Toronto Blue Jays (42-33) vs Tampa Bay Rays (40-34)
Game Info: Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 7:07 pm (Rogers Centre)
Yusei Kikuchi (2-4) (5.08) vs Jeffrey Springs (3-2) (2.25)
Betting Odds: Toronto Blue Jays / Tampa Bay Rays --- Over/Under: 8 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Tampa Bay Rays will play the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 of their series at Rogers Centre on Thursday night.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 40-34 this season and have lost two games in a row. Tampa Bay is coming off of a mini series loss to Milwaukee, where they lost both games played. The Tampa Bay pitching staff has a 3.23 ERA, a 1.11 WHIP, and a .221 opponent batting average this season. The Rays offense has scored 298 runs with a .234 batting average and a .298 on base percentage. Randy Arozarena is batting .256 with seven home runs and 33 RBI’s for the Rays this season. The projected starter for Tampa Bay is Jeffrey Springs, who is 3-2 with a 2.25 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP over 60 innings pitched this season.
The Toronto Blue Jays are 42-33 this season and have lost three of their last five games. Toronto is coming off of a series win against Boston, where they won two out of the three games played in the series. The Toronto pitching staff has a 4.02 ERA, a 1.26 WHIP, and a .251 opponent batting average. The Blue Jays offense has scored 357 runs with a .257 batting average and a .325 on base percentage this year. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .266 with 18 home runs and 46 RBI’s for the Blue Jays this season. The projected starter for Toronto is Yusei Kikuchi, who is 2-4 with a 5.08 ERA and a 1.59 WHIP over 56.2 innings pitched this season.
Both of these teams have had successful seasons up to this point, but both come into this series off of a loss. Toronto trails New York by 13.5 games in the AL East, while Tampa Bay trails New York by 15 games. Toronto has been the better hitting team in this matchup, while Tampa Bay has the lower team ERA. Tampa Bay is starting Jeffrey Springs, who has allowed seven runs in his last 10.1 innings pitched. For the Blue Jays, Yusei Kikuchi has allowed 16 runs in his last 15.1 innings. I like the over in this matchup.