Orioles vs Guardians Game Preview: Orioles Look For More Success Away from Home

Baltimore Has Sights Set On Home-Field Advantage in the American League Playoffs

The Cleveland Guardians were one of nine American League teams with better odds to win the World Series before the start of the NFL season. However, Cleveland will be eliminated from playoff contention sooner rather than later, while Baltimore has the best record in the American League. Orioles vs Guardians Game Preview will be impacted by whoever Cleveland chooses to be the starting pitcher to oppose Baltimore rookie Grayson Rodriguez.

Cleveland won two of the three games when the teams met in May with two of those contests going over the total.

When looking at the MLB standings, Baltimore leads the majors with 50 road wins and also tops the majors with a 55-22 record against the run line on the road. Cleveland is 39-36 at home.

Over the last 10 baseball games, Baltimore is 5-5 with Cleveland 4-6.

Baltimore (+800) is fourth in the odds to win the World Series with the Guardians tied for 17th at +10000 in the championship odds.

The Rich About to Get Richer

Baltimore has the second-best record in the majors since the MLB All-Star Game and it hasn’t hurt that only three teams have allowed fewer home runs than the Orioles.

The Orioles pitching staff could get a huge piece back with closer Felix Bautista back.

The Orioles have 12 blown saves during that stretch so Bautista can’t can’t come back quickly enough.

Guardians Fading Fast

Time is ticking down on manager Terry Francona’s MLB career as he will be retiring at season’s end.

The Guardians have lost 9.5 games to the Minnesota Twins in the second half of the season despite ranking second in the majors in stolen bases during that time. Keep that in mind when looking at the Orioles vs Guardians Game Preview.

Rookie pitcher Tanner Bibee won’t pitch for the remainder of the season, but Shane Bieber is expected to come off the injured list and start on Friday.

The total has gone over in five of Cleveland’s last seven games.

Who’s Hot

• Josh Naylor, Cleveland Guardians 1B: Naylor has at least two hits in five of his last nine games. He is batting .359 during that stretch.
• Ryan O’Hearn, Baltimore Orioles 1B: O’Hearn is 10-for-18 with five runs, three extra-base hits and five RBIs over his last five games.
• Grayson Rodriguez, Baltimore Orioles P: Rodriguez has allowed two earned runs or less in six of his last seven starts. he is 2-1 with a 1.96 ERA in September.
• Gavin Williams, Cleveland Guardians P: Williams is 2-0 with a 2.65 ERA with 13 strikeouts in 17 innings over his last three starts.

Who’s Not

• Cam Gallagher, Cleveland Guardians C: Gallagher is 1-for-13 with seven strikeouts over his last five games.
• Jorge Lopez, Baltimore Orioles P: Lopez has given up four hits and five runs in 4.2 innings in his last four outings.
• Eli Morgan, Cleveland Guardians P: Morgan has surrendered six hits and three runs in 2.1 innings over his last three starts.
• Ramos Urias, Baltimore Orioles SS: Urias is 2-for-13 in his last eight games. He has no extra-base hits in his last 14 games.

Orioles vs Guardians Injury Update

Ryan Mountcastle is on the injured list for the Orioles with a shoulder injury.

For Cleveland, Bieber has been sidelined since allowing eight runs in two starts in early July.

Orioles vs Guardians Betting Preview

Baltimore has much more to play for right now as the Orioles look to hold off Tampa Bay in the American League East race and secure the top seed in the American League playoffs.

Five straight games between the teams had gone under the total before the last two matchups went over. Each of the last six meetings were decided by at least three runs.

Since the start of the 2022 season, the road team is 6-3 in the series between the Orioles and Guardians.

The total has gone over in 10 of Baltimore’s last 11 road games as well as in 11 of the Orioles’ last 15 games against American League teams.

The total has gone over in six of Cleveland’s last nine matchups with AL East teams.

Baltimore hasn’t won back-to-back games won by Rodriguez since late July.

Cleveland’s chances of catching Minnesota in the AL Central were not promising coming into September. Those chances weren’t helped by being swept by the AL Central cellar-dwelling Kansas City Royals in a three-game series. Cleveland was 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position in the series finale. That followed a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers.

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