Tampa Bay Rays (24-16) vs. Baltimore Orioles (16-25)
May 22, 2022 1:35 pm EDT
The Line: Baltimore Orioles +125 / Tampa Bay Rays -152; Over/Under: +9
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The Tampa Bay Rays and the Baltimore Orioles meet in MLB action from Camden Yards on Sunday.
The Tampa Bay Rays will look to win the series after evening up the set at one win apiece after a 6-1 win over Baltimore on Saturday. Wander Franco leads the Rays with 40 hits along with 4 home runs and 16 RBIs as well as a .263 batting average while Franco has 9 doubles and Randy Arozarena has 38 hits and a team-high 10 doubles and Brandon Lowe has a pair of triples. Manuel Margot has a team-high 21 RBIs and a .348 batting average of his own and the aforementioned Lowe also has a team-high 5 home runs this season. Kevin Kiermaier has 5 home runs of his own while Yandy Diaz has a .282 batting average as well on the year. Corey Kluber will start here and is 1-2 with a 4.29 ERA and 35 strikeouts this season.
The Baltimore Orioles will try to take the rubber match after dropping game two on Saturday. Trey Mancini leads the Orioles with 44 hits and a .303 batting average while Anthony Santander has team-highs of 7 home runs and 21 RBIs. Austin Hays also has 39 hits with 11 doubles as well on the year. Cedric Mullins also has 41 hits with 8 doubles, 5 homers and 16 RBIs as well this season. Spenser Watkins will start here and is 0-1 with a 5.10 ERA and 14 strikeotus this season.
Tampa Bay is 1-4 in their last 5 road games and 82-38 in their last 120 games as a favorite while the under is 7-1-2 in their last 10 division games. Baltimore is 13-41 in their last 54 division games and 31-84 in their last 115 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games as a home underdog.
I get the case to be made either way here, but I’m looking firmly at the under. Corey Kluber’s had his issues but should be able to control this Baltimore lineup and as up and down as he’s been, Spenser Watkins only has a bloated ERA because of a couple of rough starts along with the fact that he doesn’t go deep into games. I think this one is a 4-2 game at best whichever way you have it going, so give me the under in this one.
