Baltimore Orioles (65-46) vs. Cleveland Guardians (67-42)
August 3, 2024 7:15 pm EDT
The Line: Cleveland Guardians +120 / Baltimore Orioles -130; Over/Under: +9
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In this article, we will formulate a Cleveland Guardians vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction for this MLB game on Saturday, August 3rd, at Progressive Field.
Orioles Need to Turn Around
The Orioles have been a little inconsistent as of late, and they gave up eight runs on Friday. Dean Kremerwent five innings, giving up six hits and five runs. The Orioles are averaging 5.05 runs, while their pitching is giving up 4.27 runs per game. The offense is ranked 3rd in the league, while the pitching is ranked 14th. The pitching is going to need to be better here if they want to find success in this series. Anthony Santander has hit 332 home runs and driven in 74 RBIs. Getting the start for the Orioles will be Zach Eflin who sits with a 6-7 record and an ERA of 4.11. In his last start against the Toronto Blue Jays, he went six innings, giving up 10 hits and three runs. He needs to limit the hits in this game.
Guardians Just Keep Winning
The Guardians just keep winning and at some point people expect they are going to fall off, but it just isn’t happening. Josh Naylor had a strong game, finishing with three hits and two RBIs. The Guardians are averaging 4.64 runs, while their pitching is giving up 3.82 runs per game. The offense is ranked 13th in the league, while the pitching is ranked 3rd. Jose Ramirez has hit 28 home runs and driven in 90 RBIs so far this season. Getting the start for the Guardians will be Joey Cantillo who sits with a 0-0 record and an ERA of 8.10. He went 3.1 innings against the Philadelphia Phillies, giving up four hits and three runs.
Cleveland Guardians vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction
There is going to be no shortage of scoring in this game. I don’t trust either of these pitchers in this game, and that is going to be the difference here. Eflin sits with an ERA of 4.11 and in his last start he gave up 10 hits. Cantillo sits with an ERA of 8.10, and he’s going to be blown up here. Especially, the Guardians are going to get the offense going early, and this game is going to get out of hand early. This game could end up having 17 or 18 runs scored, and this game is going to go over the total.
