After a successful road trip where they went 6-3, the Tampa Bay Rays return home tonight to the Trop to host the St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis is 49-64, 24-31 on the road, and will send Miles Mikolas to the hill. Mikolas is 6-7 with a 4.29 ERA, a 1.29 WHIP, and has not fared well in his career against the Rays, going 0-2 with a bloated 7.71 ERA. Tampa is 68-46, 37-19 in St. Pete, and will have Zach Eflin toeing the rubber. Eflin comes in at 12-6 with a 3.36 ERA, a WHIP of only 0.99, and has been dominant at home with a record of 10-2 and a 2.60 ERA. The Cardinals lost all 3 meetings with the Rays last year and are 2-8 in the last 10 meetings overall.
TONIGHT’S PICK: TAMPA BAY RAYS