Rays vs. Orioles odds, tips and betting trends

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20 July 2023

Rays vs. Orioles odds, tips and betting trends

The Tampa Bay Rays (60-39) will host the Baltimore Orioles (58-37), Thursday at 6:40 PM ET, in a matchup of AL East rivals.

The Orioles (+147 underdog moneyline odds to win) are away versus the Rays (-176). The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the Tampa Bay Rays looking to Tyler Glasnow (3-3), and Kyle Gibson (9-6) taking the ball for the Baltimore Orioles.

The Rays lost 5-1 against the Rangers yesterday, with Zack Littell getting credited with the loss. He threw 3 1/3 innings, giving up one earned run on five hits while striking out four. Jose Siri went 2-for-4 with a home run and an RBI to lead the Rays offensively.

The Orioles secured an 8-5 victory against the Dodgers yesterday. Gunnar Henderson (1-for-3 with a home run and an RBI) led the way offensively, while Danny Coulombe got the win on the mound after going 2 1/3 innings without giving up an earned run on one hit, while striking out three.

Get ready for the Rays vs. Orioles with everything you need to know ahead of Thursday’s baseball action, including viewing options.

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Baltimore Orioles Odds and Betting Lines

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Favorite: Rays (-176, bet $176 to win $100)
Underdog: Orioles (+147, bet $100 to win $147)
Over/under: 8.5

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Rays Stats and Trends

Rays Betting Records

This season, the Rays have been favored 81 times and won 54, or 66.7%, of those games.
Tampa Bay has a record of 30-9, a 76.9% win rate, when favored by -176 or more by sportsbooks this season.
The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 63.8% chance of a victory for the Rays.
Tampa Bay and its opponents have hit the over in 52 of its 99 games with a total this season.
The Rays are 53-46-0 against the spread in their 99 chances this season.

Tyler Glasnow (Rays Probable Starter)

Glasnow (3-3 with a 3.78 ERA and 71 strikeouts in 47 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Rays, his 10th of the season.
His last time out came on Saturday against the Kansas City Royals, when the righty tossed six innings, surrendering one earned run while giving up six hits.
In nine games this season, the 29-year-old has an ERA of 3.78, with 13.4 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .224 against him.
Glasnow is looking to record his third quality start of the season in this outing.
Glasnow will try to extend a five-game streak of lasting five or more innings (he’s averaging 5.2 frames per outing).
He has given up at least one earned run in all of his outings.
He will face off against an Orioles squad that is hitting .254 as a unit (12th in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .426 (ninth in MLB) with 114 total home runs (12th in MLB).
Head-to-head against the Orioles this season, Glasnow has thrown 4 1/3 innings, giving up six earned runs on six hits while striking out seven.

Rays Batting Stats

The Rays’ 146 home runs rank third in Major League Baseball.
Hitters for Tampa Bay have a combined .451 slugging percentage this season, which ranks third in MLB.
The Rays rank ninth in MLB with a .258 team batting average.
Tampa Bay has scored 526 runs this season, which ranks fourth in MLB.
The Rays are among the best in the league at getting on base, ranking eighth with an OBP of .329.
Tampa Bay ranks 17th with an average of 8.5 strikeouts per game.

Orioles Stats and Trends

Orioles Betting Records

The Orioles have been chosen as underdogs in 46 games this year and have walked away with the win 24 times (52.2%) in those games.
This season, Baltimore has been victorious two times in five chances when named as an underdog of at least +147 or worse on the moneyline.
Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Orioles have a 40.5% chance of pulling out a win.
Baltimore and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 49 of its 95 opportunities.
The Orioles are 56-39-0 against the spread in their 95 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.

Kyle Gibson (Orioles Probable Starter)

The Orioles are sending Gibson (9-6) out to make his 21st start of the season as he looks for his 10th win. He is 9-6 with a 4.77 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 115 2/3 innings pitched.
In his last outing on Saturday against the Miami Marlins, the right-hander went 5 1/3 innings, allowing five earned runs while surrendering nine hits.
The 35-year-old has put together a 4.77 ERA and 7 strikeouts per nine innings during 20 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .267 to his opponents.
Gibson enters the matchup with nine quality starts under his belt this year.
Gibson will look to prolong a four-game streak of pitching five or more innings (he’s averaging 5.8 frames per outing).
He has had one appearances this season in which he did not give up an earned run.
He meets a Rays offense that ranks fourth in the league with 526 total runs scored while batting .258 as a squad. His opponent has a collective .451 slugging percentage (third in MLB action) and has hit a total of 146 home runs (third in the league).
Gibson has a 3 ERA and a 1.333 WHIP against the Rays this season in six innings pitched, allowing a .250 batting average over one appearance.
The 35-year-old ranks 56th in ERA (4.77), 52nd in WHIP (1.348), and 57th in K/9 (7) among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season.

Orioles Batting Stats

The Orioles rank 12th in baseball with 114 total home runs.
So far this year, Baltimore is ninth in the majors, slugging .426.
The Orioles have the 12th-ranked batting average in the league (.254).
The offense for Baltimore is No. 8 in MLB, scoring five runs per game (473 total runs).
The Orioles’ .324 on-base percentage is 12th in the majors.

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