Rays vs. Rangers Betting Pick – Hot Daily Fantasy MLB Play for August 16

Written by :

Dan Shapiro

Published on :

16 August, 2015

(Gambling911.com Sports Wire) – Gambling911.com has a hot play on the Rays vs. Rangers with our betting pick today on Tampa Bay -105.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Rays LH Drew Smyly (0-1, 2.70 ERA) vs. Rangers RH Yovani Gallardo (8-9, 3.33)

Smyly allowed five runs and 10 hits with 21 strikeouts and three walks over 16 2/3 innings during three starts in April before going down with an injury. He is 3-1 with a 1.70 ERA and 0.76 WHIP in seven outings for the Rays.

More importantly he has been brutal against the Rangers, allowing just 14 hits off of 71 at bats and a mere two homeruns.

These two clubs have split their last ten head-to-heads. Both are sitting around .500.

Texas is jut 1-9 in their last 10 Sunday games.

- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com

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