Rays @ Orioles

Who will WIN this matchup?

Tampa Bay Rays (53-45)

@ Baltimore Orioles (49-49)

Starting Pitchers:

Yarbrough (TB): 0-5; 5.61 ERA

Lyles (BAL) 6-8; 4.79 ERA

Current odds:

Tampa Bay Rays: (+104)

Baltimore Orioles: (-123)

• The starting line-up for the Rays is as follows:

• The starting line-up for Baltimore is as follows:

• The Tampa Bay Rays hope to ride the momentum of a late uprising on Wednesday night into an early start on Thursday afternoon as they vie for a split of their four-game series against the host Baltimore Orioles. The Rays rebounded after dropping 5-1 and 5-3 decisions to the Orioles by posting a 6-4 victory in 10 innings on Wednesday.

• Randy Arozarena continued to torment Baltimore by ripping a two-run double in the 10th inning to help Tampa Bay snap a season-high-tying, four-game losing skid. Arozarena is batting a robust .378 (51-for-135) with 13 homers, 32 RBIs and 26 runs in 33 career games against the Orioles. He is hitting .372 (29-for-78) with seven homers, 21 RBIs and 16 runs in 19 games at Camden Yards.

• Tampa Bay’s Luke Raley has also picked it up in this series, going 5-for-11 with two doubles and a homer. He had just two hits in 25 at-bats coming into the set in Baltimore.

• Orioles right-hander Jordan Lyles (6-8, 4.79 ERA) will be tasked with keeping Arozarena and Raley in check. However, he has struggled mightily in both starts against the Rays this season. Lyles surrendered five runs on seven hits in five innings of a 5-3 setback on April 9 before yielding six runs on as many hits in 2 2/3 frames of a 7-5 loss on July 17. Lyles, 31, is 0-2 with a 6.08 ERA in five career appearances (four starts) versus Tampa Bay.

• Left-hander Ryan Yarbrough (0-5, 5.61 ERA) will serve as the Rays’ opener on Thursday. Yarbrough, 30, surrendered two homers on Saturday for the third time in his last five trips to the mound. He took the loss in that outing at Kansas City (three runs, six hits allowed in four innings) after receiving a no-decision following a 5 1/3-inning performance (two runs, five hits allowed) against Baltimore on July 16. Yarbrough is 5-2 with a 3.89 ERA in 15 career appearances (eight starts) versus the Orioles.

• Trey Mancini is 11-for-29 with seven extra-base hits (four doubles, three homers) and eight RBIs against Yarbrough, however the hurler has kept Rougned Odor (0-for-9) and Cedric Mullins (3-for-17) under wraps.

• Yarbrough would be wise to tread carefully around Jorge Mateo, who belted a solo homer with one out in the ninth inning to forge a 4-4 tie on Wednesday. Mateo is riding an eight-game hitting streak and has five extra-base hits (three doubles, one triple, one homer) in that stretch.