First pitch: Tuesday, 10:10 p.m. ET
Line: Baltimore +140, Los Angeles -150, Total: 8.5

The Orioles will be looking to avoid losing their sixth straight game when they take on a Dodgers team that has won five straight heading into Tuesday night’s matchup.

Baltimore has been one of the most surprising teams in baseball this season, but the club has really struggled away from home on the year. The Orioles are just 16-22 on the road and they will really need to improve that number moving forward. They can’t afford to keep up their recent level of play, as they have now lost five straight games and have allowed the Red Sox and Blue Jays to make up ground in the AL East. The Dodgers, meanwhile, are as hot as could be right now. Los Angeles has won five straight games and seven of its past eight as well. This team also benefits from being excellent at home, going 27-15 at Dodger Stadium. The starters in this game are going to be RHP Chris Tillman (10-2, 3.71 ERA, 91 K) for the Orioles and RHP Kenta Maeda (7-5, 2.82 ERA, 89 K) for the Dodgers. Both pitchers have been great this season, so this should be a very fun one to watch. It is worth mentioning that the Orioles are a remarkable 9-1 against the money line in road games after three straight games where the bullpen gave up three or more runs since 1997.

Chris Tillman has not pitched well in his past two starts, allowing 10 earned runs in just 9.2 innings of work. The Orioles are going to need him to be a lot better this time out, as the Dodgers are really playing some superb baseball at the moment. Tillman’s main issue this season has been a lack of control. He has walked five batters over the past two games and that has really come back to haunt him. It also has allowed his opponents to hit more bombs off of Tillman, as he’ll throw pitches right over the plate when he grows afraid of walking a batter. If Tillman doesn’t turn in something close to a quality start then the Orioles will be in trouble on Tuesday. Offensively, almost everybody in this lineup is a threat to do damage at the plate. SS Manny Machado (.325, 18 HR, 50 RBI), OF Mark Trumbo (.280, 24 HR, 62 RBI) and 2B Jonathan Schoop (.301, 13 HR, 47 RBI) are, however, the guys to watch in this one. Machado has six multi-hit games over the past 10 contests and is capable of reaching base two or three times on any given night. Schoop and Trumbo, meanwhile, are two guys with some serious pop. Trumbo has two homers over the past six games for Baltimore and Schoop, like Machado, has six multi-hit games in the past 10 contests. The Orioles will be hoping that these two can drive in some runs on Tuesday.

Kenta Maeda will be starting for the Dodgers on Tuesday and he’ll be hoping to build off of his impressive June as he makes his first July start. Maeda had a 2.52 ERA in June and a lot of that had to do with his impressive 38-to-11 strikeout-to-walk ratio. He’ll be hoping to continue to miss bats moving forward, as that was not something he did with much frequency earlier in the year. It’s also worth noting that Maeda has allowed just one earned run in each of his past three starts at home this season. He also has kept his opponents homerless in seven of his past 10 starts and that would be huge if he could do it against this powerful Baltimore team in this game. Offensively, the Dodgers will be hoping that SS Corey Seager (.305, 17 HR, 41 RBI) can stay hot in this one. Seager is on a 17-game hitting streak for Los Angeles and has now recorded two hits in four of his past five games. It’d also be big for the Dodgers if 2B Justin Turner (.259, 11 HR, 41 RBI) could do some damage at the plate. He has recorded four multi-hit games in the past 10 contests and also has nine RBI in that span. Turner struggled early in the year, but he has come on strong lately.