T.M. Selection: Tampa Bay Rays +1.5.

I like the Tampa Bay Rays runline against the New York Yankees in this game on Saturday. The Rays have lost 2 games in a row to the Yankees now and they didn't look good in their 1st game of the series but they looked a lot better yesterday, still losing that game but only losing it 2-0 with a much better pitching performance in that game. Their bullpen looked a lot better in that game and they have Corey Kluber (1-2, 4.42 ERA) up for them in this game. He has looked a lot better in his most recent starts after putting up a bad game against the Angels a few weeks ago. He's been a lot better since then though and I think he will continue to pitch well in this game. The Rays have already lost 2 games of this series and they are going to be looking to bounce back and avoid losing this series in their own ballpark. Gerrit Cole (4-1, 3.31 ERA) is up for the Yankees here and he's been pitching deep into games lately but he hasn't looked great in those starts and just gave up 5 runs in his most recent start. His last 3 starts haven't been very good either and he started the year this way with a few bad performances. I think Cole is going to continue to look shaky in this game and the Rays will be looking to bounce back in this game too. I like the Rays runline in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 3-2 Rays.