Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays 7/16/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Baltimore Orioles play the second game of a three-game series on the road Saturday against the Tampa Bay Rays. Baltimore is 45-44 following its 7-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday. The Orioles swept the Cubs at Wrigley Field in their two-game series and have won 10 straight. Baltimore is last in the American League East, 17 games behind first place New York.

Trey Mancini is batting .280 to lead Baltimore and the designated hitter has a team high .355 on-base percentage. Right fielder Anthony Santander is the leader in home runs with 15 and RBIs with 46, while center fielder Cedric Mullins is the leader in hits with 92. On Saturday, the Baltimore Orioles will send Dean Kremer to the mound. The right answer is 3-1 with a 2.15 ERA, 30 Ks and 12 BBs.

Tampa Bay is 49-40 following its 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday. Yandy Diaz and Taylor Walls each hit two-run singles in the seventh inning when Tampa Bay scored five times. Tampa Bay swept Boston in the four-game series. Tampa Bay is second in the American League East, 13 games behind the first-place New York Yankees

Third baseman Yandy Diaz is batting .302 to lead Tampa Bay and has team highs in hits with 83 and on-base percentage at .412. Second baseman Isaac Paredes is the leader in home runs with 13 and first base Ji-Man Choi is the leader in RBIs with 40. Tampa Bay has not yet announced its starting pitcher for Saturday’s second game of a three-game series at home versus the Baltimore Orioles.