Orioles vs. Guardians odds, tips and betting trends

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21 September 2023

Orioles vs. Guardians odds, tips and betting trends

On Thursday, a series opener is on the schedule, with the Baltimore Orioles (95-57) visiting the Cleveland Guardians (72-81) at 7:15 PM ET.

The Orioles are favored (-169 moneyline odds to win) when they visit the Guardians (+143). The Orioles will give the ball to Grayson Rodriguez (6-4) against the Guardians and Hunter Gaddis.

The Orioles lost 2-1 to the Astros yesterday, with Danny Coulombe (1/3 of an inning, giving up one earned run on two hits) on the line for the loss. Anthony Santander went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI to lead the Orioles offensively in the defeat.

The Guardians were defeated by the Royals 6-2 yesterday. Josh Naylor went 2-for-4 with a double in the defeat, while Lucas Giolito took the loss on the mound, pitching 5 1/3 innings, giving up three earned runs on seven hits while striking out six.

To prepare for this Orioles vs. Guardians showdown, here is what you need to prepare for Thursday’s MLB action, including viewing options.

Baltimore Orioles vs. Cleveland Guardians odds and betting lines

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Favorite: Orioles (-169, bet $169 to win $100)
Underdog: Guardians (+143, bet $100 to win $143)
Over/under: 8

This season, the Orioles have been favored 77 times and won 52, or 67.5%, of those games.
Baltimore has entered 29 games this season favored by -169 or more and is 23-6 in those contests.
Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Orioles have a 62.8% chance to win.
Baltimore and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 78 of 152 opportunities.
The Orioles have an ATS record of 92-60-0 in 152 games with a spread this season.

Rodriguez (6-4 with a 4.53 ERA and 117 strikeouts in 111 1/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Orioles, his 22nd of the season.
His most recent appearance was on Saturday against the Tampa Bay Rays, when the righty tossed eight scoreless innings while allowing five hits.
The 23-year-old has amassed an ERA of 4.53, with 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings, in 21 games this season. Opponents are batting .255 against him.
Rodriguez is looking to collect his eighth quality start of the year.
Rodriguez will try to pick up his 17th outing of five or more innings pitched this season. He’s averaging 5.3 innings per appearance.
He has had five appearances this season in which he kept his opponents to zero earned runs.
He meets a Guardians offense that ranks 27th in the league with 626 runs while batting .250 as a unit. It has a collective .381 slugging percentage (28th in MLB action) and has hit a total of 117 home runs (30th in MLB).

The Orioles’ 180 home runs rank 15th in Major League Baseball.
Fueled by 499 extra-base hits, Baltimore ranks eighth in MLB with a .428 slugging percentage this season.
The Orioles rank seventh in MLB with a .257 team batting average.
Baltimore has scored the sixth-most runs in the majors this season with 776.
The Orioles have the 15th-ranked on-base percentage in MLB this season (.322).
Baltimore ranks 11th with an average of 8.4 strikeouts per game.

The Guardians have won in 35, or 44.9%, of the 78 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs this year.
Cleveland has a win-loss record of 6-11 when favored by +143 or worse by sportsbooks this year.
The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Guardians have a 41.2% chance of walking away with the win.
Contests with Cleveland has gone over the total set by bookmakers in 65 of 151 chances this season.
The Guardians have posted a record of 79-72-0 against the spread this season.

Gaddis takes the mound for his first start of the season for the Guardians.
It’s the first appearance this season for the 25-year-old right-hander, and his first outing in more than a year.
The Orioles rank sixth in MLB action with 776 runs scored this season, and are batting .257 with 180 home runs (15th in baseball).

The Guardians have hit the fewest home runs in baseball this season (117).
So far this year, Cleveland has the third-lowest slugging percentage in the majors (.381).
The Guardians have the 15th-ranked batting average in the league (.250).
Cleveland is the fourth-lowest scoring team in baseball averaging 4.1 runs per game (626 total).
The Guardians’ .313 on-base percentage is 22nd in MLB.