This is the second game of a home-and-home with the first taking place right before the All Star break. Tulsa won that game by five points which snapped a five-game losing streak and now it will be up to San Antonio to snap its own skid. The Stars have dropped three straight games to fall a game under .500 on the season but they still sit in third place in the Western Conference. With San Antonio winning two of the first three games of this season series, this is a big game for the home side as Tulsa is three games behind San Antonio and the Stars would win the season series tiebreaker with a victory. Tulsa is 9-23 ATS in its last 32 games after scoring 70 or more points in five straight games while going 1-7 ATS in its last eight games against teams with a losing record. Meanwhile, the Stars are 15-7 ATS in their last 22 games against teams with a losing record and they have two great situations on their side. We play on favorites in the second half of the season that are revenging a loss where opponent scored 85 or more points, with a winning percentage of between .400 and .499. This situation is 34-12 ATS (73.9 percent) since 1997. Second, we play on home favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points after allowing 70 points or more in three straight games going up against an opponent after a win by six points or less. This situation is 47-19 ATS (71.2 percent) since 1997. 10* (602) San Antonio Stars

We won with Baltimore last night and will come back with the Orioles tonight as they are in another good spot. Baltimore remains in first place in the American League East by four games over the Yankees and Blue Jays, both of which lost last night, and part of that is due to its solid road play where it is 28-21 on the season. The Orioles are 8-3 in their last 11 games against teams with a winning record. After six straight wins, the Angels have dropped two of their last three games and they have dropped five of the last six meetings against Baltimore including three straight at home. The Orioles send Miguel Gonzalez to the mound and while he has not started in 11 days, he did make a start in the minors over the all Star break. He has been pretty solid, allowing three runs or less in 13 of his 15 starts so he has done a great job of keeping the Orioles in games. Baltimore is 4-1 in Gonzalez' last five starts following a quality outing in his last start. He has a 2.14 ERA in three career starts against Los Angeles. The Angels counter with Hector Santiago who was used out of the bullpen in that 16-inning game on Friday and he is coming off a quality outing in his last start. He has not tossed consecutive quality starts this season and the Angels are 2-8 in Santiago's last 10 starts against teams with a winning record. Additionally, the Orioles are 7-0 in their last seven games against starters with a WHIP greater than 1.30. 9* (971) Baltimore Orioles

Tampa Bay has not given up in the American League East despite a horrible start to the season as it continues to play solid. The Rays swept the Twins over the weekend to make it five straight wins and they are now 16-5 over their last 21 games as they are playing like we expected them to all along. They have been even better on the highway, going 14-3 in their last 17 road games. St. Louis took two of three against the Dodgers over the weekend and it is just a half-game behind Milwaukee in the National League Central. The Cardinals are 3-8 in their last 11 Interleague games as a favorite of -151 to -200 and they are laying the big price due to Adam Wainwright taking the hill. He has been outstanding with a 1.83 ERA this season which is the best in baseball so that is certainly hard to go against but after six straight quality starts, the All Star break came at the wrong time to lose some of that momentum. The Rays are hitting .291 over their last 10 games against right-handed pitching and have won five straight against right-handed starters. While the Cardinals seem to have the huge pitching edge, Jake Odorizzi is not at a big disadvantage. He has a 2.28 ERA over his last seven starts, allowing two runs or less six times. It all started with a gem against the Cardinals and Wainwright but he took the hard luck loss 1-0. That should provide even more motivation as he keeps the Rays hot run moving along. 9* (975) Tampa Bay Rays