Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox Free Pick and Betting Odds. The 71-77 Boston Red Sox play host to the 72-77 Tampa Bay Rays tonight in MLB action on the grass of Fenway Park, Sept 21, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Rays -118/Red Sox +108
Total Line: 8
Pitching Matchup
Chris Archer (R) W/L 12-12 WHIP 1.07 ERA 2.95
Eduardo Rodriguez (L) W/L 9-6 WHIP 1.29 ERA 3.94
Tampa Bay was a 7-6 winner over Baltimore yesterday concluding their homestand with a 4-6 record. They are 6-10 in their last 16 games. Boston was a 4-3 winner at Toronto on Sunday as they finished their road trip with a 5-4 mark. They are 10-5 in their past 15 games.
The Red Sox have a 6-3 advantage in the last 9 encounters between these two AL East rivals in 2015.
Archer was a 3-1 loser to the Yankees in his last start. He went 6 innings, allowed 2 runs and struck out 7 for his 19th Q start of the season.
Rodriguez was a 2-0 loser at Baltimore in his last outing. He yielded 1 run in 5.1 innings and fanned 8. He has 11 Q starts on the year.
No one on Tampa Bay has more than 3 ABs against Rodriguez. OF Mikie Mahtook is 2-3 (.667) with an RBI while 3B Evan Longoria is 1-2 (.500). IF Tim Beckham and SS Asdrubal Cabrera are both 1-3 (.333) against the left-hander while OF Steven Souza is also 1-3 with an RBI. The Rays are hitting .300 as a team vs. the young left-hander.
Boston DH David Ortiz is 9-23 (.391) against Archer with 2 HRs and 11 RBIs while SS Xander Bogaerts is 4-10 (.400). 3B Pablo Sandoval is 3-10 (.300) vs. the right-hander with a HR and 2 RBIs while C Ryan Hanigan is 2-4 (.500). The 8 other hitters who have faced Archer before are a combined 9-62 (.145) with a HR and 6 RBIs.
Tampa Bay at Boston Betting Trends
Tampa Bay is 3-6 straight up in their last 9 games overall.
The Rays are 2-5 straight up in their last 7 games against Boston.
The game total has gone over in 5 of Boston’s last 7 games against Tampa Bay.
Boston is 5-1 straight up in their last 6 home games.
The Red Sox are 8-4 straight up in their last 12 games at home against Tampa Bay.
Injury Report
TAMPA BAY RAYS
Jeff Beliveau P 60-Day Disabled List
Curt Casali C 15-Day Disabled List
Alex Cobb P 60-Day Disabled List
Grayson Garvin P 60-Day Disabled List
Desmond Jennings 15-Day Disabled List
Jake McGee P 15-Day Disabled List
Burch Smith P 60-Day Disabled List
BOSTON RED SOX
Clay Buchholz P 60-Day Disabled List
Hanley Ramirez OF 15-Day Disabled List
Koji Uehara P 60-Day Disabled List
Anthony Varvaro P 60-Day Disabled List
Christian Vazquez 60-Day Disabled List
Brandon Workman P 60-Day Disabled List
Steven Wright P 7-Day Disabled List
Consensus Pick (Moneyline)
Tampa Bay: 96%
Boston: 4%
Free MLB Pick
The Rays lost two of the three starts Archer has made against the Red Sox and the Tampa Bay right-hander hasn’t looked as sharp in recent outings recording a Q start in just two of his last five starts. The rays hit lefties well, but Boston starter Eduardo Rodriguez pitched adequately in his only lifetime start against Tampa Bay with three runs allowed in five innings in a 7-5 Red Sox win. He’s pitched well in most of his starts since then holding the opposition to two or fewer runs in his last five starts. Boston has had Tampa’s number as of late with five victories in their last seven meetings.
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