Tampa Bay has taken the first two of this series by a run apiece, 2-1 on Friday behind seven scoreless innings from Drew Rasmussen and 3-2 on Saturday, and at 70-46 the Rays are the first American League club to reach 70 wins. We were on Seattle at home Tuesday and watched the Mariners get shut out 8-0, which is the whole story of this team right now: 461 runs scored, dead last in the majors at 3.91 a game, with a .229 team batting average. Emerson Hancock has been steady at a 3.33 ERA with 108 strikeouts, but a good start doesn't fix a lineup that can't push across a second run. Seattle is 44-74 against the runline, the worst mark in baseball. Tampa Bay is 66-50. The Rays haven't named a starter, and that uncertainty is what the -210 is charging for, though their bullpen has been the strongest part of a first-place club and it keeps games inside a run whether the first arm goes two innings or five. Money is landing on Tampa Bay ahead of the ticket count. Tampa Bay is the right side on the runline this afternoon.
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Who was the public on? 58% of the public money was on Tampa Bay Rays to win on the moneyline. And, 56% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Tampa Bay would win by a score of 4.2 to 4.0 with Tampa Bay winning on the moneyline, Seattle winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Tampa Bay at Seattle
4:10 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 62% of the public money was on Tampa Bay Rays to win on the moneyline. And, 58% 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 4.3 to 3.6 with Tampa Bay winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 69% of the public money was on Tampa Bay Rays to win on the moneyline. And, 53% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Tampa Bay would win by a score of 3.9 to 2.5 with Tampa Bay winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 81% of the public money was on Tampa Bay Rays to win on the moneyline. And, 68% 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 4.8 to 3.9 with Tampa Bay winning on the moneyline, Seattle winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Seattle at Tampa Bay
1:40 PM Eastern
Seattle has lost five games in a row and arrives at Tropicana Field this afternoon looking like a team out of answers. We had the game total UNDER in the series opener here, and Tampa Bay's lineup blew right through the number in a 7-2 win, then followed it with a 6-1 beatdown Saturday. The Rays have outscored the Mariners 13-3 through the first two games of this set, and Tropicana Field has been the best home park in the American League this year, a 34-14 mark that speaks for itself. Emerson Hancock has quietly become Seattle's best starter this season, but one strong arm can't fix an offense that's gone cold on the road, where the Mariners sit a middling 20-28. Ian Seymour gets the ball for Tampa Bay off a steady run in his bulk role, and the Rays carry a real trend backing them at home in exactly this price range. This is a short favorite that has earned it with two dominant wins already in this series, and I don't see the formula changing on getaway day. Tampa Bay is the play this afternoon.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 59% of the public money was on Tampa Bay Rays to win on the moneyline. And, 69% 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 3.7 to 3.3 with Tampa Bay winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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