Houston Astros at Tampa Bay Rays Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 43-45 Tampa Bay Rays play host to the 49-39 Houston Astros tonight in MLB action on the turf of Tropicana Field, July 10, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM EST.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Astros -105/Rays -105
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup
Collin McHugh (R) W/L 9-4 WHIP 1.30 ERA 4.54
Erasmo Ramirez (R) W/L 7-3 WHIP 1.13 ERA 3.80

Houston was a 3-1 loser at Cleveland on Thursday. They are 2-5 on their road trip. Tampa Bay suffered another loss, 8-3 at Kansas City to complete a 4-game sweep. They were 1-7 on their road trip and are 3-15 in their past 18 games.

This is the first matchup of the season between these two clubs. The Rays won the season series 5-2 in 2014 and have a 7-2 advantage in the last 9 encounters.

McHugh was a 6-1 loser at Boston in his last start. He surrendered 3 ERs in 5.1 innings of work and has 10 Q starts on the year.

Ramirez was an 8-1 winner at the Yankees in his last outing. He went 6 innings and allowed 1 run for his 3rd Q start of the season. He has reached the 7th inning once this season as he has also pitched in relief in 2015. In 9 of his 12 starts he has yielded 2 ERs or less.

Several Astros hitters have had success against Ramirez in the past. DH Evan Gattis is 2-2 with a HR and 3 RBIs while OF Jake Marisnick is 1-2 (.500) with a HR and 3 RBIs. C Jason Castro is 2-4 (.500) against the right-hander with a HR and 3 RBIs while 1B Chris Carter is 1-6 (.167) with a solo HR. There are 7 hitters on Houston with a BA of .286 or better vs. Ramirez.

McHugh has dominated this lineup. Of the 7 hitters who have faced him before, they are a combined 4-29 with no HRs, no SBs and 2 RBIs.

Houston at Tampa Bay Betting Trends

The Astros are 1-5 straight up in their last 6 games.
Houston is 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games against Tampa Bay.
The game total has gone under in 4 of Houston’s last 5 games against Tampa Bay.
The Rays are 0-5 straight up in their last 5 home games.
Tampa Bay is 1-11 straight up in their last 12 games.

Injury Report

HOUSTON ASTROS
Samuel Deduno P 15-Day Disabled List
Scott Feldman P 15-Day Disabled List
Jed Lowrie SS 60-Day Disabled List
Brad Peacock P 60-Day Disabled List
Chad Qualls P 15-Day Disabled List
George Springer OF 15-Day Disabled List

TAMPA BAY RAYS
Jeff Beliveau P 60-Day Disabled List
Alex Cobb P 60-Day Disabled List
Desmond Jennings OF 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
Steven Souza OF 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Houston: 58%
Tampa Bay: 42%

Free MLB Pick

The Astros have dropped three straight and five out of six, but that’s nothing compared the Rays’ 1-11 record in their last dozen games. It’s not like Tampa bay isn’t scoring, they’ve averaged five runs per game in their last seven matches. It’s their pitching staff that has to take the blame getting rocked for five or more runs in eight of their last ten games. In comes Ramirez for tonight’s meeting who was the pitcher of record for that lone win, but he has poor numbers against the Astros. The Rays have been on an OVER roll 8-1-1 in the L10 and we’re going to lay our money on that happening once again.

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