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