Rays vs. Cardinals odds, tips and betting trends

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07 August 2023

Rays vs. Cardinals odds, tips and betting trends

At Tropicana Field on Tuesday, the St. Louis Cardinals (49-64) open a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays (68-46), at 6:40 PM ET.

The Rays are favored at home (-180) versus the Cardinals (+150). The Rays will give the ball to Zach Eflin (12-6) versus the Cardinals and Miles Mikolas (6-7).

The Rays were vicotrious 10-6 over the Tigers Tuesday in their last game. Yandy Diaz went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and two RBI to lead them offensively while Colin Poche was earned the victory after throwing 1 2/3 innings without giving up an earned run on two hits, while striking out two.

Tuesday, the Cardinals lost to the Rockies 1-0. Zack Thompson was the losing pitcher after throwing four innings, giving up one earned run on two hits while striking out eight. Nolan Arenado paced the Cardinals’ offense, going 1-for-3.

Get ready for the Rays vs. Cardinals with what you need to know ahead of Tuesday’s baseball action, including viewing options.

Tampa Bay Rays vs. St. Louis Cardinals Odds and Betting Lines

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Favorite: Rays (-180, bet $180 to win $100)
Underdog: Cardinals (+150, bet $100 to win $150)
Over/under: 8

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Rays Stats and Trends

Rays Betting Records

The Rays have won 61, or 65.6%, of the 93 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
Tampa Bay is 28-9 this season when entering a game favored by -180 or more on the moneyline.
Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rays have a 64.3% chance to win.
Tampa Bay and its opponents have hit the over in 58 of its 114 games with a total this season.
The Rays are 60-54-0 against the spread in their 114 chances this season.

Zach Eflin (Rays Probable Starter)

Eflin (12-6) gets the starting nod for the Rays in his 22nd start of the season. He’s put together a 3.46 ERA in 122 1/3 innings pitched, with 121 strikeouts.
In his most recent time out on Tuesday, the right-hander went six scoreless innings against the New York Yankees while surrendering three hits.
The 29-year-old has a 3.46 ERA and 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings across 21 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .230 to his opponents.
Eflin has recorded 12 quality starts this year.
Eflin enters the matchup with 18 outings of five or more innings pitched this year.
He has had four appearances this season in which he held his opponents to zero earned runs.
He meets a Cardinals offense that ranks 12th in the league with 525 runs while batting .257 as a squad. It has a collective .431 slugging percentage (seventh in MLB play) and has hit a total of 156 home runs (sixth in MLB).
The 29-year-old’s 3.46 ERA ranks 20th, .997 WHIP ranks first, and 8.9 K/9 ranks 28th among qualifying pitchers this season.

Rays Batting Stats

The Rays’ 166 home runs rank fourth in Major League Baseball.
Hitters for Tampa Bay have a combined .445 slugging percentage this season, which ranks fourth in MLB.
The Rays rank 10th in MLB with a .255 team batting average.
Tampa Bay has scored 593 runs this season, which ranks fourth in MLB.
The Rays have an OBP of .328 this season, which ranks ninth in MLB.
Tampa Bay ranks 19th with an average of 8.6 strikeouts per game.

Cardinals Stats and Trends

Cardinals Betting Records

The Cardinals have won in 22, or 44%, of the 50 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs this year.
St. Louis has played as an underdog of +150 or more just one time this year and came away with a loss in that game.
The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Cardinals have a 40% chance of walking away with the win.
St. Louis and its opponents have hit the over in 54 of its 111 games with a total set by oddsmakers this season.
In 111 games with a line this season, the Cardinals have a mark of 53-58-0 against the spread.

Miles Mikolas (Cardinals Probable Starter)

Mikolas makes the start for the Cardinals, his 25th of the season. He is 6-7 with a 4.29 ERA and 94 strikeouts in 134 1/3 innings pitched.
In his last appearance on Tuesday, the righty threw seven innings against the Minnesota Twins, giving up two earned runs while surrendering six hits.
The 34-year-old has an ERA of 4.29, with 6.3 strikeouts per nine innings in 24 games this season. Opponents are batting .275 against him.
Mikolas is trying to secure his 10th quality start of the year in this outing.
Mikolas has put up 20 starts this year that he pitched five or more innings.
He has had five appearances this season that he held his opponents to zero earned runs.
The opposing Rays offense has a collective .255 batting average, and is 11th in the league with 975 total hits and fourth in MLB action with 593 runs scored. They have the fourth-ranked slugging percentage (.445) and are fourth in all of MLB with 166 home runs.
Among pitchers who qualify in MLB play this season, the 34-year-old ranks 42nd in ERA (4.29), 45th in WHIP (1.288), and 56th in K/9 (6.3).

Cardinals Batting Stats

The Cardinals average 1.4 home runs per game to rank sixth in MLB action with 156 total home runs .
So far this year, St. Louis is seventh in baseball, slugging .431.
The Cardinals rank seventh in MLB with a .257 batting average.
Averaging 4.6 runs per game (525 total), St. Louis is the 12th-highest scoring team in MLB.
The Cardinals rank sixth in MLB with an on-base percentage of .331.

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