Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays 7/20/2023 Picks Predictions

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The Baltimore Orioles will go against the Tampa Bay Rays in MLB action at Tropicana Field, FL, on Thursday, July 20, 2023, at 6:40 PM ET.

After trailing the Rays for the entirety of the season, the Baltimore Orioles are suddenly in a great position to overtake them for first place in the AL East.

Baltimore enters this series with a 3-2 record against the Rays this year after defeating Tampa Bay two out of three times at home and splitting the other two contests.

After dropping the first two matches of that series by scores of 6-4 and 10-3, the Baltimore Orioles are undoubtedly relieved to finish playing the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The O’s could not tie the Rays for the top record in the American League because of their two defeats. With an 8-5 victory over the Dodgers on Wednesday, the Orioles were able to salvage a series victory.

The Orioles and Rays are now tied after Gunner Henderson hit his 15th home run and scored three times.

In the opening game of this weekend’s series against Tampa Bay, the Orioles will rely on Kyle Gibson. In 20 starts this season, Gibson has a 9-6 record, including nine strong starts.

His current ERA is 4.77 after 115 innings thrown and 117 hits surrendered. Gibson’s season K/9 rate is 7.0, and his WHIP is 1.35. In 11 starts on the road, Gibson is 5-3, with five of those starts being strong ones.

In 66.1 innings thrown, he only gave up 58 hits for a lower ERA of 4.25. On the road, his K/9 rate falls to 6.6, and his WHIP falls to 1.18.

Gibson was successful despite losing his only start of the year against Tampa. In six innings, he only allowed two runs while giving up six hits. He struck out four batters without walking any.

The total went OVER in five of Baltimore’s last five matches.
The Baltimore Orioles are 9-2 SU in their last 11 matches.
The Baltimore Orioles are 5-0 SU in their last five matches on the road.

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Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays Predictions 7/20/2023

For most of the season’s first three months, the Tampa Bay Rays were the topic of conversation in baseball. They got off to the quickest start in team history and set a record for scoring rates.

Recent events have significantly calmed down, and they now enter the series very much in danger of losing the team’s lead in the standings.

Before Wednesday’s series finale against the Texas Rangers, Tampa Bay had lost three straight games and had a record of 3-7 over its previous ten games.

The Rays’ formidable lineup was silent in Texas, as seen by the 3-2 and 5-3 losses they suffered in the opening two games. The Rays fell to the Rangers 5-1 on Wednesday afternoon in the series last game.

The Rays produced ten hits but had ten strikeouts and were 0-4 with RISP. After the defeat, the Rays are tied for first place in the AL East.

The struggling Rays will send right-hander Tyler Glasnow to the hill on Thursday night in the series opener to get back on track. Glasnow has made nine starts this season and is 3-3, including two solid outings.

He tossed 47.2 innings and gave up 41 hits with an ERA of 3.78. He has an excellent 13.4 K/9 rate and a 1.24 WHIP.

Glasnow has only had one decent start thus far in five games at home, where he is 1-2—his increased ERA of 4.26 results from 18 hits allowed in 25.1 innings of work.

Glasnow’s K/9 rate jumps to 14.6 at home, while his WHIP drops to only 1.03. In his lone start against Baltimore this year, he was unsuccessful. Six hits and six runs were allowed by Glasnow over 4.1 innings.

The total went UNDER in five of Tampa Bay’s last six matches.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 1-4 SU in their last five matches.
The total went UNDER in four of Tampa Bay’s last six matches against Baltimore.

Baltimore Orioles vs. Tampa Bay Rays The MLB pick for this game is the Baltimore Orioles. If you support the Tampa Bay Rays baseball club, you would be lying if you said you weren’t concerned about where your team is.

The Rays, one of only two teams to reach 60 victories, were having trouble for most of the past month and seem more like a club that is holding on than one advancing quickly to the postseason.

The Rays’ pitching staff suffered several significant injuries, and they are aware that the effectiveness of pitchers like Thursday’s starter, Glasnow, will significantly impact their chances of making the postseason this year.

Glasnow recently pitched effectively despite having a 1-2 record in his past three appearances. He has 26 strikeouts for the three games, suitable for a 2.60 ERA.

Glasgow could have been more productive at home this season, posting a 1-2 record and an ERA above 4.00.

He will face Gibson of the Orioles, who performed better on the road than at home. Gibson is 5-3 away from Camden Yards, and his WHIP dropped to only 1.16.

He was successful in his lone appearance against the Rays, giving up just two runs in six innings of work.

This time, he should do even better against a Rays offense that is batting only.209 over their previous ten games and averaging just 3.6 runs per game, down from the team’s season average of 5.4 runs per game.

With a victory on Thursday night, the Birds may further tighten the race in the AL East. The Baltimore Orioles will win by a predicted score of 5-4.

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