Baltimore at Kansas City

Can Baltimore pull off the sweep? Yes! They send Brian Burres (3.19 ERA) to the hill. He's opposed by Brian Bannister who has lost four straight starts. The O's are a winning team that has a 16-13 record against RHP. Kansas City is 6-12 at home and they are scoring just 3.1 runs per game at home (3.0 against lefties). The reason the O's have won three straight over KC is that it's a good matchup. Baltimore is now 11-5 on the season against teams that score under 4.8 runs per game. Baltimore's offense isn't very good, but KC can't take advantage of that. The Royals are just 7-22 the past two seasons vs. teams that score under 4.3 runs per game. They are also 7-27 at home over the past three seasons against starting pitchers with an ERA of 3.50 or better. We like Baltimore to sweep.