How to Watch Tampa Bay Rays vs. St. Louis Cardinals: Live Stream, TV Channel, Start Time – August 8

The St. Louis Cardinals (49-64) will visit the Tampa Bay Rays (68-46), Tuesday at 6:40 PM ET, in the first of a three-game series. On the hill for the Rays will be Zach Eflin (12-6), matched up against the Cardinals’ Miles Mikolas (6-7).

How to Live Stream Rays vs. Cardinals

• Game Day: Tuesday, August 8, 2023
• Game Time: 6:40 PM ET
• Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
• Stadium: Tropicana Field
• TV: MLB.tv

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Rays and Cardinals Stats

• The Rays average 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-most in the league.
• Rays pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.79 this year, second-best in baseball.
• The Rays have hit 166 homers this season, which ranks fourth in the league.
• Hitters for Tampa Bay rank fourth in the majors with a combined .445 team slugging percentage.
• The 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Cardinals pitching staff ranks 25th in MLB.
• St. Louis has the 21st-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.48).
• The Cardinals are sixth in baseball with 156 home runs. They average 1.4 per game.
• So far this year, St. Louis’ .431 slugging percentage is seventh-best in the majors.

Rays vs. Cardinals Key Players

• Wander Franco is hitting .273 with 23 doubles, five triples, 15 home runs and 40 walks.
• Yandy Diaz has a club-high .315 batting average.
• Isaac Paredes paces the Rays with 21 home runs and 66 runs batted in.
• Nolan Arenado has put up a team-best batting average of .282 and leads the Cardinals in runs batted in with a mark of 79.
• Paul Goldschmidt has 22 doubles, 18 home runs and 58 walks while batting .278.
• Nolan Gorman has 24 home runs, best in the lineup.

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Rays vs. Cardinals Betting Odds and Trends

Rays vs. Cardinals Moneyline and Over/Under

Rays vs. Cardinals Betting Trends

• This season, the Rays have been favored 93 times and won 61, or 65.6%, of those games.
• The Rays have entered 37 games this season favored by -180 or more and are 28-9 in those contests.
• The Rays’ games have gone over the total in 58 of their 114 chances.
• The Cardinals have come away with 22 wins in the 50 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
• The Cardinals have played as an underdog of +150 or more just one time this year and came away with a loss in that game.
• Cardinals games have gone over the total in 54 of their 111 opportunities.