Detroit Tigers (70-76) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (90-56)
September 16, 2021 7:10 pm EDT
The Line: Tampa Bay Rays -263 / Detroit Tigers +185; Over/Under: 7.5
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The Detroit Tigers and the Tampa Bay Rays meet in MLB action from Tropicana Field on Thursday night.
The Detroit Tigers come into this game looking to build on their 4-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday. Dustin Garneau led the way with a home run and two total RBIs while Derek Hill had a triple with an RBI and Miguel Cabrera added a double with an RBI as well to finish off the scoring for Detroit in the win. Matt Manning got the win to improve to 4-6 on the year after allowing one run on two hits with three walks and six strikeouts over six innings of work. Tyler Alexander will start here and is 2-2 with a 4.09 ERA and 71 strikeouts this season.
The Tampa Bay Rays will try to rebound from their 6-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday. All of Tampa Bay’s scoring came via home runs as Brett Phillips had a two run home run and Mike Zunino had a solo shot to make up the scoring for the Rays in the loss. Yandy Diaz and Manuel Margot each had extra base hits as well in the defeat. Michael Wacha took the loss, failing to 3-6 after allowing six runs on seven hits with five K’s over six innings of work. Louis Head will start here and is 1-0 with a 2.67 ERA and 27 strikeouts this season.
Detroit is 17-38 in their last 55 Thursday games and 4-1 in their last 5 games as an underdog while the under is 8-2-1 in their last 11 games as a road underdog. Tampa Bay is 10-2 in their last 12 Thursday games and 38-14 in their last 52 home games while the over is 4-0-1 in their last 5 games as a favorite.
I’m not sure what to make of this game if we are being honest as both teams are solid defensively as of late but both can put runs up in bunches. I’m going to lean toward the under here, as I see this being a 4-3 game whichever way you side it and this game being decided late wouldn’t surprise me either. Give me the under here.
