Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 5/29/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: Boston (+132) Baltimore (-156)

The Baltimore Orioles (34-18) host the Boston Red Sox (27-27) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Wednesday. The odds on this game have the Red Sox at +132 while the Orioles open at -156. The over/under is set at 8.5. The starting pitchers are Kutter Crawford and Corbin Burnes.

As a team, the Boston Red Sox are notching 4.4 runs per outing, which ranks them 15th in baseball. They have 235 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .313. The Red Sox have compiled 96 two-baggers as a team and have hit 56 balls out of the park. They have 227 RBI's in addition to 448 hits for the year, and their average at the plate is sitting at .243. Boston has a slugging percentage of .402 and have struck out 522 times, while drawing a walk on 169 occasions.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.27 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.17. Red Sox pitchers have surrendered 45 long balls and 211 runs in total (8th in baseball). Boston has allowed 422 base knocks (7.9 per 9 innings) as well as 173 earned runs. The Red Sox have compiled a team ERA of 3.22 for the season (3rd in the league), and their staff has struck out 461 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 141 hitters and their FIP sits at 3.45 as a squad on the year.

The Red Sox relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 57.1% and has stepped onto the mound in 44 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 50 base runners so far this season and 34.0% of them crossed the plate. Red Sox pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 40 times as well as having 63 appearances in high leverage situations. The Red Sox have sent 167 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign. The relievers have accumulated 22 holds on the campaign (27th in the league). They have earned 12 saves for the year and have missed out on 9 of 21 chances to save the game.

The Boston Red Sox have accumulated 1,450 putouts thus far, in addition to 484 assists and 39 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .980 which puts them in 29th in the majors, and they have turned 37 double plays. The Red Sox have transformed 69.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 4,350 innings, ranking them 19th in pro baseball.

Crawford has taken the hill for 271 innings and has accounted for 275 K's so far in his pro baseball career. Crawford (11-18 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.85 and he has faced 1,135 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.32 (130 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.236. He has allowed 248 hits (8.2 hits per nine innings) and has 87 walks.

The Baltimore Orioles have tallied an OBP of .304 as well as a team batting average of .244 for the year. They have been called out on strikes on 422 occasions (19th in baseball) and have earned a total of 435 hits. Baltimore has a total of 77 HRs so far this year as well as 254 runs batted in. The Orioles have a slugging percentage of .439 and they are earning 5.06 runs per game (2nd in the league). They have tallied 92 two-baggers, while walking 141 times as well as putting up 263 runs.

The Baltimore pitching staff have given up 194 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 3.31 (173 earned runs conceded). They have given up 47 home runs and they concede 3.71 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Orioles have a WHIP of 1.140 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.61 as a squad for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.70 (456 strikeouts against 161 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 1st in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 376.

Sitting with 72 save situations, the Orioles have 43 holds and 11 blown saves. Baltimore has had relief pitchers take the mound in 29 save chances and they have tallied 18 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 66 times in high leverage situations in addition to 65 occasions with runners on. Baltimore relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 27.7% out of their 83 inherited base runners. They are currently ranked 16th in MLB with a save rate of 62.1%, and they have dispatched 184 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season.

The Baltimore Orioles have gotten 36 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .989 (4th in baseball). The Orioles have recorded 468 assists, 21 errors and have a tally of 1,413 putouts on the season. In 4,239 innings on the diamond, the Orioles have a efficiency on defense of 72.6% (3rd in MLB).

So far in his career, Burnes has conceded 595 hits and he has 936 punch outs in 775 innings pitched. Burnes (49-29 win-loss record in his career) holds a 3.21 earned run average and has surrendered 6.9 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded a total of 276 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.055 and having a FIP of 3.1. His strikeout to walk ratio is 4.20 and he has gone up against 3,126 batters so far in his pro baseball career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Boston (+132)

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