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Baltimore went away pretty quietly in the rubber match at the 90-72 Tampa Bay Rays losing 4-1. The Orioles smoked in their only run during the ninth inning on Adam Jones' sacrifice fly getting in J.J. Hardy. Adam Jones and Mark Wieters were the other two Baltimore batters besides Hardy to get aboard via a base hit.

The Orioles go with newcomer 3-3 Joes Saunders and a 3.63 ERA to stymie Texas who he did not face with the 81-81 Arizona Diamondbacks or Baltimore this year. The Rangers have however seen him before and are 43-for-123 with 26 RBIs all-time, eight Ian Kinsler's, six Hamilton's and five Beltre's, versus Saunders who is 1-2 against the AL West this season.

The Orioles however did win Saunders' lone no-decision at the 75-87 Seattle Mariners 3-1. Saunders threw an eight-inning one-run gem. In losing at the A's Saunders gave up three runs during six innings. Saunders' first road start of the year with Baltimore came at the 73-89 Toronto Blue Jays on Sept. 3. Saunders went 6.1 innings of scoreless baseball in a 4-0 win.

16-9 Yu Darvish with a 3.69 ERA gets the start next for Texas trying to extend their playoff lives past Friday. Darvish in Arlington is 10-2 just losing in July to the 85-77 Chicago White Sox and Oakland allowing nine runs during 13.1 innings.In Darvish's victories at Rangers Ballpark he conceded 22 runs during 60 innings. Darvish is 4-1 versus post-season teams this year. The Orioles strangely have not seen Darvish yet. It would be easy to take Texas which is why I'm thinking Baltimore is a good play to make.

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