Phillies at Orioles 5/15/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Beautiful Camden Yards will play host to a Tuesday night interleague clash between the Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles. The Phillies split a two-game rain shortened weekend series in New York and are seven games above .500 overall. Maikel Franco leads Philadelphia with seven home runs and 28 RBIs.

Twenty-five year old righty Nick Pivetta (2-2 4.15 ERA) will head to the hill for the Phillies in this contest. In his last start, Pivetta struck out seven batters over five scoreless frames during an 11-3 victory versus San Francisco. The Baltimore Orioles have dropped 28 of their first 41 games and have fallen 15.5 games behind the AL East Division leaders. The Orioles have played much better at home, where they are just two games below .500 on the season. On Sunday, Baltimore OF Joey Rickard homered twice and drove in five runs to power his club to a 17-1 victory versus Tampa Bay.

Baltimore skipper Buck Showalter will turn to thirty-one year old righty Andrew Cashner (1-4 4.84 ERA) on Tuesday. Through 44 plus innings, Cashner has given up ten home runs and owns a 1.50 WHIP.