Tampa Bay Rays vs Detroit Tigers 6/5/19 Betting Odds, Pick, and Prediction

The Tampa Bay Rays play the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of their three-game set on Wednesday at Comerica Park in Detroit.

Charlie Morton will get to open on top of the hill for the Rays on Wednesday night. The 35-year-old right-hander has started in a total of 12 games this season and has a record of 6-0 with an ERA of 2.04, a WHIP of 1.10 and a BAA of .195. Tampa Bay is 7-3 in Morton’s last 10 starts of the season.

The Flemington, New Jersey native has given up a total of 21 runs, 19 of which were earned runs, on 21 hits with only four home runs in a total of 67.1 innings pitched. Morton has also struck out a total of 84 batters while walking 27 others. In his last start, Morton gave up two earned runs on four hits in 7.0 innings pitched. He earned the win as the Rays beat the Twins 14-3 last May 30th.

Austin Meadows has been the key offensive player for Tampa Bay this season. The Rays’ center fielder leads the team with his .357 batting average. Meadows also has a total of 12 homers and 37 RBIs to pace the Rays this season. As a team, Tampa Bay is hitting at a .259 clip and they have scored a total of 257 runs on the season.

Miguel Cabrera leads Detroit with his .284 batting average. The Tigers’ first baseman also has a team-best 22 RBIs to pace Detroit this year. Meanwhile,  Nicholas Castellanos’ 6 homers are the most so far by any Tiger this season. As a team, Detroit is batting at .228 and they have scored a total of 201 runs on the season.

Who Wins?

Tampa Bay is 6-4 SU in their last 10 games played. The Rays are 2-1 SU in their last three games played on the road. Detroit is 4-6 SU in their last 10 games played. The Tigers are 9-17 SU in 26 home games played this season. Head to head, the Rays are 6-2 SU in their last eight games against the Tigers. Tampa Bay is also 3-2 SU in their last five games played in Detroit.

When it comes to baseball betting, the Tampa Bay Rays are 28-18 SU in 46 games, including 5-4 SU in their last nine games, as odds on favorites this season while the Detroit Tigers are 14-26 SU in 40 games, including 3-4 SU in their last seven games, as the betting underdogs this season.

The Rays are 5-0 SU in Morton’s last five starts against an opponent with a losing record, 6-1 SU in his last seven road starts and 5-2 SU in their last seven road games against a right-handed starting pitcher. The Tigers are just 1-4 SU in Turnbull’s last five starts, 1-10 SU in their last 11 home games versus right-handers and 0-4 SU in their last four home games against opponents with a road winning percentage higher than .600.

Detroit has been struggling to score and to get wins especially against teams with winning records. They are also struggling with Turnbull as a starter. On the other hand, Tampa Bay has been playing well on the road lately and have been winning with Morton, even away from home. I’m picking the Tampa Bay Rays to beat the Detroit Tigers om 6/5/19.

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Other Bets To Make

Tampa Bay is 5-5 ATS in their last 10 games played and the Rays are 2-1 ATS in their last three road games. Detroit is 6-4 ATS in their last 10 games played but is just 8-18 ATS in 26 home games played this season.

Tampa Bay has outscored Detroit by an average of two runs per game in their last three meetings but by just 1.14 runs per game based on their scoring average this season and just 0.3 runs per game in their last 10 head to head meetings overall. Four out of their last six meetings were decided by just one run. The games between these teams have been close but the Tigers haven’t been able to cover enough at home this season. Prediction: Rays – 1.5

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The over is 4-3-3 in the last 10 games played by Tampa Bay. The under is 2-1 in the Rays’ last three road games played. The under is 5-4-1 in the Tigers’ last 10 games played but the over is 13-11-2 in their 26 home games played this season. Head to head, the total has gone under in seven out of the last 10 meetings between these two teams.

The Rays have seen the total go over in three out of their last five games against American League Central Opponents and in three out of their last five games against right-handed starting pitchers. The over is 6-2 in Turnbull’s last eight starts and the total has gone over in six out of their last eight games against a starting pitcher with a WHIP of less than 1.15. I’m going over the modest total here. Prediction: Over 8.5

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