Blue Streak

MLB Baseball: Rays vs Blue Jays – 7:10pm EST

The Tampa Bay Rays will try to turn a two game losing streak around tonight when they face the Toronto Blue Jays at 7:10pm EST from the Rogers Centre. Online sportsbooks have the Rays -120 baseball betting favorites vs the Blue Jays EV while the over/under sports odds total is sitting at 8 OVER (-115). Toronto will send lefthander Brett Cecil to the mound for tonight’s home game with a 8-5 record and 3.77 ERA this year while Tampa will counter with righthander Matt Garza who has gone 11-5 with a 4.13 ERA this season. Sportsbooks also favor the Rays -1.5 (+140) as MLB betting favorites on the run line vs the Blue Jays +1.5 (+140).

Tampa lost 8-6 to the Minnesota Twins on Thursday after giving up two runs in the top of the ninth as -160 favorites in MLB sports odds while the over/under total flew OVER the 8.5 listed at sportsbooks and also dropped Wednesday’s game 2-1. Relief pitcher Joaquin Benoit was handed the loss after giving up the two runs. The Rays will now face a brutal six game road trip with three games in Toronto and three game in Detroit. The Blue Jays almost swept the New York Yankees but failed to do so in their final game losing 5-1 as +165 MLB betting underdogs on Wednesday while the baseball betting total stayed UNDER the 9.5 at sportsbooks. Starting pitcher Shaun Marcum was handed the loss after giving up eight hits and five runs over six innings worth of work.

Heading into tonight’s game, Tampa has gone 67-41 on the season, 8-2 when playing on Friday and 8-2 after a loss. The Rays are 4-1 in their last 5 games when playing Toronto, 4-2 in their last 6 games on the road, 10-3 in their last 13 games overall and while the sports odds total has gone OVER in 10 of Tampa Bay’s last 15 games on the road. The Blue Jays have gone 56-52 on the season, 7-3 when playing on Friday and 7-3 after a loss. Toronto is 4-2 in their last 6 games at home, 6-3 in their last 9 games overall, 2-4 in their last 6 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay while the MLB betting total has gone OVER in 4 of the Blue Jays last 6 games when playing at home against the Rays.

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