Category: Baseball

The best team in the American League, the Baltimore Orioles, will visit the worst in the AL, the Oakland Athletics. The Orioles are 74-47 and 38-24 on the road. The bottom feeding Athletics are 34-87 and are expected to have the rookie, Luis Medina, on the hill. Medina is 3-8 with a 5.31 ERA. Baltimore is expected to counter with the veteran, Kyle Gibson. He is 11-7 with a 4.89 ERA, which is too high, but was lights out the last time he faced the Athletics, surrendering just one run over 6-1/3 innings of work, resulting in a 5-1 Baltimore win.
TONIGHT’S PICK: BALTIMORE ORIOLES

Will the Milwaukee Brewers get swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight at Chavez Ravine? Not with Corbin Burnes tapping the rubber for the Brew Crew. Burnes is 9-6 with a 3.60 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP. Lance Lynn will get the nod for the Dodgers. He is 9-9 with an elevated ERA of 5.88 and a 1.39 WHIP. The Brewers bats have been silent over the previous two games, but they should get to Lynn tonight.
TONIGHT’S PICK: MILWAUKEE BREWERS

The San Diego Padres will go for a series win tonight when they wrap up their 3-game set with the Baltimore Orioles at Petco Park. Dean Kremer is expected to get the nod for Baltimore. Kremer is 11-4 but he has a 4.50 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP, which is too high. San Diego will have the lefty, Blake Snell, on the hill. Snell is the hottest pitcher in the Majors, with an ERA of only 2.83, a 1.28 WHIP, and the Friars are 7-0 in his last 7 home starts.
TONIGHT’S PICK: SAN DIEGO PADRES

The Boston Red Sox will be visiting the Washington Nations tonight. Nick Pivetta is on the hill for Boston, and he can deliver. The Red Sox are 8-2 in the last 10 meetings with the Nats.
TONIGHT’S PICK: BOSTON RED SOX

The 63-54 Seattle Mariners have lost two straight but should get back on track tonight when they visit The K to open a 4-game set with the 38-81 Kansas City Royals. The Mariners are 7-3 in the last 10 meetings with the Royals and will have Logan Gilbert on the hill. Gilbert is 2-0 in his last 3 starts with a 2.33 ERA, a WHIP of only 0.93, and Seattle is 7-0 in his last 7 starts.
TONIGHT’S PICK: SEATTLE MARINERS

The Baltimore Orioles will wrap up their 3-game set with the Seattle Mariners today at T-Mobile Park. The O’s are expected to start Kyle Bradish, who is 7-6 with a 3.19 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP. The Mariners will counter with Bryce Miller. He is 7-4 with a 4.20 ERA and a 1.04 WHIP. Baltimore should get this one.
TODAY’S PICK: BALTIMORE ORIOLES

If the Arizona Diamondbacks are going to win a baseball game, it will be tonight at home when they host the San Diego Padres. Their ace, Zac Gallen, is on the hill and he can deliver. Gallen is 11-5 with a 3.37 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP. On the flip side, Rich Hill is expected to tap the rubber for the Friars. He is 7-11 with a 5.09 ERA, a 1.48 WHIP, and over his last 3 starts, Hill is 0-2 with a 7.00 ERA and a 1.72 WHIP. Enough said.
TONIGHT’S PICK: ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS