Tampa's Taj Bradley (5.24 ERA) can be a very good pitcher at times but is wildly inconsistent. He was hit hard in his lone road start and then last time out again at home vs. the Yankees. The Rays are 0-4 on the road and rank 25th in OPS vs. lefties -- it's southpaw Eduardo Rodriguez for the Snakes. He has allowed 3 ER or fewer in three of four. I don't pretend to know more baseball than Rays manager Kevin Cash, but sometimes he just sits guys because of which arm a pitcher uses. Fine by me tonight with team leading hitter Jonathan Aranda (.344) taking a seat. But then he almost always sits vs. lefties.

The Rays had won five straight over the Diamondbacks until last night, when the Diamondbacks won 5-1, leaving the Rays 0-4 on the road this year. I'm looking at the total going over with today's starters, Taj Bradley for the Rays and Eduardo Rodriguez for the Diamondbacks, because both bend but don't break. Rodriguez has given up at least three runs in each of his four starts, and all four of Bradley's starts have gone over the total. We can get an early head start with these pitchers with runs on the board and then let the bullpen take care of everything else. The Diamondbacks and their opponents score 10 runs a game. Just the over.