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

AL East Division foes will square off on Sunday afternoon, when the Tampa Bay Rays battle the Baltimore Orioles from Camden Yards. The Rays (24-16) are four games above .500 on the road and trail first place New York by 5.5 games. Last night, OF Randy Arozarena homered twice and drove in three runs to power Tampa Bay to a 6-1 road triumph. 

Thirty-six year old righty Corey Kluber (1-2 4.29 ERA) will head to the hill for the Rays in this contest. In his last start, Kluber gave up two runs in six innings during a 3-2 home loss versus Detroit.

The Baltimore Orioles have split their 22 home games and are trying to claw their way out of the AL East Division basement. During Saturday's home loss, Baltimore was limited to six hits and struck out 11 times. SP Kyle Bradish (1-3) gave up five runs in five plus innings and took the loss for the Orioles, who fell to 16-25 on the season.

Twenty-nine year old righty Spenser Watkins (0-1 5.10 ERA) will make his eighth start of the season for the Orioles. Through 30 innings of work, Watkins has walked (15) more batters than he has struck out (14).