Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles - Game 1 - 9/5/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Beautiful Camden Yards will play host to the first game of a doubleheader between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles. The Blue Jays (73-59) have won three straight games and trail AL East Division leading New York by six full games. On Sunday, OF Teoscar Hernandez delivered a run-scoring single in the seventh inning to lift Toronto to a 4-3 road victory against Pittsburgh. We have you covered with the best MLB Picks around.

Twenty-eight year old righty Jose Berrios (9-5 5.32 ERA) has been wildly inconsistent for the Blue Jays. Last time out, Berrios  gave up ten hits and four runs during a 5-4 home victory versus the Chicago Cubs.

The Baltimore Orioles are 14 games above .500 at home and trail Toronto by 2.5 games in the race for the final AL Wild Card spot. On Sunday, Baltimore was limited to six hits during a 5-0 home loss versus lowly Oakland. SP Spenser Watkins (4-6) gave up four runs in six innings and took the loss for the Orioles, who fell to 71-62 on the year.

The Orioles will turn to thirty-one year old righty Jordan Lyles (10-9 4.25 ERA) in the series opener. In his last start, Lyles fired six plus shutout frames during a 4-0 road victory against Cleveland.