The Texas Rangers (54-52) meet the Tampa Bay Rays (62-43) a game after Joc Pederson homered twice in a 7-3 win over the Mariners. The Rays are favored (-183) in this matchup with the Rangers (+149), which starts at 6:40 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Griffin Jax starts for Tampa Bay while Texas will counter with Cal Quantrill.

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Rays vs. Rangers betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-183)
• Underdog: Rangers (+149)
• Over/under: 8.5

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have won 43 of the 65 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (66.2%).
• Tampa Bay has gone 2-2 (winning 50% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -183 or shorter.
• The Rays have a 64.7% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Tampa Bay has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 47 times this season for a 47-52-6 record against the over/under.
• The Rays have put together a 60-45-0 record ATS this season (covering 57.1% of the time).

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero leads the Rays with 29 home runs.
• Caminero’s home runs rank sixth in MLB and he ranks 19th in RBI in MLB.
• Yandy Diaz’s .303 batting average is a team-high mark.
• Diaz ranks 78th in home runs and 27th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Jonathan Aranda has racked up a team-best 65 runs batted in.
• Aranda heads into this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .182 with a walk.
• Chandler Simpson is batting .296 with 11 doubles, six triples and 20 walks.
• Simpson has safely hit in three straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .438 with a double, a walk and two RBIs.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays pitching staff ranks 22nd in the majors with a collective 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Tampa Bay has the eighth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.76).
• The Rays have the third-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.161).
• The Rays surrender the 20th-fewest home runs in baseball (129 total, 1.2 per game).
• Tampa Bay knocked off the Guardians 1-0 in its last game with 11 strikeouts while allowing one hit.

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• This season, the Rangers have won 28 out of the 54 games, or 51.9%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• This season, Texas has won one of its four games when it’s the underdog by at least +149 on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rangers have a 40.2% chance to win.
• Texas and its opponents have hit the over in 56 of its 106 games with a total this season.
• The Rangers are 48-58-0 ATS in their 106 games with a spread this season.

Rangers hitting info

• Ezequiel Duran has been key for Texas with 12 home runs, 56 RBI and a batting average of .273 this season.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Duran’s home run total is 104th, and his RBI total is 47th.
• Duran has hit safely in seven straight games. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .297 with four doubles, a triple, two home runs, two walks and six RBIs.
• Brandon Nimmo has 104 hits and an OBP of .336 to go with a slugging percentage of .435 this season.
• Nimmo is 128th among batters in the majors in homers, and 132nd in RBI.
• Nimmo enters this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .316 with three doubles and a walk.
• Jake Burger leads Texas in home runs (19) and runs batted in (66) this season while batting .238.
• Pederson is slugging .513 this season, with a team-best 19 homers while driving in 40 runs.
• Pederson heads into this game on an eight-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is hitting .389 with four doubles, five home runs, two walks and nine RBIs.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers have an 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in the big leagues.
• Texas has the 20th-ranked ERA (4.29) in the majors this season.
• The Rangers have a combined WHIP of 1.273 as a pitching staff, which ranks 12th in MLB.
• The Rangers have given up the 22nd-fewest long balls so far this season with 130 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Texas defeated the Mariners, 7-3, with nine strikeouts and seven hits allowed.