{"id":29696,"date":"2013-08-19T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=29696"},"modified":"2013-08-19T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T16:08:00","slug":"mlb-predictions-tampa-bay-rays-vs-baltimore-orioles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/mlb-predictions-tampa-bay-rays-vs-baltimore-orioles-29696\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Predictions: Tampa Bay Rays vs. Baltimore Orioles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tampa Bay Rays (70-52) and Baltimore Orioles (67-56) will open up a three-game American League East series Monday night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, with the first pitch scheduled for 7:05 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Baltimore Orioles\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tampa Bay Rays 3B Evan Longoria is starting to swing the bat better in August<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tampa Bay has won four of its last five games, including a 2-1 home victory over the Toronto Blue Jays as -160 favorites Sunday, while going UNDER the betting total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Rays have been led by third baseman Evan Longoria on the offensive end recently, as he has nine extra-base hits in his last 11 games, which is a great sign after coming off a horrendous July.\u00a0 Tampa Bay is 12-3 on the road with a money line of -100 to -125 this season, which is important to consider when making your pro baseball picks Monday night.<\/p>\n

Rays starting pitcher David Price (6-5, 3.28 ERA) has led the club to five wins in his last six outings, but he didn\u2019t earn a decision in a 5-4 home victory over the Seattle Mariners last time out, as he allowed four runs and five hits over seven frames.\u00a0 The left-hander is 5-1 with a 2.71 ERA in nine road games, issuing nine walks and striking out 59 batters in 63 combined frames.\u00a0 In 14 career games versus the Orioles, Price has compiled a 6-2 record and 2.60 ERA, including a 3-0 mark and 3.20 ERA in seven efforts at this ballpark.<\/p>\n

Baltimore took two of three games from the Colorado Rockies, including a 7-2 victory as -145 home favorites Sunday, while going OVER the betting total for the sixth time in seven contests.\u00a0 The Orioles are 3.5 games back of the AL Wild Card-leading Rays, as they look to continue getting major production out of Chris Davis and Adam Jones.\u00a0 The duo went a combined 7-for-10 at the plate yesterday.\u00a0 Baltimore is 7-6 as home underdogs of +100 to +125 this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro baseball odds page.<\/p>\n

Orioles starting pitcher Chris Tillman (14-3, 3.70 ERA) didn\u2019t earn a decision in a 5-4 road defeat to the Arizona Diamondbacks last time out, as he allowed two runs and five hits over six frames.\u00a0 The right-hander is 7-2 with a 4.36 ERA in 13 home outings, surrendering 18 home runs in 76.1 combined innings.\u00a0 In 10 career games versus the Rays, Tillman has tallied a 2-5 record and 4.77 ERA, including a 10-7 road victory on June 9.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the Rays due to their 5-2 record in Price\u2019s last seven road starts in the series.<\/p>\n

Make sure to check out our Major League Baseball picks<\/a> all season long and get the most up-to-date betting odds at Bookmaker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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