The Chicago Cubs and the Baltimore Orioles meet Tuesday in MLB action from Oriole Park. Here’s a Baltimore Orioles vs Chicago Cubs prediction. This will be the first installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game.
Chicago Cubs Betting Preview
Over the weekend the Cubs took on the Los Angeles Angels. Chicago lost 7-0 Saturday but otherwise took the series with victories 5-1 in the opener and 5-0 in the finale. In Sunday’s game Chicago got 6.1. clean frames from starter Hayden Wesneski on one hit and one walk.
Jameson Taillon will start for the Cubs on Tuesday. Taillon is 5-4 with a 2.99 ERA and 65 Ks this year.
Baltimore Orioles Betting Preview
Over on the Orioles’ side, their weekend set was against the Oakland Athletics. Similarly, Baltimore took a blowout loss Saturday 19-8 but otherwise won 3-2 Friday and 6-3 Sunday for a series victory. Sunday’s victory featured four runs in the first inning and three RBI from a Heston Kjerstad homer.
Dean Kremer will take the starter duties for the O’s on Tuesday. This year so far Kremer is 4-4 with a 3.93 ERA in 10 starts. Over his 81 career games (80 starts) Kremer is 26-24 with a 4.30 ERA.
Orioles vs Cubs Pick Injury Notes
Cubs SP Javier Assad (forearm) could be activated from the IL prior to the All-Star break. RP Colten Brewer was placed on the 60-day IL Sunday with a fractured left hand.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Cubs’ last six games against American League opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Each of the Orioles’ last three home games against NL Central opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Cubs’ last 14 night games.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Orioles’ last five night games against NL Central opponents.
Baltimore Orioles Player Prop Facts
- Cedric Mullins has scored a run in each of his four previous appearances against the Cubs.
- Gunnar Henderson has recorded at least one hit in 16 of his last 17 home appearances.
- Ramon Urias has recorded a Single in seven of his last eight home appearances against NL opponents.
- Austin Hays has recorded two or more total bases in each of the Orioles’ last five games against the Cubs.
- Austin Hays has recorded at least one Double in four of his last five appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
- Adley Rutschman has recorded an RBI in four of the Orioles’ last five games against NL opponents.
- Anthony Santander has hit at least one home run in two of the Orioles’ last three games against NL opponents.
- Dean Kremer has recorded five or more strikeouts in five of his last six appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
Chicago Cubs Player Prop Facts
- Shota Imanaga has recorded six or more strikeouts in six of his last seven appearances in night games.
- Ian Happ has scored at least one run in five of the Cubs’ last six night games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Nico Hoerner has recorded at least one hit in each of the Cubs’ last nine road games.
- Cody Bellinger has recorded at least one Single in 11 of the Cubs’ last 12 road games.
- Seiya Suzuki has recorded at least one total base in each of his nine previous road appearances against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
- Cody Bellinger has recorded a Double in three of the Cubs’ last four night games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Patrick Wisdom has recorded at least one RBI in four of his last five appearances against AL opponents that held a winning record.
- Cody Bellinger has hit at least one home run in each of his three previous appearances in night games against AL East teams that held a winning record.
Baltimore Orioles vs Chicago Cubs Prediction
I’ll probably lean toward the Orioles. Kremer had a couple of spotty starts back in May, taking a pair of losses with 9.2 combined innings and eight earned runs. Upon his return, Kremer jumped right back into the fold with 5.0 clean frames in a victory over Seattle on July 3. He should be able to keep things rolling here.
The O’s have been playing well over their last three series, keeping up a steady offensive output. Baltimore scored 17 runs over three games this past weekend, but they’ve also given up seven or more in two of the last four. Still, the Orioles should have the advantage in this series.