Tampa Bay at Seattle

Tampa Bay is 2,520 miles from home playing its eighth game on the West Coast of a 10-game trek. They're looking road-weary losing three of four. The Rays are on an 8-11 run overall with a defense that is 18th in fielding percentage and an offense that is 28th in runs, 19th in on-base percentage, and 27th in slugging. The Rays have lost six of their last seven in Game 1 of a series. Seattle is a very good home team playing its fourth straight at home after taking two of three against San Francisco. The pitching staff is No. 1 in ERA (3.53). Starter Bryce Miller (3.32 ERA) has a 2.09 ERA at home where he's holding batters to a .188 average. Play Seattle.