#961/962 ASA PLAY ON 8* Under 8.5 Runs – Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday at 7:15 PM ET - This a key divisional battle with these two teams battling it out for the AL East title. The Rays beat the Twins yesterday at Minnesota and the Orioles lost 1-0 at home to the Cardinals. This has tightened the race even further. Those two games yesterday saw an average of only 5 hits per team and another light-hitting game here is likely given the high stakes of this match-up plus the fact two quality starting pitchers are involved. Also, these are two of the better bullpens in MLB too. As for the starters, Aaron Civale and Kyle Bradish are the ones expected to get the call in this one for their respective clubs. The Rays Civale is 4-2 with a 2.03 ERA on the road this season and 5-1 with a 2.29 ERA in night games this season. He is 5-1 with an ERA hovering near the 3.00 level since the start of July. Civale should match the Orioles Bradish here in terms of producing a quality start again. Bradish has a 2.26 ERA in home games. He is 6-2 with a 2.63 ERA since the All star break and Bradish has held hitters to a .197 batting average since then. Both pitchers have remained strong overall in the 2nd half of the MLB season and, as the old adage goes, it is quite true that good pitching is fully capable of putting the stops on good hitting! Possible playoff preview here and this one will, in all likelihood, be a tight low-scoring battle! Our computer math model projecting 6 to 7 runs here. We are going with the Under in this one.