Tampa Bay Rays at Minnesota Twins Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 19-16 Minnesota Twins play host to the 20-16 Tampa Bay Rays tonight in MLB action on the grass of Target Field, May 15, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneylines: Twins -104/Rays -104
O/U Total: 7.5

Pitching Matchup
Jake Odorizzi (R) W/L 3-2 WHIP 0.91 ERA 2.09
Phil Hughes (R) W/L 2-4 WHIP 1.36 ERA 5.11

Tampa Bay upended New York 6-1 last night to conclude a 5-3 homestand. They are 6-3 overall in their past 9 games. Minnesota was embarrassed 13-1 by Detroit yesterday to end a 3-3 road trip. They are 6-4 in their last 10 games and 12-5 at home in 2015.

This is the first meeting between these two clubs this year. The Rays took the season series 4-2 in 2014 and have a 7-3 edge in the last 10 matchups.

Odorizzi received a no decision in his last start, a 2-1 loss at Texas. He went 6.2 innings giving up 1 run and striking out 7. It was his 6th Q start in 7 outings and he has allowed more than 3 runs once (4).

Hughes was a 7-4 winner at Cleveland in his last start. He allowed 4 runs in 6.1 innings and has only 2 Q starts this season.

Several Tampa hitters have had success vs. Hughes, led by 1B James Loney (.643). SS Asdrubal Cabrera is hitting .444 and 3B Evan Longoria has a .296 BA vs. the right-hander. OF David DeJesus is hitting .600 with a HR and 5 RBIs.

No Twins hitter has had more than 3 ABs vs. Odorizzi and he hasn’t allowed a home run or a stolen base.

Tampa Bay at Minnesota Betting Trends

The Rays are 5-2 straight up in their last 7 games.
Tampa Bay is 9-1 straight up in their last 10 games on the road in Minnesota.
The game total has gone under in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 games on the road in Minnesota.
The Twins are 1-4 straight up in their last 14 games.
Minnesota is 3-15 in their last 18 games against the Rays.

Injury Report

TAMPA BAY RAYS
Jeff Beliveau P 60-Day Disabled List
Ryan Brett 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Alex Cobb P 60-Day Disabled List
Nick Franklin 2B 15-Day Disabled List
John Jaso DH 60-Day Disabled List
Desmond Jennings OF 15-Day Disabled List
Matt Moore P 60-Day Disabled List
C.J. Riefenhauser P 15-Day Disabled List
Burch Smith P 60-Day Disabled List
Drew Smyly P 60-Day Disabled List
Kirby Yates P 15-Day Disabled List

MINNESOTA TWINS
Oswaldo Arcia OF 15-Day Disabled List
Casey Fien P 15-Day Disabled List
Eduardo Nunez 3B 15-Day Disabled List
Ervin Santana P Out Until July 4 (suspension)
Tim Stauffer P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Tampa Bay: 54%
Minnesota: 46%

Free MLB Pick

Tampa Bay won three straight and is starting to put it all together. They face a struggling pitcher in Phil Hughes who surprisingly is 2-0 in his last three starts but has a bloated 6.23 ERA over that stretch. Current KC batters have a lifetime batting average of .330 against Hughes.
Jake Odorizzi gets the ball for the Rays and he’s been ultra-sharp this season with a 2.09 ERA and getting the Q start in 85.7% of his outings this season. His lone career start versus Minnesota came last season and it wasn’t good lasting 3 1/3 innings and giving up 4 runs. It’s important to note that the current lineup has hit a ho hum .250 in a total of 12 career ABS versus Odorizzi.

Take the Tampa Bay Rays -104‏