Tampa Bay looks to bounce back from Friday's loss and Josh Fleming will start for the Rays and he has allowed only two runs in 14 2/3 innings this season and the Astros will be facing him for the first time. The left-hander was 5-0 with a 2.78 ERA and .230 opposing batting average in 2020. Jose Urquidy goes for Houston and he has allowed 14 runs on 27 hits in 27 innings pitched overall, including eight runs in 15 innings on the road. The Astros have lost 12 of their past 17 road games against teams with losing records and the Astros are just 17-35 their past 52 games on astroturf, 8-22 their past 30 games at Tampa Bay. Take the Rays on the run line.
This pick was released to clients on May 01, 2021 at 11:37AM ET.
MLB
Houston at Tampa Bay
May 1, 2021
4:10 PM Eastern
1 unit on Tampa Bay +1.5 runs -160 (runline) (risk 1 to return 1.63)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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