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Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles Best Bet: Wednesday, June 21st
The Baltimore Orioles are in a position to sweep their 2-game series with the Rays after picking up a win from Game 1 on Tuesday night. Quite naturally, the oddsmakers strongly suggest that we all pay a steep price for the Rays to bounce back, but Ej has other ideas in mind for his Wednesday best bet. The Rays couldn’t possibly suffer a 4-game losing streak, could they?
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June 21, 17:10 (UK time)
The line setters are trying to tell you that the Rays will have no problem rebounding from Tuesday’s loss against the Orioles. Now that the Rays have lost their last three games, they couldn’t possibly get mired in any type of lengthy losing streak, right?
Wrong! I think we all get how good the Rays are, and the season they are putting together has them on top of the AL East standings still. Does anyone realize that Baltimore is only two games behind the Rays in the loss column and four games back in the division race? Tamps isn’t running away with anything anymore, and they’ve certainly come down to earth since that ridiculous start to the campaign.
The Orioles were tagged as 2.50 underdogs on Tuesday, and it stinks that we don’t get that price on the Birds tonight. Pinnacle is offering a 2.32 line on the O’s to pick up this mini–2-game-sweep of the Rays, and I am all about that value in this spot.
The Rays are going to go through the ups and downs of a long campaign as any other team will likely have to endure, and a 4-game losing streak is not considered lengthy yet. For me, when a team loses 7-8 games in a row, now you can start talking about a concerning run of results. It’s not football in Europe where four matches with no points can take a toll on a club in the table because they only get 30+ outings a campaign. There are 162 games in an MLB season, and I do think Tamps is about to suffer their first bit of turmoil in 2023.
Tyler Wells is the expected starter for the Orioles on Wednesday night, and despite his lack of ability to keep the ball in the yard, he has managed to not destroy his ERA. Wells has allowed 16 HR’s this season, and that is the scariest number because the Rays can certainly smack a ball out of the yard.
Only the Atlanta Braves have more home runs to their credit than the Rays (128 – 117), and that also points me to this total of only 8. That says 8, and I see 1.91 at most books with that total posted toward the Over.
Taj Bradley is listed as the probable starter for Tampa Bay, and he has only made 9 starts this campaign. He’s done a good job limiting ball leaving the yard with only four HR allowed, but something tells me that will change tonight. The body of work he has faced this year is full of poor offenses, and I mean at the time he faced them if you get my drift. He caught the Red Sox and Astros early, and both of those teams got off to rough starts this year.
The Texas Rangers lit him up for 5 ER, and that 20 – 1 game against the Jays brings up another decent offense that he’s faced. I see another night like that coming for both of these starters. This will not be a 2- 1 game, in my opinion!
Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles Best Bet
I expect both teams to enjoy a night at the Trop offensively, and I expect Baltimore to come out with the win when the final out is made.
- Selection: Orioles ML
- Best odds: 2.32 (Pinnacle)
- Stakes: 4/10
- Bonus Bet: Over 8 Runs (1.91)
Odds as of 8:00 am June 21, 2023. Odds may now differ.
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