Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles 7/26/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Tuesday night MLB action, the Tampa Bay Rays will attempt to cool off the Baltimore Orioles from beautiful Camden Yards. The Rays (52-44) have dropped three straight games and are fighting for one of three AL Wild Card spots. Last night, Tampa Bay went 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base during a 5-1 road loss against Baltimore.

All-Star lefty Shane McClanahan (10-3 1.71 ERA) will head to the hill for the Rays in this contest. Through 110 plus innings, McClanahan ranks fourth in the American League with 147 strikeouts and first with a minuscule 0.80 WHIP.

The Baltimore Orioles are eight games above .500 at home and are suddenly just three games back in the AL Wild Card race. On Monday, 1B Ryan Mountcastle's two-run single put Baltimore ahead for good as part of a four-run fifth inning. Anthony Santander contributed his 50th RBI and also scored a run for the Orioles, who evened their record at 48-48 on the season.

The Orioles will counter with twenty-nine year old righty Spenser Watkins (3-1 3.93 ERA) on Tuesday. Baltimore has won four of Watkins’ last five starts and he has allowed five earned runs over his last 22 plus frames.