6:40 PM Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati Reds
Cubs: +125
Reds: -145
Total: 8.5
The Cubs will look to continue their offensive surge against the Reds as the teams play the 3rd game of a 4-game series. The Cubs beat the Reds 5-4 on Monday and 11-4 on Tuesday. The Cubs will start Kyle Hendricks (2-4, 4.89 ERA) who lost his most recent start against the Diamondbacks, after allowing a season-high 8 hits, a season-high 7 runs, and a career-high-tying 4 home runs in 5 innings. This was at Wrigley with massive winds blowing out so it was not the right day for Hendricks to be on the mound. Hendricks will make his 23rd career start against the Reds and is 7-5 with a 4.32 ERA. The Reds will be going with right-hander Luis Castillo (0-2, 4.60 ERA), who will make his 4th start of the season. In Castillo’s most recent outing he allowed just 2 runs and 7 hits over 6 innings against the Blue Jays, striking out 5 without issuing a walk. In his career against the Cubs, Castillo is 5-5 with a 3.97 ERA in 14 starts.
⚾The Cubs have 19 homers in the past 11 games.
⚾The Cubs are ranked 8th in MLB with a 3.29 bullpen ERA.
⚾The Reds are ranked last in MLB with a 4.82 bullpen ERA.
⚾The Cubs have a .777 OPS while the Reds have a .629 team OPS.
⚾The Cubs are 4-0 in the last 4 meetings in Cincinnati.
⚾The Cubs are 6-1 in the last 7 meetings with the Reds.
The Bookie: Cubs
7:05 PM Baltimore Orioles @ New York Yankees
Orioles: +145
Yankees: -175
Total: 7.5
The Yankees host the series finale against the Orioles but they might be down a few more key players. DJ LeMahieu was a late scratch before Tuesday’s game because of left-wrist discomfort, and Giancarlo Stanton left the game in the 7th inning because of right-calf tightness while already being without Josh Donaldson and closer Aroldis Chapman. The Orioles will start right-hander Tyler Wells (1-3, 4.41 ERA) who did not receive a decision in the first 2 appearances, both 5-2 wins by the Yankees. He threw 4 shutout innings in Baltimore on April 16, allowing 3 hits, striking out 3 and walking 2 and he left with the Orioles leading 2-0. He allowed 2 runs and 3 hits over 5 innings on April 27 in New York, striking out 4 without a walk. The Yankees will be going with left-hander JP Sears (1-0, 0.00) will make his first major league start for the Yankees.
⚾The Yankees are short players and their top 2 relievers in Clay Holmes and Michael King threw a lot of pitches last night and may not be available.
⚾Tyler Wells has allowed just 2 earned runs in 9 innings against the Yankees this season.
⚾The Orioles have the day off tomorrow while the Yankees start a big series with Tampa Bay.
The Bookie: Orioles