Toronto has home field and has won four of five meetings against the Rays this month. Tampa Bay has managed only 12 runs in its last six matchups against the Blue Jays, who have won 10 of their last 13 to pull within four games of Kansas City for the final wild card slot. Tampa Bay is out of any pennant race with a weak offense, 23rd in runs scored and 24th in slugging. Up and down Chris Archer goes here, off a good game, but the Rays are 4-11 in Archer's last 15 starts following a quality start in his last appearance. Toronto is off a 6-3 win yesterday and has a superior offense, fifth in baseball in runs and batting average, sixth in OBP, and fourth in slugging. Blue Jays lefty Mark Buehrle (3.31) is on the hill, and the team is 19-8 in his last 27 home starts. The Blue Jays are 5-0 in Buehrle's last five starts against the Rays, including 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in his five starts versus Tampa Bay in 2014. Play Toronto.
This pick was released to clients on September 14, 2014 at 8:56AM ET.
MLB
Tampa Bay at Toronto
September 14, 2014
1:05 PM Eastern
2 units on Toronto -116 (moneyline) (risk 2 to return 3.72)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
TAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT OF SPORTS BETTING
Get my free MLB picks and predictions.
Join 409,399 Subscribers!