Tampa Rays (21-20) vs Baltimore Orioles (23-18)
The Tampa Rays are looking to catch the Orioles this weekend and are off to a good start with a rare barn burner win over them on Friday night 12-10.
Saturday May 18
Ballpark at Camden Yards – Baltimore, MD
4:05PM
Probable Starters:
TB: Roberto Hernadez (R)
BAL: Jair Jurrjens (R)
Moneyline: Baltimore -110, Tampa +100 at Sportsbook.ag
O/U: 9.5
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Tampa
The star was 2B Kelly Johnson with a homer and 4 RBI but every player in the starting lineup pitched in with at least one hit.
Tampa may need to lean on its hitters a little more this year because the pitching has not been as sharp as expected this season. Not helping matters in that department is the fact that the Rays just put ace David Price on the disabled list. Still never count this team out
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Just to be clear this Roberto Hernandez is the pitcher formerly known as Fausto Carmona. In his first full season “Hernandez” won 19 games with the Indians and showed so much promise but since then he has been a real disappointment.
It was actually surprising that the Rays gave him a chance as it is kind of our of character for this franchise to pickup reclamation projects. The numbers have not been great overall but Hernandez has been solid his last couple of times out giving up just 2 runs each time.
They are going to need that streak to continue.
Baltimore
The Baltimore Orioles are defying odds again with their success this season They are in the thick of it in the American League East making this an important early series against Tampa.
They have now lost their last three and are rumoured to be on the lookout for help in the pitching department. Their young lineup has really performed with 3B Manny Machado emerging at the plate and 1B Chris Davis providing the power. [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]
Even thought to be washed up OF Nate McLouth is chipping in with 11 steals.
Baltimore starter Jair Jurrjens is making his first start of the season and the Orioles are oping he still has something left in the tank because their starting pitching is getting super thin. It wasn’t that long ago that he was one of the better starters in the National League but his fall has been swift and dramatic.
The Braves gave up on him and Baltimore was smart to pluck him off the scrap heap to see if he has anything left to contribute. I am kind of curious about that myself. I am willing to take a shot today.
There could be a burgeoning rivalry between these teams who seem poised to battle each other over the next few seasons. I look for Baltimore to bounce back in this one and take the victory. The outpouring of offense that the Rays showed last night was pretty uncharacteristic, 12 runs is more like an entire series of scoring output.
Decent value on the home faves too.
O/U Pick: Under Score
Prediction: Baltimore 6 – Tampa 3
