Rays-Blue Jays Vegas Betting Odds

The Tampa Bay Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Rogers Centre. The Rays will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander James Shields in this game. Shields has a 9-6 record and a 3.66 ERA this season. Meanwhile, it'll be AJ Burnett who starts for the Blue Jays. Righthander Burnett is 11-8 with a 4.63 ERA so far this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 115-moneyline favorites versus the Rays, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Rays lost to Kansas City 6-1 as a -130 favorite on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5). Carl Crawford drove in Tampa Bay's lone run and Andy Sonnanstine gave up five runs on eight hits in six 2-3 innings to take the loss. The Blue Jays lost to Seattle 5-1 as a -160 favorite on Sunday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9). John McDonald hit a solo home run for Toronto and Shaun Marcum took the loss after giving up four runs in five 2-3 innings. Team records: Tampa Bay: 61-43 SU Toronto: 53-52 SU Tampa Bay most recently: When playing on Monday are 3-7 Before playing Toronto are 5-5 After playing Kansas City are 4-6 After a loss are 4-6 Toronto most recently: When playing on Monday are 6-4 Before playing Tampa Bay are 4-6 After playing Seattle are 4-6 After a loss are 7-3 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games Tampa Bay is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing Toronto The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Tampa Bay's last 14 games when playing on the road against Toronto Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games Toronto is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Toronto's last 14 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Toronto's last 24 games when playing Tampa Bay Next up: Toronto home to Tampa Bay, Tuesday, July 29