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If
familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on
Friday when the Tampa Bay Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays meet at
Rogers Centre.
James
Shields will be the starting pitcher for the Rays on this day.
Righthander Shields is 11-10 this season with a 3.05 ERA.
Shields's
opponent in this one will be Henderson Alvarez. The Blue Jays
righthander has a 4.32 ERA to go along with a 0-1 record this season.
Oddsmakers
currently have the Rays listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the
Blue Jays, while the game's total is sitting at 8.
Tampa
Bay was a 2-0 loser in its last match at home against the Tigers.
They lost as -172 favorites, while the total score of 2 made winners
of UNDER bettors.
Toronto
lost its last outing, a 9-6 result against the Royals on August 25.
Bettors who backed the Royals at +152 on the moneyline won on the
day, and the total score (15) sent OVER bettors to the payout window.
Team
records:
Tampa Bay: 70-59 SU
Toronto: 66-64 SU
Tampa
Bay most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before
playing Toronto are 5-5
After playing Detroit are 5-5
After a
loss are 6-4
Toronto most recently:
When playing on Friday
are 5-5
Before playing Tampa Bay are 5-5
After playing Kansas
City are 5-5
After a loss are 7-3
A
few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa
Bay's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of
Tampa Bay's last 10 games
Tampa Bay is 7-3 SU in its last 10
games when playing Toronto
Tampa Bay is 11-5 SU in its last 16
games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games
at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 6
games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto's last 9
games when playing Tampa Bay
Toronto is 2-4 SU in its last 6
games
Next
up:
Toronto home to Tampa Bay, Saturday, August 27
