The Baltimore Orioles (44-22) and Atlanta Braves (35-29) meet Thursday at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, starting at 1:05 PM ET on BSSO. The Orioles are -116 moneyline favorites for the contest, however, the Braves are favored against the spread of 1.5 runs with +152 odds. Baltimore’s Cole Irvin and Atlanta’s Reynaldo Lopez have been named the starters for this contest.
Here is our betting preview for this contest, and find all of our MLB picks, too!
Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $37.24
Orioles to win vs Braves -116
Orioles vs. Braves Betting Lines
- Favorite: Orioles (-116)
- Underdog: Braves (-102)
- Over/under: 9
Orioles vs. Braves Betting Insights
- The Orioles have been victorious in 35, or 67.3%, of the 52 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- This year Baltimore has won 33 of 50 games when listed as at least -116 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Orioles have a 53.7% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Braves have won one of the four games they were listed as the moneyline underdog this season (25%).
- Atlanta has played as a moneyline underdog of -102 or longer in just one game this season, which it lost.
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Braves’ implied win probability is 50.5%.
Orioles vs. Braves Hitting Leaders
- Gunnar Henderson is batting .274 this season with a team-high 21 home runs.
- Of all MLB batters, Henderson is 34th in batting average, 11th in on-base percentage, and third in slugging.
- Adley Rutschman is a key run producer for Baltimore with a .301 average, 13 homers and 49 RBI.
- Marcell Ozuna has a team-high batting average of .316, and leads the Braves in home runs (18) and runs batted in (55).
- Ozuna’s home run total ranks fourth in the big leagues, and he is third in RBI.
- Ozzie Albies has 17 doubles, four home runs and 17 walks while hitting .259.
Orioles vs. Braves Pitching Rankings
- The Orioles average the 11th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the league this season.
- Orioles pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.10 this year, third-best in baseball.
- Orioles pitchers have a 1.131 WHIP this season, fifth-best in the majors.
- The 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Braves pitching staff ranks fifth in the majors.
- Atlanta has the eighth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.70).
- The Braves have the 11th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.232).