T.M. Selection: Tampa Bay Rays.

I like the Tampa Bay Rays to win this game against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. The Rays have looked a lot better in their games lately winning 2 in a row now and both of those wins were against the Athletics here in this series. The Rays have been getting hot with their bats again, putting up 16 runs in their 2 games against the A's and I think they are going to continue bringing in the runs in this game. They are going for the series sweep here and I think they are going to get it since they have looked a lot better. The A's have also looked terrible in their games lately getting swept by Cleveland in their previous series and and losing 5 games in a row now. The Rays also lost 3/4 games to the A's in their 2nd series of the year and I think they are trying to get their revenge here with the series sweep. Corey Kluber (1-1, 3.05 ERA) is up for the Rays here and he has been pretty good in all of his starts this year. He only had 1 bad start this year where he gave up 11 hits and 4 runs but still went 5 innings in that game and he bounced back nicely in his most recent start, pitching his longest game of the year as he made it through 6 complete innings and only gave up 1 hit and 1 run against a Twins team that has been hot lately. I think he is going to go out there and pitch another great game against the A's here and he has a bit of advantage over them since he wasn't 1 of the starters that faced them earlier this year in that 1st series against them. Frankie Montas (2-2, 4.25 ERA) is up for the A's and he has had a few good starts this year but he has started to look shaky out there and his most recent start wasn't very good with him giving up 5 runs in that game. I think the Rays are going to shut down the A's with Kluber pitching and I expect their bats to stay hot here. I like the Rays to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 7-2 Rays.