The Rays are 11-2 on the RL in last 13 games and 7-2 on the RL last 9 at home. The Bats are looking better with Junior Caminero and Josh Lowe back. The Marlins are spiraling and 2-6 in last 8 on RL. Zach Littell is pitching like a stud for the Rays and had a 2.88 ERA in May. The Rays have won 7 straight starts for him.

It would be so baseball if the Marlins won this standalone game after being humiliated to start the week by being swept at home by Colorado. Pitcher Edwin Cabrera has been quite good of late but historically has been much worse (and wilder) on the road. Tampa Bay has won three straight and 10 of its past 11 at its temporary home of Steinbrenner Field.

The Marlins had to leave Miami under a cover of darkness after getting swept by the Rockies. There is hope for better news Friday afternoon in Tampa behind starter Edward Cabrera, who hasn't allowed a run in his last two starts, but the Marlins are facing a hot Rays side that can't stop winning, now 12-3 across its last 15 after rallying for three runs in the bottom of the ninth against Texas last night to sweep out the Rangers. Zack Littell is also off pitching a complete game in last Saturday's 16-3 win at Houston, and even though TB lost 2 of 3 at Miami three weeks ago, the Rays are 25-6 the last 31 games in this series. Play Rays on Run Line