7:10 PM St. Louis Cardinals @ Tampa Bay Rays

Cardinals: +135
Rays: -155
Total: 7.5

After losing consecutive games to the White Sox over the weekend, the Rays open a three-game series hosting the Cardinals. The Cardinals just won 3 of 5 road games against the Cubs over the weekend and have won 6 of their last 8 games. In the series opener, the Cardinals will start Dakota Hudson (4-2, 2.96 ERA) who will make his first appearance ever against the Rays. Hudson was 1-1 with a 3.60 ERA in 5 starts in May. The Rays will counter with lefty Jeffrey Springs (2-2, 1.88) who has not allowed a run in 10 1/3 innings of relief this season. In 6 starts Springs is 1-2 with a 2.57 ERA. He has faced the Cardinals once in a relief appearance in 2019 while pitching for the Texas Rangers and he allowed 1 run on 2 hits over 3 innings in an 8-2 loss.

⚾The Cardinals are 5-0 in their last 5 interleague games vs. a left-handed starter.

⚾The Rays are without its two biggest stars at the plate, with Brandon Lowe and Wander Franco on the IL.

⚾The Cardinals have won 6 of their last 8 games.

⚾The Cardinals are 4-1 in their last 5 road games.

⚾The Rays have 2 two straight games and 4 of the last 7.

The Bookie: Cardinals

8:10 PM Los Angeles Dodgers @ Chicago White Sox

Dodgers: -125
White Sox: +105
Total: 8.5

The White Sox are 2 games under .500 and will face the visiting National League West-leading Dodgers for a 3-game series. The White Sox just won 2 of 3 and back-to-back games against the Rays and the Dodgers are coming off a grueling stretch of 31 games in 30 days. The Dodgers just went 2-5 in their recent homestand against Pittsburgh who swept them and 2 losses at the hands of the NL East-leading New York Mets. The Dodgers will start right-hander Mitch White (1-1, 4.79 ERA) who has not faced the White Sox in his career but boasts success in interleague play, spreading 4 1/3 scoreless innings across 3 appearances. White pitched a season-high 5 innings in his most recent outing, giving up 3 runs on 4 hits in an 8-4 loss to the Pirates. The White Sox will start right-hander Michael Kopech (1-2, 2.20 ERA) who hasn’t faced the Dodgers but pitched 4 scoreless innings against the Cubs earlier this season in his only career interleague start. Kopech has lost 2 of his last 3 starts, including his most recent outing at Toronto, when he allowed a season-high 5 runs and 6 hits in just 3 innings.

⚾The White Sox are without Tim Anderson and Eloy Jimenez.

⚾Kopech has 23 walks in 45 innings pitched this season.

⚾The Dodgers are 4-0 in their last 4 games as a road favorite.

⚾The Dodgers are 4-0 in the last 4 meetings with the White Sox.

⚾The Over is 6-1 in the last 7 meetings in Chicago.

The Bookie: Dodgers