The Cleveland Guardians (54-50) visit the Tampa Bay Rays (59-43) on Friday at 7:10 p.m. ET. The Guardians are underdogs (+116) against the favored Rays (-141). Shane McClanahan starts for Tampa Bay, and Joey Cantillo is Cleveland’s choice to start.

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Rays vs. Guardians betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-141)
• Underdog: Guardians (+116)
• Over/under: 7.5

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have won 64.5% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (40-22).
• Tampa Bay has gone 12-8 (winning 60% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -141 or shorter.
• The Rays have an implied moneyline win probability of 58.5% in this matchup.
• Tampa Bay has had an over/under set by bookmakers 102 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 46 of those games (46-50-6).
• The Rays have a 58-44-0 record ATS this season.

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero has launched a team-best 29 home runs.
• Among all batters in MLB play, Caminero’s home run total ranks fifth and his RBI tally ranks 17th.
• Yandy Diaz’s .307 batting average leads his team.
• Diaz ranks 74th in home runs and 20th in RBI among batters in MLB action.
• Jonathan Aranda has put up a team-best 65 runs batted in.
• Chandler Simpson is hitting .288 with 10 doubles, six triples and 20 walks.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays pitching staff ranks 22nd in the majors with a collective 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Tampa Bay has the ninth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.84).
• Rays pitchers combine for the No. 4 WHIP in MLB (1.175).
• Rays pitchers combine to allow 128 total home runs at a rate of 1.3 per game (23rd-fewest in the majors).
• Tampa Bay struck out nine Blue Jays batters while allowing seven hits in a 3-1 loss in its last game.

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

• The Guardians have been underdogs in 45 games this season and won 24 (53.3%) of those contests.
• This season, Cleveland has won 14 of its 24 games, or 58.3%, when it’s the underdog by at least +116 on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Guardians have a 46.3% chance to win.
• Games involving Cleveland have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 49 of 104 chances this season.
• The Guardians are 52-52-0 against the spread in their 104 chances this season.

Guardians hitting info

• Chase DeLauter leads Cleveland in home runs with 11, runs batted in with 50 and his batting average of .284 is also best on his team.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, DeLauter’s home run total is 108th, and his RBI total is 62nd.
• Brayan Rocchio has collected 95 hits this season and has an OBP of .333. He’s slugging .403 on the year.
• Rocchio ranks 144th overall in home runs and 70th in RBI this season.
• Jose Ramirez has collected 66 base hits, an OBP of .341 and a slugging percentage of .413 this season.
• Steven Kwan is batting .248 with an OBP of .354 and a slugging percentage of .307 this season.
• Kwan has safely hit in three games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .421 with a double, four walks and two RBIs.

Guardians pitching rankings

• The Guardians strike out 9.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-best in MLB.
• Cleveland pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.71 ERA this year, eighth-best in baseball.
• The Guardians have a combined WHIP of just 1.263 as a pitching staff, which is the 10th-best in baseball this season.
• The Guardians have given up the 17th-fewest long balls so far this season with 117 home runs allowed.
• Cleveland suffered a 3-1 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out 14 Twins batters while allowing six hits.