Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 63-67 Baltimore Orioles play host to the 64-66 Tampa Bay Rays tonight in MLB action on the grass of Camden Yards, August 31, 2015.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Rays -107/Orioles -103
O/U Total: 7.5
Pitching Matchup
Chris Archer (R) W/L 11-10 WHIP 1.03 ERA 2.88
Wei-Yin Chen (L) W/L 8-6 WHIP 1.21 ERA 3.17
Tampa Bay defeated Kansas City 3-2 yesterday, completing their homestand with a 2-4 record. Baltimore was a 6-0 loser at Texas on Sunday completing a 3-game sweep. They were 1-5 on their road trip and 1-10 in their last 11 games.
The Orioles have a 5-3 lead in the last 8 games played in 2015 by these AL East rivals.
Archer was a 5-3 loser to Minnesota in his last start. He allowed 4 runs over 6 innings and struck out 12. He has 18 Q starts on the year.
Chen was an 8-5 winner at Kansas City in his last outing. He yielded 3 runs in 6 innings for his 17th Q start of the season. He is currently on a 7-game unbeaten streak.
TB OF Kevin Kiermaier is 4-9 (.444) against Chen with a HR and 2 RBIs while 2B Logan Forsythe is 7-22 (.318) with a HR and 6 RBIs. OF Daniel Nava is 7-16 (.438) vs. the left-hander with 1 HR and 3 RBIs while OF Joey Butler is 3-9 (.333) with a solo HR. The Rays are hitting .305 as a team against Chen.
Orioles’ OF Steve Pearce is 3-8 (.375) against Archer with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs while 1B Chris Davis is 4-10 (.400) with a HR and 5 RBIs. C Caleb Joseph is 2-6 (.333) against the right-hander with a solo HR while 3B Manny Machado is 6-16 (.375) with 2 RBIs. Baltimore is hitting .289 as a team vs. Archer.
Tampa Bay at Baltimore Betting Trends
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Injury Report
TAMPA BAY RAYS
Jeff Beliveau P 60-Day Disabled List
Curt Casali C 15-Day Disabled List
Alex Cobb P 60-Day Disabled List
Grayson Garvin P 60-Day Disabled List
Desmond Jennings 15-Day Disabled List
Jake McGee P 15-Day Disabled List
Burch Smith P 60-Day Disabled List
Steven Souza OF 15-Day Disabled List
BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Steve Clevenger C Paternity Leave List
J.J. Hardy SS 15-Day Disabled List
Chaz Roe P 15-Day Disabled List
Mike Wright P 15-Day Disabled List
Consensus Pick (Moneyline)
Tampa Bay: 58%
Baltimore: 42%
Free MLB Pick
The Orioles have had success against Archer especially in Baltimore where they have scored 11 runs in 11 innings over his last two starts dating back to last season. Wei-Yin Chen has faced the Rays four times this season with Baltimore getting the victory in three of the four games. Both teams have been cold at the plate but we prefer the home side here who are 39-26 at home this season.
Take the Baltimore Orioles -103 @ Betonline.ag
