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The Baltimore Orioles (82-61) will take on the Tampa Bay Rays (70-72) Sunday at 12:05 p.m. ET. Anthony Santander will be looking for his 40th home run of the season for the favored Orioles (-203) when the game gets underway at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, live on Roku. Corbin Burnes gets the starting nod for Baltimore while Zack Littell is Tampa Bay’s starter for the contest.
Take a look at our betting preview for this game, and uncover all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Betting Odds
Bet $20, Payout $29.85
Orioles to win vs Rays -203
Orioles vs. Rays Betting Lines
- Favorite: Orioles (-203)
- Underdog: Rays (+168)
- Over/under: 7.5
Orioles vs. Rays Betting Insights
- The Orioles have been victorious in 64, or 59.3%, of the 108 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- Baltimore has a record of 9-4 when favored by -203 or more this year.
- The Orioles have an implied victory probability of 67% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- The Rays have been the moneyline underdog 73 total times this season. They’ve gone 33-40 in those games.
- Tampa Bay has a 1-2 record (winning only 33.3% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +168 or longer.
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Rays’ implied win probability is 37.3%.
Orioles vs. Rays Hitting Leaders
- Gunnar Henderson leads Baltimore in batting average (.279) this season while adding 36 home runs and 85 RBI.
- Of all batters in Major League Baseball, Henderson’s home run total places him sixth and his RBI tally places him 21st.
- Santander leads Baltimore in home runs with 39 and runs batted in with 91.
- Yandy Diaz has racked up a team-best batting average of .279 while leading the Rays in runs batted in (64).
- In all of MLB, Diaz is 121st in homers and 65th in RBI.
- Christopher Morel’s 21 home runs lead his team.
Orioles vs. Rays Pitching Rankings
- The Orioles strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 17th in MLB.
- The Orioles have the 12th-ranked ERA (3.92) in the majors this season.
- The Orioles have a combined WHIP of just 1.239 as a pitching staff, which is the 10th-best in baseball this season.
- The pitching staff for the Rays has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 12th in the majors.
- Tampa Bay has the 12th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.92).
- Pitchers for the Rays combine for the No. 9-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.228).