Orioles and Rays meet, winner takes 3-game series
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Tampa Bay Rays (47-36, second in the AL East) vs. Baltimore Orioles (35-47, fifth in the AL East)
Baltimore; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Taj Bradley (5-5, 4.57 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 77 strikeouts); Orioles: Dean Kremer (6-7, 4.60 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 72 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Orioles -113, Rays -106; over/under is 9 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Both the Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Rays are looking for a series win with a victory on Sunday.
Baltimore has gone 18-22 at home and 35-47 overall. The Orioles are 16-9 in games when they did not give up a home run.
Tampa Bay has a 47-36 record overall and a 20-13 record in road games. Rays hitters have a collective .411 slugging percentage to rank eighth in MLB.
Sunday’s game is the seventh meeting between these teams this season. The season series is tied 3-3.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ryan O’Hearn has nine doubles and 11 home runs while hitting .294 for the Orioles. Gary Sanchez is 12 for 35 with a double and three home runs over the last 10 games.
Brandon Lowe has 10 doubles and 17 home runs for the Rays. Yandy Diaz is 19 for 42 with three doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Orioles: 4-6, .225 batting average, 5.93 ERA, outscored by six runs
Rays: 7-3, .327 batting average, 5.56 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs
INJURIES: Orioles: Zach Eflin: day-to-day (back), Jordan Westburg: day-to-day (finger), Maverick Handley: 7-Day IL (head), Ryan Mountcastle: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Adley Rutschman: 10-Day IL (oblique), Cade Povich: 15-Day IL (hip), Jorge Mateo: 10-Day IL (elbow), Cody Poteet: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tyler O’Neill: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Grayson Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Albert Suarez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tyler Wells: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Bradish: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Rays: Manuel Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (forearm), Jonny Deluca: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ha-Seong Kim: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Hunter Bigge: 15-Day IL (lat), Shane McClanahan: 60-Day IL (tricep), Richie Palacios: 10-Day IL (knee), Alex Faedo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nathan Lavender: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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