Rays-Blue Jays Lines Preview

The Tampa Bay Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Rogers Centre.

Lefthander David Price will take the mound for the Rays to start this game. Price is 3-4 this season with a 4.86 ERA.

Price’s opponent in this one will be Brian Tallet. The Blue Jays lefthander has a 4.86 ERA to go along with a 5-6 record this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 115-moneyline favorites versus the Rays, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Rays scored twice in the top of the 10^th inning as they defeated the Blue Jays 4-2 on Friday, as +140 underdogs. The six runs went UNDER the posted over/under (7.5).

Evan Longoria led the Rays with three RBIs, and Matt Garza went nine innings for the win. J.P. Powell surrendered the winning runa in relief.

Aaron Hill and Marco Scutaro drove in both runs for the Blue Jays, who were -160 favorites. Scott Downs gave up the winning run and suffered the loss.

Current streak:
Toronto has lost 2 straight games.

Team records:
Tampa Bay: 53-44 SU
Toronto: 47-50 SU

Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Toronto are 6-4
After playing Toronto are 5-5
After a win are 6-4

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Tampa Bay are 4-6
After playing Tampa Bay are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6

A few trends to consider:
Tampa Bay is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Toronto
Toronto is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games at home
Toronto is 6-16 SU in its last 22 games
Toronto is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Tampa Bay

Next up:
Toronto home to Tampa Bay, Sunday, July 26