It’s another great day to be a baseball fan as the Tampa Bay Rays face off with the St. Louis Cardinals in an interleague matchup while a showdown beckons in the American League as the AL East-leading Orioles take on the Los Angeles Angels.
There’s plenty of baseball action tonight and to guide you with the games, you can check out our MLB Free Picks for the five best baseball games happening today. In the meantime, you can read on and check out our analysis of these two baseball matchups.
[sc:MultiSportArticles ]Tampa Bay Rays vs. St. Louis Cardinals (7:15 PM ET)
Line: Tampa Bay Rays (+110) at St. Louis Cardinals (-120); total: 7.0 – view all MLB lines
The Tampa Bay Rays have their six-game winning streak at stake when they face the Cardinals at Busch Stadium for the final game of this two-game set. Alex Cobb (5-6, 4.08 ERA) handles the pitching duties for the Rays, as Tampa Bay faces off with the Cards’ Lance Lynn (11-6, 3.13 ERA).
[sc:MLB240banner ]Cobb has been in fine form on the road as of late, winning his last four games away from home. Lynn has also been a solid starter for the Cardinals especially at home, as he enters the ballgame with his own three-game at home winning streak.
The Rays are 9-1 in their last 10 road games, but the Cardinals have managed to split their four meetings with the Rays at Busch Stadium.
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Writer’s Prediction
The Cardinals stop the Rays’ winning streak and in the process end their string of back-to-back defeats.
Baltimore Orioles vs. Los Angeles Angels (10:05 PM ET)
Line: Baltimore Orioles (+139) at Los Angeles Angels (-154); total: 8.0 – view all MLB lines
The Baltimore Orioles have started the second half where they left off before the All-Star break as they are just a win away from sweeping the struggling Los Angeles Angels.
The Orioles are now four games ahead of the Yankees and the Blue Jays for the AL East lead, and will send Chris Tillman (7-5, 4.03 ERA) to the mound to face the Angels’ Jered Weaver (10-6, 3.43 ERA).
Tillman has pitched well in his past four starts, going at least 5 2/3 innings and allowing just 10 earned runs in all of them but he unfortunately has not been rewarded with a victory in any of those games. Weaver, on the other hand, has gone undefeated in his last six starts, going 3-0 during that stretch.
Baltimore has an impressive 7-3 record in its last 10 road games, while the Angels on the other hand have encountered difficulty when facing the Orioles at home. They have lost their last four games against Baltimore when playing at Angel Stadium.
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Writer’s Prediction
Weaver’s pitching will keep the Orioles’ bats silent and the Angels will save themselves from a three-game sweep.
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