Rays-Blue Jays Odds Preview

The Tampa Bay Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays will meet on the field at Rogers Centre on Friday in a battle of division rivals. The Rays will give the ball to starter Matt Garza in this one. Righthander Garza is 6-7 this season with a 3.80 ERA. It'll be ace Roy Halladay toeing the rubber for the Blue Jays in this contest. Righthander Halladay is 11-3 with a 2.73 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Rays, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Rays were no-hit by Mark Buehrle and the White Sox, falling 5-0 in the series finale on Thursday. The Rays were +100 underdogs in that game, while the team's played UNDER the posted over/under (9). Scott Kazmir surrendered five runs off five hits over six innings in the loss. The Blue Jays lost to Cleveland 5-4 as a -170 favorite on Thursday. The nine runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over/under total (9). Aaron Hill hit a two-run home run for Toronto and Kevin Millar added a solo shot in the loss. Current streak: Tampa Bay has lost 2 straight games. Team records: Tampa Bay: 52-44 SU Toronto: 47-49 SU Tampa Bay most recently: When playing on Friday are 7-3 Before playing Toronto are 7-3 After playing Chi White Sox are 3-7 After a loss are 5-5 Toronto most recently: When playing on Friday are 6-4 Before playing Tampa Bay are 4-6 After playing Cleveland are 6-4 After a loss are 4-6 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Tampa Bay's last 7 games when playing Toronto Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Toronto The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto Tampa Bay is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Toronto The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto's last 7 games when playing Tampa Bay The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto's last 10 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto's last 10 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay Next up: Toronto home to Tampa Bay, Saturday, July 25