Tampa Bay Rays vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction: Expect a win performance from the home side

On Tuesday, Major League Baseball action will take place at Tropicana Field, featuring a matchup between the Los Angeles Angels and the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Tampa Bay Rays are coming into this game having split their series with the Baltimore Orioles after suffering a 5-4 defeat at the hands of the Orioles in the series finale on Sunday. The defeat brought the Tampa Bay Rays' overall record to 92-59 for the year, which places them 2.5 games behind the Orioles in the fight for first place in the American League East while maintaining first place in the race for the American League Wild Card. Isaac Paredes leads the Rays with 29 home runs, while Jose Siri has 25 home runs. Paredes has also contributed a team-high 89 RBIs, while Randy Arozarena has 81 RBIs so far this season. Paredes also has the most runs batted in (RBIs) for the Rays. Along with leading the team in hits with 160, Yandy Diaz also has a batting average of.319 and an on-base percentage of.398 so far this season. This game will be started for the Tampa Bay Rays by Taj Bradley, who has a record of 5-7 with a 5.56 earned run average and 118 strikeouts so far this season.

After being swept by the Detroit Tigers and suffering a loss of 5-3 in the final game of the series on Sunday, the Los Angeles Angels don't even appear interested in continuing to play the rest of the series. The defeat left the Los Angeles Angels with a record of 68-82 on the year, which meant they were no longer in the running for the playoffs. Shohei Ohtani leads the Angels in every offensive category, including batting average (.304), hits (151), home runs (44), and RBIs (95), while Brandon Drury leads the Angels in home runs (21), RBIs (70), and doubles (25). Ohtani also has a team-high eight triples, which puts him in first place for the Los Angeles Angels this season in terms of three-baggers, which makes it even more unfortunate that Ohtani will miss the remainder of the season. This game will be started for the Angels by Patrick Sandoval, who has a record of 7-13, a 4.48 earned run average, and 119 strikeouts so far this season.

I'm playing for the Tampa Bay Rays in this game. Because the Los Angeles Angels don't even seem interested in finishing out the season, I have absolutely no interest in betting on them to win the rest of their games. The Tampa Bay Rays have everything to play for right now; they have the better pitcher in this matchup, and I also feel that they have a significantly better bullpen in this particular matchup as well. Therefore, the home team ought to come out on top in this crucial encounter, where a win is very necessary.