Rays vs. Brewers odds, tips and betting trends

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20 May 2023

Rays vs. Brewers odds, tips and betting trends

At Tropicana Field on Saturday, the Tampa Bay Rays (33-13) meet the Milwaukee Brewers (24-20), with first pitch at 4:10 PM ET.

The Rays are favored at home (-197) versus the Brewers (+166). The starting pitchers are Zach Eflin (5-1) for the Tampa Bay Rays, and Eric Lauer (4-4) for the Milwaukee Brewers.

These teams meet again after the Rays defeated the Brewers 1-0 yesterday. Jason Adam registered the win for the Rays (1.0 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 K), and Josh Lowe led the way offensively (1-for-4). Peter Strzelecki (1.0 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 K) took the loss for the Brewers.

Ahead of this Rays vs. Brewers matchup, here is everything you need to prepare for Saturday’s MLB action, including viewing options.

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Milwaukee Brewers Odds and Betting Lines

Tipico Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 9:21 AM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.

Favorite: Rays (-197, bet $197 to win $100)
Underdog: Brewers (+166, bet $100 to win $166)
Over/under: 8

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Rays Stats and Trends

Rays Betting Records

The Rays have won 30, or 75%, of the 40 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
Tampa Bay has entered 11 games this season favored by -197 or more, and won each of those games.
The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 66.3% chance of a victory for the Rays.
Tampa Bay and its opponents have hit the over in 25 of its 46 games with a total this season.
The Rays are 27-19-0 against the spread this season.

Zach Eflin (Rays Probable Starter)

The Rays are sending Eflin (5-1) out for his eighth start of the season. He is 5-1 with a 3.38 ERA and 44 strikeouts through 40 2/3 innings pitched.
In his most recent time out on Sunday against the New York Yankees, the right-hander went six innings, giving up four earned runs while surrendering seven hits.
In seven games this season, the 29-year-old has amassed an ERA of 3.38, with 9.9 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .248 against him.
Eflin is trying to pick up his third quality start of the year in this outing.
Eflin will look to last five or more innings for his eighth straight start. He’s averaging 5.7 frames per outing.
He meets a Brewers offense that ranks 23rd in the league with 183 runs while batting .239 as a unit. It has a collective .385 slugging percentage (21st in MLB action) and has hit a total of 51 home runs (14th in MLB).

Rays Batting Stats

The Rays have hit 87 homers to lead Major League Baseball this season.
No MLB team has a better slugging percentage than Tampa Bay (.500) this season.
The Rays lead baseball with a .272 batting average.
Tampa Bay has scored the most runs (278) in baseball so far this year.
The Rays have the best on-base percentage (.346) in baseball this year.
Tampa Bay ranks 18th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.5 whiffs per contest.

Brewers Stats and Trends

Brewers Betting Records

The Brewers have been chosen as underdogs in 18 games this year and have walked away with the win nine times (50%) in those games.
Milwaukee has played as an underdog of +166 or more just one time this year and came away with a loss in that game.
The Brewers have an implied victory probability of 37.6% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
Milwaukee and its opponents have gone over in 19 of its 44 games with a total set by sportsbooks this season.
The Brewers have an against the spread mark of 21-23-0 in 44 games with a line this season.

Eric Lauer (Brewers Probable Starter)

Lauer makes the start for the Brewers, his eighth of the season. He is 4-4 with a 4.54 ERA and 39 strikeouts over 39 2/3 innings pitched.
His last appearance was out of the bullpen on Sunday when the lefty tossed 5 1/3 innings against the Kansas City Royals, surrendering two earned runs while allowing two hits.
In eight games this season, the 27-year-old has amassed a 4.54 ERA and 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .260 to opposing batters.
Lauer is trying to pick up his third quality start of the season.
Lauer heads into the game with four outings of five or more innings pitched this campaign.
The opposing Rays offense has the best slugging percentage (.500) and ranks first in home runs hit (87) in all of MLB. They have a collective .272 batting average, and are first in the league with 426 total hits and first in MLB play scoring 278 runs.

Brewers Batting Stats

The Brewers rank 14th in MLB play with 51 home runs. They average 1.2 per game.
So far this season, Milwaukee is 21st in the majors with a .385 slugging percentage.
The Brewers have the 21st-ranked batting average in the majors (.239).
Averaging 4.2 runs per game (183 total), Milwaukee is the 23rd-highest scoring team in MLB.
The Brewers’ .315 on-base percentage is 18th in MLB.

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