Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays - 7/13/22 MLB Picks and Prediction

Tampa Bay Rays (47-40) vs Boston Red Sox (47-41)

Game Info: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 7:10 pm (Tropicana Field)

Shane McClanahan (9-3) (1.73) vs Josh Winckowski (3-3) (4.35)

Betting Odds: Tampa Bay Rays -180 / Boston Red Sox +150 --- Over/Under: 7 Click Here for the Latest Odds

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The Boston Red Sox will play the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 3 of their series at Tropicana Field on Wednesday night.

The Boston Red Sox are 47-41 this season and have lost six of their last eight games. Boston has lost the first two games of this series by scores of 10-5 and 3-2. The Boston pitching staff has a 3.82 ERA, a 1.25 WHIP, and a .237 opponent batting average this season. The Red Sox offense has scored 417 runs with a .260 batting average and a .324 on base percentage. Trevor Story is batting .221 with 15 home runs and 58 RBI’s for the Red Sox this season. The projected starter for Boston is Josh Winckowski, who is 3-3 with a 4.35 ERA and a 1.52 WHIP over 31 innings pitched this season.

The Tampa Bay Rays are 47-40 this season and have won two games in a row. Prior to winning the first two games of this series, Tampa Bay lost all three games played against Cincinnati. The Tampa Bay pitching staff has a 3.36 ERA, a 1.15 WHIP, and a .229 opponent batting average. The Rays offense has scored 363 runs with a .239 batting average and a .306 on base percentage this year. Randy Arozarena is batting .252 with 10 home runs and 40 RBI’s for the Rays this season. The projected starter for Tampa Bay is Shane McClanahan, who is 9-3 with a 1.73 ERA and a 0.81 WHIP over 104.1 innings pitched this season.

Boston is 6-1 in their last 7 game three’s of a series and 2-6 in their last 8 games. The over is 5-1 in Boston’s last 5 games. Tampa Bay is 5-0 in their last 5 games on astroturf and 9-3 in their last 12 Wednesday games. The over is 6-2-1 in Tampa Bay’s last 9 home games. Boston is 1-6 in these two teams last 7 head to head meetings.

Boston limps into this game after losing six out of their last eight games. Tampa Bay has bounced back well after getting swept by the Reds last weekend. Tampa Bay trails New York by 14 games in the AL East, while Boston trails the Yankees by 14.5 games. Tampa Bay has the advantage in this game as well, as Shane McClanahan hasn’t allowed more than one earned run in his last six starts. I like the Rays in this game.

The pick in this article is the opinion of the writer, not a PickDawgz site consensus.

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