The San Francisco Giants and Baltimore Orioles open a three-game set against the Baltimore Orioles on Friday at Camden Yards.

Left-hander Drew Pomeranz gets the nod to start for the Giants on Friday. The 30-year old former Ole Miss product has started in a total of 9 games this season and has a record of 1-5. Pomeranz has an ERA of 6.45, a WHIP of 1.73 and a BAA of .297 this season. The Giants are 4-5 in his nine starts this year.

Pomeranz has pitched in a total of 37.2 innings and has allowed 27 earned runs on 46 hits with 9 home runs. He has walked a total of 19 hitters this season while striking out a total of 41 batters. In his last outing, Pomeranz got the loss as he lasted just 2.2 innings after allowing 8 hits and 5 runs during a 2-18 blowout loss to the Diamondbacks.

Joe Panik leads San Francisco with his .251 batting average. Meanwhile, Kevin Pillar has 24 RBIs on the season to lead the Giants and Brandon Belt has 8 home runs to pace the team. San Francisco is hitting the ball at .220 and they have scored only 196 total runs on the season.

What are the Moneyline Odds?

Giants

-105

Orioles

-105

Odds from BetOnline.ag as of 5/31/19

For the Orioles, it will be Andrew Cashner who will open on top of the mound in their series opener against the Giants. The 32-year-old right-hander has started in a total of 11 games this season and has posted a record of 5-2 with an ERA of 4.55, a WHIP of 1.33 and a BAA of .252. The Orioles are 6-4 in Cashner’s 10 starts this season.

The former TCU standout has allowed a total of 32 runs (30 earned) on 59 hits with 10 home runs while also walking 20 batters and fanning 48 others. In his last start last May 25th, Cashner got the win as he allowed five earned runs on eight hits during the Orioles’ 9-6 win over the Rockies.

Left fielder Trey Mancini leads Baltimore with his .295 batting average. Third baseman Renato Nunez is the Orioles’ top producer with a total of 32 RBIs and 13 home runs on the season. The Orioles are batting at a .239 clip this season and they have scored a total of 226 this year.

Baseball Who Wins?

The Giants are 2-8 SU in their last 10 games played. San Francisco is 1-2 SU in their last three games played on the road. The Orioles are also 2-8 SU in their last 10 games played. Baltimore is 1-6 SU in their last seven games played at home. Head to head, the Orioles are 4-2 SU in their last six meetings and the Giants are 2-1 SU in their last three meetings in Baltimore.

The Giants are 2-4 SU in Pomeranz’s last six starts, 4-2 SU in his last six road starts, 3-4 SU in his seven starts against the Orioles and 1-2 SU in his three road starts against Baltimore. The Orioles are 6-4 SU in Cashner’s last 10 starts, 2-4 SU in his last six home starts, 2-5 SU in his last seven starts against the Giants, and 4-0 in his four career starts against the Giants in Baltimore.

The Giants are 1-5 SU in their last six Friday games, 1-4 SU in Pomeranz’s last five starts on grass and 0-6 SU in their last six Game 1s of a series. On the other hand, the Orioles are 39-19 SU in their last 58 inter-league games at home against an opponent with a losing record, 5-2 SU in their last seven games against the National League West and 4-0 SU in their last four interleague games against a left-handed starter.

Cashner has been the best option for the Orioles this season and he is 4-0 lifetimes against the Giants when pitching in Baltimore. Baltimore seems to have gotten on some sort of winning path as of late. The Orioles have also scored an average of 4.2 runs per game against National League teams this season. The current MLB betting odds say this game is even but given that Baltimore is playing at home with the pitcher who is in better form, I’m picking the Baltimore Orioles to beat the San Francisco Giants on 5/31/19.

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Baseball Other Bet To Make

The total has gone over in six out of the last 10 games played by the Giants. The under is 2-1 in San Francisco’s last three games played. The total has gone over in seven out of the last 10 games played by the Orioles. Baltimore has seen the total go over in four out of their last seven games played at home. Head to head, the over is 5-4-1 in the last 10 meetings between these two teams.

What are the Totals Odds?

Giants

O 9 -112

Orioles

U 9 -108

Odds from BetOnline.ag as of 5/31/19

The over is 3-1 in Pomeranz’s last four starts but the under is 7-3 in his last 10 road starts. The total has gone under in four out of Pomeranz’s last seven starts against the Orioles and the under is 2-1 in his last three starts in Baltimore. The over is 7-3 in Cashner’s last 10 starts, 6-4 in his last 10 home starts, 6-4 in his last 10 starts against the Giants, and the under is 3-1 in Cashner’s four career starts against the Giants in Baltimore. The over is 5-1 in Cashner’s last six starts against an opponent with a losing record and four out of his last five home starts have gone over as well. Prediction: Over 9.

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