The Tampa Bay Rays (59-61) will host the Arizona Diamondbacks (69-53), Saturday at 4:10 p.m. ET, in the first game of a three-game series.
The Diamondbacks are projected as a close favorite (-112 to win on the moneyline) against the Rays (-107). The Arizona Diamondbacks will give the start to Zac Gallen (9-5, 3.69 ERA), who is looking for win No. 10 on the season, and the Rays will turn to Jeffrey Springs (0-1, 4.61 ERA).
The Diamondbacks won their last game against the Rockies on Wednesday by an 11-4 score. Eugenio Suarez went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a home run and five RBI to lead them offensively. Jordan Montgomery picked up the win on the strength of six innings, giving up three earned runs on five hits while striking out eight.
Wednesday, the Rays lost to the Astros 2-1. Garrett Cleavinger was the losing pitcher after he went one inning without giving up an earned run on one hit, while striking out two. Taylor Walls paced the Rays’ offense, going 1-for-3.
Here’s what you need to get ready for Saturday’s Diamondbacks vs. Rays contest, including viewing options.
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Tampa Bay Rays odds and betting lines
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Friday at 9:16 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
Favorite: Diamondbacks (-112, bet $112 to win $100)
Underdog: Rays (-107, bet $107 to win $100)
Over/under: 7.5
Diamondbacks vs. Rays: Live streaming info & game time
Game Day: Saturday, August 17, 2024
Game Time: 4:10 p.m. ET
Stadium: Tropicana Field
TV Channel: Diamondbacks
Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
Diamondbacks stats and trends
Diamondbacks betting records
This season, the Diamondbacks have been favored 59 times and won 38, or 64.4%, of those games.
Arizona is 37-21 this season when entering a game favored by -112 or more on the moneyline.
The Diamondbacks have a 52.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Games involving Arizona have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 67 of 122 chances this season.
The Diamondbacks have an ATS record of 62-59-0 in 121 games with a spread this season.
Zac Gallen (Diamondbacks probable starter)
Gallen tries for his 10th victory when he gets the start for the Diamondbacks, his 21st of the season. He is 9-5 with a 3.69 ERA and 99 strikeouts in 105 2/3 innings pitched.
His most recent appearance came on Sunday against the Philadelphia Phillies, when the righty went 4 1/3 innings, surrendering one earned run while giving up five hits.
In 20 games this season, the 29-year-old has a 3.69 ERA and 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .246 to opposing hitters.
Gallen has nine quality starts this year.
Gallen will look to record his 17th outing of five or more innings pitched this season. He’s averaging 5.3 innings per appearance.
He has had six appearances this season in which he held his opponents to zero earned runs.
He will match up with a Rays squad that is hitting .231 as a unit (26th in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .369 (27th in MLB) with 110 total home runs (28th in MLB).
Diamondbacks batting stats
The Diamondbacks have hit 147 homers this season, which ranks 10th in the league.
Hitters for Arizona rank fourth in the majors with a combined .434 team slugging percentage.
The Diamondbacks have a team batting average of .261 this season, which ranks second among MLB teams.
Arizona leads MLB with 644 runs scored this season.
The Diamondbacks have an on-base percentage of .333 this season, which ranks second in the league.
Arizona ranks seventh in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 7.7 whiffs per contest.
Rays stats and trends
Rays betting records
The Rays have been chosen as underdogs in 58 games this year and have walked away with the win 26 times (44.8%) in those games.
This season, Tampa Bay has been victorious 25 times in 54 chances when named as an underdog of at least -107 or worse on the moneyline.
Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rays have a 51.7% chance of pulling out a win.
Tampa Bay’s games have gone over the total in 55 of its 120 opportunities.
The Rays are 65-54-0 against the spread in their 119 games that had a posted line this season.
Jeffrey Springs (Rays probable starter)
Springs (0-1) gets the starting nod for the Rays in his fourth start of the season. He has a 4.61 ERA in 13 2/3 innings pitched, with 14 strikeouts.
His last appearance was on Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, when the lefty tossed five innings, surrendering one earned run while giving up six hits.
In three games this season, the 31-year-old has an ERA of 4.61, with 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .310 against him.
Springs will try to build upon a three-game streak of going five or more innings (he’s averaging 4.4 innings per appearance).
The opposing Diamondbacks offense has the fourth-ranked slugging percentage (.434) and ranks 10th in home runs hit (147) in all of MLB. They have a collective .261 batting average, and are third in the league with 1084 total hits and first in MLB play scoring 644 runs.
Rays batting stats
The Rays are third-worst in MLB action with 110 home runs.
So far this year, Tampa Bay has the fourth-lowest slugging percentage in baseball (.369).
The Rays are 26th in MLB with a .231 batting average.
Tampa Bay is the third-lowest scoring team in MLB action averaging 3.9 runs per game (464 total).
The Rays rank 19th in MLB with an on-base percentage of .308.
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