Can Rays, Twins find offense?
Can the Tampa Bay Rays and Minnesota Twins stop their recent struggles when the two meet up tonight at 8:10PM ET?
The Rays put Matt Moore on the mound to face Kyle Gibson of the Twins. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Tampa is favored on the road tonight, as the Rays are getting odds of -115 to win. Minnesota has a money line of +105 to prevail, while the over/under total has been set at 8.5 runs.
Tampa Bay is 22-29 overall, 11-14 on the road and 24-22-5 with the under. Minnesota is 15-37 overall, 8-15 at home and 28-21-3 with the over. These two are meeting for the first time this year. The Twins have won four of their last six against the Rays and the two have hit the over in five straight meetings.
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Both teams come into this game in quite a funk. The Rays have lost seven of their last eight while the Twins have dropped three straight. Matt Moore has been struggling, posting a 6.48 ERA in his last three starts. Gibson isn’t any better, as he has a 6.10 ERA for the season. While both pitchers haven’t been strong, both lineups have been struggling just as much. Neither team has been putting up runs against average pitching, so tonight should be no different. Look for them to struggle to produce nine runs.
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