Philadelphia Phillies at Tampa Bay Rays 7/4/23 - MLB Betting Picks and Odds
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Tampa Bay Royals
MLB: 4:10 PM EST
Jul. 04, 2023
TV: n/a
Latest Odds : TB -140 ; O/U 7.5
The Philadelphia Phillies take a road trip Tuesday afternoon for game one of three in Tampa Bay against the Tampa Bay Rays. Philadelphia is five games above .500 on the season despite losing two of the last three following the one run loss to the Washington Nationals. Aaron Nola will take the mound for the 18th time this season for Philadelphia two games about .500 on the year with a 4.51 ERA. On the road this season Nola has struggled with a 5.34 ERA after giving up 37 runs on 57 hits in just 60.2 innings of work.
Offensively Philadelphia has produced well this season with the .260 overall batting average to go along with 741 hits and 377 total runs scored. Nick Castellanos is the offensive leader for Philadelphia this season with a .316 batting average to go along with the team high 54 RBIs. JT Realmuto has chipped in heavily as well with 65 hits on the year, while Alec Bohm has 74 hits. Kyle Schwarber leads Philadelphia this season with 22 home runs in 83 games played.
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The Tampa Bay Rays return home Tuesday 27 games above .500 on a two game skid following a 1 run loss to the Seattle Mariners. Taj Bradley got the start for Tampa Bay giving up five runs on nine hits across 3.1 innings of work. The Tampa Bay bullpen pitched well allowing one run on one hit before Jason Adam came on to give up one run across one inning of work leading to the loss.
Offensively Tampa Bay did hit the ball well with eight hits in 35 bats including three hits with runners in scoring position to score six runs in the game. Isaac Paredes and Luke Raley led the show for the Tampa Bay offense driving in two runs each. Randy Arozarena chipped in heavily with two hits in four at bats including a solo home run to drive in one run and score 2. Wander Franco rounded out the Tampa Bay offense driving in the sixth run of the game.
Recent Betting Trends:
Phillies are 13-3 in their last 16 interleague games.
Phillies are 4-1 in their last 5 when their opponent scores 5 runs or more in their previous game.
Phillies are 4-1 in their last 5 road games with the total set at 11.0 or higher.
Rays are 4-1 in their last 5 games following a loss.
Rays are 21-6 in their last 27 home games with the total set at 9.0-10.5.
Free Betting Pick: Tampa Bay Rays -140
The Rays will have all the advantages coming into Tuesday and it will show from the opening pitch. The Rays have one of the best lineups in the game and will have the better pitcher on the bump. Take Tampa to do enough at home to get the win over a lackluster Philadelphia team. Final Score Prediction, Tampa Bay Rays win 7-2.