Oakland Athletics at Tampa Bay Rays Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 24-19 Tampa Bay Rays play host to the 14-30 Oakland Athletics this afternoon on the turf of Tropicana Field, May 23, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 4:10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Rays -165/Athletics +155
O/U Total: 7.5

Pitching Matchup
Kendall Graveman ((R) W/L 1-2 WHIP 2.02 ERA 8.27
Nathan Karns (R) W/L 3-1 WHIP 1.17 ERA 3.77

Tampa Bay defeated Oakland 5-2 yesterday. They are 2-0 on their current homestand and 7-3 in their last 10 games. The A’s are 1-4 on their road trip and 9-16 away from home in 2015. They are 1-8 in their past 9 games.

The Rays have a 2-0 edge in the season series but Oakland has a 6-4 edge in the last 10 encounters.

Graveman was a 9-3 loser to Houston in his last game. He surrendered 6 runs in 4.2 innings and he has no Q starts in his 4 appearances this year.

Karns was a 3-2 winner over the Yankees in his last outing. He yielded 2 runs in 5 innings and struck out 6. He has 2 Q starts on the year.

Only 2 Oakland hitters have faced Karns before. SS Marcus Semien is 1-2 with a HR and 3 RBIs while C Josh Phegley is 0-2.

This will be the first time any of the Rays hitters will have faced Graveman.

Oakland at Tampa Bay Betting Trends

The Athletics are 1-8 straight up in their last 9 games.
Oakland is 2-4 straight up in their last 6 games against Tampa Bay.
The game total has gone under in 7 of Oakland’s last 10 games against Tampa Bay
The Rays are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
Tampa Bay is 6-2 straight up in their last 8 games at home against Oakland.

Injury Report

OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Coco Crisp OF 15-Day Disabled List
Ike Davis 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Sean Doolittle P 15-Day Disabled List
A.J. Griffin P 60-Day Disabled List
Tyler Ladendorf 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Edward Mujica P 15-Day Disabled List
Eric O’Flaherty P 15-Day Disabled List
Jarrod Parker P 15-Day Disabled List
Drew Pomeranz P 15-Day Disabled List
Taylor Thompson P 60-Day Disabled List
Ben Zobrist OF 15-Day Disabled List

TAMPA BAY RAYS
Jeff Beliveau P 60-Day Disabled List
Ryan Brett 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Alex Cobb P 60-Day Disabled List
John Jaso DH 60-Day Disabled List
Desmond Jennings OF 15-Day Disabled List
Matt Moore P 60-Day Disabled List
C.J. Riefenhauser P 15-Day Disabled List
Burch Smith P 60-Day Disabled List
Drew Smyly P 60-Day Disabled List
Kirby Yates P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Oakland: 32%
Tampa Bay: 68%

Free MLB Pick

Athletics’ starter Kendall Graveman was awful when he was in the big leagues in April, but it’s reported that he has been sharp since then in Triple-A (2-1 1.85 ERA in 4 starts). Nathan Kairns has been a mixed bag this season but has been good over his last three going 2-0 with a 2.12 ERRA and sub 1 WHIP of 0.93. Two of those starts came at home where he pitched 12 innings allowing 4 runs on 11 hits with 15 strikeouts. Until Oakland breaks out of their scoring slump we feel confident in laying down on the bottom side of the total.

Take the UNDER 7.5 -112‏