Tampa Bay Rays (24-12) vs. Boston Red Sox (16-21) May 7, 2026 7:00 pm EDT The Line: Boston Red Sox -115 / Tampa Bay Rays -105; Over/Under: 8.5 (Get latest betting odds)
The Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox meet Thursday in MLB action from Fenway Park. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox prediction.
The Tampa Bay Rays will send out Griffin Jax for the start here and Jax is 1-2 with a 5.14 ERA and 14 strikeouts this season. This will be Jax’s second career start against the Red Sox. Boston will send out Jake Bennett for the start here and Bennett is 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA and 3 strikeouts this season. This will be Bennett’s first career start against the Rays.
The Tampa Bay Rays come into this game looking to add on to their 3-0 win over Toronto last time out to sit at 24-12 this season. After this series, the Rays will head on the road for a series against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Yandy Diaz has 41 hits with 3 doubles, a triple, 5 home runs and 22 RBIs while Chandler Simpson has 43 hits with 2 triples and 8 RBIs. Nick Fortes has 24 hits with 5 doubles, a home run and 8 RBIs and Jonathan Aranda has 35 hits with 5 doubles, 7 homers and 29 RBIs. Junior Caminero’s also added 34 hits with 3 doubles, 9 home runs and 16 RBIs and Ben WIlliamson has 25 hits with 5 doubles and 11 RBIs.
The Boston Red Sox come into this game looking to add on to their 4-0 win over Detroit in their last game to improve to 16-21 this season. After this series, Boston will take on the Philadelphia Phillies in a series at home.
Wilyer Abreu leads the Red Sox with 41 hits including 6 doubles, a triple, 5 home runs and 16 RBIs while Trevor Story has 29 hits with 6 doubles, 2 homers and 18 RBIs and Marcelo Mayer’s added 24 hits with 6 doubles, a home run and 8 RBIs as well. Roman Anthony has 25 hits with 5 doubles, a triple, a home run and 5 RBIs so far this season while Jarren Duran has 24 hits with 5 doubles, 4 home runs and 18 RBIs as well this season. Willson Contreras has added 34 hits with 4 doubles, 8 homers and 23 RBIs of his own on the year.
I’m on the under in this game. This one just feels like it’s going to be a low-scoring battle with the assumption this will be a heavy use of Tampa’s bullpen in this game and their bullpen ERA being the best in baseball in the last two weeks. On the flipside, Bennett is a lefty and the Rays have struggled at the plate against lefties as of late and I think runs in this game could be scarce. Give me the under.