Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 9/10/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Saturday, September 10, 2022

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

The Boston Red Sox (67-71) are headed to Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Saturday where they will take on the Baltimore Orioles (72-65). The expected starting pitchers are Michael Wacha and Jordan Lyles.

As a squad, the Boston Red Sox are knocking in 4.5 runs per game, which is 9th in baseball. They have earned a total of 624 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .319. The Red Sox have tallied 312 doubles as a squad and have smacked 130 balls out of the park. They have amassed 596 RBI's in addition to 1,231 hits on the season, and their batting average is .258. Boston has a slugging % of .410 and have been called out on strikes 1,180 times, while taking a walk on 395 occasions.

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Red Sox pitchers have given up 150 home runs in addition to 670 runs in total (25th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 445 opposing players and their FIP is 4.07 as a team over the course of the season. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.59 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.34. The Red Sox have an ERA of 4.52 so far this year (25th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 1,151 hitters.

Red Sox bullpen pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 145 times in addition to having 157 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have recorded 74 holds on the year (12th in the league). The Red Sox relievers have accumulated a save rate of 56.1% and stepped onto the hill in 131 save situations. They have earned 32 saves this year and have missed out on 25 of 57 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 214 runners so far this year with 37.9% of those players crossed home plate. The Red Sox have sent 497 relievers to the mound so far this year.

The Boston Red Sox have accounted for 3,684 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,250 assists and 70 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .986 which has them sitting 13th in pro baseball, and they have turned 114 double plays. The Red Sox have turned 68.5% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 11,052 innings, which has them sitting at 26th in the majors.

Wacha has taken the mound for 1,127 innings and is sitting with 1,000 K's so far in his MLB career. His earned run average is 4.00 (501 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.304. He has surrendered 1,105 base knocks (8.8 hits per 9 innings) and has 365 walks. Wacha (73-49 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.03 while facing 4,780 batters in the majors.

Baltimore is sitting with 146 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 547 RBIs. They have put up 241 doubles, while getting a free base 391 times as well as putting up 576 runs. The Baltimore Orioles have tallied a team on-base percentage of .303 in addition to a team batting average of .236 over the course of the season. The Orioles have a team SLG% of .391 and they average 4.20 runs per outing (20th in the league). They have been rung up on 1,179 occasions (12th in the league) and have 1,085 hits.

The Orioles have a team WHIP of 1.278 in addition to having a FIP of 4.00 as a unit over the course of the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.84 (1,030 strikeouts against 363 walks). They rank 25th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,188. They have conceded 146 home runs and they allow 4.17 runs per 9 innings (10th in MLB). The Baltimore pitching staff have allowed 562 runs this season while holding an ERA of 3.84 (517 earned runs surrendered).

With 125 save situations, the Orioles have accumulated 72 holds in addition to 11 blown saves. Baltimore has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 50 save opportunities and they have earned 39 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 159 times in high leverage situations and on 184 occasions with runners on base. Baltimore relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 28.2% of 262 inherited base runners. They are currently ranked 1st in MLB holding a save percentage of 78.0%, and they have sent 460 bullpen pitchers to the mound this season.

The Baltimore Orioles have turned 126 double plays and have a fielding rate of .984 (21st in MLB). The Orioles have racked up 1,283 assists, 79 errors and have amassed 3,641 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 10,923 innings played, the Orioles have earned a defensive efficiency of 69.0% (22nd in professional baseball).

Lyles (64-88 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 5.10 ERA and has given up 9.9 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.26 and he has faced 5,712 hitters in his career. He has allowed 736 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.436 and having a FIP of 4.7. So far in his MLB career, Lyles has surrendered 1,424 base knocks while he has accumulated 1,001 strikeouts in 1,299 frames.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Boston

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