Fighting for the AL East title and a Wild Card spot, the Boston Red Sox have won each of their last four games. The Red Sox will try to extend that winning streak this week in a two-game series against the Baltimore Orioles.
Red Sox vs. Orioles odds 2016: Baltimore a slight betting favorite over Boston to open series
Boston visits Baltimore in a key divisional series starting Tuesday, with the Orioles 9-3 in their last dozen home games against the Red Sox.
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Boston is a slight underdog in Tuesday’s series opener in Baltimore going off at -102 on the betting lines at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. Eduardo Rodriguez will start for the Red Sox against Yovani Gallardo and the Orioles, who are -108 favorites at home.
Coming off the heels of a 1-4 slump over their previous five games, the Red Sox swept the Arizona Diamondbacks over the weekend and beat the Cleveland Indians on Monday morning to string together four straight wins heading into this important series.
Boston’s bats have come alive with 8.25 runs per game over that four-game stretch, and those bats will be important in this series against the hard-hitting Orioles. Monday’s road game at Cleveland was the first of an 11-game road trip for the Red Sox.
Trips to Camden Yards have given the Red Sox trouble in recent seasons. The Orioles are 9-3 in their last 12 home games against Boston per the OddsShark MLB Database.
The Orioles followed up a five-game winning streak in late July with a 5-10 slump over the team’s next 15 games. But with three wins in their last four games including an impressive comeback from down 7-1 against San Francisco, the Orioles seem to be back on track heading into the home stretch.
In 11 starts by Gallardo since his return from the disabled list in June, the Orioles are 7-4, including a 4-0 record at home.
Tuesday’s total is set at 10 runs for the Red Sox vs. Orioles matchup. The OVER is 8-4-1 in the last 13 games these two teams have played in Baltimore for totals bettors.
Baltimore and Boston both enter this series holding on to a wild card spot and in contention for the AL East title behind Toronto, adding plenty of stakes to this two-game swing. The short series wraps up on Wednesday when David Price takes the mound against Chris Tillman.
