T.M. Selection: Tampa Bay Rays -1.5.

I like the Tampa Bay Rays on the runline against the Miami Marlins on Saturday. The Rays have been playing much better lately. They have 3 wins in their last 4 games and all of those wins were by 2+ runs. When the Rays win their games they are not usually close either, the last 8 games that they have won have all been by 2+ runs as well. Shane McClanahan (9-6, 3.51 ERA) is starting and he has been good in most of his starts this season. He is a rookie pitcher so the Marlins have never seen any of his pitches in a a game against him. The Marlins have lost their last 3 games in a row and all of those losses were by 2+ runs. Sandy Alcantara (9-13, 3.05 ERA) is starting and he has been good this season but the Rays have started scoring a lot of runs lately and they are the 1st place team in the AL East for a reason. No matter well he is pitching they will find ways to break him in this game and put up the runs. They Rays still have to clinch the division title but the Marlins really have nothing to play for here and they can't even play spoiler as the Rays are going to the playoffs either way. I like the Rays to win this one by -1.5.

T.M. Prediction: 6-1 Rays.