The Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox are set to square off in the first of a four game series between these two American League squads. The Baltimore Orioles come into the game on a three game losing streak. Baltimore lost all three on the road in St. Louis. The Orioles are 29-18 on the season.
For the White Sox, they are 15-34 on the season. Chicago is last place in the American League Central. Chicago won on Tuesday over Toronto, but fell on Wednesday.
The Baltimore Orioles are massive favorites in this game. Baltimore is -240 over the White Sox.
Orioles Look to Stop the Bleeding
The Baltimore Orioles will send Grayson Rodriguez to the hill in this game. Rodriguez is 4-1 on the season with a 3.15 earned run average. The 24 year old has thrown 40 innings, and struck out 44 batters, while walking 15. His last start was May 18th, and he allowed just one hit in six innings.
The Baltimore bats went quiet in St. Louis. They only scored 8 runs in the three games. The Orioles offense has been a calling card for the team all season. Baltimore is scoring 5 runs per game, and have the best slugging percentage in the league. The Orioles are tied for first in all of Major League Baseball with 69 homeruns hit. Gunnar Henderson leads all of baseball with 16 bombs on the season.
The Orioles will finish this four game series in Chicago, before finally getting back home. On Monday, Baltimore will start a three game series with Boston, before Tampa Bay comes to town for three to end next week.
Last Place White Sox
Mike Clevinger will take the baseball for the Chicago White Sox. Clevinger comes into the affair with an 0-2 record. He sits with just 11.1 innings thrown this season, and struck out 10 batters, while walking 5.
The White Sox offense has been the worst in all of Major League Baseball. Chicago is hitting just .217 on the season, which is 29th in the league. The White Sox are scoring less than 3 runs per game. Chicago also has hit the fewest homeruns in all of the league, with 34. The top homerun guy for the White Sox this season has been Paul DeJong, with 7.
Chicago will host the Toronto Blue Jays for three games next week. After that, the White Sox are on the road for a weekend series at the Milwaukee Brewers.
Orioles Smoke White Sox
The final bet for this game belongs to the better team. The Baltimore Orioles are a team that can score, score, and score more. We like them to do that in this game. Baltimore gets 10+ runs in this game and wins by a bunch over the Chicago White Sox.
We are going to take the Baltimore Orioles -2.5 (+110) and also bet on the OVER in this one. Enjoy the game and best of luck with all your MLB bets!
