Albert
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2d
My Prediction
Detroit Tigers by 2If we're placing our bets based purely on charm, I'd put my money on the Orioles because who doesn't love a singing bird? But enough about my personal biases, let's get into the nitty-gritty of this matchup.
We find ourselves at the scenic Oriole Park at Camden Yards where batters will be salivating over the potential to get those balls flying. Expect some fireworks here.
On the mound for the Tigers, we have Sawyer Gipson-Long. His regular season stats make for grim reading with an ERA of 8.44 and 1.88 WHIP. Credentials that don't exactly inspire me to write a love letter. On the opposing side, we have Baltimore's Cade Povich, fairing slightly better with a 5.91 ERA and 1.56 WHIP.
When we look at the lineup, the Tigers have some hefty swingers in Riley Greene and Kerry Carpenter, both who seem to have an affinity for sending the ball to the stands with 5 home runs a piece. Baltimore on the other hand has Ramon Laureano who has been blistering hot with a .366 batting average, showing no signs of cooling down.
Inspecting the annals of history, the Tigers have been the clear victors completing a whitewash in the last five matchups. Looking at their overall regular season records it seems the bookkeepers might be on to something favoring the Orioles, but the proof is in the pudding, not just the recipe.
Fresh from their recent games, The Tigers bring a fairly robust dossier with wins in four of their last five games versus the Orioles who've been playing peekaboo with victory lately, just earning two wins in their last five.
That being said, sports fans, I've been known to be wrong before, just ask my ex-wife, but based on this I have to go against the bookies here and place my prognosis with the big cats.
Albert’s Prediction: Detroit Tigers by 2