The Boston Red Sox (76-76) are the underdogs on the moneyline (-108) in Thursday’s contest with the Tampa Bay Rays (74-78). First pitch is at 6:50 p.m. ET on BSSUN. The Red Sox are favored against the spread in this one (1.5) with +154 odds.
Tampa Bay’s Zack Littell gets the start, and he’ll go against Boston’s Brayan Bello.
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Rays and Red Sox Betting Trends
The Rays have won 53% of the games this season when they were favor🔯ed on the moneyline (35-31).
Tampa Bay has a record of 36-33 when playing as moneyline favorites wiꦚꦡth odds of -109 or shorter (52.2% winning percentage).
This season, the Red Sox have won 34 out of the 76 games, or 44.7%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
Boston has a record of 32-39, a 45.1% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of -108 or more by bookmakers this season.
The Rays have had an over/under set by oddsmake💯rs 152 times, and have combined with opponents to go ove🌳r the total in 66 of those games (66-78-8).
The Red Sox and ꧅their opponents have hit the over in 75 of their 150 games with a total this season.
Rays Stats & Insights
The Rays 𝓰score the second-fewest runs in baseball (579 total, 3.8 per game).
Tampa Bay has hit the fꩵourth-fewest home runs in MLB action 🅰this season (140).
The Rays’ .231 batting average ranks 27th in MLB.
Tampa 🅰Ba🎀y strikes out 9.2 times per game, the No. 25 average in baseball.
The Rays pitching staff ranks 11th in MLB with a 🎉collective 8𒅌.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
♋Tampa Bay has the 11th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.87).
Red Sox Stats & Insights
T🐲he Red Sox have scored 715 runs this season, which ranks 10th in MLB.
Boston has hit 189 homersꦉ this season, which ranks eighth in the majors.
The Red Sox rank fifth in MLB with a .254 tea♋m batting average.
Boston is a team wit▨h a lot of swing and miss this season, ranking 28th with an average of 9.7 strikeouts𒁏 per game.
The Red Sox strik൩e ou𒊎t 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 17th in MLB.
Boston h🦄as the 18th-ranked ERA (4.13) in the majors this season.
Rays Key Players to Watch
Littell (7-9 with a 3.73 ERA and 127 strikeouts in 144 2/3 innings pitc🔯hed) makes the𒈔 start for the Rays, his 28th of the season.
Yandy Diaz lead♊s Tampa Bay in runs batted in with 65 while batting .282, which is also bes𓃲t on the team.
Christop💫her Morel leads Tampa Bay in home runs⭕ with 21 while driving in 57 runs and slugging .354.
Bran♛don Lowe is slashing .244/.317/.479 this season for the Rays.
J🐭ose Caballero has 95 hits and an OBP of .285 to go with a slugging percentage of .354 this season.
Red Sox Key Players to Watch
The Red Sox will hand the ball to Be🅠llo (14-7) for his 29th start of th𓆏e season.
Ja♓rren Duran paces the Red So🃏x with a .285 batting average.
Rafael Devers has capita🔜lized on opportunities as he paces his team with 83 RBI.
Tyler O’Neill has a team-high 31 homers.
Ceddanne Rafaela is batting .247 with 21 doubles, five triples, 15 home ༺runs 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 (Sh🌱oulder)
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 𓆏IL (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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