Baltimore Orioles vs Washington Nationals Prediction, 9/14/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs Washington Nationals

Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Location: Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: Baltimore (-175) Washington (+150)

The Baltimore Orioles (73-67) are on their way to Nationals Park on Wednesday where they will meet the Washington Nationals (49-92). The moneyline on this contest has the Orioles at -175 and the Nationals are priced at +150. The betting total is set at 8.5. The men taking the mound will be Tyler Wells and Patrick Corbin.

As a team, the Baltimore Orioles are scoring 4.2 runs per game, which has them sitting at 22nd in the league. They are sitting with 583 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .303. The Orioles have accrued 243 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 147 baseballs out of the park. They have accumulated 553 RBI's as well as 1,101 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average comes in at .235. Baltimore owns a slugging percentage of .388 and have been called out on strikes 1,208 times, while drawing a walk on 401 occasions.

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The Orioles have compiled a team earned run average of 3.90 over the course of the season (13th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 1,050 batters. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.79 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.29. Orioles pitchers have yielded 149 home runs and also 582 runs (10th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 377 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.03 as a team this season.

The Orioles have dispatched 472 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign. The relievers have inherited 273 runners on the year with 28.9% of them crossed home plate. They have earned 40 saves for the season and have missed out on 11 of 51 chances to save the game. The Orioles bullpen have earned a save rate of 78.4% and has stepped onto the mound in 128 save situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 74 holds over the course of the season (14th in baseball). Orioles relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 191 times in addition to having 161 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Orioles have converted 68.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 11,166 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 23rd in baseball. The Baltimore Orioles have accumulated 3,722 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,315 assists and 81 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .984 which puts them in 21st in baseball, and have a total of 132 double plays.

Wells has pitched in 153 innings and has earned 134 strikeouts so far in his MLB career. Wells (9-9 career record) holds a FIP of 4.12 while he has gone up against 617 batters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 3.98 (68 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.048. He has allowed 124 base knocks (7.3 hits per 9 innings) and has had 37 free passes.

Washington has knocked in 119 home runs for the season as well as 523 runs batted in. They have hit 219 two-baggers, while walking 397 times as well as scoring 545 runs. The Washington Nationals have a team on-base percentage of .315 in addition to a team batting average of .252 on the year. The Nationals have a team slugging percentage of .382 and they are earning 3.87 runs per outing (25th in MLB). They have been rung up on 1,041 instances (29th in baseball) and have recorded 1,200 hits.

The Nationals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.441 and have a FIP of 4.98 as a squad on the campaign. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.17 (1,075 strikeouts vs 496 walks). They rank 28th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,278. They have given up 212 long balls and they concede 5.49 runs per 9 innings (29th in MLB). The Washington pitching staff have surrendered 751 runs so far this year while having a team ERA of 5.07 (693 earned runs surrendered).

Washington has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 40 save opportunities and they have come away with 25 saves. They are ranked 17th in MLB with a save percentage of 62.5%, and they have dispatched 512 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 118 times in high leverage situations and on 138 occasions with base runners. Washington relievers have an inherited score rate of 32.6% out of their 221 inherited base runners. With 93 save situations, the Nationals have recorded 52 holds and also 15 blown saves.

In their 11,085 innings played, the Nationals have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.7% (24th in pro baseball). The Washington Nationals have turned 109 double plays and have a fielding rate of .982 (28th in professional baseball). The Nationals have recorded 1,227 assists, 89 errors and have accounted for 3,695 putouts on the campaign.

Corbin (87-102 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 4.29 ERA while surrendering 9.3 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.14 and he has gone up against 6,538 batters thus far in his career. He has surrendered 728 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.343 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.0. During his pro baseball career, Corbin has surrendered 1,585 base knocks and he has 1,458 punch outs in 1,526 innings pitched.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Baltimore (-175)

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