Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, Preview and Odds - 08/27/2022

Game Time: 4:10 pm ET, Saturday, August 27, 2022

Venue:  Fenway Park, Boston, MA

Where to Watch:  MLB Network

DraftKings:  Moneyline odds:  Rays -105, Red Sox -115; Over/Under:  8.5 runs

Bet365:  Moneyline odds:  Rays -105, Red Sox -115; Over/Under:  8.5 runs

BetMGM:  Moneyline odds:  Rays -105, Red Sox -115; Over/Under:  8.5 runs

 

Tampa Bay Rays:  69-55 (2nd place, AL East)

Boston Red Sox:  60-65 (5th place, AL East)

 

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Tampa Bay Rays:  8-2 last 10

Boston Red Sox:  4-6 last 10

 

 

 

 

The Rays enter this game on a 6 game winning streak. They won their last series against the Los Angeles Angels 4-0 completing the sweep in a 4-game series. They enter this game with a 69-55 record overall and have a road record of 27-32. This is the 2nd game of a 3-game series with the Red Sox on Saturday with the series opener still to be played on Friday. Their offense ranks 22nd in the MLB with a .687 OPS. JT Chargois is their starting pitcher on Friday while Jeffrey Springs is making his start in this game on Saturday. He is 6-3 with a 2.46 ERA this season. His team won their last 2 straight games this season with him making an appearance. In his last start, he allowed 1 ER, 0 HRs, and 3 BB with 7 Ks on 5 hits through 5.2 IP against the LA Angels. 

 

The Red Sox enter this game on a 4 game losing streak. They lost their last series against the Toronto Blue Jays getting swept 3-0 in a 3-game series. They enter this game with a 60-65 record overall and have a home record of 29-33. This is the 2nd game of a 3-game series with the Rays on Saturday with the 1st game still to be played on Friday. Their offense ranks 12th in the MLB with a .721 OPS. Michael Wacha is their starting pitcher on Friday while Rich Hill is making his start in this game on Saturday. He is 5-5 with a 4.68 ERA this season. His team lost 3 of their last 4 games this season with him making an appearance. In his last start, he allowed 2 ER, 1 HR, and 0 BB with 4 Ks on 3 hits through 5 IP against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The current betting odds have the Rays listed as a slight underdog in this game. The Rays have been very hot in their recent games, they have been beating up on a lot of bad teams in that span but, they have still been playing great with both their offense and pitching and the Red Sox are not that great of a team either. They have been awful this season and losing a lot of games recently but their pitching has been awful in these games as they are allowing a lot of runs. The Rays do not have a great offense but they have been scoring a lot of runs recently and they will score on the Red Sox here with the way they have been pitching lately, especially if Hill is the starter here as he has been bad all season. The Rays have Springs starting here though and they have already been pitching well in recent games but Springs has been great this season as he has not allowed many runs in his starts and he will likely continue pitching the way he has been here. The Rays are hot right now and they are fighting to keep their wild card spot as the race is very tight. The best way to place a bet here is on the Rays to win this game.

 

Rays Red Sox Prediction:  Our MLB Pick for Saturday, August 27, 2022 (4:10 pm ET start time) is Rays 5 Red Sox 3.

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Tampa Bay Rays: 221-149 (+37.1 Units) ML in all games. 94-78 (+9.4 Units) ML in road games. 29-23 UNDER against division opponents.

Boston Red Sox: 60-65 (-9.5 Units) ML in all games. 29-33 (-9.1 Units) ML in home games. 8-2 OVER revenging a 3 game sweep at the hands of their opponents.

 

 

Tampa Bay Rays:  W. Franco (SS) Out indefinitely - Wrist. R. Quinn (CF) Out indefinitely - Knee. K. Kiermaier (CF) out for season - Hip.

Boston Red Sox:  E. Hosmer (1B) Early Sept - Back. N. Eovaldi (SP) Out indefinitely - Shoulder. T. Story (2B) Early Sept - Wrist.

 

 

 

"If we pitch, we're going to win a lot." - Kevin Cash after his team’s win against the Angels on Thursday.

 

 

"We have struggled offensively for a while, the swing-and-miss, the chasing. It's late August and it's the same at-bats. As a group, we have to take pride in that. We've got to be better. Make sure we swing at strikes and put the ball in play when it matters, and we haven't done that in a while." - Alex Cora after his team’s loss against the Blue Jays on Wednesday.

 

 

 

Yandy Diaz (D) 3B

Manuel Margot (D) RF

Randy Arozarena (D) DH

Harold Ramirez (D) 1B

Isaac Paredes (D) 2B

Christian Bethancourt (D) C

David Peralta (Z) LF

Yu Chang (D) SS

Jose Siri (D) CF

 

Tommy Pham (D) LF

Rafael Devers (Z) 3B

J.D. Martinez (D) DH

Xander Bogaerts (D) SS

Christian Arroyo (D) 2B

Rob Refsnyder (D) RF

Reese McGuire (Z) C

Bobby Dalbec (D) 1B

Jarren Duran (Z) CF

 

 

Batting Average:  Jonathan Aranda (.375)

Hits:  Randy Arozarena (117)

Home Runs:  Randy Arozarena (17)

RBI:  Randy Arozarena (66)

Stolen Bases:  Randy Arozarena (23)

Wins:  Shane McClanahan (11)

Saves:  Colin Poche (7)

ERA:  J.P. Feyereisen (0.00)

 

Batting Average:  Reese McGuire (.415)

Hits:  Xander Bogaerts (131)

Home Runs:  Rafael Devers (25)

RBI:  Rafael Devers (65)

Stolen Bases:  Trevor Story (10)

Wins:  Nick Pivetta (9)

Saves:  Tanner Houck (8)

ERA:  Kevin Plawecki (0.00)

 

Managers:

Tampa Bay Rays: Kevin Cash (8th season)

Boston Red Sox: Alex Cora (4th season)