Thursday’s Baltimore Orioles vs. Boston Red Sox Game Preview
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00:03Boston and Baltimore also tonight, 635 Eastern.
00:06Pavetta versus Eflin.
00:08Favorite here for Baltimore.
00:09Actually opened up at a minus 152 price overnight.
00:11It's now showing live at a minus 136 price.
00:14So a little bit of a dip there for the Orioles,
00:16a total of eight and a half.
00:17Two good teams at the plate here.
00:18What gives tonight down in Baltimore?
00:21Guys, I am officially Captain Ahab
00:23when it comes to the Baltimore Orioles
00:25going down with this damn ship.
00:27Because the last two nights,
00:28the Orioles against the Nationals in the first five
00:31and lost that one when Trevor Rodgers got rocked.
00:34And last night, I bet the Orioles team total over
00:36to watch them in the seventh inning,
00:38not push a runner across with two outs in the eighth,
00:40two outs in the seventh,
00:42and then do it again in the eighth
00:43to not get that fifth run.
00:45So what are we doing here, guys?
00:46We are going to go down with the ship.
00:48We're gonna take the over eight and a half in this game.
00:51Why?
00:51Because the Orioles are top 10
00:54in batting average OPS and WRC plus at home.
00:56They've hit the second most home runs.
00:58They've scored the sixth most runs.
01:00Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta
01:01has been better on the road this year,
01:03but his last four starts a little rough,
01:04posting a 5-4-0 ERA.
01:06Hasn't faced the birds this year,
01:08so maybe a little bit of a mixed bag,
01:09but the Red Sox bullpen guy's been taxed in that series
01:12with the Rangers going to extra innings
01:14twice losing yesterday.
01:15So the Orioles will have at least eight,
01:18if not nine at-bats to get this thing going.
01:20Zach Leffin starts for Baltimore.
01:22Now, he's already faced the Red Sox this year
01:24in a Tampa Bay Rays uniform.
01:26Didn't go well for him in this start.
01:29Last year, made two starts against him.
01:30Didn't go well there either to an ERA near seven.
01:33The Red Sox on the road this year.
01:37Number two in runs, I'm sorry,
01:39number three in runs scored,
01:40number four in home runs hit,
01:41and top three in batting average OPS and WRC plus
01:45on the road this year.
01:47I'm going down with this ship.
01:48If we don't get nine runs tonight between these two teams,
01:50I may just call it quits.