Boston Red Sox (43-29) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (43-30)
June 22, 2021 7:10 pm EDT
The Line: Tampa Bay Rays -105 / Boston Red Sox -105; Over/Under: +8
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The Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays meet Tuesday in MLB action at Tropicana Field. The Red Sox look for a win after splitting their last 12 games. The Rays need a win to snap a six-game losing streak.
The Boston Red Sox have scored 13 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in six of their last 10 games. The Red Sox have won 10 of their last 11 games when scoring four or more runs. JD Martinez leads the Red Sox with 80 hits and 44 RBI while Xander Bogaerts and Alex Verdugo have combined for 153 hits and 74 RBI. Eduardo Rodriguez gets the ball, and he is 5-4 with a 6.21 ERA and 78 strikeouts this season. Rodriguez is 1-3 with a 5.44 ERA and 56 strikeouts in his career against the Rays.
The Tampa Bay Rays have scored eight runs in their last three games and four or more runs in six of their last nine games. The Rays have split their last eight games when scoring four or more runs. Randy Arozarena leads the Rays with 69 hits and 37 RBI while Joey Wendle and Austin Meadows have combined for 121 hits and 82 RBI. Andrew Kittredge gets the ball, and he is 5-1 with a 1.34 ERA and 30 strikeouts this season. Kittredge is 0-2 with a 2.53 ERA and 15 strikeouts in his career against the Red Sox.
The Red Sox are 7-2 in their last 9 road games and 1-5 in their last 6 Tuesday games. The Rays are 65-29 in their last 94 home games and 0-6 in their last 6 overall. The under is 5-1 in Red Sox last 6 Tuesday games. The over is 5-2-1 in Rays last 8 home games. The Red Sox are 4-0 in the last 4 meetings.
The Red Sox are obviously playing the better baseball right now and are hard to turn down with reasonable prices. The Rays have cooled off dramatically and the pitching has fallen off a bit. With all that said, the Rays are at home, are due for a turnaround and they have a clear edge starting wise. Kittredge has been dealing all year, while Rodriguez has been hit hard majority of the season. I’ll gladly back the Rays here.
