Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles 5/21/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Tampa Bay Rays play the second game of a three-game series on the road Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles. Tampa Bay improved to 23-15 following its 6-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday. Isaac Paredes hit a pair of home runs for the Rays in Wednesday's Victory. Tampa Bay has won three out of the last four and is second in the American League East, five games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

Yandy Diaz is batting .287 to lead Baltimore and the first baseman has a team high .412 on-base percentage. Second baseman Brandon Lowe is the leader in home runs with five, while right fielder Manuel Margot is the leader in RBIs with 21 and shortstop Wander Franco is the leader in hits with 40. On Saturday, Tampa Bay will send Jeffrey Springs to the mound. The left-hander is 1-1 with a 3.43 ERA, 20 Ks and 3 BBs.

Baltimore improved to 15-24 following its 9-6 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday. Anthony Santadner hit a three-run walk off home run in the ninth inning for the Orioles as Baltimore was able to avoid being swept in its four-game series with the Yankees after losing each of the first three. Baltimore is last in the American League East, 13 ½ games behind the first-place Yankees.

Trey Mancini is batting .292 to lead Baltimore and the designated hitter has a team high 40 hits. Right fielder Anthony Santander is the leader in home runs seven and RBIs with 19, while left fielder Austin Hays is the leader in on-base percentage at .359. On Saturday, the Baltimore Orioles will send Kyle Bradish to the mound. The right-hander is 1-2 with a 5.06 ERA, 22 Ks and 6 BBs.