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(MLB) Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore,
Money Line: -123.00 Baltimore (Home)
Result: Win
I'm going with the Orioles on Thursday afternoon in game 1 as I think they have a huge advantage in interleague play. The Orioles can score more runs while the Pirates have the better bullpen, but on the road the Pirates just do not have the same pitching staff posting a 4.59 ERA and now they have to go on the road and they don't have the liberty of pitching around the #8 hitter with the pitcher up next. Chris Tillman is arguably the Orioles best pitcher and he's pitched extremely well at home with an ERA under 1. Charlie Morton makes the start for the Pirates and he's always fade material on the road. He's got an ERA well over 4 this year on the road and he's faced just 2 teams in the top 15 and has faced the Cubs 28th twice. The stat I really like is that over the last 10 games the Pirates have an average under .200 and are scoring just 2.63 runs per 9 while the Orioles are hitting .282 and scoring 5.28 runs per 9 vs. RHP over that same time period. Take Baltimore here.