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2022 MLB Handicapping
(67-68) Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays (74-58)
Date: Monday, September 5
Time: 4:10 PM ET
Venue: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL.
Projected Pitchers: Wacha (BOS), Patino (TB)
MLB Moneyline Odds: Red Sox -105, Rays -115
MLB run line Betting Odds: Red Sox +170, Rays -200
MLB Baseball Gambling Total: O/U: 7.5 (under -125)
Boston Red Sox
Boston swept Texas in four straight at Fenway Park over the weekend and is now just a game away from returning to the .500 mark.
Four relievers combined to throw five shutout innings in Sunday’s win after Josh Winckowski went the first four for Boston.
Trevor Story homered in his seventh game back from injury. It was his first homer since returning.
And Tristan Casas made his Major League debut at first base for the Sox. He went 1-for-4 hitting out of the sixth spot in Boston’s lineup.
So give Boston five wins in a row overall. And now it will return to Michael Wacha in the rotation, who started the winning streak with another tremendous outing against Minnesota last week.
Wacha is 10–1 in 17 starts this season for the last-place Red Sox. He gave up four hits and a walk, striking out seven in six innings against the Twins last time.
He beat the Rays with six innings of what was not his sharpest performance. He gave up four runs on two homers and hit two batters.
And he earned his very first win of the season against Tampa Bay back in April. This will be the third chance the Rays get against Wacha.
Tampa Bay Rays
After winning a 2–1 game on Saturday against New York, Tampa lost by the same score Sunday to miss its chance at a sweep and fall five games back in the division standings.
Frankie Montas went five clean innings for the Yankees, walking none and giving up just one hit. He struck out seven.
Shawn Armstrong once again went the first three innings in a game scheduled to start by Shane McLanahan.
Armstrong gave up Aaron Judge’s 53rd home run of the season and took the loss as a result.
It was 1–0 until the seventh when Judge doubled and came home on a sacrifice fly.
Tampa got on the board in the ninth against Clay Holmes and then put the winning run in scoring position before Yandy Diaz struck out looking to end the game.
Luis Patino will be a fixture in the rotation now because of all the injuries.
Native to Colombia, Patino has made four starts with fairly average results.
Last time out he went 5.2 shutout innings against the Royals. He hasn’t faced the Red Sox yet.
MLB Baseball Betting Trends:
- Red Sox are 5-0 in their last 5 overall.
- Under is 8-1-1 in Red Sox last 10 Monday games.
- Rays are 9-2 in their last 11 vs. a team with a losing record.
- Under is 5-1 in Rays last 6 Monday games.
- Red Sox are 0-6 in the last 6 meetings in Tampa Bay.
- Red Sox are 2-7 in the last 9 meetings.
- Under is 7-3-1 in the last 11 meetings in Tampa Bay.
Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays MLB Prediction:
Boston plays with so much confidence behind Wacha.
With the lineup having a little momentum now, the Red Sox ought to win this game on the road against the inexperienced starting pitcher of Tampa Bay.
4* Free MLB Betting Pick: Boston -105
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