Friday, May 23, 2008

Orioles-Rays Who Will Cover?

The Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Rays will meet on the field at Tropicana Field on Friday in a battle of division rivals.
The Orioles will give the ball to ace starter Jeremy Guthrie in this one. Righthander Guthrie is 2-4 this season with a 3.86 ERA.
The Rays will counter Guthrie with Matt Garza. Righthander Garza has a 4.86 ERA to go along with a 2-1 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 131-moneyline favorites versus the Orioles, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Orioles lost the rubber match 2-1 to the Yankees on Thursday, as +150 underdogs. The three runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (9.5).
Freddie Bynum drove in the only run for the Orioles. Jim Johnson gave up the winning run to suffer the loss.
The Rays were crushed 9-1 by the A's last time out, as +110 underdogs on the road. The 10 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (8.5).
Jonny Gomes belted a solo home run for the only score for the Rays. Andy Sonnanstine gave up seven runs off nine hits over six innings to suffer the loss.
Current streak:
Baltimore has lost 2 straight games.
Team records:
Baltimore: 24-22 SU
Tampa Bay: 27-20 SU
Baltimore most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Tampa Bay are 3-7
After playing NY Yankees are 2-8
After a loss are 4-6

Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Baltimore are 7-3
After playing Oakland are 5-5
After a loss are 7-3
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Baltimore's last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Baltimore's last 8 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Baltimore is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games
Baltimore is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Tampa Bay's last 12 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing Baltimore
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Tampa Bay's last 8 games when playing at home against Baltimore
Next up:
Tampa Bay home to Baltimore, Saturday, May 24
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