Red Sox vs. Rays Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – May 13, 2024

The Boston Red Sox (20-19) and Tampa Bay Rays (20-20) meet Monday at Fenway Park, with first pitch at 7:10 PM ET on NESN. The Red Sox are -125 moneyline favorites for the contest, however, the Rays are favored against the spread of 1.5 runs with +164 odds. Kutter Crawford will get the ball for Boston while Tampa Bay will counter with Zach Eflin.

Here is our betting primer for this game, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Red Sox vs. Rays Betting Lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-125)
• Underdog: Rays (+106)
• Over/under: 8.5

Red Sox vs. Rays Betting Insights

• The Red Sox have won in 10, or 62.5%, of the 16 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• This season Boston has come away with a win eight times in 10 chances when named as a favorite of at least -125 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Red Sox have a 55.6% chance of walking away with the win.
• The Rays have won four of the nine games they were the moneyline underdog this season (44.4%).
• Tampa Bay is 1-4 (winning only 20% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +106 or longer.
• The Rays have an implied moneyline win probability of 48.5% in this contest.

Red Sox vs. Rays Hitting Leaders

• Jarren Duran has been key for Boston with one home run, 16 RBI and a batting average of .265 this season.
• Among hitters in MLB, Duran is 254th in homers and 100th in RBI.
• Tyler O’Neill’s nine home runs are most among Boston batters. He’s driven in 13 runs this season while slugging .579.
• Isaac Paredes leads the Rays with eight home runs and 21 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-best batting average of .301.
• Paredes’ home run total ranks 24th in the big leagues, and he is 46th in RBI.
• Yandy Diaz is batting .250 with eight doubles, two home runs and 12 walks.

Red Sox vs. Rays Pitching Rankings

• The Red Sox strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 18th in MLB.
• The Red Sox have a 2.77 ERA as a team, best in baseball.
• Red Sox pitchers have a 1.109 WHIP this season, fourth-best in the majors.
• The Rays pitching staff ranks eighth in the majors with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Tampa Bay’s 4.30 team ERA ranks 22nd among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Rays combine for the 17th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.295).