Houston Astros vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 8/13/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Houston Astros vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

The Tampa Bay Rays (59-58) will compete against the Houston Astros (62-55) at Tropicana Field on Tuesday. The starting pitchers are Yusei Kikuchi and Shane Baz.

As a team, the Houston Astros are putting up 4.6 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 12th in the league. They have accumulated 542 runs scored and have an OBP of .322. The Astros have accumulated 194 two-baggers as a team and have hit 137 balls out of the park. They have recorded 518 RBI's as well as 1,051 hits over the course of the season, and their team batting average comes in at .262. Houston owns a slugging percentage of .419 and have been rung up 831 times, while drawing a walk on 318 occasions.

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The Astros hold a team earned run average of 3.94 for the season (12th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,064 batters. Astros pitchers have given up 138 home runs in addition to 485 runs in total (8th in baseball). They have walked 423 batters and their FIP is 4.22 as a squad so far this season. Houston has yielded 909 hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and 455 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.52 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.28.

The Astros have sent 374 relievers to the hill this year. The relievers have inherited 98 base runners so far this season and 27.6% of them ended up scoring. They have accumulated 30 saves so far this year and have blown 17 of their 47 save opportunities. The Astros bullpen have accumulated a save percentage of 63.8% and has entered the game in 117 save situations. The bullpen have 69 holds on the season (11th in MLB). Astros pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 65 times as well as having 110 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Astros have turned 70.4% of baseballs in play into outs in their 9,351 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 10th in MLB. The Houston Astros have notched a total of 3,117 putouts this year, as well as 956 assists and 54 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .987 which ranks 6th in the majors, and they have turned 97 double plays.

Kikuchi (37-46 win-loss mark in his career) has a FIP of 4.63 and he has faced 3,277 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has given up 771 hits (9.1 hits per nine innings) and has 274 free passes. His ERA is 4.70 (397 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.376. Kikuchi has thrown 760 innings and has racked up 780 K's in his career.

Tampa Bay has accounted for 110 long balls for the season to go along with 430 runs batted in. They have recorded 190 doubles, while walking 385 times and scoring 460 runs. The Tampa Bay Rays are sitting with a team OBP of .311 and a batting average of .234 so far this season. The Rays have a team slugging % of .374 and they tally 3.93 runs per contest (28th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 1,060 instances (8th in the league) and have earned a total of 910 base hits.

The Rays hold a team WHIP of 1.237 and have a FIP of 4.14 as a squad over the course of the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.70 (1,008 strikeouts vs 320 walks). They are currently ranked 19th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 973. They have yielded 147 long balls and they concede 4.38 runs per 9 innings (15th in baseball). The Tampa Bay pitching staff have conceded 509 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 4.01 (466 earned runs allowed).

Tampa Bay has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 55 save chances and they have earned 37 saves. They sit at 9th in baseball with a save rate of 67.3%, and they have sent 398 relievers to the mound this year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 155 times in high leverage situations in addition to 89 occasions with runners on base. Tampa Bay relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 24.8% out of 133 inherited base runners. Sitting with 136 save situations, the Rays have accumulated 79 holds in addition to 18 blown saves.

In 9,408 innings on the diamond, the Rays are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 70.0% (14th in professional baseball). The Tampa Bay Rays have gotten 78 double plays and have a fielding rate of .985 (15th in baseball). The Rays have recorded 913 assists, 61 errors and have a tally of 3,136 putouts over the course of the season.

Baz (3-3 career record) has a 4.16 earned run average and has given up 8.3 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.08 and he has gone up against 296 hitters so far in his career. He has given up a total of 32 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.272 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.1. During his MLB career, Baz has surrendered 64 hits while he has earned 74 punch outs in 69 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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