Baltimore Orioles (18-27) vs. Boston Red Sox (20-23)
May 27, 2022 7:10 pm EDT
The Line: Boston Red Sox -200 / Baltimore Orioles +170; Over/Under: -9.5
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The Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox meet in an AL East division matchup in MLB action from Fenway Park on Friday.
The Baltimore Orioles will look to rebound after a 2-0 loss at the hands of the New York Yankees in their last outing. Trey Mancini leads the Orioles with 46 hits and a .288 batting average while Anthony Santander has team-highs of 7 home runs and 21 RBIs. Austin Hays also has 43 hits with 11 doubles as well on the year. Cedric Mullins also has 44 hits with 8 doubles, 5 homers and 16 RBIs as well this season. Kyle Bradish will start this one and is 1-3 with a 5.74 ERA and 27 strikeouts this season.
The Boston Red Sox will try to build on another beatdown of the Chicago White Sox, beating Chicago by a count of 16-7 last time out. Xander Bogaerts has 52 hits, a .319 batting average and 9 doubles while Rafael Devers has 62 hits with 17 doubles and Enrique Hernandez also has 14 doubles. Alex Verdugo has 3 home runs and 21 RBIs while Devers has a team-high 10 home runs and 25 RBIs and Hernandez also has 20 RBIs. J.D. Martinez also has 16 doubles, a .380 batting average and 21 RBIs this year and Trevor Story has a team-high 37 RBIs as well for Boston. Garrett Whitlock is expected to get the nod here for Boston and is 1-1 with a 3.58 ERA and 40 strikeouts this season.
Baltimore is 55-121 in their last 176 games overall and 29-66 in their last 95 games as an underdog while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record. Boston is 5-0 in their last 5 series-opening games and 6-1 in their last 7 games overall while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games as a home favorite.
I get the case to be made in this one for the Orioles as they’ve been providing value for the better part of the season, but the problem I face here is that Kyle Bradish has been having issues with control and he’s starting to get burned a bit. Garrett Whitlock’s been getting battered around himself as of late, but the Red Sox are absolutely crushing it right now and I think they can do enough to get by a toothless Orioles attack here so give me Boston in this one.
