The Tampa Bay Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays will meet on the field at Rogers Centre on Friday in a battle of division rivals.
The Rays will give the ball to starter MattGarza in this one. RighthanderGarza is 6-7 this season with a 3.80 ERA.
It’ll be ace RoyHalladay toeing the rubber for the Blue Jays in this contest. RighthanderHalladay is 11-3 with a 2.73 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Rays, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Rays were no-hit by MarkBuehrle and the White Sox, falling 5-0 in the series finale on Thursday. The Rays were +100 underdogs in that game, while the team’s played UNDER the posted over/under (9).
ScottKazmir surrendered five runs off five hits over six innings in the loss.
The Blue Jays lost to Cleveland 5-4 as a -170 favorite on Thursday. The nine runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over/under total (9).
AaronHill hit a two-run home run for Toronto and KevinMillar added a solo shot in the loss.
Current streak: TampaBay has lost 2 straight games.
Team records: TampaBay: 52-44 SU Toronto: 47-49 SU
Tampa Bay most recently: When playing on Friday are 7-3 Before playing Toronto are 7-3 After playing Chi White Sox are 3-7 After a loss are 5-5
Toronto most recently: When playing on Friday are 6-4 Before playing Tampa Bay are 4-6 After playing Cleveland are 6-4 After a loss are 4-6
A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Tampa Bay’s last 7 games when playing Toronto Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Toronto The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto Tampa Bay is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Toronto The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto’s last 7 games when playing Tampa Bay The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto’s last 10 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto’s last 10 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto’s last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay
Next up: Toronto home to TampaBay, Saturday, July 25
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