The Baltimore Orioles will play the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 3 of their series at Tropicana Field on Sunday afternoon.
The Baltimore Orioles are 46-45 this season and have won 11 of their last 12 games. Baltimore won Game 2 of this series by a score of 6-4 on Saturday afternoon. The Baltimore pitching staff has a 3.90 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP, and a .254 opponent batting average this season. The Orioles offense has scored 381 runs with a .232 batting average and a .300 on base percentage. Ryan Mountcastle is batting .270 with 14 home runs and 46 RBI’s for the Orioles this season. The projected starter for Baltimore is Jordan Lyles, who is 6-7 with a 4.37 ERA and a 1.38 WHIP over 105 innings pitched this season.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 50-41 this season and have won five of their last six games. Tampa Bay won Game 1 of this series by a score of 5-4 on Friday night. The Tampa Bay pitching staff has a 3.36 ERA, a 1.14 WHIP, and a .228 opponent batting average. The Rays offense has scored 381 runs with a .240 batting average and a .306 on base percentage this year. Randy Arozarena is batting .251 with 11 home runs and 41 RBI’s for the Rays this season. The projected starter for Tampa Bay is Corey Kluber, who is 5-5 with a 3.58 ERA and a 1.09 WHIP over 88 innings pitched this season.