Indians-Rays Pointspread Pointers

The fans at Tropicana Field will be treated to a game between the Cleveland Indians and the Tampa Bay Rays when they take their seats on Tuesday. Ace Fausto Carmona will be the starting pitcher for the Indians on this day. Righthander Carmona is 5-3 this season with a 4.19 ERA. Starting this game for the Rays will be Edwin Jackson. The righthander has a 4.20 ERA to go along with a 7-7 record this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game's total has not yet been posted. David Dellucci went 2-for-4 with a two-run big fly, as the Indians upended the Rays 5-2 on Monday night. Cleveland cashed as +115 road underdogs as the game played under the 7.5-run total posted by sportsbooks. Kelly Stoppach was 2-for-4 with two runs batted in for the Indians, while Cliff Lee allowed two runs over seven innings to earn the win for Cleveland. Akinori Iwamura went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for Tampa Bay, as losing pitcher Matt Garza gave up four runs over five innings for the Rays. Team records: Cleveland: 49-62 SU Tampa Bay: 66-45 SU Cleveland most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 3-7 Before playing Tampa Bay are 8-2 After playing Tampa Bay are 7-3 After a win are 4-6 Tampa Bay most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 5-5 Before playing Cleveland are 2-8 After playing Cleveland are 2-8 After a loss are 5-5 A few trends to consider: Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cleveland's last 8 games when playing Tampa Bay The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Tampa Bay's last 12 games Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home Next up: Tampa Bay home to Cleveland, Wednesday, August 6