Two of MLB’s top hitters square off when the Tampa Bay Rays (52-34) and the Houston Astros (44-47) play at 3:30 p.m. ET on Sunday at Daikin Park. Yandy Diaz has a .325 batting average (third in MLB) for the favored Rays (-134), while Yordan Alvarez ranks fourth in MLB action batting .324 this season for the underdog Astros (+109). Griffin Jax starts for Tampa Bay while Houston will counter with Peter Lambert.

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Rays vs. Astros betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-134)
• Underdog: Astros (+109)
• Over/under: 8.5

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have gone 36-19 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 65.5% of those games).
• Tampa Bay has a 20-8 record (winning 71.4% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -134 or shorter.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Rays’ implied win probability is 57.3%.
• In the 86 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for Tampa Bay, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 38 times (38-43-5).
• The Rays are 51-35-0 ATS this season.

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero paces the Rays with 26 home runs.
• Caminero’s home runs rank fourth in MLB and he ranks 14th in RBI in MLB.
• Caminero enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .273 with four home runs, a walk and eight RBIs.
• Diaz has a club-high .325 batting average.
• Diaz ranks 77th in home runs and 28th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Jonathan Aranda paces the Rays with 58 runs batted in.
• Chandler Simpson has eight doubles, four triples and 18 walks while hitting .278.
• Simpson takes a seven-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 outings he is batting .389 with four doubles, four walks and an RBI.

Rays pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Rays has a collective 7.9 K/9, which ranks 24th in MLB.
• Tampa Bay has a 3.77 team ERA that ranks eighth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Rays pitchers combine for the No. 4 WHIP in baseball (1.182).
• The Rays allow the 20th-fewest home runs in baseball (106 total, 1.2 per game).
• Tampa Bay its 10-8 loss the last time out, the team struck out four Astros batters while allowing 11 hits.

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have won 30, or 51.7%, of the 58 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Houston has a record of 21-19 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +109 on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Astros have a 47.8% chance to win.
• Houston and its opponents have hit the over in 48 of its 91 games with a total this season.
• The Astros are 44-47-0 ATS in their 91 games with a spread this season.

Astros hitting info

• Alvarez is batting .324 with 29 home runs and 67 RBI. All three of those stats are tops among Houston hitters this season.
• Among all batters in MLB, Alvarez’s home run total is second, and his RBI total is first.
• Alvarez takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .526 with four home runs, two walks and 11 RBIs.
• Christian Walker has collected 79 hits this season and has an OBP of .312. He’s slugging .464 on the year.
• Walker is 16th in homers and 17th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Isaac Paredes has collected 76 base hits, an OBP of .347 and a slugging percentage of .413 this season.
• Paredes has safely hit in three straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .167 with a walk and an RBI.
• Cam Smith is batting .220 with an OBP of .293 and a slugging percentage of .380 this season.

Astros pitching rankings

• The Astros strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-best in MLB.
• Houston has the 26th-ranked ERA (4.79) in the majors this season.
• The Astros rank 24th in MLB with a combined 1.391 WHIP this season.
• The Astros have allowed the fourth-most home runs this season with 124, or 1.4 per game.
• Houston pitchers struck out 10 Rays batters while allowing nine hits in a 10-8 win last time out.