Tampa Bay has been steamrolling everyone in front of it, including a series sweep of the Athletics I had cashing at two units as recently as three days ago, and the price tonight reflects just how good this Rays team has been. But Boston isn't the Athletics. The Red Sox are well clear of the field for a wild card spot and still carry one of the better lineups in the league even with Triston Casas and Masataka Yoshida out, and they're catching a Tampa Bay starter in Griffin Jax who's been capped at four or five innings a night most of the year, which means this bullpen has to cover the back half of the game after already emptying the tank against Vegas this week. Boston's own rotation has taken real hits, so I'm not pretending Patrick Sandoval matches up favorably arm for arm, but a price this generous on a playoff-bound team facing a taxed bullpen is the kind of number I want on the board. Boston is the play at this price this afternoon.
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Who was the public on? 73% of the public money was on Tampa Bay Rays to win on the moneyline. And, 76% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Tampa Bay would win by a score of 3.6 to 3.1 with Tampa Bay winning on the moneyline, Boston winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 63% of the public money was on Tampa Bay Rays to win on the moneyline. And, 87% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Tampa Bay would win by a score of 3.5 to 2.8 with Tampa Bay winning on the moneyline, Boston winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 63% of the public money was on Tampa Bay Rays to win on the moneyline. And, 92% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Tampa Bay would win by a score of 3.2 to 3.0 with Tampa Bay winning on the moneyline, Boston winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Who was the public on? 77% of the public money was on Boston Red Sox to win on the moneyline. And, 71% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Boston would win by a score of 5.2 to 4.0 with Boston winning on the moneyline, Tampa Bay winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 56% of the public money was on Boston Red Sox to win on the moneyline. And, 62% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Boston would win by a score of 5.3 to 4.6 with Boston winning on the moneyline, Tampa Bay winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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