Orioles vs. Red Sox Pick
Will the Baltimore Orioles hammer the Boston Red Sox again when the two meet up this afternoon at 1:35PM ET?
According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Boston is favored at home in this game, as the Red Sox are getting odds of -140 to win. The Orioles are listed with a money line of +130 to win, while the over/under total for the contest has been set at 10.5 runs.
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The pitching matchup today has Doug Fister (3-6, 4.78 ERA) on the mound for the Red Sox to face Wade Miley (7-10, 5.11) of the Orioles. Fister is coming off a surprising 1-run complete game against the Indians earlier in the week. He has 44 strikeouts with 25 walks on the season and a 1.42 WHIP. Miley has allowed at least two runs in eight of his last 10 starts. He comes into this game with 118 strikeouts and 76 walks, while his WHIP is 1.68.
Baltimore has dominated the Red Sox in the first two games of this series. The Orioles picked up a 16-3 win on Friday and followed that up with a 7-0 win on Saturday. Baltimore is now 64-65 overall and 26-39 on the road. Boston is 73-56 overall and 40-24 at home.
Kevin Gausman had a really surprising start, going 7.2 innings while allowing just four hits to get his 10th win. He dropped to a sub-5.00 ERA with the effort. Eduardo Rodriguez pitched 6.2 innings for the Sox and allowed five runs. Jonathan Schoop had his 28th home run of the season to lead the Orioles while Tim Beckham had his 18th home run and drove in three runs. Mookie Betts and Mitch Moreland combined for the four hits for Boston.
The Orioles seem to have gotten hot, especially at the plate. Baltimore could continue that today against Fister. While Fister had a great start against Cleveland, it was an anomaly in what he has done this year. Miley hasn’t been great, but he has the potential to avoid being lit up. Boston hasn’t done well at the plate in this weekend series, so I expect those woes to continue into today.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: BALTIMORE ORIOLES +130