The Baltimore Orioles are on the road at the Toronto Blue Jays in American League East action on Monday. The Baltimore Orioles are 37-20 on the season, which is second place in the divisional standings. Baltimore is coming off a loss on Sunday at home to the Tampa Bay Rays. Despite the loss, Baltimore is still 8-2 over their last 10 games.
For the Toronto Blue Jays, they are 28-30 on the season. The Blue Jays are in last place in the divisions. The Blue Jays though are coming off a home win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. The Blue Jays are 6-4 in their last 10 games.
The Baltimore Orioles are -125 on the road at Toronto in this game. The total for the affair is set at 8.5 runs.
Offensive Orioles
In the loss on Sunday, the Baltimore Orioles allowed 13 hits to Tampa. The offense pounded out 15 hits, but scored just three times in the loss. Gunnar Handerson and Adley Rutschman both had three hits in the game. Rutschman is now tops on the team with a .304 batting average on the season.
Henderson is having a fantastic season. The slugger is hitting .258, but has 18 homeruns and 41 runs batted in so far this season. Baltimore as a team is second in all of Major League Baseball with 5.1 runs scored. The Orioles are second in homeruns, as they have clubbed 83 on the season.
Grayson Rodriguez will get the baseball for the Baltimore Orioles in this game. Rodriguez comes into the game with a 5-2 record and a 3.53 earned run average. The right hander is making his 10th start of the season. He has struck out 61 batters over 51 innings on the year.
Gausman for Toronto
For Toronto, Kevin Gausman will take the mound. Gausman is 4-3 on the season with a 4.14 earned run average. The right hander has struck out 56 batters over 54.1 innings, and walked 14 on the season.
The Blue Jays pounded out 11 hits of their own on Sunday. The Blue Jays saw four guys with two hits in the game. The top hitter heading into this season is Vladimir Guerrero. He is hitting .291 on the season. The big slugger though has just five homeruns on the season in 254 plate appearances.
Toronto is scoring 4 runs per game. The team batting average for the Blue Jays is at .233. The Blue Jays are 24th in homeruns, with 50 on the season. The Blue Jays will host this four game series, and then head out on the road to Oakland.
Gausman Slows Baltimore
We like Kevin Gausman to bring a solid performance here. He is a talented right handed pitcher, and is going to keep the Orioles off balance. In a fairly low scoring game, we are going to take the Toronto Blue Jays in an upset here. Take Toronto +105 and the UNDER 8.5!
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