The Tampa Bay Rays have not gotten the same results out of their pitching staff as they did a year ago. Shields is gone, Price has been ineffective and is now injured. Rodney was lights-out a year ago at the back of the pen, but is mediocre at best this year. Jeremy Hellickson has been one of those pitchers that has taken a step backward, as he is just 2-2 with a 5.82 ERA. Hellickson on the road has had even bigger problems where his ERA on the season swells to 6.46 in five road starts. Mark Buehrle has struggled this season, but no pitcher has been better at home than he has at getting the money, as he has pitched to a 105-56 mark in his last 161 home starts. The Rays are just 1-8 in Hellickson's last nine road starts and will struggle to stay in touch here. Take Toronto on the runline.
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