Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers Betting Picks

Tampa Bay blanked Texas 3-0 Wednesday, riding a bullpen game to the Rays' third shutout in four outings, and that pitching depth carries right into this series finale this afternoon. Shane McClanahan takes the ball for Tampa Bay with one of the better ERAs in the American League, the type of stuff that's kept opposing lineups quiet start after start. Texas counters with Cole Winn, who's worked exclusively out of the bullpen all season and gets pushed into a starter's workload today, the same piecemeal staffing the Rangers already leaned on Wednesday when a stitched-together group held the Rays to three runs of their own. That's the honest risk: Winn hasn't made a real start all year, and his relief numbers are ugly. But a total needs offense from both sides, and Texas brings one of the league's lighter-scoring lineups into Tropicana Field, a group that still has to solve a frontline arm no matter what Winn allows. Between McClanahan's track record and a Rangers offense that hasn't hit enough to bail out a high total all season, the UNDER is the side this afternoon.