Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees Preview & Picks
New York are tipped to win the opening game of this series between the AL East’s top two.
The Yankees have been on a roll recently and starter Clarke Schmidt has been the better of the two starting pitchers this season.
- New York Yankees are 10-3 in their last 13 games
- Baltimore Orioles are 5-11 in their previous 16 games
- The Under has cashed in 6 of the last 10 meetings (1 push)
- The Under has hit in 5 of New York's last 6 home games
Head To Head
- Baltimore Orioles lead the regular season series 6-4
- Baltimore Orioles won 6-5 when the two teams last met on July 14
Baltimore Orioles Form
Baltimore finish the regular season on the road and go into this six-game trip in bad form with 11 defeats in their last 16 games.
The Orioles’ rough run started with an 8-1 defeat at the Chicago White Sox, and they then failed to build on a 2-0 win over Tampa Bay as they lost the next two meetings, 7-1 and 2-0.
They then sandwiched a 5-3 win in Boston with 12-3 and 5-3 defeats, before heading on to Detroit where they lost 1-0 and 4-2 either side of a 4-2 victory.
Baltimore returned home after that and suffered 10-0 and 5-3 defeats to San Francisco before winning the series finale 5-3.
The Orioles then won the series opener with Detroit 7-1, only to drop the next two encounters, 6-4 and 4-3.
New York Yankees Form
New York have wrapped up the division and come into this matchup in good form, having won 10 of their previous 13 games.
The Yankees started this good run at home to Kansas City, when they sandwiched a 5-0 loss to the Royals with 10-4 and 4-3 wins.
They then hosted Boston in a four-game series and won 2-1 and 5-4, before rebounding from a 7-1 loss with 5-2 victories.
New York went out on the road after that and started their six-game trip with a solid series in Seattle, winning 11-2 and 2-1 before losing 3-2.
The Yankees then moved on to Oakland and swept the Athletics in a three-game series, winning 4-2, 10-0 and 7-4.