Philadelphia Phillies vs Tampa Bay Rays 3/22/2023 Picks

Philadelphia Phillies vs Tampa Bay Rays 3/22/2023 Picks Predictions Previews

The Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg will be the next venue for a Spring Training Grapefruit battle between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday afternoon.

Philadelphia tied with Baltimore in sixth place in the Grapefruit League with a 13-11 record, a .542 win percentage, and three games behind St. Louis in first place this spring.

The Phillies accumulated a total of 148 runs while yielding 158 for a -10 run difference in the spring training.

Philadelphia lost three of the last five matches played including the recent 3-4 loss versus the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.

The Phillies failed to complete a run in the last three innings resulting in their defeat in scoring three runs on 8 hits with no error committed.

Starting Pitcher Noah Skirrow (0-1) earned the loss for the Philadelphia Phillies with 2 earned runs, and zero strikeouts while awarding 4 free bases in pitching for 2.1 innings in the loss.

Right/Center Fielder Jake Cave topped all the Phillies’ batters with one run scored on one hit in three at-bats while hitting one home run with one RBI and marked a batting average of .425.

The UNDER is 4-0-1 in Philadelphia’s last 5 overall and also 4-0-1 in the Phillies’ last 5 interleague matches.

The UNDER is 3-0-1 in Philadelphia’s last 4 interleague contests played versus a left-handed starter and also 3-0-1 in the Phillies’ last 4 interleague road outings against a southpaw pitcher.

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Philadelphia Phillies vs Tampa Bay Rays Predictions 3/22/2023

The Tampa Bay Rays enter this tournament looking to snap a two-game losing streak by beating the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday afternoon.

Tampa Bay tied with Philadelphia and Baltimore in sixth place in the Grapefruit League with a 13-11 record, a win percentage of .542, and chasing three games behind St. Louis in the first place.

The Rays are 8-3 when playing at home and 5-8 when on the road while compiling a total of 133 runs and conceding 100 for a run difference of +33 this spring training.

Tampa Bay lost three of the last five games played including the recent road loss against the Minnesota Twins to a score of 2-5 on Tuesday.

The Tampa Bay Rays scored only two runs in the second frame and never completed a run from there with 7 total hits and committed one error in defeat.

Right-handed Pitcher Ryan Thompson recorded one earned run and one strikeout while granting no free walks in pitching for 0.2 innings of work for the Rays in relief.

First Baseman Luke Raley scored one run on one hit in two at-bats while hitting a ball over the perimeter once with one RBI and averages .324 in batting for Tampa Bay in the losing effort.

The UNDER is 2-0-2 in the Rays’ last 4 interleague games against a right-handed starter and 4-0 in Tampa Bay’s last 4 matches versus a starter with a WHIP of less than 1.15.

The OVER is 5-0 in the Rays’ last 5 contests played with the total set at 11.0 or higher while the UNDER is 5-0 in Tampa Bay’s last 5 outings with the total set at 6.5 or lower.

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Tampa Bay Rays. The MLB Pick for this contest is Philadelphia +120. Both teams lost their last game played but the Rays lost two games in a row while the Phillies split their last two matches played.

Philadelphia is the better team here with a total of 148 runs on 227 hits with 45 home runs while Tampa Bay totaled 133 runs on 191 hits with 37 homers. The prediction: Philadelphia will win 6-4.

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