Guardians vs. Rays Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 13, 2024

The Cleveland Guardians will take the field against the Tampa Bay Rays (46-47) on Saturday. The game begins at 4:10 PM ET on BSSUN, with the Guardians listed as -113 favorites on the moneyline. Gavin Williams gets the starting nod for Cleveland while Zack Littell is Tampa Bay’s starter for the contest.

Take a look at our betting primer for this matchup, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Guardians vs. Rays Betting Lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-113)
• Underdog: Rays (-106)
• Over/under: 8

Guardians vs. Rays Betting Insights

• The Guardians have won in 42, or 67.7%, of the 62 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• This season Cleveland has come away with a win 37 times in 55 chances when named as a favorite of at least -113 on the moneyline.
• The Guardians have an implied victory probability of 53.1% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The Rays have won 18 of the 39 games they were the moneyline underdog this season (46.2%).
• Tampa Bay is 17-18 (winning 48.6% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of -106 or longer.
• The Rays have an implied moneyline win probability of 51.5% in this contest.

Guardians vs. Rays Hitting Leaders

• Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs with 23 and runs batted in with 77.
• Including all hitters in Major League Baseball, Ramirez is fifth in homers and second in RBI.
• Josh Naylor has 80 hits and an OBP of .326 to go with a slugging percentage of .502 this season.
• Isaac Paredes leads the Rays with 15 home runs and 50 runs batted in.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Paredes’ home run total puts him 35th, and his RBI total ranks 36th.
• Yandy Diaz has a club-leading .272 batting average.

Guardians vs. Rays Pitching Rankings

• The Guardians have a 9.0 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, fourth-best in baseball.
• Guardians pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.79 this year, ninth-best in baseball.
• The Guardians have a combined WHIP of just 1.223 as a pitching staff, which is the 10th-best in baseball this season.
• The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Rays pitching staff ranks 10th in the majors.
• Tampa Bay has the 22nd-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.31).
• The Rays average baseball’s 15th-ranked WHIP (1.266).