The Tampa Bay Rays (61-66) will attempt to stop a three-game losing streak when they host the St. Louis Cardinals (63-65) on Thursday at 7:35 p.m. ET. The Rays (+101) are not projected to end the streak against the Cardinals (-121). Sonny Gray starts for St. Louis, and Joe Boyle is Tampa Bay’s choice to start.

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Cardinals vs. Rays betting lines

• Favorite: Cardinals (-121)
• Underdog: Rays (+101)
• Over/under: 8.5

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have won 50.9% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (29-28).
• St. Louis has a 23-19 record (winning 54.8% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -121 or shorter.
• The Cardinals have an implied moneyline win probability of 54.8% in this contest.
• In the 127 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for St. Louis, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 64 times (64-57-6).
• The Cardinals have collected a 66-61-0 record against the spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Alec Burleson paces the Cardinals with a .284 batting average.
• Among hitters in MLB action, Burleson ranks 100th in home runs and 80th in RBI.
• Willson Contreras has shown off his power as he paces his team with 17 home runs and 67 RBI.
• Contreras ranks 72nd in homers and 47th in RBI among hitters in MLB action.
• Contreras brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .294 with a home run, a walk and two RBIs.
• Masyn Winn has 26 doubles, nine home runs and 31 walks while hitting .260.
• Lars Nootbaar is batting .240 with 19 doubles, 13 home runs and 48 walks.
• Nootbaar has hit safely in four straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .409 with a double and two RBIs.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals pitching staff is 29th in MLB with a collective 7.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
• St. Louis has the 22nd-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.25).
• The Cardinals average MLB’s 17th-ranked WHIP (1.294).
• The Cardinals give up the third-fewest home runs in baseball (125 total, one per game).
• St. Louis fell to the Marlins 6-2 in its last game with seven strikeouts while allowing nine hits.

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• This season, the Rays have won 26 out of the 65 games, or 40%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Tampa Bay has a record of 20-25, a 44.4% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +101 or more by bookmakers this season.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 49.8% chance of a victory for the Rays.
• Games involving Tampa Bay have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 53 of 127 chances this season.
• The Rays are 56-71-0 against the spread in their 127 chances this season.

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero is batting .255 this season with a team-high 35 home runs and 85 RBI.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Caminero is sixth in home runs and 11th in RBI.
• Yandy Diaz has 133 hits and an OBP of .339 to go with a slugging percentage of .455 this season.
• Diaz currently is 48th in homers and 31st in RBI in the major leagues.
• Brandon Lowe is slashing .269/.320/.487 this season for the Rays.
• Chandler Simpson has 85 hits and an OBP of .334 to go with a slugging percentage of .349 this season.
• Simpson has safely hit in two straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .273 with a walk and three RBIs.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays have an 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, ninth-best in baseball.
• Tampa Bay pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.00 ERA this year, which ranks 14th in MLB.
• The Rays have a combined 1.221 WHIP as a pitching staff, sixth-lowest in MLB.
• The Rays have allowed the fourth-most home runs this season with 173, or 1.4 per game.
• Last time out, Tampa Bay fell to the Yankees 6-4. Its pitchers compiled 13 strikeouts and nine hits allowed.