Orioles vs. Yankees Pick
Are the host New York Yankees going to wrap up a four-game sweep over the Baltimore Orioles Sunday afternoon?
According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Yankees are a -175 favorite to win on the moneyline. The Orioles are a +155 underdog and the over-under is set at 10.5.
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Pitching for Baltimore will be Ubaldo Jimenez (5-10, 6.75 ERA), while New York will turn to Sonny Gray (9-10, 3.17). Jimenez enters with a 1.60 WHIP and 126 strikeouts in 134 2/3 innings. He gave up three earned runs on five hits with five strikeouts and two walks over five innings in a 4-3 loss at Toronto his last start. He has a 6.31 ERA in 77 road innings. Gray has a 1.15 WHIP with 142 strikeouts in 147 2/3 innings. He gave up two earned runs on five hits with nine strikeouts and one walk in eight innings during a 2-1 loss at the Rays hist last start. He has a 2.26 ERA in 66 1/3 road innings.
Baltimore has a 72-77 record and is 28-47 on the road, while New York is 82-66 and 43-27 at home. The Yankees have won eight of the last 10 meetings and the total has gone over all 10 times.
New York rolled to a 9-3 victory Saturday afternoon to make it three wins in a row in the series and four overall. Didi Gregorius was 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs scored and three RBIs. Greg Bird and Todd Frazier also hit home runs. Jordan Montgomery threw six shutout innings to get the win.
This series has been full of starting pitching mismatches and perhaps none is bigger than this one. Gray outperforms Jimenez by a long shot. The under and runline are in play too, but we’re going to go the simple route and pick New York to complete the sweep.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: BALTIMORE ORIOLES -120