MLB 5*
(MLB) Chi White Sox vs. Baltimore, 08/28/2023 7:05 PM, Score: 0 - 9
Point Spread: -1.50 | -115.00 Baltimore (Home)
Result: Win
White Sox (Kopech) @ Orioles (Rodriguez) 7:05 PM ET
Game# 913-914
Play On: Orioles -1.5 (-115)

Michael Kopech has an awful 7.16 ERA/1.84 WHIP over his last 6 starts. Kopech has allowed an alarmingly high 28 homers during 120.0 innings pitched this season. That’s genuine cause for concern considering he’ll be facing an Orioles team which has belted 12 home runs during their previous 7 games. The White Sox are coming off home wins over the lowly Oakland A’s on Saturday and Sunday. However, they haven’t put together a 3-game win streak since 8/6 and did so just once since 6/8. The White Sox bullpen has an unappealing 5.90 ERA over their previous 7 games and that includes allowing 6 homers in 29.0 innings pitched.

After a rough start to the season, Baltimore’s young right-hander Grayson Rodriguez is coming into his own as of late. Rodriguez has a stellar 2.61 ERA/1.00 WHIP over his last 5 starts and averaged a healthy 6.2 innings pitched per outing. The Orioles bullpen has been excellent over their last 7 games with a staff 2.21 ERA/0.64 WHIP and a 10:1 strikeout to walk ratio. Baltimore is 25-6 this season as a money line favorite of -150 or greater and they averaged 6.0 runs scored per game. Give me the Orioles as a run-line favorite.