The Tampa Bay Rays (36-21) host the Detroit Tigers (23-38) at 1:10 p.m. ET on Wednesday in a matchup featuring two of the league’s most consistent batters. Yandy Diaz has a batting average of .317 (third in the majors) for the favored Rays (-152), and Riley Greene ranks eighth in MLB play batting .309 this season for the underdog Tigers (+127). Tampa Bay’s Nick Martinez and Detroit’s Troy Melton will start this matchup.

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Rays vs. Tigers betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-152)
• Underdog: Tigers (+127)
• Over/under: 7.5

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have won 23 of the 34 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (67.6%).
• Tampa Bay has a 2-2 record (winning 50% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -152 or shorter.
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Rays a 60.3% chance to win.
• In the 57 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for Tampa Bay, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 29 times (29-25-3).
• The Rays have put together a 33-24-0 record ATS this season (covering 57.9% of the time).

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero leads the Rays with 14 home runs.
• Among hitters in MLB, Caminero ranks 13th in homers and 56th in RBI.
• Caminero has hit safely in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .438 with three doubles, a home run, seven walks and three RBIs.
• Diaz has a club-best .317 batting average.
• Diaz ranks 37th in home runs and 15th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Jonathan Aranda has a team-best 43 runs batted in.
• Chandler Simpson has four doubles, four triples and 12 walks while hitting .284.

Rays pitching rankings

• The 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Rays pitching staff ranks 26th in MLB.
• Tampa Bay has the 10th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.90).
• Pitchers for the Rays combine for the No. 8-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.241).
• Rays pitchers combine to give up the 19th-fewest home runs in baseball (68 total, 1.2 per game).
• Tampa Bay lost to the Tigers 10-9 in its last game with eight strikeouts while allowing 14 hits.

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

• The Tigers have entered the game as underdogs 27 times this season and won nine, or 33.3%, of those games.
• Detroit has entered three games this season as the underdog by +127 or more and is 1-2 in those contests.
• The Tigers have a 44.1% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• So far this season, Detroit and its opponents have hit the over in 27 of its 61 games with a total.
• The Tigers are 29-32-0 against the spread this season.

Tigers hitting info

• Kevin McGonigle has been key for Detroit with 63 hits, an OBP of .390 plus a slugging percentage of .407.
• Among all hitters in MLB, McGonigle is 204th in homers and 142nd in RBI.
• McGonigle enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .158 with three walks.
• Dillon Dingler is batting .241 this season with a team-high 13 home runs and 38 RBI.
• Dingler ranks 19th overall in home runs and 15th in RBI this season.
• Greene leads Detroit with a .309 batting average while slugging five homers and driving in 28 runs.
• Matt Vierling has 32 hits and an OBP of .281 to go with a slugging percentage of .349 this season.

Tigers pitching rankings

• The Tigers have an 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 17th in the majors.
• Detroit has the 17th-ranked ERA (4.14) in the majors this season.
• Tigers pitchers have a 1.294 WHIP this season, 17th in the majors.
• With just 58 homers allowed, the Tigers rank ninth in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Detroit defeated the Rays, 10-9, with eight strikeouts and eight hits allowed.