Orioles vs. White Sox Pick
Can the Baltimore Orioles salvage a split in their four-game series with the Chicago White Sox when the two wrap things up today at 2:10PM ET?
According to oddsmakers at BetDSI, Baltimore is favored on the road, as the Orioles are getting odds of -115 to win, while the White Sox are getting a money line of +105 to win. The over/under total for the game has been set at 10.5 runs.
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The pitching matchup in today’s game has Chris Tillman (1-4, 8.01 ERA) on the mound for Baltimore to face David Holmberg (1-0, 2.74) of the White Sox. Holmberg has just three starts and he has given up 6 earned runs over 12.2 innings. On the season, he has a WHIP of 0.83. Tillman has been struggling all season and is coming off a 1.1-inning, 9-run performance against the Yankees last weekend.
The White Sox took the first two games in this series before suffering a 10-6 loss to the Orioles on Wednesday night. Baltimore is now 32-32 overall and 11-22 on the road while Chicago is 28-36 overall and 14-12 at home.
Wednesday’s game saw the Orioles fall behind 5-1 before rallying for 9 runs in the middle innings. Wellington Castillo had a grand slam to break the game open. He finished with five RBI. He also allowed Dylan Bundy to get his seventh win despite a poor outing on the mound. Bundy went five innings and allowed five runs on six hits. Miguel Gonzalez really struggled for Chicago, allowing eight runs in five innings of work. Matt Davidson had his 13th home run of the season to lead Chicago while Avisail Garcia had another three hits to move his average to .339.
Despite the loss on Wednesday, I still like the White Sox at home. They are a slight home underdog, which is always nice, and the Orioles aren’t sending a good pitcher to the mound. Tillman has been a dumpster fire in recent starts and the Orioles haven’t been good on the road most of the season. I think Chicago will continue to hit the ball well and give Holmberg enough of a cushion for him to get a win.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: CHICAGO WHITE SOX +105