Rays-Orioles Lines Preview

Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Tuesday when the Tampa Bay Rays and the Baltimore Orioles meet at Camden Yards. The Rays will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Andy Sonnanstine in this game. Sonnanstine has a 1-3 record and a 5.79 ERA this season. The Orioles will counter Sonnanstine with Mark Hendrickson. Lefthander Hendrickson has a 5.13 ERA to go along with a 1-4 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Orioles, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Rays lost to Boston 4-3 as a +130 underdog on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5). Carl Crawford was 2-5 with an RBI for Tampa Bay, while Matt Garza went seven innings and allowed three runs on seven hits. The Orioles lost to the Yankees 5-3 as a +130 underdog on Sunday. The eight runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5). Aubrey Huff hit a three-run home run for the Orioles and Koji Uehara allowed one run on six hits in six innings. Team records: Tampa Bay: 15-18 SU Baltimore: 13-19 SU Tampa Bay most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 3-7 Before playing Baltimore are 6-4 After playing Boston are 5-5 After a loss are 7-3 Baltimore most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 2-8 Before playing Tampa Bay are 3-7 After playing NY Yankees are 3-7 After a loss are 4-6 A few trends to consider: Tampa Bay is 14-3 SU in its last 17 games when playing Baltimore Tampa Bay is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Baltimore The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Tampa Bay's last 10 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Tampa Bay's last 9 games when playing on the road against Baltimore The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Baltimore's last 6 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Baltimore's last 5 games The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Baltimore's last 9 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay Baltimore is 7-17 SU in its last 24 games Next up: Baltimore home to Tampa Bay, Wednesday, May 13