Houston Astros vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 8/9/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Houston Astros vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: Houston (-108) Baltimore (-112)

The Houston Astros (64-49) are headed to Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Wednesday where they will attempt to beat the Baltimore Orioles (70-42). The moneyline on this contest has the Astros at -108 while the Orioles are coming in at -112. The over/under comes in at 9. The starting pitchers will be Cristian Javier and Jack Flaherty.

Houston owns a slugging percentage of .415 and have been rung up 895 times, while taking a walk on 371 occasions. They have 520 runs batted in and 949 base knocks on the campaign, while their team batting average is .248. The Astros have earned 182 doubles as a unit and have smacked 146 baseballs out of the park. They have 538 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .320. As a squad, the Houston Astros are putting up 4.8 runs per outing, which has them at 10th in MLB.

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The Astros have a team earned run average of 3.78 for the season (2nd in baseball), and their staff has struck out 1,026 batters. Astros pitchers have allowed 134 home runs and 473 runs in total (8th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 378 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.25 as a team this season. Houston has given up 912 base knocks (8.1 per 9 innings) and 424 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.71 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.28.

Astros relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 67 times and also have had 118 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have 62 holds for the year (14th in MLB). The Astros bullpen have compiled a save rate of 68.6% and has stepped onto the mound in 114 save situations. They have recorded 35 saves on the campaign and have blown 16 out of their 51 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 113 base runners this season with 33.6% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The Astros have dispatched 355 relievers to the mound for the season.

The Astros have turned 69.4% of balls in play into outs out of 9,078 innings, which ranks them 11th in MLB. The Houston Astros have 3,026 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 965 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .986 which has them ranked 14th in MLB, and have 105 double plays.

Javier (27-14 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.06 while he has faced 1,693 hitters during his time in the majors. He has surrendered 290 base hits (6.3 hits per nine innings) with 161 free passes. His earned run average is 3.41 (158 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.082. Javier has taken the hill for 417 innings and is sitting with 485 strikeouts during his pro baseball career.

The Baltimore Orioles hold a team OBP of .321 and a batting average of .253 over the course of the season. They have been rung up on 936 instances (18th in baseball) and are sitting with 958 base hits. Baltimore has 129 home runs for the year as well as 537 RBIs. The Orioles hold a team slugging % of .422 and they tally 4.95 runs per game (6th in baseball). They have hit 216 two-baggers, while getting a free base 364 times and putting up 554 runs.

The Orioles are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.277 and have a FIP of 4.04 as a team over the course of the season. They come in at 15th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 932. The Baltimore pitching staff have conceded 479 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 4.04 (451 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio sits at 9.20 (1,021 strikeouts against 350 free passes). They have conceded 125 dingers and they concede 4.29 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league).

Baltimore has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 59 save opportunities and they have walked away with 36 saves. They are ranked 17th in MLB with a save rate of 61.0%, and they have dispatched 380 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this season. Their relievers have come in 149 times in high leverage situations and also on 138 occasions with runners on base. Baltimore bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 36.1% out of 208 inherited base runners. Sitting with 145 save situations, the Orioles have compiled 84 holds and 23 blown saves.

The Baltimore Orioles have turned 98 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .989 (4th in the majors). The Orioles have accrued 973 assists, 45 errors and have notched a total of 3,012 putouts on the season. In their 9,036 innings on the field, the Orioles have a defensive efficiency of 69.0% (17th in professional baseball).

So far in his career, Flaherty has given up 512 base knocks while accumulating 714 K's in 639 innings. He has surrendered a total of 253 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.183 and having a FIP of 4.0. His K/BB ratio is 2.93 and he has gone up against 2,649 hitters in his MLB career. Flaherty (42-31 record in his career) is the owner of a 3.56 ERA while allowing 7.2 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Baltimore (-112)

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