The Tampa Bay Rays (18-3) hope to complete a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox (7-14) when the teams meet at 1:40 PM ET Sunday. The Rays are -182 favorites to keep the White Sox out of the win column in the series.
Tampa Bay’s Zach Eflin gets the start, and he’ll go against Chicago’s Lucas Giolito.
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Rays and White Sox Betting Trends
The Rays have put together an 18-2 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 90% of those games).
Tampa Bay has won all 11 games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -182 or shorter.
The White Sox have won three, or 23.1%, of the 13 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
Chicago has played as an underdog of +155 or more twice this season and lost both games.
The Rays have played in 21 games with an over/under set, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 12 times (12-6-3).
The White Sox and their opponents have hit the over in 12 of their 21 games with a total this season.
Rays Stats & Insights
The Rays have the No. 1 offense in MLB action scoring 6.9 runs per game (145 total runs).
The Tampa Bay Rays lead baseball with 46 total home runs, averaging 2.2 per game.
The Rays lead MLB with a .286 batting average.
Tampa Bay’s hitters strike out 8.1 times per game, the eighth-fewest strikeouts in MLB.
The pitching staff for the Rays has a collective 9.5 K/9, the sixth-best in the majors.
Tampa Bay has the top team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (2.79).
White Sox Stats & Insights
The White Sox have scored 93 runs (4.4 per game) this season, which ranks 18th in MLB.
Chicago ranks 16th in Major League Baseball with 23 home runs.
The White Sox rank 14th in MLB with a .247 team batting average.
Chicago ranks 16th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.7 Ks per contest.
The White Sox strike out a league-high 10.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff.
Chicago pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.48 ERA this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
Rays Key Players to Watch
Eflin (2-0) gets the start for the Rays, his third of the season.
Randy Arozarena leads Tampa Bay in runs batted in with 22 while batting .350, which is also best on the team.
Yandy Diaz’s six home runs are most among Tampa Bay batters. He’s driven in 14 runs this season while slugging .592.
Josh Lowe has 19 hits this season and a slash line of .345/.390/.673.
Wander Franco has collected 23 hits this season and has an OBP of .367. He’s slugging .538 on the year.
White Sox Key Players to Watch
The White Sox’s Giolito (1-1) will make his fifth start of the season.
Andrew Vaughn has racked up a team-best 14 runs batted in.
Luis Robert’s five home runs are a team-high mark.
Andrew Benintendi has racked up a team-best batting average of .284.
Yasmani Grandal has seven doubles, two home runs and seven walks while hitting .281.
Rays and White Sox Injuries
Rays: Jose Siri: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Ryan Thompson: 15 Day IL (Lat), Tyler Glasnow: 15 Day IL (Oblique), Jeffrey Springs: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Shane Baz: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Shawn Armstrong: 60 Day IL (Neck), Andrew Kittredge: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
White Sox: Tim Anderson: 10 Day IL (Knee), Yoán Moncada: 10 Day IL (Back), Hanser Alberto: 10 Day IL (Quadricep), Joe Kelly: 15 Day IL (Groin), Liam Hendriks: 15 Day IL (Illness), Garrett Crochet: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Matt Foster: 60 Day IL (Forearm)
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