Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Rays-Blue Jays Who Will Cover?

The Tampa Bay Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Rogers Centre.

The Rays will trot Matt Garza out to the mound in this one. Righthander Garza has a 8-6 record and a 3.83 ERA this season.

It'll be ace Roy Halladay toeing the rubber for the Blue Jays in this contest. Righthander Halladay is 12-7 with a 2.87 ERA so far this season.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 163-moneyline favorites versus the Rays, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

A.J. Burnett held Tampa Bay to one unearned run over seven innings to get the win, as the Blue Jays stifled the Rays 3-1 on Monday night.

Toronto won as -115 home favorites as the game played under the 7.5-run total set by oddsmakers.

Burnett struck out ten for the Blue Jays, while Matt Stairs' two-run shot in the fifth inning put Toronto ahead for good.

James Shields gave up three runs over 7 1-3 innings to take the loss for Tampa Bay, as Carlos Pena drove in a run for the Rays.

Current streak:
Tampa Bay has lost 2 straight games.

Team records:
Tampa Bay: 61-44 SU
Toronto: 54-52 SU

Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 4-6
Before playing Toronto are 5-5
After playing Toronto are 8-2
After a loss are 4-6

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing Tampa Bay are 3-7
After playing Tampa Bay are 2-8
After a win are 6-4

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
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Tampa Bay's last 15 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Tampa Bay is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing Toronto
Toronto is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Toronto is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Toronto's last 15 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay

Next up:
Toronto home to Tampa Bay, Wednesday, July 30

 

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