Baseball Handicapping: Diamondbacks vs Rays

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Rays will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Tropicana Field in an interleague contest. The Diamondbacks will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Rodrigo Lopez in this game. Lopez has a 3-6 record and a 4.59 ERA this season. Lopez's opponent in this one will be Wade Davis. The Rays righthander has a 4.90 ERA to go along with a 5-8 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 200-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Jason Bartlett and Sean Rodriguez drove in two runs apiece as the Rays defeated the Diamondbacks 5-3 on Saturday. The Rays won that contest as -200 favorites, while the eight runs went UNDER the day?s posted over/under (8.5) set by sportsbooks. David Price tossed eight innings for the win, allowing seven hits and two runs with 11 strikeouts. Ian Kennedy gave up four runs off two hits in 5 1-3 innings and was tagged with the loss. Team records: Arizona: 29-46 SU Tampa Bay: 44-30 SU Arizona most recently: When playing on Sunday are 4-6 Before playing St. Louis are 4-6 After playing Tampa Bay are 2-8 After a loss are 5-5 Tampa Bay most recently: When playing on Sunday are 6-4 Before playing Boston are 5-5 After playing Arizona are 6-4 After a win are 3-7 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Arizona's last 10 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 6 of Arizona's last 9 games Arizona is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona Tampa Bay is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing Arizona The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 6 games Next up: Arizona at St. Louis, Monday, June 28 Tampa Bay at Boston, Tuesday, June 29 Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy former General Manager of the Freescoreboard scorephone network and CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com the premier hub of world-class handicappers.