The Boston Red Sox will play the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of their series at Camden Yards on Friday night.
The Boston Red Sox are 59-60 this season and have won five of their last seven games. Boston is coming off of a series win against Pittsburgh, where they won two out of the three games played in the series. The Boston pitching staff has a 4.36 ERA, a 1.31 WHIP, and a .249 opponent batting average this season. The Red Sox offense has scored 531 runs with a .252 batting average and a .313 on base percentage. Rafael Devers is batting .300 with 25 home runs and 63 RBI’s for the Red Sox this season. The projected starter for Boston is Kutter Crawford, who is 3-4 with a 4.18 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP over 64.2 innings pitched this season.
The Baltimore Orioles are 61-57 this season and have lost four of their last six games. Baltimore lost to the Cubs by a score of 3-2 on Thursday in a makeup game from earlier in the season. The Baltimore pitching staff has a 3.92 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP, and a .254 opponent batting average. The Orioles offense has scored 497 runs with a .237 batting average and a .304 on base percentage this year. Anthony Santander is batting .255 with 20 home runs and 62 RBI’s for the Orioles this season. The projected starter for Baltimore is Jordan Lyles, who is 9-9 with a 4.48 ERA and a 1.45 WHIP over 134.2 innings pitched this season.
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