Tampa Bay goes for the sweep after winning the first two games of the series, including Saturday's 6-5 victory when Isaac Paredes homered in the eighth and hit a walk-off two-run single with two outs in the ninth. Pittsburgh has lost three of its last four games and fell to 12-22 on the road while the Rays are 24-15 at home. Shane McClanahan has been one of the top pitchers in the Majors this year with a 7-3 record and a 1.81 ERA, including 6-2 and 1.95 at home. Pittsburgh batters will be seeing McClanahan for the first time. Roansy Contreras got a win against the Cubs on Tuesday, but he allowed eight runs on 14 hits in nine innings in his previous two starts. The Pirates are 15-36 in their past 51 interleague games and 5-14 in their past 19 games overall. Also, Pittsburgh has lost eight straight interleague road games versus lefty starters. Play the Rays.
This pick was released to clients on June 26, 2023 at 9:58AM ET.
MLB
Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay
June 26, 2022
1:40 PM Eastern
1.5 units on Tampa Bay -240 (moneyline) (risk 1.5 to return 2.13)
Result:
WIN
WIN
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