Tampa Bay Rays vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, Pick and Preview, June 26 (6/26): MLB

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Odds

Time	1:40 p.m. EST
Pirates money line	+170
Pirates run line	+1.5 (-140)
Rays money line	-210
Rays run line	-1.5 (+120)
Over / under	6.5

 

Key stats

	Pittsburgh Pirates	Tampa Bay Rays
Record	29-42	39-32
Road / home record	12-22	24-15
Last 10 record	5-5	4-6
Streak	L2	W2
Over / under record	29-35-6	31-36-3
Runs / game	3.67	4.03
Runs allowed / game	5.01	3.81

 

Preview

The Tampa Bay Rays and the Pittsburgh Pirates will play the 2nd game of the series at the Tropicana Field on Sunday. The Rays took the win on Saturday game 6-5 to secure the series.

Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pirates get to this game with a 29-42 record and have lost 3 of their last 4 games. The team is averaging 3.6 runs and allowing 5 runs per game. Ke'Bryan Hayes is batting for .270 AVG and has 21 RBI. Bryan Reynolds leads in home runs with 12.

JT Brubaker leads the team with a 4.14 ERA, 76 strikeouts and 1 win.

Probable Pitcher: Roansy Contreras (2-1, 2.89 ERA)

Contreras will be on the mound in the 3rd game of the series for the Pirates. Contreras earned the victory in Tuesday's 7-1 win over the Cubs, allowing one run on four hits and two walks in five innings. He struck out three batters.

Tampa Bay Rays

The Rays get here with a 39-32 record and have won 3 of their last 4 games. The team is averaging 4 runs while allowing 3.8 runs per game. Ji-Man Choi leads the team, batting for a .289 avg with 6 home runs and 34 RBI. Paredes has 9 home runs for the Rays.

Shane McClanahan leads the team with a 1.81 ERA, 113 strikeouts and 7 wins recorded for the Rays..

Probable Pitcher:  Shane McClanahan (7-3, 1.81 ERA)

McClanahan will be on the mound in the 1st game of the series for the Rays. On Monday against the Yankees, McClanahan worked six innings, giving up just one run on four hits and one walk while fanning eight. 

BETTING TRENDS

Pittsburgh are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games against Tampa Bay.

Pittsburgh are 1-9 SU in their last 10 games on the road.

Tampa Bay are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games at home.

The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 7 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh.

Prediction

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