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The Tampa Bay Rays (37-32) and New York Mets (45-25) play the second game of a 3-game series Saturday. First pitch from Citi Field in New York is set for 4:10 p.m. ET. Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's MLB odds around the Rays vs. Mets odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.

NEW YORK - The Tampa Bay Rays scored six runs in the top of the sixth inning to spoil a solid outing from Clay Holmes and beat the New York Mets 7-5 at Citi Fie

Most of Carlos Mendoza’s pitching moves this season have been platinum, but Friday night the Mets manager got burned.

The Mets looked like they were well on their way to a seventh straight victory as Clay Holmes left the mound. For the third time in his last four starts, the right-hander had allowed just one run. He exited the game after five innings of work with his team up 5-1. Then disaster ensued.

It was a travel day Thursday for the Rays while the Mets were in action completing a series sweep of the Washington Nationals. Jeff McNeil went yard for the seventh time this season to pace the attack against the Nats. The Mets are now 27-7 at Citi Field.

The Mets opened it up in the fifth inning. Having lost command of the strike zone, Rays starter Taj Bradley walked the first two batters of the inning before left fielder Brandon Nimmo got on to load the bases on an error by the first baseman.

Danny Jansen conectó un jonrón de dos carreras para culminar una sexta entrada de seis anotaciones de los Rays de Tampa Bay, quienes remontaron para imponerse el