Athletics vs Orioles Picks and Prediction – 4/26/2024

Beautiful Camden Yards will play host to a Friday night MLB battle between the Oakland Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles. Be ready for the baseball season with all of our MLB predictions. The Athletics (9-16) have dropped seven of their last ten games and are four games off the pace in the AL West Division race. On Wednesday, Oakland DH Brent Rooker’s three run blast was not enough during a 7-3 road loss against New York.

Thirty-four year old righty Ross Stripling (0-5 5.34 ERA) will head to the hill for the Athletics in this contest. Through 28 plus innings, Stripling has given up two home runs and struck out 22 batters while posting a 1.45 WHIP.

The Baltimore Orioles have won eight of their previous ten games and trail AL East Division leading New York by a half-game. On Wednesday, SS Gunnar Henderson homered and scored three times to spark Baltimore to a 6-5 road victory against Los Angeles. SP Dean Kremer (1-2) fanned ten batters across five plus frames to earn the win for the Orioles, who improved to 16-8 overall.

2021 National League Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes (3-0 2.76 ERA) has settled in nicely to his new home. The Orioles have won Burnes’ first five starts and he has posted a sparkling 0.92 WHIP across 29 plus frames.