Rangers vs. Rays Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 5, 2024

The Tampa Bay Rays (44-43) are the underdogs on the moneyline (+100) in Friday’s contest against the Texas Rangers (39-48). First pitch is at 8:05 PM ET on BSSUN. The Rays are favored against the spread in this one (1.5) with +163 odds. Michael Lorenzen will get the ball for Texas while Tampa Bay will counter with Aaron Civale.

Here is our betting primer for this tilt, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Rangers vs. Rays Betting Lines

• Favorite: Rangers (-119)
• Underdog: Rays (+100)
• Over/under: 8.5

Rangers vs. Rays Betting Insights

• The Rangers have come away with 24 wins in the 45 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
• This season Texas has come away with a win 22 times in 40 chances when named as a favorite of at least -119 on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rangers have a 54.3% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Rays have won 16 of the 35 games they were the underdog on the moneyline this season (45.7%).
• Tampa Bay is 9-13 (winning 40.9% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +100 or longer.
• The Rays have an implied moneyline win probability of 50% in this game.

Rangers vs. Rays Hitting Leaders

• Marcus Semien leads Texas in runs batted in with 45 and has a batting average of .231.
• Among all MLB hitters, Semien is 114th in batting average, 120th in on-base percentage, and 111th in slugging.
• Corey Seager is batting .263 with an OBP of .346 and a slugging percentage of .456 this season.
• Isaac Paredes leads the Rays with 14 home runs and 47 runs batted in, while racking up a team-best batting average of .276.
• In all of the majors, Paredes ranks 33rd in homers and 37th in RBI.
• Yandy Diaz is batting .267 with 16 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 28 walks.

Rangers vs. Rays Pitching Rankings

• The Rangers average the 13th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the league this season.
• The Rangers have pitched to a 4.08 ERA this season, which ranks 19th in baseball.
• Rangers pitchers have a 1.274 WHIP this season, 18th in the majors.
• The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Rays pitching staff ranks ninth in the majors.
• Tampa Bay’s 4.28 team ERA ranks 22nd across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Rays have the 14th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.250).