Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, Odds & Live Score — Oct 17

MLB • Sun, Oct 18, 00:00

Tampa Bay Rays98-64

CLE

Cleveland Guardians85-77

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AccuScore's simulation makes Tampa Bay Rays 61% to beat Cleveland Guardians (39%).

Projection updated Oct 17, 8:40 AM ET

Who will win Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Guardians?

AccuScore's simulation makes Tampa Bay Rays the more likely winner at 61%. The projection updates as team news and prices move.

Will Cleveland Guardians beat Tampa Bay Rays?

AccuScore's simulation gives Cleveland Guardians a 39% chance of beating Tampa Bay Rays, against 61% for Tampa Bay Rays. Cleveland Guardians are at home but the underdog on these numbers.

Form, head-to-head and betting trends

How Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians come into this game: their latest results, every meeting on record and how each has fared against the betting market.

Recent form

Tampa Bay RaysLWLWW

Oct 15at Cleveland GuardiansL 2–3
Oct 13vs Cleveland GuardiansW 3–1
Oct 12vs Cleveland GuardiansL 3–7
Oct 7at New York YankeesW 4–3
Oct 5vs New York YankeesW 5–2

Tampa Bay Rays have won 3 of their last 5 (L-W-L-W-W, most recent first).

Cleveland GuardiansWLWWW

Oct 15vs Tampa Bay RaysW 3–2
Oct 13at Tampa Bay RaysL 1–3
Oct 12at Tampa Bay RaysW 7–3
Oct 10vs Chicago White SoxW 2–0
Oct 8at Chicago White SoxW 9–5

Cleveland Guardians have won 4 of their last 5 (W-L-W-W-W, most recent first).

Head-to-head

The teams have met 101 times since 2010: Tampa Bay Rays 55, Cleveland Guardians 46. The last meeting, on Oct 15, 2026, finished Tampa Bay Rays 2, Cleveland Guardians 3.

Oct 15, 2026TB 2 – 3 CLE
Oct 13, 2026CLE 1 – 3 TB
Oct 12, 2026CLE 7 – 3 TB
Jul 26, 2026CLE 0 – 1 TB
Jul 25, 2026CLE 0 – 3 TB

Every Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Guardians meeting →

Betting trends

Tampa Bay Rays are 817-639 as favourite and 470-502 as underdog, and 623-602 on the road (51% of 1225 games, 2010–2026).

Cleveland Guardians are 824-553 as favourite and 435-572 as underdog, and 669-534 at home (56% of 1203 games, 2010–2026).

Record	TB	CLE
As favourite	817-639	824-553
As underdog	470-502	435-572
At home	678-555	669-534
On the road	623-602	610-605

Straight-up records from AccuScore's game archive. Favourite and underdog are the market's, decided by the moneyline. How the MLB odds have moved →