Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Fenway Park in Boston

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Not many baseball fans expected the Boston Red Sox to be out of the playoff race this early in September, but that won't keep fans from filling Fenway Park when the first place Baltimore Orioles come to town. The Orioles will be led in this game by right-hander Chris Tillman (11-5) who will take on right-hander Anthony Ranaudo (3-1).

Tillman has made 30 starts this season and has been remarkable for the Orioles this season. He currently has a 3.40 ERA, which is down from the 4.03 number he had 10 starts ago. During that time, he has gone 4-0 and hasn't allowed more than 3 earned runs in a start. Overall this season, he has allowed 69 earned runs on 162 hits in 182.2 innings and has a 2:1 strikeout to walk ratio. In his career against the Red Sox, he has allowed 35 hits in 164 at-bats. He has given up just 1 home run, which Shane Victorino connected with.

Ranaudo is the 6-foot-7-inch rookie from that played his college ball at LSU. The 24-year-old has made 4 starts this season and has allowed 12 earned runs in 23.1 innings on 23 hits and 10 walks. He only has 8 strikeouts and has already given up 5 home runs, which could be a problem against the power-hitting lineup from Baltimore. Ranaudo won the first 3 starts of his career and is coming off his first career loss, which came against the New York Yankees after pitching 5.1 innings with 3 earned runs allowed.

Baltimore Orioles Betting Trends

Baltimore Orioles are 63-76-3 against the Over/Under

Run Differential for Baltimore Orioles is 0.6

Boston Red Sox Betting Trends

Boston Red Sox are 60-79-4 against the Over/Under

Run differential for Boston Red Sox is -0.5

Injuries to Watch

Baltimore Orioles

08/22/14 3B Manny Machado Knee 60-day DL (8/12); out for season
06/17/14 C Matt Wieters Elbow 60-day DL (5/11), out for season
06/03/14 P Johan Santana Shoulder 60-day DL (6/2), out for season
04/03/14 P Edgmer Escalo Shoulder 60-day DL (3/30)
03/31/14 LF Francisco Peguero Wrist 15-day DL (3/21)

Boston Red Sox

09/07/14 CF Brock Holt Illness questionable
09/07/14 1B Mike Napoli Illness "?" Monday vs. Baltimore Orioles
08/01/14 RF Shane Victorino Back 15-day DL (7/30)
05/31/14 1B Ryan Lavarnway Wrist 60-day DL (5/30)

Tony's Pick: Take Baltimore

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