MLB Monday Results: Tampa Bay Continues to Make History With Unbeaten Start
Rays Become First Team in 36 Years to Open Season 10-0
MLB betting favorites enjoyed a profitable start to the week, going 10-4 on Monday. The MLB standings. Let’s take a deeper look at those MLB Monday results and more in our betting recap.
Rays Continue to Make History With Perfect Start
Braves, with the last two having started a record 13-0. The 2003 Royals (9-0) previously owned the longest season-opening winning streak in the Wild Card era.
Brandon Lowe’s eighth-inning home run off Chris Martin proved the difference for the Rays, who were a -155 pregame favorite. While the Rays have now outscored opponents by 58 runs, the highest run differential through 10 games in the Modern Era, Monday marked the first time they did not cover the run line (-1.5).
In just over a week, Tampa Bay has leapfrogged the World Series odds (+2200 to +1200) have jumped significantly as well.
Reigning Cy Young Winner Hit Hard
Philadelphia Phillies. It marked the most runs allowed by a reigning Cy Young winner since Max Scherzer on June 17, 2014 (allowed 10 ER vs. Royals) and the third-most since 2000. Alcantara, who was coming off a three-hit shutout of Minnesota to boost his odds of a Cy Young repeat, saw his ERA skyrocket to 5.79 through three starts.
Philadelphia tagged him for five runs in the third inning and four more in the fifth. How significant was that? Consider this eye-opening MLB stats: Alcantara didn’t allow more than six runs in a game in 32 starts last season.
In doing so, the Phillies covered the total (8) with plenty of room to spare and cashed in as a +110 underdog.
Slim Pickings for Underdogs
The Los Angeles Angels 6-4 at home. Much-maligned southpaw Patrick Corbin (6-19 in 2022) picked up his first win of the season, tossing five innings and allowing four runs. The Nationals (4-7) erupted for 14 hits.
Elsewhere in MLB Monday results, the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 behind 13 hits, including a 3-for-4 day from second baseman Alan Trejo.
Heaney es Ryan in Texas Record Books
Left-hander Andrew Heaney struck out nine straight batters in an 11-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers pitchers Doug Fister (2012) and Tyler Alexander (2020).
Heaney finished with 10 strikeouts in five innings, blowing past his projected total of 6.5. It was just the sixth time in club history that a pitcher recorded double-digit strikeouts in five or fewer innings. The 31-year-old had 17 previous starts with at least 10 strikeouts, including three last season with the Texas over the offseason.
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