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Cardinals vs Rays Predictions, Game Preview, Live Stream, Odds & Picks, June 8

Interleague Series Resumes at Tampa Bay

Rays Slow Cardinals’ Momentum

The St. Louis Cardinals took a loss in Tampa Bay on Tuesday night, but they’ve still been playing great baseball of late. Even with that setback, the team has still won six of their last nine games.

The same can’t be said about the Rays, though. They’ve been alternating small winning and losing streaks. They’re fresh off a win over St. Louis but lost two in a row before that.

Cardinals vs Rays Predictions, Game Preview, Live Stream, Odds & Picks, June 8
Cardinals vs Rays Predictions, Game Preview, Live Stream, Odds & Picks, June 8

Looking further, they won three in a row, lost two in a row, won two in a row, lost two in row and won two in a row. So, if you betonline, what’s the play in this one?

Let’s check the latest MLB picks, stats, injury reports, and MLB odds for Cardinals vs Rays. We’ve plenty of MLB predictions.

Cardinals in Good Stretch

St. Louis has found themselves neck and neck with the Milwaukee Brewers at the top of the National League Central.

The two teams have almost identical records. The Cardinals are one of the best teams in the league at making contact with a batting average of.254, the fifth-best mark. They are also the fifth-best when it comes to hits at 478.

The challenge is that the power really hasn’t been there. They are 14th in homers at 55. They only had two runs in the lost to the Rays on Tuesday even though they had nine hits.

Another nine-hit effort likely leads to a much better scoring result for them.

Rays Aim for Second Straight Win

Tampa Bay is rolling out Corey Kluber in this one and he’s been decent so far. Kluber is sitting on a 2-2 record with 50.2 innings pitched. While his ERA looks a touch lofty at 3.73, his 1.13 WHIP is very respectable.

However, there has been a significant difference in his pitching at home compared to on the road. His ERA when traveling is at a lofty 5.09 whereas it dips all the way down to 2.60 at home.

It’s not just Kluber, but every pitcher on the Rays roster. Tampa Bay has a team ERA of 3.78 on the road and 2.98 at home.

Given that they have home-field advantage here, that could be a big factor on the MLB betting odds.

Cardinals vs Rays Head-to-Head

This is an interleague matchup, so they don’t square off often.

Cardinals vs Rays Game Information

  • Game: Cardinals (32-24) vs Rays (32-23)
  • Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
  • Day/Time: Wednesday, 7:10 p.m. ET
  • Live stream MLB.tv

Cardinals vs Rays Betting Lines

Team Run line Moneyline Total Team Total
St. Louis Cardinals
P. Naughton -L
+1½ -160 +125 7½ -115o 3½ Evo

3½ -130u

Tampa Bay Rays
C. Kluber -R
-1½ +140 -140 7½ -105u 4½ +115o

4½ -145u

Cardinals vs Rays Prediction

The Cardinals may have had more success over the past week or so, but the pitching matchup could be key here. The numbers show that their pitching has been stronger when playing at home and bettors have to note that.

Kluber pitches better at home than on the road and the Rays are generally a better team at Tropicana Field. Either betting the Rays or the under makes sense for MLB picks in this one. We should see a Rays win and a low-scoring affair.

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