The Tampa Bay Rays (60-43) square off against the Cleveland Guardians (54-51) a game after Nick Fortes had a four-hit outing in an 11-3 win over the Guardians. The Rays are favored (-136) in this matchup with the Guardians (+111), which begins at 6:10 p.m. ET on Saturday. Tampa Bay’s Nick Martinez and Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee pitch first for their squads in this matchup.
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Money Line
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Rays to win vs Guardians -136
Rays vs. Guardians betting lines
- Favorite: Rays (-136)
- Underdog: Guardians (+111)
- Over/under: 7.5
Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Rays betting info
- The Rays have compiled a 41-22 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 65.1% of those games).
- Tampa Bay has a 21-10 record (winning 67.7% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -136 or shorter.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Rays have an implied win probability of 57.6%.
- Tampa Bay has played in 103 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 47 times (47-50-6).
- The Rays have collected a 59-44-0 record ATS this season (covering 57.3% of the time).
Rays hitting info
- Junior Caminero has hit a team-high 29 home runs.
- Among all hitters in MLB play, Caminero’s home run total ranks fifth and his RBI tally ranks 20th.
- Yandy Diaz’s .304 batting average paces his team.
- Diaz ranks 75th in homers and 23rd in RBI among hitters in MLB action.
- Jonathan Aranda paces the Rays with 65 runs batted in.
- Chandler Simpson has 11 doubles, six triples and 20 walks while batting .291.
Rays pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Rays has a collective 8.1 K/9, which ranks 22nd in the majors.
- Tampa Bay’s 3.83 team ERA ranks ninth among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Rays pitchers combine for the No. 4 WHIP in the majors (1.174).
- Rays pitchers combine to surrender 129 total home runs at a clip of 1.3 per game (23rd-fewest in the majors).
- Tampa Bay struck out seven Guardians batters while giving up seven hits in an 11-3 win in its last game.
Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Guardians betting info
- This season, the Guardians have won 24 out of the 46 games, or 52.2%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
- Cleveland has entered 28 games this season as the underdog by +111 or more and is 16-12 in those contests.
- The Guardians have a 47.4% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Cleveland and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 50 of its 105 opportunities.
- The Guardians are 52-53-0 against the spread this season.
Guardians hitting info
- Chase DeLauter leads Cleveland in batting average (.284), home runs (11) and runs batted in (50) this season.
- DeLauter ranks 110th in homers and 63rd in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
- Brayan Rocchio has collected 97 hits this season and has an OBP of .335. He’s slugging .407 on the year.
- Rocchio is 146th overall in home runs and 68th in RBI this season.
- Jose Ramirez is slashing .239/.341/.413 this season for the Guardians.
- Steven Kwan has collected 80 hits this season and has an OBP of .354. He’s slugging .307 on the year.
- Kwan has safely hit in three straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .421 with a double, four walks and two RBIs.
Guardians pitching rankings
- The Guardians have a 9.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, third-best in baseball.
- Cleveland has the eighth-best ERA (3.78) in the majors this season.
- The Guardians have a combined WHIP of 1.272 as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- The Guardians have allowed the 17th-fewest home runs this season with 119, or 1.1 per game.
- Cleveland suffered an 11-3 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out 10 Rays batters while allowing 15 hits.
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