The Tampa Bay Rays (30-29) and the Texas Rangers (29-31) square off on Tuesday at 7:35 p.m. ET. The Rays are favored (-137) against the underdog Rangers (+116). Drew Rasmussen starts for Tampa Bay while Texas will counter with Tyler Mahle.

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Rays vs. Rangers betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-137)
• Underdog: Rangers (+116)
• Over/under: 8

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have compiled a 16-15 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 51.6% of those games).
• Tampa Bay has gone 9-9 (winning 50% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -137 or shorter.
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Rays a 57.8% chance to win.
• Tampa Bay has played in 59 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 22 times (22-34-3).
• The Rays have covered 50.8% of their games this season, going 30-29-0 against the spread.

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero has put up a team-high 13 home runs and 37 runs batted in.
• Caminero’s home runs rank 13th in MLB and he ranks 21st in RBI in MLB.
• Yandy Diaz has 12 doubles, eight home runs and 14 walks while hitting .237.
• Among all MLB hitters, Diaz ranks 66th in homers and 30th in RBI.
• Jonathan Aranda leads the Rays with a .320 batting average.
• Brandon Lowe is hitting .242 with six doubles, 11 home runs and 15 walks.

Rays pitching rankings

• The 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Rays pitching staff ranks 25th in the majors.
• Tampa Bay has a 3.49 team ERA that ranks seventh across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Rays pitchers combine for the No. 4 WHIP in the majors (1.168).
• Rays pitchers combine to surrender 78 total home runs at a rate of 1.3 per game (fourth-most in baseball).
• Tampa Bay struck out 11 Astros batters while allowing four hits in a 1-0 loss in its last game.

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• This season, the Rangers have won nine out of the 29 games, or 31%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Texas has entered 14 games this season as the underdog by +116 or more and is 2-12 in those contests.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 46.3% chance of a victory for the Rangers.
• So far this season, Texas and its opponents have hit the over in 19 of its 60 games with a total.
• The Rangers are 32-28-0 against the spread in their 60 chances this season.

Rangers hitting info

• Wyatt Langford is batting .237 this season with a team-high 11 home runs.
• Langford is 29th in home runs and 107th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Josh Smith has 47 hits and an OBP of .346 to go with a slugging percentage of .415 this season.
• Smith is 137th among hitters in the big leagues in home runs, and 192nd in RBI.
• Josh Jung is batting .277 to lead Texas, while adding seven homers and 23 runs batted in this season.
• Marcus Semien is batting .201 with an OBP of .291 and a slugging percentage of .270 this season.
• Semien takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .571 with a double, a home run, three walks and three RBIs.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers strike out 8.0 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
• Texas has the second-best ERA (3.10) in the majors this season.
• No team allows fewer walks and hits than the Rangers, who lead MLB with a 1.149 WHIP.
• The Rangers have given up the fifth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 50 home runs allowed.
• Texas pitchers struck out six Cardinals batters while allowing five hits in an 8-1 win last time out.