Orioles lineup vs. Blue Jays

Orioles lineup vs. Blue Jays
The Orioles are in Buffalo tonight to play the Blue Jays, start a three-city trip and attempt to end their road losing streak at 19 games. Ryan Mountcastle is playing first base and Trey Mancini is the designated hitter. Austin Hays is in left field and Anthony Santander is starting in right. Cedric Mullins is hitting .441 (41-for-93) in the Orioles' 23 wins, the highest average in the majors. He's hitting .246 (46-for-187) in the 50 losses when he's played. Mullins is batting .403...
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Orioles lineup vs. Blue Jays

Orioles lineup vs. Blue Jays
Matt Harvey gets another chance this afternoon to reverse an extended skid while closing out the series against the Blue Jays at Camden Yards. Harvey is 3-8 with a 7.76 ERA and 1.724 WHIP in 14 starts over 58 innings. He's failed to complete the fourth inning in four consecutive outings. Since the four unearned runs on May 7, Harvey has been charged with 36 earned on 45 hits in 23 innings. None of his last eight starts have gone past 4 2/3 innings. In his only career start against the Blue...
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Orioles lineup vs. Indians

Orioles lineup vs. Indians
The rotating outfield for the Orioles finds Austin Hays in left field this afternoon and Anthony Santander in right for the series finale in Cleveland that also concludes a brutal road trip. Trey Mancini is playing first base and Ryan Mountcastle is the designated hitter, with DJ Stewart going to the bench. Pat Valaika is the second baseman and Austin Wynns is catching. Jorge López faced the Indians on June 6 in Baltimore and allowed three runs and four hits in five innings. He walked three...
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Orioles recall Zac Lowther

Orioles recall Zac Lowther
The Orioles recalled left-hander Zac Lowther from Triple-A Norfolk this afternoon and he's available to work in bulk relief for tonight's series finale versus the Twins. Lowther has allowed seven runs and eight hits in two appearances with the Orioles spanning 3 1/3 innings. In three starts with Norfolk, he's surrendered nine earned runs (10 total) and 16 hits in 11 1/3 innings. He's walked seven batters and struck out 13. The Orioles get a fresh arm in Lowther, who last pitched on May 26...
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Orioles lineup vs. Nationals

Orioles lineup vs. Nationals
Freddy Galvis moves up to second in the order this afternoon as the Orioles continue their series against the Nationals in D.C. Austin Hays is on the bench today. Ryan Mountcastle gets the set in left field with no designated hitter. Pat Valaika is the second baseman. Cedric Mullins is hitless in his last three games, 2-for-19 in his last five and is now batting .292/.361/.480. He stays in the leadoff spot. Rookie Bruce Zimmermann is making his seventh start, earning the assignment with one run...
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Orioles lineup vs. Yankees

Orioles lineup vs. Yankees
The Orioles have both catchers in tonight's lineup as the series continues against the Yankees at Camden Yards. Pedro Severino is the designated hitter and Chance Sisco is behind the plate. Rio Ruiz is the third baseman instead of Maikel Franco, who's in a 4-for-52 slump. DJ Stewart is in right field and batting cleanup. Pat Valaika is the second baseman. Freddy Galvis moves down to fifth in the order after batting fourth last night for the first time in his career. Fifteen of Trey Mancini's...
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Game 24 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins

Game 24 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins
The Nationals have already secured their first three-game winning streak of the season. Now they've got a chance to secure their first three-game sweep of the season. Having taken the first two games of the weekend against the Marlins, the Nats will look to finish the job this afternoon, with Max Scherzer on the mound looking to rebound from a ragged start against the Blue Jays in Dunedin, Fla. How often has he struggled in back-to-back starts? Hardly ever. Eight times since he signed with the...
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Orioles lineup vs. Yankees

Orioles lineup vs. Yankees
Ryan Mountcastle has been lowered to seventh in tonight's lineup with the Orioles beginning a four-game series against the Yankees at Camden Yards. Mountcastle is in a 1-for-27 slump. He hadn't hit below sixth this season. DJ Stewart is batting third and playing right field. Austin Hays is in left field and hitting fifth. Rio Ruiz is on the bench against a right-hander. Ramón Urías gets the start at second base. Cedric Mullins' 28 hits are the most in by an Orioles center fielder in...
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Orioles lineup vs. Athletics

Orioles lineup vs. Athletics
Left-hander Wade LeBlanc is making tonight's start against the Athletics at Camden Yards, his first in 2021 after five relief appearances. LeBlanc hasn't thrown more than 24 pitches or exceeded 1 1/3 innings since the Orioles broke camp. There's going to be some baton passing, perhaps in the rain. In 10 career appearances against the Athletics, LeBlanc has gone 3-1 with a 4.40 ERA and 1.234 WHIP in 47 innings. DJ Stewart is in right field again tonight and Austin Hays is starting in left....
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Orioles recall Cole Sulser, give Trey Mancini the day off

Orioles recall Cole Sulser, give Trey Mancini the day off
The Orioles filled the opening on their 26-man roster today by recalling reliever Cole Sulser from the alternate training site in Bowie. Sulser is riding the proverbial shuttle. He broke camp with the team, was optioned to make room for reliever Shawn Armstrong and served as the 27th man in Thursday's doubleheader. In two appearances, Sulser has tossed three scoreless innings with no walks and five strikeouts. He was on the taxi squad. Dean Kremer was optioned late last night because the...
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Mountcastle moves to first base tonight

Mountcastle moves to first base tonight
Ryan Mountcastle is starting at first base tonight for the first time this season as the Orioles try to secure a series win over the Rangers. Mountcastle has been the designated hitter in eight games and the left fielder in six. He started nine games at first base last summer. Trey Mancini is batting fifth as the designated hitter, followed by Mountcastle. Mancini struck out four times last night to give him 18 for the season, second on the club behind Mountcastle. Rio Ruiz stays at second...
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Orioles lineup vs. Mariners

Orioles lineup vs. Mariners
DJ Stewart remains in left field tonight as the Orioles begin a four-game series against the Mariners. Maikel Franco is batting cleanup against left-hander Justus Sheffield. Ryan Mountcastle is the designated hitter and batting sixth behind catcher Pedro Severino. Ramón Urías is the second baseman and Freddy Galvis stays in the lineup at shortstop after coming out early yesterday. Dean Kremer lasted only three innings in his first start in New York, allowing three runs and five hits with...
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Orioles lineup vs. Red Sox

Orioles lineup vs. Red Sox
DJ Stewart is in left field again today as the Orioles try to avoid a sweep against the Red Sox at Camden Yards. Ryan Mountcastle is the designated hitter. Trey Mancini is at first base after hitting his first home run last night since Sept. 28, 2019. Rio Ruiz remains at second base. Freddy Galvis has been lowered to ninth in the order. Cedric Mullins has a 12-game hitting streak dating back to last September and is the first Oriole to hit safely in the team's first eight games of the season...
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Stewart activated from injured list and in Orioles' lineup

Stewart activated from injured list and in Orioles' lineup
Outfielder DJ Stewart has been reinstated from the 10-day injured list and is in the Orioles lineup tonight and playing left field as they resume their first home series against the Red Sox. Stewart hit two home runs in eight spring at-bats before straining his left hamstring on March 5 against the Blue Jays in Dunedin. He's been working out at the alternate training site in Bowie. Ryan Mountcastle is the designated hitter tonight, Rio Ruiz is playing second base and Chance Sisco is...
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Orioles lineup vs. Pirates

Orioles lineup vs. Pirates
Stevie Wilkerson is starting at third base today and Pat Valaika is across the diamond as the Orioles travel to Bradenton to play the Pirates. Yusniel Diaz is the right fielder. Jahmai Jones is the designated hitter. Félix Hernández made his Orioles debut on Saturday against the Tigers. He retired the side in order in the first inning, issued back-to-back walks in the second and surrendered two runs in a 6-5 loss. Hernández retired the first four batters with two strikeouts. "It was...
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Orioles lineup vs. Twins

Orioles lineup vs. Twins
Austin Hays is in right field this afternoon and Cedric Mullins is in center as the Orioles travel to Fort Myers to play the Twins. Trey Mancini is the first baseman and Tyler Nevin is the designated hitter. DJ Stewart (hamstring) and Chris Davis (back) remain out of the lineup. Rylan Bannon is starting at third base. Rio Ruiz is on the bench and struggling at the plate, where he's gone 1-for-12 with three strikeouts. Pat Valaika is 2-for-10 with a home run while in the thick of the utility...
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Orioles lineup vs. Pirates (with notes)

Orioles lineup vs. Pirates (with notes)
Cedric Mullins and Austin Hays are sharing the outfield for this afternoon's game against the Pirates in Bradenton, Fla. Manager Brandon Hyde is giving Hays back-to-back starts, putting him in left field today. Mullins is in center. Two catchers also are in the lineup, with Pedro Severino used as the designated hitter and Chance Sisco stationed behind the plate. Severino caught last night. Yusniel Diaz is in right field after his two-run double last night. Jahmai Jones is the second...
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Orioles lineup vs. Blue Jays

Orioles lineup vs. Blue Jays
Tyler Nevin gets the start at first base and Brett Cumberland is the designated hitter for today's game against the Blue Jays in Dunedin, Fla. Ramón Urias is making back-to-back starts, being a late replacement for Freddy Galvis at shortstop yesterday and starting at second base today. Galvis remains day-to-day with a sore hip. Pat Valaika is the shortstop today. Ryan Mountcastle is in left field and Austin Hays is in center. First baseman Chris Davis remains out of the lineup with a...
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Does bolstered Nats lineup still need another piece?

Does bolstered Nats lineup still need another piece?
The Nationals lineup, as currently constructed this morning, features three guys who hit at least 34 homers and drove in at least 92 runs during the last full major league season. It also includes another guy who hit 22 homers and drove in 86 runs that season, plus one who totaled 63 extra-base hits and yet another who totaled 53. That sounds like a pretty potent and deep lineup, does it not? It does. And yet it still feels like this group is lacking one more significant piece. And that's the...
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Game 48 lineups: Nats at Marlins

Game 48 lineups: Nats at Marlins
Who's ready for a lot of baseball? I mean, a lot of baseball. Five games in three days this weekend in Miami, eight games in five days when you add the start of the Nationals' upcoming series against the Phillies in D.C. It's going to be quite a challenge, but at this point the Nats have nothing to lose. Might as well try to enjoy it. Tonight's doubleheader at Marlins Park will see Erick Fedde take the mound for the 5:10 p.m. opener, followed by Wil Crowe, who starts his third doubleheader...
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