Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 40-31 Tampa Bay Rays play host to the 37-34 Toronto Blue Jays tonight in MLB action on the turf of Tropicana Field, June 22, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM EST.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Blue Jays -122/Rays +112
O/U Total: 7.5
Pitching Matchup
Drew Hutchison (R) W/L 6-1 WHIP 1.38 ERA 5.33
Matt Andriese (R) W/L 2-1 WHIP 1.38 ERA 3.26
Toronto lost to Baltimore on Sunday 13-9. They finished their homestand 3-2 and are 6-4 in their past 10 games. Tampa Bay was a 1-0 loser at Cleveland yesterday to conclude their road trip with a 4-1 record. They are 8-2 in their last 10 games.
The Rays have owned this series in the early going of 2015 and have a 6-1 advantage. They have an 8-2 lead in the last 10 encounters.
Hutchison was an 8-0 winner over the Mets in his last start, going 5.2 innings and striking out 5. He has 5 Q starts on the year.
Andriese was a winner in relief in his last appearance, a 5-0 win at Washington. He went 4 innings for the victory. This will be his 5th start of the year but he has reached the 5th inning only once as he gets stretched out from pitching in relief.
No one on the Blue Jays has more than 5 ABs vs. Andriese but they have had success against him in their limited exposure. 1B Justin Smoak is 2-2 with a HR and 2 RBIs while the rest of the lineup is 7-22 (.318) with 1 RBI vs. the right-hander.
Tampa Bay OF David DeJesus is 1-3 with a solo HR off of Hutchison while OF Kevin Kiermaier is 2-4 (.500). 3B Evan Longoria has seen Hutchison the most but is 0-10 against him with an RBI and a stolen base. The rest of the hitters to have faced the young right-hander before are a combined 2-11 (.182) against him.
Toronto at Tampa Bay Betting Trends
The Blue Jays are 14-4 straight up in their last 18 games.
Toronto is 5-2 straight up in their last 7 games on the road.
The game total has gone under in 5 of Toronto’s last 7 games against Tampa Bay.
The Rays are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
Tampa Bay is 7-1 straight up in their last 8 games against Toronto.
Injury Report
TORONTO BLUE JAYS
R.A. Dickey P Bereavement List
Maicer Izturis 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Aaron Sanchez P 15-Day Disabled List
Michael Saunders 15-Day Disabled List
Marcus Stroman P 60-Day Disabled List
Steve Tolleson 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Devon Travis 2B 15-Day Disabled List
TAMPA BAY RAYS
Tim Beckham 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Jeff Beliveau P 60-Day Disabled List
Andrew Bellatti P 15-Day Disabled List
Alex Cobb P 60-Day Disabled List
John Jaso DH 60-Day Disabled List
Desmond Jennings 15-Day Disabled List
James Loney 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Matt Moore P 60-Day Disabled List
Jake Odorizzi P 15-Day Disabled List
Burch Smith P 60-Day Disabled List
Drew Smyly P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Toronto: 50%
Tampa Bay: 50%
Free MLB Pick
We mulled this game over for a long time and decided that the total was the best play in this spot. Jays’ starter Drew Hutchison has been terrible on the road and hasn’t fared well against the Rays’ 2015 roster. He does get to miss Desmond Jennings who is 4 for 7 against him, but we can’t get past his performances at Tropicana Field where he has allowed 12 runs in 14 2/3 innings. Tampa Bay starter Matt Andriese didn’t in a spot start against Toronto back in April getting tagged with 2 runs in 3 2/3 innings.
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