Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 7/12/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

The Tampa Bay Rays (45-40) will play the Boston Red Sox (47-39) at Tropicana Field on Tuesday. The expected starting pitchers are Chris Sale and Corey Kluber.

Boston has a slugging percentage of .417 and have struck out 691 times, while being walked on 260 occasions. They have accounted for 393 runs batted in as well as 779 base knocks on the season, while their team batting average is .261. The Red Sox have tallied 197 two-baggers as a team and have hit 85 baseballs out of the park. They have 410 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .325. As a team, the Boston Red Sox are scoring 4.8 runs per contest, which ranks them 4th in MLB.

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The Red Sox hold a team earned run average of 3.81 on the campaign (14th in the league), and their staff has rung up 738 hitters. They have walked 270 hitters and their FIP is 3.94 as a team this season. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.73 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.24. Red Sox pitchers have relinquished 92 long balls and 359 runs in total (13th in MLB).

The Red Sox have dispatched 314 relievers to the mound for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 133 base runners so far this year and 33.1% of those players crossed home plate. They have accumulated 18 saves for the year and have blown 18 out of their 36 chances to save the game. The Red Sox relief pitchers have a save percentage of 50.0% and has come into the game in 92 save situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 56 holds over the course of the season (5th in MLB). Red Sox relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 93 times as well as having 106 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Red Sox have transformed 70.4% of baseballs in play into outs in their 6,933 innings on the diamond, ranking them 11th in professional baseball. The Boston Red Sox have a total of 2,311 putouts for the season, as well as 748 assists and 44 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .986 which has them ranked 11th in pro baseball, and have earned 72 double plays.

Sale has taken the ball for 1,672 innings and is sitting with 2,059 punch outs so far in his career. His earned run average is 3.03 (563 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.042. He has given up 1,357 base knocks (7.3 hits per 9 innings) with 386 walks. Sale (114-74 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 2.92 while facing 6,727 batters during his time in the major leagues.

The Tampa Bay Rays have accumulated an OBP of .304 in addition to a team batting average of .238 for the season. They have been called out on strikes on 748 occasions (8th in the league) and have tallied 680 hits. Tampa Bay has 80 home runs on the campaign to go along with 333 RBIs. The Rays hold a slugging % of .380 and they are earning 4.12 runs per game (23rd in MLB). They have 144 two-baggers, while taking a walk 255 times as well as racking up 350 runs.

The Rays hold a team WHIP of 1.152 and have a FIP of 3.84 as a staff so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.40 (742 strikeouts vs 218 bases on balls). They are sitting at 5th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 653. They have conceded 98 HR's and they relinquish 3.95 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Tampa Bay pitching staff have allowed 332 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 3.36 (282 earned runs relinquished).

Tampa Bay has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 43 save opportunities and they have walked away with 22 saves. They rank 29th in MLB with a save rate of 51.2%, and they have sent 307 bullpen pitchers onto the field on the campaign. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 111 times in high leverage situations and also on 80 occasions with runners on. Tampa Bay relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 23.2% out of 112 inherited base runners. With 99 save situations, the Rays have accumulated 55 holds in addition to 21 blown saves.

In 6,810 innings on the diamond, the Rays have a defensive efficiency of 71.1% (6th in the majors). The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 62 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .984 (17th in the majors). The Rays have racked up 714 assists, 48 errors and have a tally of 2,270 putouts so far this year.

Kluber (107-66 record in his career) has earned a 3.22 ERA and has conceded 7.9 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.77 and he has faced 6,078 batters thus far in his career. He has conceded 538 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.101 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.1. In his career, Kluber has conceded 1,317 base knocks and he has 1,616 strikeouts in 1,504 innings pitched.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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