The Chicago Cubs took game one of their three-game series with the Baltimore Orioles. The Cubs will send Shota Imanaga to the mound and the Orioles will go with Corbin Burnes The Cubs have won four of their last five games. Chicago pitching has allowed two runs or fewer in four of their last five games. Imanaga is 7-2 with a 3.16 ERA, and a 1.11 WHIP, in 91 innings of work this season. Corbin Burnes is 9-3 with a 2.32 ERA,and a1.021 WHIP, in 112.2 innings of workIn his career against the Cubs, he is 2-4 with a 3.26 ERA and 1.06 WHIP in 10 starts and six relief appearances versus the Cubs. Burnes has posted a home ERA of 1.79 this season. The Orioles have an edge at the plate. The Orioles rank fourth in the league in ERA with 3.57 while the Cubs rank 19th in road ERA with 4.45. The Cubs have lost seven of their last ten road games. The Orioles will even the series behind Burnes.

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