Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Red Sox +115 / Rays -135 O/U 9 runs
Time: 7:10 PM EST Monday May 24, 2010 on ESPN2
Tonight in an AL East match up the Tampa Bay Rays host the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox are finally starting to play well, as they have won 2 straight and are 6-4 in their last 10 games. However, they still trail the red-hot Rays by 8.5 games in the division, as Tampa Bay has also won 2 straight and is 8-2 in their last 10 games.
Tampa Bay is 5-0 against Boston so far this season.
Since the beginning of the 2008 season the Red Sox are only 4-14 against Rays in Tampa Bay.
Boston is only a .500 road team this season and they could really use a series win to gain some ground in the AL East on Tampa Bay.
This season the Rays are 13-7 at home and the Red Sox are 10-10 on the road.
In their last games both teams won yesterday, as the Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-2 and the Rays beat the Houston Astros 10-6.
Taking the mound for the Rays tonight is Wade Davis (4-3 3.35 ERA), who in his last outing went 5 innings giving up 2 earned runs in a win. On the hill for the Red Sox is Clay Buchholz (5-3 3.26 ERA), who in his last start went 8 innings giving up 2 earned runs in a win.
Buchholz has posted a 1.88 ERA while winning his last 2 starts and is 2-2 with a 2.01 ERA in 5 starts against the Rays in his career including losing to them earlier this season.
Davis won for the first time in 3 starts in his last outing and he beat the Red Sox in a game earlier this season.
Dating back to last season Boston is 2-8 in Buchholz's last 10 road starts against teams with a winning record and this season Tampa Bay is 5-2 when Davis has started.
Tampa Bay has scored the second most runs and given up the fewest runs in the AL.
Betting Trends
Boston is 5-1 in their last 6 games, 6-2 in their last 8 games when their opponent scores 5 runs or more in their previous game, and has an Under record of 3-1-1 in their last 5 games.
Tampa Bay is 7-1 in their last 8 games against teams with a winning record and has an Under record of 8-0 in their last 8 home games.
Our Selection : No play on today's game.
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