Orioles at Blue Jays 6/7/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Baltimore Orioles head north of the border on Thursday as they open a four-game series on the road against the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Orioles won on Tuesday 2-1 in their first of two games this week against the New York Mets. The win snapped Baltimore’s seven-game losing streak. Alex Cobb pitched well for the Orioles in the win allowing two hits and one run over six innings and is now 2-7 on the season. The Orioles scored both runs in the first inning.

Toronto was beaten on Tuesday 7-2 by the New York Yankees in its last outing. Toronto pitchers gave up all seven runs on a pair of home runs to the Yankees. Toronto’s two runs were on solo home runs off the bats of Teoscar Hernandez and Kevin Pillar. Manny Machado leads the Orioles with a .326 batting average and team highs in hits with 75, home runs with 18 and RBIs with 48. Baltimore has a team batting average of .230 while opposing hitters are averaging .281 at the plate against Orioles pitching. On Thursday, the Orioles will send Andrew Cashner to the mound. The right-hander this season is 2-7 with an ERA of 5.02, 58 Ks and 32 BBs.

Kevin Pillar leads the Blue Jays with a .260 batting average and team high 58 hits. Yangervis Solarte leads Toronto in home runs with 12 and RBIs with 36. Toronto has a team batting average of .227, while opposing hitters are averaging .266 at the plate against Blue Jays pitching. On Thursday, the Blue Jays will send Jaime Garcia to the mound. The left-hander this season is 2-4 with an ERA of 6.08, 44 Ks and 21 BBs.