Expert Top Pick of the Day: Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers

The Rays and Rangers will face each other for the first time at Globe Life Field as they begin a four-game series tonight. Tampa most recently split four games at home against the AL East-leading New York Yankees, taking the final two games. Texas had their four-game winning streak snapped by the A’s last night after committing five errors in the contest.

Tampa Bay remains in second place behind the Yankees by 4.5 games in the division standings and has won four of their last six games overall. Texas has now moved to within seven games of the NL West-leading Houston Astros and is third in their division, trailing behind the Angels, who have now lost five straight games.

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers Schedule

Date: Monday, May 30, 2022
Time: 06:05 PM CDT
Location: Globe Life Field, Arlington, TX

Rays Look To Continue Their Road Success

Tampa Bay returns to the road after a six-game homestand where they are 11-8. However, in their last series away from home, they lost two of three to the Baltimore Orioles. Last night versus New York, the Rays had only two hits, home runs by Taylor Walls and Ji-Man Choi, while beating the Yankees 4-2. The other two runs came off four seventh-inning walks by Yankees pitchers.

The Rays have been led this season by Randy Azozarena, who’s batting .259 and leads the team with 45 hits. Kevin Kiermaier leads them in home runs with six, and Manuel Margot is first on the team in RBIs with 23. Shane McClanahan is the top pitcher for the Rays. He has five wins and leads the team with a 2.01 ERA. He also has 81 strikeouts.

Rangers Moving Up In The Standings

Texas has recently made up some ground on the second-place Angels in the NL West standings and is now just 3.5 games behind them in third place after trailing them by 7.5 games last week and has won four of their previous five games. However, their defense didn’t play well last night as they had a chance to sweep the Oakland A’s but came up just short, losing 6-5.

Nathaniel Lowe is first for the Rangers in batting average at .266. Corey Seager is the home run leader with 10, and Adolis Garcia has 29 RBIs, which is first among all batters. Martin Perez is the top pitcher for Texas and has three wins and a 1.60 ERA. Dane Dunning leads them in strikeouts with 56 on the season.

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers Odds Comparison

Tampa Bay is 10-4 in their last 14 road games against the Rangers, and the total has gone under in four of their previous six games. The total has gone under in five of the last seven games for Texas when playing as the underdog, and they are 4-2 in their last six games against opponents in the American League.

DraftKings has Tampa at -140, and the game total is 8.
FanDuel has Tampa at -144, and the game total is 8
Caesars has Tampa at -140, and the game total is 8.

Godds Pick or Prediction of the Game

Tampa is a slight favorite for this matchup as they send Drew Rasmussen and his 5-1 record to the mound to face the 2-2 Glenn Otto for Texas. The Rays’ overall pitching has been stingy lately, with a 2.20 ERA in the last ten games.

Godds Pick/Prediction: The Rays will win, and the total stays under.

Expert Top Pick of the Day: Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers