Red Sox vs. Orioles Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups August 28, 2025

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Garrett Crochet’s Boston Red Sox (73-60) are favored (-172) against the Baltimore Orioles (60-72), who are at +144, on Thursday as he looks to pick up his 15th victory of the season. The matchup starts at 1:05 p.m. ET. Boston’s Crochet gets the start against Baltimore’s Cade Povich.

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Red Sox to win vs Orioles -172

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Red Sox vs. Orioles betting lines

  • Favorite: Red Sox (-172)
  • Underdog: Orioles (+144)
  • Over/under: 8

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

  • The Red Sox have won 47 of the 79 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (59.5%).
  • Boston has a 12-5 record (winning 70.6% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -172 or shorter.
  • Based on this game’s moneyline, the Red Sox have an implied win probability of 63.2%.
  • Boston has played in 132 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 65 times (65-63-4).
  • The Red Sox have gone 70-62-0 ATS this season.

Red Sox hitting info

  • Jarren Duran is hitting .256 with 34 doubles, 12 triples, 13 home runs and 51 walks.
  • In MLB action, Duran ranks 134th in home runs and 36th in RBI.
  • Trevor Story’s 83 runs batted in and .260 batting average both pace his team.
  • Story ranks 47th in home runs among hitters in MLB play and 16th in RBI.
  • Alex Bregman is batting .301 with 24 doubles, 16 home runs and 39 walks.
  • Ceddanne Rafaela has 28 doubles, three triples, 14 home runs and 22 walks while batting .247.

Red Sox pitching rankings

  • The Red Sox pitching staff is 20th in the majors with a collective 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
  • Boston has a 3.69 team ERA that ranks fifth across all MLB pitching staffs.
  • Pitchers for the Red Sox combine for the 15th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.286).
  • The Red Sox allow the fifth-fewest home runs in baseball (136 total, 1.0 per game).
  • In its 5-0 win last time out, Boston struck out 10 Orioles batters while allowing six hits.

Orioles betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Orioles betting info

  • The Orioles have been underdogs in 70 games this season and won 32 (45.7%) of those contests.
  • Baltimore has a record of 5-7, a 41.7% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +144 or more by sportsbooks this season.
  • The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 41% chance of a victory for the Orioles.
  • Baltimore’s games have gone over the total in 56 of its 132 chances.
  • The Orioles are 61-71-0 against the spread this season.

Orioles hitting info

  • Gunnar Henderson leads Baltimore in home runs with 16, runs batted in with 59 and his batting average of .281 is also best on his team.
  • Among all batters in the majors, Henderson ranks 92nd in home runs and 84th in RBI.
  • Jackson Holliday has 118 hits and an OBP of .305 to go with a slugging percentage of .378 this season.
  • Holliday is 107th in home runs and 132nd in RBI among all MLB batters this season.
  • Colton Cowser has collected 53 base hits, an OBP of .289 and a slugging percentage of .426 this season.
  • Cowser takes a seven-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 outings he is batting .286 with two doubles, three home runs, three walks and eight RBIs.
  • Ryan Mountcastle is batting .255 with an OBP of .293 and a slugging percentage of .360 this season.

Orioles pitching rankings

  • The Orioles strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 16th in MLB.
  • Baltimore has pitched to a 4.70 ERA this season, which ranks 26th in baseball.
  • The Orioles have a combined 1.376 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-highest in MLB.
  • With 179 homers allowed, the Orioles rank 27th in the league at preventing long balls.
  • Baltimore pitchers struck out 11 Red Sox hitters while allowing nine base hits in a 5-0 loss its last time out.
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