Baltimore Orioles at Los Angeles Dodgers Preview & Picks
Baltimore are tipped to win in Los Angeles for the second night in a row.
The Orioles took the opener last night and can beat up on LA starter Walker Buehler, who has been stacking up losses and runs allowed this season.
- Baltimore starter Corbin Burnes is 12-6 with a 3.28 ERA
- LA pitcher Walker Buehler is 1-4 with a 6.09 ERA
- The Over has cashed in 3 of the last 4 meetings
- The two starting pitchers have a combined era of 9.37
Head To Head
- Baltimore Orioles lead the regular season series 1-0
- Baltimore Orioles won 3-2 when the two teams last met on August 27
Baltimore Orioles Form
Baltimore came into this series on a poor run of form, having been beaten in six of their previous 10 games.
The Orioles’ bad run that started with a couple of home defeats against Boston to start the second half of August.
They avoided being swept as they won the final game of the series, 4-2, but they were unable to back that up when they travelled to New York.
Baltimore took on the Mets in a three-game series at Citi Field, and lost 4-3 either side of a 9-5 victory.
The Orioles then returned home for a four-game showdown with Houston, and they had to settle for a split of the series as they lost 6-0 and 6-3 either side of 7-5 and 3-2 wins.
Los Angeles Dodgers Form
Los Angeles entered this series with Baltimore on a good run of form, having won seven of their last nine games.
The Dodgers rebounded from 5-4 and 6-5 defeats in Milwaukee by travelling to St Louis to beat the Cardinals, 7-6.
They then bounced back from a 5-2 defeat to the Cardinals with a 2-1 win that proved to be the start of a five-game streak.
Los Angeles headed back home for three games against Seattle, and they were able to sweep the Mariners thanks to 3-0, 6-3 and 8-4 victories.
The Dodgers then took their win streak to five games with a 7-3 win over Tampa Bay, before responding to a 9-8 loss to the Rays with a 3-1 victory.