Boston Red Sox (72-80) vs Baltimore Orioles (79-73)
Monday, September 26, 2022 at 7:10 pm
Jordan Lyles did not pitch well in his lone start at Fenway this season and he has struggled against the Red Sox overall in 2022 as well. Lyles may be coming off a complete game, but that was against the Tigers at Camden Yards. Detroit has one of the weaker lineups in baseball and Lyles fares much better at home this season. On the road, he owns a 5.48 ERA and he has gotten hit hard the last three games against this Red Sox lineup. Despite playing in Sunday Night Baseball last night, the entire Red Sox bullpen got to rest in the 6-inning game. On the contrary, the Orioles played in an extra-innings game on Sunday and an offensive shootout on Saturday. The O's used six relievers on Saturday and then seven on Sunday, with five of those six Saturday relievers also going on Sunday. You never want to have a reliever pitch in three-straight games, even with the playoff push, so I just don't love this spot for Baltimore at all. Give me the Red Sox on the ML as they play the role of spoiler over their division rivals.