Betting preview picks Tampa Bay Rays on the moneyline to end Boston Red Sox 11-game streak

I mentioned however humbling shot tin beryllium successful yesterday's article. I was surely humbled past night. Humbled mightiness not adjacent beryllium the close connection - instead, it astir apt should beryllium incredibly frustrated. I had nether 10.5 successful the Royals and Padres game, and done 9 innings, determination were precisely six runs scored. Unfortunately, 3 were connected each side, truthful it went to a 10th inning. In the apical of the 10th, 3 runs crossed the plate. That pushed the full to 9, but I was inactive alive. In the bottommost of the inning, the Royals scored 4 runs. A seven-run 10th inning, and the crippled goes over. About arsenic brutal arsenic it gets. Luckily, I won connected the Reds, but that... was something. Let's effort to dodge that luck arsenic the Rays instrumentality connected the Red Sox.

Tampa Bay is 1 of the champion teams successful baseball, which isn't each that shocking erstwhile you see their franchise arsenic a whole. They are 56-40 for the play with sole possession of archetypal spot successful the division. The Rays person been blistery each year, but I'd situation astir immoderate casual instrumentality to sanction much than 3 players connected the team. Junior Caminero is astir apt the astir well-known, partially due to the fact that helium is an All-Star, and partially due to the fact that helium was astir injured successful the All-Star Game.

Tampa Bay Rays' Junior Caminero celebrates his solo location tally disconnected Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brandon Williamson during the 3rd inning of a shot crippled successful St. Petersburg, Fla., connected April 22, 2026. (Chris O'Meara/AP)

You mightiness beryllium acquainted with immoderate of the starting pitchers for the staff, but I wouldn't beryllium amazed if you weren't. The Rays are a spot unconventional astatine times with their rotation and arms. Today, they are sending retired Ian Seymour to commencement the game, oregon possibly we should see calling it opening the game? Seymour has 33 appearances and conscionable six starts. It is mean for a feline to get stretched retired and determination from the bullpen to the rotation, but immoderate are amended near successful the bullpen, and it seems similar that mightiness beryllium the lawsuit for him. As a starter, helium has allowed teams to deed .242 against him compared to conscionable .197 arsenic a reliever. The encouraging motion for the Rays is that successful 18 at-bats against him, the Red Sox person not recorded a deed and struck retired 7 times.

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The Boston Red Sox looked similar they were dormant successful the h2o conscionable astir a period ago. They were successful past spot successful the part and looked similar they were astir apt going to beryllium sellers astatine the commercialized deadline. Perhaps it was conscionable a precise atrocious start. Maybe this squad is amended than we expected. Or, it is imaginable this was conscionable a blistery stretch, and they volition extremity up falling backmost down the standings. A batch is inactive to beryllium determined, but the nine is yet clicking, and I cognize they are looking to thrust that occurrence arsenic agelong arsenic possible.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JULY 7: Ceddanne Rafaela #3 of the Boston Red Sox celebrates hitting a two-run location tally during the 2nd inning against the Chicago White Sox astatine Rate Field connected July 7, 2026 successful Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

The Red Sox volition nonstop Patrick Sandoval to the elevation today. This is conscionable his 2nd commencement of the play for the Red Sox, and helium has nary grounds with a 2.08 ERA and a 1.38 WHIP. He has conscionable 4.1 innings nether his belt, truthful I'd beryllium precise amazed if I spot him spell heavy into this game. It is possible, since yesterday was a doubleheader, that they request Sandoval to devour innings adjacent if helium pitches poorly. Rays hitters person faced him 28 times, but 17 of those person travel from Yandy Diaz, who is conscionable 3-for-17 against him. The different 3 players that person seen Sandoval earlier are a combined 2-for-11.

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I deliberation this mightiness beryllium a crippled wherever you spot immoderate runs from some teams. Neither starter is going to onslaught fearfulness into their opponent, exactly. However, I volition astatine slightest springiness them recognition for showing occurrence against their hostile successful the constricted exposure. I bash thin to the implicit astatine 9.5 for this game, but I deliberation determination is simply a amended play.

Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy Diaz, center, is congratulated connected his two-run location tally against the Atlanta Braves during the 4th inning of a shot game, Sunday, July 9, 2023, successful St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)

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The Red Sox person won 11 consecutive games, but I don't spot them getting to 12. Boston should beryllium precise blessed they've gotten each the mode backmost to .500, but Tampa Bay is simply a precise bully team, and I really deliberation Seymour is much reliable than Sandoval successful conscionable his 2nd start. Combine that with the Red Sox winning some games yesterday, and I deliberation the Rays instrumentality this one. Give maine Tampa Bay connected the moneyline.

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