Indians Seek Ninth Straight Home Win Vs. Rays

Josh Tomlin is pitching well this season for the Indians. (Photo credit: Keith Allison via Foter.com / CC BY-SA)

The Blue Jays aren’t in action tonight, so we’ll look elsewhere in MLB to get our nightly betting fix.

We like the Indians to secure their 9th straight home victory tonight when they host the Rays.

We made this bet at -112 odds at BetOnline around 4:10 p.m. eastern.

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Josh Tomlin continues to deal for the Indians, with a strikeout to walk ratio better than 6:1 and a total of 4 earned runs allowed in his last 3 starts (19.2 innings). He should match up well against a Rays offence that has produced just 13 runs in its last 5 games and has a team batting average of .227 against right-handers.

Drew Smyly has been better than his 2-7 record indicates, a victim of poor run support. He has struggled lately though, allowing 22 runs over his last 5 starts. And he’s left-handed, which isn’t a good thing against a Tribe lineup that hits 19 points higher against southpaws than righties.