On Friday, baseball is in full action and you can get all of our free MLB picks, the Tampa Bay Rays open a three-game series on the road against the Boston Red Sox. Tampa Bay is 68-55 following its 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday. The Rays have won each of their last five including each of the first three games of their series with the Angels and can sweep that series with a victory on Thursday. Tampa Bay is second in the American League East 7 .5 games behind first place New York.
Third baseman Yandy Diaz is batting .277 to lead Tampa Bay and has a team high .385 on-base percentage. Left fielder Randy Arozarena is leading Tampa Bay in home runs with 17, RBIs with 66 and hits with 117. Tampa Bay has not announced its starting pitcher for the opening game of a three-game series on the road with the Boston Red Sox.
Boston dropped to 60-64 following its 3-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in 10 innings on Wednesday. Boston has lost each of its first two games of a three-game series with Toronto that concludes on Thursday. The Red Sox have lost three straight overall, five of the last six and Boston is last in the American League East, 16 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.
Third baseman Rafael Devers is batting .299 to lead Boston and has team highs in home runs with 25 and RBIs with 65. Shortstop Xavier Bogaerts is the leader in hits with 129 and on-base percentage at .369. On Friday, the Boston Red Sox will send Michael Wacha to the mound. The right-hander is 8-1 with a 2.28 ERA, 63 Ks and 24 BBs.
Recent Betting Trends
- Tampa Bay is 5-0 in its last 5
- The UNDER has cashed in 4 of the Rays last 6
- Boston is 1-4 in its last 5 versus an opponent from the AL East
- The UNDER has cashed in 5 of the Red Sox last 6 at home
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