Orioles at Rays MLB Odds & Picks: While trying to stay near the top in the American League East standings, currently in second place trailing the Yankees by two games, the Tampa Bay Rays host one of the worst teams in baseball for a weekend three game series beginning Friday at 7:05 pm ET. Tampa Bay will start ace James Shields in this one. The Rays right-hander is 9-10 with a 4.94 ERA. Countering for Baltimore is right-hander Jeremy Guthrie who is 6-11 this season with a 4.04 ERA.
Shields' last outing was a record-breaking performance for all the wrong reasons. He tied an MLB modern-era mark with six home runs allowed and a team high of nine extra-base hits allowed. Shields will attempt to improve upon his lifetime 3.15 ERA.
Guthrie's dominant second half continued with Sunday's eight-inning outing. He allowed just one run, a solo homer, on six hits and struck out two to pick up his third win in four starts.
The Orioles were defeated 4-1 by the Indians last time out, as +110 underdogs. That game's five runs went UNDER the posted 9.5 total set by Sportsbook.com. Kevin Millwood surrendered three runs off nine hits over seven innings in the Orioles loss.
The Rays were defeated 3-2 by the Tigers last time out, as a -110 pick'em. That game's five runs went UNDER the posted 7.5 total set by Sportsbook. Matt Garza allowed seven hits and three earned runs over 5 2-3 innings in the loss.
The Orioles are playing with improved vigor since Buck Showalter assumed managerial control. The Rays are a better team and should win the game and series.
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