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The Tampa Bay Rays (78-81) will try to end their three-game losing streak when they visit the Boston Red Sox (80-79) on Friday at 7:10 p.m. ET on NESN. Sportsbooks consider the Red Sox to be -135 favorites for the contest, while the Rays are +115 underdogs looking for the upset. Boston’s Nick Pivetta gets the start, and he’ll go against Tampa Bay’s Taj Bradley.
Be sure to check out our preview for this matchup, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $34.81
Red Sox to win vs Rays -135
Red Sox vs. Rays Betting Lines
- Favorite: Red Sox (-135)
- Underdog: Rays (+115)
- Over/under: 8
Red Sox vs. Rays Betting Insights
- The Red Sox have come away with 40 wins in the 76 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- Boston has a record of 24-15 in contests when sportsbooks favor them by -135 or more on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Red Sox have a 57.4% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Rays are 39-48 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 44.8% of those games).
- When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +115 or longer, Tampa Bay has a 15-26 record (winning just 36.6% of its games).
- The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Rays a 46.5% chance to win.
Red Sox vs. Rays Hitting Leaders
- Jarren Duran leads Boston in batting average (.286) this season while adding 21 home runs and 75 RBI.
- Duran ranks 62nd in Major League Baseball in homers, and 51st in RBI.
- Tyler O’Neill leads Boston in home runs with 31 while driving in 61 runs and slugging .512.
- Yandy Diaz paces the Rays with 65 runs batted in while putting up a team-high batting average of .282.
- Diaz ranks 137th in home runs and 85th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
- Brandon Lowe has put his power on display as he paces his team with 21 home runs.
Red Sox vs. Rays Pitching Rankings
- The Red Sox average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the league this season.
- The Red Sox have pitched to a 4.06 ERA this season, which ranks 16th in baseball.
- The Red Sox rank 18th in MLB with a combined 1.259 WHIP this season.
- The Rays pitching staff ranks 10th in MLB with a collective 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Tampa Bay has the 10th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.82).
- Rays pitchers combine for the No. 4 WHIP in the majors (1.209).