Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Guardians 10/8/22- MLB Betting Picks and Odds
Tampa Bay Rays vs. Cleveland Guardians
NFL: 12:07 PM
Oct. 08, 2022
TV: n/a
Latest Odds : CLE -120 ; O/U 5.5
Game two of the American League wild card will take place early Friday in Cleveland, OH between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cleveland Guardians. Tampa Bay comes into game two of this series down 1-0 following a 2-1 last Friday in game one. Shane McClanahan took the loss for Tampa Bay after giving up two runs on seven hits across 7 innings of work. The Tampa Bay bullpen gave up only one hit and no runs over the final inning of the game.
Offensively Tampa Bay struggled immensely from the plate with only three hits in 29 bats including 0-1 with runners in scoring position to leave two men on base. Jose Siri provided the only spark in the Tampa Bay lineup with one hit in three at bats to drive in the lone Tampa Bay run.
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The Cleveland Guardians come into game two looking to close things out after the win in game one. Shane Bieber dominated on the mound allowing one run on three hits across 7.2 innings leading to the win. The Cleveland bullpen allowed no runs on no hits after recording the final four out to seal the victory.
Offensively Cleveland was mediocre from the plate with eight hits and 31 at bats but went hitless with runners in scoring position to leave five men on base. Jose Ramirez provided the biggest spark for the Cleveland offense with two hits in four at bats including a two run home run in the sixth inning to seal the victory.
Recent Betting Trends:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games.
Tampa Bay are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games.
Tampa Bay are 13-5 SU in their last 18 games against Cleveland.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Cleveland's last 6 games.
Cleveland are 13-3 SU in their last 16 games.
Cleveland has everything going for them in this game as they will be in front of their home crowd with the better pitcher on the mound. Look for Cleveland to do enough early Saturday to get the win to seal this series. Cleveland finishes things off Saturday afternoon with a win on their home field. Final Score Prediction, Cleveland Guardians win 5-1.