Baltimore Orioles (23-33) vs Chicago Cubs (23-32)
Game Info: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 7:05 pm (Oriole Park at Camden Yards)
Kyle Bradish (1-3) (6.82) vs Keegan Thompson (6-0) (1.99)
Betting Odds: Baltimore Orioles -110 / Chicago Cubs -110 --- Over/Under: 9 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Chicago Cubs will play the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of their series at Camden Yards on Tuesday night.
The Chicago Cubs are 23-32 this season and have lost three of their last four games. Chicago is coming off of a series loss against St. Louis, where they lost three out of the five games played in the series. The Chicago pitching staff has a 4.30 ERA, a 1.30 WHIP, and a .246 opponent batting average this season. The Cubs offense has scored 245 runs with a .244 batting average and a .323 on base percentage. Ian Happ is batting .270 with six home runs and 29 RBI’s for the Cubs this season. The projected starter for Chicago is Keegan Thompson, who is 6-0 with a 1.99 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP over 45.1 innings pitched this season.
The Baltimore Orioles are 23-33 this season and have also lost three of their last four games. Baltimore is coming off of a series loss against Cleveland, where they lost two out of the three games played. The Baltimore pitching staff has a 4.10 ERA, a 1.32 WHIP, and a .258 opponent batting average. The Orioles offense has scored 215 runs with a .227 batting average and a .297 on base percentage. Anthony Santander is batting .228 with nine home runs and 30 RBI’s for the Orioles this season. The projected starter for Baltimore is Kyle Bradish, who is 1-3 with a 6.82 ERA and a 1.55 WHIP over 33 innings pitched this season.
Chicago is 9-3 in their last 12 games against the AL East and 1-5 in their last 6 interleague games. The over is 11-4 in Chicago’s last 15 games against the AL East. Baltimore is 60-127 in their last 187 games and 1-5 in their last 6 interleague games. The over is 6-1-1 in Baltimore’s last 8 games. Chicago is 6-0 in these two teams last 6 head to head meetings.
I really like the Cubs in this matchup and we are getting them at a very good price in my opinion. Thompson has been great this year and has only allowed five runs in his last four outings. For the Orioles, Bradish has allowed 17 runs over his last four outings. I like the Cubs to win this game.