Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 42-37 New York Yankees play host to the 42-39 Tampa Bay Rays tonight in MLB action on the grass of Yankee Stadium, July 3, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05PM EST.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Yankees -107/Rays -103
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup
Chris Archer (R) W/L 9-5 WHIP 0.95 ERA 2.31
Masahiro Tanaka (R) W/L 4-3 WHIP 1.11 ERA 3.88

Tampa Bay dropped a 5-4 decision to Cleveland on Thursday, their 5th-straight loss. They are 2-8 in their last 10 games, all at home. New York was off yesterday and is coming off a 3-4 road trip. They are 4-6 in their past 10 games.

These two AL East rivals have faced each other a lot already this year and the Yankees have a 6-4 lead in the last 10 encounters.

Archer was a 5-3 loser to Boston in his last start, ending a personal 9-game unbeaten string. He allowed all 5 runs over 6 innings and has 10 Q starts on the year.

Tanaka received a no decision in his last outing, a 9-6 win at Houston. He gave up 6 runs over 5 innings and has 5 Q starts on the season.

No one on Tampa Bay has more than 6 ABs vs. Tanaka. OF David DeJesus is 3-6 (.500) but he is the only hitter with any real success against the right-hander. The quintet of 2B Logan Forsythe, 3B Evan Longoria, C Rene Rivera, SS Asdrubal Cabrera and OF Stephen Souza Jr. are a combined 0-18 against Tanaka.

NY OF Brett Gardner is 7-18 (.389) with an RBI and a SB vs. Archer while OF Chris Young is 1-2 with 2 RBIs. UT Garrett Jones is 2-6 (.333) vs. the young right-hander but some of his teammates have really struggled. SS Didi Gregorius, 2B Stephen Drew, DH Alex Rodriguez, 3B Chase Headley and OF Carlos Beltran are a combined 3-37 (.081) against Archer.

Tampa Bay at New York Betting Trends

Tampa Bay is 0-5 straight up in their last 5 games.
The Rays are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games against the Yankees
The game total has gone under in 6 of Tampa Bay’s last 7 games against the Yankees.
New York is 12-4 straight up in their last 16 home games.
The Yankees are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games against Tampa Bay.

Injury Report

TAMPA BAY RAYS
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 60-Day Disabled List
James Loney 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Jake Odorizzi P 15-Day Disabled List
Burch Smith P 60-Day Disabled List
Drew Smyly P 60-Day Disabled List

NEW YORK YANKEES
Carlos Beltran OF Day-to-Day (oblique)
Jacoby Ellsbury OF 15-Day Disabled List
Slade Heathcott OF 60-Day Disabled List
Andrew Miller P 15-Day Disabled List
Brendan Ryan 3B 15-Day Disabled List
Sergio Santos P 60-Day Disabled List
Chase Whitley P 60-Day Disabled List
Mason Williams OF 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Tampa Bay: 45%
New York: 55%

Free MLB Pick

As we noted neither team has hit well against this game’s probable starters and we’re going to predict that Tanaka gets back in form tonight. The Yankees and the Rays bats have gone cold making this an easy call on the total.

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