Courtesy of OddsShark.com:

The Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Tropicana Field.

Righthander Daisuke Matsuzaka will take the mound for the Red Sox to start this game. Matsuzaka is 5-3 this season with a 4.50 ERA.

It’ll be Matt Garza toeing the rubber for the Rays in this contest. Righthander Garza is 9-5 with a 4.08 ERA so far this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Red Sox, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Red Sox failed to complete a three-game sweep of the Orioles Sunday, as they fell 6-1 as -210 favorites. That game’s seven runs went UNDER the day?s posted over/under (9.5) set by sportsbooks.

John Lackey surrendered all four runs in the loss, allowing eight hits with seven strikeouts over his 7 1-3 innings for the Red Sox.

The Rays scored five times in the seventh inning to defeat the Twins 7-4 on Sunday, as -115 favorites. The game’s 11 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (9.5) set by sportsbooks.

Evan Longoria hit a two-run triple and drove in three runs for the Rays. James Shields collected the win on the mound, allowing eight hits and four runs over his six innings.

Current streak:
Tampa Bay has won 2 straight games.

Team records:
Boston: 49-33 SU
Tampa Bay: 48-33 SU

Boston most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Tampa Bay are 6-4
After playing Baltimore are 5-5
After a loss are 8-2

Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Boston are 5-5
After playing Minnesota are 6-4
After a win are 3-7

A few trends to consider:
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
Boston is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Boston is 12-6 SU in its last 18 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 games when playing Boston
Tampa Bay is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games at home

Next up:
Tampa Bay home to Boston, Tuesday, July 6

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