Indians vs. Orioles Pick
Can the Baltimore Orioles pick up another upset win at home when they take on the Cleveland Indians tonight at 7:05PM ET?
According to oddsmakers at BetDSI, the Indians are the favorite on the road, as they are getting odds of -170 to win. The Orioles are getting a money line of +155 to win, while the over/under total has been set at 9.5 runs.
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The pitching matchup tonight has Carlos Carrasco (7-3, 3.21 ERA) on the mound for Cleveland to face Kevin Gausman (3-6, 6.60) of the Orioles. Carrasco has been largely solid on the mound this season. He has given up just 29 earned runs over 81.1 innings. He has 79 strikeouts and 22 walks this season. His WHIP is just 1.01. Gausman is struggling right now, allowing 16 earned runs over his last three starts. He has 54 strikeouts this year with 37 walks and a WHIP of 1.92.
Baltimore picked up a 6-5 win over the Indians on Tuesday to split the first two games of this series. The win also ended a six-game winning streak for Cleveland. The Orioles are now 35-35 overall and 24-12 at home while Cleveland is 37-32 overall and 22-15 on the road.
Cleveland saw a 5-2 lead disappear on Tuesday night. The Orioles put up three runs in the fifth and the winning run in the seventh. Bryan Shaw allowed the winning run while Josh Tomlin allowed five runs over 4.2 innings. Chris Tillman lasted just four innings and allowed five runs for Baltimore, but the bullpen went five scoreless innings. Adam Jones had the game-winning RBI for Baltimore while Manny Machado had two home runs and drove in four runs. He now has 15 home runs this season. Edwin Encarnacion hit his 17th home run of the season to lead Cleveland.
The Indians are coming off the loss, but still playing very well as of late. I don’t think this loss is a major setback. The bullpen couldn’t quite shut the door, but that isn’t a usual problem for Cleveland. Baltimore got a great outing from its bullpen on Tuesday, but that also isn’t something that happens regularly. They will need that again today with Gausman on the mound. He has a 9.19 ERA over his last three starts. Cleveland should jump on him early and get some insurance runs on the bullpen.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: CLEVELAND INDIANS -170