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Mike Leake is 6-6 with a 4.14 ERA this season, but in his last four starts he is 3-0 with a 2.4 ERA. At home this season, he is 4-2 with a 2.95 ERA in six starts. The Orioles are going with a bullpen game and their bullpen is ranked second to last in the league. The Orioles have lost nine straight and they are 12-26 on the road. Although the Mariners have struggled this season, they are still 16-5 against teams that have a winning percentage less than 46%.
With promising rookie John Means hitting the IL for Baltimore, the Orioles will likely treat Friday's game against Seattle as a bullpen game. That's bad news for Baltimore; its 'pen has a 6.10 ERA, second worst in all of baseball. The Orioles have lost nine straight; my model says there's more than a 70 percent chance that streak goes to 10. Go with the Mariners.