Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays 8/12/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

AL East Division foes will square off on Friday night, when the Baltimore Orioles visit Tropicana Field to take on the Tampa Bay Rays. The Orioles (58-53) have won seven of their last ten games and trail the Rays by a half-game in the race for the final AL Wild Card spot. Last night, Baltimore DH Terrin Vavra had two hits and plated two runs during a 4-3 road loss against Boston.

Thirty-year old right-hander Austin Voth (2-1 5.53 ERA) will head to the hill for the Orioles in this contest. Last time out, Voth allowed three runs in five innings during a 6-3 home victory versus Pittsburgh.

The Tampa Bay Rays are 12 games above .500 at home and are 12 games off the pace in the AL East Division race. On Wednesday, Tampa Bay went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position during a 4-3 road loss against Milwaukee in ten innings. Randy Arozarena and Yu Chang each went deep in a losing effort for the Rays (58-52).

Two-time Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber (7-6 4.05 ERA) is continuing to pitch well at age thirty-six. In his last start, Kluber lasted six innings and gave up three runs during a 5-3 road victory against Detroit.