Stowers and Norby in Orioles lineup this afternoon

Ft. Pierce, Florida – Due to damaged ribs, Austin Hays is still not in the Orioles starting lineup today.

Cedric Mullins is in center, and Kyle Stowers is in left field. Anthony Santander is the designated hitter, with Ryan O’Hearn starting in right field.

Starting at second base is Connor Norby.

Ramón Urías is having his longest hitting streak of the season, going eight for sixteen with two doubles, two home runs, and five RBIs over the course of seven games. Today, he is benched.

Last night marked the end of Adley Rutschman’s 10-game hitting streak. He’s got it.

O’Hearn has slugged five of his eight home runs when he is behind in the count.521 in those circumstances.

Against right-handers, Gunnar Henderson has a 62.6 percent contact rate on pitches beyond the strike zone.

zone, but against left-handers it falls to 47.4 percent, according to STATS.

After exactly a week, Kyle Bradish makes his first start. After giving up three walks and five runs and seven hits in two and a half innings against the Rays, the Orioles elected to move him back in the rotation.

Bradish has faced the Rays six times in his career, going 7.00 ERA with a 1.615 WHIP. At Tropicana Field, he has given up four runs in 11 innings pitched.

Against Bradish, Yandy Díaz is 7-for-16 with a double and triple. Among his four hits, Randy Arozarena had a triple and two home runs.

The Orioles are 3 ½ games behind the Yankees in first place. For the second time this season, they have hit three straight games with at least three home runs.

In the last nine games, the bullpen’s 28 2/3 innings have only allowed two earned runs.

Taj Bradley, who suffered a crushing defeat at Camden Yards last Saturday, is one of the four right-handers the Rays are starting in the series. In 3 1/3 innings, he gave up two home runs to Ryan Mountcastle and one each to Santander and Jordan Westburg. He also gave up nine runs and nine hits.

In a 6-3 victory yesterday night, those trio went yard.

In his first four starts, Bradley walked six batters in 23 innings, and the previous weekend, he walked three Orioles.

In his three career starts versus the Orioles, Bradley has pitched 14 1/3 innings with an 8.16 ERA and 1.465 WHIP. Against Bradley, Henderson is 4-for-9 with a home run.

For the Orioles

Gunnar Henderson SS
Adley Rutschman C
Ryan Mountcastle 1B
Ryan O’Hearn RF
Anthony Santander DH
Jordan Westburg 3B
Kyle Stowers LF
Connor Norby 2B
Cedric Mullins CF

Kyle Bradish RHP

The Orioles announced that the Saturday and Sunday games against the Phillies are sold out.

For the Rays

Yandy Díaz 1B
Brandon Lowe 2B
Randy Arozarena DH
Isaac Paredes 3B
Josh Lowe RF
Jose Siri CF
Taylor Walls SS
Richie Palacios LF
Alex Jackson C

Taj Bradley RHP

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