Rays-Red Sox Preview

The Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Fenway Park.
Righthander Matt Garza will take the mound for the Rays to start this game. Garza is 11-10 this season with a 3.82 ERA.
It’ll be Jon Lester toeing the rubber for the Red Sox in this contest. Lefthander Lester is 17-6 with a 3.01 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 185-moneyline favorites versus the Rays, while the game’s total is sitting at 8½.
B.J. Upton drove in the winning run in the 11th inning on Saturday night as the Rays topped the Red Sox 9-8 in Game 2 of this series.
The Rays pulled out the win as -114 home favorites in that contest, while the combined score went well OVER the night’s posted total (8).
Team records:
Tampa Bay: 97-65 SU
Boston: 95-67 SU
Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Boston are 5-5
After playing Boston are 9-1
After a win are 6-4

Boston most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Tampa Bay are 6-4
After playing Tampa Bay are 3-7
After a loss are 7-3

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
Tampa Bay is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing Boston
Tampa Bay is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Boston is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston’s last 7 games at home
Boston is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Next up:
Boston home to Tampa Bay, Tuesday, October 14
 

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