Rays vs. Cardinals Prediction, Betting Tips & Picks 6/8/2022

The Tampa Bay Rays (32-23) are set to take on the St. Louis Cardinals (32-24) Wednesday at 7:10 PM ET. The Rays are listed as -170 favorites by oddsmakers, while the underdog Cardinals have +150 odds for the contest. Corey Kluber will get the ball for Tampa Bay while St. Louis counter with Packy Naughton.

Rays vs. Cardinals Spread and Betting Line

Computer Predictions for Rays vs. Cardinals

Our computer pick: St. Louis Cardinals (+150) and Over (7.5)

Rays vs. Cardinals Game Info

• Tampa Bay Rays probable starting pitcher: Corey Kluber
• St. Louis Cardinals probable starting pitcher: Packy Naughton
• Game Day: Wednesday, June 8, 2022
• Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
• Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
• Stadium: Tropicana Field

Tampa Bay Rays vs St. Louis Cardinals Pitching Matchup

Rays Starter Corey Kluber

• Kluber (2-2) gets the starting nod for the Rays in his 11th start of the season. He’s put together a 3.73 ERA in 50 2/3 innings pitched, with 46 strikeouts.
• The right-hander last pitched on Thursday against the Texas Rangers, when he threw 6 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run while giving up four hits.
• In 10 games this season, the 36-year-old has an ERA of 3.73, with 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .255 against him.
• Kluber is looking to build upon a second-game quality start streak in this outing.
• Kluber will look to go five or more innings for his third straight appearance. He’s averaging 5.0 frames per outing.
• The opposing Cardinals offense has a collective .254 batting average, and is fourth in the league with 487 total hits and fourth in MLB play with 271 runs scored. It has the 14th-ranked slugging percentage (.397) and ranks 17th in home runs (55) in all of MLB.

Cardinals Starter Packy Naughton

• Naughton will get the start for the Cardinals, his third of the season.
• The left-hander’s last appearance was on Monday, May 30, when he threw 2 1/3 innings, giving up one earned run while allowing two hits against the San Diego Padres.
• He has pitched in seven games this season with an ERA of 3.09, a batting average against of .261 and 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
• The Rays have scored 227 runs this season, which ranks 23rd in MLB. They have 416 hits, 26th in baseball, with 53 home runs (20th in the league).

Rays Betting Picks & Insights

• This season, the Rays have been favored 42 times and won 26, or 61.9%, of those games.
• Tampa Bay has a record of 8-5, a 61.5% win rate, when favored by -170 or more by oddsmakers this season.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rays have a 63% chance to win.
• So far this season, Tampa Bay and its opponents have hit the over in 24 of their 55 games with a total.
• The Rays are 26-29-0 against the spread in their 55 chances this season.

Cardinals Betting Picks & Insights

• The Cardinals have come away with 15 wins in the 29 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
• St. Louis has been listed as an underdog of +150 or more on two occasions this season and lost both games.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Cardinals have a 40% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
• St. Louis and their opponents have gone over in 27 of their 57 games with a total set by sportsbooks this season.
• The Cardinals have an against the spread record of 31-25-0 in 56 games with a line this season.

Rays Leaders & Batting Stats

• Yandy Diaz paces the Rays with a team-best batting average of .280.
• In all of the majors, Diaz is 195th in home runs and 227th in RBI.
• Randy Arozarena has shown his power as he paces his team with six home runs.
• Arozarena ranks 78th in home runs and 85th in RBI in the majors.
• Manuel Margot is batting .301 with six doubles, a triple, three home runs and 13 walks.
• Harold Ramirez is hitting .285 with six doubles, two home runs and six walks.

Cardinals Leaders & Batting Stats

• Paul Goldschmidt leads the lineup with a batting average of .341, and paces the Cardinals in home runs, with 12 and runs batted in with 47.
• Goldschmidt is 15th in home runs and third in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Goldschmidt carries a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .263 with a double, a home run, five walks and three RBI.
• Nolan Arenado is hitting .272 with 13 doubles, 10 home runs and 22 walks.
• Arenado ranks 28th in homers and 10th in RBI among all MLB hitters this season.
• Tommy Edman is batting .278 with eight doubles, three triples, five home runs and 23 walks.
• Harrison Bader is hitting .276 with five doubles, a triple, five home runs and 10 walks.

Betting Tips for Rays vs. Cardinals

Our best bet is the Cardinals on the moneyline at +150 after taking a look at all of the key trends and stats for this matchup. Our computer predicts the total score will over the total of 7.5 runs.