The Tampa Bay Rays (31-15) and the Baltimore Orioles (21-27) play on Wednesday at Tropicana Field, starting at 1:10 p.m. ET. The Rays are moneyline favorites (-118), while the Orioles are -101 underdogs, despite being favored against the spread (1.5) with +158 odds. Jesse Scholtens starts for Tampa Bay while Baltimore will counter with Shane Baz.

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Rays vs. Orioles betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-118)
• Underdog: Orioles (-101)
• Over/under: 8.5

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have a 19-6 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 76% of those games).
• Tampa Bay has gone 17-4 (winning 81% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -118 or shorter.
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Rays a 54.1% chance to win.
• Tampa Bay has played in 46 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 24 times (24-19-3).
• The Rays have covered 60.9% of their games this season, going 28-18-0 ATS.

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero has a team-best 13 homers.
• In MLB action, Caminero ranks eighth in home runs and 36th in RBI.
• Caminero heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .316 with a double, two home runs, four walks and eight RBIs.
• Yandy Diaz has a club-best .310 batting average.
• Diaz ranks 48th in homers and 13th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Diaz has safely hit in five games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .429 with two doubles, two home runs, two walks and eight RBIs.
• Jonathan Aranda has a team-high 35 runs batted in.
• Chandler Simpson is hitting .295 with two doubles, four triples and 10 walks.

Rays pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Rays has a collective 7.8 K/9, which ranks 24th in the majors.
• Tampa Bay’s 3.64 team ERA ranks sixth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Rays pitchers combine for the No. 4 WHIP in MLB (1.192).
• The Rays allow the 14th-fewest home runs in baseball (48 total, one per game).
• Tampa Bay struck out 11 Orioles batters while giving up 12 hits in a 16-6 win in its last game.

Orioles betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Orioles betting info

• The Orioles have won seven, or 33.3%, of the 21 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Baltimore has a record of 7-13, a 35% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of -101 or more by sportsbooks this season.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Orioles have a 50.2% chance to win.
• Games involving Baltimore have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 28 of 48 chances this season.
• The Orioles are 21-27-0 against the spread in their 48 chances this season.

Orioles hitting info

• Taylor Ward leads Baltimore with a .262 batting average.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Ward ranks 287th in homers and 206th in RBI.
• Pete Alonso is a key run producer for Baltimore with a .225 average, eight homers and 26 RBI.
• Alonso ranks 35th overall in homers and 48th in RBI this season.
• Adley Rutschman leads Baltimore in runs batted in (26) this season. He has a .276 batting average and a .534 slugging percentage.
• Gunnar Henderson leads Baltimore in home runs with 10 while driving in 24 runs and slugging .415.

Orioles pitching rankings

• The Orioles have an 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in the majors.
• Baltimore pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.98 ERA this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
• The Orioles have a combined WHIP of 1.474 as a pitching staff, which is third-worst in baseball this season.
• The Orioles have given up the 24th-fewest long balls so far this season with 58 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Baltimore fell to the Rays 16-6. Its pitchers compiled four strikeouts and 18 hits allowed.