Rays vs. Orioles Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups July 18, 2025

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The Tampa Bay Rays (50-47) have lost four games in a row as they prepare to square off against the Baltimore Orioles (43-52), who have lost two straight. The Rays are favored (-130) to end their streak in Friday’s outing, which starts at 7:35 p.m. ET at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Tampa Bay has Taj Bradley starting things off, while Baltimore will counter with Charlie Morton.

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Rays to win vs Orioles -130

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Rays vs. Orioles betting lines

  • Favorite: Rays (-130)
  • Underdog: Orioles (+110)

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

  • The Rays have a 29-21 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 58% of those games).
  • In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -130 or shorter, Tampa Bay has a 17-15 record (winning 53.1% of its games).
  • Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Rays have an implied win probability of 56.5%.
  • Tampa Bay has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 39 times this season for a 39-54-4 record against the over/under.
  • The Rays have gone 47-50-0 against the spread this season.

Rays hitting info

  • Junior Caminero leads the Rays in home runs (23) and runs batted in (60).
  • In MLB action, Caminero ranks 10th in home runs and 18th in RBI.
  • Yandy Diaz is batting .285 with 18 doubles, a triple, 14 home runs and 29 walks.
  • Diaz ranks 58th in home runs and 43rd in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
  • Diaz takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .238 with a walk and an RBI.
  • Jonathan Aranda paces the Rays with a .324 batting average.
  • Jake Mangum is batting .310 with 10 doubles, a triple, two home runs and 12 walks.

Rays pitching rankings

  • The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Rays pitching staff ranks 17th in the majors.
  • Tampa Bay has a 3.78 team ERA that ranks 11th across all MLB pitching staffs.
  • Rays pitchers combine for the No. 4 WHIP in the majors (1.204).
  • Rays pitchers combine to surrender the fourth-most home runs in baseball (127 total, 1.3 per game).
  • Tampa Bay lost to the Red Sox 4-1 in its last game with four strikeouts while allowing eight hits.

Orioles betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Orioles betting info

  • This season, the Orioles have been the underdog 44 times and won 20, or 45.5%, of those games.
  • Baltimore has a record of 10-13, a 43.5% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +110 or more by bookmakers this season.
  • Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Orioles have a 47.6% chance to win.
  • Games involving Baltimore have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 40 of 95 chances this season.
  • The Orioles are 39-56-0 against the spread this season.

Orioles hitting info

  • Ryan O’Hearn leads Baltimore with a batting average of .286. He’s also hit 11 home runs with 34 RBI.
  • O’Hearn is 101st in homers and 140th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
  • Gunnar Henderson has collected 94 hits this season and has an OBP of .348. He’s slugging .455 on the year.
  • Henderson ranks 101st in homers and 162nd in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
  • Cedric Mullins leads the club in homers (13) and runs batted in (41) this season.
  • Jackson Holliday has collected 90 hits this season and has an OBP of .308. He’s slugging .414 on the year.
  • Holliday has safely hit in three straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .190 with a double and a walk.

Orioles pitching rankings

  • The Orioles average the 15th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the majors this season.
  • Baltimore has pitched to a 4.92 ERA this season, which ranks 27th in baseball.
  • The Orioles have a combined WHIP of 1.410 as a pitching staff, which is fourth-worst in baseball this season.
  • The Orioles have given up the second-most long balls so far this season with 132 home runs allowed.
  • Baltimore suffered an 11-1 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out six Marlins batters while allowing 18 hits.
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