Two familiar American League East foes begin a three-game series on Friday when the New York Yankees (96-60) host the Baltimore Orioles (81-76). The Yankees have won 11 of the 17 head-to-head games this season, but the Orioles took the opening game 2-1 on Friday.
The Baltimore Orioles have had a very successful season, but their postseason dreams came to an end as the Mariners and Rays both won Friday The Orioles tried to keep their chances alive a little longer as they took down the Yankees 2-1. Jordan Lyles led the way tossing seven innings, allowing only one run and striking out nine batters. The Orioles offense was able to push across enough runs for the win despite going 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position. Cedric Mullins drew two walks and stole his 33rd and 34th bases of the season.
The Orioles are now guaranteed to finish with at least a .500 record, winning their 81st game tonight.
They join the 1899 St. Louis Perfectos and 1890 Louisville Colonels as the only teams to finish .500 or better in a season after recording 110 losses in the prior season. pic.twitter.com/IqELb58Zf7
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Austin Voth (5-3, 4.19 ERA) will make the start on Saturday. He is 2-2 with a 4.06 ERA on the road this season, but has not faced the Yankees this year.
Although they won't make the playoffs, Baltimore has been the best team in baseball for sports bettors to support with a +$2,782 money line profit, and the second best team in runline profit at +2,467 according to covers.com.