Cardinals vs. Rays Odds & Betting Predictions - August 8, 2023

Cardinals at Rays

10:40 pm • BSSUN

St. Louis Cardinals

35-28

2 - 4

Tampa Bay Rays

38-25

pitcher		team	era	w-l
Z.Eflin			3.50	16-8
M.Mikolas			4.78	9-13

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Cardinals 35-28	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rays 38-25	N/A	N/A	N/A

Tuesday 10:40 p.m.

August 08, 2023

Tropicana FieldSt. Petersburg

M.Mikolas o3.5 Ks-170

$7.06

TB -1.5+120

1.2u

Y.Diaz o1.5 Total Bases-105

0.95u

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Z.Eflin o17.5 Outs-130

$115.38

Best line is at rivers, -130

TB -1-130

$1.00

Over 0.5 (1st Inn)-106

0.53u

Featured Insight
Rays hitters have a hard-hit rate of 41% over the last two weeks -- eighth-best in MLB. Opponents have a hard-hit rate of 41% against the CardinalsRPs over the last two weeks -- tied for worst in MLB.

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Featured Insight
The Cardinals have answered-back in just 30% of innings after an opponent scores over the last two weeks -- 10th-lowest in MLB. Rays have allowed a run just 29% of the time after an opposing score over the last two weeks -- seventh-lowest in MLB.

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The Rays are just 3-8 (.273) after a win as underdogs this season -- 2nd lowest in MLB; League Avg: .445.

Nolan Gorman has struck out in 31% of PA's this season -- ninth highest in MLB-- fifth Percentile. Robert Stephenson has a strikeout rate of 34% this season -- tied for 13th highest among qualified RPs-- 94th Percentile.

Nolan Arenado had an OPS of .891 last season -- eighth best in MLB-- 94th Percentile. Zack Littell allowed an OPS of .809 (190 PAs) last season -- 12th worst among qualified RPs-- fifth Percentile.

Zach Eflin has allowed an OBP of just .219 (233 PA's) vs left-handed batters this season -- best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .316 -- 100th Percentile.

Zach Eflin has allowed an OBP of just .259 (478 PA's) this season -- best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .305 -- 100th Percentile.

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MLB Public Betting

Rays are 2-3 in their last 5 games.
Rays are 2-3 in their last 5 games against the spread
Rays are 15-17 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 1 of Rays' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 14 of Rays' 31 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Rays	36-27	21-10	15-17	22-17	14-10
Cardinals	38-25	21-14	17-11	7-4	31-20

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Rays	30-31-2	14-16-1	16-15-1	20-17-2	10-14
Cardinals	27-32-4	17-16-2	10-16-2	4-6-1	22-26-3

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Rays	38-25	22-9	16-16	24-15	14-10
Cardinals	35-28	19-16	16-12	8-3	27-24

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Aug 6th	@DET	W 10-6	-	-	-
Aug 5th	@DET	L 2-4	-	-	-
Aug 4th	@DET	W 8-0	-	-	-
Aug 2nd	@NYY	L 2-7	-	-	-
Aug 1st	@NYY	W 5-2	-	-	-

Gavin Lux
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Lux is out with shoulder
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Michael Grove
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Grove is out with shoulder
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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RM.Mikolas, P	80	7	5	2
RA.Pallante, P	17	0.1	0	2
RD. VerHagen, P	9	0.2	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1L.Nootbaar, LF	1-3	0	0	0
2P.Goldschmidt, 1B	0-4	0	0	0
3N.Gorman, 2B	1-4	0	0	0
4N.Arenado, 3B	1-4	1	1	1
5W.Contreras, C	1-4	1	1	1
6A.Burleson, DH	1-4	0	0	0
7J.Walker, RF	0-4	0	0	0
8D.Carlson, CF	0-3	0	0	0
9T.Edman, SS	0-2	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RZ.Eflin, P	99	7	8	1
RJ.Adam, P	21	1	1	0
RP.Fairbanks, P	20	1	1	1

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1Y.Diaz, 1B	4-4	1	0	1
2W. Franco, SS	1-4	1	0	0
3B.Lowe, 2B	1-4	0	0	1
4R.Arozarena, LF	2-4	0	0	1
5I.Paredes, 3B	1-3	1	1	1
6L.Raley, DH	1-4	0	0	0
7J.Siri, CF	0-4	0	0	0
8J.Lowe, RF	1-3	1	0	0
9C.Bethancourt, C	1-2	0	0	0
9H.Ramirez, PH	0-1	0	0	0
9R.Pinto, C	0-0	0	0	0