Houston Astros vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 8/10/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Houston Astros vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Thursday, August 10, 2023

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: Houston (-115) Baltimore (-105)

The Baltimore Orioles (70-43) will try to beat the Houston Astros (65-49) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Thursday. The moneyline on this contest has the Astros at -115 and the Orioles are sitting at -105. The total is set at 9. The pitchers taking the mound will be Hunter Brown and Dean Kremer.

The Astros have accounted for 182 two-baggers as a team and have hit 147 baseballs out of the stadium. Houston owns a slugging percentage of .415 and have been called out on strikes 903 times, while drawing a walk on 375 occasions. As a team, the Houston Astros are notching 4.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 10th in MLB. They have tallied 527 RBI's and 959 hits for the year, and their average at the plate is sitting at .248. They have accounted for 545 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .320.

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The Astros have compiled a team earned run average of 3.80 on the campaign (5th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 1,031 batters. Astros pitchers have yielded 136 home runs and 479 total runs (8th in the league). They have walked 380 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.27 as a team this year. Houston has conceded 920 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 430 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.71 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.28.

Astros pitchers have come into the game with runners on 67 times in addition to having 119 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have accumulated 62 holds on the year (15th in MLB). The Astros bullpen have a save rate of 69.2% and has come into the game in 115 save situations. They have compiled 36 saves so far this year and have missed out on 16 of their 52 chances to get a save. The relievers have inherited 113 runners this year with 33.6% of those runners crossed the plate. The Astros have dispatched 357 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season.

The Houston Astros are sitting with 3,053 putouts this year, as well as 981 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .986 which is 14th in MLB, and have earned 108 double plays. The Astros have turned 69.5% of baseballs in play into outs out of 9,159 innings, which has them ranked 11th in pro baseball.

Brown (10-7 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.59 and he has faced 570 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. He has conceded 128 base knocks (8.4 hits per 9 innings) and has 45 walks. His ERA is 3.60 (55 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.257. Brown has taken the ball for 137 frames and has earned 152 K's so far in his pro baseball career.

Baltimore has 131 long balls for the season to go along with 543 RBIs. They have 217 two-baggers, while getting a free base 366 times as well as earning 560 runs. The Baltimore Orioles have earned an OBP of .321 and a team batting average of .253 on the campaign. The Orioles hold a slugging % of .423 and they score 4.96 runs per game (6th in MLB). They have struck out on 941 instances (21st in the league) and have notched a total of 966 hits.

The Orioles have a WHIP of 1.279 with a FIP of 4.04 as a squad on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 9.10 (1,029 strikeouts against 354 free passes). They come in at 16th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 942. They have allowed 126 HR's and they give up 4.32 runs per 9 innings (12th in MLB). The Baltimore pitching staff have surrendered 486 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.07 (458 earned runs yielded).

With 146 save situations, the Orioles have accrued 84 holds in addition to 24 blown saves. Baltimore has called on relievers to enter the game in 60 save chances and they have tallied 36 saves. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 149 times in high leverage situations and on 139 occasions with runners on base. Baltimore bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 36.4% of 209 inherited base runners. They rank 19th in baseball holding a save rate of 60.0%, and they have sent 384 relief pitchers to the hill for the season.

Out of their 9,117 innings played, the Orioles have earned a defensive efficiency of 69.0% (16th in the majors). The Baltimore Orioles have turned 98 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .989 (3rd in MLB). The Orioles have recorded 981 assists, 45 errors and have 3,039 putouts so far this year.

Kremer (19-19 career win-loss mark) holds a 4.57 ERA while conceding 9.1 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.46 and he has gone up against 1,371 hitters so far in his pro baseball career. He has given up a total of 164 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.357 and a FIP of 4.7. During his career, Kremer has conceded 328 base knocks while he has totaled 271 strikeouts in 322 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Houston (-115)

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