Two of the league’s top power hitters will meet Tuesday when the Baltimore Orioles (49-28) and Cleveland Guardians (49-26) take the field at 6:35 PM ET, live on MASN. Gunnar Henderson has 24 home runs for the Orioles (-141 favorites on the moneyline) while Josh Naylor has 19 homers this season for the Guardians (+119). Cole Irvin will get the ball for Baltimore while Cleveland will counter with Logan Allen.
Here is our betting preview for this matchup, and find all of our MLB picks, too!
Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $34.18
Orioles to win vs Guardians -141
Orioles vs. Guardians Betting Lines
- Favorite: Orioles (-141)
- Underdog: Guardians (+119)
- Over/under: 9
Orioles vs. Guardians Betting Insights
- The Orioles have come away with 38 wins in the 59 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- This year Baltimore has won 21 of 34 games when listed as at least -141 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Orioles have a 58.5% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Guardians have won 13 of the 23 games they were the moneyline underdog this season (56.5%).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +119 or longer, Cleveland has a 7-4 record (winning 63.6% of its games).
- The Guardians have an implied moneyline win probability of 45.7% in this game.
Orioles vs. Guardians Hitting Leaders
- Henderson leads Baltimore in home runs with 24 and runs batted in with 53.
- Among hitters in MLB, Henderson is second in homers and 10th in RBI.
- Adley Rutschman leads Baltimore in runs batted in with 53 while batting .302 with 14 homers.
- Jose Ramirez paces the Guardians with 67 runs batted in while racking up a team-best batting average of .273.
- Jose Ramirez ranks seventh in home runs and second in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
- Josh Naylor has hit 20 home runs to lead his team.
Orioles vs. Guardians Pitching Rankings
- The Orioles have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 17th in the majors.
- Orioles pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.38 this year, fourth-best in baseball.
- The Orioles have a combined 1.163 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-lowest in MLB.
- The 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Guardians pitching staff ranks third in the majors.
- Cleveland has a 3.47 team ERA that ranks sixth across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Guardians pitchers combine for the No. 6 WHIP in the majors (1.184).