MLB action is set to take place on Sunday 7/17/22 and it will feature Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays. The game is set to take place at Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida. The game starts at 1:40 PM EST and should be televised on MASN2 and Bally Sports Sun.
The Baltimore Orioles are coming to the game here sitting right at the five hundred mark at 45-45 on the season. The Orioles on the road this year have ended up getting a record of 20-28. The last 5 games for Baltimore have seen the Orioles post a 4-1 record, but the Orioles in their last game ended up losing to the Tampa Bay Rays by a score of 5-4.
The Birdland faithful will be happy to know the Orioles are hitting at a clip of .233 with 708 hits, but have an OBP of .301. The Orioles have ended up scoring only 375 runs on the year with 92 homers, but have a slugging of .385. The Orioles have thrown decent on the year and have a 3.92 ERA while striking out 662 batters. The Orioles have posted a WHIP of 1.28 while walking 250 batters and allowing the opponents to hit at a clip of .254.
When it comes to hitting the Orioles have been led by Trey Mancini with a .285 average. The power and run production has been carried out mainly by Anthony Santander who has 15 homers and a total of 46 RBIs. The starter is slated to be Jordan Lyles who has went 6-7 on the year with a 4.37 ERA and a 1.38 WHIP. Lyles has thrown a total of 105 innings on the year and struck out 86 batters, but has allowed 113 hits and 13 homers with a total of 32 walks.
Tampa Bay in their last 5 games, including the win over the Orioles, have won all 5 of the games. The Rays are now sitting on a record of 50-40 on the year. When playing at home, though, the Rays are sitting on a 30-17 record.
The Tampa Bay Rays are definitely not being very RaysUp when it comes to hitting on the year with a total of only 82 homers and 377 runs, but have a slugging of just .381. The Rays are not much better when it comes to hitting for average at a clip of .239 with 722 hits and an OBP of .306 on the season. Tampa Bay’s pitching has done well enough to get a 3.35 ERA and struck out 787 hitters while the opponents are hitting at a clip of .228. The Rays have walked 227 batters and a 1.14 WHIP on the season.
When it comes to the pitching the Rays are looking to put Corey Kluber on the mound. This year Kluber has posted a 5-5 record with a 3.58 ERA. Kluber has thrown a total of 88 innings and struck out 79 batters, but has walked 14 batters. Corey Kluber has given up 82 hits and allowed 9 homers, but has a WHIP of 1.09. The hitting has been led by Isaac Paredes with 13 homers. Yandy Diaz has a .299 average and the run production man for the Rays is Ji-Man Choi with 40 runners brought home.
Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays Odds: Baltimore Orioles +134, Tampa Bay Rays -158
Over/Under Odds: 7.5
Orioles at Rays Prediction: Tampa Bay Rays -158, Over 7.5
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This game will be a lot closer than what you think. I think the Rays will end up winning it, but it will be more from the hitting being more consistent in the game overall. However, the total I think will hit the over as both of these teams do have an offense that does know how to score, but also a question mark in the pitching department.
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