Philadelphia at Baltimore

The Baltimore Orioles are off to their best start in over a decade, and the oddsmakers are still treating them like the Orioles of old. At the same time the Phillies, everyone's choice to be the NL representative in the Fall Classic, have come up short of expectations. They have suffered key injuries, and this team is below .500 and should not be favored in this contest. Vance Worley started the season strong, but over his last three starts he has struggled, allowing 11 earned runs in just 16 innings of work. The Phillies have beaten bad teams, but struggled against good ones, standing at 1-6 in their last seven vs. a winning team - a situation that has also seen them fail with Worley on the hill at 1-5. Hunter has manned-up pitching as a dog where Baltimore is 9-4 in his last 13 starts as a dog. The O's have taken five of the last seven and are a live dog here, so play on Baltimore.