Chicago Cubs vsBaltimore Orioles Prediction
The Baltimore Orioles are 33-21 at home this season and are solid favorites to beat the Chicago Cubs who are 25-33 on the road this season. The Orioles have a better than 55% chance of winning based on 10,000 game simulations generated one play at a time by the AccuScore Simulation Supercomputer. Orioles' starter Spenser Watkins is forecasted to have a better game than Cubs' starter Adrian Sampson. Spenser Watkins has a 46% chance of having a Quality Start (QS) while Adrian Sampson has a 35% chance of a QS. If Spenser Watkins has a quality start the Orioles has a 81% chance of winning. His simulated strikeout to walk ratio is 3 and he has a 26% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio. When he has a 5/1 ratio the Orioles win 69%. In Adrian Sampson quality starts the Cubs win 63%. He has a 24% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio and if he does his team wins 63% of simulations. In simulations we tracked the batter for each team that was most productive based his average hits, walks and RBI per simulation. The most productive batter for the Baltimore Orioles is Terrin Vavra who averaged 2.89 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 57% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Orioles have a 69% chance of winning. The most productive batter for the Chicago Cubs is Willson Contreras who averaged 2.16 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 37% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Cubs have a 51% chance of winning.