Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Indians 7/23/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Tampa Bay Rays play the second game of a four-game series on the road Friday against the Cleveland Indians. Tampa Bay is 57-39 following a 5-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday. Austin Meadows drove in two runs with a single in the ninth inning with two outs to cap a Tampa Bay rally and give the Rays a walk-off win. Tampa Bay has won two straight, three of the last four and is second in the American League East one game behind first-place Boston right.

Left fielder Randy Arozarena is batting .256 to lead Tampa Bay and the left fielder has a team-high 86 hits. Second baseman Brandon Lowe is the leader in home runs with 21, while Austin Meadows is the leader in RBIs with 65 and Yandy Diaz is the leader in on-base percentage at .371. On Friday, Tampa Bay will send Rich Hill to the mound. The left-hander is 6-4 with an ERA of 3.87, 91 Ks and 36 BBs.

Cleveland improved to 48-45 following a 5-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday. The victory was Cleveland's first out of six games this season against the Astros and helped the Indians to avoid being swept in a three-game series by the Astros. Cleveland has won three of the last five and the Indians are second in the American League Central 8 ½ games behind the first-place Chicago White Sox.

Amed Rosario is batting .265 to lead Cleveland and the shortstop has a team high 85 hits. Third baseman Jose Ramirez is leading Cleveland in home runs with 19, RBIs with 52 and on-base percentage at .341. On Friday, the Cleveland Indians will send Zach Plesac to the mound. The right-hander is 5-3 with an ERA of 4.19, 45 Ks and 13 BBs.