The Baltimore Orioles will make a road trip to Boston to take on their divisional rival Red Sox at Fenway Park. New England Sports Network will be televising the matchup and the game gets underway at 7:10 p.m. ET.
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Dylan Bundy will get the start for the visiting Orioles. The right-handed Bundy (8-15, 5.37 ERA) has recorded 172 punchouts in 162.2 innings so far. He’s 0-2 with 24 strikeouts and a 4.38 ERA against Boston this year (four starts).
The Red Sox are preparing to start righty Nathan Eovaldi (5-7, 3.98 ERA), who’s got 87 strikeouts and 20 walks, as well as a 1.15 WHIP. Eovaldi is 0-0 with a 13.50 ERA in one start against Baltimore this year.
Boston’s pitching staff has given up 3.9 runs per game overall in 2018 as a unit. The team’s starters have an ERA of 3.77, a WHIP of 1.21 and a strikeouts-per-nine of 9.5. The bullpen has a 3.55 ERA, 1.28 WHIP and 9.5 K/9. In 70 games against divisional opponents, Red Sox starters have an ERA of 3.75 and the bullpen’s ERA is 3.94.
Boston’s offense is putting up 5.3 runs per contest, including 5.3 per game against divisional foes and 5.2 per game over its last five. The team has a slash-line of .271/.357/.463 over its last five contests and is 2-3 SU during that span.
J.D. Martinez and Mookie Betts have led the way for the Red Sox batters this year. Martinez is slashing .329/.401/.624 with 41 home runs, 124 RBIs and 106 runs scored, while the line for Betts stands at .343/.434/.636 with 31 homers, 78 RBIs, 123 runs and 28 stolen bases.
In the visiting dugout, Baltimore’s pitchers have allowed 5.5 runs per game and its starters own a 5.50 ERA, 1.50 WHIP and 7.18 K/9. The bullpen has logged an ERA of 4.71, along with a WHIP of 1.50.
Orioles hitters have slashed .240/.300/.393 on their way to 3.9 runs scored per game in 2018, including 4.3 runs per game against divisional foes and 4.4 per game over the team’s last five contests (2-3 SU).
Outfielders Adam Jones and Trey Mancini continue to lead Baltimore’s hitters. Jones is slashing .281/.312/.420 with 15 home runs, 60 RBIs and 53 runs scored, while Mancini (.242/.300/.415) has produced 23 homers, 53 RBIs and 65 runs scored.
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Baltimore has recorded 19 extra-base hits over its last five contests. Boston has 18 XBH over its last five.
Baltimore has posted 21.7 Runs + Hits + Errors per game over its last 10 outings and 24.0 over its last five.
Each team has hit 12 home runs over its last 10 outings.
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