Baltimore Orioles (56-51) vs Pittsburgh Pirates (43-64)
Game Info: Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 1:35 pm (Oriole Park at Camden Yards)
Spenser Watkins (4-1) (3.80) vs Bryse Wilson (1-6) (6.20)
Betting Odds: Baltimore Orioles -165 / Pittsburgh Pirates +140 --- Over/Under: 9 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Pittsburgh Pirates will play the Baltimore Orioles in Game 3 of their series at Camden Yards on Sunday afternoon.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are 43-64 this season and have won three of their last five games. Pittsburgh has lost the first two games of this series by scores of 1-0 and 6-3. The Pittsburgh pitching staff has a 4.60 ERA, a 1.43 WHIP, and a .265 opponent batting average this season. The Pirates offense has scored 384 runs with a .220 batting average and a .289 on base percentage. Bryan Reynolds is batting .255 with 16 home runs and 34 RBI’s for the Pirates this season. The projected starter for Pittsburgh is Bryse Wilson, who is 1-6 with a 6.20 ERA and a 1.57 WHIP over 61 innings pitched this season.
The Baltimore Orioles are 56-51 this season and have won five games in a row. Prior to winning the first two games of this series, Baltimore won all three games in their series against Texas. The Baltimore pitching staff has a 3.84 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP, and a .254 opponent batting average. The Orioles offense has scored 453 runs with a .236 batting average and a .306 on base percentage this year. Anthony Santander is batting .258 with 19 home runs and 59 RBI’s for the Orioles this season. The projected starter for Baltimore is Spenser Watkins, who is 4-1 with a 3.80 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP over 64 innings pitched this season.
Pittsburgh is 3-9 in their last 12 games and 6-22 in their last 28 interleague road games. The over is 6-2 in Pittsburgh’s last 8 game three’s of a series. Baltimore is 17-5 in their last 22 home games and 11-24 in their last 35 Sunday games. The under is 5-2 in Baltimore’s last 7 Sunday games. Pittsburgh is 1-11 in these two teams last 12 head to head meetings in Baltimore.
Baltimore continues their impressive play and enters this game on a five game winning streak. Baltimore is in the hunt for a wild card spot, so every game is important. The Orioles are starting Spenser Watkins, who has allowed seven runs in his last 29 innings pitched. For the Pirates, Bryse Wilson has allowed eight runs in his last 14.2 innings. I am taking Baltimore to win this game by at least two runs as their offense should have a good day.