Saturday, July 26, 2008

Rays-Royals Who Will Cover?

The Tampa Bay Rays and the Kansas City Royals will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Kauffman Stadium.

Ace Scott Kazmir will be the starting pitcher for the Rays on this day. Lefthander Kazmir is 8-5 this season with a 2.80 ERA.

The Royals will counter Kazmir with Luke Hochevar. Righthander Hochevar has a 5.47 ERA to go along with a 6-8 record this season.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 165-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

The Rays scored twice in the ninth inning on Friday, as they defeated the Royals 5-3, as -120 favorites. The eight runs went UNDER the posted ove3r/under (9.5).

Carlos Pena finished 2-for-3 with a two-un dinger for the Rays. Edwin Jackson gave up two runs over five innings in the win.

Ross Gload went 2-for-4 at the plate with a solo home run for the Royals, who were +100 underdogs. Brian Bannister gave up three runs off seven hits over 5 1-3 innings of work in the loss.

Team records:
Tampa Bay: 60-42 SU
Kansas City: 46-58 SU

Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Kansas City are 7-3
After playing Kansas City are 4-6
After a win are 6-4

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Tampa Bay are 3-7
After playing Tampa Bay are 3-7
After a loss are 4-6

A few trends to consider:
Tampa Bay is 16-7 SU in its last 23 games when playing Kansas City
Tampa Bay is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games
Tampa Bay is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Kansas City is 7-16 SU in its last 23 games when playing Tampa Bay
Kansas City is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Kansas City is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games at home

Next up:
Kansas City home to Tampa Bay, Sunday, July 27

 

 

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