Cleveland Guardians vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 6/5/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Sunday, June 5, 2022

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

The Baltimore Orioles (22-32) will try to defeat the Cleveland Guardians (23-24) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Sunday. The starting pitchers are Zach Plesac and Dean Kremer.

The Guardians have compiled 80 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 40 balls out of the park. Cleveland owns a slugging percentage of .389 and have been called out on strikes 328 times, while being walked on 144 occasions. As a team, the Cleveland Guardians are scoring 4.6 runs per game, which has them at 8th in the league. They have compiled 211 RBI's in addition to 396 base knocks over the course of the season, while their team batting average is at .248. They are sitting with 218 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .312.

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The Guardians hold a team earned run average of 3.72 for the year (11th in baseball), and they have struck out 390 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 136 batters and their FIP is 3.72 as a unit on the year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.87 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.16. Guardians pitchers have surrendered 42 long balls and also 192 runs in total (4th in MLB).

The Guardians have sent 145 relievers to the mound for the year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 58 base runners on the season with 24.1% of those players crossed the plate. They have accumulated 9 saves on the campaign and have not converted 4 of 13 save opportunities. The Guardians bullpen have compiled a save rate of 69.2% and stepped onto the hill in 27 save situations. The relievers have earned 13 holds on the campaign (30th in baseball). Guardians pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 43 times and also have had 44 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Guardians have transformed 71.3% of balls hit into play into outs in their 3,726 innings on the field, which ranks them 9th in MLB. The Cleveland Guardians have a total of 1,242 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 398 assists and 26 errors. Their fielding rate is at .984 which is 19th in baseball, and they have twisted 36 double plays.

Plesac has taken the hill for 363 frames and has 278 strikeouts thus far in his career. His earned run average is 4.07 (164 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.168. He has given up 331 base knocks (8.2 hits per nine innings) and has 93 free passes. Plesac (23-18 career record) has a FIP of 4.61 and he has faced 1,494 hitters during his time in the majors.

The Orioles hold a team slugging percentage of .362 and they have an average of 3.85 runs per contest (25th in baseball). They have hit 87 doubles, while taking a walk 154 times and racking up 208 runs. Baltimore has 47 long balls for the year to go along with 196 RBIs. They have been rung up on 488 instances (2nd in the league) and have notched a total of 423 hits. The Baltimore Orioles hold an on-base percentage of .299 in addition to a team batting average of .230 this season.

The Baltimore pitching staff have surrendered 248 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 4.12 (220 earned runs surrendered). They have given up 56 homers and they yield 4.65 runs per 9 innings (21st in MLB). The Orioles have a WHIP of 1.333 and have a FIP of 4.22 as a staff for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.42 (389 strikeouts against 161 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 28th in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 479.

Baltimore has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 14 save chances and they have recorded 9 saves. They are currently ranked 17th in MLB with a save percentage of 64.3%, and they have dispatched 189 bullpen pitchers to the hill this year. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 66 times in high leverage situations and also on 76 occasions with base runners. Baltimore bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 28.2% out of 117 inherited runners. With 35 save situations, the Orioles have tallied 21 holds and 5 blown saves.

In 4,323 innings played, the Orioles have a efficiency on defense of 68.2% (25th in pro baseball). The Baltimore Orioles have turned 60 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .980 (28th in the majors). The Orioles have racked up 546 assists, 41 errors and have earned 1,441 putouts on the season.

During his career, Kremer has surrendered 78 hits while he has totaled 69 punch outs in 72 frames. He has given up 55 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.590 and a FIP of 5.9. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.86 and he has faced 328 opposing hitters in his career. Kremer (1-8 record in his career) has a 6.84 earned run average while allowing 9.7 hits per nine innings.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Cleveland

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