Cleveland Guardians (56-62) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (71-48)
The Cleveland Guardians vs. Tampa Bay Rays 8/13/2023 – The MLB hot pick for today will feature two-second seeds in each of their own division, the AL Central Cleveland Guardians and the AL East Tampa Bay Rays, in the closing game of an American League inter-Division three-game series at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Sunday. Cleveland fell to 56-62 overall after losing seven of the last ten contests played, dropped to 25-34 when playing on the road following two straight road losses, and placed second in the AL Central with 4.5 games behind the Minnesota Twins in the first place.
Tampa Bay Rays Aim for Sweep Against Cleveland Guardians
The Guardians have a slight problem scoring runs after gaining a -7 run difference with a total of 476 runs scored to date but also wasted 483 over the course of the season. Cleveland failed to defend a 5-3 lead over Tampa Bay after allowing a three-run blast to the Rays in the final frame on a one-run loss to the Rays at 5-6 on Saturday.
The Tampa Bay Rays will take their last homestand before returning to the road and trying to complete a sweep in a three-game series when hosting the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday. Tampa Bay improved to 71-48 overall after winning four of the last six, raised its home record to 40-21 following two consecutive home triumphs, and placed second in the difficult AL East with just two games behind the Baltimore Orioles in the first place. The Rays are sitting safely in the fifth place of the entire league with a run difference of +146 after accumulating 618 runs scored to date ranked 4th best in the majors while losing 472 all throughout the campaign. Randy Arozarena lined an RBI single to right center to complete a three-run rally by the Rays to outran the Guardians in a 6-5 home win on Saturday. For daily free MLB picks, visit our platform.
Guardians vs. Rays Game lnfo
| When: | Sunday, August 13, 2023, 1:40 PM ET |
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| Where: | Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida |
| TV: | BSGL, BSSUN |
| Stream: | MLB.TV |
Tanner Bibee (8-2, 2.92 ERA) vs Zach Eflin (12-6, 3.34 ERA)
The Cleveland Guardians management will appoint right-hander Tanner Bibee to start the series finale against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. The twenty-four-year-old right-handed thrower is 8-2 on the season with an impressive 2.92 ERA, a nice 1.22 WHlP, and 101 strikeouts with 89 hits, 35 bases on balls, and 10 long balls surrendered through 101.2 innings pitched.
The Tampa Bay management will turn to right-hander Zach Eflin to start game 3 of 3 versus the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday. The twenty-nine-year-old right-handed starter posted a 12-6 record this year with a strong ERA of 3.34, an impressive WHlP at 0.97, and has retired a total of 129 batters while conceding 109 hits, 17 free walks, and 12 home runs across 129.1 frames of work in his starts.
MLB Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay Rays -200, MLB Totals: 7.5
The totals went OVER in 4 of the Tampa Bay Rays’ last 6 outings while the Rays are 8-4 SU in their last 12 matches. Tampa Bay is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games played versus an opponent in the American League while the totals went OVER in 5 of the Rays’ last 6 contests played on a Sunday. The totals went UNDER in 12 of the Tampa Bay Rays’ last 18 outings when playing as the favorite
Cleveland Guardians Betting Trends
The Cleveland Guardians are 2-3 in their last 5 contests played.
Cleveland is 5-0 in its last 5 matches against this spread.
The Guardians are 31-28 in their road games against the spread.
The totals went OVER in 2 of the Cleveland Guardians’ last 5 outings.
Tampa Bay Rays Betting Trends
The Tampa Bay Rays are 3-2 in their last 5 matches.
Tampa Bay is 1-4 in its last 5 outings against the spread.
The totals went OVER in 3 of the Rays’ last 5 games.
The totals went OVER in 36 of the Tampa Bay Rays’ last 61 home contests.
Cleveland Guardians vs. Tampa Bay Rays 8/13/2023 Betting Picks
The totals went UNDER in 4 of the Tampa Bay Rays’ last 6 matches played versus the Cleveland Guardians while the Rays are 10-2 SU in their last 12 contests when playing at home against the Guardians. Tampa Bay is 5-11 in its last 16 home games played while the UNDER has cashed in 13 of the Rays’ last 20 outings played versus an AL opponent. The Cleveland Guardians are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games against the Tampa Bay Rays and 2-10 straight up in their last 12 contests when playing on the road versus the Rays. Cleveland is 3-8 in its last 11 matches while the UNDER has cashed in 5 of the Guardians’ last 6 outings played.
Tampa Bay starter Zach Eflin finished two solid starts after he conceded one earned run but retired 13 opposing batters through 13 frames of work as the Rays won each match.
The Tampa Bay Rays will dominate this match-up with home-field advantage on Sunday. Moreover, Tampa Bay has momentum in this game after winning the first two installments of a series against Cleveland. The Rays will complete a sweep at home with a 40-21 record while the Guardians struggled on the road with a 25-34 record this season. For free sports picks, visit our platform.
Free Pick and Prediction: Tampa Bay Rays will win 4-2.