The Arizona Diamondbacks will travel to Baltimore, Maryland, to face the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in an interleague series. Game 1 of the three-game weekend series will start at 7:05 PM ET on Friday night and air on Apple TV+.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have been one of the hottest teams in baseball as they enter the series against the Baltimore Orioles on a four-game winning streak. This streak includes a 3-0 series sweep on the road against the Cincinnati Reds. The Diamondbacks have won by an average margin of 3.25 runs per game in those contests, which ended with a 5-4 win in Game 3 of the series on Thursday.
However, even with the four-game winning streak, the Diamondbacks are below .500 early on in the 2024 MLB season. They enter Game 1 of the series against the Orioles with a record of 18-20, which puts them in third place in the NL Central and gives them the 7th worst record in the National League.
This will only be the 2nd time this decade that the Diamondbacks will face the Orioles, with Baltimore having won the series last season 2-1. However, Arizona has won 15 of the 24 games in the series and has won by an average margin of .67 runs per game.
The Arizona Diamondbacks will look to extend their winning streak to five games when they travel to face the Baltimore Orioles for Game 1 of the series.
The Baltimore Orioles have won five of their previous six games. They entered the series against the Arizona Diamondbacks with the best record in the American League and are tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the second-best record in baseball at 24-12.
However, the Orioles split the two-game series against the Washington Nationals 1-1, which ended with a 7-6 win in extra innings for Baltimore in Game 2 of the series on Wednesday. The six runs were the most the Orioles have allowed in their last nine games, as they have allowed three or fewer runs per game in eight of their last nine matchups.
Cole Irvin also had a solid start to the season as he entered his first game in Game 1 of the series with a record of 3-1 with a 2.86 ERA and 22 strikeouts this season. Baltimore won two of the three games in the series last season and won by an average margin of 1.67 runs per game in those contests. The Orioles will look to win their 3rd game in their previous four meetings in the series against the Diamondbacks when they host Arizona for Game 1 of the series on Friday night.
WagerWeb lists the Baltimore Orioles as -145 moneyline favorites at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks for Game 1 of the series on Friday night. Baltimore has won six of the last ten and two of the previous three games in the series while having won by an average margin of 1 run per game over the last ten and 1.67 runs per game in the previous three meetings.
Both teams have been scorching hot. Arizona enters this game on a four-game winning streak, while Baltimore has won five of its last six games. The Orioles have a losing record all-time in the series at 9-15; however, they have been the better team most recently, winning six of the last ten and two straight against the Diamondbacks. Take the moneyline for the Baltimore Orioles when they host the Arizona Diamondbacks for the Game 1 series on Friday night.
