Texas Rangers at Tampa Bay Rays 10/3/23 - MLB Betting Picks and Odds
Texas Rangers vs. Tampa Bay Rays
MLB: 3:00 PM EST
Oct. 03, 2023
TV: n/a
Latest Odds : TB -140 ; O/U 7.5
The 2023 MLB playoffs get underway Wednesday afternoon with the Texas Rangers visit the Tampa Bay Rays. Texas finished the regular season 18 games above .500 lost their last game of the year costing themselves the American League West title. The Rangers have yet to announce a starter for game one of the playoffs and could likely depend on their bullpen. As a unit the Rangers have a 4.28 ERA as opponents carry a .245 batting average.
Offensively Texas has been phenomenal this season with a .263 average as the Rangers have scored 881 runs on 1470 hits. Texas also carries a ton of power having hit 233 home runs this season. Corey Seager leads the team with a .327 batting average on the year. Adolis Garcia has been the power leading the team with 39 home runs and 107 RBIs.
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The Tampa Bay Rays open the 2023 playoffs after finishing the year one game short of 100 wins. The Rays come into the playoffs running hot having won four of the last five including two in a row following a four run win against Toronto on the last day of the year. Jacob Lopez got the win for Tampa Bay in the last game of the season after giving up six runs on eight hits across 5.1 innings of work. The Tampa Bay bullpen held true allowing just two runs on five hits over the final 3.2 innings of the game.
Offensively Tampa Bay was phenomenal with sixteen hits in 43 at bats including six with runners in scoring position to score 12 runs in the game. Jonathan Aranda led the way for the Tampa Bay offense with three hits and five at bats including a home run to drive in six total runs in the game. Junior Caminero drove in two runs, while three other Tampa Bay players drove in one run each.
Recent Betting Trends:
* The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas' last 6 games.
* Texas are 8-3 SU in their last 11 games.
* Tampa Bay are 0-10 SU in their last 10 games played in October.
* The total has gone OVER in 8 of Tampa Bay's last 9 games.
* Tampa Bay are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games.
Free Betting Pick: Tampa Bay Rays -140
The Rays started this season with a bang and then had to fight to get into the playoffs. The Rays will have the edge in this game as the Rangers blew their division title on the last day of the year. Take Tampa Bay to open the 2023 playoffs with a home win. Final Score Prediction, Tampa Bay Rays win 6-2.