The Boston Red Sox (75-76) are the underdogs on the moneyline (-103) in Wednesday’s contest versus the Tampa Bay Rays (74-77). The game starts at 6:50 p.m. ET on NESN. The Red Sox are favored against the spread in this one (1.5) with +166 odds.
Ryan Pepiot takes the mound for Tampa Bay while Tanner Houck is Boston’s starter for the contest.
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Rays and Red Sox Betting Trends
The Rays have been the moneyline favorite 65 total times this season. They’ve finished 35-30 in those games.
Tampa Bay ha🀅s🌊 gone 29-24 (winning 54.7% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -115 or shorter.
The Red Sox have been un🍌derdogs in 75 games this season and won 33 (44%) of those contests.
Boston has entered 56 games this season as the 🧸underdog by -103 o🥀r more and is 25-31 in those contests.
In the 151 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/𒁏under for the Rays, they have combined with opponents to go over the total 66 times (66-77-8).
The Red Sox and their opponents have hit the over in 75 of tౠheir 149 games with a total this season.
Rays Stats & Insights
The Rays score the ꦗthird-fewest runs in baseball (578 total, 3.8 🐻per game).
Tampa Bay has hit 140 home runs this se🥃ason, the fourth-lowest total in MLB play.
The Rays🎐 have the fourth-worst batting average in the league (.231).
Tampa Bay strikes out 9.2 times per game, the No. 25 mark in ba🌄seball.
The Rays pitching staff ranks 12th in the majors with a collecti💞ve 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
Tampa Bay has the 11th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffꩵs (3.88).
Red Sox Stats & Insights
The Red Sox are among the highest scoring teams in the majors, ranking 10th with 71ꩵ3 total runs this season.
Boston has hit 𝔉188 homers this season, 💙which ranks eighth in the majors.
The Red Sox rank fifth in MLB with a .254 team battiꦉng average.
Boston ranks just 28th in𒁃 MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 9.7 whiffs per contest.
The Red Sox average the 17t𒊎h-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the majors this season.
Boston has pi🦂tched to a 4.15 ERA this season, which ranks 19th in baseball.
Rays Key Players to Watch
The Rays will send Pepiot (8-6) to the mound to make his 24th sta♔rt of the season. He is 8-6 wi🐽th a 3.76 ERA and 119 strikeouts in 115 2/3 innings pitched.
ౠYandy Diaz is batting .283 with 65 RBI, both of𓂃 which are tops among Tampa Bay hitters this season.
Christopher Morel’s 21 home runs are most among Tampa Bay batters. He’s driven in 57 runs this season while slugging .356.
Brandon Lowe is slashing .243/.318/.481 thi🍰🍸s season for the Rays.
Jose Caballero is batting .227 with an OBP of .285 and a slugging percentage of .354 this 🀅season.
Red Sox Key Players to Watch
Houck (8-10) will take to💙 the mound for the Red Sox and make his 29th start of the season.
Jarren Duran has👍 ꧒accumulated a team-best batting average of .285.
Rafael🐻 Devers has totaled 83 runs batted in to pace his team.
Tyler O’Neill paces the Red Sox with 31 home runs.
Ceddanne Rafaela is batting .248 with 21 doubles, five triples, 15 home ruﷺns and 15 walks.
Rays and Red Sox Injuries
🐠Rays: Richard Palacios🦂: 10 Day IL (Knee), Peter Anderson Fairbanks: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Jeffrey Springs: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Shane McClanahan: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Jacob Waguespack: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
Red Sox: David Hamilton: 10 Day IL (Finger), Lucas Sims: 15 Day IL (Lat), Brennan Bernardino: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Luís Garcia: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Lucas Giolito: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Chris Murphy: 60 Day IL (Elbow), James Paxton: 60 Day IL (Leg), Liam Hendriks: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Bryan Mata: 🦩60 Day IL (Hamstring), Garrett Whitlock: 60♚ Day IL (Oblique), Isaiah Campbell: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Rob Refsnyder: day-to-day (Wrist)
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