Baltimore at Tampa Bay

The Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays went into the wee hours of the night yesterday, before Tampa won in an 18-inning marathon 5-4. These teams have to come back for an early afternoon game in the hot Tampa Bay sun, and gut it out today. The Rays had a sizeable pitching advantage yesterday, but that goes to Baltimore today behind Miguel Gonzalez. He has been strong over his last three starts, allowing just 5 total runs. The Rays have dropped four of their last five behind Alex Cobb. This is a "must" game for the Orioles or their wildcard hopes will take a serious hit, and as the old saying goes "The team in need is the team indeed." Make the play on Baltimore.