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The Tampa Bay Rays, playing against a season wins over/under of 84, are off to a great start, with four wins in their first five games, including a series-opening victory over the Colorado Rockies Monday night. Now the Rays are heavy favorites with their Cy Young Award winner going Tuesday night (7:10 pm ET, SportsNet - Rocky Mountain, FS Sun). Who do we like for our free MLB pick here?
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The Line<br />
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Tuesday's MLB betting odds opened Tampa and Blake Snell at around -150 over Colorado with Kyle Freeland, with an over/under of seven runs. Early betting action then bumped the Rays 15 cents up to -165.
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Tampa Bay could also be found getting around +135 giving the run and a half on the MLB run line.
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Rockies-Rays Betting Preview<br />
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The Rays took Game 1 of this series Monday night 7-1, winning as -155 favorites on the MLB betting line. Tampa broke a scoreless tie with three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, then broke the game open with three more in the bottom of the sixth.
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The Rays employed the "opener" strategy Monday night, using six different pitchers, who combined to allow just seven base-runners.
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So Tampa owns a four-game winning streak, while Colorado owns a three-game losing streak.
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Rays pitching has held opponents to a total of five runs over its last four games.
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Rockies bats have been held to a total of four runs over their last three games.
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These teams last met back in 2016 when the Rays took two of three games in Denver. Snell got the win in one of those games.
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Tuesday's Pitching Match-Up<br />
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Lefty Snell (0-1, 7.50) opened this season with an iffy effort last week against Houston, giving up five runs and three home runs through six innings of a 5-1 Tampa loss.
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Last year Snell, by our strict standards, finished 19/31 on quality starts. The Rays went 22-9 with Snell, with the unders going 18-11-2.
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In one career start against Colorado back in 2016 Snell threw six innings of one-hit, shutout ball, with nine strikeouts, in a 10-1 Tampa win.
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Fellow southpaw Freeland (1-0, 1.29) opened this season with a winning effort last Thursday, holding Miami to one run and two hits through seven innings of a 6-3 Rockies victory.
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Last year Freeland finished 22/33 on quality starts. Colorado went a solid 24-9 with Freeland, with the unders going 23-10.
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This will be Freeland's first-ever start against Tampa, which could give him an edge, at least for the first couple of times through the lineup.
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Tuesday's Batting Splits<br />
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Colorado hit .272/.336/.462 against left-handed pitching last season, which ranked right near the tops in the Majors in that particular split.
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Tampa Bay hit .256/.334/.406 against LH pitching last season.
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The Bullpens<br />
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The Rockies bullpen has allowed five runs on 11 hits and four walks through just 11 2/3 innings of work this season.
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The Rays pen has allowed just one run on 15 hits and six walks through 21 innings this season.
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Totals Report<br />
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The totals are split 2-2-1 in Rockies games this season.
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The unders are 5-0 in Rays games this season.
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The overs finished 39-37-5 in games played at Tropicana Field last season, which averaged 8.1 runs per.
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