Tampa Bay Rays (54-49) vs Toronto Blue Jays (58-45)
Game Info: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 12:10 pm (Tropicana Field)
Jalen Beeks (1-1) (2.36) vs Yusei Kikuchi (4-5) (4.89)
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The Toronto Blue Jays will play the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 2 of their series at Tropicana Field on Wednesday afternoon.
The Toronto Blue Jays are 58-45 this season and have won four of their last five games. Toronto won Game 1 of this series by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday night. The Toronto pitching staff has a 3.86 ERA, a 1.23 WHIP, and a .247 opponent batting average this season. The Blue Jays offense has scored 498 runs with a .265 batting average and a .329 on base percentage. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .285 with 21 home runs and 63 RBI’s for the Blue Jays this season. The projected starter for Toronto is Yusei Kikuchi, who is 4-5 with a 4.89 ERA and a 1.50 WHIP over 70 innings pitched this season.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 54-49 this season and have lost eight of their last ten games. Prior to losing Game 1 of this series, Tampa Bay lost two out of three games against Cleveland. The Tampa Bay pitching staff has a 3.45 ERA, a 1.16 WHIP, and a .234 opponent batting average. The Rays offense has scored 421 runs with a .239 batting average and a .306 on base percentage this year. Randy Arozarena is batting .251 with 12 home runs and 47 RBI’s for the Rays this season. The projected starter for Tampa Bay is Jalen Beeks, who is 1-1 with a 2.36 ERA and a 1.12 WHIP over 42 innings pitched this season.
Toronto was able to edge out Tampa Bay on Tuesday night by a score of 3-1 and will turn to Yusei Kikuchi in this game. Kikuchi has allowed six runs in his last 13.1 innings pitched for the Blue Jays. For the Rays, Jalen Beeks has been used as mostly a reliever this season and will only pitch a couple of innings. Kikuchi has been inconsistent this season, but he has pitched better in his last few games. I am going to take the Rays in this game, even though it is going to be a bullpen game for them.