#918 ASA PLAY ON 8* Tampa Bay Rays -1.5 on the Run Line (-140) over Oakland A's, Saturday at 4:10 PM ET - Tampa Bay won 9-5 yesterday. The Rays are now 7-0 on the season while the A's dropped to 2-5 on the season. Only 1 of Oakland's 5 losses has come by a one-run margin and all 7 of Tampa Bay's wins have been by a multi-goal margin. That said, the odds favor any Tampa Bay win coming by a multi-run margin. So how about the likelihood of a TB win? Well, it certainly is not a mistake that they are favored by nearly a -300 price on the money line in this one. This Rays team has been dominating. Tampa Bay is scoring about 7 and 1/2 runs per game and allowing only 2 and 1/2 runs per game. The A's, on the other hand, are allowing 7 runs per game and scoring 4 runs per game. Our computer math model is showing a high probability of multi-run win for the hosts here. Yesterday the Rays hit 5 homers and also flashed stellar defense in the field. All facets of the game are going well for the Rays right now. TB should pound Shintaro Fujinami. He was rocked in his MLB debut for the A's and gave up 8 earned runs in 2 and 1/3 innings and that was at home. Now he is on the road and facing the hottest team in MLB. Jeffrey Springs gets the start for the Rays here and we will mention that we like this play no matter who the starting pitchers are but Springs was absolutely dominant in his first start this season. Springs went 6 scoreless and hitless innings and allowed just 1 walk and struck out 12 batters. He is 14-6 the past two seasons and had a dominant 2.46 ERA last season. This match-up has dominance written all over it again and we think we're getting some nice value laying -1.5 in this one laying a moderate, but not huge, price with the Rays. Lay the 1.5 runs here!