The Tampa Bay Rays are an absolutely ridiculous 31-7 at home this season. The Trop takes plenty of heat on a routine basis, but something about the dome in St. Petersburg has provided quite the home-field advantage this year.
The Orioles (44-27) enter the series five games back in the AL East standings, but the Birds will have an opportunity to trim the deficit in the loss column to only one game. Of course, Baltimore could easily fall even further behind the first place Rays (51-24).
Both teams had the day off yesterday. Baltimore salvaged a game with a 6-3 win over the Cubs on Sunday, and Tampa Bay fell 5-4 to drop the series in San Diego.