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Baltimore Orioles at Cleveland Guardians Preview & Picks – Guardians To Win Battle Of MLB Division Leaders

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01 Aug 2024
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Leigh Copson 01 Aug 2024
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  • Baltimore Orioles at Cleveland Guardians picks for Thursday, August 1
  • MLB matchup is taking place at Progressive Field
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    Baltimore Orioles at Cleveland Guardians Preview & Picks
  • Baltimore Orioles at Cleveland Guardians Preview & Picks
  • Head To Head
  • Baltimore Orioles Form
  • Cleveland Guardians Form

Baltimore Orioles at Cleveland Guardians Preview & Picks

Cleveland are tipped to draw first blood in this series.

Both teams are in good form right now, but we are leaning towards a Guardians team in good form at home.

  • Cleveland Guardians are 6-2 in their last 8 home games
  • Baltimore Orioles are 7-8 in their last 15 road games
  • The Under has cashed in 5 of the last 7 meetings
  • The Under has hit in 6 of Cleveland's last 7 games

Head To Head

  • Cleveland Guardians lead the regular season series 2-1
  • Baltimore Orioles won 4-2 when the two teams last met on June 26

Baltimore Orioles Form

Baltimore enter this series on a good run of form, having now won four of their previous five games.

The Orioles enter the All-Star break on the back of a 6-5 win over the New York Yankees, and backed it up when they returned to action with 9-1 and 8-4 victories at Texas.

They dropped the series finale though, 3-2, and then travelled to Miami where they lost back-to-back meetings with the Marlins, 6-4 and 6-3.

Baltimore avoided being swept as they won the final meeting 7-6, and that pattern repeated itself at home to San Diego as they lost 6-4 and 9-4 before winning 8-6.

The Orioles backed up that win with an 11-5 victory over Toronto, and then rebounded from an 8-4 loss to the Rays with 6-2 and 10-4 successes.

Cleveland Guardians Form

Cleveland enter this series on a great run of form, having now won six of their previous eight games.

The Guardians made a winning return to action after the All-Star break, shutting out San Diego in a 7-0 victory.

They failed to back that up though, losing the next two meetings 7-0 and 2-1, and that skid reached three games with an 8-2 defeat to Detroit.

Cleveland rallied though, winning the next two games 5-4 and 2-1, and they then bounced back from a 3-0 defeat to the Tigers by sandwiching an 8-0 loss in Philadelphia with 3-1 and 4-3 wins.

The Guardians then moved on to Detroit for a two-game series and swept the Tigers with 8-4 and 5-0 victories.

Verdict

Cleveland have been solid at home in recent times, while Baltimore have been hit or miss, so give us the Guardians in a pick 'em matchup.

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Best Bet2: Under 9.5 Total Runs @-116.28 at Stake.us - 2 Units
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