Orioles vs. Rays Pick
Can the Baltimore Orioles go on the road and pick up a division win over the Tampa Bay Rays when the two meet up today at 7:10PM ET?
According to oddsmakers at BetDSI, the Rays are favored at home tonight, as they are getting odds of -110 to win, while the Orioles are listed with a money line of +100 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 9 runs. Baltimore has won five of nine meetings with Tampa Bay this season.
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The pitching matchup for this game has Kevin Gausman (6-7, 6.11 ERA) on the mound for the Orioles to face Blake Snell (0-5, 4.98) of the Rays. Gausman hasn’t been good this season, but is coming off a 6-inning, 1-run effort against the Rangers last week. On the season, Gausman has 96 strikeouts with 46 walks and a 1.75 WHIP. Snell isn’t someone that is getting deep into games. He has failed to complete six full innings in his last 10 starts. Snell has 51 strikeouts with 37 walks this season and a 1.63 WHIP.
Baltimore is coming off a series loss at home to the Astros, but the Orioles have still won five of their last seven games. The Orioles are now 47-51 overall and 17-30 on the road. The Orioles are scoring 4.66 runs per game this season, but allowing 5.42 per game. Baltimore is being led by Jonathan Schoop, who has 26 doubles, 21 home runs and 70 RBI. Trey Mancini is adding 16 doubles, 15 home runs and 52 RBI.
Tampa Bay was just swept at home by the Rangers and the Rays have lost four straight games. The Rays are now 51-48 overall and 27-22 at home. Tampa has been putting up 4.64 runs per game while allowing 4.51 per contest. The Rays are being led this season by Corey Dickerson¸ who is hitting .308 and has 27 doubles, 18 home runs and 43 RBI. Steven Souza Jr. is adding 16 doubles, 20 home runs and 61 RBI.
The Rays were just swept by the Rangers, a team the Orioles destroyed last week. Gausman isn’t a great pitcher, but is coming off a good start and can build on that against this Tampa team. Snell has really struggled to get deep into any of his starts, so that is going to put a lot of pressure on the Rays bullpen against a Baltimore team that can get hot, quickly.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: BALTIMORE ORIOLES +100