The Tampa Bay Rays (32-29) are favored (-146) as they look to finish off a sweep of a three-game series against the Texas Rangers (29-33, +122). The series finale starts at 7:35 p.m. ET on Thursday. Tampa Bay’s Ryan Pepiot and Texas’ Jack Leiter pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Rays vs. Rangers betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-146)
• Underdog: Rangers (+122)
• Over/under: 9

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have won 54.5% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (18-15).
• Tampa Bay has a record of 6-6 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -146 or shorter (50% winning percentage).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Rays have an implied win probability of 59.3%.
• Tampa Bay has played in 61 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 23 times (23-35-3).
• The Rays have gone 31-30-0 against the spread this season.

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero leads the Rays with 14 home runs and 38 runs batted in.
• Among all hitters in baseball, Caminero’s home run total ranks 10th and his RBI tally ranks 24th.
• Yandy Diaz is hitting .242 with 12 doubles, eight home runs and 15 walks.
• Diaz currently ranks 75th in home runs and 38th in RBI in the majors.
• Diaz takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .300 with a double, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
• Jonathan Aranda paces the Rays with a team-high batting average of .326.
• Aranda takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .385 with a double, a walk and an RBI.
• Brandon Lowe is batting .251 with seven doubles, 12 home runs and 15 walks.
• Lowe enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .273 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and three RBIs.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays pitching staff ranks 24th in the majors with a collective 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Tampa Bay has the seventh-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.44).
• The Rays have the second-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.157).
• The Rays surrender the 25th-fewest home runs in baseball (79 total, 1.3 per game).
• Tampa Bay struck out 11 Rangers batters while allowing eight hits in a 5-4 win in its last game.

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• The Rangers have won nine, or 29%, of the 31 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Texas has entered nine games this season as the underdog by +122 or more and is 1-8 in those contests.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 45% chance of a victory for the Rangers.
• Texas and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 20 of its 62 opportunities.
• The Rangers have an ATS record of 33-29-0 in 62 games with a spread this season.

Rangers hitting info

• Wyatt Langford leads Texas with 11 home runs this season. He’s batting .241 with 26 RBI.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Langford ranks 33rd in homers and 95th in RBI.
• Josh Smith’s batting average of .267 leads all Texas hitters this season.
• Smith ranks 148th in home runs and 204th in RBI among all major league hitters this season.
• Josh Jung is batting .267 to lead Texas, while adding seven homers and 23 runs batted in this season.
• Adolis Garcia leads Texas in runs batted in with 27 while batting .212 with seven homers.
• Garcia has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .200 with .

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers have an 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in the big leagues.
• Texas pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.18 ERA this year, third-best in baseball.
• Rangers pitchers have a 1.153 WHIP this season, lowest in the majors.
• With just 53 homers allowed, the Rangers rank fifth in the league at preventing long balls.
• Texas suffered a 5-4 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out 12 Rays batters while allowing eight hits.