The Tampa Bay Rays enter this game having won three of their last five games but are coming off a 0-7 loss on the road against the San Francisco Giants in game two of the series on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the San Francisco Giants enter this game having lost three of their last five games but are coming off Tuesday’s 7-0 win at home against the Tampa Bay Rays in game two of the series.

BookMaker has the Tampa Bay Rays listed as -160 money line favorites on the road against the San Francisco Giants and has set the total for the over/under plays at 8.5 runs. Which team will come away with the series win by winning game three of the series on Wednesday? Let’s take a deeper dive into how these teams are performing this season.

Tampa Bay Rays Team Preview

The Tampa Bay Rays enter this game with an overall record of 72-50 which puts them in 2^nd place in the AL East and are coming off a 0-7 loss in game two of the series against the San Francisco Giants.

Offensively, Tampa Bay failed to score a run off three hits as they suffered their 5^th shutout loss of the season.

The Rays will send Aaron Civale to the mound for game three of the series against the Giants on Wednesday. Civale is 5-3 this season with a 2.61 ERA while recording 64 strikeouts.

San Francisco Giants Team Preview

The San Francisco Giants enter this game with an overall record of 64-56 which puts them in 2^nd place in the NL West and are coming off a 7-0 win against the Tampa Bay Rays in game two of the series.

Offensively, the Giants scored seven runs off nine hits with three of the runs coming in the 6^th inning which included a two-run home run hit by Wilmer Flores that also scored Wade Meckler.

Ross Stripling will take the mound for San Francisco against Tampa Bay on Wednesday for game three of the series. Stripling is 0-5 on the year with an ERA of 5.10 and has recorded 58 strikeouts.

Series Trends and Game Pick

Both teams are 5-5 in the last ten games in the series, however, San Francisco has outscored Tampa Bay by an average of 3.7 to 3.4 runs per game in those matchups. The Rays have won two of the last three games in the series and have won by an average score of 4.33 to 3 in those contests.

The under is 6-3-1 in the last ten games in the series with the teams combining for an average of 7.1 runs per game in those contests. The under has hit in two of the last three games in the series with the teams combining for an average of 7.33 runs per game in those matchups.

Tampa Bay enters this game with a better record and has been the better team most recently in the series, winning two of the last three games. The Rays have won by an average margin of 1.33 runs per game over the last three games in the series. As a result, I am taking the money line for the Tampa Bay Rays at -160 on BookMaker for this matchup on Wednesday afternoon.