The Tampa Bay Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks will play Wednesday at Chase Field. First pitch is at 6:40 p.m. ET.
Tampa Bay (54-27 SU and 45-36 RL) is starting righty Zach Eflin. The 29-year-old is 9-3 with a 3.35 ERA and a 1.03 WHIP in 14 outings this season.
Arizona (47-32 SU and 47-32 RL) is countering with right-hander Zach Davies. The 30-year-old is 1-4 with a 7.82 ERA and a 1.82 WHIP in eight starts.
The Rays are -140 moneyline favorites and the game total is 8.5.
In its last four series, Tampa Bay has split three (Kansas City, Baltimore, and Oakland) and lost one (San Diego). Are the Rays stumbling into the All-Star break?
TB scores 5.57 runs per game (2nd) and hits .266 (3rd) with a .802 OPS (2nd). It's hit 123 long balls (3rd) and stolen a league-leading 99 bases this season. The pitching staff sports a 3.59 ERA (2nd) and a 1.20 WHIP (4th) with 26 quality starts.
Randy has company on top of the Rays HR leaderboard. pic.twitter.com/yOCccncwiE
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) June 25, 2023
Eflin will take the bump for the visitors tomorrow. The righty gave up three runs on seven hits in his last start (7.0 IP) vs. Kansas City, earning a win. He's held 11 of his opponents to three or fewer runs this season. The eighth-year pro has an 84:15 K:BB ratio in 2023.