Rays at Orioles 8/23/19 - MLB Picks & Prediction

In Friday night MLB action, the Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles will continue their weekend series from Camden Yards. Last night, All-Star OF Austin Meadows homered and score twice to power Tampa Bay to a 5-2 road victory. Willy Adames collected three hits and drove in three runs for the Rays, who are 21 games above .500 overall.

Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash has yet to name a starting pitcher for this matchup. The Rays are extremely comfortable using relievers as openers and rank second in the majors with a 3.53 team ERA.

The Baltimore Orioles have lost 45 of their 65 home games and are one of the worst teams in baseball. On Thursday, Baltimore managed just five hits and struck out eight times. Trey Mancini doubled and scored a run for the Orioles, who lost for the 87th time this season.

Twenty-eight year old southpaw Ty Blach (0-1 12.06 ERA) will make his third start as a member of the Orioles. Blach, who was acquired from San Francisco, has allowed 18 baserunners over his last nine plus frames.