Baltimore at San Diego

There is nothing like a win for the Birds this season. They finally broke a nine-game losing streak with a win yesterday. The Birds have been 18-10 this season after a win and will have their best pitcher on the hill today in Eric Bedard. Bedard got off to a bad start, but in his last nine starts has not allowed more than three earned runs in any of them and has pitched to a 2.25 ERA covering 60 innings of work. After scoring just 25 runs in 8 games the Bird’s offense has caught fire plating 13 runs in their last two games. David Wells has shown signs of aging and has not been as good as he has in the past. His ERA is on the cusp of 5, and in the NL with no DH, that is more like 5.5-6 in the AL. The Padres are just 5-8 in his starts and Baltimore has done better against LHP than RHP. Birds win this one.