Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The Tampa Bay Rays and the Cleveland Indians will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Progressive Field. Lefthander David Price will take the mound for the Rays to start this game. Price is 12-5 this season with a 2.84 ERA. Starting this game for the Indians will be Mitch Talbot. The righthander has a 3.89 ERA to go along with a 8-8 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 180-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Trevor Crowe homered to help the Indians pull out a 3-1 win over the Rays in a rain-shortened game on Friday, as +137 underdogs. That game's four runs went UNDER the posted over/under (9) set by sportsbooks. Fausto Carmona tossed five innings for the victory, and Tony Sipp tossed two scoreless innings of relief for his first save. Jeff Niemann allowed a pair of runs off five hits over five innings in the loss. Team records: Cleveland: 41-55 SU Tampa Bay most recently: When playing on Saturday are 7-3 Before playing Cleveland are 6-4 After playing Cleveland are 5-5 After a loss are 8-2 Cleveland most recently: When playing on Saturday are 3-7 Before playing Tampa Bay are 5-5 After playing Tampa Bay are 5-5 After a win are 5-5 A few trends to consider: Tampa Bay is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Cleveland Tampa Bay is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games Tampa Bay is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay Cleveland is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games Cleveland is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Tampa Bay Next up: 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. |