Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees Best Bet – 9/26/2024

On Thursday night, the New York Yankees will host the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees are slight favorites in that contest, which features a tremendous pitching matchup, as they can clinch the AL East with a victory. But the Orioles will once again look to prevent them from doing so in the final Orioles vs Yankees matchup of this series, as the final weekend of the regular season approaches.

Orioles Trying to Keep Things Interesting

The Baltimore Orioles need a miracle to steal the AL East title from the New York Yankees. They would need to win their final four games of the regular season, while the Yankees lost their final four games, just to grab the division title via tiebreaker. They can move one game closer to accomplishing that with a win tonight, a win the Orioles hope to get with their ace on the mound.

Corbin Burnes will get the start for Baltimore in this Orioles vs Yankees matchup. Burnes is 15-8 with a 2.95 ERA so far this season. Over his last two starts he has thrown a total of 14 innings and has not surrendered a run, while the Orioles have won three of the last four games he has started. If he can put together another brilliant outing tonight, the Orioles could be just three games back of the Yankees with three games left to play.

Yankees Still Just One Win Away

The New York Yankees have a magic number of one in looking to clinch the AL East title. But they have not been able to seal up that division crown, having lost each of the first two games to the Orioles in this series. Still, the Yankees have another chance to lock up the AL East championship with a win in the Bronx on Thursday, as they also have their ace on the mound for this contest.

Gerrit Cole will take the mound for the Yankees on Thursday, as he looks to continue to round into form ahead of the playoffs. Cole is 7-5 with a 3.67 ERA, though he missed much of the season due to injury. He is coming off of a complete game performance against the Oakland Athletics where he allowed just one earned run and the Yankees are hoping that another strong start from Cole will help them to finally end this division title race.

Orioles vs Yankees Best Bet

Pressure is starting to mount on the Yankees as they try to win the AL East. New York’s offense could struggle relative to their usual standards with Burnes on the mound for Baltimore, while we could see some wobbling from the Yankees pitching as they look to avoid a memorable collapse. We will take the Orioles as an underdog in this game, which should set up a fascinating final weekend in the AL East.