masn-baseballs-orioles.jpgAs the Orioles and Red Sox play Game 3 of a four-game series tonight, a marquee pitching matchup is being featured at Camden Yards.
Orioles right-hander Dylan Bundy (6-3, 2.89 ERA) faces 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner David Price (0-0, 5.40 ERA).
Price is making his second start of the year, coming back from elbow issues which delayed his start to the season. In Chicago on Monday, he pitched five innings against the White Sox, giving up two hits and three runs on 88 pitches. In two…

As the Orioles and Red Sox play Game 3 of a four-game series tonight, a marquee pitching matchup is being featured at Camden Yards.

Orioles right-hander Dylan Bundy (6-3, 2.89 ERA) faces 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner David Price (0-0, 5.40 ERA).

Price is making his second start of the year, coming back from elbow issues which delayed his start to the season. In Chicago on Monday, he pitched five innings against the White Sox, giving up two hits and three runs on 88 pitches. In two Triple-A rehab starts, Price pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing 12 hits and nine runs (six earned).

In December 2015, he signed a seven-year free agent deal with Boston for $217 million and joined his third AL East team after time with Tampa Bay and Toronto. In his first year in Boston, Price went 17-9 with a 3.99 ERA and led the league throwing 230 innings. He led the AL in ERA with a 2.45 mark in 2015.

Last year in five starts against the Orioles, he went 3-1 with a 3.71 ERA. But over 34 innings, he walked just four and fanned 37. He also allowed just 22 hits, but seven were home runs.

In 24 career starts against Baltimore, Price is 11-5 with a 2.88 ERA and 1.113 WHIP. In 10 career starts at Camden Yards, he is 6-0 with a 3.14 ERA.

dylan-bundy-white-side.jpgMeanwhile, Bundy’s latest strong outing for the Orioles was Monday afternoon against New York. He picked up his first win since May 6 by going seven innings and allowing two runs on 95 pitches.

Bundy has recorded 10 quality starts in 11 outings. No other Orioles pitcher has more than five and that is by Wade Miley. The Orioles are 7-4 in Bundy’s 11 games.

Bundy has been particularly good within the division. In seven AL East games, he is 5-1 with a 1.93 ERA and the team is 6-1.

Bundy has already made three of his starts versus Boston this year. He is 2-1 with a 2.21 ERA, allowing five runs over 20 1/3 innings with seven walks and eight strikeouts. Red Sox batters have been tough for Bundy to strikeout, but he’s still had success against them.

The Red Sox had won eight of 10 games at the beginning of this series. But they’ve lost 7-5 and 3-2 to begin this series. The Orioles have hit three home runs in the first inning and six in the two games. O’s batters have 39 homers their past 23 games. When they hit two or more in a game, they are 16-7.

Coming into this series, Boston was averaging 6.2 runs per game its previous 23 games. But they’ve been held to seven runs in this series. Boston is 17-2 in its last 19 games when scoring five runs or more. One of those losses came on Thursday night at Oriole Park.

The Orioles moved ahead of Boston for second place with last night’s win. They are 29-24 with four wins in the last five games following a seven-game losing streak. The Orioles are 19-8 at home and 8-1 in home series. Another win today or tomorrow would give them another home series victory.

The Yankees beat Toronto 7-0 this afternoon to improve to 32-21. They lead the AL East by three games over the Orioles.