its 28 games, or 53.6%, when it’s the underdog by at least +115 on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rays have a 46.5% chance to win.
- Tampa Bay and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 45 of its 116 opportunities.
- The Rays are 52-64-0 against the spread this season.
Rays hitting info
- Yandy Diaz is batting .279 with 20 home runs and 66 RBI for Tampa Bay this season.
- Diaz is 31st in home runs and 26th in RBI among all batters in the big leagues.
- Caminero leads Tampa Bay in home runs (30) and runs batted in (76) this season while batting .253.
- Caminero currently ranks sixth in home runs and 12th in RBI in the major leagues.
- Caminero takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .333 with three home runs, a walk and five RBIs.
- Brandon Lowe has 96 hits this season and a slash line of .274/.325/.480.
- Lowe brings a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .263 with a home run, a walk and two RBIs.
- Chandler Simpson has 70 hits and an OBP of .327 to go with a slugging percentage of .339 this season.
- Simpson has hit safely in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .176 with a double and an RBI.
Rays pitching rankings
- The Rays average the 12th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the majors this season.
- Tampa Bay has pitched to a 3.86 ERA this season, which ranks 12th in baseball.
- The Rays have a combined WHIP of just 1.214 as a pitching staff, which is the fourth-best in baseball this season.
- The Rays have allowed the 25th-fewest home runs this season with 147, or 1.3 per game.
- Tampa Bay pitchers struck out 16 Angels batters while allowing six hits in a 5-4 win last time out.
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