Arguably the two most surprisingly good teams in the American League, the Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles, will play a three-game series over the weekend with Game 1 set to take place on Friday night at Camden Yards.

The two teams are sitting in second and third in the American League with the Rangers sporting a three game lead over the Houston Astros.

Let's dive into the odds for the opening game of this weekend's intriguing series.

Rangers vs. Orioles odds, run line, and total

Rangers vs. Orioles prediction and pick

Jon Gray (3.02 ERA) will get the start for the Rangers and he'll take on fellow righty, Grayson Rodriguez (6.21 ERA). Based on those ERA numbers alone, the Rangers have a solid advantage when it comes to starting pitchers.

Not only has Rodriguez given up plenty of runs through his first nine starts this season, he is also sporting a 1.643 WHIP, giving up 10.9 hits per nine innings and 3.9 walks. That alone should be enough to warrant a bet on the Rangers as underdogs.

As an added bonus, the Rangers have been the better offense in the month of May.

Heading into tonight, the Rangers rank fifth in OPS in May at .799, while the Orioles rank 13th at .741. They're also averaging the most runs per game in Major League Baseball at 6.33.

Give me the Rangers as underdogs tonight.

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