Preview the Aug. 17 matchup between the Tampa Bay Rays and San Francisco Giants with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.

Yandy Díaz and Brandon Lowe hit consecutive two-out RBI singles in the eighth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied for the second straight day to beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1

Their losing streak has hit six games. They’re 59-63 on the season. And they’ve now lost 14 of their last 15 games at home, something that hasn’t been done since 1901. Right-hander Landen Roupp pitched three-plus innings in his first start back from the injured list, allowing five earned runs and striking out five batters.

The Giants’ losing streak reached seven games — and 15 of 16 at home — despite seven shutout innings from Justin Verlander.

Ryan Pepiot pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings on Sunday against the San Francisco Giants, but then it all fell apart in the sixth inning when five straight hitters reached against him. The Giants won 7-1,

The Rays win a few games and maybe you start to feel better about this team. If you squint you can see a road to the postseason. Maybe even a team that could get lucky in a 3 game Wild Card series. And then you get a game like this.

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Having gone 6-6 on their four-city, 12-game, 14-day road trip, the Rays returned home on a long and unhappy flight 61-64 and 6 ½ games back — 1 ½ more than when they started the journey — of the third American League wild-card spot.