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Yandy Diaz will look to add to his 20-game hitting streak when the Tampa Bay Rays (41-41) and Washington Nationals (38-43) meet on Saturday at 4:10 PM ET, live on MASN2 from Tropicana Field. Diaz and the Rays are favored by oddsmakers with -135 odds on the moneyline.
Tampa Bay’s Aaron Civale and Washington’s Jake Irvin have been named the starters for this contest.
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Rays and Nationals Betting Trends
The Rays have been favored on the moneyline 45 total times this season. They’ve finished 24-21 in those games.
Tampa Bay has a 13-12 record (winning 52% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -135 or shorter.
The Nationals have won 30, or 45.5%, of the 66 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
Washington has a record of 23-33, a 41.1% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +115 or more by sportsbooks this season.
In the 82 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for the Rays, they have combined with opponents to go over the total 41 times (41-37-4).
Games involving the Nationals have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 37 of 81 chances this season.
Rays Stats & Insights
The Rays have the No. 22 offense in MLB action scoring four runs per game (331 total runs).
Tampa Bay is fourth-worst in MLB play with 72 home runs.
The Rays have the 19th-ranked batting average in the league (.237).
Tampa Bay strikes out nine times per game to rank 24th in baseball.
The 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Rays pitching staff ranks eighth in the majors.
Tampa Bay’s 4.30 team ERA ranks 22nd among all MLB pitching staffs.
Nationals Stats & Insights
The Nationals have scored the 21st-most runs in the league this season with 333 (4.1 per game).
Washington ranks 29th in Major League Baseball with just 67 home runs as a team.
The Nationals rank 21st in MLB with a .235 team batting average.
Washington has shown good bat-to-ball skills at the plate this season with the seventh-best strikeout rate (7.7 per game) among MLB offenses.
The Nationals average the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the majors this season.
Washington pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.01 ERA this year, which ranks 15th in MLB.
Rays Key Players to Watch
Civale gets the start for the Rays, his 17th of the season. He is 2-5 with a 5.20 ERA and 82 strikeouts in 81 1/3 innings pitched.
Isaac Paredes leads Tampa Bay in home runs with 12 and runs batted in with 42.
Diaz’s batting average of .274 leads all Tampa Bay hitters this season.
Randy Arozarena is slashing .190/.302/.343 this season for the Rays.
Jose Caballero has collected 57 hits this season and has an OBP of .305. He’s slugging .355 on the year.
Nationals Key Players to Watch
Irvin (5-6) will take to the mound for the Nationals and make his 17th start of the season.
C.J. Abrams has put up a team-best batting average of .278, while leading the Nationals in home runs (12).
Jesse Winker is batting .264 with 11 doubles, nine home runs and 41 walks.
Luis Garcia has 13 doubles, seven home runs and 11 walks while batting .257.
Lane Thomas is batting .238 with eight doubles, three triples, eight home runs and 18 walks.
Rays and Nationals Injuries
Rays: Richard Lovelady: 15 Day IL (Forearm), Drew Rasmussen: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Shane McClanahan: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Jacob Waguespack: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Jeffrey Springs: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Nationals: Joey Gallo: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Trevor Williams: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Josiah Gray: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Mason Thompson: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Cade Cavalli: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Jose Ferrer: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
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