Cleveland Guardians vs Tampa Bay Rays Betting Prediction and Best Odds September 29

Cleveland Guardians vs Tampa Bay Rays Betting Pick: The Preview

WagerTalk MLB handicapper Andy Lang offers his analysis of Wednesday’s Cleveland Guardians vs Tampa Bay Rays clash at Progressive Field. The Guardians lead the season series with the Rays 3-2 as Tampa Bay attempts to tie it up in their last regular season meeting tonight.

Thursday, September 29	MLB Betting Notes, Courtesy of Caesars
Moneyline:	Cleveland Guardians +105 vs Tampa Bay Rays -115
Runline:	Guardians +1.5 (-170) / Rays -1.5 (+150)
Total:	6.5 Runs (Over -105 / Under -115)
Game Time:	6:10pm ET / 3:10pm PT
Where:	Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH
Weather:	60 Degrees / Clear

Cleveland Guardians vs Tampa Bay Rays Analysis

The Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians meet for the rubber match of a three game series from Progressive Field on Thursday evening.

The Guardians evened up the series with a 2-1 victory in extra frames last night. The Rays continue to fight for Wild Card positioning while the Cleveland has already locked up the American League Central.

Reliever turned starter Jeffrey Springs gets the nod for Tampa Bay while the Guardians counter with the righty Cal Quantrill. First pitch is scheduled for 6:10 PM EST/3:10 PST.

Guardians Prevail In Extras

The Cleveland Guardians took home a 2-1 victory last night on a Amed Rosario single in the 10th inning. Triston McKenzie led the way with a six inning performance where he allowed only one run on three hits while striking out six.

Third baseman Gabriel Arias provided the only other run with his first home run of the season. At 86-78 on the season, the Guardians have locked up the AL Central with no chance of moving up in playoff positioning.

The have relied heavily on their pitching this season as they rank 6th in team ERA at 3.52. However they have picked up their run production recently as they up the 4.65 runs/game in September compared to 4.32 on the season.

The 27 year-old righty Cal Quantrill toes the rubber on Thursday evening. Quantrill is 14-5 on the season with a 3.49 ERA and 1.24 WHIP.

He held the Texas Rangers to one run across six innings in his last outing but has some concerning underlying numbers. He has a xERA of 4.43, over run higher than his ERA, meaning regression could be due.

Springs Looks To Have A Successful Fall

The Tampa Bays Rays record fell to 85-70 on the season as they lost 2-1 in the 10th inning last night. Tyler Glasnow looked solid in his first action in nearly 14 months with three innings of one run baseball.

Ji-Man Choi went 2 for 3 with a double and run scored. The Rays currently occupy the 2nd Wild Card spot, they are 1.5 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays for home field advantage in the first round.

The Rays have also done it with pitching as they rank 4th in team ERA at 3.40. Their lineups has averaged only 4.21 runs a game with only three players with 10+ home runs.

The Rays have churned out another strong starter in the southpaw Jeffrey Springs. Springs has a 9-4 record with a pristine 2.56 ERA and 1.10 WHIP to go with 136 strikeouts in 126.1 innings of work. He faced the Guardians back in late July allowed three runs in only five innings pitched.

Cleveland Guardians vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction

We have a virtual pick’em with the money line set at -115 for the Tampa Bay Rays and -105 for the Cleveland Guardians with a total of 6.5 It makes sense to have back-to-back extra innings games as these teams stack up so evenly.

They have two of the best staffs in the game and neither is a juggernaut on offense. They are only separated by two games and the standings could end up facing each other in the post-season.

With a total this low it won’t take much to go up and over the total. The Rays hitters will be locked in and the Guardians are batters are heating up. Let’s make a small play on the over 6.5.

Prediction: Under 6.5 -110

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Meet the Author

Andy Lang has lived in Indianapolis his whole life, and like most people from the Hoosier State, he became fascinated with motor sports. That interest in motor sports turned into a desire to make money off the sport through fantasy contests and sports betting. Like most, he took his lumps when he first got started, but now he is one of the most respected NASCAR bettors in the industry. Andy has expanded that sports betting experience to become profitable in a number of other sports, transforming this interest from a side hobby to a major source of income.

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