Pittsburgh Pirates at Baltimore Orioles 8/5/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Beautiful Camden Yards will play host to a Friday night MLB interleague clash between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Baltimore Orioles. The Pirates (43-62) are riding high after a three-game sweep against the first place Brewers. On Thursday, Pittsburgh OF Bryan Reynolds tied the game with an RBI double and scored the winning run on a wild pitch during a 5-4 home victory versus Milwaukee in ten innings.

Twenty-six year old righty Mitch Keller (3-7 4.37 ERA) will take the mound for the Pirates in this matchup. Last time out, Keller gave up one run in six innings during a 2-1 home loss versus Philadelphia.

The Baltimore Orioles have won 29 of their first 49 home games and are just 1.5 games back in the AL Wild Card race. On Wednesday, Baltimore completed their first ever season sweep of Texas with a 6-3 road victory. C Robinson Chirinos homered as part of a three-hit night for the Orioles, who improved to 54-51 on the year.

The Orioles will counter with twenty-six year old righty Dean Kremer (3-3 3.86 ERA) on Friday. Kremer has dropped consecutive starts and has been tagged for ten runs over his last nine plus frames.