MLB Baseball Preview Cleveland Indians at Tampa Bay Rays
MLB baseball preview... This game tonight, the first of a two game series at Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay, Florida at 7 PM ET, is game one of two where the Indians would love to improve their road record as well as their overall stats.
Starting pitchers are, for the Rays, Jeff Niemann who is 3-0 with an ERA of 2.27 and for the Indians, Fausto Carmona who is 4-1 with an ERA of 3.43. Niemann has pitched at least 7 innings in his last several starts after being hit on the shoulder by a well hit line drive on May 8 which was his season start for the 2010 season. Fausto is trying to tie or surpass his win total from 2009. He is actually 2-1 against the Rays and has a 7.56 ERA
For those same four games.
The Rays are in the win column when playing the Indians this season winning five of the six home games against them, and has beat the Indians three straight so far. Last season the Indians were winners against the Rays winning 5 of 8 games and the three losses were at Tropicana Field.
The Rays are 26-11 while being 11-7 at home and the Indians are 15-20 and while home they are 9-12 this naturally makes the Rays definite favorites to win this series with more than a 60 percent chance of sending the Indians home without a win for this series.
The Indians and the Rays Stats:
The Indians are: 15-20 SU
The Rays are: 26-11 SU
The Indians lately are:
While playing Monday’s they are 3-7
Before they played the Rays they were 6-4
After they played Baltimore they were 6-4
After the latest win they are 4-6
The Rays lately are:
While playing Monday’s they are 8-2
Before they played the Indians they were 4-6
After the played the Mariners they were 7-3
After the latest win they are 7-3
The Next Game:
The Rays are at home vs. the Indians, on Tuesday, May 18, 2010
MLB baseball Odds Makers have the lines at present for the Rays -1 ½ (+115) and the Indians +1 ½(-135) and the Total –Over 8 1/2 (-115) the Under 8 ½ (-115) and the Rays are -185 and the Indians are +175 on the Money Line.
