On Saturday, the Cleveland Guardians (70-70) are visiting the Tampa Bay Rays (71-70), at 7:05 p.m. ET, in the third game of a four-game set.
The Rays are favored at home (-141) against the Guardians (+119). The Tampa Bay Rays will hand the ball to Shane Baz (9-11, 4.98 ERA), who is looking for win No. 10 on the season, and the Guardians will counter with Tanner Bibee (9-11, 4.77 ERA).
Yesterday, the Guardians claimed a 7-1 win over the Rays, with Gavin Williams (7.0 IP, 1 R, 7 H, 3 K) registering the win for the Guardians. Steven Kwan finished 2 for 4 with two RBIs to lead the offensive showing. Ian Seymour (4.0 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 5 K) was credited with the loss for the Rays.
Ahead of this Rays vs. Guardians matchup, here is what you need to prepare for Saturday’s MLB action, including viewing options.
Tampa Bay Rays vs. Cleveland Guardians odds, line and spread
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 6:16 a.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
Favorite: Rays (-141, bet $141 to win $100)Underdog: Guardians (+119, bet $100 to win $119)Over/under: 8.5Rays vs. Guardians: Game time and live stream infoGame day: Saturday, September 6, 2025Game time: 7:05 p.m. ETLocation: Tampa, FloridaStadium: George M. Steinbrenner FieldTV channel: FDSSUN and CLEGLive stream: Watch LIVE with Fubo! (Regional restrictions may apply)
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Rays stats and trendsRays betting recordsThis season, the Rays have been favored 70 times and won 42, or 60%, of those games.Tampa Bay is 20-15 this season when entering a game favored by -141 or more on the moneyline.Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rays have a 58.5% chance to win.Tampa Bay and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 61 of 141 opportunities.The Rays are 66-75-0 ATS in their 141 games with a spread this season.Shane Baz (Rays probable starter)The Rays will send Baz (9-11) to the mound for his 28th start of the season as he goes for his 10th victory. He is 9-11 with a 4.98 ERA and 156 strikeouts in 150 2/3 innings pitched.In his most recent appearance on Monday against the Seattle Mariners, the right-hander tossed six scoreless innings while surrendering five hits.The 26-year-old has amassed a 4.98 ERA and 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings across 27 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .253 to his opponents.Baz is seeking his third quality start in a row.Baz will try to go five or more innings for his third straight start. He’s averaging 5.6 innings per outing.He has held his opponents without an earned run in five of his 27 appearances this season.He will face a Guardians offense that ranks 27th in the league with 547 runs while batting .224 as a squad. It has a collective .369 slugging percentage (29th in MLB play) and has hit a total of 146 home runs (22nd in MLB).In six innings over one appearance against the Guardians this season, Baz has a 4.5 ERA and a 0.833 WHIP while his opponents are batting .150.This season, the 26-year-old ranks 49th in ERA (4.98), 47th in WHIP (1.340), and 19th in K/9 (9.4) among pitchers who qualify.Rays batting statsThe Rays’ 158 home runs rank 15th in Major League Baseball.The offense for Tampa Bay has a slugging percentage of .403 this season, 14th in MLB.The Rays have a team batting average of .252 this season, which ranks seventh among MLB teams.Tampa Bay has scored the 12th-most runs in the majors this season with 641 (4.5 per game).The Rays have an on-base percentage of .314 this season, which ranks 18th in the league.Tampa Bay ranks 18th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.5 whiffs per contest.Guardians stats and trendsGuardians betting recordsThe Guardians have won in 35, or 43.8%, of the 80 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs this year.This season, Cleveland has been victorious 19 times in 36 chances when named as an underdog of at least +119 or longer on the moneyline.The Guardians have an implied victory probability of 45.7% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.Cleveland’s games have gone over the total in 61 of its 138 opportunities.The Guardians have posted a record of 69-69-0 against the spread this season.Tanner Bibee (Guardians probable starter)Bibee (9-11 with a 4.77 ERA and 136 strikeouts in 154 2/3 innings pitched) tries for his 10th win when he makes the start for the Guardians, his 28th of the season.In his most recent outing on Sunday against the Seattle Mariners, the righty tossed 6 1/3 innings, giving up four earned runs while surrendering six hits.The 26-year-old has put up an ERA of 4.77, with 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings in 27 games this season. Opponents are hitting .258 against him.Bibee is looking to record his ninth quality start of the year.Bibee will look to prolong a six-game streak of lasting five or more innings (he’s averaging 5.7 frames per outing).He has had three appearances this season that he held his opponents to zero earned runs.The opposing Rays offense has the 14th-ranked slugging percentage (.403) and ranks 15th in home runs hit (158) in all of MLB. They have a collective .252 batting average, and are seventh in the league with 1202 total hits and 12th in MLB play scoring 641 runs.Head-to-head against the Rays this season, Bibee has thrown six innings, giving up five earned runs on eight hits while striking out three.Among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season, the 26-year-old’s 4.77 ERA ranks 44th, 1.313 WHIP ranks 41st, and 7.9 K/9 ranks 38th.Guardians batting statsThe Guardians average one home run per game to rank 22nd in baseball with 146 total home runs.So far this season, Cleveland has the second-lowest slugging percentage in the majors (.369).The Guardians have the worst batting average in the majors (.224).Cleveland is the fourth-lowest scoring team in MLB play averaging 3.9 runs per game (547 total).The Guardians’ .294 on-base percentage is the worst in the majors.