Pick: Tampa Bay -140
Why?
The Rays are in Anaheim tonight to play the Angles. James Shields has been struggling as of late but this is the perfect opportunity to turn things around against an Angles team that has been struggling against right handed pitching these last few weeks. Shields is 4-3 with a 3.18 era against LA in his career. In his last start against Texas he went 7 inning only giving up 4 hits and 1 earned run. The Rays have stolen a league leading 148 bases, look for that to continue tonight because Angel’s catcher Jeff Mathis has only thrown out 9 of 39 base runners this season.
Scott Kazmir gets the call today and sadly this isn't the type of team he will enjoy playing. The Rays have been playing great against left handed pitching in the past 10 games as they have batted .304 in the past 10 games. The last time Kazmir played the Rays was earlier on this season and he got rocked. He struggled through 5 innings and luckily only managed to give up 3 earned runs. This won't be the case tonight, no way he gets lucky again.
This pick will be the cherry on top of the strong week. Current record is 6-2. I plan on giving a few underdog picks this week, just looking for the right games. Stay tuned. Thanks for the support! Please subscribe for even more picks.
Record: [6-2]
3 comments:
rays arent good without pena
That shouldn't be a problem as Pena isn't the best against left handed pitching. Either way, he isn't playing tonight and that will not hurt the rays chances of winning. Thanks for the comment and support!
Carlos Pena is in the line up
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