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ASA PLAY ON 9* Tampa Bay Rays Run Line (-1.5 runs) vs Kansas City Royals, Tuesday at 7:10 PM ET

As a road underdog in a money line range of +175 to +250, the Royals are on a 7-35 run. Of course we're not going to lay a huge money line price here with the Rays but we're happy to only pay a price of about -125 and bet on Tampa Bay on the run line at -1.5 runs in this one. TB is 7-3 this season when off of a shutout win and also 9-4 this year when they are at home in a game with a posted total of 7 runs or less. Of course not many runs are expected here, as you can tell by the low posted total on this game, but we expect the Rays to do plenty of damage here. Kansas City's Glenn Sparkman has made 11 MLB appearances (just 1 start) and he is 0-1 with a 7.71 ERA and, worst of all, a .356 batting average against in these outings. He will be no match for the Rays Blake Snell whom has (incredibly!) allowed 1 earned run or less in 11 of his last 13 starts! Also, when Tampa wins with him on the mound they tend to win large! 5 of their 6 home wins with Snell on the mound have come by a multiple-run margin. 63 of the Royals 87 losses this season have come by at least a 2 run margin. 41 of the Rays 64 wins this season have come by at least two runs. You can see that the odds strongly favor a Tampa Bay win coming by at least 2 runs in this match-up. Lay the run line here and look for a home blowout. Bet the Tampa Bay Rays on the run line (-1.5 runs) in early evening action Tuesday