Tampa Bay Rays at Cincinnati Reds 7/10/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Great American Ball Park will play host to a Sunday afternoon MLB battle between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cincinnati Reds. The Rays (45-39) have dropped consecutive games and are 16 games back of AL East Division leading New York. On Saturday, Tampa Bay OF Harold Ramirez collected three doubles and drove in three runs during a 5-4 road loss against Cincinnati in ten innings.

Twenty-three year old righty Shane Baz (1-1 2.92 ERA) will head to the hill for the Rays in this contest. Through 24 plus innings, Baz has struck out 28 batters and owns a solid 1.14 WHIP.

The Cincinnati Reds have won three straight games and are trying to climb out of the NL Central Division basement. During yesterday's home victory, Kyle Farmer scored on a wild pitch to tie things in the tenth inning and Nick Senzel walked it off with an infield single. Brandon Drury contributed four hits and drove in a pair of runs for the Reds (31-54).

Rookie left-hander Nick Lodolo (1-2 4.19 ERA) will make his fifth career major league start for the Reds. Last time out, Lodolo fanned eight batters in four plus innings during a 1-0 home victory versus New York.