Tampa Bay at Los Angeles

Tampa Bay is 3,000 miles from home and in a tough situational spot - their fifth straight road game out West. They are playing like a tired team, losing 7 of 10, including a 6-5 defeat last night. The Rays are 3-9 as an underdog and 4-13 against a right-handed starter. They face ace righty Jered Weaver (3.22 ERA), who has 40 Ks in 50 innings, winning three in a row. Weaver improved his record to 4-2 in Sunday's 9-3 defeat of the Blue Jays, allowing 1 run over 6.1 innings. He struck out five batters in the outing. The Angels have one of the best offenses in baseball, #5 in runs scored, third in slugging and has home field. The Angels are 39-13 in Weaver's last 52 home starts. Back the LA Angels.