The Toronto Blue Jays will play host to the Tampa Bay Rays at Rogers Centre. Fox Sports Sun will be showing the matchup and the game will get going at 7:07 p.m. ET.
Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays Odds
The Blue Jays are 70-83 straight up (SU) and 67-85 against the spread (ATS). The team has lost 8.6 units for moneyline bettors and 28.6 units (ATS). The Rays are 85-67 SU and have gone 87-64 ATS. In total, the team’s accumulated 26.3 units for moneyline bettors and 24.9 units ATS.
Toronto games have a 77-66-9 over/under record in 2018. Rays games have gone under 80 times, gone over 66 times and pushed on five occasions.
Diego Castillo is the probable starter for the visiting Rays. Castillo is 3-2 with a 3.14 ERA and 57 strikeouts. He’s 2-0 with nine strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA against Toronto this year.
The Blue Jays are turning to righty Sean Reid-Foley (2-3, 5.54 ERA), who has 32 punchouts and 16 walks to his credit as well as a WHIP of 1.54. Reid-Foley has yet to face the Rays this year and did not accrue any MLB pitching stats last season.
Toronto’s pitching staff has yielded 5.1 runs per game overall this year as a unit. Its starters have an ERA of 5.13, a WHIP of 1.43 and a strikeouts-per-nine of 7.6. The bullpen has a 4.44 ERA, 1.38 WHIP and 9.0 K/9. In 70 games against AL East foes, Blue Jays starters have an ERA of 4.77 and the bullpen’s ERA is 4.23.
Toronto’s hitters are putting up 4.4 runs per contest, including 3.9 per game against divisional foes and 4.8 per game over their last five. The team’s hit .220/.260/.411 over its last five games and is 4-1 SU during that stretch.
Justin Smoak has helped lead the Blue Jays’ offense this season with 25 home runs, 77 RBIs and 65 runs scored.
In the visiting dugout, Tampa Bay’s pitchers have allowed 3.9 runs per game and its starting pitchers own a 3.60 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 9.40 K/9. The bullpen has managed an ERA of 3.66, along with a WHIP of 1.16 and a K/9 of 8.27.
The Rays offense has slashed .260/.335/.407 on its way to 4.4 runs scored per game in 2018, including 4.4 runs per game against divisional foes and 5.8 per game over the team’s last five outings (4-1 SU).
Matt Duffy has led Tampa Bay’s hitters and is slashing .300/.362/.373 with four home runs, 44 RBIs and 56 runs scored.
The Blue Jays are coming off a 9-8 win in the prior game of this series.
Tampa Bay Rays vs. Toronto Blue Jays MLB Prediction
Predictions: SU Winner – Blue Jays, ATS Winner – Rays, O/U – OVER
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Betting Notes
The over has cashed in three of Toronto’s last seven games.
The Rays have hit 11 home runs in their last 10 games, including six over their last five.
Toronto has posted 18.9 Runs + Hits + Errors per game over its last 10 contests and 19.6 over its last five.
The Blue Jays have won five of their last six games SU.
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