#968 ASA FREE PLAY ON Baltimore -105 over Tampa Bay, Wednesday at 7:05 PM ET - The Rays have been on a mini roll winning 5 straight but that ends tonight. Tampa went with a bullpen game in last night’s win @ Baltimore and used 6 different relievers so their relief pitchers will be a bit thin tonight. Ryan Yarbrough gets the call to the mound for the Rays and he has started just once since April 13th. He struggled early in the season as a starter allowing at least 5 ER in 3 of his 4 starts so he was moved to the bullpen in mid April. In his 22.2 innings pitched as a starter Yarbrough has allowed 32 hits and 17 earned runs. We expect him to struggle tonight vs a Baltimore line up that has won 6 of their last 8 vs lefties while hitting .265 vs southpaws this season which ranks them 7th in MLB. While the O’s have had problems scoring runs at times this season, vs LH’s they are averaging over 5.0 RPG. Baltimore lefty John Means gives the O’s a nice edge on the mound tonight. He has started 8 games on the season and allowed 0 earned runs in half of those starts (4) and has not given up more than 3 ER’s in any start. Tampa hits just .216 this season vs lefties ranking them 27th in MLB and they are averaging just 3.7 RPG when facing southpaws. The Rays have struck out 172 times this season vs left handers which is by far the most in the Majors. That’s not a winning recipe vs Means who has a 4.1 to 1 strikeout to walk ratio. We like the Orioles to get the home win tonight.