Baltimore Orioles (76-69) vs Detroit Tigers (55-91)
Game Info: Monday, September 19, 2022 at 7:05 pm (Oriole Park at Camden Yards)
Tyler Wells (7-6) (3.93) vs Tyler Alexander (3-10) (5.35)
Betting Odds: Baltimore Orioles -196 / Detroit Tigers +162 --- Over/Under: 8 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Detroit Tigers will play the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of their series at Camden Yards on Monday night.
The Detroit Tigers are 55-91 this season and have lost six of their last seven games. Detroit is coming off of a series loss against the White Sox, where they lost two out of the three games played. The Detroit pitching staff has a 4.14 ERA, a 1.29 WHIP, and a .248 opponent batting average this season. The Tigers offense has scored 482 runs with a .228 batting average and a .284 on base percentage. Javier Baez is batting .241 with 14 home runs and 58 RBI’s for the Tigers this season. The projected starter for Detroit is Tyler Alexander, who is 3-10 with a 5.35 ERA and a 1.38 WHIP over 77.1 innings pitched this season.
The Baltimore Orioles are 76-69 this season and have won three of their last five games. Baltimore is coming off of a series loss against Toronto, where they lost two out of the three games played in the series. The Baltimore pitching staff has a 3.89 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP, and a .255 opponent batting average. The Orioles offense has scored 604 runs with a .236 batting average and a .304 on base percentage this year. Anthony Santander is batting .248 with 27 home runs and 79 RBI’s for the Orioles this season. The projected starter for Baltimore is Tyler Wells, who is 7-6 with a 3.93 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP over 100.2 innings pitched this season.
Detroit is 11-23 in their last 34 road games and 1-4 in their last 5 Monday games. The over is 8-1-1 in Detroit’s last 10 road games. Baltimore is 6-2 in their last 8 Monday games and 13-5 in their last 18 game one’s of a series. The over is 10-1-1 in Baltimore’s last 12 Monday games. Detroit is 7-0 in these two teams last 7 head to head meetings.
Baltimore comes into this game four games out of a wild card spot and cannot afford to lose any games against Detroit. Baltimore is starting Tyler Wells, who has allowed seven runs over his last 10.1 innings pitched. For the Tigers, Tyler Alexander has allowed 10 earned runs over his last 9.1 innings pitched. The Orioles should get to Alexander for plenty of runs in this game and I like them to win by at least two runs.
David’s Pick Orioles -1.5
AUTHOR: David Racey
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