Toronto Blue Jays vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction: Visiting side to strike again in this game 2

Tuesday's Major League Baseball action at Rogers Centre features a matchup between the Baltimore Orioles and the Toronto Blue Jays. Over the past weekend, the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees competed in a series that the Orioles ultimately won. After splitting the first two games of that series, the Orioles dominated their opponent on Sunday and won by an overwhelming margin. As for Toronto, they were successful against the Los Angeles Angels in the first two games of their most recent series. Due to a narrow defeat on the final day of the series, the Toronto Blue Jays were unable to complete the sweep.

In their first two games of the weekend, the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Los Angeles Angels by scores of 6-1 and 4-1, respectively. During the victory on Saturday, Alejandro Kirk of the Toronto Blue Jays collected three hits, two home runs, three RBI, and scored three times. During a tense game on Sunday, the Toronto Blue Jays lost 3-2 after allowing two runs in the top of the 10th inning. The only two RBI were contributed by Vladimir Guerrero and Whit Merrifield between the two of them. Chris Bassitt will take the mound for the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday as the team's starting pitcher. This season, Bassitt has a record of 10-5 with a 3.91 ERA, 118 strikeouts in 126.2 innings pitched, and 22 starts. In his previous seven starts, Bassitt has compiled a record of 3-0 with a 3.32 earned run average. He has struck out 41 batters while pitching 38.0 innings.

The Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees 1-0 on Friday in a thrilling walk-off game thanks to a walk-off home run by Anthony Santander. However, the Baltimore Orioles were defeated 8-3 in game two. During their blowout victory on Sunday, the Baltimore Orioles scored a staggering seven runs in the first inning in a match that ended 9-3. Both Ryan O'Hearn and Adam Frazier contributed to the scoring with a run and three RBI apiece thanks to their respective home runs. Kyle Gibson of the Baltimore Orioles will take his place in the starting lineup for the game on Tuesday. Gibson has made 22 starts this year and has a record of 9-6 with a 4.68 ERA, 103 strikeouts, and 127.0 innings pitched. During his most recent start against the Philadelphia Phillies, Gibson was responsible for two earned runs while pitching 6.0 innings. 

The odds are in favor of the Baltimore Orioles continuing their dominance in game two. Gibson has performed admirably over the course of his most recent two outings, compiling a total of 12.0 innings while allowing five earned runs on 11 hits and two walks. Gibson has gone 6.0 innings in each of the previous games, and if he can accomplish the same thing in this game's opening without taking too much damage, the Baltimore Orioles should be in good shape to start the season. The problem is that Bassitt has been pitching quite effectively himself, allowing only four earned runs over the course of his most recent 17.0 innings pitched. At the very least, it seems like this contest will have a low scoring average. The Orioles' bullpen turned up a strong effort on Sunday (5.0 innings; two hits; one walk; 11 strikeouts; no earned runs allowed), and five different players contributed at least one RBI to the team's total. In the first game of this series, I anticipate the Baltimore Orioles to demonstrate yet another strong performance in all facets of the game.