San Diego Padres vs. Tampa Bay Rays odds, tips and betting trends | September 1

The San Diego Padres (77-61) and Tampa Bay Rays (67-68) will clash on Sunday at Tropicana Field, starting at 1:40 p.m. ET.

As the favorite, the Padres (-134 moneyline odds) visit the Rays (+114). The San Diego Padres will give the start to Dylan Cease (12-10, 3.57 ERA), who is looking for win No. 13 on the season, and the Rays will counter with Ryan Pepiot (7-6, 3.61 ERA).

Get ready for the Padres vs. Rays with what you need to know about Sunday’s baseball action, including viewing options.

San Diego Padres vs. Tampa Bay Rays odds and betting lines

MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Sunday at 3:16 a.m. ET. For a full list of Sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.

• Favorite: Padres (-134, bet $134 to win $100)
• Underdog: Rays (+114, bet $100 to win $114)
• Over/under: 7

Padres vs. Rays: Live streaming info & game time

• Game Day: Sunday, September 1, 2024
• Game Time: 1:40 p.m. ET
• Stadium: Tropicana Field
• TV Channel: MLB.tv
• Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)

Padres stats and trends

Padres betting records

• The Padres have entered the game as favorites 85 times this season and won 49, or 57.6%, of those games.
• This season San Diego has won 34 of its 56 games, or 60.7%, when favored by at least -134 on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Padres have a 57.3% chance to win.
• San Diego and its opponents have hit the over in 75 of its 138 games with a total this season.
• The Padres are 69-68-0 ATS in their 137 games with a spread this season.

Dylan Cease (Padres probable starter)

• Cease (12-10) gets the starting nod for the Padres in his 29th start of the season. He’s put together a 3.57 ERA in 159 2/3 innings pitched, with 197 strikeouts.
• In his most recent time out on Tuesday, the righty tossed 4 1/3 innings against the St. Louis Cardinals, giving up four earned runs while surrendering seven hits.
• The 28-year-old has amassed a 3.57 ERA and 11.2 strikeouts per nine innings across 28 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .205 to opposing hitters.
• Cease is trying to secure his 15th quality start of the season.
• Cease is trying to record his 22nd start of five or more innings this season in this outing.
• He has held his opponents without an earned run in seven of his 28 appearances this season.
• He meets a Rays offense that ranks 28th in the league with 524 runs while batting .231 as a squad. It has a collective .371 slugging percentage (28th in MLB action) and has hit a total of 126 home runs (28th in MLB).
• The 28-year-old ranks 26th in ERA (3.57), 12th in WHIP (1.088), and second in K/9 (11.2) among qualifying pitchers in MLB action this season.

Padres batting stats

• The Padres’ 159 home runs rank 12th in Major League Baseball.
• Fueled by 387 extra-base hits, San Diego ranks 10th in MLB with a .418 slugging percentage this season.
• The Padres rank first in the majors with a .265 team batting average.
• San Diego has scored 660 runs this season, which ranks seventh in MLB.
• The Padres are among the best in the league at getting on base, ranking fifth with an OBP of .326.
• No team has fewer strikeouts this season than San Diego, whose batters have struck out only 6.6 times per game on average.

Rays stats and trends

Rays betting records

• The Rays have been chosen as underdogs in 67 games this year and have walked away with the win 31 times (46.3%) in those games.
• This season, Tampa Bay has been victorious 11 times in 29 chances when named as an underdog of at least +114 or worse on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Rays have a 46.7% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
• Tampa Bay and its opponents have hit the over in 62 of its 135 games with a total set by oddsmakers this season.
• The Rays have an against the spread mark of 72-62-0 in 134 games with a line this season.

Ryan Pepiot (Rays probable starter)

• The Rays will send Pepiot (7-6) out to make his 21st start of the season. He is 7-6 with a 3.61 ERA and 110 strikeouts in 104 2/3 innings pitched.
• In his last time out on Tuesday against the Seattle Mariners, the righty went six innings, giving up two earned runs while surrendering seven hits.
• The 27-year-old has an ERA of 3.61, with 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings in 20 games this season. Opponents have a .204 batting average against him.
• Pepiot is looking for his third straight quality start.
• Pepiot will try to build upon a six-game streak of pitching five or more innings (he’s averaging 5.2 innings per appearance).
• In four of his 20 total appearances this season he has not allowed an earned run.
• He meets a Padres offense that ranks seventh in the league with 660 total runs scored while batting .265 as a unit. His opponent has a collective .418 slugging percentage (10th in MLB play) and has hit a total of 159 home runs (12th in the league).

Rays batting stats

• The Rays have hit 126 home runs this season, the third-lowest total in MLB play.
• So far this season, Tampa Bay has the third-lowest slugging percentage in baseball (.371).
• The Rays are 27th in the majors with a .231 batting average.
• The offense for Tampa Bay is No. 28 in baseball scoring 3.9 runs per game (524 total runs).
• The Rays rank 21st in the majors with an on-base percentage of .306.